Project Runway Australia season 4
Project Runway Australia 4 is the fourth installment of the reality competition Project Runway Australia, airing on Arena. The series premiered on 8 October 2012.
Overview
Some changes have been made to the judging panel since the third season. Jarryd Clarke and Kirrily Johnston, judges on the previous season, did not return due to work commitments. They were replaced by fashion designer Peter Morrissey and stylist and fashion director of Harper's Bazaar Australia, Claudia Navone. Megan Gale returns as host and head judge, and Alex Perry returns as mentor to the designers.Contestants
| Name | Age | Place of residence | Place finished |
| Natalie Cook | 12th | ||
| Natashya Manfield | 11th | ||
| Mladen Milicich | 10th | ||
| Sasha-Rose Hartley | 9th | ||
| Alexandra Ovijach | 8th | ||
| Savva Argyrou | 7th | ||
| William Kutana | 6th | ||
| Jordan Court | 5th | ||
| Jamie Ashkar | Runner-up | ||
| Leah Da Gloria | Runner-up | ||
| Tristan Melle | Runner-up | ||
| Christina Exie | Winner |
Models
- Leah Jay
- Rachel Riddel
- Ebony Edwards
- Ruby Hunter
- Jae Lin
- Zoe Demkiw
- Holly Caiulo
- Lili Hart
- '''Rosa Solomon'''
Challenges
| Designer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Christina | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | OUT | IN | WINNER |
| Leah | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | WIN | LOW | HIGH | ADV | RUNNER-UP |
| Tristan | IN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | ADV | RUNNER-UP |
| Jamie | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | WIN | ADV | RUNNER-UP |
| Jordan | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | OUT | OUT | ||
| William | LOW | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | - | - | - | |
| Savva | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | - | - | - | - | |
| Alexandra | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sasha-Rose | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mladen | LOW | IN | OUT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Natashya | IN | OUT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Natalie | LOW | OUT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Episode summaries
Episode one
Original airdate: 8 October 2012The first challenge of the season required the designers to create garment of their choosing to showcase who they are as a designer. No one was sent home, however Natalie and William were required to compete head-to-head in the next challenge, with one of the two going home.Guest Judge: Miranda KerrWinner: SavvaOut: No one
Episode two
Original airdate: 15 October 2012The designers were tasked with creating a sleek and sophisticated outfit made from materials purchased at The Reject Shop.Guest Judge: Fleur WoodWinner: LeahOut: Natalie & Natashya
Episode three
Original airdate: 22 October 2012The challenge required the designers to create a commercial, white women's shirt and an accompanying outfit. The winning designer's white shirt would be featured in Madison Magazine and sold in Witchery stores in Australia, with proceeds going to ovarian cancer research.Guest Judge: Lizzie RenkertWinner: TristanOut: Mladen
Episode four
Original airdate: 29 October 2012The remaining designers were required to create an on-trend menswear look for a tradesman. As the winner of the previous challenge, Tristan could choose his client first, and pair up the rest of the designers and tradesmen.Guest Judge: Joe FarageWinner: ChristinaOut: Sasha-Rose
Episode five
Original airdate: 5 November 2012Alex awoke the designers and took them to the Melbourne Museum in order to present their challenge; to form teams and create a demi-couture collection inspired by their surroundings. Christina could join the team she wanted for winning the previous challenge, and the entire winning team would be safe.
| Team name | Members |
| Team Savva | Jordan, Tristan, Alexandra, Savva |
| Team Dragonfly | Jamie, Leah, William, Christina |
Alex later tasked the teams with creating a 5th look to open their collections.Guest Judge: Toni MaticevskiWinning Team: Team DragonflyWinner: JamieOut: Alexandra
Episode six
Original airdate: 12 November 2012The designers were tasked with creating a show-stopping garment featuring volume and curve using environmental shopping bags of various colours.Guest Judge: Glynis Traill-Nash Winner: WilliamOut: Savva
Episode seven
Original airdate: 19 November 2012The remaining designers were paired up with teenage girls and tasked with creating a dress for them to wear to their school formal. For winning the last challenge, William got to allocate each designer their budget.
| Designer | Budget |
| Leah | $100 |
| Jamie | $100 |
| Tristan | $150 |
| Jordan | $150 |
| Christina | $200 |
| William | $300 |
Episode eight
Original airdate: 26 November 2012The challenge for this week had the designers creating a dress for singer and television personality Natalie Bassingthwaighte to wear to a music awards show. Later, Alex tasked the designers to create an additional dress for Natalie to wear to an after party. Designers could only choose 2 fabrics, could not share or use the same fabrics as others, and had two extra hours to finish both looks.Guest Judges: Natalie Bassingthwaighte & Nicole Bonython-Hines Winner: JamieOut: Jordan
Episode nine
Original airdate: 3 December 2012Winner: Jamie Out: ChristinaIn this challenge, contestants had to design an outfit that would later have a photo shoot. Christina got eliminated after her black ruffled dress looked far too tortured for the runway.
Episode ten
Original airdate: 10 December 2012The three remaining designers return to the Whitehouse workroom to prepare for the finale showing of their collections.
As a surprise the two most recently cut designers, Jordan and Christina, are brought back, having also completed ten look collections. The twist is they create one more look to convince their mentor to pick just one to return and show with the three other finalists.Winner: No oneReturned to competition: ChristinaOut: Jordan
Episode eleven
Original airdate: 17 December 2012The final four prepare for the finale runway show.
After the runway the judges critique the designer’s collections back at studio. Winner: ChristinaOut: Jamie, Leah, and Tristan