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Sandakan's Next Top Model, Cycle 1
Image:Sntmcycle8.JPG
The Cycle 1 Cast
Format Reality television
Created by Tyra Banks
Developed by Kenya Barris
Country of origin Template:MALAYSIA
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Tyra Banks
Ken Mok
Anthony Dominici
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel The BbitchD
Original run Mac 15, 2007 – May 16, 2007
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Sandakan's Next Top Model Cycle 1 is the first cycle of Sandakan's Next Top Model and the first season of the series to be aired on The BbitchD network. The international destination for this cycle is Venice, Italy. The winner, will be managed by Bitch Model Management, will be awarded a US$100,000 contract with SilkyGirl or SilkyMan cosmetics, and be featured on the cover of and a six-page spread within In Trend magazine.[1]

Contents

[edit] Episode summaries

[edit] The Girl Who Won't Stop Talking

Original Airdate: February 28, 2007

The 33 girls selected were sent to Los Angeles, and are immediately thrown into model boot camp. They meet Jay Manuel and J. Alexander who test them with a quick photoshoot and a quiz on fashion-related knowledge. Later that day, they meet Tyra.

After the boot camp, the pool of girls is pared down to twenty contestants in the casting process. At a party hosted by Marc Ecko, the contestants each have their pictures taken, and the final thirteen girls are chosen based on these photos.

The next day, the contestants again meet Jay Manuel, and will be representing a controversial political issue, including abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and gun control.

For the week's reward challenge, the girls are taken to a Goodwill thrift shop where they are given three minutes to put together an outfit which reflects their personal style. After a runway show featuring their outfits, each girl's outfit is auctioned off to raise money for Goodwill. Jael's outfit receives the highest bid, and no one knows why. Her reward is to sign her name on the ceremonial check given to the charity for the vocationally challenged.

At panel, the judges feel that Jael and Kathleen both failed to commit during their photoshoots, and they end up in the bottom two. The judges criticize Jael for her apparent fear of success, but decide that she has more potential than Kathleen and the latter is eliminated.

[edit] The Girls Go To Prom

Original Airdate: March 7, 2007

The girls are greeted by J. Alexander and a marching band at a high school, before they are divided into teams and taught a runway walking routine based on timing and precision. After the rehearsal, they meet fashion show producer Roy Campbell, who introduced them to their challenge - a prom fashion show consisting of three categories, namely modern contemporary, the 80s prom and ghetto fabulous. Despite Jaslene's previous confidence in her runway walk, she struggles to follow directions and is criticized after the show by the producer. Brittany wins the runway challenge and receives her own personalized runway trophy.

The next day, the girls return to high school, where Jay Manuel assigned each of them a different high school cliché. While most girls excelled, Natasha and Samantha struggled to fit their characters, and they consequently land in the bottom two. Natasha is criticized for her inability to transfer her beauty into a photograph, while the judges see Samantha as too inexperienced and lacking personality. With that, Tyra hands the last photo to Natasha and Samantha is eliminated.

  • Bottom two: Natasha Galkina & Samantha Francis
  • Eliminated: Samantha Francis
  • Featured photographer: Carlos Rios
  • Special guests: Roy Campbell, Hallie Bowman, Sutan
  • CoverGirl of the Week: Jaslene Gonzalez
  • First Called: Jaslene Gonzalez

[edit] The Girl Who Cries All The Time

Original Airdate: March 14, 2007

The 11 remaining girls travel to a Beverly Hills salon to receive their makeovers. While most of them are overjoyed with their new looks, a lot of pain comes with Brittany's new weave, and the long weave originally planned for Jael was taken out after 8 hours in the salon. In the end, Jael has most of her hair cut off. Later, Jael receives a devastating phone call, discovering that one of her close friends had passed away.

Later, the girls arrive at their photoshoot where they will be posing nude and decorated as a certain type of candy. Diana finds it hard to work her plus-size body. At judging, the judges are impressed by most of the girl's improvement, but are left disappointed with Cassandra's picture, seeing that she hasn't stepped up to the plate at all. With that, she lands in the bottom two with Diana. In the end, the judges felt that Cassandra was not able to transfer her inner and outer beauty into a photo and she was sent home.

