Daniel Vosovic from "Project Runway" season two returns to the catwalk to compete in the two-hour special, "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge"

 If you’ve watched “Project Runway” faithfully since the first season or plan to see what all the hoopla is about Aug. 20 when the new season fires up, tune in early for the all-star challenge.

 “Project Runway: All-Star Challenge” is a two-hour special airing right before the highly anticipated premiere of the sixth season. 

Eight former contestants, including Daniel Vosovic (season two) and Sweet P (season four),  will compete for a $100,000 cash prize. Tim Gunn will pass along his words of wisdom, of course, and judges Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia will determine the winner.

Besides Vosovic and Sweet P, the other all-star designers who will be featured will be Santino Rice, Jeffrey Sebelia, Uli Herzner,  Mychael Knight, Chris March and Korto Momolu.

“Project Runway: All-Star Challenge” airs at 7 p.m. Aug. 20, followed by “Project Runway: Season Six” at 9 p.m. on Lifetime.

Tim Gunn of "Project Runway"

A reporter for McClatchy Newspapers caught up with Tim Gunn, everyone’s favorite fashion mentor, who talked about “Project Runway” and what advice he dishes out most often. Season 6 of “Project Runway” is scheduled to start Aug. 20 on Lifetime. Mark your calendar for Runway’s long-awaited return. Read the story here.

Project Runway ... back on track.

Take a breath, “Project Runway” fans. It looks like the sixth season of the popular reality show will be on the air this summer — on Lifetime.  If you’re interested in all the details, read it here.

“Project Runway” judges Michael Kors, Heidi Klum and Nina Garcia pose on the runway before the start of the fashion show in New York City.

Here’s the Associated Press story about the “Project Runway” fashion show and the legal battle that’s keeping the series in limbo.

NEW YORK (AP) — “Project Runway” taped its sixth-season finale Friday, but something was missing: the finalists.

Because of a legal battle, three unknown designers sent their collections down the runway at the tents in Bryant Park on the final day of New York Fashion Week. Since the cast has not been announced, the finalists stayed hidden backstage.

Host Heidi Klum told the audience that she was “a little bit sad” the finalists couldn’t have their moment in the spotlight after working so hard to get there.

This year is gonna be a little bit different for us, for all of you, for our designers backstage. … We’re all in a bit of a limbo and we hope that everything gets sorted out very soon,” Klum said.

The new season of “Project Runway,” which aired for five seasons on Bravo, has been delayed because of a legal battle involving NBC Universal, which owns Bravo; the Weinstein Co.; and the Lifetime Channel.

NBC Universal sued Weinstein after the production company made a reported $150 million deal with Lifetime for the series that features Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia on the judges’ panel.

“It’s a show that is very helpful for the industry,” said Garcia, on her way to choose the winning designer after the show. “It’s very encouraging for young designers. It’s something that I think we all should be doing, supporting (the) young talent, now more than ever. We’re in this weird economic downturn and the fashion industry is suffering.”

The overall mood of the three collections was darkly glamorous, though one designer sent out brighter looks, including a turquoise gown and a gold cocktail dress, echoing the metallic trend seen throughout the week.

International Herald Tribune editor Suzy Menkes was a guest judge for the finale. The new season was filmed in Los Angeles instead of New York, home of the previous five seasons.

Last September, a New York Supreme Court justice issued a temporary injunction preventing Weinstein from taking “Runway” or any spinoff to Lifetime and contended that evidence showed that Weinstein violated NBC’s “right of first refusal” for the show.

Weinstein has said there was no right of first refusal in the contract and that NBC Universal was offered the deal and was outbid.

The sixth season had been expected to start airing on Lifetime in January.

Get ready for another season of “Project Runway.”

Mark the calendar. Set the DVR. “Project Runway’s” fifth season starts at 8 p.m. Wednesday on Bravo.

No Oklahomans made the cut – Kayne Gillaspie, how we miss you! — but the competition is expected to be stiff and the drama, well, you know there will be drama. Already Bravo is billing it as the most-talked-about season yet.

Supermodel Heidi Klum returns to host the program, with mentor Tim Gunn, judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia and a cast of guest judges that includes Diane Von Furstenberg, Brooke Shields, Rachel Zoe, Cynthia Rowley and Francisco Costa.

“I feel as thought we set the bar higher every season,” Klum said. “We’ve got some truly talented, innovative and deeply creative designers this year, and I think it’s fair to say, the most diverse — from a rocker chick who works mostly with leather to a more bohemian, surfer boy — and everything in between.”

Tune in. Let me know what you think. I’ll be watching, too. Read about the designers here.