India's Next Top Model (season 3)

India's Next Top Model, season 3 is the third instalment of India's Next Top Model which premiered October 21st, 2017 at 7:00 pm IST (UTC+5:30) on MTV India.^[1] The season 3 judgres were Malaika Arora, Milind Soman and Dabboo Ratnani.

India's Next Top Model
Season 3
Starring	Malaika Arora Dabboo Ratnani Neeraj Gaba
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	21 October (2017-10-21) – 23 December 2017 (2017-12-23)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 2 Next → Season 4

The winner of the competition was 20 year-old Riya Subodh from Ahmedabad, who was awarded a one-year talent contract with MTV India.

Cast

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Finish	Place
Bhanu Chaudhary	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Himachal Pradesh	Episode 2	11
Madhurima Roy	26	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Kolkata	Episode 3	10
Summer Jacobs	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Pune	Episode 5	8-9
Tanishq Sharma	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Oman
Aakriti Singh	28	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Jaipur	Episode 6	7
Akanksha Corda	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Mumbai	Episode 7	6
Eva Aario	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Guwahati	Episode 8	5-4
Parina Chopra	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	New Delhi
Shweta Raj	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Pune	Episode 9	3
Sabita Karki	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Kathmandu, Nepal		2
Riya Subodh	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Ahmedabad		1

Judges and mentors

• Malaika Arora - presenter / head judge
• Milind Soman - judge
• Dabboo Ratnani - judge
• Neeraj Gaba - mentor and image consultant

Episodes

Episode 1: Casting

Original airdate: 21 October 2017

This was the casting episode. The 16 semi-finalist had a runway show at Club Sirkus, Mumbai for designer Gabriella Demetriades. Later, one by one had an interwiew with the judges.

Episode 2: Posing

Original airdate: 28 October 2017

The top sixteen semi-finalists were narrowed down to the top 10 who moved into the model villa. Then remaining contestants had a challenge where they were paired up and had a photo shoot on stilts. Erika Packard was a guest mentor for this photo shoot. The pairs were Eva & Parina, Aakriti & Akanksha, Summer & Madhurima, Bhanu & Sabita and Shweta & Riya. After that the girls had an Underwater photo shoot with male model and judge Milind Soman. Each girl got only 3 dives. As Aakriti & Akanksha won the challenge, they got a special advantage by having 4 dives but that to steal 1 dive from one of the fellow models. Akanksha chose Eva & Aakriti chose Bhanu.

• First call-out: Summer Jacobs
• Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Bhanu Chaudhary
• Eliminated: Bhanu Chaudhary
• Featured photographer: Dabboo Ratnani

Episode 3: Runway

Original airdate: 4 November 2017

Trainer Alesia Raut was a guest mentor to train the models for a runway challenge on a 10-inch runway in the water and had to take a selfie using OPPO phone kept at the end of the ramp. As the winner of the challenge Sabita was allowed to choose any 3 girls to give a disadvantage at the next shoot. She chose Eva, Aakriti & Summer. On set the models had a jewelry beauty shoot using balding caps while holding iguanas. The girls with disadvantage had to shoot with two iguanas instead of one like the other contestants.

• First call-out: Riya Subodh
• Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Madhurima Rao
• Eliminated: Madhurima Rao

Episode 4: Makeover

Original airdate: 11 November 2017

A new contestant, Tanishq, entered the competition. During this episode, makeovers occurred. After makeovers the contestants had a free fall photo shoot.

• First call-out: Shweta Raj
• Bottom three: Akanksha Corda & Tanishq Sharma
• Eliminated: None

Episode 5: Chemistry

Original airdate: 18 November 2017

This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot in pairs. The pairs were Aakrati & Tej, Parina & Jay, Eva & Mandeep, Shweta & Mohit, Nikhil & Riya, Sabita & Akash and Akansha & Baseer. Summer & Tanishq were left out and had to pair up with each other. Riya won immunity for this week's elimination for winning the challenge. On set the models had a photoshoot with Amante lingerie and posing on the pole.