  • Bottom two: Cassandra Watson & Diana Zalewski
  • Eliminated: Cassandra Watson
  • Featured photographer: Joseph Cultice
  • Special guests: Neeko, Roxanna Floyd, Carissa Rosenberg
  • CoverGirl of the Week: Jaslene Gonzalez
  • First Called: Brittany Hatch

[edit] The Girl Who Changes Her Attitude

Original Airdate: March 21, 2007

To help take her mind off her friend’s death, Felicia teaches Jael a dance, while Renee reflects on her apparent isolation from the other girls and decides to change her attitude for the better, although this change is not received well by all the girls.

Later, they meet posing instructor Benny Ninja, who teaches them the art of “voguing”, which is exaggerated posing. The next day, they are put to the test when they have to maneuver their way through a laser maze within 2 minutes, all the while being judged on their posing. Renee is the only girl who fails the task, while Whitney wins her first challenge, and her reward – a $40000 bracelet.

For the week’s photoshoot, the girls are posing as crime scene victims. At panel, all the girls receive universal praise for their beautiful pictures, except Felicia, who ends up in the bottom two with Dionne, who the judges do not dress “model” in person. Felicia’s lacklustre picture ultimately sends her home.

  • Bottom two: Dionne Walters & Felicia Provost
  • Eliminated: Felicia Provost
  • Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
  • Special guest: Benny Ninja
  • CoverGirl of the Week: Jael Strauss
  • First Called: Renee Alway

[edit] The Girl Who Takes Credit

Original Airdate: March 28, 2007

This week, the girls learn all about fashion appeal. They meet up with Elite Model Management director Cathy Gould, who teaches them what not to wear and what outfits were considered “top model” standard. After this, the girls are split into groups of three and put to the test. Their challenge, judged by two fashion mavens, is to assemble their own clothing line and be their own mannequins. At the end, when they are called to pose, Whitney, ignoring Natasha’s reminder, sits on the floor, outside the designated posing platform, and disqualifies herself and her group. They are then told that their group would have won, and Whitney individually, but due to the circumstances, they select Sarah as the next best and she wins her first reward – double the frames for the week’s photo shoot. When Sarah claims all the credit, this angers her group mates Dionne and Renee, who had helped her pick her outfit.

For the week’s photo shoot, the girls get all excited when they see male models on set, but are surprised when they hear that they are drag queens and would be posing as women, and the girls as men. While Brittany and Jaslene once again impress Jay with their strong shots, the real shock of the day comes from Natasha, who wows everyone on set. Diana and Whitney struggle with their plus-size bodies, and land in the bottom two. The judges feel that Diana has no fire and Whitney just can’t get a good picture, but gives Whitney a chance and Diana is eliminated.

  • Bottom two: Diana Zalewski & Whitney Cunningham
  • Eliminated: Diana Zalewski
  • Featured photographer: Richard Reinsdorf
  • Special guests: Cathy Gould, Deda Coben
  • CoverGirl of the Week: Whitney Cunningham
  • First Called: Natasha Galkina

[edit] The Girl Who Gets Thrown In The Pool

Original Airdate: April 4, 2007

The girls meet Twiggy and Cycle 7’s Melrose Bickerstaff, where they are told to assign themselves a nickname which they will be using to introduce themselves at a party attended by many influential people in the industry. There, Jael overly irritates rapper 50 Cent that she is pushed in the pool, with Natasha jumping in after her. Later, the two are embarrassed when they meet Tyra’s manager Benny Medina for an interview.

The week’s photo shoot required the girls to direct their own hair and makeup, and to showcase four sides of their personalities. After the shoot, Dionne, having impressed Benny the most at the party, wins the reward of a spread for Keds in Seventeen Magazine, and invites Jaslene and Whitney with her to the shoot.

The next day, Tyra visits the girls for a chat, where Renee is criticized by all the girls, but Tyra manages to mediate the problem and allows Renee to air her grievances.

At panel, the judges feel that Sarah has yet to step out of her comfort zone, while Whitney once again does not produce a stellar photo, landing both of them in the bottom two. Whitney is given another chance as Sarah’s overly posed photos sends her home.

