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Damon Salvatore
Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
First appearance
"Pilot"
Last appearance
"I Was Feeling Epic"
Created by
L. J. Smith (book series)
Portrayed by
Ian Somerhalder
Gavin Casalegno (young/teenager)
Information
Species
Vampire (seasons 1-8)
Human (season 8)
Gender
Male
Family
Giuseppe Salvatore (father)
Lily Salvatore (mother)
Elena Gilbert (wife)
Stefan Salvatore (brother)
Caroline Forbes (sister-in-law)
Zach Salvatore (nephew)
Sarah Salvatore (great-niece)
Significant other(s)
Andie Star (ex-girlfriend)
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Katherine Pierce (ex-girlfriend)
Caroline Forbes (ex-fling)
Status
Alive (Deceased in flash-forward)
Damon Salvatore is a fictional character in The Vampire Diaries novel series. He is portrayed by Ian Somerhalder in the television series. Initially, Damon is the main antagonist in the beginning of the show and later became a protagonist. After the first few episodes, Damon begins working alongside his younger brother, Stefan Salvatore, to resist greater threats and gradually Elena begins to consider him a friend. His transition was completed after his younger brother Stefan, who is also a vampire, convinces him to drink blood. Damon, angry that Katherine chose to turn Stefan as well, vows to make his brother's life sorrowful – thus further causing a century-long rift between the two brothers. Elena Gilbert chooses to be with Damon in the finale episode. Although many depict Damon as the villain in the early seasons, his behavior was justified because he was made to spend an eternity without the girl he truly loved.
Contents
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1 Character development
1.1 Casting
2 Television series
2.1 Background
2.2 Season 1
2.3 Season 2
2.4 Season 3
2.5 Season 4
2.6 Season 5
2.7 Season 6
3 Relationships
3.1 Stefan Salvatore
3.2 Elena Gilbert
3.3 Alaric Saltzman
3.4 Bonnie Bennett
4 References
5 External links
Character development[edit]
Casting[edit]
Ian Somerhalder was cast as Damon Salvatore at the end of March 2009, six months before the premiere of the series.[1] The initial casting call for the character required an actor in his early- to mid-twenties to play a "darkly handsome, strong, charming, and smug vampire who can go from casual and playful to pure evil in less than a heartbeat."[2] Somerhalder had not read the books until filming began.[3]
Television series[edit]
Background[edit]
Damon Salvatore is a vampire, turned by Katherine Pierce 145 years prior to the series' debut. He is the son of late Giuseppe Salvatore, ripper Lily Salvatore and older brother of Stefan Salvatore. He is portrayed as a charming, handsome and snarky person who loves tricking humans, and takes pleasure in feeding on them and killing them during the early episodes of the first season, unlike his brother, Stefan.
Season 1[edit]
In the first season, Damon appears as the frightening older brother to Stefan Salvatore, and plays as the main antagonist for the first initial episodes with a hidden agenda.[4] Slowly, Damon begins to be kinder to the other characters, showing brief moments of compassion such as erasing Jeremy's memory of vampires and removing his "suffering"[4] so Jeremy gets his life back on track.[5] Damon apologizes for turning Vicki Donovan into a vampire and admits it was wrong.[6] Later at the Gilbert house, Elena returns home. Damon admits that he came to the town wanting to destroy it but actually found himself wanting to protect it after everything that happened at the Founder's Day celebrations and says he's not a hero and doesn't do good, saying it's not in him - those traits are reserved for Stefan, Elena and Bonnie. The two begin to kiss passionately before getting interrupted - it is later revealed that it wasn't Elena he kissed, but Katherine Pierce.[6] Later in the season, it also implies that he actually feels human emotions, such as pain and love, which helps the viewer sympathize toward his character in some situations. But mostly, he likes to take care of himself and do the dirty work, in his own sadistic ways.
Season 2[edit]
In season two, Katherine tells Damon that she never loved him and that it was always Stefan. Elena says something similar later, leaving Damon heartbroken. As an expression of his anger, pain, and hopelessness, he snaps Jeremy Gilbert's neck, not realizing he is wearing a ring which reverses damage done by supernatural creatures or forces. Jeremy survives because of the ring, but Damon's action incurs Elena's wrath and pain. When Bonnie also discovers it was his blood that enabled Caroline Forbes to become a vampire, the two declare their hatred for him, leaving angrier than ever.[7] After saving Elena with Stefan in episode 8 of season 2, Damon shows up in Elena's room with the vervain necklace that was ripped from her neck earlier in the episode. Before he gives it back, he tells Elena that he is in love with her, and because he is in love with her, he cannot be selfish with her. He also states that he doesn't deserve her, but that his brother does. He kisses her forehead and says he wishes she could remember this, but she can't. As the camera shows a close up of Damon's eye as he is compelling Elena to forget, a tear slips. Elena blinks and her vervain necklace is back around her neck, Damon is gone and her window is open with the curtains blowing. She had no recollection as to how the necklace was returned to her. In one episode, Damon joins Rose to find out why the originals are after Elena; after some time and clever banter, the two have sex, stating that they could rid themselves of emotion. However, when Rose, Damon's old friend who turned Katerina, suffers from a werewolf bite, he gives her the memory of her life prior to becoming a vampire, and helps her remember how good it felt to be able to wall and feel the sunlight, without it burning her. During this meaningful moment, Damon mercifully kills her, leaving him to mourn the death of his one of very few friends. Elena and Damon then begin to mend fences, and Elena gives him an affectionate hug to help comfort him after Rose's death. Damon begins showing another side of himself in small acts that help build what once was an impossible friendship between Elena and himself, after she clearly stated that he has lost her forever. After he spares Caroline's mother, Elena says how that was the person she was once friends with. And it's hard for Damon to accept that he has to change to have her in his life, which he explains to Andy Star, his compelled girlfriend a few more episodes in. Damon is bitten by Tyler the werewolf at the end of the season. Elena takes care of him, and right before he is cured by the blood of Klaus, the original hybrid, she gives him a "goodbye" kiss, because she was sure he was going to die. She even forgives him, telling him that she cares for him through grief-stricken tears.
Season 3[edit]
In the third season, Damon helps Elena in bringing his brother, Stefan, back to Mystic Falls after Stefan becomes Klaus' henchman. The arrangement transpired after a bargain for his blood that would cure Damon of the werewolf bite he had received from Tyler. At first, he is reluctant to involve Elena in the rescue attempts, employing Alaric Saltzman, Elena's guardian, instead as Klaus does not know that Elena is alive after the sacrifice which frees Klaus' hybrid side. However, Elena involves herself, desperate to find Stefan. Damon, though hesitant at first, is unable to refuse her because of his love for her. He also points out to her that she once turned back from finding Stefan since she knew Damon would be in danger, clearly showing that she also has feelings for him. He tells her that "when (he) drag(s) (his) brother from the edge to deliver him back to (her), (he) wants her to remember the things (she) felt while he was gone." When Stefan finally returns to Mystic Falls, his attitude is different from that of the first and second seasons. This causes a rift between Elena and Stefan whereas the relationship between Damon and Elena becomes closer and more intimate. A still loyal Elena, however, refuses to admit her feelings for Damon. In 'Dangerous Liaisons', Elena, frustrated with her feelings for him, tells Damon that his love for her may be a problem, and that this could be causing all their troubles. This incenses Damon, causing him to revert to the uncaring and reckless Damon seen in the previous seasons. The rocky relationship between the two continues until the sexual tension hits the fan and in a moment of heated passion, Elena – for the first time in the three seasons – kisses Damon of her own accord. This kiss finally causes Elena to admit that she loves both brothers and realize that she must ultimately make her choice as her own ancestress, Katherine Pierce, who turned the brothers, once did. In assessment of her feelings for Damon, she states this: "Damon just sort of snuck up on me. He got under my skin and no matter what I do, I can't shake him." In the season finale, a trip designed to get her to safety forces Elena to make her choice: to go to Damon and possibly see him one last time; or to go to Stefan and her friends and see them one last time. She chooses the latter when she calls Damon to tell him her decision. Damon, who is trying to stop Alaric, accepts what she says and she tells him that maybe if she had met Damon before she had met Stefan, her choice may have been different. This statement causes Damon to remember the first night he did meet Elena which was, in fact, the night her parents died - before she had met Stefan. Not wanting anyone to know he was in town and after giving her some advice about life and love, Damon compels her to forget. He remembers this as he fights Alaric and seems accepting of his death when Alaric, whose life line is tied to Elena's, suddenly collapses in his arms. Damon is grief-stricken, knowing that this means that Elena has also died and yells, "No! You are not dead!" A heartbroken Damon then goes to the hospital demanding to see Elena when the doctor, Meredith Fell, tells him that she gave Elena vampire blood. The last shot of the season finale episode shows Elena in transition.
