In the first round of the first heat, the group of amateurs taking on the design challenge are hairdresser Oliver, dog walker Katie and photographer Daniela. They must each transform a bedroom in Regency properties in the grand Pittville estate of Cheltenham. Katie has a nervous time trying to please the client with her use of a controversial peach colour scheme which divides the judges. Oliver's clients aren't too sure about his methods, particularly as he plans to incorporate children's toy hula hoops into the lighting. Daniela has to design for a younger client but can she satisfy a 12-year-old schoolgirl who is after a sophisticated look for her bedroom? All three are each given a surprise item which they have to cleverly incorporate into their scheme within three hours. Who has impressed the judges? One of them will be going home.

It is the last of the heats and our designers are Richard, an artist from West Yorkshire, Shaida, a freelance makeup artist from Northampton, and Susanne, a solicitor from Loch Lomond in Scotland. They each have the task of transforming a bedroom in imposing Victorian Gothic cottages. Richard is reaching out to his industrial side for his client who wants a chic hotel look, but will his original artwork and use of raw natural materials go down well? Shaida finds that even though her brief from her client matches her own personality, it doesn't mean that her design will be plain sailing. And a peaceful muted zen-like room is a testing brief for paisley pattern-loving Susanne. Challenged by incorporating the homeowners' bulky furniture and technology, Susanne has to draw on all her design charm to impress.