Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 2

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Germany's Next Topmodel Cycle 2
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Presented by	Heidi Klum
Judges	Heidi Klum Bruce Darnell Peyman Amin Boris Entrup
Theme music composer	Gia Farrell Brian Kierulf Josh Schwartz
Opening theme	"Hit Me Up"
Country of origin	Germany
Language(s)	German, English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Producer(s)	Tresor TV
Running time	100 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ProSieben
Picture format	PAL
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original run	March 01, 2007 – May 31, 2007
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Germany's Next Topmodel Cycle 2, started airing on March 01, 2007 with a batch of 15 fresh wannabe models and the judges that would determine the winner. Two girls, Sophie and Alina, left after the second episode after deciding that their education was more important. Tonia Michaely and Denise Dahinten replaced the two contestants. This season was commercially presented by Opel Tigra Twin Top and Staatl. Fachingen.

Contents 1 Episode Summaries 1.1 Episode 1: Welche 15 Mädchen werden es in die nächste Runde schaffen? 1.2 Episode 2: Das erste große Einzel-Fotoshooting steht bevor 1.3 Episode 3: Einzug ins neue Zuhause 1.4 Episode 4: Der neue Style 1.5 Episode 5: Es wird eisig... 1.6 Episode 6: Knutsch die Kröte 1.7 Episode 7: Heiße Action 1.8 Episode 8: Ein tierisch gutes Shooting 1.9 Episode 9: Topmodel trifft Superstar 1.10 Episode 10: Bodypainting am Malibu Beach 1.11 Episode 11: Das große Cosmopolitan-Shooting steht bevor 1.12 Episode 12: Wiedersehen mit allen 15 Kandidatinnen 1.13 Episode 13: Das Finale 1.14 Episode 14: Was keiner sah 2 Contestants 3 Controversies 4 Summaries 4.1 Call-out order 4.2 Makeovers 4.3 Photo Shoot Guide [7] 5 Television ratings 5.1 Germany [8] [9] 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Episode Summaries

Episode titles as credited on ProSieben website. ^[1]

Alternate titles as credited on maxdome website ^[2]

[edit] Episode 1: Welche 15 Mädchen werden es in die nächste Runde schaffen?

Title translation: Which 15 Girls Will Make It Into the Next Episode Alternate title: Der erste große Auftritt Original airdate: March 01, 2007

Out of over 16,000 applicants, the judges selected 100 girls as semi-finalists, who then had to prove themselves in a model castings. The applicants had only 2 minutes to win over the judges with their charisma and personality. From the 100, 25 were chosen, and given their first task - a fashion show at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany's largest football stadium, where they had to do a catwalk down the field during half-time in front of over 70,000 football fans watching the Borussia Dortmund vs. VfB Stuttgart game. At the end of the second day of casting, ten of the girls are eliminated, and the 15 that would move on to the house were determined.

[edit] Episode 2: Das erste große Einzel-Fotoshooting steht bevor

Title translation: The First Big Individual Photo Shoot Lies Ahead Alternate title: Das Runwaytraining auf Eis Original airdate: March 8, 2007 Eliminated: Janine Mackenroth

The 15 finalists arrived in St. Moritz and went to their first photoshoot on a snow covered mountain for German Cosmopolitan. After this photo shoot, Sophie and Alina decided to leave the show to return to school. Then the contestants had their first challenge, won by Aneta Tober. Finally, they went to their first important photo shoot, posing in front of a gigantic fan with a car behind them. Previously eliminated contestants Tonia Michaely and Denise Dahinten replaced Alina and Sophie. Heidi Klum, watching the photo shoot, spoke highly of Dahinten's creative poses, saying she hasn't ever seen poses like them before. In the end, Janine Mackenroth was the first model eliminated, due to a lack of expression in her photos.

