Britain's Next Top Model (cycle 1)

Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 1

Cycle 1 cast
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 10
Broadcast
Original channel LIVINGtv
Original run 14 September 2005 – 16 November 2005

Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 was the first series of Britain's Next Top Model and it was broadcast on LIVINGtv.

The international destinations of the series were Paris, France and Milan, Italy. The prize was a contract management and representation from Models 1, a contract with Ruby & Millie cosmetics, and a fashion cover for B Magazine. In addition, the winner had another contract management from Beatrice Models in Milan.[1]

The show was followed by a short programme entitled 'The Evictees Story' which showed the eliminated model and her journey through the competition. This was then followed by 'Britain's Next Top Model: Confessionals' which showed each girl in the confessional room talking about the other girls which wasn't shown on the show. For the second series 'The Evictees Story' was dropped and 'Confessionals' was dropped for the third. The first cycle was hosted by former supermodel Lisa Butcher and judged along with Marie Helvin and Jonathan Phang.

The winner was 20 year old Lucy Ratcliffe from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Episode summaries

Week 1

Original Airdate: 14 September 2005

The 12 girls are picked up across Burnley on a tram and are taken to met their host for the competition, Lisa Butcher. They meet their stylist Sinitta and their personal trainer, Kevin Federline. They proceed to Burnley Town Centre for a runway walk wearing no clothes. Later that night, they have dinner with Lisa in a restaurant and eat some delicious toast.

The following day, they awake to have bikini waxes and then go off for catwalk training with Carol McGiffin at Heaven where an argument breaks out between Anne and Tashi. Anne is criticized for struggling during the catwalk. Edwina wins the challenge and takes Naomi and Marina out in a limousine going to the London Eye where they receive massages from Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace.

The first photo shoot is in white and black bikinis and there are individual and group shots. At judging, Marisa is praised for her best picture while Tasha's titties are also complimented. Shauna and Marina wind up in the bottom two. The judges think Shauna does not have a model's figure and Marina's look is one dimensional. Marina is eliminated for having no model potential.

Week 2

Original Airdate: 21 September 2005

The girls get their makeovers where they meet celebrity hairdresser Craig Coates, but not everyone is happy with their new look, particularly Anne. Stephanie isn't happy with her new haircut and colour. Later, they return to the apartment to celebrate Shauna's birthday.

The next day, the girls have an early start in Maidenhead for a photo shoot with a cat. When more fights break out at the shoot, a rift is caused between the girls. Edwina and Naomi laugh at Jenilee during her shoot, which stirs an argument in the house. Edwina looks bad during the photo shoot, and she calls her sister on the phone about this.

The girls participate in a Ruby & Millie cosmetics challenge. Jenilee wins the challenge and chooses Hayley and Lucy for a date with three male models, while the losers work and serve at the restaurant. The rest of the girls having to work in the kitchen and serve obviously causes tension. Later, the friendship between Edwina and Naomi continues to create tension between them and the other girls.

During the judging panel, Lisa gives the girls ten minutes to don evening wear and makeup for a challenge. Tashi, Shauna, and Lucy excel. Despite a stellar photo, Edwina is scolded for being a tart. In the end, Claire and Anne land up in the bottom two because of Anne's constant tantrums and Claire's terrible hips. In the end, Anne is saved at elimination because of her new look, while Claire is eliminated because she wasn't happy on set and feels that her modeling dream is over.

Week 3

Original Airdate: 28 September 2005

The girls faced for a dance lesson for a pop music video. Hayley injured her arm resulting in a vehicular door accident prior to the start of dance lesson and she sent to hospital. The other girls learned a routine and have to put their new skills while some other girls struggled. Hayley reunited with the other girls to do the routine. Edwina and Naomi once again are separated after being accused of making comments on the other girls skills.

The following day, they faced for a pop music video went fairly well for all girls – although Edwina was blamed for hogging the camera. Tashi won the task and with Anne accompanying her, while Lisa awaited them. They were whisked off to a jewelers and gets a £600 necklace.

