project RUNWAY Season 22 Recap - September 10, 2026 (The Last 2 Episodes of the Season)

Before We Start: Christian Siriano has caught Bryan Barrientos preventing him from Being Eliminated which led to this challenge

Final Challenge Before the Finale Sponsored by David’s Bridal: They created 2 wedding-day looks for fashion forward brides. The winner’s looks will be sold by that co.

Guest Judges: Kiernan Shipka (actress) & Sergio Hudson (Tyra Banks had the Week Off)

Song: "Single Ladies" by Beyonce

#1: Briana Benavides, Mia Maxwell, Anna Aufdenkamp & Adele Zaikman (Jude Mikulencak)

#2: Khoudia Thiam, Daniela Karagach, Sarah Victoria Fisher & Svetha "Sway" Nallapanemi (Naheim Muhammad)

#3: Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Kylie Wilkens & Selena Hamilton (Anna Molinari)

#4: Jeanelle Gabrielle Foster, Sydney Moss, Christina Palavra & Alexandra Yonkovich (Joseph McRae)

#5: Jessica Millin, Kayli Johnston, Samiah Brown & Sharna Burgess (Bi Pham)

#6: Janine Tondu, Onye Stevenson, Amanda Trolle & Audrey Douglass (Bryan Barrientos)

Made it to the Final 3 are: Anna (Winner and Automatic Finalist), Jude & Bi

And The Last Finalist is Joseph

AND NOW AFTER NINE WEEKS WITHOUT JOKE DESIGNERS, WE FINALLY DID IT JUST IN TIME FOR THE SEASON FINALE!

Filled in for Tyra as Guest Judge: Fausto Puglisi (Roberto Cavalli creative director) 

Joke Designers I'm Using: The Top 4 Finishers in the 2026 Jeopardy! Masters

Routine #1: Tien Len

Song: "Tiến Lên Việt Nam Ơi" by Sơn Tùng M-T-P

Roster: Amanda Trolle, Daniela Karagach, Jessica Baxter, Hailey Bills, Samiah Brown, Sharna Burgess, Khoudia Thiam, Audrey Douglass, Yu Liang & Pauline Casino (Yogesh Raut)

Routine #2: Breakdown

Song: "Breakdown" by Mariah Carey featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Roster: Larissa Marchiori, Britt Stewart, Anastaiia Gavriukhova, Nina Mayster, Liris Crosse, Svetha "Sway" Nallapanemi, Janine Tondu, Jenna Johnson, Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold (Victoria Groce)

Routine #3: Building Armor to Take Flight 

Song: "Wings" by Little Mix

Roster: Naimah Terry, Dyllan Blackburn, Christina Palavra, Alexandra Yonkovich, Briana Benavides, Mia Maxwell, Leah Denae Brown, Emma Slater, Kylie Wilkens & Kamri Peterson (Andrew He)

Routine #4: Fighter

Song: "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera

Roster: Jeanelle Gabrielle Foster, Sydney Moss, Sean Banks, Onye Stevenson, Anna Aufdenkamp, Adele Zaikman, Jessica Millin, Kayli Johnston, Sarah Victoria Fisher & Witney Carson (Paolo Pasco)

Also In Attendance (Not Including the Finalists Families and Loved Ones): Kia Marie, Ethan Mundt, Camila Ramon, Nikhil Kapoor, Harrison Crite & Tim B.

And Now The Winner of Season 22 of Project Runway is NOT Yogesh Raut...Which Happens to be: Bi Pham

And The Winner of Season 22 of Project Runway is NOT Victoria Groce...Which Happens to be Anna Molinari

But the Winner of Season 22 of Project Runway is NOT Paolo Pasco which is Joseph McRae but Andrew He who is actually Jude Mikelencak in which he wins Season #22 of Project Runway

And That Was Just The Beginning, More Joke Designers to Come on September 15th as we start Season 35 of dancing with the stars, Stay Tuned!

project RUNWAY Season 22 Recap - August 31, 2026 (We're Catching Up for the Final Time!)

 So Far on Season 22 of Project Runway we are on a Joke Designer Drought but the Next Challenge will be picked up where we left off.

C #6: All of the remaining designers teamed up against some of last season’s designers in an unconventional material challenge. The winning designer from the winning house would win $20K. If S22 won, there would be no elimination.

