America's Next Top Model

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America's Next Top Model
Created by	Tyra Banks
Judges	Tyra Banks Nigel Barker (2 - present) J. Alexander (5 - present) Twiggy (5 - present) Janice Dickinson (1 - 4) Kimora Lee Simmons (1) Nolé Marin (3 - 4) Beau Quillian (1) Eric Nicholson (2)
Theme music composer	David Thomas & Les Pierce
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	118
Production
Running time	1 hour
Original release
Network	UPN (2003 – 2006) The CW (2006 – Present)
Release	May 20, 2003 – present

"ANTM" redirects here. For the Australian series, see Australia's Next Top Model.

America's Next Top Model (often shortened to Top Model or abbreviated as ANTM) is a reality television show created and hosted by veteran television personality, former supermodel and talk-show hostess, Tyra Banks, who also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show. The first "cycle" premiered in May 2003 and was one of UPN's highest rated shows. The show's seventh cycle was the first of the shows among regular programming on UPN's successor network, The CW, and thus far is the network's highest rated series. The show will continue until at least the 2009-10 season. The opening theme is performed by Tyra Banks and is produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Banks co-produces the show with Ken Mok and Anthony Dominici. For the 2006-2007 Television Season, ANTM was the #1 show in average viewers on The CW.

The show is currently airing its ninth cycle.

Show format

Each season of America's Next Top Model has from 9-13 episodes and starts with 10-14 contestants. Each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though there have been cases of a double elimination or no elimination by consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the season (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals), and a trip to an international destination is scheduled at about two-thirds of the way through the season (usually with five or six contestants remaining).

Each episode of Top Model covers the events of roughly a week of real time (however, while overseas, an episode roughly covers three to four days, totaling two weeks of filming abroad), and features a fashion challenge, photo shoot or commercial, judging, and critique of each contestant and her performance by the judging panel led by Tyra Banks, and the elimination of one or more contestants. The current panel includes fashion icon Twiggy, photographer Nigel Barker and runway coach J. Alexander. Previous judges included supermodel Janice Dickinson, fashion stylist Nolé Marin, designer Kimora Lee Simmons and fashion editors Beau Quillian and Eric Nicholson. Come Cycle 10, Twiggy will be replaced by Czech supermodel Paulina Porizkova. Photo shoot director Jay Manuel, though not a permanent judge, is featured every episode. Usually, an additional guest judge will sit in on the panel every week. Each episode is usually associated with a theme in the world of modeling, such as dealing with the press in interviews, selling a commercial product, appearing in a runway show or going on "go sees".

An episode usually begins with the contestants receiving training in an area concurrent with the week's theme. For example, contestants may get coached in runway walking, improvisational acting, or applying make-up to suit various occasions. A related challenge soon follows, such as a mock runway show or interview, and a winner is chosen by a judge. She receives some prize, such as clothing, a night out, or an advantage at the next photo shoot, and she is usually allowed to share the benefits with a certain number of other contestants of her choice.

The next segment is a photo shoot, and each contestant's performance will reflect heavily on her judging for that week. Each season features photo shoots such as bikini or lingerie shots, beauty shots, posing nude or semi-nude, posing with a male model, and posing with animal(s). Usually one photo shoot per season (excluding Cycle 4) is replaced with a commercial shoot, though in Cycles 2 and 9, a photo shoot was replaced by a music video for Tyra Banks and Enrique Iglesias respectively.

The final segment of each episode is judging. During judging, contestants are often given a challenge in some area such as posing, selling a product, runway walking, or choosing a representative outfit or make-up to satisfy a given prompt, known as a pre-evaluation task. Each contestant's photo is then shown and evaluated by the judging panel. After all photos have been evaluated, the contestants leave the room as the judges deliberate. The elimination process is ceremonious, as Tyra reveals and hands out the photos of the contestants that have not been eliminated one-by-one, in order of merit, each time saying, "Congratulations. You are still in the running towards becoming America's Next Top Model". The last two contestants who have not received their photos are brought up as "the bottom two", and Tyra critiques each one before revealing which of the two has been eliminated. However, there have been three exceptions, as Cycle 4 had a double elimination, Cycle 5 had a non-elimination, and in Cycle 9, the original eliminee was saved by another contestant's decision to quit.

The format varies slightly when only three contestants remain. With the exception of Cycles 1 and 2 where there were no commercials, the three remaining contestants compete in one last photo shoot and commercial for CoverGirl, followed by a judging session in which the judges eliminate the contestant they feel to be the weakest. The final two then compete in a runway show in front of the judges and a live audience, before both their performances there and during the entire competition is considered when the judges declare a winner.

