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Beyond that, I’m terrible at predicting who’s going to stay and who’s going to get auf’d.

But hey, I’ll step out on a limb and reveal my pre-show predictions anyway and it’ll give you all something to point and laugh at once the final three are actually chosen.

So, my initial pick for Top Three:

- Carmen. I’ve been around SCAD graduates and they’re some lean, mean, creation machines. Carmen double majored in illustration and fashion design. Good lord woman! Overachiever? Check. I know how nigh unto impossible pulling off a double major at SCAD would be unless you are an extraordinary talent with an insane amount of drive. Plus I think her background in architecture will give her a leg up on the others in the more unconventional challenges.

And PS, to quote Edina and Pats for a moment: “LaCroix dahling, LaCroix…”

- Rami’s already being handicapped as a shoe-in for the top three, which may not mean anything in the grand scheme of things, but in this case I think the speculators may be right. The fact that Rami has already established himself as a successful designer and the fact that he’s already been to Bryant Park all on his own tell me that Rami’s got the nerve and the chops to be a major competitor.

I had a hard time picking a third candidate because nobody was really standing out for me yet just reading over the Bios and watching interview clips. Since I have to pick a third contender, I’m gonna go with

- Sweet P - despite my initial, visceral shudder response to her name (Sweet P? Seriously? No…seriously?). I’m choosing her merely on the basis of her age. Age and guile will trump youth and inexperience any time.

- This is where I think Christian has the potential for an epic, cartoon-wall splat. You can be immensely talented, but you’re still 21 and that means that you’ve got a lot to learn when you’re thrown into the pit with a lot of dinged up and streetwise old alley cats.

- I did think that Kit might’ve been a contender…then I went to her website for Kit Pistol and….well, I like to think that I have a pretty deep appreciation for “out there” fashion and even still I found myself looking at her clothes and thinking “It’s like a gypsy’s laundry basket exploded all over a model..” So unless she really reigns it in, I don’t think she’ll last long with Michael and Nina around.

First to go home?

I’m gonna vote for - Jillian - solely on the basis of the fact that in her bio she says her signature look is a sweater dress with tights and that she cites Patrick Nagel as a source of creative inspiration. To me this screams “Help! I’m trapped in the 80’s and I can’t get past this polyacrylic fiber blend!” But I may be projecting there..

Although I have to admit, I’m secretly hoping that it’s - Chris who gets eliminated early on. I want to root for the hometown boy, and he was a designer for “Beach Blanket Babylon” but the leopard print mumuu with lime green skinny tie do NOT inspire confidence.
Besides that, I have a little bit of inside information on Chris since I have a friend who works in New York City. He said that Chris came into his store and was a major Diva, throwing attitude and being rude to everyone (as opposed to Tim Gunn, who was apparently a delight and wonderful to everyone). So he can just suck it and go home.

Also…just a word of warning to you all, Us magazine and Star magazine both had major spoilers in thier reviews of the P.R. premiere so if you don’t want to hear some news about who left the show early - avoid, avoid, avoid!