Germany's Next Topmodel (cycle 9)

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 9
Country of origin Germany
Broadcast
Original channel ProSieben
Original run February 6, 2014 – May 8, 2014

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 9 is the ninth season of the show that is aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show began to air on February 6, 2014 under the catch phrase Show Yourself. As in the last preceding years, a preselection was done and open castings were not part of the show anymore. The first episode started with 25 finalists, selected from 70 semifinalists.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The judging panel consists of Thomas Hayo and Wolfgang Joop. The prizes included a modeling contract with OneEins GmbH Management, a spread and cover in the German Cosmopolitan and an Opel Adams.

The winner of this cycle was 17-year old Stefanie Giesinger from Kaiserlautern. Finalist Ivana Teklic started a huge career, walking for Dior, Wunderkind, Calvin Klein and Roberto Cavalli and being face for Joffroy make-up .

International destinations

The international destinations for this cycle have so far been revealed to be Singapore, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Paris, New York and Malé.

Episode summaries

First episode: Berlin to Singapore

The first episode of Germany's Next Topmodel 2014, starts at Berlin's Tempodrom where out of the thousands who'd had applied and attended casting calls nation-wide, 70 of Germany's most gorgeous woman fought for the top 25 spots on offer. This year's judging panel along with host Heidi Klum, consists of regular judge Thomas Hayo and new-comer to the top model series, but renowned fashion designer; Wolfgang Joop. After the 25 finalists were chosen, Heidi announced that the girls would be flying to Singapore!. Upon arrival to the luxurious Sentosa Island hotel, beds were chosen and friendships forged. The next day, the girls are met down by the pool with Heidi and this week's photographer Christian Anwander for their very first photo-shoot; A bikini shoot. Some girls excel, in particular Aminata, Ivana, Jolina and Nancy while others fall flat. The girls do a runway training afterwards where Nancy and Jolina surprise the judges, but in the end Ivana is deemed best. In the end it was Lisa S. and Luxembourgian contestant Jill who did not impress the judges, and both were eliminated from the competition.

Second episode: If Heidi does not come, then it is serious

This episode, the 23 remaining contestants the girls are put under the pressure of their very first runway challenge at one of Singapore's very own fashion shows; Digital Fashion Week where Jolina is chosen to open and Nathalie to close the show. Later, a photo-shoot at Gardens by the Bay has the girls posing with a snake, where Ivana produces the best picture, followed by Jolina, Sarah and Aminata. Unable to attend both the Fashion Show and photo-shoot, Heidi leaves a recorded video telling the girls they are all heading to Los Angeles. Here, one by one, the girls are assessed on both their walk and photo's. Unable to impress the judges this week is Franziska who is sent home, whilst the 18 remaining girls move into the mansion.

Third episode: Makeovers!-Style Edition

In Episode 3 the girls receive their makeovers. Some find it hard to part with their old looks, whilst other's are happy to undergo the change. Samantha is praised for her fantastic long hair that is dyed in orange. Later at the photo shoot, the girls will be flying high as this photo-shoot challenges them to overcome heights. Ivana, Jolina and Samantha impress the judges the most with their sedcard, however five girls are able to earn their immunity for their performances at the other photoshooting: Ivana, Nancy, Nathalie, Sainabou and Antonia. The judges also note Sarah's improvement in her walk, however Stefanie, Jana, Emma and Laura are unable to impress leaving the latter as the eliminee for her lack of progress.

Fourth episode: Body Edition

With this week's focus on the body, the girls head to their casting for Shape Magazine, where Stefanie, Betty, Simona, Samantha, Sainabou and Antonia impress the client. In the end Antonia is the one to be booked. Later, the girls perform in the opening trailer shoot shot by Rankin. Heidi notes Nathalie, Aminata and Anna as stand-outs while Jolina, Stefanie and Emma disappoint. At judging Ivana and Aminata perform best while Sarah, Stefanie, Lisa and Nancy are critiqued for their walks as well as Jolina and Emma for their video-shoot thus are placed in the Bottom Five. Stefanie fails at both and lands herself in the Bottom Two however it is Emma who the judges feel is just not ready yet and is sent packing.

