Austria's Next Topmodel
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Austria's Next Topmodel is an Austrian reality television series based on Tyra Banks's America's Next Top Model. The show sees a series of aspiring models that compete against each other in different competitions determining who will win the title of Austria's Next Topmodel, among other prizes with the hope of a successful career in the modelling industry.
| Austria's Next Topmodel | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | Tyra Banks |
| Presented by | Franziska Knuppe (9) Former Lena Gercke (1-4) Melanie Scheriau (5-7) Eveline Hall (8) |
| Judges | Fraziska Knuppe. (9) Marina Hoermanseder (8) Daniel Bamdad (8) Former Eveline Hall (8) Papis Loveday (6-7) Michael Urban (6-7) Rolf Scheider (5) [1] Carmen Kreuzer (5)[2] Atil Kutoglu (3-4) Elvyra Geyer (3-4) Andrea Weidler (1-2) Andreas Ortner(2) Sabine Landl (2) Alamande Belfor (1) |
| Opening theme | Vera Böhnisch - "Take Me Higher" (1) Cobra Starship - "Good Girls Go Bad" (2) Victoria S - "One In A Million" (3) Jason Derulo - "Breathing" (4) Zedd - "Spectrum" (5) Leona Lewis - "Fire under my feet" (7) Felix Jaehn - "Hot2Touch" (8) |
| Country of origin | Austria |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 89 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120 mins |
| Release | |
| Original network | Puls 4 (2009–16, 2019) ATV (2017)[3] |
| Original release | 8 January 2009 – 5 November 2019 |
History
For the first four cycles, the show was hosted by Lena Gercke, the winner of the first cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel. Gercke is the first Top Model winner to become the host of a Top Model series. The judging panel for the show's first cycle consisted of the head of Vienna-based modelling agency Wiener Models, Andrea Weidler, and runway coach Alamande Belfor. It aired from January to February 2009 and was won by Larissa Marolt. As part of her prize package for winning the contest, Marolt won a place on the fourth cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel, where she placed eighth.
In mid-2009, Puls 4 aired a spin-off of the show, Die Model WG, which featured six of cycle one's contestants. The show was won by Kordula Stöckl.
The second cycle aired from November 2009 to February 2010. Its catchphrase was "More girls, more jet set, more glamour". Former model and photographer Andreas Ortner joined the judging panel, replacing Alamande Belfor. Beauty expert Sabine Landl, who was the models' stylist in cycle 1, also joined the panel. The winner of the cycle was Aylin Kösetürk.
The third cycle premiered in January 2011 and introduced new judges: the designer Atil Kutoglu and the runway coach Elvyra Geyer. Gercke remained as the host.[4] The cycle featured a significant change in the cast, and one girl per federal state in addition to five wildcards made the cut. Additionally, in every episode competitors that won the casting travelled to an international destination.
Gercke did not return to host the fifth cycle in order to concentrate on her own modelling career.[5] The austrian model, Melanie Scheriau, took over as host, beginning with the cycle that aired in January 2013.[6] The sixth cycle featured male contestants for the first time and aired in late 2014.[7] Cycle 7 aired from late 2015 to spring 2016 while cycle 8 began to air in November 2017.
Males were introduced to the competition in the sixth cycle of the show. The social media scoring system used in the American version of the show was also implemented in the sixth cycle. In contrast to the American version of the show, each voter was required to cast their votes via Facebook. Furthermore, there was no grading scale. Each Facebook account was allotted three votes, which could be spent on any combination of contestants. The competitor with the highest number of votes each round was granted immunity, while the contestant with the lowest amount was automatically nominated for elimination along with three other contestants chosen by the judges.
The ProSiebenSat.1 Mediagroup announced in April 2017 that the eighth cycle would air on ATV Austria, thus temporarily moving the show from Puls 4.[8]
Cycle 9 was again broadcast by Puls 4.
Judges
| Judges | Cycles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (2009) | 2 (2009-2010) | 3 (2011) | 4 (2012) | 5 (2013) | 6 (2014) | 7 (2015-2016) | 8 (2017) | 9 (2019) | |
| Hosts | |||||||||
| Lena Gercke | Main | ||||||||
| Melanie Scheriau | Main | ||||||||
| Eveline Hall | Main | ||||||||
| Franziska Knuppe | Main | ||||||||
| Judging Panelists | |||||||||
| Allemande Belfor | Main | ||||||||
| Andrea Weidler | Main | Guest | |||||||
| Sabine Landl | Guest | Main | |||||||
| Andreas Ortner | Main | Guest | |||||||
| Elvyra Geyer | Guest | Main | |||||||
| Atil Kutoglu | Guest | Main | |||||||
| Carmen Kreuzer | Guest | Main | |||||||
| Rolf Scheider | Main | ||||||||
| Papis Loveday | Main | Guest | |||||||
| Michael Urban | Main | ||||||||
| Daniel Bamdad | Main | ||||||||
| Marina Hoermanseder | Main | ||||||||
| Sascha Lilic | Main | ||||||||
Controversies
Show title
Before the show began, it caused controversy due to another modeling contest named Österreichs (German for "Austria's") Next Topmodel, which was established in 2007. Dominik Wachta, founder of what can be described as a mix between a model casting and a beauty pageant, accused the TV channel Puls 4 of stealing his idea. Further steps to change the name of the show were unsuccessful as it was already licensed by CBS as the role-model version created by Tyra Banks.[9]
Racism controversy
In the third cycle, contestant Magalie Berghahn was eliminated from the show due to the racist comments she made during a phone conversation with her boyfriend. She referred to fellow competitor Lydia Nnenna Obute as "neger oide" (negative afflicted Austrian slang for "black woman") and to Vanessa Lotz as "Deitsche" (slang for German woman). Both Obute and Lotz won a "go-see" that episode. The conversation was fully taped and aired during the show. Berghahn was confronted by host Lena Gercke with the video material in front of the other two girls. Gercke then told Berghahn that she was expelled from the show because the competition had no room for racist ideas or thoughts. Puls 4 was later accused of using the controversy for promotional purposes as Berghahn's comments had already shown in the preview for the episode and were not censored when the episode aired.[10] Berghahn was not invited to the final runway show during the cycle's finale. Berghahn later stated that the scandal had ruined her life.[11]
Death of Sabrina Rauch
In January 2012, 21-year-old Sabrina Angelika Rauch (a cycle 4 contestant) died in a car crash after spinning out of control on her way home from a party. Her vehicle collided with a concrete mast, with Rauch being killed instantly at the scene of the accident.[12] Her co-driver, a 26-year-old male friend, survived the accident.[13] Only three days before the episode featuring Rauch's elimination was aired, a nude photo from a shoot she did prior to her participation on the show was exposed. She was confronted by the judges for having taken the photos, and the judges stated that it was 'too low for a top model' while the other contestants witnessed the scene. A friend of Rauch criticized the program for the editing of that specific scene.[14] At the beginning of the next episode of the show, the broadcast station expressed their condolences to Rauch's relatives and friends on a silent screen.