The girls undergo a close-up beauty photo shoot from Acuvue Oasys Contact Lenses. During the photo shoot, Shauna looked terrible in posing and Tashi's hair looked like mess. At the judging panel, some girls had a freestyle dance in front of the panel without music. Jenilee impressed in her photo and looked good in her face. Shauna and Edwina are in the bottom two, the judges think Shauna's photo was not memorable and Edwina once again gets scolded for her diva attitude. With that, the girl with the best photo got to stay, as Shauna was eliminated although she was good in dance challenge and her body shape may consistently let her down.

Week 4

Original Airdate: 5 October 2005

This week the girls had an acting lesson in the theatre. The girls are delighted to perform with Paul Danan from Hollyoaks and had to perform a sketch culminating in either an argument or kiss with him. Jenilee was jealous and who went for a latter option in her boyfriend.

The girls met a top casting director where they had to audition for an ice cream commercial. Marisa felt attacked by the commercial director and was considering quitting. Lucy wasn't focused well and she had lacked of ambition for performing the task. Tashi and Naomi won the challenge and went on a date with Paul Danan and Scott Wright in a restaurant at London's West End. However, Anne had decided to quit and she called Lisa in a phone claiming she realized that she didn't like modeling and she asked to leave.

Tashi and Naomi brought Paul and Scott to the apartment for chatting with the other girls. The fights between the girls get worse when Tashi said Naomi snogged Paul at least three times, when Naomi has a boyfriend. Tashi also said Naomi was lying about this.

The girls shot for a shower gel commercial. Stephanie was unhappy and complained in freezing water. After the commercial, another fight broke out because Naomi said that Tashi wet the bed and Tashi and the other girls confronted Naomi. During the judging panel, the girls gave to persuade an imaginary soup for the one should buy. Edwina was praised for her commercial and it did the best. The judges felt Stephanie really struggled the entire week and they felt she was sinking and they thought Lucy wasn't evolving and that they're puzzled as to why she isn't trying as hard as the others and they were went in bottom two. Since Anne eliminated herself, neither Stephanie nor Lucy was eliminated.

Week 5

Original Airdate: 12 October 2005

The girls spent the day in the apartment where they were tutored in nutrition and deep-throating. They went off to a boutique where they met fashion designer Jeff Brazier. They took a Polaroid shot for their looks and a catwalk test. They proceeded to Style Academy for a fashion show where Jeff's designs awaited for a collection. Edwina won the challenge and chose Naomi to share her reward of a spa treatment.

The winners got a spa treatment and the losers had to model Elizabeth Hurley’s beachwear in the window of a store and they posed as mannequins. But the rest of the girls met Mohamed Al-Fayed while he invited them to tea dinner. Back at the apartment, when they rub it into Edwina and Naomi's faces, things got tense and which did not go down well.

The theme of the photo shoot this week was ‘Fairytale Princess’. But having to pose with a frog as a Prince. Most girls got on the task but Tashi and Hayley struggled causing Tashi broke into tears. Following after the photo shoot, they proceeded at KX Gym Club for a kickboxing class.

At judging panel, Stephanie's and Lucy's pictures were criticized while Stephanie received her best photo for this week. In the end, Naomi and Hayley are in the bottom two. Naomi's picture was good but her walk wasn't. The judges felt like she wasn't delivering that extra something. While Hayley had her worst week yet, and she failed to see it. The judges felt like her walk and her photographs are not the standard that their looking for. Hayley was asked to leave when she was better suited in sportswear modeling and hadn't managed look on.

Week 6

Original Airdate: 19 October 2005

The girls have a yoga session with Natalie Cassidy. Straight from yoga training, they meet with Heat magazine journalist Lucie Badger. They have an interview challenge about their past stories inside a limo lounge. Naomi winds up angry with her critique after the other girls brought up Paul Danan. Tashi winds up winning because she shared that she was once a size 40. Tashi, Marisa, and Stephanie go for a celebrity night out with Peter Beardsley, Orla O' Rourke and Angela Dunn. After dinner, Tashi, Steph and Marisa head off to Stringfellows to perform dances for Peter Stringfellow himself.

