In style, sooner or later you could be out, however Heidi Klum is certainly (again) in.
The mannequin, 51, is returning to “Project Runway” eight years after leaving the sequence after the Season 16 finale, Folks reviews.
Klum hosted the present from 2004 to 2017 with the “America’s Got Talent” host profitable the 2013 Emmy Award for her function, alongside her former co-host Tim Gunn.
The Publish reached out to Klum’s rep for remark.
Throughout her tenure with the design sequence, Klum was nominated 9 occasions, with “Project Runway” incomes dozens of nods all through its time on air.
The fact competitors present — which has seen numerous proficient designers take their careers to the following degree — launched on Bravo, earlier than discovering its dwelling on Lifetime. The sequence later returned to Bravo and can now land at Freeform, Disney+ and Hulu.
Klum and her co-host Gunn, 71, each exited “Project Runway” in 2017, with the Sports activities Illustrated Swimsuit cowl star sharing a heartfelt goodbye.
“After 16 incredible seasons, I am saying ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to ‘Project Runway,’ a show that I was honored to host and help create. I am incredibly proud of the show, and it will always have a special place in my heart,” Klum mentioned in an announcement on the time. “I am so appreciative of the dedicated fans, and most of all, I am grateful that we could shine a light on creativity and help launch so many talented designers’ careers.”
The hosts spoke to Folks after their exit, evaluating the mission to having a baby.
“We’re like husband and wife,” mentioned Klum. “This was our baby. Our baby is 16 years old now. Our baby can walk and it’s going to walk by itself. And we love our baby — we love our baby and we wish our baby good luck. But now we’re ready to pop out a new one.”
The duo then created their very own present, “Making the Cut,” which follows 12 designers as they face challenges and assignments that check their design abilities and skills to run a enterprise.
The sequence debuted on Prime Video in 2020 and has at present aired three seasons.
“Heidi and I have wanted to make changes to ‘Project Runway’ for quite a while,” Gunn informed The Publish on the time. “We were joined in that desire by the ‘Project Runway’ showrunner for the last eleven seasons, an incredible woman by the name of Sara Rea. And the network wouldn’t budge — they said ‘This is a success, people like the format, we’re not going to change anything.’ ”
Reflecting on the tip of their run on Lifetime, the style designer defined his thought course of on creating a brand new present with Klum.
“When ‘Project Runway’ left Lifetime and went back to Bravo, Heidi and I huddled and said, ‘This is the opportunity. This is the time that we can do what we really want to do,” confessed Gunn.
The present additionally featured vignettes of Gunn and Klum enterprise numerous actions round Paris, together with fencing, in between the segments of the designers and style exhibits.
“They were a blast,” Gunn gushed. “Heidi and I aren’t going to sit in a hotel room. We thought, ‘Let’s go out and about in Paris, and if the cameras want to follow us, let them follow us.’ It doesn’t advance the plot, but it’s fun.”
In the meantime, Karlie Kloss ended up taking on internet hosting duties for “Project Runway” after Klum and Gunn’s exit, with Christian Siriano serving as a mentor. For Seasons 19 and 20, Siriano took over because the host and continued to mentor.
Later this 12 months, Season 21 of “Project Runway” is ready to premiere and will characteristic 10 episodes aired weekly.
The judges and premiere date have but to be introduced.
