Thursday, September 10, 2026

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!