Episode 3

Eight designers remain to battle it out to win the life-changing design contract at one of the UK's top hotels.

Arriving at Michelle's Brighton studio, the contestants discover that this weeks' task is an unusual brief. Gordano School in Bristol has four tired common rooms that need some love and attention. Working in teams of two, the designers must spruce up the common rooms and an adjoining office. The two weakest designers will be sent home, upping the stakes in this third challenge.

Before they depart for Bristol, the designers pitch their ideas to their youngest and most particular clients to date, as the school's students arrive at the studio to hear their plans. The teams must come up with plans that reflecting each house's unique animal mascot and colour, creating an impact but remaining practical enough to survive daily use by the students.

Helping Michelle decide who has met the brief is guest judge Sophie Robinson. Renowned for her love of colour and all things bold, judging these bright common rooms is right up her alley. Michelle and Sophie are blown away by some of the designs but underwhelmed by others, and when the teams return to Michelle's design studio to hear the verdict from Alan, two designers find that that their time has come to an end, leaving just six designers to fight another day.