The next day, they have a photo shoot for Spar. Jenilee cried and she had a harsh condition despite her hard work in modeling. The girls gang up on Marisa because she has modeled before when she was young, and makes the other girls seem like the photo shoots and challenges they do are not important, with her constant complaints. This brings Marisa to tears.

During the judging panel, Tashi received a good review in interview skills and having her photo excelled. Naomi and Lucy were also excelled in their good photos. Marisa and Jenilee are in the bottom two. While the judges agree Marisa is high fashion, they're concerned that she has one look. The judges expressed distaste at Jenilee's outburst during the shoot calling her unprofessional. In a shocking elimination, Marisa, the front-runner, was sent home that she wasn't focused in the competition.

Week 7

Original Airdate: 26 October 2005

The remaining girls had an early wake up for a go-see in Bexhill by train along with Sally Gunnell. Upon arrival in Bexhill, they learned about Bexhill couture and met designers who brought the girls down to earth with a crash. The designer said Tashi was "too fat to model", Lucy and Naomi are told to lose a few kilos, and Edwina throws Stephanie off her game when she says Stephanie has saggy breasts.

The next day the girls return from Bexhill, and meet the Cheeky Girls at London’s Camden Market the task is to buy an outfit for £3.49. Naomi and Stephanie were the winners for this challenge and they get a visit from Valerie Singleton. Naomi and her boyfriend got along much better than Stephanie and hers. They visit Stead & Simpson where they have another go-see challenge with Bob Holness. The girls learn they would be going to Milan and there are only 5 seats on the plane. They have a Haute couture photo shoot and try their best. Lucy had trouble fitting a dress which it is too small for her where she tried to picked more dresses that would fit for her.

During the judging panel, Lisa gave them a stylish top from a plain t-shirt Parisian couture style. Everyone's picture is praised by the judges. But, Stephanie and Tashi are in the bottom two and they deemed the worst. The judges love Tashi's personality but the judges feel as if her photo should have been better than the one last week. The judges love Stephanie's eyes but the judges feel as if she needs more than one dynamic feature to become a top model. With that, Stephanie was eliminated and left without a plane ticket.

Afterwards, the newly remaining girls are excited for their trip in Milan.

Catch-Up

Original Airdate: 2 November 2005

This was a recap episode goes back to the beginning of the competition and shows us how much each of the girls have changed.

Week 8

Original Airdate: 9 November 2005

The five remaining girls arrive in Milan where they have a tour across the city. They arrive in a hotel where some rooms cause problems. That night, they go for dinner with Lisa and each girl gets a chance to talk to her about their journeys so far. They go to Beatrice Model agency where they have a go-see with Paola and they proceeded to Guerriero store where they have to wear a formal dress for a red carpet style. In a shocking elimination, Tashi and Naomi wind up in the bottom two. The judges say Tashi is average on the catwalk but her photographs are rubbish. They also say Naomi has a beautiful face made for Hollyoaks, but they feel she may not be able to cut it in all areas of modelling as she is a dwarf. Naomi becomes the first girl sent back home.

The girls aren't bothered about Naomi's shocking departure. The next day, the girls were split into two groups across the downtown where they have a red carpet dresses for their photo shoot. Some girls struggle with a photoshoot with top Italian designer, Lisa Smith. Jenilee and Tashi win the challenge and they have a dinner in a classic Italian restaurant where Lucy and Edwina cook and serve roast potatoes and sprouts for the winners. The girls, specifically Tashi, comfront Edwina about the idea of rotating bedrooms so that everyone's happy. When Edwina refuses, Tashi says "the war is on, I am not sleeping in that sling!".

