The Apartment - Celebrity Edition

The Apartment - Celebrity Edition is the 4th season of the reality television show design competition, The Apartment which after six seasons is the longest running reality competition show in Asia.[1] The season premiered on January 25, 2015 and aired on STAR World. Unlike previous seasons, the competitors were celebrities competing as individuals for a grand prize of $100,000 to donate to their chosen charity. The judging panel included mentor-judge Jamie Durie, judge Andrea Savage, and head judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.[2] Production for the season was held in Phuket, Thailand, with luxury villas provided by Castlewood Group. The show is created by Riaz Mehta and produced by Imagine Group.[3]

The Apartment - Celebrity Edition
The Apartment - Celebrity Edition
Country of origin	Asia  Thailand
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	STAR World
Original release	January 25 – March 29, 2015
Additional information
Website	www.theapartmenttv.com
Season chronology

Format

Over 10 weeks, celebrities are given the challenge of designing one room or area in 1 of 4 luxury villas. For the first few weeks, the celebrities are divided into teams of 3 or 4 to collaborate on their designs. The winning team will receive a prize and may choose another team to share their prize with. Each team is evaluated by the three recurring judges and sometimes, with a guest judge, in the show's ""Design Court"". The losing team will face elimination and sign their stars on The Floor of Shame.[3]

Contestants

Contestants	Profession	From	Finish	Place
Patricia K	Model/DJ/Presenter	Kuala Lumpur	Episode 1	12
Nicole Russo	Music producer/Songwriter/Singer	Hong Kong London	Episode 2	11 (Quit)
Cindy Gomez	Singer	Canada	Episode 3	10
Justin Bratton	Actor/Host/Model	Singapore	Episode 4	9
Bronson Pelletier	Actor	Canada  United States	Episode 5	8
Rolando Laudico (Chef Lau)	Chef	Philippines	Episode 7	7-6
Mary Christina Brown	Actress	United States
Lucy Clarkson-Demeo	Model/Host/Singer	US-based	Episode 8	5
Paula Taylor	Actress/Host/Model	Thailand	Episode 9	4-3
Ryan Star	Musician	United States
Rima Fakih	Miss USA 2010	United States	Episode 10	2
Xiao Wang	Actress/Model/Jewelry Designer	New York  China		1

Episodes

Episode No.	Original air date	Title of episode	Guest judge	Winner	Eliminated
1	January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)	"Breaking the Rules"	Jeremy Rowe	Team Paula	Patricia K
The twelve celebrities arrive in Phuket, Thailand to meet their judges and receive their first design mission. Their expectations of working as individuals are quickly dashed when host Jamie Durie reveals that they will be working together as teams. The surprises continue as these celebrities realize they'll also be living in the very luxury villas they're renovating. Their first challenge is The Master Bedroom. Bottom Two: Patricia K & Ryan Star
2	February 1, 2015 (2015-02-01)	"Meltdown in the Mud"	None	Team Xiao	Nicole Russo (Withdrawn)
The Garden is their next challenge with Phuket's rainy season in full force. As some teams struggle in the mud, others rally and drag in whole trees to incorporate into their design and finding surprising new friends to lend them resources. As the clock counts down the stress builds and, despite Jamie's best efforts, someone decides they can't take it anymore. Bottom Two: Mary Christina Brown & Rima Fakih
3	February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)	"When Worlds Collide"	Jeremy Rowe	Team Rima	Cindy Gomez
The design mission is The Living Room with the theme East meets West. One team attempts to overthrow their team leader. Meanwhile, the team that struggled the most the week before put aside their differences to produce a coherent, if controversial, design. Bottom Two: Lucy Clarkson-Demeo & Ryan Star
4	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)	"The Kids Aren't Alright"	None	Team Xiao	Justin Bratton
The teams are shocked by the previous week's elimination. The design mission is The Kids' Room. It's a rapid challenge and the lack of time and money leaves the teams reeling. While one team builds on its previous success, the stress affects the trio that had been dubbed "team perfect". Bottom Three: Justin Bratton, Lucy Clarkson-Demeo and Paula Taylor
5	February 22, 2015 (2015-02-22)	"Plumbed Out"	Jeremy Rowe	Team Xiao	None
With the number of competitors dwindling, the teams face their most challenging design mission yet – The Bathroom, in which two bathrooms must be designed. Paint peeling off the wall and tiles cracking on the floor are some of the difficulties they face. Bottom Two: None
6	March 1, 2015 (2015-03-01)	"Changing Rooms"	Jeremy Rowe	Team Ryan	Bronson Pelletier
The bathroom challenge took its toll, leaving the judges to decide to start from scratch with brand new teams. The next design mission is The Leisure Room. Design Court flag before the contestant are Maldives,  South Africa &  Thailand Bottom Two: Bronson Pelletier & Lucy Clarkson-Demeo
7	March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)	"Spaced Out"	Christopher Comer	Team Rima	Chef Lau Mary Christina Brown
The new design challenge is The Kitchen and Dining Area. The intense manual labor derails one of the teams. Meanwhile in another villa, a bold design is planned. Bottom Two: Chef Lau & Ryan Star
8	March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)	"Shaken not Stirred"	None	Paula Taylor and Ryan Star	Lucy Clarkson-Demeo
The kitchen was the last room in the villa, but the competition continues as Jamie surprises the contestants with a new off-site challenge to create designs for a James Bond inspired yacht party. Paula and Ryan were given the Goldfinger theme while Rima, Lucy and Xiao were given the Casino Royale theme. Bottom Three: Lucy Clarkson-Demeo, Rima Fakih and Xiao Wang
9	March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22)	"Looking Back"	None	Rima Fakih and Xiao Wang	Paula Taylor Ryan Star
As the celebrities prepare for their biggest challenge yet, Jamie Durie hosts an all star look back at the season that got them here, including some surprising outtakes. At the next challenge, 4 remaining celebrity had to design a bedroom for the orphan in 30 minute. Final Two:Rima Fakih & Xiao Wang
10	March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)	"Giving Back"	Jeremy Rowe	Xiao Wang	Rima Fakih
The final design mission gives the last few celebrities a chance to compete as individuals in a design that will benefit many residents. Rima & Xiao had to design the entire orphanage in 72 hours.

