Germany's Next Topmodel (cycle 6)

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 6
Country of origin Germany
Broadcast
Original channel ProSieben
Original run March 3, 2011 – June 12, 2011

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 6 is the sixth season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on March 3, 2011. In difference to the last two years, a preselection was done and open castings were not part of the show any more. The first episode started with 50 semifinalists, the fewest number since Cycle 1. It was also announced that an elimination outside the judging panel can happen at any point.

Once again the entire judging panel except for Heidi Klum was replaced. Q and Kristian Schuller both left the show after one Cycle. Thomas Hayo and fashion designer Thomas Rath joined in.

The show hit US-American news when the mansion in Los Angeles in which the final 15 competitors were supposed to live burnt down one day before filming, with firefighter Glenn Allen being killed.[1][2] A new mansion was found immediately without a significant delay in production.[3]

The winner was 20-year old Jana Beller from Recklinghausen.

International Destinations

The international destinations for this cycle were set in Schladming, Austria; London, England; Los Angeles, USA; Nassau, The Bahamas and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Episode summaries

Episode 1: Weltrekord geknackt

The 50 chosen semifinalists are invited to Schladming where they have to achieve a world record in highheels walking on a treadmill for 90 minutes. Being concerned about her feet, Joana withdraws after a few minutes much to the unsatisfaction of new judge Thomas Hayo. After the record is broken and a first live walk in front of the judges, 15 girls are cut.
In their first challenge, the girls have to impress a mass audience on a sky-location Ke$ha concert in order to perform with her on stage. At the second judging, the girls have to walk on a runway above a swimming pool where 24 more contestants are eliminated. After learning that she was diagnosed with lymph node cancer, Melek withdraws from the competition a few days after accessing to the new round.

Episode 2: London Calling

The 25 remaining finalists are taken to London. On their first challenge a group of five girls is each put in a phonebooth for a claustrophobic photoshoot where Sarah is recognized for her aggressive behaviour towards her fellow competitors. Jana, Isabel, and Aleksandra are declared the winners and get to walk in Berlin Fashion Week for judge Thomas Rath's newest show.
Seven of the remaining girls receive makeovers where half-Chinese Sihe gets a blond bob.
Two beauty shoots are contacted with pre-and-post makeover removement where Heidi notices Jil's skin problems.
The weekly runway challenge is taking place in a church where the girls have to walk in sexy bride outfits which Sarah refuses as she fears a bad reaction from her Christian school. Chiara-Isabell gets eliminated for not being ready to perform well in the competition yet just like Lilia, who's elimination is not shown in the episode. In the end, the 23 remaining girls continue in the competition.

Still Photography Producer: Alisa Evdokimov

Episode 3: Das Horror-Shooting

Still in London, the girls are taken to an underground tunnel where they meet this week's photographer Rankin, famous for his strict and rude behaviour towards the girls in former cycles. Several girls struggle at the photoshoot and Marie-Luise, Concetta, and Paulina are named as the bottom three with Concetta being immediately eliminated from the competition. On the next challenge the girls have to perform acts on a Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace. In the evening, Paulina and Tahnee are randomly drawn to attend an aftershow party of the BAFTA awards. We then see how Rebecca performed on London Fashion Week where the designers that booked her the episode before were impressed by her.
On the weekly elimination, the girls are asked to walk in pairs of two with a mask and instructions by runway coach Jorge. Although struggling on the runway once again, Lisa-Marie and Sarah are sent to the next round. The group of Florence, Christien, and Ivon who were paired together on the photoshoot find themselves in the bottom three together. The Top 20 is determined with Ivon being eliminated and an announcement is made that the next destination is Los Angeles.

Episode 4: Es kracht zwischen den Topmodels

Christien is eliminated shortly after their arrival in America because the judges think that she hasn't improved herself at all after weeks. At this week's photoshoot the contastents have to pose in a high-Voltage Electric-Box while laughing a lot. Rebecca was especially praised by the judges for her great posing. At a casting for Mentos Aleks, Rebecca, Amelie and Joana reach the second round. Aleks wins her second job and is consequently saved for this week. At the end Amira is eliminated because the judges think that she hasn't shown enough of her personality although being one of the most beautiful women among the other contestants.

Episode 5: Ich lass mich nicht angrabbeln!

The girls do a photoshoot in lingerie where Amelie and Rebecca perform best. The girls are divided into groups where the girls have to work on their weaknesses. Rebecca teaches Anna-Lena and Tahnee how to be more sexy but the two refuse to train because they don't like Rebecca. At panel the girl have to do a catwalk in the rain where Rebecca, Jana and Amelie perform best while Natascha, Franziska, Sarah and Pauline struggle. Franziska is eliminated

Episode 6: Ab in die Wüste

The girls go camping in the desert with the judges. The next morning they have an action photoshoot. They have to pose on skids of a flying helicopter where Rebecca is deemed best once again while Anna-Lena struggles. Marie-Luise is praised for doing the shoot in spite of her fear of heights. This week's casting is for Blessed & Cursed. Florence and Amelie are booked. The girls train to walk downstairs where Sarah is criticized. The girls have to walk downstairs at panel as well. Nobody is eliminated.