[edit] Episode 3: Einzug ins neue Zuhause

Title translation: Moving Into a New Home Alternate title: Der Einzug ins Haus Original airdate: March 15, 2007 Eliminated: Enyerlina Sanchez and Antje

In the third episode, the girls move into their new house. Bruce and Boris train them in three styles of runway-walk and make-up: sporty, young virgin, and sexy. Later the girls are given publicity training with comedian Hugo Egon Balder; Barbara wins the challenge, and chooses Janina to share her prize - a three-course dinner with Heidi Klum at a hotel. For the photo shoot, the girls pose in Swarovski Crystals and bald caps. At judging, Enyerlina Sanchez and Antje are not as good as the other girls and they are eliminated.

[edit] Episode 4: Der neue Style

Title translation: The New Style Alternate title: Mut zur Veränderung Original airdate: March 22, 2007 Eliminated: Janina-Catharina Küpper

The contestants got new haircuts in this episode. They were also forced to pass the "Falling Fairytales" photo shoot from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 6. Contestant Janina-Catharina Küpper could not convince the judges and was eliminated. Fiona Erdmann provoked Hana Nitsche by compromising her in front of judge member Peyman Amin: During a fake casting Erdmann was asked to play the casting agent requesting Nitsche to present a sock to the customer. She worked herself up over this matter so Nitsche felt offended. Later Erdmann apologized for the time being.

[edit] Episode 5: Es wird eisig...

Title translation: It's Getting Frosty... Alternate title: Die erste Modenschau Original airdate: March 29, 2007 Model job winners: Fiona Erdmann, Hana Nitsche and Milla von Krockow Challenge winners: Tonia Michaely, Denise Dahinten, Mandy Graff and Barbara Meier Featured Photographers: Matt Mc Cabe, Oliver S. Special guests: Designer Johnny Talbot & Adrian Runhof, Designer Susanne Marx and Stylist Frank Wilde Judge guest: Matt McCabe Eliminated: Alla Kosovan

During the fashion show of the designer Susanne Marx of the AMD (“Akademie Mode & Design”) fashion school in Düsseldorf Philips hall Alla Kosovan and Anja Platzer were not allowed to walk the runway. At not less than 2000 invited guests, it was a chance for three of the contestants to present themselves to the designers Johnny Talbot and Adrian Runhof and their prêt-à-porter fashion show in Paris, France. The designers decided to take Hana Nitsche, Fiona Erdmann and Milla von Krockow.

Their challenge this week was a photo shoot with a male model depicting the four seasons through mien and gestures authentically. This was useful for the contestants to learn the difference between Commercial Posing and Editorial Posing. The winners Tonia Michaely, Denise Dahinten, Mandy Graff and Barbara Meier were allowed to spend the evening with the male models, with which they had to work for the shooting. The other contestants had to clean the house.

This week's photo shoot took place in a cold storage house with the photographer Matt McCabe. The contestants had to deal with enormous low temperature as they were forced to pose with ice sculptures in mini skirts and mini dresses.

Before the elimination every contestant had to do a live-walk and demonstrate one's learning aptitude by presenting a fire brigade outfit in Editorial Posing and another product in Commercial Posing.

The judges were not thrilled of Alla Kosovan's performance this week, so she was the one to be eliminated.

[edit] Episode 6: Knutsch die Kröte

Original title: Snog the Toad Alternate title: Der erste Werbespot Original airdate: April 5, 2007 Model job winner: Hana Nitsche Challenge winner: Anni Wendler Featured Producer: Andreas Kayales Special guests: Kim Frank, Ursula Michelis Judge guest: Andreas Kayales Eliminated: Denise Dahinten

After acting lessons, eight of the ten girls went on a professional casting for a car advert being shot in Cape Town - Denise Dahinten and Fiona Erdmann were nominated by the other contestants to stay at home and miss the casting. Hana Nitsche won the job.

Also during episode 6, for winning a challenge, Anni Wendler was chosen to be in the music video for the song "Zwei Sommer" by German singer Kim Frank. She was encouraged to pick three contestants who knew how to play guitar or keyboards to co-star in the video. She asked the others if anyone could play those instruments, but no one said they did. Wendler selected Mandy Graff, Michaela Gräfin "Milla" von Krockow, and Aneta Tober. Wendler later complained the video left her with bruising from pretending to play guitar all day.

