Here’s When Interior Design Masters Is On TV

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Alan Carr’s design competition series returns to BBC One this week

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Alan Carr’s cult-followed interior design reality-competition series is back. In Interior Design Masters, Carr is joined by interiors guru and former Elle Decoration editor Michelle Ogundehin to find a talented and passionate interior designer from a cohort of 10 dazzling hopefuls. Here’s what to expect from series 6, plus when it’ll be on TV.

Interior Design Masters Series 6: Contestants, Release Schedule & More

What’s The Premise?

Interior Design Masters is a competition series pitting 10 amateur interior designers head-to-head, with the grand prize a lucrative commercial contract. Each week, a new challenge is set, testing their ability to design creatively and uniquely while also fulfilling a commercial or residential brief. Each episode, the weakest designer is eliminated.

What Can We Expect From This Series?

Speaking to the BBC, Carr has teased viewers can expect the contestants to be tasked with transforming even bigger and better spaces this series. ‘We’ve really pushed the envelope when it comes to the location and spaces they needed to do up,’ he says. ‘We still had our regulars like shops and office spaces, but we introduced real exciting curve balls like luxury retirement homes, comedy clubs, the room rescue dogs go to before they find their forever home, interesting design challenges that will inspire and hopefully get the viewers at home saying, “how the hell are they going to make this work?”.’

In terms of the designers themselves, one contestant in particular is all about sustainability, which Carr found ‘inspiring’. ‘One designer was so good at resourcing, recycling and repurposing, that they inspired me to think, when it comes to taking something unloved and making it useful, nothing is off limits,’ Carr says. ‘They could repurpose anything – and I’m not just talking about odd bits of wood and fabric, it was really obscure stuff, too. They would re-use and still make it look like something you’d get in a high-end designer shop. Completely inspiring and original.’

And, as well as plenty of success, Carr promises many blunders. ‘I don’t want to throw any of our super talented designers under the bus, but I’m sure they would admit that there were some dubious design choices,’ the Chatty Man host joked. ‘No spoilers here but for the audience who like a bit of randomness and live for those “What were they thinking moments?!”, then they won’t be disappointed.’

What Does The Winner Get?

This year, the winner of Interior Design Masters will have the opportunity to team up with John Lewis to release their very own collection of homeware.

The 2025 Interior Design Masters contestants. (© BBC/DSP/Georgina Vincent)

Meet The Contestants

Ten contestants will battle it out for that prestigious John Lewis deal. They are:

Ayisha, 33: an interior design student and model from Brighton; she describes her design style as bold, eclectic and romantic.
Bradley, 25: a social media executive from Liverpool; he describes his design style as modern, playful and colourful.
Briony, 36: a homewares retailer from Surrey; she describes her design style as organic, earthy and restorative.
Craig, 58: a giftware designer from Hastings; he describes his design style as vintage, quirky and individual.
Emma, 53: an art and textiles teacher from North Wales; she describes her design style as colourful, happy and practical
Ese, 27: a development manager at a sexual health charity from Glasgow; he describes his design style as organic, attainable and intentional.
Holly, 26: a fabric designer from Salford; she describes her design style as ‘70s seaside rustic’.
John, 46: a DT teacher from Stockport; he describes his design style as graphic, dramatic and bohemian.
Rita, 42: a visual merchandising consultant from Lancaster; she describes her design style as rustic, textural and transformative.
Victoria, 31: a project director from Glasgow; she describes her design style as contemporary, luxe and resourceful.

Will There Be Another Series Of Interior Design Masters?

Yes, the BBC has revealed there will be Interior Design Masters series 7 and series 8 to boot. Casting is already open for series 7, with filming set to commence in the summer, ready to air in spring 2026.

‘To get your show recommissioned is always a lovely thing but to get it recommissioned twice is really special,’ Carr said on the news. ‘And it’s such a wonderful feeling to know that Interior Design Masters will, for the next two years, be keeping the UK entertained and also inspired. I feel the show goes from strength to strength and whether Interior Design Masters makes you giggle on the settee or propels you up a stepladder with a drill in hand to give your room some much needed TLC, we hope we put a smile on your face.’

Fancy your chances? Applications are now open, closing on 13 April 2025 – so be quick. Apply here.

When Is Interior Design Masters On TV?

Interior Design Masters returns for series 6 on Thursday 10 April 2025. Episodes air weekly on Thursdays at 8pm on BBC One until the grand finale on 29 May. The release schedule is as follows:

Episode 1: 8pm Thursday 10 April 2025
Episode 2: 8pm Thursday 17 April 2025
Episode 3: 8pm Thursday 24 April 2025
Episode 4: 8pm Thursday 1 May 2025
Episode 5: 8pm Thursday 8 May 2025
Episode 6: 8pm Thursday 15 May 2025
Episode 7: 8pm Thursday 22 May 2025
Episode 8 – Final: 8pm Thursday 29 May 2025