Filled in for Tyra: Iman (supermodel & fashion icon)

S22:

Song: "Break My Soul" by Beyonce (2022)

#1: Amanda Trolle, Audrey Douglass, Simone Thunissen & Stephanie Sosa (Jeffrey)

#2: Rain Batingana, Angel Maria Strittmater, Roberta Little & Ralyn Johnson (Naheim)

#3: Anastasiia Gavriukhova, Nina Mayster, Samiah Brown & Sharna Burgess (Anna)

#4: Briana Benavides, Mia Maxwell, Badu & Tori Evans (Jude)

#5: Liris Crosse, Svetha "Sway" Nallapanemi, Evelin Weber & Claire Elizabeth Ross (Bryan)

#6: Anna Aufdenkamp, Adele Zaikman, Danielle Van Randen & Suvannah Hunter (Joseph)

#7: Yu Liang, Pauline Casino, Janine Tondu & Onye Stevenson (Bi)

S21:

Song: "(It Goes Like) Nanana" by Peggy Gou (2023)

#1: Jessica Baxter, Hailey Bills, Kylie Wilkens & Selena Hamilton (Antonio)

#2: Khoudia Thiam, Daniela Karagach, Mia Wyble & Miyah Henderson (Yuchen)

#3: Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Joan Beverly & Izzy Burton (Ethan)

#4: Naimah Terry, Dyllan Blackburn, Friday B Chuol & Koko Iwasaki (Joan)

#5: Christina Palavra, Alexandra Yonkovich, Jessica Millin & Kayli Johnston (Belania)

#6: Lexii Loushel, Briar Nolet, Anastasia Bogushev & Emma Slater (Jesus)

#7: Kara Gall, Witney Carson, Natalia Nien & Natalie Jolley (Veejay)

W- Bi (Also on top: Joseph)

C #7: They made looks for some “dancing with the stars” alums. 

GM: Julianne Hough

Filled in for Tyra: Niecy Nash

Runway Song Choice: "Dance The Night" by Dua Lipa (2023)

#1 (Samba): Jenna Johnson, Kylie Wilkens, Hailey Bills, Jessica Baxter, Christina Palavra, Alexandra Yonkovich, Evelin Weber & Claire Elizabeth Ross (Anna)

#2 (PD): Kylie Wilkens, Selena Hamilton, Khoudia Thiam, Daniela Karagach, Kara Gall, Witney Carson, Roberta Little, Ralyn Johnson, Joan Beverly & Izzy Burton (Bi)

#3 (W): Emma Slater, Anastasia Bogushev, Rain Batingana, Angel Maria Strittmater, Badu, Tori Evans, Lexii Loushel & Briar Nolet (Bryan)

#4 (Jazz): Anna Aufdenkamp, Adele Zaikman, Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Friday B Chuol, Koko Iwasaki, Joan Beverly & Izzy Burton (Naheim)

#5 (Salsa): Britt Stewart, Amanda Trolle, Briana Benavides, Mia Maxwell, Samiah Brown, Sharna Burgess, Danielle Van Randen & Suvannah Hunter (Jeffrey)

#6 (Q): Anastasiia Gavriukhova, Nina Mayster, Naimah Terry, Dyllan Blackburn, Natalia Nien, Natalie Jolley, Janine Tondu & Onye Stevenson (Jude)

#7 (Jive): Simone Thunissen, Stephanie Sosa, Sarah Victoria Fisher, Svetha "Sway" Nallapanemi, Yu Liang, Pauline Casino, Jessica Millin & Kayli Johnston  (Joseph)

W- Jude (Also on top: Anna)

L- Bryan & Jeffrey (Also on bottom: Naheim & Joseph)

project RUNWAY Season 22 Recap - August 24, 2026 (Catching It Up with the Next 2 Episodes)

First Up Aaron is Lost

C #4: They made looks using Viva paper towels. The winner won both immunity & $20K.

Filled in for Nina: Willy Chavarria (fashion designer)

Song Choice for this Routine: "PURE/HONEY" by Beyoncé

#1: Amanda Trolle, Audrey Douglass, Yu Liang, Pauline Casino (Elizabeth)

#2: Yu Liang, Pauline Casino, Sarah Victoria Fisher, Stephani Sosa (Bi)

#3: Christina Palavra, Alexandra Yonkovich, Jessica Baxter, Hailey Bills (Bobby)

#4: Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Natalia Nien, Natalie Jolley (Bryan)

#5: Lexii Loushel, Briar Nolet, Khoudia Thiam, Daniela Karagach (Joseph)

