In a surprising turn of events, Host Joan Lunden announces that all of the previously eliminated perfectionists will be helping out with the 8th task, landscaping a vacant lot and turning it into a beautiful park, and each of them will be given an opportunity to get back into the game. Teams are chosen and the perfectionists get right to work with designing their parks. Setbacks come when Mitch of Team Artisan is injured and when the Crafty Beavers spend hours on an area of their park only to have to change it because Heather did not put it togethor properly. Darlene surprises everyone with her fantastic carpentry skills, and Heather also shocks her teammates with her terrible attitude and standoffish personality. In the end, the judges choose Team Artisan as the winners, and reward Kimberly with the reward of getting back into the game. Later, in the tensest elimination ceremony of the game, Darlene is eliminated by the team she worked with during the task.

• Bobby Flay
• Joan Lunden
• Candace Bushnell