Season 4[edit]
Damon starts season 4 at Elena's bedside after finding out about her dying with vampire blood in her system, causing her to start the transition to Vampire. Damon decides to firstly try to kill Rebekah with a White Oak Stake, yet she overpowers him. Rebekah is shot at through the Window and Damon escapes.
Later in part of a plan with the Sheriff and Meredith Fell, Damon uses Matt as bait to draw out the deputies and Pastor Young. After dispatching the deputies, Damon decides to take out some aggression on Matt and is about to snap his neck when stopped by the new vampire Elena. After Elena and Stefan go hunting on animals the next morning and Elena has her first feed on a deer she pukes the blood out. Meanwhile, it seems a new vampire hunter is in town. Elena goes to Damon for help, he pulls her with him to the bathroom and makes her drink his blood because he says "You need warm blood from the vein, so maybe this'll do the trick." He says it's personal and Elena wonders why but no answer was given. She drinks his blood but pukes hours later. When Stefan finds out Damon has feed Elena his blood he's very angry and hits Damon who just got in a fight with the vampire hunter.
Damon has decided to leave town, but through the early episodes of Season 4 seems to be looking for reasons to stay. Meredith Fell seems to be one who convinces him in 'The Rager' to stay to help Elena with her transition to Vampire. Indeed, a renewed conflict over ideology and what sort of Vampire Elena will become drives Damon and Stefan apart.
The Five, shows Damon tasking Stefan with learning more about the Vampire Hunter, Connor while Damon decides to accompany both Bonnie and Elena to College. This trip is ostensibly about teaching Elena the 'hunt': how to catch, feed and erase. After some initial problems, Elena has a Frat Party gets success and seems to enjoy herself causing friction with Bonnie. She leaves the party and later states that she doesn't want to be like Damon. In the next episode, she begins to believe that Stefan is lying to her and takes things into her own hands to kill the vampire hunter who is holding her brother, Matt, and April captive. She does, and begins to suffer from hallucinations at the end of the episode. After asking Stefan why he wants to cure Elena, Damon tells him that he loves Elena as a vampire or human.
In the episode 'We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes', Damon helps Elena in dealing with her hallucinations and saves her from committing suicide. He also helps uncover the mystery about the hunter's curse with the help of Bonnie and Professor Shane. At the end of the episode, he reveals the truth about the cure to Elena and explains how Stefan has been lying to her only to find this possible cure for vampirism. However, Elena breaks up with Stefan at the end of the episode after confessing her gradually growing feelings for Damon.
In the following episode "My Brother's Keeper", Elena tells Damon he is the reason she and Stefan broke up and at the end of the episode Damon and Elena finally have sex. After that it turns out Elena is sired with Damon, first they think it is the reason why Elena loves Damon, but in episode "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" they found out that it only affects how you act, not how you feel. The sire-bond can only be broken when Damon leaves Elena and tells her to stop caring about him according to a witch in New Orleans named Nandi. In the following episode Damon goes with Elena to her family's lake house to help with Jeremy's Hunter instincts. In the episode Elena tries to act like a couple with Damon, but he refuses to even kiss her out of his guilt about the sire bond and worry that he's taking advantage of her. In the end of the episode Damon invokes the sire bond telling Elena to return to Mystic Falls while he trains Jeremy "O Come, All Ye Faithful". Elena kisses him goodbye.
In 'After School Special', Damon is at the Lake House training Jeremy, along with Matt Donovan. Klaus shows up and threatens Damon, wanting him to get Jeremy's mark completed earlier rather than later. Damon is shown to be reluctant, not wanting to hurt innocents for Elena's sake, but Klaus follows through with his plans regardless. Later in the episode Elena calls Damon and confesses she's in love with him and it's the 'most real thing she's ever felt in her entire life', in a moment of weakness Damon tells her to come see him. Afterward Damon is confronted with a bar of newly turned vampires for Jeremy to kill concedes that it's the quickest way, however balks when Klaus takes control and compels the newly turned vamps to kill Matt Donovan. In Catch Me If You Can Damon tells the boys to run since Jeremy isn't ready to take on all these vampires. Later when Elena arrives her and Damon argue over the killing of innocents and tells her to take Matt home while he and Jeremy take care of Klaus's newly turned vampires. However Kol shows up and has killed all the vampires, determined to stop them from finding the cure & waking Silas, and threatens Jeremy's life. Kol compels Damon to stake himself and later to kill Jeremy and to forget what Kol compelled him to do. Upon arriving back in Mystic Falls Damon begins to seek out Jeremy due to the compulsion, however when he sees him in the grill he realizes what Kol compelled him to do and tells Jeremy to run. Damon chases Jeremy throughout Mystic Falls and advises Jeremy that he is compelled and he needs to kill him. Jeremy shoots Damon in the head and when Damon awakens later starts cursing the youngest Gilbert, calling him stupid for not killing him. At the end of the episode Damon catches up with Jeremy Elena follows and urges Damon to fight it because "You love me and I love you", but he tells her that he can't, falls to his knees and urges Jeremy to kill him. Stefan shows up just in time to break Damon's neck and lock him up until they can take care of Kol. Damon spends the next episode locked up and bled dry by a jealous and snarky Stefan and engages in a conversation with Klaus about Caroline, Rebekah and Elena.
When the group goes to the mysterious island to find the Cure, Damon continues to be suspicious of Professor Shane. When Jeremy goes missing and Bonnie and Shane stay behind to try a locator spell, Damon stays to keep an eye on Shane. He later begins torturing Shane for information, but Shane starts analyzing Damon and telling him Elena will go back to Stefan once she's cured. Elena interrupts the torture session and Damon storms out and Elena follows. She tells Damon that she's sure her feelings for him are real and asks him to become human with her, however Damon tells her he has no desire to be human and that human/vampire relationships are doomed and stalks off. Afterward he is captured by Vaughn, another member of the Five, who tortures Damon and leads him around with a noose around his neck. Damon goes with Vaughn to the cavern close to where Silas is buried and eventually overpowers him, but not before Vaughn injures Rebekah. Elena and Stefan come across the injured Damon and Rebekah, Stefan stays while Elena rushes to find Jeremy. Damon urges Stefan to go get the cure for Elena, uncaring that there is only enough for one, because he wants it for the girl he loves. After Stefan leave Rebekah comments that Damon did something selfless and remarks that he will always love Elena. An exhausted Damon admits that he can't control everything and is tired.
