The Apartment (TV series)

The Apartment
Presented by	Kahi Lee (season 1); Jamie Durie (season 2-present);
Judges	Kahi Lee; Alice Nguyen; Martin Haeger; Jamie Durie; Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen; Andrea Savage; Genevieve Gorder; Tyler Wisler; Cat Arambulo-Antonio;
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	68
Release
Original network	STAR World (Season 1-4); Sony Channel (Season 5 and 6); AXN (Season 5 and 6); Diva (Season 7)
Original release	October 27, 2011 –; present
External links
	Website

The Apartment is a reality television show created by Riaz Mehta and produced by Imagine Group. Premiering in 2011 on Star World, it is currently the longest running reality competition television show in Asia.[1] From season 2, it is presented by Jamie Durie (Kahi Lee hosted the inaugural season), while the judges include Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Genevieve Gorder among others.[2][3]

The show sees contestants design and decorate a room each week in order to compete for the series end prize of a luxury apartment in Kuala Lumpur. The fourth season was a celebrity version where the prize was $100,000 to be donated to their chosen charity. The fifth season had the prize of $100,000 for the winners.[2] The sixth season, The Apartment - Passion For Design had twelve interior designers competing for a luxury apartment at Johor Bahru, Malaysia.[4][5] With the sixth series an online digital series, The Apartment Unboxed, was launched alongside the main show and included additional content.[1]

Judges

Judge	Cycle
Judge	1 (2011)	2 (2012)	3 (2013)	4 (2015)	5 (2017)	6 (2018)
Kahi Lee	Head Judge
Alice Nguyen	Judge		Guest Judge
Martin Haeger	Judge
Jamie Durie		Judge				Host
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen [6]		Head Judge
Andrea Savage			Guest Judge	Judge
Genevieve Gorder					Judge
Elliot Barratt			Guest Judge	Judge
Tyler Wisler						Judge
Cat Arambulo-Antonio [7]						Judge

Season

Season	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Number of contestants	Prize
1 Malaysia	October 27, 2011 (2011-10-27)	Syed & Rodrigo	Jeremy & Renai Michael & Artika	6 (3 team of 2)	Their own apartment in The Quarza in Kuala Lumpur
2 Malaysia	October 19, 2012 (2012-10-19)	Dali (Iva & Philippe)	Opportunists (Alex & Chelsea)	16 (8 team of 2)	Their own apartment in The Veo in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur
3 Malaysia	September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)	Deankie & Tiara	Yvette & Sonya	18 (9 team of 2)	A brand new double-storey home at Elmina
4 Thailand	January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)	Xiao Wang	Rima Fakih	12	A cash prize of $100,000 to donate to their chosen charity
5 Malaysia	March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18)	Aleksandra Flasz	Winston See	12	A cash prize of $100,000
6 Malaysia	March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)	Stephanie Dods	Rachel Lee	12	Their own apartment in UMLand Seri Austin D'Lagoon worth nearly $200.000 in Johor Bahru A feature spread in Singapore Home & Decor magazine
7 Malaysia	November 13, 2019 (2019-11-13)	Adrien Kent	Seron Chau	12	A cash prize of $100,000

International versions

Indonesian version

An Indonesian version of The Apartment (also known as Master Desain Apartemen) airs on MNCTV (for season 1)[8] and GTV (for season 2).[9] The first episode of the show premiered on September 3, 2017 and each episode is broadcast every Sunday, at 16:00 WIB (Western Indonesian Time). The show is hosted by Fenita Arie who gives the challenge and a panel including Matthew Munesh and Cosmas Gozali judge their work. The final winners were announced after the last episode, and the prize was their own apartment in The Ayodhya, Alam Sutera, in Tangerang. The first season winner is musician Alexis Brille.

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References

"Filipino competition stronger in new season of 'The Apartment' - BusinessMirror". businessmirror.com.ph. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
Post, The Jakarta. "'The Apartment': Into drama and design". thejakartapost.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
"Archives - The Star Online". archive.org. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
"Latest season of interior design show filmed in Taman Seri Austin - Metro News - The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
"Asia's biggest design reality show". thestandard.com.phi. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
"Designed to be tough". www.thesundaily.my. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
"Cat Arambulo-Antonio: Passion for all things beautiful". rappler.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
Lingkar9. "The Apartment Indonesia | Saksikan Minggu Jam 16.00 di MNC TV". The Apartment Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-10-20.
ID, The Apartment (2019-01-14). "Pada Season 1 #Theapartmentid sudah berhasil mendapatkan Sang Master Desain, Lalu kompetisi desain interior pertama dan terbesar di Indonesia akan hadir kembali menjadi "#MasterDesainApartemen". Nantikan Segera hanya di @OfficialGTVID @LetsColourID". @TheApartmentID (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-01-15.

External links

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[dog-1] "Filipino competition stronger in new season of 'The Apartment' - BusinessMirror". businessmirror.com.ph. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[aaa-2] Post, The Jakarta. "'The Apartment': Into drama and design". thejakartapost.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[3] "Archives - The Star Online". archive.org. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

[4] "Latest season of interior design show filmed in Taman Seri Austin - Metro News - The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[5] "Asia's biggest design reality show". thestandard.com.phi. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[6] "Designed to be tough". www.thesundaily.my. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[7] "Cat Arambulo-Antonio: Passion for all things beautiful". rappler.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[8] Lingkar9. "The Apartment Indonesia | Saksikan Minggu Jam 16.00 di MNC TV". The Apartment Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-10-20.

[9] ID, The Apartment (2019-01-14). "Pada Season 1 #Theapartmentid sudah berhasil mendapatkan Sang Master Desain, Lalu kompetisi desain interior pertama dan terbesar di Indonesia akan hadir kembali menjadi "#MasterDesainApartemen". Nantikan Segera hanya di @OfficialGTVID @LetsColourID". @TheApartmentID (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-01-15.