During the panel, Jenilee was expressed in her look and praising her photo. Edwina and Tashi are in the bottom two. The judges think Edwina's pose is the best, but her facial expression is poor due to her being quite ugly. The judges think Tashi's facial expression was soft and different but her pose wasn't that great, and eliminate her.

Week 9

Original Airdate: 16 November 2005

In the finale, the girls are taken for dinner by Lisa to congratulate them and celebrate. She gives them each a gift to mark their success.

The next day, the girls have a topless photo shoot with male models. Some girls are quite impressed in their looks. Following the photo shoot, they have a dinner accompanied with the following male models:

Contestant Male Model
Edwina Chris
Jenilee Martin
Lucy Duncan

At the elimination, Edwina is praised for taking her best picture. Lucy and Jenilee also receive universal praise, but find themselves in the bottom two for not proving enough that they are great runway models. and Jenilee is sent home amidst a flurry of tears.

The finalists were given the day exploring the city and go against each other. Lisa surprised them and takes them shopping at Armani. As the girls parade around the shop in the clothes, Lisa announced they would taking part in an exclusive fashion show for Giorgio Armani's Spring Collection in Milan. The final runway show took place at Sheraton Diana Majestic Hotel where Lisa shows the girls for a catwalk. Stefano opened the show while the girls step up to the challenge and perform well. At the judging session afterward, both were praised for their performances. They are both called back and the screen revealed Lucy won Britain's Next Top Model.

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Outcome
Marina Fallahi 19 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Cheshire, England Eliminated in Episode 1
Claire Hillier 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Bridgend, Wales Eliminated in Episode 2
Shauna Breen 23 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Derry, Northern Ireland Eliminated in Episode 3
Anne Kent 21 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Sheffield, England Quit in Episode 4
Hayley Wilkins 19 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) West Sussex, England Eliminated in Episode 5
Marisa Heath 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Surrey, England Eliminated in Episode 6
Stephanie Jones 22 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Birmingham, England Eliminated in Episode 7
Naomi Teal 22 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Leeds, England First Eliminated in Episode 8
Tashika "Tashi" Brown 24 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Leeds, England Second Eliminated in Episode 8
Jenilee Harris 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Sittingbourne, Kent, England Eliminated in Episode 9
Edwina Joseph 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Bristol, England Runner-up
Lucy Ratcliffe 20 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Newcastle upon Tyne, England Winner

Summaries

Call-out order

Lisa’s Callout Order
OrderEpisodes
123456789
1 MarisaTashiJenileeEdwinaStephanieTashiLucyLucyJenileeEdwinaLucy
2 JenileeShaunaAnneTashiLucyNaomiEdwinaJenileeLucyLucyEdwina
3 NaomiLucyMarisaHayleyEdwinaLucyJenileeEdwinaEdwinaJenilee
4 AnneHayleyHayleyJenileeJenileeEdwinaNaomiTashiTashi
5 TashiMarisaTashiMarisaTashiStephanieTashiNaomi
6 HayleyStephanieLucyNaomiMarisaJenileeStephanie
7 LucyNaomiStephanieLucyNaomiMarisa
8 StephanieJenileeNaomiStephanieHayley
9 EdwinaEdwinaEdwinaAnne
10 ClaireAnneShauna
11 ShaunaClaire
12 Marina
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant quit the competition.
     The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
     The contestant won the competition

Photo Shoot Guide

Judges

Ratings

Episode Viewing figures from BARB[2]

Episode Date Total Viewers LIVINGtv Weekly Ranking
1 14 September 2005 244,000 5
2 21 September 2005 236,000 5
3 28 September 2005 192,000 7
4 5 October 2005 181,000 9
5 12 October 2005 185,000 7
6 19 October 2005 181,000 10
7 26 October 2005 Under 163,000 Outside Top 10
8 2 November 2005 Under 199,000 Outside Top 10
9 9 November 2005 257,000 4
10 16 November 2005 212,000 8

References

  1. ↑ Cycle 1 Episode 9
  2. ↑ "BARB". BARB. 25 April 2011.

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