The Apartment (TV series)
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| Country of origin | Malaysia |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 68 |
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| Network | STAR World (Season 1-4) Sony Channel (Season 5 and 6) AXN (Season 5 and 6) Diva (Season 7) |
| Release | October 27, 2011 – December 15, 2019 |
The Apartment is a reality television show created by Riaz Mehta and produced by Imagine Group. Premiering in 2011 on Star World, it is currently the longest running reality competition television show in Asia.[1] From season 2, it is presented by Jamie Durie (Kahi Lee hosted the inaugural season), while the judges include Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Genevieve Gorder among others.[2][3]
The show sees contestants design and decorate a room each week in order to compete for the series end prize of a luxury apartment in Kuala Lumpur. The fourth season was a celebrity version where the prize was $100,000 to be donated to their chosen charity. The fifth season had the prize of $100,000 for the winners.[2] The sixth season, The Apartment - Passion For Design had twelve interior designers competing for a luxury apartment at Johor Bahru, Malaysia.[4][5] With the sixth series an online digital series, The Apartment Unboxed, was launched alongside the main show and included additional content.[1]
Judges
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| 1 (2011) |
2 (2012) |
3 (2013) |
4 (2015) |
5 (2017) |
6 (2018) |
7 (2019) | ||||
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Alice Nguyen |
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Martin Haeger |
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Andrea Savage |
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Cameron Woo [7] |
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Elliot Barratt |
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Tyler Wisler |
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Cat Arambulo-Antonio [8] |
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Season
[edit]| Season | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Number of contestants | Prize |
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1 Malaysia
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October 27, 2011 | Syed & Rodrigo | Jeremy & Renai Michael & Artika |
6 (3 team of 2) |
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October 19, 2012 | Dali (Iva & Philippe) | Opportunists (Alex & Chelsea) | 16 (8 team of 2) |
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| 3 Malaysia
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September 29, 2013 | Deankie & Tiara | Yvette & Sonya | 18 (9 team of 2) |
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4 Thailand
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January 25, 2015 | Xiao Wang | Rima Fakih | 12 |
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| 5 Malaysia
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March 18, 2017 | Aleksandra Flasz | Winston See | 12 |
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| 6 Malaysia
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March 22, 2018 | Stephanie Dods | Rachel Lee | 12 |
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| 7 Malaysia
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November 13, 2019 | Adrien Kent | Seron Chau | 12 |
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International versions
[edit]Indonesian version
[edit]An Indonesian version of The Apartment (also known as Master Desain Apartemen) airs on MNCTV (for season 1)[9] and GTV (for season 2).[10] The first episode of the show premiered on September 3, 2017 and each episode is broadcast every Sunday, at 16:00 WIB (Western Indonesian Time). The show is hosted by Fenita Arie who gives the challenge and a panel including Matthew Munesh and Cosmas Gozali judge their work. The final winners were announced after the last episode, and the prize was their own apartment in The Ayodhya, Alam Sutera, in Tangerang. The first season winner is musician Alexis Brille.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Filipino competition stronger in new season of 'The Apartment' - BusinessMirror". businessmirror.com.ph. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ a b Post, The Jakarta. "'The Apartment': Into drama and design". thejakartapost.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Archives - The Star Online". archive.org. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Latest season of interior design show filmed in Taman Seri Austin - Metro News - The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Asia's biggest design reality show". thestandard.com.phi. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Designed to be tough". www.thesundaily.my. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ https://cameronwoodesign.com%7C Cameron Woo: Design at its finest
- ^ https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/tv/198528-cat-arambulo-antonio-the-apartment-passion-for-design%7Ctitle= Cat Arambulo-Antonio: Passion for all things beautiful|website=rappler.com|accessdate=17 April 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325164111/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/tv/198528-cat-arambulo-antonio-the-apartment-passion-for-design%7Carchivedate=25 March 2018
- ^ Lingkar9. "The Apartment Indonesia | Saksikan Minggu Jam 16.00 di MNC TV". The Apartment Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-10-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ ID, The Apartment (2019-01-14). "Pada Season 1 #Theapartmentid sudah berhasil mendapatkan Sang Master Desain, Lalu kompetisi desain interior pertama dan terbesar di Indonesia akan hadir kembali menjadi "#MasterDesainApartemen". Nantikan Segera hanya di @OfficialGTVID @LetsColourID". @TheApartmentID (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-01-15.