#6: Briana Benavides, Mia Maxwell, Kara Gall, Witney Carson (Jude)

#7: Badu, Tori Evans, Anastasia Bogushev, Emma Slater (Naheim)

#8: Liris Crosse, Svetha "Sway" Nallapanemi, Anna Aufdenkamp, Adele Zaikman (Anna)

#9: Rain Batingana, Angel Maria Strittmater, Janine Tondu, Onye Stevenson (Jeffery)

BOTTOM- Bobby, Elizabeth & Anna

TOP- Bryan, Bi, Naheim & Jeffrey

W- Naheim

L- Elizabeth

C #5: They did red-carpet looks for Heidi to wear at the premiere of “The Devil Wears PRADA 2”.

Filled in for Nina & Tyra: Winnie Harlow (supermodel & beauty entrepreneur) & Nina Dobrev (actress/producer)

RUNWAY SONG CHOICE: "Runway" by Lady Gaga (feat. Doechii) (From The Soundtrack to that Movie)

#1: Briana Benavides, Mia Maxwell, Kara Gall, Witney Carson, Kylie Wilkens & Selena Hamilton (Bi)

#2: Christina Palavra, Alexandra Yonkovich, Jessica Baxter, Hailey Bills, Badu & Tori Evans (Jude)

#3: Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Natalia Nien, Natalie Jolley, Friday B Chuol & Koko Iwasaki (Joseph)

#4: Lexii Loushel, Briar Nolet, Khoudia Thiam, Daniela Karagach, Naimah Terry & Dyllan Blackburn (Naheim)

#5: Rain Batingana, Angel Maria Strittmater, Janine Tondu, Onye Stevenson, Anastasiia Gavriukhova & Nina Mayster (Anna)

#6: Anna Aufdenkamp, Adele Zaikman, Liris Crosse, Svetha "Sway" Nallapanemi, Roberta Little & Ralyn Johnson (Jeffery)

#7: Amanda Trolle, Audrey Douglass, Yu Liang, Pauline Casino, Anastasia Bogushev & Emma Slater (Bobby)

#8: Yu Liang, Pauline Casino, Sarah Victoria Fisher, Stephanie Sosa, Samiah Brown & Sharna Burgess (Bryan)

W- Bryan (Also on top: Bi & Jeffrey)

NOMINATED BY BRYAN FOR ELIMINATION- Bobby, Naheim & Jude

L- Bobby

project RUNWAY Season 22 Recap - July 30, 2026

C #3 (sponsored by the Humane World for Animals): They engaged in a series of head-to-head battles where they created looks inspired by wild animals. Nina wasn’t there again. There would be a guest model for each battle from hulu’s “Get Real” in which they will team up with a Klumette however a Decoy Model from hulu's Get Real will also be involved as well along with their usual Klumettes as there Decoy's.

Runway Song: "Wild Boys" by Duran Duran

Aaron v. Anna: Lion 

Klumettes Involved: Jen Affleck* (The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives), Kendall Jenner (The Kardashians), Jessica Baxter, Hailey Bills, Kara Gall, Witney Carson, Christina Palavra, Alexandra Yonkovich, Sarah Victoria Fisher & Stephani Sosa

Jeffrey v. Naheim: Great white shark 

Klumettes Involved: Jenn Tran* (The Bachelor & Bachelorette), Whitney Leavitt (The Secret Lives of Mromon Wives), Lexii Loushel, Briar Nolet, Anastasia Bogushev, Emma Slater, Badu, Tori Evans, Natalia Nien & Natalie Jolley 

Joseph v. Bryan: Scarlet macaw 

Klumettes Involved: Charity Lawson (The Bachelor & Bachelorette), Kylie Jenner (The Kardashians), Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Khoudia Thiam, Daniela Karagach, Briana Benavides, Mia Maxwell, Rebecca Hanobik & Rylee Arnold

Bi v. Jude: Arctic wolf 

Klumettes Involved: Sarah Jane Nader (Love Thy Nader), Brooks Nader (Love Thy Nader), Amanda Trolle, Audrey Douglass, Kylie Wilkens, Selena Hamilton, Yu Liang, Pauline Casino, Janine Tondu & Onye Stevenson

Elizabeth v. Bobby: Wild mustang 

Klumettes Involved: Ekin-Su Culculoglu (Vanderpump Villa), Gabby Windey (The Bachelor & Bachelorette), Anna Aufdenkamp, Adele Zaikman, Jessica Baxter, Hailey Bills, Naimah Terry, Dyllan Blackburn, Friday B Chuol & Koko Iwasaki