After Katherine kills Jeremy in 'Down the Rabbit Hole' Damon stays behind determined to find the missing Bonnie, telling Stefan he can't come home without her. Eventually he finds Bonnie, hugging her in relief, but when the two arrive back in Mystic Falls in informs Stefan Bonnie has lost her mind. Elena, who had been in denial about Jeremy's death, comes into reality and demands Damon bring Jeremy's body downstairs. When Elena starts breaking down Stefan urges Damon to help her, indicating he should invoke the sire bond to take away her pain, however instead Damon tells Elena to shut off her emotions. In the next episode Damon begins trying to track Katherine in order to find the cure while Rebekah attempts to tag along. He finds an old friend from his past, Will, dying from a werewolf bite and kills him out of mercy. He arrives back home just in time to stop Elena from killing Caroline and takes her with to New York. While in NY Damon begins investigating Katherine's whereabouts and tries to keep that he's looking for the cure from Elena. Elena finds out and attempts to play him all the while Damon tells her and Rebekah about his time here in the 1970s. He admits that he had his emotions off and Lexi had come to help him on Stefan's behalf, however he tricks her into believing he fell in love with her only to leave her trapped on the roof during the day as revenge. He reveals that the reason he killed Lexi in season one was out of the guilt she stirred in him. Elena kisses Damon and attempts to steal Katherine's address out of his pocket, however Damon was aware she was trying to play him the entire time, and attempts to convince her to turn her emotions back on. Rebekah shows up and snaps his neck. He then calls Stefan and the brothers attempt to track down Elena. The decide to give up on the cure after Elena kills a waitress and threatens to kill people.
In 'Pictures of You' Damon, along with Stefan, decide they're going to try making Elena turn her emotions back on. The Salvatore brothers decide to take Elena to the prom, where Damon asks Elena why she told him she was in love with him and it's the most real thing she ever felt. Elena tells Damon that she only said it because of the sire bond and she feels nothing for him. However, later when Bonnie nearly kills Elena, she cries out for Damon to help her and he locks her up in the Salvatore basement. Damon then manipulates Elena's dreams in an attempt to remind how much she loves her friends in family, however when it doesn't work the Salvatore brothers (per Stefan's advice) try torturing Elena to get her to feel emotion. Elena however calls their bluff and attempts to kill herself, knowing Damon would never really hurt her and let her die. Damon realizes that Elena is smart and that torture will not work. After Katherine frees Elena Damon comes up with a plan, killing Matt in front of her (while he wore the Gilbert ring) and it works to get Elena's emotions back on. When Elena focuses her hate on Katherine Damon tells Elena where Katherine is, but tells her she shouldn't try and kill her. Damon admits he hates Katherine, however he knows once Elena kills her all her other emotions (grief & guilt) will all come flooding back in. Elena stakes Damon in the stomach when he attempts to stop her.
In the season finale 'Graduation', he tries to give the cure to Elena, but Elena refuses, which tells him that there is no more sire bond. He gets shot by Vaughn with a bullet laced with werewolf venom, and almost dies, but Klaus comes back to Mystic Falls and saves him. At the end of the episode, Elena proclaims her love for him stating that of all the decisions she has made choosing him will prove to be the worse one.
Season 5[edit]
Not aware of Stefan's absence and Bonnie's death, Damon and Elena are having the time of their lives before Elena leaves for Whitmore college. College brings a lot of ups and downs to the on screen romance. Katherine begs Damon to protect her as she feels someone is after her, Damon by the help of Jeremy's vampire hunter instincts that Silas is possessing as Stefan. Silas gives Damon a crash course on why he looks like Stefan and tells where was he the whole summer, shocked to know about this he starts to search Stefan with the help of Stefan. Silas mind-controlled Elena to kill Damon but Elena resists it by thinking about her worries for Stefan. Both Elena and Damon, with the help of Sheriff Forbes, finds the safe where Stefan was drowning the whole summer, but only to find a dead body. Due to both Elena and Katherine having same nightmare of Stefan all three, Damon, Elena and Katherine search for Stefan. Damon finally finds Stefan inside a hut where he is tied up in the chair and Qetsiyah makes a link of Stefan with Silas which fries Stefan's brain. Qetsiyah reveals to Damon that his relationship with Elena is doomed. Damon and Elena take Stefan where both of them finds out that he has memory loss and can't remember anything. Damon, to make Stefan remember about his past life, gives him his journals and spends quality time with him. Jeremy tells Damon that Bonnie is dead and Damon finally tells Elena about Bonnie. At Bonnie's funeral, Damon consoles Elena. Damon wants to help Silas so that Silas can do a spell to swap his life with Bonnie as Silas wants to die. Silas had seen Qetsiyah going to the party therefore both Damon and Silas goes to the ball party at Whitmore College. Silas needs Damon to kill Stefan, so that he can get back his power. Stefan, after waking up, tricked Damon and snapped his neck. At Salvatore's mansion they bring a desiccated Silas, to trade Silas's life with Bonnie he must become mortal(witch). The only way is by the cure so Elena and Damon calls Katherine who has the cure in her blood and after she arrives her blood is drained by Silas, but still Katherine lived. Amara is then awakened and revealed to be the mystic anchor. She then cures herself of her immortality by feeding off Silas.
Season 6[edit]
At the beginning of season 6, Damon is still trapped in the 1994 snapshot with Bonnie, forced to relive the same day over and over again. As the season progresses, the duo meet Kai Parker who's provides them with clues on how to get back home. In a truly selfless act, Bonnie manages to send Damon back while she remains in 1994 with Kai. Back home, things aren't as Damon expected them to be. Elena has compelled her memories of their time together and moved on. After a few initial set backs, Damon sets his mind to wooing her back.
As the season progresses, Elena falls for Damon all over again as they search for a way to free Bonnie and she becomes a large part of his support as his good friend Liz Forbes becomes more and more ill with cancer. Kai, who escaped the Prison World without Bonnie and merged with Luke, has absorbed some of Luke's qualities and is now moved by guilt to help free Bonnie. With his help, he, along with Damon, Elena, and Jeremy, are able to visit the Prison World and remind Bonnie that there is still magic residing in Qetsiyah's headstone in Nova Scotia.
After the death of Liz, Caroline is unable to bear the pain of losing her mother and chooses to turn off her humanity just as Bonnie returns. Bonnie brought back with her a strange video she'd caught while leaving a second Prison World she'd been moved to set in October 31, 1903. She shows the video to Damon and he recognizes his own mother, Lillian Salvatore, standing in the background. Troubled with the news that his mother is still alive after believing she'd been dead since 1858, Damon's informed by Kai that his mother was placed in a Prison World due to being a Ripper and the heinous number of deaths she'd caused. Unfortunately, Stefan is forced by Caroline to turn off his humanity and Kai, Bonnie, Damon, and Elena have to travel to Lily's 1903 Prison World to retrieve her and use her as a means to get Stefan back.
Damon is disturbed to learn when he gets to Lily that she has been trapped with other vampires and they allowed her to drink their portions of blood to stay alive. She is reluctant to leave without them, but Damon threatens to leave her behind if she doesn't go. Bonnie, Damon, and Elena leave with Lily, leaving Kai behind. When they return, Bonnie gives Damon a gift she'd gotten for him during her trip to Nova Scotia in the 1994 Prison World: the cure to vampirism. He struggles with whether or not to give it to Elena and provide her with the life she'd been robbed of.
After using Lily to get Stefan's humanity back and he is used to bring Caroline back, Lily is adamant about returning to her Prison World to retrieve what she considers to be her family. Damon confronts Bonnie, who had taken the Ascendant, and tells her that Lily is threatening to destroy the cure if he doesn't return with the means to get her "family" back. However, when he decides to let Bonnie destroy the Ascendant, he comes home to find that Lily had actually given the cure to Elena instead. He confesses that he was selfish and afraid of losing her but agrees that she should take it and that he'll take it with her.
Elena takes the cure and, unexpectedly, her memories return and she remembers when she'd traveled to Nova Scotia with Damon in search of the cure the first time, he'd told her that he used to miss being human, but, now, he couldn't imagine anything more miserable. She tells him he needs to think about it before making that decision and enlists Stefan to try to make sure Damon is certain of his choice to become human. Damon almost decides he'd rather stay a vampire until he witnesses an interaction between an older couple. Before Jo and Ric's wedding, he tells Elena he'd made his choice to live one lifetime with her. During the wedding, Kai shows up and stabs Jo before causing an explosion. The second to last episode ends with Elena lying unconscious on the ground.
