# The Apartment - Rising Stars

The Apartment: Rising Stars Edition is the fifth season of reality show competition The Apartment which after six seasons is the longest running reality competition television show in Asia. The contestants are 12 up-and-coming interior designers competing to win $100,000. Its judges are Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Jamie Durie (who also hosts), and Genevieve Gorder.

## Contestants

| Contestants | Profession | From | Finish | Place |
| Paul Nagaoka | Actor / House Flipper | Singapore | Episode 1 | 12 |
| Khaled Mahallati | Design Company Owner | Indonesia | Episode 2 | 11 |
| Cara Ditta-In | Club Manager / Freelance Designer | Thailand | Episode 4 | 10 |
| Naya | Radio DJ / Freelance Designer | Philippines | Episode 5 | 9 |
| Ben Woodbury | Interior Designer | Australia | Episode 6 | 8 |
| Beck Kowalski | Real Estate Agent / Stylist | Australia | Episode 7 | 7-6 |
| Ernest Loh | Interior Designer | Malaysia | Episode 7 | 7-6 |
| Kamille Nassif | Model / Design School Student | Thailand | Episode 8 | 5 |
| Andres Luer | Interior Designer | China | Episode 9 | 4-3 |
| Ally Marrotte | Interior Designer | Australia | Episode 9 | 4-3 |
| Winston See | Architect | Malaysia | Episode 10 | 2 |
| Aleksandra Flasz | Model / Design School Graduate | Poland | Episode 10 | 1 |

## Judges

* Genevieve Gorder
* Jamie Durie
* Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

## Episodes

| Episode No. | Original air date | Title of episode | Guest judge | Winner | Eliminated |
| 1 | March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18) | "A Star Is Born" | Andrea Savage, Jeremy Rowe | Red Team | Paul Nagaoka |
| 2 | March 25, 2017 (2017-03-25) | "Working for a Living...Room" | Jeremy Rowe | Red Team | Khaled Mahallati |
| 3 | April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01) | "Where Dem Girls At?" | Cameron Woo | Red Team | None |
| 4 | April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08) | "Home Work" | None | Yellow Team | Cara Ditta-In |
| 5 | April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15) | "Courtesy Flushed" | Annie Sim, Nadya Hutagalung | Red Team | Naya |
| 6 | April 22, 2017 (2017-04-22) | "Out Standing in their Field" | Elliot Barratt, Maya Karin | Red Team | Ben Woodley |
| 7 | April 29, 2017 (2017-04-29) | "Not Kidding Around" | Cameron Woo | Red Team | Beck Kowalski Ernest Loh |
| 8 | May 6, 2017 (2017-05-06) | "Never Say Dine!" | None | Red Team | Kamille Nassif |
| 9 | May 13, 2017 (2017-05-13) | "Extreme Re-makeover" | Tristan Butterfield | Red Team | Ally Marrotte Andres Luer |
| 10 | May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20) | "Finale" | None | Aleksandra Flasz | Winston See |
| After mastering 5 rooms in a row, Aleksandra and Andres take a win, giving Aleks $100,000 and the Rising Star title. ||||||

## Teams

| Episode | Team | Team | Team |
| Episode | Colour | Captain | Members |
| 1 | Red | Andres | Ben, Aleksandra |
| 1 | Blue | Ernest | Beck, Naya |
| 1 | Yellow | Ally | Winston, Cara |
| 1 | Green | Paul | Kamille, Khaled |
| 2 | Red | Andres | Ben, Aleksandra |
| 2 | Blue | Ernest | Beck, Naya |
| 2 | Yellow | Ally | Winston, Cara |
| 2 | Green | Khaled | Kamille |
| 3&4 | Blue | Ben | Kamille, Ally |
| 3&4 | Red | Andres | Ernest, Winston |
| 3&4 | Yellow | Aleksandra | Beck, Cara, Naya |
| 5 | Blue | Ben | Kamille, Ally |
| 5 | Red | Andres | Ernest, Winston |
| 5 | Yellow | Aleksandra | Beck, Naya |
| 6 | Blue | Beck | Ernest, Ben |
| 6 | Yellow | Kamille | Andres |
| 6 | Red | Winston | Ally, Aleksandra |
| 7 | Blue | Beck | Ernest |
| 7 | Yellow | Kamille | Andres |
| 7 | Red | Winston | Ally, Aleksandra |
| 8 | Yellow | Kamille | Andres |
| 8 | Red | Winston | Ally, Aleksandra |
| 9 | Yellow | Andres | Ally |
| 9 | Red | Winston | Aleksandra |
| 10 | None | Aleksandra | Andres |
| 10 | None | Winston | Ally |

## Elimination

Elimination Chart :
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Aleksandra | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WINNER |
| Winston | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| Ally | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | |
| Andres | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | |
| Kamille | LOW | LOW | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | | |
| Beck | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | OUT | | | |
| Ernest | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | OUT | | | |
| Ben | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | | | | |
| Naya | IN | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | | | | | |
| Cara | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | | | | | | |
| Khaled | LOW | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| Paul | OUT | | | | | | | | | |
    Green background and WINNER means the contestant won The Apartment - Rising Stars Edition.
    Silver background and RUNNER-UP means the contestant was the runner-up on The Apartment - Rising Stars Edition.
    Blue background and WIN means the contestant won that challenge.
    Pink background and BTM 3 mean the contestant worst challenge but safe.
    Orange background and BTM 2 mean the contestant worst challenge but safe.
    Dark Yellow background and WDR mean contestant withdrew due to fight of a team.
    Red background and ELIM means the contestant lost and was eliminated of the competition.
In episode 3, Ally & Cara land down bottom 2, but no one home.
In episode 4, Andres & Ben land down bottom 2, but no one home, Cara eliminated because struggle.
In episode 5, Aleksandra, Beck, Naya land down bottom 3, and result is Naya eliminated.
In episode 7, Beck & Ernest land down bottom 2, and the shocking is coming, both are eliminated.