Okay girls, pour yourselves a flirtini and settle down in front of the computer, because "Project Runway" is coming to Lifetime this Thursday. But rather than wait two months for those nit-picky fashion professionals to declare a winner, we can handicap the 16 contestants right now based on their "Home Visit" videos.

If you're sitting comfortably, we can begin with part one of the appraisals. Part two will be Monday.

Althea Harper, 24, OH: We don't really get a sense of what she's like as a designer, but the turquoise one-shoulder number she's wearing at the end is cause for concern. Also, who's her hair colorist, Benjamin Moore?

Ari Fish, 26, MO: Her I like immediately, even if a jacket that's both sleeveless and waterproof doesn't make a lot of sense to me. (I guess it's for people with great arms that look good wet?) But I have an official Rachel Maddow Crush© on her already.

Carol Hannah Witfield, 24, SC: Seems sweet enough, but girls like this are never tough enough to survive the competition. Something tells me her future is in bridal and prom dresses.

Christopher Straub, 30, MN: Something about the heavy window treatments and faux-baronial tapestry in the living room doesn't match up with the crazy metallic animal prints he's sewing in the downstairs in his basement workshop. Who are his clients supposed to be, Elizabethan strippers?

Epperson, 50, NY: You have to love a 50-year-old father of three young kids pursuing his dream. Even if nice guys like him usually don't provide the histrionics that make for great reality TV.

Gordana Gelhausen, 45, SC: Comes across a bit like a cross between the 50-Foot-Woman and Ana, the waitress who Bill almost married on the last season of "Big Love." Let's hope she's less committed to brown in her fashion than she is in her home decor.

Irina Shabayeva, 27, NY: She has a miniature poodle called Princess. Next!

Johnny Sakalis, 30, CA: Bad Gay Art on the wall, stuffed Simpsons dolls in the bedroom, cliched hipster sleeve tattoo and he refers to the viewer in the second person as "America." Oy.

Check back on Monday for the second half of the contestants!

And, because you know you can't wait, head on over to AOL Television to see what Heidi Klum has to say about Season 6.