Cycles
| Cycle | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants | International Destinations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 January 2009 | Larissa Marolt | Victoria Hooper | Piroschka Khyo, Birgit Königstorfer, Christiane Pliem & Kordula Stöckl, Julia Mähder, Kim Sade-Tiroch, Constanzia Delort-Laval, Tamara Puljarevic | 10 | Milan |
| 2 | 25 November 2009 | Aylin Kösetürk | Sarah Unterberger | Julia Huber, Lisa Schottak (quit), Angelika Czapka, Manuela Frey & Vanessa Hooper, Iris Shala, Anna Steinwendner, Jennifer Kogler, Lina Köberl, Johanna Gruber, Nina Kollmann | 13 | Istanbul Athens London Paris Cape Town |
| 3 | 6 January 2011 | Lydia Obute | Katharina Theuermann | Lisa Berghold (quit), Victoria Vogeler, Sarah Preiml, Magalie Berghahn (disqualified), Nadine Oberteiler, Linda Linorter, Vanessa Lotz & Valerie Heidenreich, Nicole Gerzabek, Julia Trummer, Darija Gavric, Romana Gruber | 14 | New York City |
| 4 | 12 January 2012 | Antonia Hausmair | Gina Adamu | Isabelle Raisa & Alina Chlebecek, Sabrina Rauch & Katharina Mihalovic, Nataša Maric, Michaela Schopf (quit), Christine Riener, Madalina Andreica, Yemisi Rieger, Izabela Pop Kostic, Nadine Trinker & Bianca Ebelsberger, Lana Baltic, Melisa Popanicic | 16 | Tel Aviv Berlin New York City |
| 5 | 3 January 2013 | Greta Uszkai | Katrin Krinner | Charlotte Rothpletz, Nadja Sejranic, Tatjana Catic (quit), Sabrina Kastner, Iris Mann, Sina Lisa Petru, Sabrina-Nathalie Reitz, Luca Stemer, Vanessa Rolke, Isabelle Postl & Charlotte Aichhorn, Stefanie Wedam, Aleksandra Stankovic | 15 | Hurghada |
| 6 | 11 September 2014 | Oliver Stummvoll | Sanela Velagic | Stella Challiot, Anna-Maria Jurisic, Sylvia Mankowska, Michael Molterer, Mario Novak, Michelle Hübner & René Neßler, Miro Slavov & Carina Kriechhammer, Sonja Plöchl (quit), Kajetan Gerharter, Christoph Tauber Romieri, Damir Jovanovic & Lydia Zoglmeier, Manuel Stummvoll, Manuela Kral | 18 | Paphos Milan Zurich Berlin Hong Kong |
| 7 | 15 September 2015 | Fabian Herzgsell | Angelina Stolz | Johannes Spilka, Felix Schiller, Lukas Krammer (quit) & Jelena Vujcic, Alexandra Kröpfl, Benedikt Cekolj, Adrian Oshioke, Bianca Konarzewski, Junel Anderson, Nicole Fried, Katja Peterka, Patrick Treffer, Maximiliano Mantovani (quit), Bernhard Stich, Melisa Sretkovic, Tassilo Herberstein, Gloria Burtscher, Mia Sabathy | 20 | Marrakesh Milan Berlin Madrid Hong Kong Monte Carlo |
| 8 | 2 November 2017 | Isak Omorodion | Peter Mairhofer & Simone Sevignani | Theresa Steinkellner (quit), Christian Benesch, Jules Baumgartner & Doina Barbaneagra, Edvin Franijc, Daniela Kuperion, Julia Forstner & Lukas Schlinger, Sanda Gutic & Max Gombocz, Allegra Bell | 14 | Helsinki Stockholm |
| 9 | 10 September 2019 | Taibeh Ahmadi | Julia Neumeister & Rosa Oesterreicher | Tamara Strasser (quit) & Sophie Danzinger, Julie Chavanne & Verena Gamlich (quit), Josi Jochmann, Lisa Schranz, Valentina Kandlhofer, Baraa Bolat | 11 | Côte d’Azur Monte Carlo |
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- ^ "Lydia Obute ist "Austria's next Topmodel"". krone.at. 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Austria Top Model Contestant Sabrina Rauch Dies In a Car Crash". ENSTARZ. 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Austria's Next Topmodel: Ex-Kandidatin Sabrina Rauch stirbt bei Unfall". vienna.at. 22 January 2012.
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