Plot Synopsis

In ELLEN'S NEXT GREAT DESIGNER, design aficionado Ellen DeGeneres gives up-and-coming furniture designers the chance to push their creativity to the limit. The designers compete in innovative furniture-making challenges from studios in their hometowns, with DeGeneres appearing in each episode to surprise and delight the contestants and the judges. Scott Foley brings his passion for furniture design to his role as Host and judge. Joining Foley as judges are renowned interior designer Brigette Romanek and award-winning, one-of-a-kind contemporary artist and designer Fernando Mastrangelo. The contestants kicking off this competition are award-winning designers Cristina Antonio, Arielle Assouline-Lichten, and Erica Sellers in New York City; Alejandro Artigas in Los Angeles; Mark Grattan in New Hope, PA; Paul Jeffrey in Phoenix, AZ; and Urvi Sharma in Providence, RI, who specialize in using wood, metal, stone, fabric, glass, and other materials for their creations.
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On Thursday, May 20, 2021, HBO Max released the season finale of ELLEN'S NEXT GREAT DESIGNER, as the two finalists -- Mark Grattan and Arielle Assouline-Lichten -- compete in the last challenge: delivering an entire collection for judge Romanek's living room.