In the last episode of the 6th season titled "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" Damon rushes Elena to the hospital after vampire blood fails to heal and awaken her. At the hospital the doctors tell him that she is medically healthy and they see no reason why she's not awake. Kai stumbles into the hospital injured. After consuming Lily's blood and killing himself, Kai's ability to siphon magic allowed him to become another Heretic (vampire with witch-like power), but he was soon bitten by a transforming Tyler, who had re-triggered his werewolf curse. Kai tells Damon and he's linked Elena's life to Bonnie's and as long as Bonnie lives, Elena will remain asleep but perfectly healthy. He also tells him that the spell is permanent and any attempt to find a loophole in the spell will result in the death of both Bonnie and Elena. Damon returns to the wedding to find Bonnie badly injured on the floor and Kai's reminder that letting Bonnie die will allow Elena to regain consciousness. Damon tells Bonnie he's sorry and leaves the room. Kai is irritated that his plan to torture Damon with an impossible choice had failed and, while he's distracted, Damon decapitates him from behind. Damon saves Bonnie's life and they go to the Salvatore boarding house to say their goodbyes to Elena, deciding that they will allow Bonnie to live her life and, when she dies, Elena will wake. Damon allows himself to enter Elena's subconscious to say his goodbye, dancing with her and telling her that he'll never be ready to live the next 60 years of his life without her. Stefan and Damon move the coffin holding Elena to a crypt and have Bonnie seal the door magically to keep away those seeking the Cure.
The season ends with the impression that quite a bit of time has passed. Mystic Falls is desolate and run down after the return of the other Heretics, Lily's "family". The last scene shows Damon looking torn standing on the clock tower he once sat on with Elena.
Relationships[edit]
At the start of season 1, Damon was a self-proclaimed loner,[8] often keeps to himself. Despite his initially antagonistic relationships with humans such as Alaric Saltzman and Sheriff Elizabeth Forbes, Caroline's mother. Damon gradually involved himself into the lives of many people in Mystic Falls by developing friendships with several humans. After spending time with Elena Gilbert, Damon becomes more empathetic and falls deeply, madly and passionately in love with her. He always puts her safety first before anyone else, even his.[9][10]
Somerhalder with his Vampire Diaries co-stars Paul Wesley (Stefan) and Nina Dobrev (Elena) at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International
Damon's most prominent love, aside from Elena, was Rose. He met her while searching for Klaus and hooked up with her shortly after. Unfortunately Damon ticked off Jules, a werewolf, and she showed up on a full moon for revenge.
Stefan Salvatore[edit]
Damon has had a challenging relationship with his younger brother Stefan Salvatore for over a century. Before they became vampires, they both loved the vampire Katherine Pierce. Damon shows that he has nurtured a long-standing desire to reunite with Katherine throughout the first season. In the first season, we learn that it was Stefan who convinced Damon to feed and complete his transformation after Katherine turned both brothers into vampires.[11] Despite the feud between the Salvatore brothers, both Damon and Stefan always have each other's backs. Damon is always there for Stefan when it really matters, e.g., saving him from being tortured, helping him through withdrawal, and working with him to kill common enemies.[12] And Stefan will still give up his own life for Damon's survival. They both actually love each other but won't admit it, however:[13]
Elena Gilbert[edit]
After learning of Katherine's deceit, Damon starts to fall for, Elena. In general, Damon is fiercely protective of Elena and always puts her safety ahead of all else. Damon comes to Elena's rescue at the Miss Mystic Falls pageant when Elena is left stranded without a partner, and the two dance. In the episode "Rose", Damon confesses his love for her only to compel her to forget about it because he doesn't believe he is worthy of her. Throughout the third season his relationship with Elena grows; she learns to fully trust him, and they begin to rely on each other as a team. They share two passionate kisses, but Elena remains in denial about her feelings for him. After a long struggle, Elena still chooses Stefan much to Damon's dismay. In the following season, however, Elena realizes that her feelings for Damon cannot be denied any longer. She and Stefan break up, and in the following episode Damon and Elena finally get together and have sex. Damon and Elena then both individually discover that Elena is sired to Damon, making Elena's feelings unfortunately known; however, Elena insists that her love for Damon is the most real thing that she's ever felt in her entire life. Damon remains doubtful, so in "O Come, All Ye Faithful" he sets her "free". In an interview before the season finale, Julie Plec stated that "This year, she's had a very traumatic roller coaster of life experience and it's changed her irrevocably—and at the center of it all was the diehard belief that she loved Damon, that she loved him more than she'd ever loved anyone." [14] In "Graduation", after the sire bond is broken and there remains no doubt about Elena's feelings, she reveals that she is in love with Damon.
Damon and Elena spend the next few months together, having the summer of their lives. When Elena has to leave for college, Damon stays behind in Mystic Falls and they have a functional long distance relationship. However, in the episode "Original Sin", Tessa, who is revealed to be Qetsiyah, tells Damon that the doppelgangers are fated to fall in love and that he is only a bump in the road that makes their story interesting. Damon refuses to believe in this and assures Elena that he will fight for her and their future together as she is his life. It is later revealed that there is nothing fated about Stefan and Elena, but that they were merely drawn together by a spell. After a tumultuous, back and forth relationship, Damon and Elena get back together at the end of the season, and they choose to sacrifice themselves together to save Stefan and Alaric and their other friends on the Other Side. When Elena makes it back but Damon is trapped on the collapsing Other Side, Elena is devastated. Damon says his last goodbye to Elena, telling her that she is by far the best thing that has ever happened to him, and that being loved by her is "the epitome of a fulfilled life", as Elena sobs inconsolably. In season 6, Elena is unable to move on from Damon's death months later. She pretends to be happy, but she is secretly taking witch herbs to hallucinate Damon. When the herbs make her dangerous to humans, Elena decides to have Alaric compel away her memories of Damon, because she will never be able to move on otherwise. When Damon returns, he attempts to help her remember their love story, but the compulsion will not break. Not remembering any of the good things about Damon, Elena still decides to give him another chance. She slowly falls in love with him again, ultimately declaring that no matter whether she has memories of him or not, she always finds her way back to him. When Bonnie returns from the prison world, she gifts Damon with the cure for vampirism, knowing that he wanted to give it to Elena. However, Damon is afraid that this will mean losing Elena. They discuss what a human life together would be like. Elena initially rejects the cure, but Damon decides to take it with her so that they can have a human life together, including children. Damon always wanted Elena to have the human life she always dreamed of. Elena takes the cure, which breaks the compulsion, and her memories of Damon return to her. She recalls a memory from season 4, where Damon declares that there would be nothing more miserable than becoming human again. Elena is afraid that Damon would regret taking the cure, so she challenges him to think it through carefully. Stefan attempts to convince Damon that becoming human would be a bad decision, but Damon ultimately realizes that one lifetime with Elena is infinitely better than an immortal one without her, and confidently believes her to be his soulmate. Damon and Elena excitedly anticipate the beginning of their human future together, until Kai puts Elena under a sleeping spell, tied to Bonnie's life.
Damon spends the next two seasons devoted to Elena, waiting for her to wake up. He repeatedly states that he is miserable without her, and will spend the next 60 or so years unhappily until Bonnie dies. However, Damon is committed to staying true to Elena, and doing right by her. Elena is shown to be Damon's moral compass, and his guiding force throughout the two seasons. When Damon is in the Phoenix Stone's version of hell, a vision of Stefan asks Damon "What would Elena do?" and this prompts Damon to forgive his mother, freeing him from hell. The phoenix stone's influence remains, and Damon accidentally lights Elena's coffin on fire (or so he thinks). Believing that he has unwittingly killed the love of his life, Damon becomes suicidal. When confronted with the hunter Rayna, Damon commands her to kill him because he is already in hell in a world without Elena. Enzo then reveals to Damon that Elena is still alive, renewing Damon's hope. When Damon realizes that he is a potential danger to his friends and family because he does not believe he is good without Elena, he decides to desiccate himself next to her. He write to Alaric that before Elena, he didn't know what it was like to be happy, fulfilled or complete, and that he doesn't want to continue living without that feeling. After Stefan wakes Damon from his desiccation, Damon continues to be devoted to his future with Elena. At the end of season 7, he is lured into a trap by a siren, hearing Elena's voice calling out to him. When the siren takes control of Damon's mind in season 8, Damon spends a significant amount of time sleeping, seeking refuge in dreams of his memories of Elena. When Sybil erases Elena from Damon's consciousness only to insert herself into their memories, Damon fights back, instinctively drawn back to Elena. His love for her prevails, and he breaks the siren's mind control, regaining his memories of Elena. Julie Plec stated that "I think the only hope that he's holding on to is the idea of the two of them living in Tribeca in their brownstone and raising kids and having a life together as humans when this is all said and done." [15] After Stefan gives Damon the cure to vampirism, turning him into a human, and Bonnie unbreaks the spell on Elena, Damon and Elena finally reunite. They begin their life together, getting married while Elena goes to medical school and becomes a doctor. Eventually they return to Mystic Falls to grow old together, where they died together of old age. We last see them walking hand in hand in the afterlife before reuniting with their respective families.
