

Project Runway uses progressive elimination to reduce the initial field of 10 or more fashion designers down to 3 or 4 before the final challenge. In 2012 fashion designer Peter Morrissey and fashion stylist Claudia Navone joined the show as judges.

Hinze, Sarah Gale and Brunsdon were replaced by Megan Gale, Kirrily Johnston and Jarrad Clark respectively for the third season, with Alex Perry replacing Henry Roth as mentor. He is a fashion designer who lived in New York for 10 years and was a judge on the program Style Court. For the first two seasons, Henry Roth served as the mentor to the designers. Brunsdon has dressed celebrities including INXS, Princess Mary, and Linda Evangelista. The original judging panel consisted of fashion model Kristy Hinze, Sarah Gale, a fashion buyer and a fashion trends forecaster, and Jayson Brunsdon, a fashion designer in Australia. The prizes for the winner of Project Runway Australia included what is described as "$100,000 opportunity" to create their own fashion line to show in Melbourne Fashion Week, a new car, the model of which changes throughout the seasons, and having their clothes displayed in a six-page spread in the now defunct Madison magazine. The show ended after 4 seasons, with the final season airing on 17 December 2012. Production began in May 2008, and the show premiered on Arena 8.30 p.m. Alex Perry acts as a mentor to the contestants, as Tim Gunn does in the American version.
The show features Megan Gale as the host, and Peter Morrissey and Claudia Navone as judges. Project Runway Australia is a reality television show based on the American program Project Runway, wherein fashion designers residing in Australia compete by making specific garments for weekly challenges.
