Natalie wants something with flying saucers. And hydraulics. And something about floors raising and different rooms appearing. I have no idea.

Preston is making a modern hotel that's traveling in space.

What do you think is going to happen in 100 years? I know every movie has us flying cars and taking vacations to space, but I think this is more like 3008, not 2108.

Shopping goes relatively well, until IKEA frazzles Ondine when she can't find all of her pieces in the big warehouse. (I love IKEA. I spent a whole afternoon there the other day and only bought cookies and some funny-shaped ice trays. But I loved it.)

A couple hours from completion, India rolls in and tells them they have a Pop Design. Ouch. It's a pop quiz! Jonathan asks them questions about designs, giving them two pictures of designs and asking which is the "real deal," then eliminating them as people get questions wrong. Nathan wins again and gets immunity.

At this point in Top Chef and Project Runway, I know contestants no longer get immunity, though they get nice other prizes. It seems more fair that way, doesn't it? You should be judged by the merit of your overall design at a certain point, not by some question you answer. Oh well.

The morning of elimination, Andrea's pretty depressed and doesn't want to be picked on anymore, she says.

Almost a last-minute disaster! Ondine is running around frantically and spills black paint all over the edge of Eddie's design, but it seems to come off, so no permanent harm done. 

At judging, Kelly is wearing a strange camouflage turban and a short purple dress with squiggly things hanging off of it.

Natalie's room is super retro and bright orange, and she explains the hydraulic system that should provide multiple rooms. The judges don't seem to buy it.

Ondine has a depressing view of the future, with no daylight. She has a climate-controlled, gray room, with a fireplace that cools and some fans to aid it.

Eddie's room is the "Golden Clone Foyer." He splatters the white walls with red paint and has bright red furniture. Over the fireplace, he twists a gold plastic pipe into DNA … though Kelly asks if it's sperm. Heh, heh.

Nathan's all-black bachelor pad is covered with white galactic bubbles. He uses a cat-scratcher as a table -- cute idea. It doesn't seem like the manliest room with those bubbles.

Andrea's room is pink and wouldn't look too out of place today. It's simple.

Preston's traveling hotel room has two distinct rooms; the kitchen area with cool silver walls and white molding, and one with black walls and views of "space," actually his silver splatters.

At judging, they like the boys' rooms. They like Preston's room, saying he's always polished, and Eddie's, though he doesn’t take criticism as well as they would like. His room is "granny gone wild," Kelly says. Jonathan says he doesn't like the color palette, particularly the bright red. Nathan has too much going on, but they like his general idea.

The girls are at the bottom. Natalie's room seemed unfinished, they said, and they said her room looked unfinished. Her room was "just sad," Margaret says. Jonathan says she's green. Andrea's room wasn't futuristic, the judges say, and her big table and lamp were distracting. It was too safe.
Ondine's room lacks polish, they say.

Preston wins this week!

Natalie goes home. The judges are right -- she designs the same bright dorm room week after week. She's adorable, and her rooms are too, but there's nothing too sophisticated about it. She's got years ahead of her though, so I'm sure she'll do great!

Next week: Five left … and someone quits?! My money's on Andrea.