The contestants shot a television commercial for an online dating agency. They each were dressed as a fairy princess for the ad in which they found a frog, and gave him a kiss. Frustrated when he didn't turn into a prince, they angrily demanded he do so, insisting he wanted to. The commercial was not shot in one continuous take. At this point, so as to avoid cruelty, the real frog was swapped for a fake frog. Then shooting resumed, as the model tossed the fake frog down in frustration at the end of the commercial. Denise Dahinten was clumsy during the shoot. She also wanted a lot of reassurance from the director, to the point of neediness and requesting a hug. Heidi was on the set and witnessed this behavior. Dahinten was eliminated at the end of this episode.

[edit] Episode 7: Heiße Action

Title translation: Hot Action Alternate title: Das Action-Shooting Original airdate: April 12, 2007 Model job winner: Barbara Meier Challenge winners: Milla von Krockow, Aneta Tober, Anni Wendler, Fiona Erdmann, Anja Platzer, Barbara Meier Featured Photographer: Mario Schmolka Special guests: Designer Caroline Nippert (label Cava-Cava), Designer Johann Stockhammer (label Etienne Aigner AG), Designer Sascha Lutzi (label Mother of Punk) Judge guest: Mario Schmolka Eliminated: Tonia Michaely and Aneta Tober

This week's photo shoot was placed in an action setting. The contestants had to stay concentrated despite loud explosion noises in the background. Contestant Barbara Meier was asked to co-star with Heidi Klum in a McDonald's television commercial as a reward for winning an acting challenge. The casting director said she was not necessarily the best actor, but would be the best one for the commercial. The spot received a lot of airplay a few weeks later. The contestants' parents surprised their daughters by making a visit. Hana Nitsche's boyfriend made a bad joke by pretending not to come but then arriving later on. Nitsche was not amused unlike her boyfriend who laughed a lot and apparently enjoyed having teased her.

[edit] Episode 8: Ein tierisch gutes Shooting

Title translation: A Beastly Good Shoot Alternate title: Harte Worte in Bangkok Original airdate: April 19, 2007 Eliminated: Milla von Krockow

This week the seven contestants travelled to Bangkok to participate in a casting for the Thai fashion label Fly Now. Five of the seven contestants were allowed to walk the runway which was placed in a calf-high swimming pool. The designer chose Anja Platzer and Fiona Erdman not to walk along with the others. The next day the contestants travelled to Los Angeles for a photo shoot with an elephant and a barely dressed man. The judges eliminated half-Chinese contestant Milla von Krockow due to a lack of expression in her face.

[edit] Episode 9: Topmodel trifft Superstar

Title translation: Top Model Meets Superstar Alternate title: Auffallen auf dem roten Teppich Original airdate: April 26, 2007 Model job winners: Barbara Meier, Hana Nitsche, Mandy Graff Challenge winner: Anja Platzer Featured Photographer: Antoine Verglas Special guest: Designer Christian Audigier Judge guest: Antoine Verglas Eliminated: Anja Platzer

The contestants stayed in Los Angeles for another week. Their first challenge was to act professionally on the red carpet surrounded by celebrities and actors. Anja Platzer was chosen as this challenge's winner and was given the chance to jaunt on a yacht along with Mandy Graff while the other contestants had to go for broke at a fitness lesson. All of the contestants then participated in a casting with Christian Audigier, designer of the successfully rising fashion label Ed Hardy. Hana Nitsche, Mandy Graff and Barbara Meier were chosen to walk the runway at a well visited fashion show. This week's photo shoot demanded a great deal of the contestants as they had to pose like superheroes knotted with ropes between house walls of Los Angeles. Contestant Fiona Erdman later peached on Mandy Graff and Hana Nitsche as she stated they sometimes considered to leave the competition. Erdmann then obviously lost many viewers' sympathies regarding internet polls and surveys. The judges's problem child Anja Platzer finally had to leave the show as they could not find enough enhancements regarding her achievements all over the show.

