The supermodel and executive producer Michael Rucker discuss their homecomings to the series, the dynamic cast and why Christian Siriano remained as the designer’s mentor with the network shift.

It lost Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, but brought in Karlie Kloss and Christian Siriano. Then Kloss left and Siriano did double duty. Now, the show is on its third network — Freeform, backed by streaming on Hulu and Disney+ — with Klum returning as host.

Season 21 of the fashion design competition is set to premiere on Thursday, July 31. It will see the return of Heidi Klum as host, alongside Nina Garcia and Law Roach as judges and Christian Siriano as mentor. The show, which has aired on both Bravo and Lifetime, is moving to Freeform this season.