Project Runway season 22
2026 season of television series
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The twenty-second season of Project Runway is scheduled to premiere on July 9, 2026 on cable network Freeform, and on streaming after on Hulu and Disney+. Following the success of its maiden Freeform season, the series returns with a record-breaking 22 designers, the largest cast of any Project Runway season.[1][2]
| Project Runway | |
|---|---|
| Season 22 | |
Promotional poster for season twenty-two | |
| Judges | |
| No. of contestants | 22 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Freeform |
| Original release | July 9, 2026 – present |
| Season chronology | |
Heidi Klum returns as host and head judge, as well as resident judges Nina Garcia and Law Roach. Christian Siriano resumes his role as mentor to the designers. Tyra Banks will be joining the judging panel as a recurring judge. [3]
Contestants
The cast was released on Project Runway's official Instagram and as an exclusive on People.[1] Notable contestants in the cast include Joseph McRae from season 21, RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Andrew Dunayevskiy and Robert Crone,[4] Miss Universe 2022 R'Bonney Nola, and Bao Tranchi from Next In Fashion Season 2.
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Moore | TBA | New York City, New York | Episode 1 | 20th Place |
| Jennifer Daniels[b] | TBA | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Omolara "LRÉ" Odupita | TBA | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Aaron Potts | TBA | Detroit, Michigan[5] | TBA | |
| Andrew "Plane Jane" Dunayevskiy | 28 | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Andriy Volkov | TBA | Manhattan, New York | ||
| Anna Molinari | 28 | New York City, New York | ||
| Bao Tranchi | TBA | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Bi Pham | TBA | Da Nang, Vietnam | ||
| Bryan Barrientos | TBA | New York City, New York[6] | ||
| Chloe Magleby | 27 | Provo, Utah | ||
| Dani Bennett | TBA | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Elizabeth Shevelev | TBA | New York City, New York | ||
| Jeffrey Kelly Abess | TBA | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Joseph McRae[c] | TBA | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||
| Jude Mikulencak | 23 | Brooklyn, New York | ||
| Naheim Muhammad | TBA | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Octavius Terry | TBA | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| R'Bonney Nola | 32 | Houston, Texas[8] | ||
| Robert "Q" Crone | 29 | Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| Varvara "Bobby" Diakonenkova | TBA | Moscow, Russia | ||
| Yangyang Xu | TBA | New York City, New York | ||
Progress
Legend:
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Andriy | WIN | IMM | ||||||||||
| Bryan | WIN | IMM | ||||||||||
| Chloe | WIN | IMM | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth | WIN | IMM | ||||||||||
| Jude | WIN | IMM | ||||||||||
| Bobby | WIN | IMM | ||||||||||
| Aaron | IN | TBA | ||||||||||
| Anna | IN | |||||||||||
| Bao | IN | |||||||||||
| Bi | IN | |||||||||||
| Joseph | IN | |||||||||||
| Naheim | IN | |||||||||||
| Octavius | IN | |||||||||||
| Yangyang | IN | |||||||||||
| Dani | LOW | |||||||||||
| Jeffrey | LOW | |||||||||||
| Plane Jane | OUT | |||||||||||
| R'Bonney | OUT | |||||||||||
| Robert | OUT | |||||||||||
| LRÉ | OUT | |||||||||||
| Andrea | OUT | |||||||||||
| Jennifer | OUT | |||||||||||
Episodes
Footnotes
- All ages, names, with hometowns, and outcome are stated at time of filming.
- Jennifer previously appeared on Project Runway as a model.
- Joseph McRae previously competed on season twenty-one, placing ninth.[7]