[edit] Episode 10: Bodypainting am Malibu Beach

Title translation: Body Painting at the Malibu Beach Alternate title: Ausziehen zum Anmalen am Malibu Beach Original airdate: May 3, 2007 Eliminated: No one was eliminated

For this week's photo shoot, the contestants had to go the full monty as their bodies were covered only by body color during a body painting session at the Malibu Beach. Runway coach Bruce Darnell forced the girls to find foot passengers in Hollywood's Rodeo Drive to argue them into a photo shoot for which they had to imitate film posters. Anni Wendler stuck out with her outstanding achievement and was allowed to fly with a helicopter and watch California's night life from above. Wendler and Hana Nitsche began to blackbite – Fiona Erdmann being the victim. When Erdmann tried to talk things out Nitsche evaded the issue. Due to the show's success, the producers decided to elongate it by an additional episode with no elimination.

[edit] Episode 11: Das große Cosmopolitan-Shooting steht bevor

Original title: The Big Cosmopolitan Shoot Lies Ahead Alternate title: Die Rache an Peyman Original airdate: May 10, 2007 Eliminated: Mandy Graff

The five remaining girls style and photograph themselves for a shoot at a villa in the Hollywood Hills, at which they are allowed to take revenge on judge Peyman Amin for his mean appraisals. The shoot is curtailed when a bushfire breaks out nearby. The girls have their photoshoot for the winner's Cosmopolitan cover; Mandy Graff and Barbara Meyer have to do theirs again. They then have to answer questions in English at a press conference with American journalists; the language barrier is an obstacle, and Barbara is upset when she inadvertently says something she thinks will upset her boyfriend. They are relieved to find out afterwards that the journalists were actors. At the judging, the girls have to walk in both pret-a-porter and haute couture clothes. Mandy Graff is eliminated.

[edit] Episode 12: Wiedersehen mit allen 15 Kandidatinnen

Title translation: Reunion With All the 15 Contestants Alternate title: Wer zieht ins Finale ein? Original airdate: May 17, 2007 Eliminated: Fiona Erdmann (left the competition last week, but this was shown in this episode)

[edit] Episode 13: Das Finale

Title translation: The Finale Alternate title: Finale Original airdate: May 24, 2007 Eliminated: Hana Nitsche Final two: Anni Wendler and Barbara Meier Germany's Next Topmodel: Barbara Meier

Though officially described as “live ” the finale was recorded in the afternoon of May 24 and shown at 20.15 PM the same day. It began with Heidi Klum introducing the three finalists: Anni Wendler, Hana Nitsche, and Barbara Meier. Their first live challenge was a bikini-themed catwalk and another one with old-fashioned dresses. Shortly after that, last week's photos were shown to the audience. The contestants had to explain their ideas and implementation. Then Hana was eliminated without any explanation by the judges which displeased the audience and the viewers booed loudly. For the next challenge runway trainer Bruce Darnell was asked to do a “spontaneous” photo shoot with Wendler and Meier themed “Romeo and Juliet” and “Caught in the Act”. After that clips of all three finalists were accompanied with a live-played saxophone song. The saxophone preluded to an opera version of Ave Maria with all of this season's contestants walking the runway dressed in baroque and unique appearing robes. The studio was quiet for a few seconds before Monrose's "Hot Summer" started and the band members began to walk the runway. As the second verse began all contestants came on stage one by one and did another catwalk walk. Then the final announcement was made: Barbara is “Germany's Next Topmodel”. She got a car and the modelling contract with IMG Models.

[edit] Episode 14: Was keiner sah

Title translation: What Nobody Saw Original airdate: May 31, 2007

This episode was announced as a collection of unaired additional footage from all twelve episodes but half of the episode turned out to be a summary of shown footage. The last one and a half hours showed the contestants at a Spin the Bottle play, a boxing training, a report of contestant Hana being sick and some other scenes.

[edit] Contestants

Ages and measurements stated are at time of contest.

