BBC Interior Design Masters viewers slam 'brutal' judges for eliminating contestant over choice of curtains

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Interior Design Masters returned to BBC One for its third series on Wednesday night (March 9).

Presented by comedian Alan Carr, the property TV show sees 10 aspiring interior designers compete in different challenges each week in a bid to win their first commercial contract - this year with Watergate Bay Hotel in Cornwall.

Their designs are then critiqued and scrutinised by head judge Michelle Ogundehin, who was joined this week by fashion designer turned interior designer Matthew Williamson.

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The designers' first challenge was to transform five upmarket rental apartments in Cornbrook, Manchester. Working in pairs, the contestants were asked to design a living room or master bedroom, and a shared home office.

They each had just two days, a budget of £1,500 and two tradesmen to help them get the job done. But as each pair set out to transform the space, it was mural artist Richard O'Gorman whose interior choice caught viewers' attention.

One of Richard's key features in the living room was a pair of green velvet curtains, which he cut himself. The contestant sourced his own fabric and cut them to the shape he wanted with a pair of scissors.

"It's so much easier to use your own fabric because then you can get whatever finish or style that you want," Richard told viewers.

"I've made curtains a few times, but the last set I made took like four days so I'm going to have to be racing away."

Once they were made Richard said: "It was absolutely worth doing the curtains. They're going to really help pull everything together."

But it turns out head judge Michelle thought very differently, as on viewing the