Alaric Saltzman[edit]
Alaric is a vampire hunter looking to avenge his wife by killing the vampire that killed her. It is soon revealed that the vampire that Alaric is hunting is actually Damon. Before killing Alaric, he confesses that he didn't kill Isobel but turned her. Alaric is brought back to life by the Gilbert ring. The two remain enemies but work together on occasion. Eventually, the two become best friends and drinking buddies. Even after Alaric is turned into a vampire who kills other vampires, Damon does his best to ensure that they don't have to kill him. But with Elena's death, Alaric dies as well while Damon holds him. In the episode, "Memorial", it's clear that Damon still misses his friend as he talks to Alaric at his grave. Unknown to him, Alaric listens to the whole thing and even responds with "I miss you too, buddy". Damon's best friend.
Bonnie Bennett[edit]
Bonnie first saw Damon in Friday Night Bites when he dropped Caroline off at cheerleading practice. They first interacted in Haunted, when Damon learned that Bonnie had come into possession of the Bennett Talisman. He needed this to open the tomb which Katherine was locked in (for 145 years or so he believed). At first, Bonnie didn't want to have anything to do with Damon, saving his life only for Elena's sake and soon blaming him for Caroline's transition into a vampire. However, as time went on, Bonnie was put into situations where she had to work with Damon to achieve what they both wanted (albeit reluctantly at first). Their teamwork has often proved to be beneficial for the both of them. Their relationship has even come to a point where Damon is visibly worried for Bonnie's well-being and was devastated when he found out about her death. The improvement of their relationship is seen in Damon's efforts to help bring Bonnie back from the dead. However, their unique friendship hit a speed bump when Damon reverted to his old ways. Finally, they stood side by side with each other as The Other Side collapsed, holding each other's hand and at peace with what is to come for the both of them. They later discover that they are trapped in a 1994 Prison World. During that time, they start to bond and form a close alliance to take down Kai. Before sending Damon back home, she mentions that he's not exactly the last person she would wanna be stuck with. When Damon returns home, he does everything he can to find a way to bring Bonnie back, including a long road trip to Oregon to seek the Gemini Coven, and also compelling Alaric to steal the Ascendant from Jo. They finally reunite at the Salvatore Boarding House with a hug after Sheriff Forbes's funeral. It's shown that Damon and Bonnie genuinely care about each other and have made sacrifices for each other.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Somerhalder joins 'Vampire Diaries' by Michael Schneider of Variety, March 25, 2009
Jump up ^ Meet The Cast – Vampire Diaries Casting Calls by Matej Jelic of Spoilers Guide, June 17, 2009
Jump up ^ Ian Somerhalder talks 'Vampire Diaries' by Mandi Bierly of Entertainment Weekly, September 17, 2009
^ Jump up to: a b The Vampire Diaries episode "162 Candles" aired November 5, 2009.
Jump up ^ The Vampire Diaries episode "Haunted" aired October 29, 2009.
^ Jump up to: a b The Vampire Diaries episode "" aired May 13, 2010.
Jump up ^ The Vampire Diaries episode "Katerina" aired November 11, 2010.
Jump up ^ The Vampire Diaries episode "The Departed," aired May 9, 2012.
Jump up ^ The Vampire Diaries episode "Do Not Go Gentle," aired April 26, 2012.
Jump up ^ The Vampire Diaries episode "Kill or Be Killed," aired October 7, 2010.
Jump up ^ The Vampire Diaries episode "1912," aired March 15, 2012.
Jump up ^ The Vampire Diaries episode "Masquerade," aired October 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ The Vampire Diaries episode "As I Lay Dying," aired May 12, 2011.
Jump up ^ http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/418990/the-vampire-diaries-finale-julie-plec-teases-elena-s-choice-bonnie-s-sacrifice-and-dynasty-style-fight
Jump up ^ http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-vampire-diaries-spoilers-damon-elena-human/
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Food Network Star
Genre
Food reality television
Judges
Marc Summers, Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis, Alton Brown
Country of origin
United States
No. of seasons
14
No. of episodes
75
Production
Production location(s)
New York, New York
Burbank, California
Running time
40–120 minutes
Production company(s)
CBS EYEtoo Productions (Seasons 1-8)
Triage Entertainment (Seasons 9-present)
Release
Original network
Food Network
Original release
June 5, 2005 (2005-06-05) – present
Chronology
Related shows
Party Line with The Hearty Boys
Guy's Big Bite
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Ultimate Recipe Showdown
Guy Off the Hook

The Gourmet Next Door
Big Daddy's House
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Food Network Star is a reality television series that premiered June 5, 2005. It was produced by CBS EYEtoo Productions for seasons 1–8 and by Triage Entertainment for subsequent seasons. It airs on the Food Network in the United States. Prior to season seven, the series was known as The Next Food Network Star.
Contents
1 Season one
1.1 Summary
1.2 Contestants
2 Season two
2.1 Summary
2.2 Contestants
3 Season three
3.1 Summary
3.2 Contestants
4 Season four
4.1 Summary
4.2 Contestants
5 Season five
5.1 Summary
5.2 Contestants
6 Season six
6.1 Summary
6.2 Contestants
7 Season seven
7.1 Summary
7.2 Contestants
8 Season eight
8.1 Summary
8.2 Coaches
8.3 Contestants
9 Season nine
9.1 Summary
9.2 Contestants
10 Season ten
10.1 Contestants
11 Season eleven
11.1 Contestants
12 Season twelve
12.1 Contestants
13 Season thirteen
13.1 Contestants
14 Season fourteen
14.1 Contestants
15 Notes
16 References
17 External links
Season one[edit]
Summary[edit]
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The first season of The Next Food Network Star series was taped in February 2005, and was composed of five episodes in June 2005.[1] Chicago area caterers Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh emerged as the winners, and went on to host a show called Party Line with Dan & Steve, now titled Party Line with The Hearty Boys, which premiered on September 18, 2005.
The runner-up, Deborah Fewell, was chosen to host a special on food at beaches, Surf N Turf, which aired in June 2006. Michael Thomas was the recurring chef on The Tyra Banks Show. Susannah Locketti made an appearance on The Tony Danza Show, and is also an on-air chef for Publix grocery stores in the southern United States.
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Place
Dan Smith & Steve McDonagh 42 and 40 Bellmore, NY and Wayne, NJ Winners
Deborah Fewell 32 Los Angeles Runner-up
Hans Rueffert 32 Jasper, GA 3rd
Susannah Locketti 33 Plymouth, MA 4th
Eric Warren 52 Los Angeles 5th
Michael Thomas 36 Venice, CA 6th
Harmony Marceau 30 New York City, NY 7th
Brook Harlan 24 Columbia, MO 8th
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Summary[edit]
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The second season of The Next Food Network Star series was taped in December 2005 and began airing in March 2006. Guy Fieri was announced as the winner on April 23, 2006, beating Reggie Southerland.[2]
Fieri has achieved considerable success at Food Network since his victory, and is still regularly on air as of July 2018. Guy's Big Bite premiered in June 2006 and was picked up for a second season in 2008 and remains in production. Originally intended as a one-hour special, Fieri's second series, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, premiered April 23, 2007. He went on to the series, Ultimate Recipe Showdown, premiering February 17, 2008, and Guy Off The Hook on September 14, 2008. He has also started a new successful show called Guy's Grocery Games.