Cycle summary

Cycle Number	Began Airing	Winner	Runner-Up	Other Contestants (In Order Of Elimination)	Number Of Contestants	International Destination
Cycle 1	May 20, 2003	Adrianne Curry	Shannon Stewart	Tessa Carlson, Katie Cleary, Nicole Panattoni, Ebony Haith, Giselle Samson, Kesse Wallace, Robin Manning, Elyse Sewell	10	Paris, France
Cycle 2	January 13, 2004	Yoanna House	Mercedes Scelba - Shorte	Anna Bradfield, Bethany Harrison, Heather Blumberg, Jenascia Chakos, Xiomara Frans, Catie Anderson, Sara Racey-Tabrizi, Camille McDonald, April Wilkner, Shandi Sullivan	12	Milan, Italy
Cycle 3	September 22, 2004	Eva Pigford	Yaya Da Costa	Magdalena Rivas, Leah Darrow, Julie Titus, Kristi Grommet, Jennipher Frost, Kelle Jacob, Cassie Grisham, Toccara Jones, Nicole Borud, Norelle Van Herk, Ann Markley, Amanda Swafford	14	Tokyo, Japan
Cycle 4	March 2, 2005	Naima Mora	Kahlen Rondot	Brita Petersons, Sarah Dankelman, Brandy Rusher, Noelle Staggers, Lluvy Gomez, Tiffany Richardson, Rebecca Epley, Tatiana Dante, Michelle Deighton, Christina Murphy, Brittany Brower, Keenyah Hill	14	Cape Town, South Africa
Cycle 5	September 21, 2005	Nicole Linkletter	Nik Pace	Ashley Black, Ebony Taylor, Cassandra Whitehead, Sarah Rhoades, Diane Hernández, Coryn Woitel, Kyle Kavanagh, Lisa D'Amato, Kim Stolz, Jayla Rubinelli, Bre Scullark	13	London, United Kingdom
Cycle 6	March 8, 2006	Danielle Evans	Joanie Dodds	Kathy Hoxit, Wendy Wiltz, Kari Schmidt, Gina Choe, Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi, Leslie Mancia, Brooke Staricha, Nnenna Agba, Furonda Brasfield, Sara Albert, Jade Cole	13	Bangkok, Thailand
Cycle 7	September 20, 2006	CariDee English	Melrose Bickerstaff	Christian Evans, Megan Morris, Monique Calhoun, Megg Morales, AJ Stewart, Brooke Miller, Anchal Joseph, Jaeda Young, Michelle Babin, Amanda Babin, Eugena Washington	13	Barcelona, Spain
Cycle 8	February 28, 2007	Jaslene Gonzalez	Natasha Galkina	Kathleen DuJour, Samantha Francis, Cassandra Watson, Felicia Provost, Diana Zalewski, Sarah VonderHaar, Whitney Cunningham, Jael Strauss, Brittany Hatch, Dionne Walters, Renee Alway	13	Sydney, Australia
Cycle 9	September 19, 2007	A Fake Bitch	Chantal Jones	Mila Bouzinova, Kimberly Leemans, Victoria Marshman, Janet Mills, Ebony Morgan, Sarah Hartshorne, Ambreal Williams, Lisa Jackson, Heather Kuzmich, Bianca Golden, Jenah Doucette	13	Shanghai & Beijing, China

given a small guest-starring role on the second season premiere episode of Veronica Mars. Kim and Furonda's roles were cameos in the same series.

• Kim Stolz has signed on to MTV's TRL as a news reporter. She is also a reporter for the LOGO network.
• CariDee English (Cycle 7), who won the acting challenge in Episode 9, guest-starred in an episode of the series One Tree Hill. More recently, she guest-starred in an episode of Gossip Girl.

For Cycle 8, the acting-themed episode had Tia Mowry of CW's The Game give the girls a crash course in acting, although the "crossover" was limited to Mowry's appearance, as the challenge winner was not given a guest role as a prize. However, Natasha Galkina won a correspondent job for The Tyra Banks Show

ANTM with The CW

It was announced on January 24, 2006, that Top Model would be part of the new The CW network, a merger between UPN and The WB, when the next cycle started in September airing on Wednesdays. Prior to the announcement of merging with The CW, UPN had committed to renewing the series through its ninth cycle on January 20, 2006, for which casting was conducted throughout mid-2006.

ANTM Writers' Labor Dispute

On July 21, 2006, the writers of America's Next Top Model went on strike while working on Cycle 7, set to premiere on the new CW Network in September 2006. The writers sought representation through the Writers Guild of America, west, which would allow them regulated wages, access to portable health insurance, and pension benefits. These benefits would be similar to those given to writers on scripted shows. The strike was the focus of a large rally of Hollywood writers coinciding with the premiere of the new network on September 20, 2006. The dispute was chronicled in a July 24 interview on the website Television Without Pity with Daniel J. Blau, a former TWoP recapper who covered the series, and at the time was an ANTM show producer. In November 2006, the writers on strike were taken off payroll.

