Germany's Next Topmodel (cycle 4)
| Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 4 | |
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| Country of origin | Germany |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ProSieben |
| Original run | February 12, 2009 – May 21, 2009 |
Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 4 is the fourth season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on February 12, 2009. In difference to former seasons the show saw a significant change as the audition process was completely open this time whereas every model-wannabe got a chance to audition in front of the jury led by Heidi Klum.
The numbers of applications have been 1104 in Düsseldorf, 1376 in Munich and 18.786 who applied before via mail.[1]
Also the winner of the first cycle of Austria's Next Topmodel, Larissa Marolt was automatically secured a place among the top 20 finalists who will be chosen out of the semifinalists from the different audition cities and the written applications.
International Destinations
The international destinations for this cycle were set in Los Angeles, Las Vegas & New York City, USA and Singapore.
Episode summaries
Episode 1: Die Schönen und das Biest
- Title translation: The Beauties and the Beast
- Original airdate: February 12, 2009
Out of ca. 1100 girls, the judge picked out 45 girls, and reduced them after and after down to the 15 semi-finalists of Düsseldorf. As a world's first, at this casting all the girls that auditioned got a chance to walk in front of the judges.
Episode 2: Münchener Schickeria
- Title translation: Munich In-Crowd
- Original airdate: February 19, 2009
Again, out of ca. 1300 girls this time, the judge picked girls out and reduced their number down to the next 15 contestants. This casting was in Munich.
Episode 3: Eisprinzessinnen und ein Kartoffelsack
- Title translation: Ice Princesses and one potato sack
- Original airdate: February 26, 2009
- Featured Photographer: Philippe Kerlo
Episode 4: Konkurrenz aus Österreich
- Title translation: Competition from Austria
- Original airdate: March 5, 2009
- Reward Challenge winners: Larissa Marolt, Mandy Bork, Tessa Bergmeier
- Eliminated: Olivia Bermann, Johanna Popp, Daphne Braun
- Featured Photographer: Matt McCabe
- Special Guests: Lena Gercke, Jared Gold, Giddle Partridge, Clint Catalyst, Jessicka
Episode 5: Aufstand im Heidi-Land
- Title translation: Revolution in Heidi-Country
- Original airdate: March 12, 2009
- Reward challenge winner: Maria Beckmann
- Eliminated: Tessa Bergmeier
- Featured Photographer: Patricia von Ah
- Special Guest: Melanie Brown
Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas
- Original airdate: March 19, 2009
- Reward challenge winner: Mandy Bork
- Eliminated: Dana Franke
- Featured Photographer: Philippe Kerlo
Episode 7: Regen in Downtown L.A.
- Title translation: A rainy shoot downtown L.A.
- Original airdate: March 26, 2009
- Reward challenge winner: Aline Bauer
- Eliminated: Tamara Busch, Aline Bauer
- Featured Photographer: Rankin
Episode 8: Der Sprung ins kalte Wasser
- Title translation: Jump into the cold water
- Original airdate: April 2, 2009
- Reward challenge winners: Ira Meindl, Sara Nuru
- Eliminated: None
- Featured Photographer: Todd Essick
- Guest Judge: Petra Gessulat
Episode 9: Pole Dancing
- Original airdate: April 9, 2009
- Job winner: Mandy Bork
- Reward challenge winner: Ira Meindl
- Eliminated: Stefanie Theissing
- Featured Photographer: Charles Wang
Episode 10: Das grosse Kopfschütteln
- Original airdate: April 16, 2009
- Title translation: The Big Head Knocking
- Reward challenge winner: Larissa Marolt
- Eliminated: Katrina Scharinger
- Featured Director: Andreas Kayales
- Guest Judge: Bar Refaeli
Episode 11: Sexy Diven
- Original airdate: April 23, 2009
- Reward challenge winner: Sarina Nowak
- Eliminated: Larissa Marolt
- Special Guest: Philipp Plein
- Guest Judge: Karolina Kurkova
- Featured Photographer: Kristian Schuller
Episode 12: Aloha, Topmodels!