Fourth-place contestant Nathan Lyon began hosting his own series, A Lyon In the Kitchen,[3] on the Discovery Health Channel in March 2007.
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Culinary P.O.V.
Eliminated
Guy Fieri 38 Ferndale, CA "Off the Hook" California Cuisine Winner
Reggie Southerland 39 Los Angeles Modern Soul Food Runner-up
Carissa Seward 33 San Diego, CA Simple Food for Entertaining Week 6
Nathan Lyon 35 Los Angeles Healthy and Seasonal Food Week 5
Andrew Schumacher 26 Brooklyn, NY Cooking Techniques Week 4
Evette Rodriguez 35 Port St. Lucie, FL Latin Cuisine Week 3
Elizabeth Raynor 32 Sausalito, CA Simple Mediterranean Cuisine Week 2
Jess Dang 24 Menlo Park, CA Asian Cuisine Week 1
Season three[edit]
Summary[edit]
The third season began on June 3, 2007, and the winner was announced on Sunday, July 22. In season 3, judges sent 1 or 2 contestants home weekly. Once the field was down to 2 final contestants, the viewers picked the winner. Marc Summers (host of the first 2 seasons) only returned for this season's finale. Bobby Flay would host subsequent season finales.[4]
During the season, the contestants lived in a shared house in New York City. The contestants' challenges included cooking concession food for an NBA game (with guest Darryl Dawkins) to a mini version of Food Network's Iron Chef America (with guest judges Bobby Flay and Cat Cora). The Selection Committee consisted of Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson along with one guest. Guest judges included Alton Brown, Giada De Laurentiis, Duff Goldman, season two winner Guy Fieri, and Robert Irvine.
Paula Deen and Rachael Ray participated in contestant challenges, and Bobby Flay also played a role in the guidance and selection process. Amy Finley was chosen by America as The Next Food Network Star on July 22, 2007. Her new show The Gourmet Next Door premiered on October 14, 2007 and ran for six episodes. Finley later declined to continue with the series, citing relocation to France for family reasons.[4]
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Eliminated
Amy Finley 33 San Diego, CA Stay-at-Home Mom Winner1
Rory Schepisi 31 Vega, TX Restaurateur Runner-Up
Joshua Adam "JAG" Garcia 25 Havelock, NC Chef-de-Cuisine Withdrew1
Paul McCullough 36 Los Angeles Caterer Week 6
Adrien Sharp 29 Jackson, MI Local Cooking Show Host Week 5
Michael Salmon 53 Brooklyn, NY Director of Operations for Macy's Week 4
Tommy Grella, Jr. 34 Methuen, MA Self-Taught Chef Week 3
Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine 29 New York, NY Former Child Actress Week 3
Nikki Shaw 38 Oakland, CA Caterer Week 2
Patrick Rolfe 33 Seattle, WA Chef Week 1
Vivien Cunha 40 Hermosa Beach, CA Caterer Week 1
^Note 1 : Amy Finley was eliminated Week 7, and the original finalists were Rory Schepisi and Joshua "JAG" Garcia. After the final elimination episode was aired, evidence came to light that JAG had lied about both his culinary training and his military service, representing both as more extensive than they actually were.[5][6] Food Network allowed him to withdraw from the competition and reinstated Amy Finley, who was voted The Next Food Network Star.
Season four[edit]
Main article: The Next Food Network Star (season 4)
Summary[edit]
Season four of The Next Food Network Star premiered on Sunday, June 1, 2008. Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson are joined by Bobby Flay as the selection committee for this season. Each new episode aired on Sundays at 10:00 PM EDT. For this season, the viewers no longer received the chance to vote for the winner; producers instead made the final decision. This led to an error by FoodNetwork.com, which briefly posted the winning moment video on their website three days before the finale aired.[7] The winner for the fourth season was Aaron McCargo Jr. His winning show idea, Big Daddy's House, first aired August 3, 2008.[8]
Finalist Adam Gertler was hired to host a Food Network show called Will Work for Food, which debuted on January 19, 2009 and was cancelled after one season. He hosted the Food Network show Kid in a Candy Store, which aired two seasons.
Kelsey Nixon co-hosted a web show on food2.com (a Food Network sister site aka Cooking Channel) and also appeared in the premiere of Chefs vs. City in 2009. In 2010, Gertler and Nixon became co-hosts of The Next Food Network Star After Party, a half-hour recap/interview show following that night's episode of Star, on Cooking Channel. Nixon stars in Kelsey's Essentials, a program on kitchen and cooking basics for The Cooking Channel that ran November, 2010-2013.[9]
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Eliminated
Aaron McCargo Jr. 36 Camden, NJ Chef Winner
Adam Gertler 30 Philadelphia, PA Food Server Runner-Up
Lisa Garza 32 Dallas, TX Restaurateur/Designer Runner-Up
Kelsey Nixon 23 North Ogden, UT Assistant Culinary Director Week 7
Shane Lyons 20 Colorado Springs, CO Private Chef and actor Week 6
Jennifer Cochrane 32 Woonsocket, RI Chef Week 5
Nipa Bhatt 35 Victoria, MN Marketing Manager Week 4
Jeffrey Vaden 43 White Plains, NY Food Service Management Week 3
Kevin Roberts 39 San Diego, CA Radio Talk Show Host/Restaurant Owner/Author Week 2
Cory Kahaney 45 New York, NY Stand-up Comedian Week 1
Season five[edit]
Main article: The Next Food Network Star (season 5)
Summary[edit]
Season five of The Next Food Network Star premiered on June 7, 2009. Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson were joined by Bobby Flay as the Selection Committee for this season, which was filmed early 2009 in New York, New York and Miami, Florida. Melissa D'Arabian was declared the winner on August 2, 2009 with the title for her show being Ten Dollar Dinners. Her show premiered on August 9, 2009.[1]
On August 17, 2009, Food Network announced Jeffrey Saad would return in a series of online videos based on his pilot, now called "The Spice Smuggler."[10] The program premiered with four 4-1/2 minute videos featuring one spice and a recipe incorporating it.[11] Saad was named the national representative for the American Egg Board. In November, 2010, Saad debuted in a new show for The Cooking Channel titled United Tastes of America, which explores multiple aspects of traditional American food.[9]
Finalist Debbie Lee has carried her "Seoul to Soul" concept to the streets of L.A., opening a lunch truck, Ahn-Joo, featuring a range of Korean food.
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Culinary P.O.V.
Eliminated
Melissa d'Arabian 40 Keller, TX Stay-At-Home Mom "Kitchen Survival Guide" Winner
Jeffrey Saad 42 Los Angeles, California Restaurateur/Food Consultant/Recipe Developer/Chef "Ingredient Smuggler" Runner-Up
Debbie Lee 39 West Hollywood, California Restaurant Consultant "From Seoul to Soul" Week 8
Jamika Pessoa 30 Atlanta, Georgia Personal Chef/Businesswoman Caribbean Cuisine Week 7
Michael Proietti 28 City Island, NY Executive Chef "Global A Go-Go" Week 6
Katie Cavuto 30 Philadelphia, PA Personal Chef & Dietician Healthy and Green Cuisine Week 5
Teddy Folkman 33 Alexandria, VA Restaurant Owner/Executive Chef "Gourmet Bar Food" Week 4
Eddie Gilbert 30 Los Angeles Apprentice Chef "Modernized Traditional Food" Week 3
Brett August 33 New York, New York Executive Sous Chef Italian-American Cuisine Week 2
Jen Isham 30 Orlando, FL Sales Manager "Housewife 2.0" Week 1
Season six[edit]
Main article: The Next Food Network Star (season 6)
Summary[edit]
The sixth season of the series premiered on Sunday, June 6, 2010. Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson were again joined by Bobby Flay as judges; in addition, Giada De Laurentiis served as an on-set mentor. On July 17, 2010, a post-competition recap and discussion show premiered on The Cooking Channel. Shows were filmed in Los Angeles, California and New York, New York.[12]
On August 15, 2010, Aarti Sequeira was declared the winner, and her new show Aarti Party[13] premiered on Sunday, August 22, 2010 and features American style cuisine with unique Indian flair. Season 2 of Aarti Party[13] premiered that December.
