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The topic of race is really excessive. This isn't the first show to push race. Also, the piece with SAY THEIR NAMES was already done on RuPauls Drag Race. I'd like a show to strictly focus on talent and creations.

Christian Siriano is a terrible mentor. He's not inspirational or motivational. He is snarky, and when a contestant is stumped or down in the dumps - Christian kicks them while they are down. The show went downhill when Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn left- contestants & judges.

Have watched for years, and continue to watch, but I'm not convinced Christian should be a mentor. He seems a little too young/inexperienced for the role, and he's definitely no Tim Gunn.

Glad the show is still being produced, but I'm not impressed by the new hostess or with Christian as mentor (liked him as a designer though). It's just not the same. I miss Tim; he's great.

I love this show - got hooked on it last year, and this year it's even more fun, what with the challenges being even more, well, challenging. If you ignore all the overblown ego crap - and there's a lot of it (not naming names, but you know who you are, Santino) and just watch it for the creativity factor, it's very inspiring.

My favorite challenge so far was when the designers had to design outfits for each other - that was particularly creative, especially when they had to model them on the runway.

This year, I especially admire Chloe, who never participates in any of the cattiness or ego games, she just stays high-minded, focused and sticks to her work, turning out brilliant outfits week after week. I think she deserves to win, hands down.

8/10/08: So Chloe won, then Jeffrey Sebelia the next year and Christian "Fierce" Siriano last year, and we're well into the new season now, the fifth. Some contenders shaping up, looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.