KNOXVILLE, TN — Eager to participate in a design competition? Think you have what it takes to host your own design show?

HGTV is seeking a new crop of interior decorators or designers, design enthusiasts, builders, architects and artists to compete in a series of difficult design-based challenges to win their own show on HGTV.



Beginning Sunday, December 5, open auditions for the sixth season of "HGTV Design Star" will get underway at various locations across the country.

Other open casting calls for "HGTV Design Star" are scheduled as follows:

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Los Angeles, California
Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel & Convention Center
2505 Hollywood Way, Burbank, California 91505
9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Dallas, Texas
The Westin Park Central hotel
12729 Merit Drive Dallas, Texas 75251
10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Chicago, Illinois
Affinia Chicago hotel
166 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611
10 a.m.-1 p.m.

San Francisco, California
The Westin hotel San Francisco
50 Third Street San Francisco, California 94103
10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

New York City
The New York Design Center
200 Lexington Avenue at 33rd Street, New York, New York 10016
10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Embassy Suites Philadelphia - Center City
1776 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Atlanta, Georgia
W Atlanta - Midtown
188 14th Street Nebraska, Atlanta, Georgia 30361
10 a.m.-1 p.m.


**Be advised that security may check any bag before entering an open casting call. HGTV is not responsible for parking or transportation at the open calls.