Germany's Next Topmodel (cycle 8)

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 8
Country of origin Germany
Broadcast
Original channel ProSieben
Original run February 28, 2013 – May 30, 2013

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 8 is the eighth season of Germany's Next Top Model, and it airs on the German television network ProSieben. The show began to air on February 28, 2013 under the catch phrase Closer than ever. Due to a decrease in ratings for the show, several changes were done. For the first time the show was produced by RedSeven GmbH, who were also previously producing Austria's Next Topmodel.[1] Fashion photographer Enrique Badulescu joined the panel along with Thomas Hayo, who became the first judge - aside from Klum - since Peyman Amin returned for a third time to the show. As in the last preceding years, a pre-selection was done, and open castings were not part of the show anymore. The first episode started off with 26 semifinalists of whom however only 25 were introduced to the audience. The show however was off with a disappointing launch as it showed a ratings drop in comparison to the last cycle's premiere.[2] The winner was 16-year-old Lovelyn Enebechi from Hamburg.

Among the prizes were a modeling contract with Günther Klum's OneEins Management, an Opel Adams automobile, a spread and a cover in German Cosmopolitan, and a €250,000 cash prize.

International Destinations

The international destinations for this cycle were set in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Los Angeles, New York City & Honolulu, USA.

Episode summaries

1st episode: Dream Come True

The episode starts with Heidi picking up the semi-finalists. Later, the girls do a photoshoot and walk in the Amato Fashion Show in Dubai where Anna-Maria and Sabrina are deemed best. In the end, Heidi picked 20 girls to join the competition.

2nd episode: Shooting Edition

This week's brief is photoshoots. The girls are divided into two groups doing photoshoots at two different locations. Sophie and Luise are deemed best in their groups. The photoshoots are done in Sky, in Water and in desert. At the house, Sophie reveals she's a lesbian and Anna-Maria tells about her difficult childhood on the Philippines, where she lived in a slum. Lisa is the first girl to leave the competition, later joined by Michelle.

3rd episode: Beauty Edition

The girls prepare for Los Angeles, unfortunately, Bingyang did not receive a visa and Höpke quit due to personal reasons. The girls have their first makeovers which makes some girls unsure whether they look feminine or not. The girls arrive at the beautiful villa and head right to the sedcard shooting where Leandra is deemed worst. At the photoshoot with Zombieboy Christine, Leonie and Veronika are deemed worst. At panel the judges certify Sabrina a million dollar smile. Leandra and Leonie land in the first Bottom Two elimination, Leandra is eliminated. After elimination Carolin is told she was booked by a designer for Hong Kong fashion week only because of her great sedcard.

4th episode: Runway Edition

This week's topic is Runway. The girls exercise for the runway walk. At the training for sexy walk Lovelyn and Leonie are deemed best while Luise, Sophie and Anna-Maria perform best at the Prêt-à-porter training. The photoshoot is a face shot. The girls walk as geishas. Sophie was deemed to have the best walk and photo, but quit due to personal reasons. She was allowed to keep her photo. Anna, Janna, Christine and Maike were deemed to be the weakest, and Anna was eliminated.

5th episode: Film Edition

The remaining girls do a group video with different briefs. At Elimination, Sabrina was criticized for having a bad attitude in front of the make up artist. Veronika is told she has also great potential to become an actor because of her fantastic performance. Christine, Janna, Jessika, Lovelyn and Sabrina land in the Bottom Five, Jessika is eliminated.

6th episode: Sports Edition

The girls wake up early to do sport with a rugby team. They later dance as cheerleader at a basketball game. The photoshoot was about boxing where Christine and Janna perform worst. At the casting for an editorial in German Gala Sabrina, Marie and Carolin are booked. Janna is eliminated for her bad photoshoot and a fauxpas on the runway. Jacqueline is also heavily criticized and warned to perform better next week. The remaining 11 girls go to New York City.

