Project Runway scandal! I love it!

I guess we'll just have to wait and see the outcome!
My friends and I will be at a Scissor Sisters concert the night of the
finale, but will be watching after. Thank god for Tivo!


Seamy cheating scandal tears at ‘Runway’ fabric
By Jill Radksen
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - Updated: 03:28 PM EST

New allegations of cheating on Bravo’s hit reality show “Project Runway” will likely cement Season Three as the sleaziest so far.
New York magazine’s online edition reported this week that “Runway” finalist Laura Bennett, the fiery New York mother of five, has accused tattooed competitor Jeffrey Sebelia of outsourcing the sewing of his final collection.
The four finalists - which also include Michael Knight and Uli Hertzner - presented collections earlier this month at Olympus Fashion Week in New York.
At that show, a pumped Sebelia presented the cleanest designs of the group, which he told the crowd was inspired by a book about the supernatural. Bennett showed a predictable line of beaded dresses.
The accusation arose from a strange game of Fashion Telephone, according to New York. When Tim Gunn, the contestants’ mentor, visited Sebelia at his home in L.A. to check on the progress of his collection, he observed that the designer had a lot of work left to do. Sebelia’s mother apparently told that detail to Bennett’s mother, whom she had befriended during an earlier “Runway” challenge. Mother Bennett then told Daughter Bennett, who lodged her complaint after seeing Sebelia’s finished collection on the runway.
Fans have been waiting weeks for the “Project Runway” finale, which airs Oct. 18. Now they’ll have to wait for this latest cheating accusation to be resolved; Gunn told the magazine that the producers “did a very intense and thorough investigation,” but wouldn’t reveal the outcome. Bravo declined comment to the Herald yesterday.
This is the second Season Three scandal: early on, arrogant menswear designer Keith Michael was kicked off the show after producers discovered forbidden pattern books stashed under his bed.
Now Sebelia may be hanging by a thread.
“His collection was very ambitious,” Gunn told New York. “I wasn’t born yesterday.”