Germany's Next Topmodel (cycle 9)

Germany's Next Top Model (cycle 9)
Country of origin Germany
No. of episodes 15
Release
Original network ProSieben
Original release

February 6 (2014-02-06) – May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08)

Additional information
Judges
No. of contestants 25
Winner Stefanie Giesinger
Cycle chronology

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 the competition was 17-year-old Stefanie Giesinger from Kaiserlautern.

The international destinations for this cycle were Singapore, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Salt Lake City, Paris, New York City and Malé.

Episode summaries

Episode 1: Berlin to Singapore

Original airdate: February 6, 2014

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 nationwide, 70 of Germany's most gorgeous women 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.

Episode 2: If Heidi does not come, then it is serious

Original airdate: February 13, 2014

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. Fata Hasanovic who was forced to withdraw due to a lack of a visa returned in cycle 11 where she placed third.

Episode 3: Makeovers!-Style Edition

Original airdate: February 20, 2014

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 photo shoot: 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.

Episode 4: Body Edition

Original airdate: February 27, 2014

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 placing 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.

Episode 5: Boys Edition

Original airdate: March 6, 2014

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, Samantha 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.

Episode 6: Transformation Edition

Original airdate: March 13, 2014

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 photo shoot 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 photo shoot the girls are body painted 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 photo shoots.

Episode 7: Extreme Edition

Original airdate: March 20, 2014

In this week's photo shoot the girls have to be hysterical divas who go ballistic what makes Sarah, Lisa, Sainabou and Aminata struggle while Ivana, Betty and Nathalie perform best. In the casting for Emmi AG Jolina, Stefanie, Samantha, Sarah and Nancy reach the second round where Jolina gets her second job and thus flies to India. 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; photo shoot and runway.

Episode 8: Road Trip Edition

Original airdate: March 27, 2014

In the beginning Wolfgang Joop books Ivana and Samantha for his Wunderkind show at Paris Fashion Week. After that the girls do a photo shoot 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 photo shoot. 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.

Episode 9: Expression Edition

Original airdate: April 3, 2014

This week's first photo shoot takes place at an old train station where the girls have to cry as if they would move away. In the second photo shoot they have to give different emotions they're told. Ivana is deemed best at the photo shoot. Samantha and Sarah are the weakest at the photo shoots 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.

Episode 10: Fashion Week Edition

Original airdate: April 10, 2014

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 photo shoot, 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.

Episode 11: Sexy Edition

Original airdate: April 17, 2014

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 photo shoot 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.

Episode 12: Girls Edition

Original airdate: April 24, 2014

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 in Jolinas sixth job. At the photo shoot 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.

Episode 13: Real World Edition

Original airdate: May 1, 2014

This week's photo shoot 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. At a press conference Stefanie stirs everybody to water when talking about her severe disease. After the catwalk Nancy and Karlin are sent home.

Episode 14: Semi-Finals

Original airdate: May 4, 2014

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 photo shoot 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 charm what makes Betty the third eliminee. The three finalist and the 3 eliminated girls travel to the Maldives for a few days.

Episode 15: Live Finale

Original airdate: May 8, 2014

In the final Jolina is deemed to be the best in the photo shoot and Ivana wins the challenge to design an outfit herself and to present it on the runway. The girls also have to choose the staging and the music. Ivana is eliminated first despite 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 were 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 is chosen as the winner of the competition.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place
Lisa Seibert 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Wiesbaden Episode 1 25-24
Jill Schmitz 22 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Pétange
Pauline Cottin 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Trier Episode 2 23-20 (quit)
Laura Haas 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) München
Ina Bartak 21 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) München
Fata Hasanovic 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Berlin
Franziska Wimmer 17 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Neumarkt-Sankt Veit 19
Laura Kristen 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Schauenstein Episode 3 18
Emma Kahlert 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Heidelberg Episode 4 17
Antonia Balzer 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Hoppegarten Episode 5 16
Simona Hartl 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Roding Episode 6 15-14
Jana Heinisch 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Bremen
Sainabou Sosseh 16 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Bremen Episode 7 13
Lisa Gelbrich 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Ilfeld Episode 8 12
Sarah Weinfurter 16 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Kassel Episode 10 11
Anna Wilken 17 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Wittmund Episode 11 10 (quit)
Samantha Brock 17 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Berlin 9
Nancy Nagel 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Schneeberg Episode 13 8-7
Karlin Obiango 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Ludwigshafen
Nathalie Volk 16 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Soltau Episode 14 6-4
Betty Taube 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Trebbin
Aminata Sanogo 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bergisch Gladbach
Ivana Teklic 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bad Homburg Episode 15 3
Jolina Fust 16 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Hamburg 2
Stefanie Giesinger 17 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Kaiserslautern 1

Summaries

Results table

Place Model Episodes
123456789101112131415
1 StefanieSAFESAFE LOWLOWSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFEWinner
2 JolinaSAFESAFE SAFELOWSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWRunner-up
3 IvanaSAFESAFE IMMSAFESAFEIMMSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEIMMSAFEOUT
4–6 AminataSAFESAFE SAFESAFESAFEIMMLOWSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
BettySAFESAFE SAFESAFESAFEIMMSAFESAFESAFELOWSAFEIMMSAFEOUT
NathalieSAFESAFE IMMSAFESAFEIMMSAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFEOUT
7–8 KarlinSAFE SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFE SAFEOUT
NancySAFE SAFEIMMLOWSAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFEOUT
9 SamanthaSAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFELOWSAFEOUT
10 AnnaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEQUIT
11 SarahSAFESAFESAFELOWIMMLOWLOWLOWLOWOUT
12 Lisa G.SAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFEOUT
13 SainabouSAFESAFEIMMSAFESAFESAFEOUT
14–15 JanaSAFESAFELOWSAFESAFEOUT
SimonaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
16 AntoniaSAFESAFEIMMSAFEOUT
17 EmmaSAFESAFELOWOUT
18 Laura K.SAFESAFEOUT
19 FranziskaSAFEOUT
20–23 FataSAFEQUIT
InaSAFEQUIT
Laura H.SAFEQUIT
PaulineSAFEQUIT
24–25 JillOUT
Lisa S.OUT
     The contestant quit the competition
     The contestant was immune from elimination
     The contestant was in danger of elimination
     The contestant was eliminated
     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]

Post Topmodel careers

References

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