7th episode: New York Edition

In New York, the girls do a photoshooting on a bus. Maike and Lovelyn were deemed best; they were allowed to go on the gala. Maike had a few issues with the dress which didn't matter Heidi. Later, Maike kept complaining about the dress. Then, the girls head to go-sees. Marie and Anna-Maria both walk in two shows, Lovelyn, Maike, Luise and Carolin are booked for one show. Luise and Marie walk for a famous designer. Luise also gets certified a million dollar face. At panel, Veronika and Jacqueline were the weakest in their shots. Jacqueline walk is worse than Veronikas but Veronika seems not to be motivated enough which caused her to be the next girl sent home what annoys some of the other girls who are angry because Jacqueline isn't the one to be eliminated although the judges told her the week before she would be if she didn't improve. The girls started to question Heidi's objectivity, because Heidi seems to like Jacqueline more than the other girls.

8th episode: Sexy Edition

The girls do a sexy photoshooting in lingere. Lovelyn is deemed best again. When Heidi goes shopping with Jacqueline because of her bad outfits, the other girls felt treated unfair. At a casting for German Cosmopolitan Maike, Marie, Leonie, Anna-Maria and Carolin reach the second round with Maike, Carolin and Anna-Maria booked. At panel, Alessandra Ambrosio was a guest judge. The decision came to Leonie and Jacqueline, once again. The episode ended with a TO BE CONTINUED cliffhanger.

9th episode: Transformation Edition

The episode starts with continuing the cliffhanger; Jacqueline was revealed to be the tenth girl to be sent home. The week starts with a casting for German Joy. While Luise, Marie and Sabrina reached the second round Carolin was the only one to struggle. In the end Marie is booked for her fourth job. The brief was transformation. Luise, Lovelyn, Marie, Maike, Anna-Maria and Sabrina got great feedback with their photos, while Carolin, Christine and Leonie struggled. At the casting for Opel Lovelyn, Anna-Maria and Luise performed best what leads to Lovelyn's second job. Leonie is sent home for her weak performance at both; photoshooting and runway. Christine and Carolin are also heavily criticized.

10th episode: Action Edition

The girls do an action shoot in water. Luise is deemed best and wins the price to go shopping with Lena Gercke, winner of cycle one while Carolin is the weakest. At the second photoshoot Carolin struggles again while Christine surprises the judges. At panel, Carolin and Marie were deemed weakest. Carolin was sent home because the judges felt she was falling back. The remaining girls go to Hawaii.

11th episode: Hawaii Edition

The girls arrive at Hawaii, where they went camping with Heidi with the. They had different photoshoots with different briefs. Luise and Sabrina had fully nude shoots. At this week's casting Anna-Maria is booked for Surfers Magazine cover and editorial while Luise struggled. At panel (which was removed at the beach) Christine was heavily criticized; she was eliminated because the judges had given her too many chances and she was the only one of the girls who didn't get a single job.

12th episode: Music Edition

The brief was to embody music stars, like Elvis Presley, Madonna etc. Maike was deemed the weakest while Anna-Maria and Sabrina are the best. At the casting for Maybelline Luise, Anna-Maria and Maike reach the second round. Luise wins the job while Anna-Maria gets told she was second in the casting. While Luise shoots the campaign the other girls go to a casting for a music video of the song "Whithout you" from Blue (English band). Anna-Maria is booked for the main role. With Sabrina, Maike and Marie booked for supporting roles Lovelyn is the only one without a job this week what makes her burst in tears. At panel Marie and Maike land in the bottom two. Although Marie had a better week, Maike had a better past performance. Marie placed sixth.

13th episode: semifinale

At the casting for gillette Luise, Lovelyn and Maike reach the second round. Luise wins the casting and Lovelyn is disappointed for only placing second. Anna-Maria struggles at this week's photoshoot for Cosmopolitan cover. At panel the girls have to walk in Prêt-à-porter, Sexy and Haute couture outfits. Luise is the first girl to reach the final. Anna-Maria is eliminated before Lovelyn also reaches the final. Maike and Sabrina land in bottom two for struggling on the runway. Both reach the final.