• First call-out: Riya Subodh
• Bottom three: Sabita Karki, Summer Jacobs & Tanishq Sharma
• Eliminated: Tanishq Sharma & Summer Jacobs
• Special guests: Tej Gill, Akash Chaudhary, Nikhil Sachdeva, Mohit Hiranandani, Jay Bodas, Baseer Ali, Mandeep Gujjar

Episode 6: Expressions

Original airdate: 25 November 2017

This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot as cowgirl and Parina win the challenge. On set the models had a commercial for Livon Serum in pair.

• First call-out: Parina Chopra & Riya Subodh
• Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Eva Aario
• Eliminated: Aakriti Singh
• Featured photographer:

Episode 7: Editorial & Commercial

Original airdate: 2 December 2017

This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot for Livon Serum and Parina win the challenge, After challenge, Neeraj ask the girl who should not remained in the competition. On set the models had a sexy photoshoot that they bodies covered in chocolate and pose with male model. Because Eva & Riya were the most voted, they had to pose together.

• First call-out: Parina Chopra
• Bottom two: Akanksha Corda & Sabita Karki
• Eliminated: Akanksha Corda
• Featured photographer:

Episode 8: Top 5

Original airdate: 9 December 2017

The remaining 5 had an OPPO selfie challenge, Shweta won and win an OPPO Phone. Later, they had a runway challenge on a cowhouse. As the winner of the challenge, Shweta became the first finalist in the finale. On set the models had a glamorous shoot with Malaika Arora.

• Ticket to Finale: Shweta Raj (Immune from elimination)
• First call-out: Sabita Karki
• Bottom three: Eva Aario, Parina Chopra & Riya Subodh
• Eliminated: Eva Aario & Parina Chopra

Episode 9: Finale

Original Airdate: December 16, 2017

The remaining 3 had a photoshoot for OPPO calendar 2018. Later, they had the last photoshoot with family member. They had a final runway show in the judging room. At the end, Riya became India's Next Top Model.

• Final 3: Riya Subodh, Sabita Karki & Shweta Raj
• Eliminated: Shweta Raj
• Final 2: Riya Subodh & Sabita Karki
• India's Next Top Model: Riya Subodh

Episode 10: Recap

Original Airdate: December 23, 2017

This was a recap episode.

Summaries

Call-out order

Order	Episodes
	2		3	4^[a]	5^[b]	6	7	8^[c]	9
1	Sabita	Summer	Riya	Shweta	Riya	Parina Riya	Parina	Sabita	Riya
2	Shweta	Parina	Eva	Sabita	Parina		Riya	Shweta	Sabita
3	Akanksha	Riya	Summer	Aakriti	Eva	Shweta	Shweta	Riya	Shweta
4	Summer	Madhurima	Parina	Riya	Akanksha	Akanksha	Eva	Parina Eva
5	Eva	Shweta	Sabita	Parina	Shweta	Sabita	Sabita
6	Riya	Eva	Akanksha	Eva	Aakriti	Eva	Akanksha
7	Madhurima	Sabita	Shweta	Akanksha Summer Tanishq	Sabita	Aakriti
8	Bhanu	Akanksha	Aakriti		Summer Tanishq
9	Aakriti	Aakriti	Madhurima
10	Parina	Bhanu

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom three

  The contestant was immune from elimination

  The contestant won the competition

1. In episode 4, Tanishq entered the competition as a wildcard contestant. Akanksha, Summer and Tanishq landed in the bottom three but were all saved.
2. In episode 5, Riya was immune from elimination for winning the challenge but also won the best performance.
3. In episode 8, Shweta was immune from elimination for winning the challenge.

Photo shoot guide

• Episode 1 runway show: Gabriella Demetriades collection
• Episode 2 photo shoot: Posing underwater with Milind Soman
• Episode 3 photo shoot: Bald jewelry beauty shoot with iguanas
• Episode 4 photo shoot: Falling from a skyscraper
• Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing with a pole in Amante lingerie
• Episode 6 commercial: Livon Serum
• Episode 7 photo shoots: Livon Serum campaign; chocolate romance
• Episode 8 photo shoot: Glamour with Malaika Arora
• Episode 9 photo shoot: Final photo with family

References

1. "MTV India's Next Top Model Season 3: Malaika Arora, Milind Soman, Anusha Dandekar Look Hot as Ever as They Kickstart the Show (View Pics)". 10 October 2017.

External links

• Official website