Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 4

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Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 4
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Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 Contestants
Format Reality
Created by Tyra Banks
Starring Lisa Snowdon, Huggy Ragnarsson, Gerry DeVeaux
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of episodes 12
Production
Running time 44 minutes approx.
Broadcast
Original channel LIVING
Original run April 21st, 2008 – TBA, 2008
External links
Official website

Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 is the fourth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model. It is to be aired on LIVING TV, like the previous cycles. The winner will win management and representation by Models 1, a £100,000 contract with Max Factor cosmetics and a fashion spread and cover of Company Magazine

Major changes have occurred in this cycle, as well as the winners prize, the judges have also been changed. Icelandic supermodel Huggy Ragnarsson and top fashion guru Gerry Deveaux will join the judging panel, replacing both Paula Hamilton and Jonathan Phang. The number of girls in this cycle has increased to 14 which is the highest number of girls accepted into the competition.

Contents

[edit] Episode Summaries

[edit] Aptitude and Natural Talent

Original Airdate: April 21, 2008

The 14 girls all go to an interview with the press where they are asked why they want to win. Lisa is disappointed in Aaron, Leanne and Martha for not saying they think they can win, but says she is impressed and excited by Alex.

The first challenge is about pairing up and picking your partners best and worst features. Lynzi and Sophie win the challenge and are rewarded with a day out with two other couples. Upon their return Stefanie calls a house meeting over the kitchen being filthy and verminous.

The girls then receive Lisa Mail about their first photoshoot and later find out it's a topless shoot in pairs. At judging Leanne, Rachael and Catherine receive praise while Aaron, Sophie and Martha are criticised.

The judges like Alex's photo but when she says she doesn't like it, it turns them off, and they think Stefanie's confidence comes off as arrogance. In the end, Aaron and Sophie end up in the bottom two with Sophie being eliminated.

  • Bottom two: Aaron Hunt & Sophie Roberts
  • Eliminated: Sophie Roberts
  • Featured photographer: Elizabeth Hoff
  • Special guests:

[edit] Poise and Composure

Original Airdate: April 28, 2008

The girls are sent on a crash course in dance with top choreographer Supple. When Supple asks for them each to freestyle he is not impressed with the girls' moves and goes on to announce that only one person has a glimmer of potential, Leanne. The girls then get a runway lesson from top fashionista Jeanette who has the girls walk in seven inch platform stilettos designed by Terry De Havilland. Leanne, having done well in the previous task, breaks down into tears after falling flat on her face during the runway challenge.

Jeanette and Terry then choose the best seven girls - Aaron, Catherine, Charlotte, Lauren, Lynzi, Martha and Rachael - to win this weeks prize. The seven winners get to take part in a fashion show featuring the work of top designer Scottee - whose dresses are all made out of paper. The girls also wear the seven inch platforms they wore in the challenge earlier. Then at the photo shoot the theme was "Girl's Night Out" with all the girls getting different scenarios.

Contestant Scenario
Aaron The Latin dancer.
Alex The waitress.
Catherine The "cheated on" girl
Charlotte The crying girl
Lauren The flirtatious girl
Leanne The "broken heel" girl
Lisa The girl who cheats
Louise The angry girl.
Lynzi The Birthday girl.
Martha The pole dancer.
Musayeroh The desperate flirter.
Rachael The DJ.
Stefanie The tired girl

Catherine is reduced to tears after Gerry asks her to look angry in her photoshoot but at the end tells her she looks more like a lunatic.

Back at the house, Aaron expresses her feelings at the way she is treated in the house, which escalates into a large argument which upsets Rachael, causing her to vomit outside and question her position with other girls in the house.

At judging, some of the girls manage to pull off good photos with Stefanie, Rachael and Lisa being praised by the judges, but Catherine, Musayeroh, Alex, Martha, Aaron and Leanne receive harsh comments from the judges. In the end, Alex and Musayeroh end up in the bottom two and Musayeroh is sent home because the judges saw no model potential.

  • Bottom two: Alex Evans & Musayeroh Barrie
  • Eliminated: Musayeroh Barrie
  • Featured photographer: David Ellis
  • Special guests: Supple, Jeanette, Terry De Havilland, Jodie Harsh, Scottee

[edit] Style and Presentation

Original Airdate: May 5, 2008

The girls are told that they are getting their makeovers in a Lisa Mail. Once they arrive at the salon, they discover that all the mirrors have been covered with black paper - to prevent the girls from seeing their makeovers till they are completed. Aaron, Charlotte, Rachael and Stefanie begin to cry at the thought of having their hair cut off but most the girls are happy with the final result. Alex threw a temper tantrum at the thought of getting her hair cut, but she - like the others - was pleased with the final result.