Contestants of Cycle 2
Contestant [3]	Place	Age	Country	Federal state	City	Size	Measurements
Barbara Meier	1	20	Germany	Bavaria	Regensburg	5' 8" / 174 cm	81-61-94
Anne-Kathrin “Anni” Wendler	2	21		Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Schwerin	5' 9 1/2" / 177 cm	85-59-92
Hana Nitsche	3	21		Baden-Württemberg	Heidelberg	5' 7 3/4" / 172 cm	85-59-89
Fiona Erdmann	4	18		Bremen	Bremen	5' 8 1/2" / 174 cm	81-63-91
Mandy Graff		17	Luxembourg		Kehlen	5' 10 1/2" / 179 cm	89-63-91
Anja Platzer	5	19	Austria	Styria	St. Stefan/Graz	6' 0" / 183 cm	84-62-88
Michaela Saskia “Milla” Gräfin von Krockow	6	20	Germany	Lower Saxony	Göttingen	5' 9" / 175 cm	86-61-88
Tonia Michaely	7	19		Berlin	Berlin	5' 11 3/4" / 182 cm	89-69-97
Aneta Tober		21		North Rhine-Westphalia	Castrop-Rauxel	5' 9" / 175 cm	83-61-80
Denise Dahinten	8	19		Hesse	Bruchköbel	5' 7 3/4" / 172 cm	86-65-91
Alla Kosovan	9	17		Berlin	Berlin-Schöneberg	5' 9 1/2" / 177 cm	85-66-94
Janina-Katharina Küpper	10	21		North Rhine-Westphalia	Aachen	6' 0" / 183 cm	87-62-92
Antje	11	22		Brandenburg	Strausberg	5' 11" / 180 cm	89-69-88
Enyerlina Sanchez		25		Berlin	Berlin	6' 0" / 183 cm	87-65-96
Janine Mackenroth	12	17		Bavaria	Munich	5' 8" / 173 cm	87-62-92

[edit] Controversies

Many fans were able to find out the eliminated contestant from the next week's episode beforehand.

• Denise Dahinten's elimination was confirmed by studio guests of that day's episode of late night show TV total in which the eliminated contestants used to appear after their elimination.
• Host channel ProSieben booked a web domain for each contestant's name, e.g. www.fiona-erdmann.de – the only names that were not booked were Tonia Michaely, Aneta Tober and Michaela “Milla” Gräfin von Krockow so their elimination was indirectly confirmed.
• An Austrian newspaper published a report on Anja Platzer being home again, confirming her elimination the next week.
• Friends of Mandy's divulged her elimination in several internet forums.
• As the 11th episode ended with a cliffhanger leaving open if either Fiona Erdmann or Anni Wendler would be one of the final three, fans began to collect details and indices that would reveal the last finalist. Some television guides accidentally published photos of Wendler, Barbara Meier, and Hana Nitsche. Also paparazzi photos of the three were shot and leaked into the internet ^[4]. But the most airtight proof was a mumbled statement by judge members Heidi Klum and Peyman Amin who stated they thought “those three really deserve to get into the final show”. For one or two seconds the viewer was able to have a glimpse on three photos separated from two others. The two put aside were those of Erdmann and Mandy Graff.^{[5] [6]}

[edit] Summaries

[edit] Call-out order

Order as called out by host Heidi Klum
Order	Ep 1	Ep 2	Ep 3	Ep 4	Ep 5	Ep 6	Ep 7	Ep 8	Ep 9	Ep 10	Ep 11	Ep 12	Ep 13
01	Hana	Fiona	Hana	Fiona	Tonia	Barbara	Aneta	Anni	Anni	Barbara	Hana	Hana	Barbara
02	Milla	Alla	Mandy	Milla	Anni	Denise	Fiona	Fiona	Barbara	Hana	Barbara	Barbara	Anni
03	Alina	Enyerlina	Milla	Barbara	Anja	Milla	Mandy	Mandy	Fiona	Fiona	Anni	Anni	Hana
04	Fiona	Tonia	Anja	Hana	Barbara	Hana	Barbara	Anja	Hana	Anni	Fiona	Fiona
05	Alla	Janina	Antje	Tonia	Milla	Fiona	Tonia	Hana	Mandy	Mandy	Mandy
06	Janine	Mandy	Tonia	Anja	Hana	Mandy	Hana	Barbara	Anja
07	Janina	Barbara	Denise	Mandy	Aneta	Anja	Anja	Milla
08	Mandy	Antje	Anni	Denise	Mandy	Anni	Anni
09	Aneta	Aneta	Barbara	Aneta	Fiona	Tonia	Milla
10	Anja	Hana	Janina	Alla	Denise	Aneta
11	Enyerlina	Anni	Aneta	Anni	Alla
12	Barbara	Denise	Enyerlina	Janina
13	Anni	Anja	Alla
14	Antje	Milla	Fiona
15	Sophie	Janine

