[1] The six-episode season was announced in April 2021, as the latest furniture competition series executive produced by talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.
[2] Previously, DeGeneres had executive produced two seasons of Ellen's Design Challenge on HGTV that aired in 2015 and 2016.
What are the exciting things that the most talented and creative people are thinking about that don’t exist yet?” DeGeneres told AD over email.
“No other show is asking and answering these questions, so I’ve created one that does.”[6] The judging panel featured award-winning furniture designer Fernando Mastrangelo, renowned interior designer Bridgette Romanek,[7] and actor and furniture enthusiast Scott Foley.
After a final head-to-head battle with Arielle Assouline-Lichten[14] in a shared Los Angeles woodshop, Mark Grattan[15] as named the winner of the series and awarded the $100,000 prize.