Episode 7: Elvis, Dirndl & Trapeze

The girls do an artistic photoshoot for Cirque du Soleil where Jana and Amelie are deemed best while Rebecca struggles for the first time as well as Tahnee and Simone. Simone is eliminated for her terrible performance. The girls have a casting for Krüger Dirndl where Isabel, Rebecca and Anna-Lena reach the second round. The client primarily searched for a blond girl in contrast to the last campaign but with Rebecca and Anna-Lena two dark girls reach the second round because of their fantastic performances. In the end Rebecca is booked for her second job. At panel Marie-Luise and Tahnee land in the bottom two for their weak performances on the runway. Tahnee is eliminated.

Episode 8: Konkurrenzkampf

At a casting for Garnier Amelie, Rebecca and Jana reach the second round. Amelie is booked because of her fantastic hair. Joana is later booked for a W-society campaign. Pauline is noticed this week for back-biting. She is especially nasty about Rebecca and Sarah. At panel the girls have not only a live walk but a photoshooting as well. The girls do a sexy shhoting in pairs. The better girl is saved immediately while the weaker one has to do a live walk later. Jil beats Paulina, Rebecca beats Anna-Lena, Amelie beats Aleksandra, Lisa beats Isabel, Joana beats Florence and Marie-Luise beats Sihe while Natascha and Sarah both are not saved although they have been in one photoshoot. Jana is the only girl who shoots alone but she is saved as well. Natascha is eliminated for her bad walk. Paulina and Sihe land in the bottom two. Paulina is eliminated.

Episode 9: Welcome to Brazil

The week starts with a runway-training where Jana, Rebecca and Amelie perform best. At a casting for Emmi AG Rebecca and Jana reach the second round. At another casting for German Shape Rebecca and Jana are absent because of the casting for Emmi. Amelie, Anna-Lena, Aleksandra and Jil perform best. Aleks is booked for her third job. All the girls but Aleks, Rebecca and Jana walk for a Brazilian designer. Lisa and Amelie perform best while Jil is deemed worst. At panel Sarah, Sihe and Jil land in the bottom three with nobody being eliminated.

Episode 10

The girls do a casting for a spread in german Cosmopolitan. Amelie, Joana and Anna-Lena are booked for their good performances. The girls do a photoshoot where they have to dance in different styles. Professional dancer Amelie produces Thomas Rath's favorite photo of the whole cycle. Rebecca, Jana, Anna-Lena, Aleksandra, Joana, Sihe and Jil also do a good job while Marie-Luise is able to produce only one single good photo. Florence is even eliminated because of her bad performance. At panel the girls have to walk in groups of three and to embody different themes and emotions. Amelie, Rebecca, Jana and Aleksandra are deemed best in their groups, with Amelie being the overall best while Joana is critiqued for her faked smile, Sarah for her unprofessionality and Isabel for always having the same expression. Sarah and Isabel are eliminated. Amelie is praised for her perfect week.

Episode 11

Episode 12

The remaining girls have to play a commercial for shoes where Amelie performs best and Lisa is deemed worst. The girls do a photoshoot with Steve O where Lisa, Amelie and Rebecca perform best. At this week's challenge the girls have to choose an outfit where Rebecca is deemed best. At panel Marie-Luise is eliminated.

Episode 13

In the beginning the girls have a casting for Sony Ericsson. Amelie, Rebecca and Jana reach the second round. Amelie is booked for an international TV-spot and a campaign. The girls travel to the Bahamas. At the underwater-photoshoot Rebecca performs best while Lisa performs worst. Rebecca wins a price she shares with Aleksandra. The girls have a teaching where Sihe and Anna-Lena struggle. At panel only Amelie is able to fully convince the judges. Lisa is eliminated for her problems at the photoshoot and on the runway and in spite of her potential.

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Age Height Measurements Hometown Outcome
Chiara Isabell Breder 16 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 82-61-86 Kamen Eliminated in Episode 2
Lilia Doubrovina 16 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 81-65-96 Stuttgart (originally from Russia)
Valerie Blum 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 91-68-91 Gladbeck Quit in Episode 3
Concetta Mazza 18 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 87-66-90 Böblingen (heritage from Italy) Eliminated outside of judging panel in Episode 3
Ivon Zito 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 82-64-91 Stuttgart (heritage from Brazil) Eliminated in Episode 3
Christien Fleischhauer 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 79-60-89 Fredersdorf Eliminated outside of judging panel in Episode 4
Amira Regaieg 20 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 76-58-87 Hof (heritage from Iran) Eliminated in Episode 4
Franziska König 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 83-62-91 Potsdam Eliminated in Episode 5
Simone Rohrmüller 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 81-61-91 Cham Eliminated outside of judging panel in Episode 7
Tahnee Keller 20 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) 88-66-90 Stuttgart Eliminated in Episode 7
Natascha Beil 20 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 86-64-90 Hanau Eliminated in Episode 8
Paulina Kaluza 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 82-62-89 Bremen (originally from Poland)
Florence Lodevic 22 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 81-66-81 Cappelen (originally from Luxembourg) Eliminated outside of judging panel in Episode 10
Isabel Rath 23 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 83-62-91 Mannheim Eliminated in Episode 10
Sarah Jülich 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80-60-90 Cologne
Joana Damek 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 86-61-82 Augsburg Quit in Episode 11
Jil Goetz 16 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 89-65-88 Ludwigsburg (heritage from Poland) Eliminated in Episode 11
Marie-Luise Schäfer 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 82-61-92 Eisenach Eliminated in Episode 12
Lisa-Maria Könnecke 16 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 82-64-85 Heilbronn Eliminated in Episode 13
Sihe Jiang 19 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 71-56-87 Bremen (heritage from China) Eliminated in Episode 14
Aleksandra "Aleks" Nagel 21 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 80-65-90 Oldenburg (originally from Kyrgyzstan) Eliminated in Episode 15
Anna-Lena Schubert 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 83-61-86 Erding (heritage from India)
Amelie Klever 16 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 84-63-87 Hilden Eliminated in Episode 16
Rebecca Mir 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 86-62-87 Aachen (heritage from Afghanistan) Runner Up
Jana Beller 20 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 88-58-83 Recklinghausen (originally from Russia) Winner

