Project Runway Week 5 Recap

I missed re-capping last week's episode because I was out of town, but I managed to catch it at the hotel and was so glad Qristyl was sent home instead of Logan, who I love in spite of his crazy prom dress creation of last week. This week, the gang headed off to the L.A. Times, where they discover that this week's challenge is to create a garment out of newspaper.

The episode started off with Johnny singing a song about how he's not going to be in the bottom 3 this week. Anyone else sensing some foreshadowing? Johnny's original idea was to make a dress which appears to be held up by a bunch of origami birds that are wrapped around the neck. But after Tim told him that it looked like a "craft project gone awry" and like the birds were attacking the dress, Johnny wadded the dress into a ball and threw it away. He then lied repeatedly to his model and the other designers, telling them that the dress was ruined by a steamer and that's why he had to start over. He didn't like how the second dress was turning out, so he just started doing a crossword puzzle. Whaaat? Cue confessionals by the other designers in which they bemoan his bad attitude, lack of passion, and complete disregard for the truth.

Tommy Hilfiger filled in for Michael Kors--I miss MK! Nina was gone too, and things just weren't the same without them. Eva Longoria Parker was the guest judge.

Althea and Gordana both created really beautiful prints from the newspaper. The judges slammed Gordana because hers looked so wearable--personally, that's what I liked about hers, that had to take a lot of work. But I agree with Heidi that it was a little boring.

The judges loved Christopher's evening gown, with a really rigid bodice and gorgeous skirt out of layers and layers of paper "feathers", but they awarded the win to Irina, who made a trenchcoat with an incredible textured collar and cuffs, they almost looked like fur.

On the runway, Johnny repeated his lie about the steamer ruining his first dress, while Nicolas huffed about and rolled his eyes. Most of the judges tore apart the dress and the styling. Johnny responded by telling them how amazing his original dress was, which led to more huffing and eye rolling from Nicholas. When the judges asked him what his problem was, he told them about Tim's critique of Johnny's first dress and and about what a mess it was.

Johnny and Nicholas were the bottom two designers. As expected, Johnny is out. He started crying in his confessional and said that Project Runway was harder than battling addiction. Tim curtly dismisses Johnny, and as soon as Johnny is in the workroom packing up his stuff, says how ridiculous Johnny's crazy fiction is--Tim is "incredulous" and I have never loved him more!