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Germany's Next Topmodel
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Presented by	Heidi Klum
Judges	Heidi Klum (1–present) Peyman Amin (1-present) Rolf Scheider (3–present) Boris Entrup (2) Bruce Darnell (1–2) Armin Morbach (1)
Opening theme	The Notorious B.I.G - "Nasty Girl" (1) Gia Farrell - "Hit Me Up" (2) Seal - "Amazing" (3) Britney Spears - "Circus" (4)
Country of origin	Germany
Language(s)	German
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	57
Production
Producer(s)	Tresor TV
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 60-100 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ProSieben
Picture format	PAL
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original airing	January 25, 2006 - present
External links
Official website

Germany's Next Topmodel is a German reality television show, based on a concept that was introduced by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model. The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum, who also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show, and revolves around IMG Models searching for a new supermodel.

IMG is developing it into a Nintendo DS and PC game.^[1]

Show format

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Each yearly search of Germany's Next Topmodel has 10 to 17 episodes and starts with 12-19 contestants. Each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though a double/triple elimination or no elimination was given by consensus of the judging panel.

Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the competition (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals).

IMG have signed Lena Gercke from Marburg, Hessen, Barbara Meier from Amberg, Bayern (Bavaria) and Jenny Hof from Rodgau, Hessen.

Differences between ANTM and GNTM

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Heidi Klum, presenter of Germany's Next Topmodel

While the American version's season premieres (except cycles 1 and 2) start with thirty-something semi-finalists and they're cut-down to a batch of ten to fourteen contestants, Germany's Next Topmodel season premieres begin with highlights from the auditions of 100 candidates (cycles 1 and 2) and 120 candidates (cycle 3) respectively.

The panel challenge in front of the judges on America's Next Top Model is almost always replaced by a runway walk in front of the judges on the German show.

In the elimination process on America's Next Top Model, host Tyra Banks hands out the photograph of each contestant that are safe in order of merit.
The bottom two of each episode are called to stand before Banks and are judged individually. The call-out order does play a major role in determining who this week's best contestant was – quite in contrast to Germany's Next Topmodel where the call-out order does not say anything about the quality of the contestants' performance. Moreover, they are called out one by one while the others are waiting in the backstage lobby. The US contestants are all present.

The final five or six contestants travel to an international destination on the US American show while Germany's version is noncommittal about the number of journeys abroad; cycle 1 went abroad two times, cycle 2 did so four times and cycle 3 went to five different international countries. Cycle 4 completely takes place in the USA, except for the casting and the final episode.

On America's Next Top Model the final two remaining models compete in a runway, and the winner is chosen in the judging room. On Germany's Next Topmodel, the final three contestants compete in a runway and a photo shoot in front of live audience in Cologne, Germany before the winner is revealed. The final show is live on TV. Cycle 4 final show was the first to air live from a concert hall instead of a tv studio.

Contestants from the first cycle.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date		Winner	Runner-up		Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants		International destination
1	January 25, 2006		Lena Gercke	Yvonne Schröder		Andrea Lichtenberg, Anne Mühlmeier, Celine Roscheck (quit), Rahel Krüger, Micaela Schäfer, Luise Mikulla, Charlotte Offeney, Lena Meier, Janina Ordmann, Jennifer Wanderer	12		New York / Los Angeles Paris Rotterdam
2	March 1, 2007		Barbara Meier	Anni Wendler		Alina (quit), Sophie (quit), Janine Mackenroth, Antje Pötke, Enyerlina Sanchez, Janina-Katharina Küpper, Alla Kosovan, Denise Dahinten, Aneta Tober, Tonia Michaely, Milla Gräfin von Krockow, Anja Platzer, Mandy Graff, Fiona Erdmann, Hana Nitsche	15		St. Moritz Paris Cape Town Bangkok Los Angeles Lisbon
3	February 28, 2008		Jennifer Hof	Janina Schmidt		Rubina Radwanski, Aisha Grone, Sandra Korte, Aline Tausch, Tainá Santos Silva, Elena Rotter, Katharina Yvonne Harms, Gina-Lisa Lohfink, Bianca Schumacher, Sophia Maus, Ana Vanessa Hegelmaier (quit), Sarah Knappik, Raquel Alvarez, Gisele Oppermann, Wanda Badwal, Carolin Ruppert, Christina Leibold	19		Barcelona Salzburg New York / Los Angeles Paris Tel Aviv Sydney / Melbourne
4	February 12, 2009		Sara Nuru	Mandy Bork		Olivia Bermann, Johanna Popp, Daphne Braun, Tessa Bergmeier, Dana Franke, Aline Bauer, Tamara Busch, Stefanie Theissing, Katrina Scharinger, Larissa Marolt, Ira Meindl, Sarina Nowak, Maria Beckmann, Jessica Motzkus, Marie Nasemann	17		Los Angeles / Las Vegas / Miami / Honolulu / New York Singapore

References

External links

• Germany's Next Topmodel at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Germany's Next Topmodel Current Judges & Personnel Heidi Klum • Peyman Armin • Rolf Scheider Cycles: Former Judges 1-2: Bruce Darnell • 1: Armin Morbach • 2: Boris Entrup Cycles: Winners 1: Lena Gercke • 2: Barbara Meier • 3: Jennifer Hof • 4: Sara Nuru Please see individual cycles articles for additional contestants.