- Original airdate: April 30, 2009
- Reward challenge winners: Ira Meindl, Jessica Motzkus
- Eliminated: Ira Meindl
- Special Guest: Good Charlotte
Episode 13: Bed of Roses
- Original airdate: May 7, 2009
- Reward challenge winner: Sara Nuru
- Eliminated: Sarina Nowak
- Guest Judge: Victoria Beckham
- Featured Photographer: Russell James
Episode 14: Cover Shoot
- Original airdate: May 14, 2009
A manufacturer of lady shavers cast Sara for a TV Commercial shoot, all the girls did the cover shoot for the winner's Cosmopolitan Germany title and in parallel, all contestants were asked to create a unique photo shoot setting, a challenge Mandy won.
- Reward challenge winner: Mandy Bork
- Eliminated: Maria Beckmann
- Guest Judge: Petra Gesulat
- Featured Director: Ben Hartenstein
Episode 15: Du Schwarze, du Blonde, du Braune
- Title translation: Beloved black-haired, blond-haired, brown-haired
- Original airdate: May 19, 2009
- Eliminated: Jessica Motzkus
- Guest Judge: Petra Gesulat
- Special Guest: Michela Maggioni
Episode 16: Das grosse Finale
- Title translation: The big final
- Original airdate: May 21, 2009
- Eliminated: Marie Nasemann
- Final two: Mandy Bork & Sara Nuru
- Germany's Next Topmodel: Sara Nuru
- Special Guests: a-ha, Kelly Clarkson, Queensberry
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Bermann | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Berlin | Eliminated in Episode 4 |
| Johanna Popp | 21 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Nürnberg | |
| Daphne Braun | 17 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Melle | |
| Tessa Bergmeier | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Owingen | Eliminated in Episode 5 |
| Dana Franke | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Berlin | Eliminated in Episode 6 |
| Tamara Busch | 16 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Laubach (heritage from Russia) | Eliminated in Episode 7 |
| Aline Bauer | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Marbach | |
| Stefanie Theissing | 21 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Münster | Eliminated in Episode 9 |
| Katrina Scharinger | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Rednitzhembach | Eliminated in Episode 10 |
| Larissa Marolt | 16 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | St. Kanzian (originally from Austria) | Entered the competition in Episode 4 Eliminated in Episode 11 |
| Ira Meindl | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Cologne | Eliminated in Episode 12 |
| Sarina Nowak | 17 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Bohlsen | Eliminated in Episode 13 |
| Maria Beckmann | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Würzburg | Eliminated in Episode 14 |
| Jessica Motzkus | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Wolfsburg | |
| Marie Nasemann | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Gauting | Eliminated in Episode 16 |
| Mandy Bork | 17 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Witten | Runner Up |
| Sara Nuru | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Munich (heritage from Ethiopia) | Winner |
Summaries
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | |||||
| 1 | Ira | Larissa | Larissa | Marie | Marie | Maria | Mandy | Maria | Larissa | Sara | Sara | Sara | Mandy | Sara | |||
| 2 | Mandy | Olivia | Sarina | Stefanie | Larissa | Sara | Sara | Jessica | Marie | Mandy | Mandy | Maria | Sara | Mandy | |||
| 3 | Jessica | Tessa | Maria | Maria | Jessica | Ira | Sarina | Mandy | Maria | Maria | Maria | Marie | Marie | ||||
| 4 | Daphne | Jessica | Aline | Sara | Mandy | Mandy | Marie | Marie | Mandy | Sarina | Marie | Mandy | |||||
| 5 | Tamara | Sara | Marie | Katrina | Maria | Marie | Larissa | Sara | Sara | Marie | Jessica | Jessica1 | |||||
| 6 | Dana | Katrina | Jessica | Ira | Ira | Stefanie | Maria | Ira | Sarina | Jessica | Sarina | ||||||
| 7 | Olivia | Ira | Sara | Dana | Sarina | Sarina | Stefanie | Larissa | Ira | Ira | |||||||
| 8 | Stefanie | Stefanie | Ira | Larissa | Katrina | Larissa | Jessica | Sarina | Jessica | ||||||||
| 9 | Johanna | Aline | Mandy | Aline | Sara | Katrina | Ira | Katrina | |||||||||
| 10 | Marie | Maria | Stefanie | Tamara | Tamara | Jessica | Katrina | ||||||||||
| 11 | Katrina | Marie | Dana | Sarina | Stefanie | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Aline | Mandy | Tamara | Jessica | Aline | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Tessa | Dana | Katrina | Mandy | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Maria | Tamara | Tessa | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Sara | Johanna | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | Sarina | Sarina | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | Daphne | ||||||||||||||||
1The contestant's elimination was shown the following episode
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- In Episode 1 the semifinalists from Düsseldorf were chosen.