The Food Network also signed runner-up Tom Pizzica to host a new show called Outrageous Food, which premiered in November 2010.[14] The last new episodes of Aarti Party aired in mid-2013.
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Culinary P.O.V.
Eliminated
Aarti Sequeira 31 Los Angeles, California Food Blogger "Aarti Paarti" Winner
Herb Mesa 41 Atlanta, Georgia Personal Trainer/Personal Chef "Cooking Con Sabor" Runner-Up
Tom Pizzica 32 San Francisco, CA Unemployed Chef "Big Chef" Runner-Up
Aria Kagan 30 Hollywood, FL Private Chef "Family Style" Week 9
Brad Sorenson 25 Austin, Texas Professional Chef "Pro"/"Culinary Quest" Week 8
Serena Palumbo 31 New York, New York Attorney "Serena's Trattoria" Week 7
Brianna Jenkins 30 Atlanta, Georgia Caterer "Sexy and Fabulous Flavors" Week 6
Paul Young 32 Chicago, IL Waiter "Blue-Collar Dollar" Week 5
Darrell "DAS" Smith 28 Los Angeles High School Culinary Teacher "Food is the Life of the Party" Week 4
Dzintra Dzenis 44 Austin, TX Private Cooking Instructor Week 3
Doreen Fang 38 Los Angeles Caterer/Cooking Instructor "Simply Complex" Week 2
Alexis Hernandez 40 Clarksville, IN Part-time food Writer Week 1
Season seven[edit]
Main article: Food Network Star (season 7)
Summary[edit]
For the seventh season, the reality television series was renamed, after the first episode, Food Network Star, dropping the word "Next". It premiered Sunday, June 5, 2011. Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson were joined again by Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis as the judges for this season. The series was filmed in Los Angeles, California and New York, New York.[15]
Season seven winner Jeff Mauro's show "Sandwich King" premiered on Sunday, August 21, 2011. In spring 2013, Jeff hosted $24 in 24, a show in which he went to several cities and ate an entire day's worth of meals on 24 dollars.
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Culinary P.O.V.
Eliminated
Jeff Mauro 32 Chicago, IL Corporate Chef "Sandwich King" Winner
Susie Jimenez 31 Carbondale, CO Catering Company Owner "Spice It Up" Runner-Up
Vic "Vegas" Moea 36 Brooklyn, NY Executive Chef "Mama's Boy" Week 11
Mary Beth Albright 38 Washington, DC Food Writer and Blogger "Sunday Supper" Week 10
Whitney Chen 28 New York, NY Chef "Four Star Flair" Week 9
Jyll Everman 31 Glendora, CA Caterer "Jyllicious Bites" Week 8
Penny Davidi 39 Los Angeles Restaurant Owner "Stilettos in the Kitchen"/"Middle Eastern Mama" Week 7
Chris Nirschel 28 Hoboken, NJ Sous Chef "On the Line" Week 7
Orchid Paulmeier 38 Bluffton, SC Restaurant Owner "Asian Persuasion" Week 6
Justin Davis 31 Minneapolis, MN Food Blogger "The Flavor Factory" Week 5
Justin Balmes 32 Marietta, GA Fishmonger/ Butcher "Kitchen Workshop" Week 4
Alicia Sanchez 33 New York, NY Young Adult Culinary Teacher "Alicia's Guilty Pleasures" Week 3
Katy Clark 34 Long Beach, CA Food and Fitness Company Operator "Simply Fabulous" Week 2
Juba Kali 29 New Orleans, LA Research Chef "Cuisine Made Simply" Week 2
Howie Drummond 40 Highlands Ranch, CO Radio Host "Basic and Delicious" Week 1
Season eight[edit]
Main article: Food Network Star (season 8)
Summary[edit]
Season 8 started May 13, 2012. For season 8, the format changed, with the contestants divided into three five-member teams, each coached by a Food Network host, either Bobby Flay, Alton Brown, or Giada De Laurentiis. Coaches worked with the teams as they prepared for and completed their tasks. The winner's coach would also be the producer of the winner's show.
Each week, a winning team was selected, and one member of the teams that did not win was up for elimination in a new feature called Producers' Challenge. Each challenge was hosted by current Food Network personalities.
The final winner was decided by an audience vote cast on foodnetwork.com between July 15–17, 2012 and the winner was announced on July 22, 2012. The winner was Justin Warner, who hosted a one-hour special on The Food Network, but did not have a series produced. He has become a blogger on foodnetwork.com, makes appearances at Food Network events, and is an active Twitter presence.[16]
Coaches[edit]
Alton Brown – host of Good Eats, Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, and Cutthroat Kitchen.
Bobby Flay – host of Grill It! with Bobby Flay, Throwdown! with Bobby Flay. Co-host of season 3 of Worst Cooks in America and Iron Chef on Iron Chef America
Giada De Laurentiis – host of Everyday Italian , Giada at Home and Giada in Italy.
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Culinary P.O.V.
Team
Eliminated
Justin Warner 27 Brooklyn, NY Chef and Restaurant Owner "Rebel with a Culinary Cause" Team Alton Winner
Michele Ragussis 42 Brooklyn, NY[17] Executive Chef "My New England" Team Bobby Runner-Up
Yvan Lemoine 30 New York City Bartender and Cook for the French Consulate "Family Style" Team Giada Runner-Up
Martie Duncan 50[18] Birmingham, AL Blogger and Party Planner "Martie with the Party" Team Alton Runner-Up
Philip "Ippy" Aiona 23 Kamuela, HI Executive Chef "Voyage to Paradise" Team Giada Week 10
Nikki Martin 31 West Hollywood, CA Private Chef, Food and Beverage Consultant "The Grill Next Door" Team Bobby Week 10
Martita Jara 35 San Diego, CA Self-Taught Chef "Martita's Mesa" Team Giada Week 9
Malcolm Mitchell 41 Washington, DC Private Chef "Simple and Soulful" Team Bobby Week 8
Emily Ellyn 29 Orlando, FL College Student "Cooking Retro Rad" Team Alton Week 7
Linkie Marais 28 North Attleborough, MA Cake Baker "Dessert Queen" Team Giada Week 6
Judson Allen 30 Chicago, IL Catering Company Owner "Weight Loss Journey" Team Alton Week 5
Eric Lee 44 Petaluma, CA Winery Executive Chef "Handcrafted in Wine Country" Team Bobby Week 4
Josh Lyons 42 Jupiter, FL Restaurant Consultant and Sushi Chef "Wok and Roll" Team Giada Week 3
Kara Sigle 31 Chicago, IL Catering Company Owner "Nostalgic Cooking with a Twist" Team Bobby Week 2
Cristie Schoen 35 New Orleans, LA Caterer "Healthy and Delicious" Team Alton Week 1
Season nine[edit]
Main article: Food Network Star (season 9)
Summary[edit]
Season 9 started on June 2, 2013.[19] For season 9, Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, and Giada De Laurentiis mentored and judged twelve Food Network Star competitors, although the contestants were not divided into teams as in season 8. Many of this season's contestants had previously appeared on other Food Network shows.[20] The winner was Damaris Phillips, decided by an audience vote cast on foodnetwork.com and announced live on August 11, 2013.
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Culinary P.O.V.
