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]
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]
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Nicole Russo (Withdrawn)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.
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
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.
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.
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
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March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
"Shaken not Stirred"
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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
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March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22)
"Looking Back"
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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.
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.