Summaries

Call-out order

Heidi's Call-out Order
OrderEpisodes
2345678910111213141516
1 Marie-Luise Joana Aleksandra Anna-LenaAmelie Rebecca Jil Jana Jana Amelie Jana Amelie Anna-Lena Jana Rebecca Jana
2 Chiara Tahnee Rebecca Joana JoanaJoana Rebecca Amelie Joana Lisa-Marie Amelie Lisa-Marie Aleksandra Aleksandra Jana Rebecca
3 Sarah Marie-Luise Anna-Lena Rebecca AleksandraAnna-Lena Amelie Lisa-Marie Jil Anna-Lena Anna-Lena Aleksandra Jana Amelie Amelie
4 Amelie Lisa-Marie Marie-Luise Marie-Luise Anna-Lena Lisa-Marie Lisa-Marie Anna-Lena Aleksandra Jana Sihe Jana Sihe Rebecca
5 Sihe Aleksandra Sarah Paulina FlorenceAleksandra Joana Rebecca Lisa-Marie Aleksandra Aleksandra Rebecca Amelie Anna-Lena
6 Aleksandra Paulina Amelie Jil IsabelPaulina Marie-Luise Marie-Luise Isabel Marie-Luise Rebecca Anna-Lena Rebecca
7 Rebecca Sarah Florence Amelie JanaAmelie Jana Florence Anna-Lena Rebecca Lisa-Marie Sihe
8 Natascha Amelie Jil Simone JilFlorence Anna-Lena Isabel Marie-Luise Sihe Marie-Luise
9 Jil Rebecca Jana Lisa-Marie Lisa-MarieJana Aleksandra Joana Rebecca Jil
10 Joana Anna-Lena Lisa-Marie Florence Marie-LuiseSihe Florence Aleksandra Amelie Joana
11 FranziskaJana Simone Aleksandra NataschaIsabel Isabel JilSarah
12 Amira Franziska Franziska SihePaulina Jil Natascha Sarah Sihe
13 SimoneSimone Paulina Isabel RebeccaSarah SarahSihe Florence
14 Paulina Jil Natascha Tahnee SarahNatascha Sihe
15 Concetta Amira Sihe Jana SiheMarie-Luise Paulina
16 Valerie Isabel Tahnee Sarah SimoneTahnee
17 Ivon Sihe Isabel Natascha TahneeSimone
18 ChristienNatascha Joana Franziska
19 Anna-Lena Florence Amira
20 Lisa-Marie Christien Christien
21 Jana Ivon
22 Florence Concetta
23 Isabel Valerie
24 Tahnee
25 Lilia
     The contestant was immune from elimination
     The contestant was put through collectively to the next round
     The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom three
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel
     The contestant quit the competition
     The contestant won the competition

Photo Shoot Guide

Television ratings

(In Germany)[4][5]

Episode from 3 years 14- to 49-year-old
Viewers
(in millions)		 Share
(in %)		 Viewers
(in millions)		 Share
(in %)
1 2,89 9.3 2,24 18.5
2 3,28 10.5 2,49 19.5
3 3,03 9.4 2,24 17.3
4 2,70 8.9 2,05 15.9
5 2,97 9.5 2,25 17.6
6 3,04 10.0 2,23 18.1
7 2,95 9.7 2,20 18.2
8 2,48 7.7 1,72 15.4
9 3,02 10.0 2,21 18.6
10 3,31 10.9 2,27 20.0
11 3,19 10.9 2,36 20.0
12 3,15 10.9 2,34 19.8
13 3,21 11.0 2,35 20.1
14 2,80 10.1 1,92 18.3
15 3,23 10.1 2,44 17.9
16 4,02 14.6 2,81 24.3

References

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  3. ↑ "News Details – ONEeins Management". One-eins.com. 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  4. ↑ "German television ratings". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  5. ↑ "German television ratings". DWDL.de. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

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