Fifth episode: Boys Edition

With the focus of the week being interaction with male models, the girls head off to select male models for their shoot where Ivana flirts with one of the male models despite having a boyfriend. The shoot this week takes place on Malibu beach shot by renowned photographer Gilles Bensimon. The girls have to shoot in pairs with male models, most of the girls leave Heidi disappointed however Ivana, Simona and Nancy stand-out. The challenge later follows where the girls have to film a commercial with a male model, Samanatha and Antonia leave Thomas Hayo unimpressed, while Lisa's performance is said to be horrible and even making judge Wolfgang Joop laugh, but it is Sarah who delivers the best performance earning herself immunity with Sainabou being second. Lisa, Antonia and Samantha are chastised at judging for their dull performances in both the shoot and the challenge, but Lisa enjoys kind of a puppy license while Samantha is said to have more potential thus sending Antonia home.

Sixth episode: Transformation Edition

The week starts with a casting for German Cosmopolitan where Jolina, Karlin, Nancy and Anna reach the second round with only Jolina and Karlin booked. In the first photoshoot the girls are divided into groups where some of them have to play the role of men or boys. Ivana, Nathalie and Nancy are deemed best. In the second photoshoot the girls are bodypainted and have to pose with spiders. The photographer Rankin books Karlin, Aminata, Betty and Samantha for his magazine but only Samantha's pictures are published in the magazine. Simona and Jana are sent home for their problems at the photoshoots.

Seventh episode: Extreme Edition

In this week's photoshoot the girls have to be hysterical divas who go ballistic what makes Sarah, Lisa, Sainabou and Aminata struggle while Ivana, Betty, Nathalie and Jolina perform best. In the casting for Emmi AG Jolina, Stefanie, Samantha, Sarah and Nancy reach the second round where Jolina gets her second job. The girls have to present extreme outfits at panel, where Ivana's walk is, like always, deemed best. In the end Sainabou is eliminated for her bad performance at both; photoshoot and runway.

Eighth episode: Road Trip Edition

In the beginning Wolfgang Joop books Ivana and Samantha for his Wunderkind show at Paris Fashion Week. After that the girls do a photoshoot in Utah where Stefanie, Nathalie and Betty perform best, while Lisa, Karlin, Sarah and Nancy are unable to impress. It's also the first time for Ivana to fail at a photoshoot. The girls also produce a fashion film, where Ivana, Nancy and Jolina impress while Stefanie, Lisa, Karlin, Sarah and Anna fall flat. Ivana's walk is once again deemed best. In the end Lisa is eliminated for being not as good as the other girls, not understanding the judges' critique and even being dull witted at times.

Ninth episode: Expression Edition

This week's first photoshoot takes place at an old train station where the girls have to cry as if they would move away. In the second photoshoot they have to give different emotions they're told. Ivana is deemed best at the photoshoot. Samantha and Sarah are the weakest at the photoshoots and Nancy struggles on the runway heavily thus making them land in the bottom three. In contrast to them Ivana's and Jolina's walks are deemed perfect. Though reaching the next round Nancy behaves rude to Heidi when getting her photo what annoys the judges.

Tenth episode: Fashion Week Edition

The girls head back to Berlin for a big week of castings. The girls head to various designers where Jolina, Ivana and Nancy are booked as runway models. Jolina is praised for being booked for all three shows. The girls also visit the casting for Joy Magazine, where Anna, Samantha and Karlin are selected. The rest of the girls tour Berlin sights where Nathalie hypocritically asserts she is happy not to be chosen saying she will only walk in Paris. The shoot takes place back in LA, however Karlin's visa is rejected forcing her to remain in Berlin while she awaits a new one. Most of the girls impress at the photoshoot, with Ivana, Aminata and Samantha performing best and Betty, Sarah and Nathalie struggling. At judging the girls walk in outfits designed by Wolfgang, where Sarah is once again castigated for regressing in performance and she is sent home. Jolina is advised to show more personality.

Eleventh episode: Sexy Edition

The week starts with a runway training where Ivana, Betty and Aminata are deemed best while Samantha and Anna are the worst. Heidi and Wolfgang Joop try to persuade Jolina to let her hair short cut but Jolina bursts in tears and refuses it. At the casting for Opel Stefanie, Jolina and Betty are the best with Stefanie getting her first job. At the photoshoot Stefanie, Samantha and Anna struggle. These three are also the ones to struggle at the catwalk, where the girls have to walk in Victoria's Secret underwear and wings. While Stefanie reaches the next round because of her job Samantha and Anna land in the bottom two. Though Anna quits the competition Samantha is sent home.