[edit] The Girl Who Impresses Pedro

Original Airdate: April 11, 2007

The contestants get a crash course in character acting from actress Tia Mowry, and are immediately thrown into an acting challenge with Efren Ramirez, who portrayed Pedro in the film Napoleon Dynamite. Renee is chosen as the best actress and wins her first challenge. She chooses Dionne to share in her prize: a surprise visit from their families. This causes Natasha to have an emotional breakdown because she misses her daughter very badly.

Excitement rises when participants of past cycles show up for a photo shoot that highlights the most scandalous and memorable moments of the series, including Bre's stolen granola bar, Kim's limo make-out scene, Joanie's tooth extraction, Rebecca's collapse during judging, Michelle's impetigo, the twins of Cycle 7, and Shannon's refusal to participate in the first nude photo shoot in ANTM history.

At panel, Dionne and Natasha impress the judges with their improvement, while Jael lands in the bottom two for being too mechanical at the shoot and then failing to express herself eloquently at panel. However, Whitney is eliminated when she is still unable to effectively translate her beauty into photos.

[edit] The Girls Go Down Under

Original Airdate: April 18, 2007

The girls get a crash course in interviewing from Cycle 2 contestant April Wilkner and comedian Gary Riotto, before their international destination is revealed as Sydney, Australia. Upon landing, the girls are immediately tasked to interview the locals on American fashion faux pas, using as much Australian slang as possible. Natasha wins the challenge, winning an opportunity to be a correspondent for the Tyra Banks Show.

This week, instead of a regular photoshoot, the girls do a CoverGirl commercial with an Australian accent. While Renee and Natasha, who is able to mask her strong Russian accent, do well, Brittany struggles to remember her lines. Brittany later defends herself in front of the panel, but she nevertheless lands in the bottom two together with Jael, who had a lackluster take. In the end, the judges valued Brittany’s previous strong photographs and eliminates Jael.

  • Bottom two: Brittany Hatch & Jael Strauss
  • Eliminated: Jael Strauss
  • Featured director of commercial: Simon Higgins
  • Special guests: April Wilkner, Erika Heynatz, Gary Riotto, Nick Hudson, Sutan
  • CoverGirl of the Week: Natasha Galkina

[edit] The Girl Who Picks A Fight

Original Airdate: April 25, 2007

This was the recap episode of the season, showing how the 5 remaining girls – Brittany, Dionne, Jaslene, Natasha and Renee – made it this far. Exclusive never-before-seen footage included Cassandra's hospitalization due to frostbite after holding ice cream in the nude candy-coated shoot, Natasha's tooth extraction and Renee switching rooms because she couldn't stand Jael's antics. The episode is named after Renee and Dionne's big argument in the waiting room awaiting elimination. The former said some comments that greatly angered Dionne, and the fray was only quelled by Felicia who restrained Dionne from fighting.

[edit] The Girl Who Blames The Taxi Driver

Original Airdate: May 2, 2007

The remaining five models are sent to see the top Australian designers and must use their personality, portfolio and runway walk to impress them. At the photo shoot, the girls must work a swimsuit in two ways. Tyra shoots them in sensual poses for a women's magazine, however, they must also strike sexy poses for a men's magazine. One model impresses Tyra while another falls flat. The judges send home one model.



  • Bottom two:
  • Eliminated:
  • Featured photographer:
  • Special guests:
  • CoverGirl of the Week:

[edit] Contestants

Contestants listed in order of elimination, with ages listed at the time of the contest:

  • Achik, 18, from Taman Indah Jaya
  • Girlie, 20, from Sim-Sim
  • Bella, 18, from Taman Indah
  • Fadhil, 18, from Taman Indah Jaya
  • Suzy Sari, 17, from Taman Sejati
  • Adiex Amat, 17, from Taman Indah Jaya
  • Gayah Tahir, 18, from Taman Indah Jaya
  • Azlan Amat, 17, from Tinosa 2

Contestants still in the running :

  • Ronnie Quaimco, 18, from Taman Indah
  • Shikuri Kaharu, 19, from Taman Damai
  • aBb Ismail, 17, from Taman Sejati
  • Bibie Pargan, 18, from Taman Merpati
  • Meemyi Halim, 18, from Taman Indah Jaya