Criticism

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, commenting on ANTM and Project Runway in the September 2006 issue of Harper's Bazaar, slammed it as "trash that is funny for five minutes if you're with other people. If you're alone, it's not funny. Those girls will never be the next Gemma Ward. There is no justice in the fashion business." Ironically, Ward was discovered while as an audience member in Australia's Search for a Supermodel, a similarly-themed model reality show. Lagerfeld served as a photographer for the French version of ANTM."

Allure magazine criticized the show in its October 2006 issue, saying that ANTM "hasn't exactly produced any actual supermodels." Compared to ANTM, participants in American Idol are thought to have a better chance at a good career in their field, even if they don't actually win the contest.

Ken Mok and Tyra Banks noticed that Cycle 8's girls were unusually heavy smokers. "Tyra and I understand the influence 'Top Model' has on a generation of young people, and we want to make sure we get the right message to our audience," Mok said, which then prompted the "Green" theme of Cycle 9.

Statistics

Winners

• Oldest winner: Yoanna House (Cycle 2), 23 years old
• Youngest winners: Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5) 19 years old
• Tallest winners: Yoanna House (Cycle 2), Danielle Evans (Cycle 6) & CariDee English (Cycle 7), all 5'11" (180 cm)
• Shortest winner: Eva Pigford (Cycle 3), 5'6.5" (168 cm)
• Heaviest winner: Naima Mora (Cycle 4), 135 lb (61 kg)
• Lightest winner: Jaslene Gonzalez (Cycle 8), 110 lb (50 kg)
• Most consecutive challenge wins: Naima Mora (Cycle 4) & Saleisha Cooper (Cycle 9), both 2 wins
• Most collective challenge wins: Naima Mora (Cycle 4), 4 wins
• Most consecutive first call outs: Eva Pigford (Cycle 3) & Jaslene Gonzalez (Cycle 8), both 2 times
• Most collective first call outs: Jaslene Gonzalez (Cycle 8), 4 times
• Fewest first call outs: Adrianne Curry (Cycle 1), Yoanna House (Cycle 2), Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5) & Danielle Evans (Cycle 6), all 1 time
• Most collective bottom two appearances: Adrianne Curry (Cycle 1), Yoanna House (Cycle 2), Eva Pigford (Cycle 3), Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5), Danielle Evans (Cycle 6), CariDee English (Cycle 7), & Saleisha Cooper (Cycle 9), all 2 times
• Most consecutive bottom two appearances: Eva Pigford (Cycle 3) & Danielle Evans (Cycle 6), both 2 times
• No bottom two appearance: Jaslene Gonzalez (Cycle 8)
• Fewest challenge wins: Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5) & Danielle Evans (Cycle 6), both 0 wins
• Most CoverGirl of the Week wins: Naima Mora (Cycle 4), 10 wins
• Fewest CoverGirl of the Week wins: Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5) & Saleisha Cooper (Cycle 9), both 0 wins

Other contestants

Total number of contestants: 115

• Oldest contestants: Robin Manning (Cycle 1) & Jade Cole (Cycle 6), both 26 years old
• Youngest contestants: 16 contestants were 18 years old — the show's minimum age — at the time of taping
• Tallest contestant: Lisa Jackson (Cycle 9), 6'1.5" (186 cm)
• Shortest contestant: Eva Pigford (Cycle 3), 5'6.5" (168 cm)
• Heaviest contestant: Diana Zalewski (Cycle 8), 198 lb (90 kg)
• Lightest contestant: Shandi Sullivan (Cycle 2), 106 lb (48 kg)
• Most consecutive challenge wins: Yaya Da Costa (Cycle 3), 5 wins
• Most collective challenge wins: Yaya Da Costa (Cycle 3), 5 wins
• Most collective bottom two appearances: Ann Markley (Cycle 3), Bre Scullark (Cycle 5) & Jade Cole (Cycle 6), all 5 times
• Most consecutive bottom two appearances: Lluvy Gomez (Cycle 4), Bre Scullark (Cycle 5), Whitney Cunningham (Cycle 8), & Jenah Doucette (Cycle 9), all 3 times
• Most consecutive first callouts: Joanie Dodds (Cycle 6), 3 times
• Most collective first callouts: Joanie Dodds (Cycle 6), 5 times
• Most CoverGirl of the Week wins: Naima Mora (Cycle 4), 10 wins
• CoverGirl of the Week even though eliminated: AJ Stewart (Cycle 7), Heather Kuzmich (Cycle 9)
• No bottom two appearance: Joanie Dodds (Cycle 6) & Jaslene Gonzalez (Cycle 8)
• Most common first name: Sara(h), appeared 6 times (Cycles 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9)
• Contestants part of a double elimination: Rebecca Epley & Tiffany Richardson (Cycle 4)
• Contestants part of a non-elimination: Jayla Rubinelli & Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5)
• Contestants who quit: Cassandra Whitehead (Cycle 5) & Ebony Morgan (Cycle 9)
• Contestant elmininated outside of the judging panel: Magdalena Rivas (Cycle 3)

International versions

Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Next Top Model

Aruba: Aruba Model Search

Australia: Australia's Next Top Model — aired on FOX8 and the first two cycles were hosted by Australian supermodel Erika Heynatz. The third cycle aired in March 2007 and was hosted by Jodhi Meares. Casting for Cycle 4 is complete and the season is now in production.

