Design Squad is a PBS reality television series geared towards middle and high-school children, where they design whimsical machines in order to win an Intel college scholarship worth $10,000. The show is produced by WGBH. Nate Ball and Deanne Bell are real engineers and the co-hosts of season 1. Deanne did not return for Season 2 leaving for the Discovery Channel program Smash Lab, leaving Nate as the sole host of the show. There are two teams. Season 1 had a Red Team and a Blue Team. Season 2 has a Green team and Purple team. Season 3 has a mix team of from Season 1 & Season 2. In this... show, the whole team wins. The team members switch from one episode to the next, so the teams never stay the same. Before the finale In Week 2, there were 3 band members that picked 3 out of 4 instruments. Each instrument picked was 50 points. In Week 3, the Judges thought both teams made excellent bikes and gave both teams 100 points. In Week 4, the Judges thought both teams worked very hard and didn't want winner take all. Because the Red Team needed extra help to finish they split the points 30/70. In Week 12, Wyatt Jackson enjoyed Blue team's performance.
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