The Apartment (TV series)

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 Apartment
Presented by
Judges
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes68
Release
Original networkSTAR World (Season 1-4)
Sony Channel (Season 5 and 6)
AXN (Season 5 and 6)
Diva (Season 7)
Original releaseOctober 27, 2011 –
present
External links
Website

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
1
(2011)		 2
(2012)		 3
(2013)		 4
(2015)		 5
(2017)		 6
(2018)
Kahi Lee
Head Judge
Alice Nguyen
JudgeGuest Judge
Martin Haeger
Judge
Jamie Durie
JudgeHost
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen [6]
Head Judge
Andrea Savage
Guest JudgeJudge
Genevieve Gorder
Judge
Elliot Barratt
Guest JudgeJudge
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)
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.

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