- In Episode 2 the semifinalists from Munich were chosen.
- After merging both groups of semifinalists in Berlin the finalists were chosen in Episode 3.
- In Episode 4 Larissa, the winner of the first cycle of Austria's Next Topmodel, was added to the cast.
- In episode 6, Mandy was not presented at panel due to medical reasons.
- In Episode 8, there was no elimination.
Photo Shoot Guide
- Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Düsseldorf
- Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Munich Shooting
- Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Frostbitten beauty
- Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Burning Car in the Desert in pairs
- Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Hanging from a Hot Air Balloon
- Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Brides in B&W
- Episode 7 Photo Shoot: Bikinis in the Rain
- Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Underwater
- Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Pole Dancing
- Episode 10 Commercial: Wonder Bra Commercial
- Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Famous Divas
- Episode 12 Photo Shoot: Rock Stars
- Episode 13 Photo Shoot: American Beauty
- Episode 14 Photo Shoot: Cosmopolitan Covers
- Episode 15 Photo Shoot: Elle Singapore Covers
- Episode 16 Photo Shoot: Bull Riding
Television ratings
| Episode | from 3 years | 14- to 49-year-old | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewers (in millions) |
Share (in %) |
Viewers (in millions) |
Share (in %) | |
| 1 | 03,92 | 13,00 | 03,71 | 23,80 |
| 2 | 03,32 | 10,80 | 02,58 | 21,30 |
| 3 | 03,84 | 12,50 | 02,92 | 22,60 |
| 4 | 03,70 | 12,20 | 02,77 | 21,60 |
| 5 | 03,80 | 12,60 | 02,82 | 22,00 |
| 6 | 03,76 | 12,40 | 02,82 | 22,70 |
| 7 | 04,07 | 13,30 | 03,20 | 25,10 |
| 8 | 03,91 | 13,40 | 03,02 | 25,60 |
| 9 | 03,46 | 12,20 | 02,53 | 22,90 |
| 10 | 03,86 | 13,00 | 02,53 | 22,90 |
| 11 | 03,36 | 11,40 | 02,91 | 24,60 |
| 12 | 03,03 | 11,40 | 02,26 | 22,50 |
| 13 | 04,00 | 14,00 | 03,02 | 25,50 |
| 14 | 03,98 | 14,10 | 03,20 | 26,20 |
| 15 | 03,88 | 15,02 | 03,01 | 25,90 |
| 16 | 04,66 | 17,54 | 03,32 | 29,02 |
Controversy
- Sophia Thomalla, daughter of German actress Simone Thomalla, was eliminated in the first round for having a friendship with judge Peyman Amin.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.prosieben.de/lifestyle_magazine/germanys_next_topmodel/artikel/56130
- ↑ "German television ratings". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ↑ "German television ratings". DWDL.de. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ↑ "GNTM - Sophia Thomalla: Glücklich über Rauswurf bei GNTM".
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