THE DECOYERS: Bengal Tiger
Klumettes Involved: Ariana Madix (Vanderpump Rules), Charli D'Amelio (The Kardashians & Dancing with the Stars), Lexii Loushel, Briar Nolet, Anastasia Bogushev, Emma Slater, Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Khoudia Thiam & Daniela Karagach (These are made up of the Joseph and Jeffrey's Models from Last Weeks Challenge in which they are eliminated from Last Week)

*Actual Model is a designer on project runway

WInner: The Naders and her Team won (Because Jude wins a Humane Journeys Expedition)

project RUNWAY Season 22 Recap - July 23, 2026 (Football Time)

Well with Bi has been saved here's the Next Challenge: They were divided into 4 fashion houses & created looks inspired by NFL teams. The winning head of this challenge would win immunity, have their fashion house’s collection partake in Superbowl LXI & win tickets to Superbowl LXI in Los Angeles.

Here are the Assigned Teams

Falcons: Bryan, Bi & Elizabeth

Giants: Jeffrey, Anna & Chloe

Eagles: Andriy, Bobby & Jude

Panthers: Joseph, Naheim & Aaron

And Now The Klumettes in which their Routine is set to Goodies and 1, 2, Step with tonight's guest judge, Ciara in which she filled in for Nina Garcia, This Week

Badu (D. Johnson #5), Tori Evans (J. Mingo #15), Natalia Nien (J. Horn #8) & Natalie Jolley (D. Brown #95) (Naheim)

Jessica Baxter (D. Sanders #0), Hailey Bills (T. Tremble #82), Kara Gall (S. Thompson #7) & Witney Carson (J. Jewell #47) (Aaron)

Rebecca Hanobik (B. Young #9), Rylee Arnold (X. Legette #17), Khoudia Thiam (A. Thelen #19) & Daniela Karagach (C. Hubbard #30) (Joseph)

Liris Crosse (A. Robinson #11), Svetha "Sway" Nallapanemi (J. Okereke #58), Anastasiia Gavriukhova (M. Nubin #31) & Nina Mayster (G. Lawrence #97) (Chloe)

Lexii Loushel (M. Nabers #1), Briar Nolet (D. Slayton #18), Anastasia Bogushev (J. Hyatt #13) & Emma Slater (D. Singletary #26) (Jeffrey)

Christina Palavra (K. Thibodeaux #5), Alexandra Yonkovich (B. Burns #0), Sarah Victoria Fisher (D. Banks #2) & Stephani Sosa (T. Tracy Jr. #29) (Anna)

Amanda Trolle (M. Penix Jr. #9), Audrey Douglass (T. Allgeier #25), Kylie Wilkens  (D. Mooney #1) & Selena Hamilton (R. McCloud #34) (Bi)

Anna Aufdenkamp (A. Terrell #24), Adele Zaikman (J. Bates #3), Jessica Baxter (G. Jarrett #97) & Hailey Bills (M. Judon #9) (Elizabeth)

Briana Benavides (K. Cousins #18), Mia Maxwell (B. Robinson #7), Rebecca Hanobik (D. London #5) & Rylee Arnold (K. Pitts #8) (Bryan)

Rain Batingana (J. Hurts #1), Angel Maria Strittmater (S. Barkley #26), Roberta Little (A. Brown #11) & Ralyn Johnson (D. Smith #6) (Andriy)

Yu Liang (J. Carter #98), Pauline Casino (B. Graham #55), Janine Tondu (N. Smith #3) & Onye Stevenson (Z. Baun #53) (Jude)

Naimah Terry (D. Goedert #88), Dyllan Blackburn (L. Johnson #65), Friday B Chuol (C. DeJean #33) & Koko Iwasaki (Q. Mitchell #30) (Bobby)

(Note: Both The Regulars and Decoys will be wearing a High Leg Cut Bodysuits and Leg Warmers to Match The Team Colors along with their assigned Uniform of that NFL Player associated with the team as of the day of typing by showing only Player's Inital First Name, Last Name & Uniform Number)

However Panthers won but the Falcons Finished 2nd and Next Week we will walk on the Wildside with our Special Guest Models from Hulu's Get Real lineup bring the contestants' creations to life on the runway as they will be teamed with the Usual Regulars who are now decoy models.

But There Will be a Surprise as well so stay tuned to this recap for Further Developments.