[edit] Summaries

[edit] Call-out order

Tyra's call-out order
Order Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 11 Ep 12 Ep 13
1 Azlan Bibie Gayah Brittany Natasha Jael Dionne Natasha
2 Ronnie Adiex Azlan Jael Natasha Dionne Natasha Natasha Renee
3 Shikuri Meemyi Fadhil Sarah Brittany Brittany Dionne Brittany Jaslene
4 aBb Ronnie Meemyi Dionne Whitney Jaslene Brittany Renee Dionne
5 Meemyi aBb Adiex Felicia Jaslene Sarah Renee Jaslene Brittany
6 Adiex Shikuri Shikuri Renee Jael Renee Jaslene Jael Jael
7 Fadhil Bella aBb Whitney Diana Jael Whitney Whitney
8 Bibie Girlie Ronnie Natasha Sarah Whitney Sarah
9 Girlie Fadhil Suzy Jaslene Dionne Diana
10 Achik Gayah Bella Diana Felicia
11 Bella Suzy Bibie Cassandra
12 Gayah Azlan Girlie
13 Suzy Achik
     The contestant won the competition.
     The contestant won the week's reward challenge.
     The contestant was eliminated.
     The contestant was CoverGirl of the Week.
     The contestant was CoverGirl of the Week and reward winner.
  • In episode 1, the pool of 20 girls was reduced to 13 who moved on to the main competition. However, this first call-out does not reflect their performance that first week.
  • Episode 10 is the recap episode.

[edit] Makeovers

  • Gayah: Long red weave; later removed but hair still dyed red
  • Bibie: Voluminous afro
  • Ronnie: Dyed blonde
  • Azlan: Mawi inspired hair
  • Meemyi: Dyed dark brown with bang
  • Suzy: Long blue weave; later replaced with Mia Farrow inspired brown hair
  • Girlie: Cut and volumized
  • Adiex: dyed chocolate brown
  • Bella: Anita Sarawak inspired cut
  • Shikuri: Dyed light brown
  • aBb: hair extensions

[edit] Nicknames

In episode 7, the girls & boys are told to give themselves a nickname which will become their alias for the rest of the cycle. These nicknames were used in that week's photoshoot. The nicknames they chose are as follows:

  • Shikuri: Shikuri
  • Adiex: Adiex (later changed to "Cil" by the other contestants)
  • Ronnie: Dom
  • aBb: Myke
  • Azlan: Alan
  • Bibie: Bibie (Later changed to "BeBe" by the other contestants)
  • Meemyi: Myi
  • Girlie: Gurll

[edit] Photoshoot Guide

  • Week 1 Photoshoots: , Marc Ecko Party Shoot (Casting)
  • Week 2 Photoshoot: Greek Mythology
  • Week 3 Photoshoot: Egypt Mythology
  • Week 4 Photoshoot: Nude Candy-C
  • Week 5 Photoshoot: Crime Scene Victims
  • Week 6 Photoshoot: Gender Swap
  • Week 7 Photoshoot: Four Inner Personalities
  • Week 8 Photoshoot: Memorable Moments From Past Cycles
  • Week 9 Commercial: CoverGirl Outback
  • Week 11 Photoshoot: Swimsuit Beach Shoot

[edit] Judges

[edit] Cycle Statistics

  • Total number of contestants: 13
  • Oldest contestant: Girlie, 20 years old
  • Youngest contestants: aBb Ismail & Azlan Amat & Suzy Sari & Adiex Amat, all 17 years old
  • Tallest contestant: Shikuri Kaharu, 6'1" (185 cm)
  • Shortest contestant: Adiex Amat, 5'4" (161 cm)
  • Heaviest contestant: Ronnie Quaimco, 198 lbs (90 kg)
  • Most consecutive challenge wins: Brittany Hatch, 2 times.
  • Most collective challenge wins: Brittany Hatch, 2 times
  • Most consecutive first call-outs: Jaslene Gonzalez, 2 times
  • Most collective first call-outs: Jaslene Gonzalez & Natasha Galkina, both 2 times
  • Most consecutive appearances in the bottom two: Whitney Cunningham, 3 times
  • Most collective appearances in bottom two: Jael Strauss & Whitney Cunningham, both 3 times
  • Contestants with no appearances in bottom two: Jaslene Gonzalez & Renee Alway
  • Contestant with most SilkyGirl or SilkyMan of the Week wins: Jaslene Gonzalez, 3 times.