14th episode: live finale

The final starts with the girls walking as Superwomen. After that they have to pose with different objects and Robin Thicke. The girls third challenge is to walk as the four elements with High fashion dresses and poses. Maike embodies fire, Sabrina is water and Luise is earth what leaves air to Lovelyn. After the walk Sabrina is eliminated. The remaining girls do a photoshoot on stilts where Maike is deemed best. Afterwards they have to walk in futuristic outfits. Surprisingly Luise is second eliminated what only leaves Maike and Lovelyn. Anna-Maria is chosen to open the Top-20-walk after online voting between the girls who didn't reach the final. The final two have a second photoshooting where they have to dance. Lovelyn impresses once again. In the end Lovelyn becomes Germany's next Topmodel with Maike being the Runner-up.

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Semi-Finalists

Contestant Height Hometown Outcome
Clara Zaveta 180 cm Hanau[4] Presumably quit in Episode 1[5]

Top 25 (Finalists)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Rank
Katharina Oltzow 16 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Bad Arolsen (heritage from Russia) Eliminated outside of judging panel in Episode 1
Merle Lambert 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Goch Quit in Episode 1
Linda Niewerth 17 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Reken Eliminated in Episode 1
Lisa Quack 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Schüttorf
Nancy Limonta 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Dresden (heritage from Cameroon)
Lisa-Guilia Wendt 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Hamburg Eliminated outside of judging panel in Episode 2
Michelle Maas 16 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Sotzweiler Eliminated in Episode 2
Höpke Voss 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Altenholz Quit in Episode 3
Bingyang Liu 18 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Cologne (originally from China)
Leandra Martin 18 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Würzburg Eliminated in Episode 3
Sophie Jungblut 23 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Munich Quit in Episode 4
Anna Barbara Seebrecht 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Chiemsee Eliminated in Episode 4
Jessika Weidner 16 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Au am Rhein Eliminated in Episode 5
Janna Wiese 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Schortens Eliminated in Episode 6
Veronika Weddeling 23 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Borken Eliminated in Episode 7
Jacqueline Thiessen 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Hamburg (heritage from Norway) Eliminated in Episode 8
Leonie Marwitz 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Chiemsee Eliminated in Episode 9
Carolin Sünderhauf 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Munich Eliminated in Episode 10
Christine Gischler 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Essen Eliminated in Episode 11
Marie Czuczman 16 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Lüdenscheid (heritage from Poland) Eliminated in Episode 12
Anna-Maria Damm 16 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Neuenbürg (originally from the Philippines) Eliminated in Episode 13
Sabrina Elsner 20 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Sternkrug First Eliminated in Episode 14
Luise Will 18 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Rostock (heritage from Sweden) Second Eliminated in Episode 14
Maike van Grieken 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Emden (heritage from the Netherlands) Runner Up
Lovelyn Enebechi 16 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Hamburg (heritage from Nigeria) Winner

Summaries

Call-out order

Heidi's Call-out Order
OrderEpisodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 LuiseLuise Maike Jacqueline Anna-Maria Carolin Luise Anna-Maria Lovelyn Luise Luise Luise LuiseLuise MaikeLovelyn
2 BingyangChristine Marie Anna-Maria Maike Maike Marie Christine Maike Maike Marie Lovelyn Anna-MariaLovelyn LovelynMaike
3 HöpkeMichelle Veronika Sabrina Jacqueline Marie Lovelyn Luise Leonie Lovelyn Sabrina Sabrina LovelynMaike Luise
4 MerleJessika Anna-Maria Marie Veronika Christine Maike SabrinaAnna-Maria Anna-Maria Maike Anna-Maria SabrinaSabrina
5 Lisa-GiuliaAnna-Maria Lovelyn Luise Leonie Veronika Christine Maike Sabrina Christine Lovelyn Maike Maike
6 MaikeSophie Sophie Leonie Carolin Janna Anna-Maria Lovelyn Marie Sabrina Anna-MariaMarie
7 Anna-MariaLeandra Carolin Jessika Marie Sabrina Carolin Marie Luise Marie Christine
8 SophieLovelyn Sabrina Lovelyn Luise Lovelyn Leonie Carolin Carolin Carolin
9 JessikaHöpke Luise Veronika Sabrina Leonie Sabrina Leonie Christine
10 CarolinVeronika Anna Carolin Lovelyn Luise Jacqueline Jacqueline
11 SabrinaBingyang Jessika Sophie Christine Anna-Maria Veronika
12 MichelleMaike Janna Christine Janna Jacqueline
13 JannaLeonie Christine Maike Jessika
14 MarieJanna Jacqueline Janna
15 LeandraMarie Leonie Anna
16 VeronikaJacqueline Leandra
17 LovelynSabrina Bingyang
18 ChristineAnna Höpke
19 LeonieCarolin
20 JacquelineLisa-Giulia
21 Anna
22 Nancy
23 Lisa
24 Linda
25 Katharina
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant was eliminated outside the judging panel
     The contestant quit the competition
     The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
     The contestant won the competition