Project Runway Season 22 Recap - July 16, 2025

In Honor of the New Director, Ramy Romany: Those who won last week had immunity. And those winning designers & losing designers would save somebody.

Nina Garcia will not be on Tonight's Episode so Filling in as a Guest Judge: Ice Spice

Song: "Wannabe" and "Say You'll Be There" by The Spice Girls

Briana Benavides & Mia Maxwell (Bryan)

Anna Aufdenkamp & Adele Zaikman (Bobby)

Yu Liang & Pauline Casino (Chloe)

Sarah Victoria Fisher & Stephani Sosa (Jude)

Rebecca Hanobik & Rylee Arnold (Elizabeth)

Anastasiia Gavriukhova & Nina Mayster (Andriy)

Amanda Trolle & Audrey Douglass (Jeffrey)

Rain Batingana & Angel Maria Strittmater (Octavius)

Samiah Brown & Sophie Tosh (Bi)

Naimah Terry* & Dyllan Blackburn (Joseph)

Jessica Baxter & Hailey Bills (Bao)

Janine Tondu & Onye Stevenson (Anna)

Roberta Little & Ralyn Johnson (Dani)

Badu & Tori Evans (Aaron)

Friday B Chuol & Koko Iwasaki (Yangyang)

Kylie Wilkens* & Selena Hamilton (Naheim)

Winner: Joseph (Naimah gets her First Win This Season)

Loser: Octavius, Dani, Bi, Bao & Yangyang 

Why: 5 Model-Dancers are sent to the Disposal to become Decoys so what happens next?

The Answer: Next Week, The Designers will be split into four fashion houses and challenged to create runway-worthy looks inspired by NFL teams; working together while maintaining their own creative voice proves to be difficult as emotions rise and bonds are tested.

And Will This be the First Joke Designer Recap of the Season?: Maybe, But The Joke Designers will be the head coaches of their respective NFL Team so stay tuned Next Week!

Project Runway Seaon 22 Premiere Recap

Project Runway Season 22 Premiere Recap

YOU'RE KLUMETTES TO BEGIN THE SEASON

Song: 22 by Taylor Swift [First 5],  "Good Time" by Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen [Next 5], "Clarity" by Zedd ft. Foxes [Next 6], "Run Away With Me" by Carly Rae Jepsen [Next 5], "Ain't It Fun" by Paramore [Last 1 and All 22 Model-Dancer Pairs]

Anna Aufdenkamp & Adele Zaikman (Andriy Volkov)

Friday B Chuol & Koko Iwasaki (Varvara Diakopenkova a.k.a. Bobby)

Natalia Nien & Natalie Jolley (Bao Tranchi)

Rain Batingana & Angel Maria Strittmater (Yangyang Xu)

Christina Palavra & Alexandra Yonkovich (Joseph McRae - Returned from S21)

Kara Gall & Witney Carson (Chloe Magleby)

Roberta Little & Ralyn Johnson (Andrea Moore)

Yu Liang* & Pauline Casino (Naheim Muhammad)

Janine Tondu & Onye Stevenson (LRE the Artist a.k.a. Omolara Odupita)

Anastasiia Gavriukhova & Nina Mayster (Robert "Robby" Crone)

Naimah Terry* & Dyllan Blackburn (Octavius Terry, No Relation to the Model, Sorry)

Khoudia Thiam & Daniela Karagach (Aaron Potts)

Jessica Baxter & Hailey Bills (Jeffrey Kelly Abess)

Rebecca Hanobik & Rylee Arnold (Jude Mikulencak)

Briana Benavides & Mia Maxwell (Bi Pham)

Anastasia Bogushev & Emma Slater (Dani Bennett)

Lexii Loushel & Briar Nolet (Andrew Dunayevskiy a.k.a. Plane Jane)

Sarah Victoria Fisher & Stephani Sosa (Jennifer Daniels)

Kylie Wilkens & Selena Hamilton (R'Bonney Gabriel)

Badu & Tori Evans (Elizabeth Shevelev)

Amanda Trolle & Audrey Douglass (Anna Molinari)

Jessica Millin & Olivia Alboher (Bryan Barrientos)

*Designated to Replace a Male Model so we can't allow men to this recap sorry

WINNING DESIGNERS - Andriy, Bryan, Chloe, Elizabeth, Jude & Bobby

LOSING DESIGNERS - Plane Jane, R’Bonney, Robby, Andrea, Jennifer & LRE