Designer | Advantages | Disadvantages | A Sure Win?
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| | | | Voted Off: Week 9 |
 Carisa Perez-Fuentes | - Has had experience student
| - Less experience than the rest
- Bossy and opinionated
| Voted Off: Final Episode
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| | - Has several jobs that involve design
- Eclectic Background
- Home court advantage
| - Less focused on interior design, more focused on art
| Voted Off: Week 3
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| | - A partner at a design firm at a young age
- Self-taught and self sufficient
| | Voted off: Week 6 |
| | - Twenty years of experience
- High-profile clients
- Home court advantage
| | Voted Off: Week 4
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 Goil Amornvivat | - Steller education
- Hand-selected from reknowned architect
- Has built several large projects
| - So nice, he might just get squished
- Less interior design experience than others
| Voted Off: Week 8 |
 Heather Ashton | - Self-made and formally trained
- Self-starter
- Bloomed with natural design talent later in life
| - Few high profile projects to speak of
| Voted Off: Week 1 |
| | - Self-made without even a high school diploma
- Owns his own firm
| - No formal training
- No grace under pressure
| Voted off: Week 2 |
| | - Owns her own firm
- Has many honors and accolades
- Home court advantage
| | Voted Off: Week 1 |
| | - Heads interior design dept.
- Ambitious, worked hard to get where he is
| | Top Design Winner |
| | - Lots of experience
- Working on a $20 million home
| - The biggest ego on the show
- Little formal training
| Voted off: Week 7 |
 Ryan Humphrey | - Diverse portfolio
- Exceptionally hard worker
- Work as an artist has been showcased in NY
| - Mostly an art background, less of an interior design background
- Huge ego, less interested in design than stirring things up
| Voted off: Week 5 |