I think Steve Reich's borderline autistic obsession with the 3-2-1-2- rhythm is amazing. I could listen to him explore this endlessly and I wish he had a better understanding of writing for non-percussion instruments.
John Cage? Flop. Boring. Locusts upon his crops and a plague on his bloodline.
I'm not here to complain about the twins, yeah they were annoying but they were cast to annoy everyone.
Did the producers set this situation up to get footage of Claire's disqualification on the runway? Were they looking to get Margarita (or Michael lol) to bring it up, and thus make it a TV Moment™️ that felt organic, yet dramatic? Here's my evidence.
We know the judges aren't completely oblivious to the Workroom drama, the sewing mishaps, the challenge constraints, or any other details they pretend not to see. How many times have the judges, particularly Heidi, asked pointed questions to get the designers to open up about drama between contestants? How about Nina just randomly asking Mano about the story behind his print? So I think they had Margarita out for critiques, despite being immune from elimination, so they could ask about why she was distracted. Also of note, Nina brings up in her critiques that Claire's clothes designs looked familiar.
Dixie chose to give the print win to Brandon, who wasn't even on stage for critiques. They had already decided on giving the win to Brandon before the designers went home for the evening? Tim announced it after Claire was DQ'ed, along with announcing Batani's return. So clearly Dixie was happy to pick a pattern that wasn't on stage for critiques. Why wouldn't it have defaulted to Kentaro, the other top placement for critiques? So they had clearly already chosen Brandon.
Once Margarita refused to name Claire as a cheater, and then once Michael left the runway after they announced Claire as the winner, why would the judges bother waiting for Michael to come back, or bother with why he walked off? Sandro walked off set and the judges hardly batted an eyelash over it. But they asked Margarita to go into detail about what was going on, and then when she said it felt personal because her design was copied, the judges told her that couldn't possibly be a good enough reason for this reaction. Tim backstage was saying something similar to Michael, and in both cases Tim and the judges seemed to know it was more serious than just a copied design or two.
Amy has also spoken about how the hidden tape measure was brought up to production several times, and I believe others have corroborated this. So with all this in mind, I think the judges/producers wanted to Disqualify Claire on stage in a big flashy moment, and settled for having it happen backstage once they got the full tea from Margarita on the runway. So...... Does everyone already agree with this? Is this a crazy, conspiracy theory explanation? Idk I checked the post history on this sub and didn't see anyone make this point. Let me know what y'all think!