Twelfth episode: Girls Edition

The girls have a press training where Betty earns herself immunity because of her excellent performance. This week's casting is for Maybelline. Jolina, Ivana, Stefanie and Nathalie are the last four. As later revealed it has been a race head to head between Jolina and Ivana that resulted into Jolinas sixth job. At the photoshoot where the girls have to pose with little children Nancy bursts in tears missing her own son. Ivana, Stefanie and Jolina perform best. Aminata struggles at the catwalk what makes her the original eliminee but she is saved after an asthma resulting. Jolina is also critiqued for her walk. Ivana even starts to debate with Wolfgang, defending Aminata. For the second time in the cycle no girl is eliminated.

Thirteenth episode: Real World Edition

This week's photoshoot is the cover of German Cosmopolitan what is one of the winning prices. At the shoot Betty, Stefanie, Jolina, Ivana and Aminata are deemed best while Nancy and Karlin have problems. When visiting an agency Jolina gets the offer to sign with Elite Model Management. At a casting for New York Fashion Week only Jolina and Ivana reach the second round with Ivana booked for her fourth job what results in Ivana's immunity. While the casting Aminata, who becomes jealous, slanders Jolina and Ivana heavily what results into a shitstorm on socialmedia, especially with Ivana having defended Aminata the week before. At a press conference Stefanie stirs everybody to water when talking about her severe disease. After the catwalk Nancy and Karlin are sent home.

Fourteenth episode: Semi-Finals

It is the first time there are six girls in the semifinals. At the casting for Gillette Venus Jolina reaches the second round once again as well as Betty and Nathalie. In the end it's Betty to win the casting. At the photoshoot none of the girls struggles, but Ivana's picture is later deemed best. At the last catwalk before the final only Ivana and Jolina are able to fully convince the judges. Jolina is the first girl to reach the final with having been booked for six jobs, but is critiqued for not showing enough personality. After her also Ivana, who has been booked for four jobs is able to reach the final. The third girl to be called out is Aminata who is eliminated as well as Nathalie what leaves Betty and Stefanie who are called out together. In the end Stefanie reaches the final because of her progress and her amazing charme what makes Betty the third eliminee. The three finalist and the 3 eliminated girls travel to the Maldives for a fiew days.

Fifteenth episode: Live Finale

In the final Jolina is deemed to be the best in the photoshoot and Ivana wins the challenge to design an outfit herself and to present it on the runway. The girls do also have to chose the staging and the music. Ivana is eliminated first in spite of being this cycle's catwalk queen, being this cycle's most consistent candidate and winning the design challenge where Wolfgang Joop states Ivana's outfit and walk where definitely the best. Wolfgang also asserts that Ivana was his favorite but Heidi and Thomas voted for the other girls. Betty is chosen to open the Top-20-walk after online voting between the girls who didn't reach the final. In the end Stefanie wins the competition even though she only got one job while Jolina has been booked for six jobs, the second highest number of jobs in the show's history, with only cycle 7s winner Luisa Hartema having been booked for more, what makes many people question Heidi's and Thomas's objectivity. As already mentioned Ivana started a huge career after the show, walking for Dior, Wunderkind, Calvin Klein and Roberto Cavalli and being face for Joffroy make-up.

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Outcome
Jill Schmitz 22 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Pétange (originally from Luxembourg) Eliminated in Episode 1
Lisa Seibert 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Wiesbaden (heritage from Kazakhstan)
Fata Hasonovic 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Berlin (originally from Kosovo) Quit in Episode 2
Ina Barták 21 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) München (originally from Czech Republic)
Laura Hass 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) München
Pauline Cottin 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Trier (heritage from France)
Franziska Wimmer 17 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Neumarkt-Sankt Veit Eliminated in Episode 2
Laura Kristen 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Schauenstein Eliminated in Episode 3
Emma Kahlert 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Heidelberg (heritage from Bosnia and Herzegovina) Eliminated in Episode 4
Antonia Balzer 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Hoppegarten Eliminated in Episode 5
Simona Hartl 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Roding Eliminated in Episode 6
Jana Heinisch 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Bremen (heritage from Ireland)
Sainabou Sosseh 16 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Bremen (heritage from Gambia) Eliminated in Episode 7
Lisa Gelbrich 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Ilfeld (heritage from Russia) Eliminated in Episode 8
Sarah Weinfurter 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Kassel (heritage from Hungary) Eliminated in Episode 10
Anna Wilken 17 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Wittmund Quit in Episode 11
Samantha Brock 17 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Berlin (heritage from United Kingdom) Eliminated in Episode 11
Nancy Nagel 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Schneeberg (heritage from Poland) Eliminated in Episode 13
Karlin Obiango 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Ludwigshafen (originally from Republic of the Congo) Eliminated in Episode 13
Aminata Sanogo 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bergisch-Gladbach (originally from Ivory Coast) Eliminated in Episode 14
Nathalie Volk 16 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Soltau (heritage from Russia)
Betty Taube 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Trebbin (heritage from Israel)
Ivana Teklic 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bad Homburg (originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina) Eliminated in Episode 15
Jolina Fust 16 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Hamburg (heritage from Denmark) Runner-Up
Stefanie Giesinger 17 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Kaiserslautern (heritage from Russia) Winner

