Project Runway El Djazair

Project Runway El Djazair (Arabic: بروجكت رانواي الجزائر) is the Algerian version of the successful American reality TV show Project Runway. It premiered on October 28, 2023, on Echorouk TV. The show features 12 Algerian designers who compete to become "the next big Algerian designer". Contestants compete against each other for the best costumes and are limited in time, materials and theme. Your designs will be reviewed and one or more designers will be eliminated each week. In each episode, the selected contestants are gradually eliminated based on the judges' scores until only a few contestants remain. These finalists will prepare a complete fashion collection from which the winner will be selected. Each episode features a celebrity guest judge involved in the decision-making process.^[1][2]

Project Runway El Djazair is hosted by Maroua Bekkouche and judged by Karim Akrouf and Meriem Abdellatif, along with a special guest judge each episode.^[3] The mentor of the show is fashion designer Rayan Atlas.

Project Runway El Djazair uses a progressive elimination approach, whittling down an initial pool of 12 or more fashion designers to three or four before the final challenge. Each episode features a celebrity guest announcing a new challenge in which the designer must develop one or more new garments to be displayed at the fashion show. Challenges range from creative diversity to testing the designers' ingenuity while maintaining their personal fashion design aesthetic. Once the challenge is announced, designers are given a budget stipend to select and purchase fabrics and ideas, and then have a limited amount of time to complete their designs. Designers usually work independently, but some challenges require participants to work in teams or as a collective group. Once the deadline arrives, the designer must dress the model and choose hairstyle, makeup, and accessories.^[4]

The first season of the television show Project Runway El Djazair began airing on 28 October 2023, features 12 designers who compete to become "the next big Algerian designer". The season concluded on 6 January 2024, with Amine Smati being announced the winner.

(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)

Results

  Green background and WINNER means the designer won Project Runway El Djazair.

  Blue background and WIN means the designer won that challenge.

  Light blue background and HIGH means the designer had one of the highest scores for that challenge, but did not win.

  Teal background and ADV means the designer advanced to Finale.

  Orange background and LOW means the designer was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated;

  Red background and OUT means the designer lost and was out of the competition.

The second season of the television show Project Runway El Djazair began airing on 26 October 2024, features 12 designers who compete to become "the next big Algerian designer". The season concluded on 28 December 2024, with Sakina Laidi being announced the winner.

(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)

Results

  Green background and WINNER means the designer won Project Runway El Djazair.

  Blue background and WIN means the designer won that challenge.

  Light blue background and HIGH means the designer had one of the highest scores for that challenge, but did not win.

  Orange background and LOW means the designer was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated;

  Red background and OUT means the designer lost and was out of the competition.

• Echorouk TV website