to answer a few of the questions that i saw. Yes some of the past contestants work in the industry ..of course most of those actually worked in the industry before they were on ( In some cases, they even worked for their "Judges") Patrick was filming the sequel to 300 during season 3 AND 4 ( they were shot back to back..season four was taped long ago) He was not an original judge even on season one ..he replaced someone else before taping began. You dont see the whole process because the contestants dont actually partake of the whole process. All molds are run by techs at the end of the day. Costumes are not fabricated by them ..and all the concept art you see are by the same hand. oh .and dont worry .. The Judges didnt really decide who stayed and went ..just like America didnt ( producers wont trust ratings surges to anyone else)