Photo Shoot Guide

Controversy

Episode 8 ended with a cliffhanger, but the fate of the bottom two was "accidentally" revealed on the official website of ProSieben two days before the broadcasting of episode 9.[6] Another faux pas happened during Episode 9. The remaining girls competed for an Opel commercial but before the winner of that was revealed, the spot has already been shown on television.[10] In Episode 13, the 'top 3' for the live finale were going to be selected, but before the episode aired, it was revealed online and in badly edited episode promos that four girls actually made it through, and Anna-Maria was eliminated.[7][8][11] As a result, the cycle has come under heavy criticism from many viewers due to the mishaps in editing, fan favorites being eliminated, and the season's ardent focus on quarrels amongst its contestants.[12][13][14][15] During the live finale, naked FEMEN activists led by Zana Ramadani stormed the stage calling the show "Heidi's Horror Picture Show".[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Germany’s next Topmodel: Alle Infos und Neuigkeiten zur 8. Staffel - Wer kommt ins Finale? - München". myheimat.de. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  2. ↑ ""Germany's Next Topmodel" startet mit Verlusten –". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  3. ↑ "PSY - GENTLEMAN @ GNTM 2013 Finale". YouTube. 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  4. ↑ "Karl-Rehbein-Schule | Gymnasium der Stadt Hanau - Französisch". Karl-rehbein-gymnasium.de. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  5. ↑ Clara was not officially introduced on the programme's website, which refers to the contestants as a top 25, and was nearly edited out of the premiere. She participated on the semifinal photo shoot but was not featured on any further stations of the episode and is likely to have quit the competition after that.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "GNTM 8 Spoiler Discussion Thread - Page 54". Rtvgames.com. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://i.imgur.com/re7IKWr.png
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "gntm-finale - Kostenlose hochqualitative Videospeicherung - Upload and share your videos". Vidup.de. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  9. ↑ This shoot was not featured in the episode at all. Instead, the girls had three different runway challenges on which the judging was based on. However, when the girls were called out they received these photos that were released on the programmes website after.
  10. ↑ "GNTM - Peinliche Panne bei Topmodels: Werbung verrät Siegerin - Aus aller Welt - Hamburger Abendblatt". Abendblatt.de. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  11. ↑ "GNTM 8 Spoiler Discussion Thread - Page 68". Rtvgames.com. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  12. ↑ 03/05/2013. "Bei GNTM sind die Models vor allem im Rumzicken sehr gut". Entertainment.excite.de. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  13. ↑ ""GNTM"- Sabrina: Vom Landei zur fiesen Lästerschwester | Promipool". Promipool.de. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  14. ↑ "Germany's next Topmodel: „GNTM“: Heidis Topmodels nur beim Zicken schon ganz groß - Star-News - FOCUS Online - Nachrichten". Focus.de. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  15. ↑ "Zickenkrieg bringt Topmodels Jahresbestwert –". Quotenmeter.de. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  16. ↑ Fotostrecke (2013-05-30). "Femen-Aktivistinnen protestieren bei GNTM - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Kultur". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 2013-06-07.