Project Runway
The Finale Challenge
TV Flash files “The Finale Challenge” as hour 121 of 303 in the TV Flash guide — Project Runway (2004–present) on Bravo/Lifetime, season 9, episode 12, aired 2011-10-13, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E12: listed hour 121 of 303 in the Project Runway guide, hour 12 of 14 in season 9. It aired 2011-10-13 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “This is for the Birds” (S09E11). Next is “Finale, Part 1” (S09E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The judges want to see their visions as designers so they challenge the contestants to create a mini-collection. Actress Zoe Saldana serves as guest judge.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Finale Challenge sit in the Project Runway guide?
S09E12 is listed hour 121 of 303 — hour 12 of 14 in season 9, season 9 episode 12.
When did Project Runway S09E12 air?
The Finale Challenge aired 2011-10-13 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Bravo or Lifetime — does the move matter?
It premiered on Bravo in 2004 and moved networks while remaining a franchise pillar. Timed challenges, Gunn, Heidi's verdict are the grammar.
In the series
Why this series still plays
One day you're in, the next you're out, and Tim Gunn is murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. Project Runway turned designer panic into elimination sport — timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi's verdict, mentorship as the actual weekly drama.
One day you're in, the next you're out, and that is not a catchphrase so much as a crime-scene label on a workroom. Eli Holzman and Jonathan Murray's Project Runway premiered on Bravo in 2004, later Lifetime, remaining a franchise pillar: Heidi Klum as host/judge, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors. Aspiring designers, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, elimination sport. Gunn as mainstream mentor icon. Twenty-two seasons and counting in this pack, 303 episodes.…
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- Heidi Klum as Host/Judge
Heidi Klum hosted and judged Project Runway as the verdict in a fluorescent panic — one day you're in, the next you're out, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. Designer elimination sport, timed challenges, mentorship…
- Tim Gunn as Mentor
Tim Gunn mentored Project Runway as Mentor — one day you're in, the next you're out, make it work murmured like a secular blessing. Designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, a verdict in the workroom. TV…
- Nina Garcia as Judge
Nina Garcia sat Project Runway’s table like taste could end a week — 2000s designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi’s verdict, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. TV Flash files…
- Michael Kors as Judge
Michael Kors sat Project Runway’s judging table like a verdict in cashmere — 2000s designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi’s gavel, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. TV Flash…