en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/622866 Comments by pumpkin2 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33505867 I am so glad Lonni got sent home. She never completes her designs and all her designs are centered around a wall with repeating details. I love Dan! All he needs is some coaching on his hosting skills. So what if he giggles or is "stiff" - he is so enthusiastic and always smiles. Then there's Antonio. I have grown to like him. He is the stereotypical New Yorker/Soprano, but we have been allowed to see a softer, more fun side of Antonio. He just needs to "clean up" his personal appearance Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:33:28 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33505867 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33505217 You took the words right out of my mouth. I agree with you 100% Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:21:36 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33505217 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/30/challenge-7-the-longest-yard/#IDComment32675503 OK, I know no one particulary cares for Antonio and his overbearing personality, but come on everybody, without Antonio the designs would never have been completed. Antonio's strength is in the execution. I don't understand why the producers are having so many team challenges. We haven't really seen what the designers are capable of if they were given the right budget, a carpenter, and enough time to design. That is why Antonio is always front and center - he has the skills and the take charge personality to get things done - but what about his design abilities? Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:46:08 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/30/challenge-7-the-longest-yard/#IDComment32675503 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/30/challenge-7-the-longest-yard/#IDComment32674653 Well, it seems that the majority was right in their prediction that Tori would be going home. I liked her personality more than Lonni's, but I must agree she was the one who needed to go. She volunterred to be the team captain, thinking her strengths lie in exterior designs. She never did take charge - she immediately let Antonio take over. Well Tori, sorry but someone had to be responsible for the budget and the design and you volunteered............ My question to Tori: "Why?" You know that the team captain is always on the chopping block, why would you want that responsibility? Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:34:59 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/30/challenge-7-the-longest-yard/#IDComment32674653 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/24/davids-vlog-jason-got-ripped-off/#IDComment32618421 Now, finally Jason is gone! I find it very curious that last week Jason made the comment that the challenge would separate the decorators from the designers. He seemed so confident. Well, Jason, you were right, the decorator was sent home. In each challenge, all Jason ever did was decorate. He didn't get it right in the first challenge, the kitchen challenge, the white room challenge, and definately not in the child's room challenge. The placemats hung with thumb tacks as a headboard? HELLO!!!!!!!!! Jason that is not design. Well, tonight's challenge should be very interesting, I can hardly wait Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:40:42 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/24/davids-vlog-jason-got-ripped-off/#IDComment32618421 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/24/davids-vlog-jason-got-ripped-off/#IDComment32618408 I know David thought Lonnie was the best designer this past week, but I'm sorry, in my opinion Lonnie's personality could use a spark of fun. She is always so serious and her designs just haven't wowed me. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:40:27 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/24/davids-vlog-jason-got-ripped-off/#IDComment32618408 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/24/davids-vlog-jason-got-ripped-off/#IDComment32618326 Well, only 2 1/2 hrs left until episode 7. I really hope the judges don't send Dan home. Yes, he made a mistake in judgement, but his designs overall this season have been great. I must admit though, I'm beginning to think Antonio might just be the one to win. He wowed me with his bedroom design and how he interacted with his client. His hosting skills were great. He appeared to be genuine and caring. He was so excited to see his client's reaction. I really liked what I saw. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:39:15 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/24/davids-vlog-jason-got-ripped-off/#IDComment32618326 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/21/preview-of-challenge-6-kids-rooms/#IDComment31774321 Only 20 minutes until show time!!! I really hope it is Lonni or Jason who go home. I don't much care for their personalities or their design styles. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:41:07 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/21/preview-of-challenge-6-kids-rooms/#IDComment31774321 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/14/preview-of-challenge-5-homes-of-the-brave/#IDComment30984738 You are so on it -100% David as a judge? YES! I always look forward to his comments about the episodes and the designers. Does Lonnie remind you of Martha Stewart - her real behind the scenes persona? Maybe it just me......Only 28 minutes left!!!!! Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:32:17 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/14/preview-of-challenge-5-homes-of-the-brave/#IDComment30984738 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/14/preview-of-challenge-5-homes-of-the-brave/#IDComment30970834 In response to Jeffers post, I am in complete agreement with your statement. It is my understanding that this week is also a double elimination. Yes, Jason and Lonnie are the weakest links and should be eliminated ahead of the other four designers. Dan does appear to be the best designer. I also believe that Nathan is a close second. Nathan "wowed" me with his version of the White Wall Challenge. I just don't think the producers have given us the opportunity to really see them in action - (the result of editing). I can hardly wait to see what happens tonight :-) Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:15:03 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/14/preview-of-challenge-5-homes-of-the-brave/#IDComment30970834 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/14/preview-of-challenge-5-homes-of-the-brave/#IDComment30964716 Finally, it’s Sunday and a new challenge! It’s interesting to see the commercials and sneak previews; but remember, we are only seeing what the powers to be want us to see. Antonio willing to go home for refusing to paint the walls tan?…hmm. He is not one of my favorites, but in his defense, the judges are always looking for something other than “textbook design” and tan definitely fits into that category. He was given kudos in the first episode for painting the ducks hot pink and thinking “outside the box”. Now is he really going to be criticized for being against boring tan or could it possibly be because he wants things HIS way? Antonio is the ‘go to guy’ when it comes to executing the design, but in my opinion, that’s as far as it goes. I want to see more of Dan’s, Nathan’s and Tori’s design. The white wall challenge was just a ‘taste’ of what is yet to come and also another confirmation that Antonio, Jason, and Lonnie can only design or execute – not both at the same time. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:18:31 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/14/preview-of-challenge-5-homes-of-the-brave/#IDComment30964716 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/09/challenge-4-garage-transformations/#IDComment30218219 Ditto! Why wouldn't anyone want to ensure their design was original? Why she wasn't let go after that is a mystery to me. It was the same as plagerism of someone else's written ideas. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:18:14 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/09/challenge-4-garage-transformations/#IDComment30218219 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/09/challenge-4-garage-transformations/#IDComment30215832 Well, we've had the drama we have all been waiting on.....Tashica is FINALLY gone! I have never understood why she wasn't the first one to be eliminated. She doesn't know how to apply a simple coat of paint and never came up with an original design. I agree, that how she was dismissed what not the most professional way, but in the judges' defense - she just wouldn't shut up! __Now, we just need to have Jason booted off. He's nothing more than a "wannabe" Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:08:23 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/09/challenge-4-garage-transformations/#IDComment30215832 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/09/challenge-4-garage-transformations/#IDComment30212266 I agree!!!! If they didn't send her home I was seriously considering to stop watching the show. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:34:32 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/09/challenge-4-garage-transformations/#IDComment30212266 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/09/challenge-4-garage-transformations/#IDComment30211195 Yes, they do. I know from a personal perspective that most contests, whether beauty, design, and even auto shows, use "fillers". Often the judges are told which contestents are actually on the ballot and which ones need to continue to "fill" in the blanks. If you noticed, Dan and Antonio have always been the first to return to the green room, while the others have been judged more harshly. Now it is only a matter of watching to see which of the "fillers" go home the next couple of weeks. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:29:05 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/09/challenge-4-garage-transformations/#IDComment30211195 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/02/challenge-3-the-white-rooms/#IDComment29345523 I've been asking that same question since the first episode. Regardless of her "perky" personality, Tashika is like a bull in a china shop. Last week they should have sent her home instead of Amy. At least Amy and Jen had some potential if they only knew how to channel it. Mon, 3 Aug 2009 21:04:58 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/02/challenge-3-the-white-rooms/#IDComment29345523