"Project Runway," Bravo's Wednesday night reality show, has more drama than what's found in a high school hallway— and no contestants in a glass box surrounded by rattlesnakes and cockroaches.

Halfway through its second season, the show is simply about fashion, which makes it different from all the other reality shows aired every night on television.

Each week the contestants, all aspiring fashion designers, are given a challenge by supermodel, host and executive producer Heidi Klum that tests the craftsmanship of their designs, from the fabrics to the colors chosen and to the originality of the clothes worn by the models.

On one of the recent episodes, the designers were required to design a "garden party" dress. The materials they were given, however, were plants and flowers. Viewers were left wondering how in the world can they create an outfit out of flowers and plants without making you feel you have just stepped out of the jungle?

"Project Runway: Season Two" also delivers continually mounting drama on the first couple of episodes.

During the second episode, Andraé Gonzalo broke down while explaining his denim design during an elimination round, leaving the judges to question his tears. Another episode had the designer everyone loves to hate, Santino Rice, sitting in a corner angry over not winning the challenge where the designers had to design an outfit for a fashion icon, Barbie.

But behind all the tears and whining, these two designers, along with 14 others, have exceptional talent to back them up. Tears and whining become pointless in the show. In fact, the only thing that will get the designers is a stern look from the judges, which can lessen the chance to move on to the next challenge.

Fashion and talent are a requisite needed for the show, and that's what makes "Project Runway: Season Two" engaging. Once again Bravo has gotten viewers thrilled about the layering, sewing and the colors of fabrics.

Each episode, instead of leaving the viewers as simply spectators of the series, they become part of the show by becoming fashion critics themselves, through rating the designs of the contestants on the website of Bravo or by just voicing their opinions to others.

Season Two also has more twists than its first season, such as having 16 designers instead of 12, having each designer stick to one model, and the first and only immunity is given to a designer.

The second season has also improved by focusing more on building the personalities of the models, which leaves additional room for getting to know the brains and talent behind the clothes the models are strutting down on the runway, the fashion designers.

Last season, the show's finale drew 2.5 million viewers, a big number for a cable show. While continuing to give the audience what it wants, "Project Runway: Season Two" will no doubt continue to be on top all the way to its next finale.

Grade: A