The challenge was a bucking bronco advertisement for the ever so cheesy "Britain's Next Top Model Hairspray" in which they had to learn a script and bring some comedy to the challenge. Leanne was shocked once it was announced she had won and a lot of the girls (especially Lisa) were annoyed. Back at the house a split was caused as the more sensible girls (Martha, Lynzi, Lauren, Louise, Lisa, Stefanie) stayed upstairs as the others led by Rachael made clothing out of kitchen utensils and rolled around naked in chip fat and mayonnaise.

For this weeks photoshoot they had the added element of working with a small dog, however Aaron, Lauren and Lisa had to pose with a Weimaraner. Gerry was extremely impressed with Martha who brought emotion and poses to the shoot but was very annoyed with Louise who walked onto the shoot looking like she'd just been slapped in the face with a hot frying pan. Lisa and Rachael gave great shots but Stefanie and Lynzi lacked to produce anything editorial.

At the judging panel a lot of comments were made on the dire advertisements and the judges gave mostly good comments to the girls on their photos. In the end, Louise and Lauren end up in the bottom two, and Louise is sent home.

  • Bottom Two: Louise Heywood & Lauren Donaldson-Stanley
  • Eliminated: Louise Heywood
  • Featured Photographer: Nicky Johnston
  • Special Guests:

[edit] Character and Personality

Original Airdate: May 12, 2008

The girls took part in a challenge for Jai Kudo glasses, to which the girls had to use their facial features to portray their set emotion, Stefanie excelled in this and won a set of Jai Kudo frames. They then later had to put together an outfit that showed their own personal style, in which Stefanie's glamour look is criticized, and Alex is again frustrated by her makeover. In the end, it is Charlotte that wins the challenge and is, coincidently, booked by the client for a future job.

At the weekly photoshoot the eleven hopefuls were greeted by Gerry Deveaux and Giorgio Guidotti, of Italian fashion house, Primarni. Gerry explained the shoot was for the latest collection by SportMax – one of Max Mara's labels – and that the girls had to be photographed elegantly climbing out of a lowered sports car whilst retaining their dignity. Many of the girls struggle, much to the disappointment of the judges, in particular Lauren's focus and Stefanie's editorial potential is questioned.

In the elimination, Lisa and Lauren were in the bottom two. The judges agreed that they should had both been further on in the competition than they were, but the girls had to wave goodbye to Lauren after her second consecutive appearance in the bottom two and Lisa is saved.

  • Bottom Two: Lauren Donaldson-Stanley & Lisa Fowler
  • Eliminated: Lauren Donaldson-Stanley
  • Featured Photographer:
  • Special Guests:

[edit] Exhibition and Spectacle

Original Airdate: May 19, 2008

The girls meet with TV star, June Sarpong to learn interview skills, and are watched undercover by two magazine journalists who praise Charlotte for being the most relaxed, Leanne for her story which "many would like to hear about" and Lisa for playing up to her androgynistic look. They say that Catherine and Martha were a 'breath of fresh air', but not interesting enough. Stefanie reveals during the interview that she once dated Lee Ryan, which sparks some snide comments from the other girls, with Alex saying they weren't interested by this fact at all.

The claws are out as the girls critique each other during the challenge, which was walking down a spiral staircase with poise and elegance. Martha receives praise all round, as does Rachael and Lisa. Rachael wins the challenge, and chooses Charlotte and Aaron to share her prize of attending a showbiz party, whose guests include Louise Redknapp and many others. While at the house the remaining girls remove Aaron's bed as a prank. This causes tension on Aaron's return between Lynzi and Aaron, and in turn, Leanne and Aaron. Eventually almost all the girls end up arguing with somebody (except Rachael who was criticized by the other girls for avoiding any conflict). Stefanie and Charlotte come to blows, as during an argument, Stefanie imitates Charlotte's Liverpudlian accent.