Summaries

Call-Out Order

Heidi's Call-out Order
OrderEpisodes
123456789101112131415
1 NancyAntoniaNathalieIvanaSarahNathalieKarlin AminataStefanieAminataStefanieBettyIvanaJolina StefanieStefanie
2 PaulineAminataIvanaAntoniaJanaAminataIvanaBettyNathalieNancyBettyIvanaAminataIvanaJolinaJolina
3 StefanieSamanthaAntoniaLisa G.AnnaIvanaJolina IvanaKarlinSarahNancyJolinaStefanieAminata Ivana
4 JillJolinaNancySimonaJolinaBetty Anna NancyAnnaJolinaAminataNancyJolinaNathalie
5 SimonaSimonaSainabouJanaAminataJolinaNancy SamanthaJolinaStefanieIvanaStefanieNancyStefanie
6 NathalieEmmaAminataBettyNancySainabouBetty AnnaAminataIvanaJolinaNathalieNathalieBetty
7 SainabouKarlinLisa G.AnnaKarlinAnnaLisa G. JolinaIvanaAnnaNathalieKarlinKarlin
8 JolinaNathalieSamanthaSamanthaBettyStefanieSamantha StefanieBettySamanthaAnnaAminataBetty
9 Lisa G.StefanieSarahSainabouSimonaKarlinStefanie NathalieSarahBettySamantha
10 EmmaSarahJolinaKarlinNathalieSamanthaNathalie SarahSamanthaNathalie
11 Laura K.BettyBettyNathalieStefanieLisa G.Sarah Lisa G.Nancy
12 JanaIvanaAnnaAminataIvanaSimonaSainabouKarlin
13 SamanthaNancySimonaNancySainabouNancyAminata
14 IvanaSainabouKarlinJolinaLisa G.Sarah
15 AntoniaFranziskaStefanieSarahSamanthaJana
16 AnnaJanaJanaEmmaAntonia
17 AminataAnnaLaura K.Stefanie
18 KarlinLisa G.Emma
19 Lisa S.Laura K.
20 BettyPauline
21 SarahLaura H.
22 FranziskaIna
23 Laura H.Fata
24 Fata
25 Ina
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant quit the competition
     The contestant was immune from elimination
     The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom three/two
     The contestant was originally eliminee but was saved by the judges
     The contestant won the competition

Photo shoot guide

Controversy

An article on Bild.de revealed the final three as being Ivana Teklic, Stefanie Giesinger, and Jolina Fust.[8]

References

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  2. ↑ "Germany's next Topmodel 2014 startet am 6. Februar" (in German). Prosieben.de. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  3. ↑ "GNTM 2014: News aus der Topmodel-Show | "Germany’s next Topmodel" 2014: News | Mode". Cosmopolitan.de. 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  4. ↑ "GNTM 2014: Finalistinnen stehen schon fest!". Bravo.De. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  5. ↑ "GNTM 2014: die Kandidatinnen - Bilder". Jolie.de. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  6. ↑ Martha Singbartl (2013-11-22). "GNTM 2014: Heidi Klum zeigt ihren Busen - GNTM 2014 â€" „Germany’s Next Topmodel“ - Stars". JOY.de. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  7. ↑ "Online Trailer: Exklusive Infos zu den... - Germany's next Topmodel". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  8. ↑ "GNTM 2014 Finale mit Ivana, Jolina, Stefanie: Das sind die drei Finalistinnen im Germany's Next Topmodel-Finale 2014 | 24.04.2014 | TV | news.de". news.de. Retrieved 2014-07-07.