Eliminated
Damaris Phillips 31 Louisville, KY Culinary Teacher "Modern Southern Food" Winner
Rodney Henry 47 Baltimore, MD Pie Shop Owner "Pie Style" Runner-up
Russell Jackson 49 San Francisco, CA Underground Chef "Seven Culinary Sins" Runner-up
Stacey Poon-Kinney 34 San Diego, CA Restaurant Owner "Vintage with a Modern Twist" Week 10
Nikki Dinki 29 New York, NY Food Blogger/Online Host "Semi-Vegetarian" / "Meat on the Side" Week 9
Connie "Lovely" Jackson 27 Los Angeles Caterer "Party on a Plate" Week 4 & Week 8 (Winner of Star Salvation)
Chad Rosenthal 37 Ambler, PA Restaurant Owner "Jewish BBQ Guy" Week 7
Chris Hodgson 26 Cleveland, OH Chef/Restaurateur "Compassion for Food" Week 6
Viet Pham 33 Salt Lake City, UT Chef/Restaurant Owner "The American Dream" Week 5
Danushka Lysek 37 New York, NY Private Chef/Model "Your Private Chef" Week 3
Andres Guillama 26 Waynesville, NC Childhood Obesity Prevention Coach "Teaching Men to Cook" Week 2
Daniela Perez-Reyes 28 Haleiwa, HI Bartender/Caterer "Peruvian Princess" Week 1
Season ten[edit]
Main article: Food Network Star (season 10)
The winner was Lenny McNab, decided by an audience vote cast on foodnetwork.com and announced live on August 10, 2014. It is the last season to date where the finale aired live—all subsequent season finales would be filmed months in advance prior to airing.[21]
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Culinary P.O.V.
Eliminated
Lenny McNab 42 De Beque, CO Executive Chef Gourmet Cowboy Winner
Luca Della Casa 38 San Antonio, TX (Originally from Turin, Italy) Restaurateur Luca's Feast Episode 2 (Winner of Star Salvation) Runner-up
Nicole Gaffney 29 Atlantic City, New Jersey Private Chef Coastal Cuisine Runner-up
Sarah Penrod 30 League City, TX Private Chef Devoted to Date Night/Texas Cuisine Episode 10
Loreal Gavin 26 Indianapolis, IN Butcher Butcher Babe Episode 9
Emma Frisch 30 Ithaca, NY Farmer Farm-to-Table Episode 8
Chris Kyler 32 Stafford, VA Caterer elevating classics Episode 7
Reuben Ruiz 27 Miami, FL Restaurant Owner Flavors of Miami Episode 6
Christopher Lynch 39 New Orleans, LA Executive Chef New Orleans Inspired Episode 5
Aryen Moore-Alston 31 Memphis, TN Home Cook International Cuisine Made Easy Episode 4
Kenny Lao 36 New York, NY Food Truck Chef Fast-Casual Episode 3
Donna Sonkin Shaw 42 New York, NY Nutritionist Healthy Comfort Food Episode 1
Season eleven[edit]
Main article: Food Network Star (season 11)
Beginning with this season, Alton Brown no longer appeared as a judge. The winner was Eddie Jackson.[22]
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Culinary P.O.V.
Eliminated
Eddie Jackson 34 Houston, TX Food Truck Owner Caribbean Winner
Jay Ducote 33 Baton Rouge, LA Radio Host Louisiana Runner up
Dominick "Dom" Tesoriero 31 Staten Island, NY Food Truck Owner Italian Week 8 (Winner of Star Salvation; returned for semi-final) Runner up
Arnold Myint 38 Nashville, TN Restaurant Owner Effortless Home Entertainment Week 10
Alex McCoy 31 Washington, D.C. Chef, Restaurant Owner Fusion Sandwiches Week 9
Michelle Karam 39 Santa Barbara, CA Food Blogger Mediterranean Week 7 (Withdrew)
Emilia Cirker 36 Reston, VA Culinary Instructor Spice Class Week 6
Rue Rusike 26 Brooklyn, NY Private Chef South African Week 5
Rosa Graziano 38 Los Angeles Food Truck Owner Southern Italian Week 4
Sita Lewis 47 New York, NY Culinary Instructor Italian Soul Week 3
Matthew Grunwald 22 Scottsdale, AZ Restaurant Chef Hashtag Week 2
Christina Fitzgerald 29 St. Louis, MO Executive Chef Around The World Week 1
Season twelve[edit]
Main article: Food Network Star (season 12)
Martita Jara originally competed in the eighth season of the series; she returned after winning the pre-season competition Comeback Kitchen.[23]
Contestants[edit]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Eliminated
Tregaye Fraser 31 Atlanta, Georgia Caterer Winner
Jernard Wells 37 Executive chef Runner-up
Damiano Carrara 30 Moorpark, California Pastry chef
Yaku Moton-Spruill[A] 33 San Francisco, California Basketball player, sous chef Week 4 /
Week 10
Ana Quincoces 49 Coral Gables, Florida Cookbook writer, attorney Week 9
Erin Campbell 24 Woodbury, Minnesota Baker Week 8
Joy Thompson 40 Thomasville, North Carolina Baker, restaurateur Week 7
Rob Burmeister 45 Staten Island, New York School lunch administrator Week 6
Monterey Salka 26 Nashville, Tennessee Caterer Week 5
Martita Jara 39 San Diego, California Home cook Week 3
Aaron Crumbaugh 36 Spokane, Washington Caterer Week 2
Melissa Pfeister 34 Los Angeles, California Basketball player
Havird Usry 28 Augusta, Georgia Restaurateur Week 1
Season thirteen[edit]
Main article: Food Network Star (season 13)
Matthew Grunwald originally competed in season 11. He returned for a second chance after winning the Comeback Kitchen competition.
Contestants[edit]
[24]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Eliminated
Jason Smith 39 Grayson, Kentucky Cafeteria manager Winner
Rusty Hamlin 42 Atlanta, Georgia Executive chef Runner-up
Cory Bahr 40 Monroe, Louisiana Chef[B]
Matthew Grunwald 24 Scottsdale, Arizona Restaurant chef Week 10
Amy Pottinger 32 Honolulu, Hawaii Food blogger Week 9
David Rose 35 Atlanta, Georgia Caterer Week 7
Addie Gundry 30 Lake Forest, Illinois Cookbook author; chef Week 6
Caodan Tran 29 Dallas, Texas Personal chef Week 5
Trace Barnett 27 Brilliant, Alabama Food blogger Week 4
Suzanne Lossia 42 Detroit, Michigan Personal chef Week 3
Toya Boudy 34 New Orleans, Louisiana Week 2
Nancy Manlove 65 Texas City, Texas Chef
Blake Baldwin 30 Flemington, New Jersey Marketing manager; home cook Week 1
Season fourteen[edit]
Main article: Food Network Star (season 14)
Contestants[edit]
Amy Pottinger originally competed in season 13. She returned for a second chance after winning the Comeback Kitchen competition, along with Adam Gertler, who originally competed in season four. Palak Patel also competed on Beat Bobby Flay, where she defeated him in the Chicken Curry episode. [25]
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Eliminated
Christian Petroni 34 Port Chester, New York Chef Winner
Jess Tom Princeton, New Jersey Food Novelist[C]
Manny Washington 30 Orlando, Florida Firehouse cook Runner-up
Amy Pottinger 33 Honolulu, Hawaii Food Blogger Week 8
Palak Patel 38 New York, New York Personal chef Week 7
Katie Dixon 35 Hattiesburg, Mississippi Private chef Week 6
Harrison Bader 26 Los Angeles, California Personal chef Week 4
Adam Gertler 40 Chef, TV Personality, Actor, Podcaster
Rebekah Lingenfelser 34 Savannah, Georgia Marketing and Public Relations director Week 3
Samone Lett 46 Sanford, Florida Personal chef and caterer Week 2
Jason Goldstein 40 New York, New York Chiropractor; culinary teacher Week 1
Chris Valdes 26 Miami, Florida Caterer
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Yaku Moton-Spruill returned to the competition in Week 10 of season 12 after winning Star Salvation, but was again eliminated midway through the latter episode.
Jump up ^ Cory Bahr returned to the competition in Week 10 of season 13 after winning Star Salvation.
Jump up ^ Tom won Star Salvation in Week 8 of season 14 to be reinstated in the competition.
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