Teams

Episode	Team
	Captain	Members
1	Nicole	Patricia & Ryan
	Paula	Justin & Lucy
	Rima	Chef Lau & Mary Christina
	Xiao	Bronson & Cindy
2 & 3	Paula	Justin & Lucy
	Rima	Chef Lau & Mary Christina
	Xiao	Bronson, Cindy & Ryan
4	Paula	Justin & Lucy
	Rima	Chef Lau & Mary Christina
	Xiao	Bronson & Ryan
5	Paula	Lucy
	Rima	Chef Lau & Mary Christina
	Xiao	Bronson & Ryan
6	Bronson	Lucy & Rima
	Ryan	Mary Christina & Paula
	Xiao	Chef Lau
7	Rima	Lucy
	Ryan	Mary Christina & Paula
	Xiao	Chef Lau
8	Rima	Lucy & Xiao
	Ryan	Paula
9	Rima	None
	Ryan
	Xiao
	Paula
10	Rima	None
	Xiao

Elimination

Elimination Chart

Contestant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Xiao	SAFE	WIN	BTM 3	WIN	WIN	SAFE	BTM 3	BTM 2	WIN	WINNER
Rima	SAFE	BTM 2	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	BTM 3	WIN	BTM 2	WIN	RUNNER-UP
Paula	WIN	SAFE	BTM 3	BTM 2	SAFE	WIN	BTM 3	WIN	ELIM
Ryan	BTM 2	WIN	BTM 2	WIN	WIN	WIN	BTM 2	WIN	ELIM
Lucy	WIN	SAFE	BTM 2	BTM 2	SAFE	BTM 2	WIN	ELIM
Chef Lau	SAFE	BTM 3	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM
Mary Christina	SAFE	BTM 2	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	ELIM
Bronson	SAFE	WIN	BTM 3	WIN	WIN	ELIM
Justin	WIN	SAFE	BTM 3	ELIM
Cindy	SAFE	WIN	ELIM
Nicole	BTM 3	WDR
Patricia	ELIM

     Green background and WINNER means the contestant won The Apartment - Celebrity Edition.

     Silver background and RUNNER-UP means the contestant was the runner-up on The Apartment - Celebrity Edition.

     Blue background and WIN means the contestant won that challenge.

     Pink background and BTM 3 mean the contestant worst challenge but safe.

     Orange background and BTM 2 mean the contestant worst challenge but safe.

     Dark Yellow background and WDR mean contestant withdrew due to fight of a team.

     Red background and ELIM means the contestant lost and was eliminated of the competition.

In episode 2, Jamie had a conversation with Nicole and said that she would leave the competition due to the competition being manipulated by the producers. On the second design court, Rima and Mary Christina landed in the bottom two. No one was eliminated.

In episode 3, Team Rima won the challenge. The other two teams lost in the challenge. Because of that, Laurence let the two team leaders nominate one of their team members to be in the bottom two. Xiao nominated Ryan and Paula nominated Lucy. Both of them were safe, but Cindy was eliminated.

In episode 5, All teams failed except for Team Xiao. No one was eliminated.

In episode 7, Chef Lau and Ryan landed in the bottom two. Both of them were to be eliminated, but instead Ryan was safe and Mary Christina was eliminated. Mary Christina was eliminated because the judges made a decision that she was the lesser interior designer.

Episode 9 was a recap episode.

In episode 9, two celebrities would move to the finals and two would be eliminated. Laurence let the four finalists divide into pairs. One pair will be safe and one will not. Xiao was paired with Rima and Paula was paired with Ryan. This episode ends on a cliffhanger. In the beginning episode 10, Rima and Xiao had moved to the finals and Paula and Ryan were eliminated.

Broadcast

The show premiered on STAR World Asia on January 25, 2015 airing every Sunday night. STAR World Philippines aired the show 3 weeks later, premiering on February 17, 2015, and airing every Tuesday night.

See also

The Apartment Vietnam

References

1. "Filipino competition stronger in new season of 'The Apartment' - BusinessMirror". businessmirror.com.ph. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
2. "Designed to be tough". www.thesundaily.my. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
3. http://theapartmenttv.com/

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