Heidi Klum is returning to “Project Runway” after exiting the fashion competition series in 2018.
The news comes after the October announcement that the series had been renewed for a 21st season while moving to Disney’s Freeform after most recently airing on Bravo. Season 21 will debut later this year and run for 10 episodes, which will stream on Disney+ and Hulu after their Freeform airings.
Klum previously hosted “Project Runway” for 16 seasons, beginning with the series’ 2004 debut on Bravo. She remained with the show when it moved to Lifetime in 2009, where it aired for 11 more seasons, then departed alongside Tim Gunn, who mentored designers on the show, when it moved back to Bravo for Season 17. Karlie Kloss and Christian Siriano stepped in as “Project Runway” host and mentor, respectively, for the next two seasons, with Siriano filling both roles for Seasons 19 and 20.
Meanwhile, Klum and Gunn created a new fashion competition series called “Making the Cut” for Amazon Prime Video, which debuted in 2020 and ran for three seasons. Their departure from “Project Runway” coincided with the end of yearslong legal dispute between NBCUniversal, which owns Bravo, and the Weinstein Company, which produced the show at the time and was sued for violating contract when moving the show to Lifetime.
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Since Season 17, “Project Runway” has been produced by Spyglass Media Group, which closed a deal with Freeform in 2024. Alfred Street Industries also produces. Executive producers include Spyglass’ Gary Barber serves and Alfred Street’s Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Dan Volpe and Nan Strait.