At the photoshoot Huggy teaches the girls the 10 model commandments:

Contestant Commandment
Aaron Thou shalt work the camera at all times
Alex Thou shalt not steal from catwalk shows
Catherine Thou shalt kill for fashion
Charlotte Thou shalt date a rockstar
Leanne Thou shalt honour thy lipstick and mascara
Lisa Thou shalt be a slave to fashion
Lynzi Thou shalt always wear high heels
Martha Thou shalt always get thy beauty sleep
Rachael Thou shalt detox thy body at any given chance
Stefanie Thou shalt not worship any god other than the fashion goddess

In judging Charlotte was praised for being a versatile, Stefanie for using the judges advice and finally producing a great photo, and Martha for her constant improvement. The judges say they like Alex's picture, but that she doesn't present herself as a model. Eventually Lisa, for the second time, and Lynzi fail to impress and land in the bottom two, and Lynzi being sent home.

  • Bottom Two: Lynzi Arnott & Lisa Fowler
  • Eliminated: Lynzi Arnott
  • Featured Photographer: Huggy Ragnarrson
  • Special Guests: June Sarpong

[edit] Drama and Performance

Original Airdate: May 26, 2008

This week the girls learn some new choreography with Supple, who has returned after training them in a previous episode. Alex and Aaron struggle with the dancing challenge, as do most of the girls except Stefanie who picked up the moves well. Yet, Stefanie did not win the challenge much to her disappointment, but was told she had a lot of potential. Ironically it was Alex who won, along with Rachael, Leanne and Catherine, who all performed their routine in a live concert.

For this week's photoshoot, the girls are told they are to pose for an album cover, and one of them will actually be used. The girls had to pose in a white space in bikini's, imagining they were at a beach. Leanne becomes very self conscious about her body, and Charlotte laughs through most of her shoot, much to the annoyance of the photographer.

Lisa Snowdon decided she would treat the girls and had arranged for The Bar Wizards -finalists on last years Britain's Got Talent- to come and make cocktails. All the girls enjoyed themselves, but Aaron once again drank too much.

At the judging panel, the judges were critical of a lot of photos, but praised Alex and Stefanie, and announced Leanne was chosen as the cover. Martha, Rachael, Catherine and Lisa produced poor photos, much to the disappointment of the judges. Charlotte was heavily criticized by the judges for showing up to the shoot with a bad attitude. In the end it was Charlotte and Lisa in the bottom two, Charlotte for not taking the competition seriously, and Lisa for producing a bad photo once again. Lisa was sent home after being in the bottom two three consecutive weeks.

  • Bottom Two: Lisa Fowler & Charlotte Denton
  • Eliminated: Lisa Fowler
  • Featured Photographer: Marc De Groot
  • Special Guests: Supple, The Bar Wizards

[edit] Intelligence and Originality

Original Airdate: June 2, 2008

The models face an acting challenge which includes a steamy kissing scene with guest actor Guy Burnet. The acting lesson serves as practice, as they later go on to film a commercial for jewellery, in which two girls are chosen as feature roles. It is revealed later at panel that the chosen girls are Alex and Catherine. The commercial causes a problem for Rachael as it involves moving around a set of fire, which she is affraid of, yet on set she seems to have no problem at all. This annoys Catherine and she confronts Rachael back at the house, in which Alex sides with Catherine. This then provokes Stefanie into defending Rachael, leading Catherine into calling her two faced. Charlotte then attempts to defend Rachael as she is angered by Catherine when she tells Rachael she doesn't like her facial expressions, Catherine retaliated stating Charlotte talks down to people. Leanne tries to calm things down and also defends Rachael, but is criticised by Catherine for being a 'clown'

The photoshoot this week is a couture shot where each girl had to portray a different emotion.

Contestant Emotion
Aaron Pious
Alex Sadness
Catherine Pleading
Charlotte Desire
Leanne Pure Evil
Martha Terrified
Rachael Happiness
Stefanie Anger

This caused problems for some of the girls, including Rachael, Martha and Leanne. Martha is criticised for having all the potential in the world but not using it, whereas the judges feel that Leanne lacks the versatility to be a high fashion model. In a shocking elimination, both girls are asked to leave, leaving Leanne devastated.

  • Bottom Two: Martha Braddell & Leanne Nagle
  • Eliminated: Martha Braddell & Leanne Nagle
  • Featured Photographer: Christopher Bissell
  • Special Guests: Guy Burnet

[edit] Imagination and Creativity

Original Airdate: June 9, 2008

The girls had to pose as different types of mannequines for their photoshoot:

Contestant Mannequin Style
Aaron Wicked
Alex Elegant
Catherine Dominatrix
Charlotte Broken
Rachael Rocker
Stefanie Crazy

Stefanie began to panic before her shoot as she didn't have a chance to take her epilepsy medicine, and she was worried about the camera flash. She didn't let the worry affect her shoot and delivered an excellent photo, which the panel admired. Rachael also delivered a good photo but her sincerity was questioned by the judges. It was Charlotte and Aaron who ended in the bottom two this week. Charlotte's photo was unsatisfactory as she lost the beauty in her facial expression, Aaron on the other hand showed beauty but lacked any energy in the shoot. In the end it was Aaron who was sent home as the judges agreed she should have progressed further by this stage in the competition.