Belgium: Top Model Belgium 2007 — currently airing first cycle; hosted by Belgian supermodel Ingrid Seynhaeve.

Brazil: Brazil's Next Top Model — Airing commenced in October; featuring 13 girls. The host is Brazilian supermodel Fernanda Motta. It is aired on Sony Entertainment Television.

Canada's Next Top Model: Cycle 1 aired in the summer of 2006. It was hosted by Canadian supermodel Tricia Helfer. Cycle 2, hosted by Jay Manuel, began airing on May 30, 2007 and ended on July 18.

Central America: Super Model Centroamérica — During air, still not finished; hosted by Costa Rican supermodel Leonora Jimenez[2]

China: China's Next Top Model (CNTM閃亮模坊)— produced by Shanghai Media Group's Dragon TV and filmed in Shanghai. First cycle aired in January 2008 on Sichuan Satellite; hosted by Chinese supermodel Qu Ying

Croatia:Supermodel on Nova TV; will air from November 2007 to January 2008

Denmark: Denmark's Next Top Model

France: France's Next Top Model — first cycle aired; hosted by French supermodel Odile Sarron.

Germany: Germany's Next Topmodel — finished its first two cycles; hosted by German supermodel Heidi Klum. Third cycle begins January 2008.

Ghana: Top Model Ghana — first African version of the franchise.

Honduras: Amiga Top Model — Has finished airing its first cycle.

Hungary: Hungary's Next Top Model — finished its first cycle; hosted by Hungarian supermodel Viktória Vámosi and later by Panni Epres.

Israel: The Models — called HaDugmaniot, it has finished two cycles. Third cycle will start in January 2008.

Italy: Italy's Next Top Model — first cycle started in fall of 2007.

Kazakhstan: Я красивая, or "I'm Beautiful", finished airing in October 2005 on Hit TV. The show was associated with the Russian version of ANTM.

Malaysia: I Wanna Be A Model [3] [4] The first Top Model franchise featured both genders; Has finished 2 seasons; Hosted by Lynn Lim and Dylan Liong.

The Netherlands: Holland's Next Top Model — currently airing third cycle; hosted by Dutch ex-supermodel Daphne Deckers.

Nigeria: Nigeria's Next Top Model — second African version of the franchise.[5]

Norway: Norway's Next Top Model — was originally part of Scandinavia's Next Top Model; hosted its own version in 2006 and 2007.

Philippines Philippines’ Next Top Model — aired in 2007; hosted by Filipina beauty queen Ruffa Gutierrez-Bektas.

Russia: Russia's Next Top Model — airs on CTC, hosted by Russian director Fyodor Bondarchuk (Федор Бондарчук) and has finished three cycles. It is currently in its fourth cycle.

Scandinavia: Scandinavia's Next Top Model — consists of contestants from Norway, Denmark and Sweden. It is broadcast on TV3 and is hosted by Kathrine Sørland, Anne P, and Mini Anden (Cycles 1 & 2) and Malin Persson (Cycle 3), each from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden respectively. Due to 3 countries being involved, the format differs from the original. It has completed three cycles.

Slovakia: Slovakia's Next Top Supermodel — called H'lada sa Supermodelka, the first cycle aired from January to March 2007.

Spain Supermodelo 2006— first cycle aired on Channel Cuatro. Second cycle Supermodelo 2007 finished airing.

Sweden: Sweden's Next Top Supermodel — was originally part of Scandinavia's Next Top Model; is currently airing with host Vendela Kirsebom.

Switzerland: Switzerland's Next Supermodel — currently airing.

Thailand: Thailand's Next Top Model — has finished its first cycle; hosted by Thai supermodel Sonia Couling.

Turkey: Turkey's Next Top Model — called "Top Model Turkiye's", has finished one cycle, hosted by Turkish model Deniz Akkaya.

United Kingdom Britain's Next Top Model — has completed three cycles; originally hosted by model Lisa Butcher, but since Cycle 2, it has been hosted by supermodel Lisa Snowdon

External links

• Official Site
• Apply for Cycle 11
• America's Next Top Model at the Internet Movie Database