Germany's Next Topmodel
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | Tyra Banks |
| Presented by | Heidi Klum |
| Judges | Heidi Klum (1–3) Peyman Amin (1-3) Rolf Scheider (3–present) Boris Entrup (2) Bruce Darnell (1–2) Armin Morbach (1) |
| Opening theme | The Notorious B.I.G - "Nasty Girl" (1) Gia Farrell - "Hit Me Up" (2) Seal - "Amazing" (3) |
| Country of origin |  Germany |
| Language(s) | German, English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 23 (+) |
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| Producer(s) | Tresor TV |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60-100 minutes |
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| Original channel | ProSieben |
| Picture format | PAL |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital |
| Original airing | January 25, 2006 - present |
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Germany's Next Topmodel (often abbreviated to GNTM) is a German reality television show which pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win title of Germany's Next Topmodel as well as a modelling contract with the IMG talent agency in hopes of a promising career start in the modeling industry.
Based on the concept of Tyra Banks's America's Next Top Model series, the show is hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum, who also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show.
The show is currently being made into a Nintendo DS and PC game.[1]
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 4's runner-up Kahlen Rondot's silhouette is used as part of the logo of Germany's Next Topmodel.[2]
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[edit] Show format
Each season of Germany's Next Topmodel has 10 to 13 episodes and starts with 12-19 contestants. Each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though a double/triple elimination or no elimination was given by consensus of the judging panel.
Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the season (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals).
[edit] Differences between ANTM and GNTM
While the US American version's season premieres (except cycles 1 and 2) start with thirty-something semi-finalists and their cut-down to a batch of ten to fourteen contestants, Germany's Next Topmodel season premieres begin with highlights from the auditions of 100 candidates (cycles 1 and 2) and 120 candidates (cycle 3) respectively.
The panel challenge in front of the judges on America's Next Top Model is almost always replaced by a runway walk in front of the judges on the German show.
In the elimination process on America's Next Top Model, host Tyra Banks hands out the photograph of each contestant that are safe in order of merit.
The bottom two of each episode are called to stand before Banks and are judged individually. The call-out order does play a major role in determining who this week's best contestant was – quite in contrast to Germany's Next Topmodel where the call-out order does not say anything about the quality of the contestants' performance.
Moreover they are called out one by one while the others are waiting in the backstage lobby.
The final five or six contestants travel to an international destination on the US American show while Germany's version is notcomittal about the number of journeys abroad; cycle 1 went abroad two times, cycle 2 did so six times and cycle 3 went to six different international countries.
On America's Next Top Model the final two remaining models compete in a runway, and the winner is chosen in the judging room. On Germany's Next Topmodel the final three contestants compete in a runway and a photo shoot in front of live audience in Cologne, Germany before the winner is revealed. The final show is recorded the afternoon before its broadcast. The days before and after the final show judges, models and crew are accomodated at the Cologne Marriott Hotel, which is relatively unknown and often hosts 2nd tier celebrities.
[edit] Cycle summary
| Cycle | Premiere Date | Episodes | Final three | Number of Contestants | International destination |
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| Cycle 1 | January 25, 2006 | 9 | Lena Gercke Yvonne Schröder Jennifer Wanderer |
12 |  New York / Los Angeles, USA Paris, France Rotterdam, The Netherlands (challenge winner) |
| Cycle 2 | March 1, 2007 | 14 | Barbara Meier Anni Wendler Hana Nitsche |
15 |  St. Moritz, Switzerland Paris, France (challenge winner) Cape Town, South Africa (challenge winner) Bangkok, Thailand Los Angeles, USA Lisbon, Portugal |
| Cycle 3 | February 28, 2008 | 17 | Jennifer Hof Janina Schmidt Christina Leibold |
19 |  Barcelona, Spain Salzburg, Austria New York, USA Paris, France (challenge winner) Tel Aviv, Israel (challenge winner) Sydney / Melbourne, Australia Los Angeles, USA |
| Cycle 4 | Spring 2009[3] | TBA |
[edit] Contestants statistics
- Total number of contestants: 46
- Oldest contestants: Enyerlina Sanchez (Cycle 2); 25 years old at time of taping
- Youngest contestants: Luise Mikulla (Cycle 1), Aisha Grone and Jennifer Hof (both Cycle 3); all 16 years old at time of taping
- Most-represented state: North Rhine-Westphalia; 8 contestants
- Least-represented state: Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland; all 0 contestants
- Non-German contestants:
- Cycle 1: Céline Roscheck from Vienna, Austria and Janina Ordmann from Korfu, Greece
- Cycle 2: Anja Platzer from Graz, Austria, Mandy Graff from Luxembourg and Enyerlina Sanchez from the Dominican Republic
- Cycle 3: Elena Rotter from Salzburg, Austria and Raquel Alvarez from Bern, Switzerland
- Tallest contestant: Katharina Harms (Cycle 3), 185 cm at time of taping
- Shortest contestant: Aisha Grone and Gina-Lisa Lohfink (both Cycle 3), both 169 cm at time of taping
- Top 10 contestants who quit: Céline Roscheck (Cycle 1) and Vanessa Hegelmaier (Cycle 3)
- Contesants who were part of a cliffhanger elimination: Fiona Erdmann (Cycle 2), Rubina Radwanski, Aisha Grone, Sandra Korte, Gina-Lisa Lohfink and Carolin Ruppert (all Cycle 3)
- Contestants who missed or quit a photo shoot: Gisele Oppermann (Cycle 3)
[edit] References
- ^ Germany’s Next Topmodel für Nintendo DS angekündigt! - Nintendo-Online.de
- ^ 1. GNTM logo
2. Kahlen Rondot silhouette - ^ DWDL.de: ProSieben setzt weiter voll auf Castingshows
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