  • Bottom Two: Aaron Hunt & Charlotte Denton
  • Eliminated: Aaron Hunt
  • Featured Photographer: Thiery Van Biesen
  • Special Guests: Jeanette

[edit] Contestants

[edit] Eliminated

[edit] Still in the running

[edit] Summaries

[edit] Call out order

Lisa’s Callout Order
Order Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 10 Ep 11
01 Rachael Lisa Rachael Charlotte Stefanie Leanne Catherine Stefanie
02 Lisa Stefanie Martha Aaron Martha Alex Alex Catherine
03 Catherine Rachael Lisa Martha Charlotte Stefanie Stefanie Rachael
04 Alex Lauren Alex Catherine Aaron Aaron Charlotte Alex
05 Louise Aaron Leanne Alex Rachael Catherine Aaron Charlotte
06 Lauren Charlotte Charlotte Rachael Catherine Rachael Rachael Aaron
07 Leanne Lynzi Aaron Leanne Leanne Martha Leanne
08 Stefanie Louise Catherine Stefanie Alex Charlotte Martha
09 Charlotte Catherine Lynzi Lynzi Lisa Lisa
10 Lynzi Leanne Stefanie Lisa Lynzi
11 Martha Martha Lauren Lauren
12 Musayeroh Alex Louise
13 Aaron Musayeroh
14 Sophie
     The contestant won the competition
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant won the reward challenge
     The contestant won the reward challenge and was eliminated
  • In Episode 4: Stefanie won a separate prize from Charlotte.
  • In Episode 7: A double elimination occurred.
  • In Episode 8: Aaron won a separate prize from Alex and Stefanie.

[edit] Makeovers

  • Louise: Bob cut and dyed ebony-black
  • Lauren: Volumized and trimmed
  • Lynzi: Trimmed slightly and made more blonde
  • Lisa: Shortened and fringe added
  • Leanne: Bob cut and dyed auburn
  • Martha: Layered and trimmed
  • Aaron: Long extensions and volumized
  • Alex: Victoria Beckham inspired cut
  • Catherine: Trimmed and dyed fire engine red
  • Charlotte: Layered hair
  • Rachael: Trimmed and heavy fringe added
  • Stefanie: Flip level cut and dyed dark brown

[edit] Photoshoot Guide

  • Episode 1 Photoshoot : Topless With a Partner
  • Episode 2 Photoshoot : Girl's Night Out
  • Episode 3 Photoshoot : Couture with Dogs
  • Episode 4 Photoshoot : Lotus Cars with a SportMax Giorgio Guidotti dress
  • Episode 5 Photoshoot : The 10 Commandments of Fashion
  • Episode 6 Photoshoot : Music Album Cover
  • Episode 7 Commercial & Photoshoot : Jewellery in front of fire & Emotions in the 18th Century
  • Episode 8 Photoshoot : Mannequines

[edit] Judges

[edit] Cycle Statistics

  • Total number of contestants: 14
  • Oldest contestant: Lynzi Arnott, 24 years old
  • Youngest contestant: Alexandra Evans, Catherine Thomas, Lauren Donaldson-Stanley, Leanne Nagle, Martha Braddell & Sophie Roberts, all 18
  • Tallest contestant: Martha Braddell, 6'1" (185 cm)
  • Shortest contestant:
  • Contestant with the most consecutive challenge wins: Alexandra Evans 3 wins
  • Contestant with the most collective challenge wins: Alexandra Evans, Rachael Cairns & Catherine Thomas, all 3 wins
  • Contestant with the most consecutive first call-outs: None
  • Contestant with the most collective first call-outs: Rachael Cairns & Stefanie Wilson, both 2 times
  • Contestant with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Lisa Fowler 3 times
  • Contestants with the most collective bottom two appearances: Lisa Fowler 3 times
  • Contestants part of a double elimination: Leanne Nagle & Martha Braddell

[edit] External links

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Britain's Next Top Model
Current Judges & Personnel
Lisa Snowdon • Gerry DeVeaux • Huggy Ragnarsson
Former Judges & Personnel
Cycles: Winners
Please see individual cycles articles for additional contestants.