     The contestant won the competition

     The contestant runner-up the competition

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant won the week's challenge

     The contestant won the week's challenge and was eliminated in the same episode

     The contestant quit the competition in the next episode

     The contestant was brought back to the show after being eliminated

[edit] Makeovers

• Janina - Dyed bronze and hair curled
• Alla - Dyed blonde
• Denise - Straightened and dyed brown
• Tonia - Hair was highlighted
• Aneta - Crop haircut and dyed brown
• Milla - Bob cut and bangs added
• Anja - Hair shortened
• Mandy - Long blonde hair extensions
• Fiona - Hair straightened and lengthened
• Hana - Auburn hair weave
• Anni - Long blonde hair weave
• Barbara - Hair straightened

[edit] Photo Shoot Guide ^[7]

• Episode 2 Photo Shoot: “Windkanal” (Wind Tunnel)
• Episode 3 Photo Shoot: “Glatzen” (Bald Heads)
• Episode 4 Photo Shoot: “Fallende Märchenfiguren” (Falling Fairytale Characters)
• Episode 5 Photo Shoot: “Auf Eisblöcken” (On Ice Blocks)
• Episode 6 Photo Shoot: “Werbespot” (Advertising Spot)
• Episode 7 Photo Shoot: “Action und Explosion” (Action and Explosion)
• Episode 8 Photo Shoot: “Wildlife mit Tarzan” (Wildlife with Tarzan)
• Episode 9 Photo Shoot: “Superheroes”
• Episode 10 Photo Shoot: “Bodypainting” (Body Painting)
• Episode 11 Photo Shoot: “Wir hassen Peyman” (We Hate Peyman)
• Episode 12 Photo Shoot: Contestants' Choice
• Episode 13 Photo Shoot: “Romeo und Julia” (Romeo and Juliet) / “Auf frischer Tat ertappt” (Caught in the Act)

[edit] Television ratings

[edit] Germany ^{[8] [9]}

Episode	from 3 years		14- to 49-year-old
	Viewers (in millions)	Share (in %)	Viewers (in millions)	Share (in %)
1	3,26	10,7	2,51	19,9
2	2,91	9,7	2,21	17,2
3	2,99	10,2	2,22	18,5
4	3,29	10,5	2,53	19,6
5	3,41	11,4	2,54	20,4
6	2,64	9,0	1,87	16,5
7	3,05	10,4	2,14	18,2
8	3,63	12,4	2,75	22,9
9	3,76	13,7	2,93	25,7
10	3,78	13,0	2,88	23,6
11	3,97	13,9	2,96	24,3
12	3,58	12,2	2,67	22,3
13	4,49	17,7	3,26	29,7

[edit] References

1. ^ "Alle Folgen im Überblick". ProSieben. Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
2. ^ "Germany's Next Topmodel by Heidi Klum". maxdome. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
3. ^ "Alle Models auf einen Blick". ProSieben. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
4. ^ "Paparazzi photos of the show's finalists". Tommy's Blog. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
5. ^ "Screenshot of the judges's desk". ProSieben. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
6. ^ "Das große Cosmopolitan-Shooting steht bevor". Germany's Next Topmodel. ProSieben. 2007-05-10.
7. ^ "Was war das schönste Shooting?". ProSieben. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
8. ^ "German television ratings". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
9. ^ "German television ratings". DWDL.de. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.

[edit] External links

• Official website

v • d • e Germany's Next Topmodel Current Judges & Personnel Heidi Klum • Peyman Armin • Rolf Scheider Cycles: Former Judges 1-2: Bruce Darnell • 1: Armin Morbach • 2: Boris Entrup Cycles: Winners 1: Lena Gercke • 2: Barbara Meier • 3: Jennifer Hof Please see individual cycles articles for additional contestants.