Mash together elements of "Project Runway" and "Top Chef" and you get Bravo's latest reality competition show "Platinum Hit (10 tonight)."

This time the contestants want to be songwriters, well, kinda. Like one of the guest judges, Jermaine Dupri, they already seem sick of toiling in the background and are ready for center stage.

That's why you get one guy who proclaiming himself 'a musical genius,' and another who says "I sing for the widow, I sing for the orphan." For real.

The eighth season of "Project Runway" (Lifetime, 9 tonight) starts out with with a fuzzy warm vibe and ends up being cold-blooded.

Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum introduce the 90-minute episode, giving little sketches of the contestants, and then we get an extended introduction to each one. They meet up in pairs and trios in locations around New York, so we see how they relate immediately, who's awkward, who's friendly, who's cocky.

By the time they meet up with Heidi and Tim, we are already getting to know them. They are a talented group, we're told by the hosts, so talented there are 17 of them instead of the usual 16.

Wasn't it just last week that "Project Runway" ended?

On the other hand, the L.A. season is dead to us, so YEAH! PROJECT RUNWAY IS BACK!!

Last night, we got to see Heidi when baby Lou was just a peanut, and we got our much needed dose of Nina Garcia and Michael Kors. And of course, Tim Gunn.

And we met the new designers. I'll just run off my first impressions formed as they were introduced.