Germany's Next Topmodel season 3

Germany's Next Topmodel season 3
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Presented by	Heidi Klum
Judges	Heidi Klum Rolf Scheider Peyman Amin
Theme music composer	Seal
Opening theme	"Amazing"
Country of origin	Germany
Original languages	German, English
No. of episodes	17
Production
Producer	Tresor TV
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	100 minutes
Original release
Network	ProSieben
Release	February 28, 2008

Germany's Next Topmodel Cycle 3 is the third season of Germany's Next Topmodel (often abbreviated to GNTM) that is currently airing on German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on February 28, 2008 with 120 semi-finalists in the competition. This cycle's tagline as mentioned in the television previews, is "Sie laufen wieder" ("They walk again" – as in to walk the runway). This season is commercially presented by Volkswagen Tiguan.

Within the first two episodes, the number of contestants has been reduced to 19 finalists. The show is hosted by top model Heidi Klum.

Episode Summaries

Episode titles as credited on ProSieben website.

Episode 1: Modenschau in Barcelona

Title translation: Fashion Show in Barcelona

Original airdate: February 28, 2008

Out of 18.217 applicants, 120 girls from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland came to Cologne to convince the judges of their qualities as Germany's next top model.

The young women had to walk the runway either in a favourite outfit or bathing suit. Moreover they undertook small challenges: Some had to sing, dance or scream in wrath, others were told to advertise a shampoo or even expose the preferences of a cleansing agent for toilets. Meanwhile the other contestants had to show three different emotions (anger, dolor and happiness) in a one-minute-photoshoot.

The judges narrowed down the competition to fifty girls, who flew to Barcelona in a surprise trip the next morning. They were booked for the BREAD & BUTTER – tradeshow for selected brands festival on January 16, January 17, and January 18, 2008. The show was presented by Phillipp Plein, a well-known designer, in the same evening. As most of the girls had not been very experienced in doing a runway show, some of them had severe problems on the catwalk which lead to several pitiable sights. In the end 30 girls reached the next round.

• Featured Photographer: Robertino Nicolic
• Special guest: Philipp Plein (designer)

Episode 2: Sedcard-Shooting

Title translation: Sedcard Shoot

Original airdate: March 06, 2008

• Featured Photographer: Stephan Pick, Oliver Schulze
• Special guest: Petra Gessulat (editor-in-chief of German Cosmopolitan magazine)
• Judge guest: Petra Gessulat (editor-in-chief of German Cosmopolitan magazine)

Episode 3: Cobra-Shooting

Title translation: Cobra Shoot

Original airdate: March 13, 2008

The episode ended with a cliffhanger once again, the first time being cycle 2's episode 11. The elimination process was completely cut from the episode but a preview showed a few seconds of next week's episode.

• Featured Photographer: Christian Schuller
• Special guest:
• Judge guest: Christian Schuller

Episode 4: Angels & Demons-Shooting

Title translation: Angels & Demons-Shoot

Original airdate: March 20, 2008

Last week's elimination is shown at the very beginning of this episode. Rubina Radwanski is eliminated due to the inability to express her personality in a photo shoot. Heidi Klum tells Aisha that she has a lot of potential but the judges don't think they are able to bring out the best in her, so she is sent home as well. The judges panel also decides to send Sandra Korte home because her underachievements hamper the progressof the show.

The remaining contestants go to a salon for their makeovers. Gina-Lisa Lohfink and Wanda Badwal, however, complain throughout the entire process. Lohfink is upset in large part because she does not want to have her long white weave cut short. Badwal cries hysterically.

Afterwards the contestants are taken to a fashion store where they have to pick outfits that match their new haircut. Once again Lohfink draws everybody's attention by wrapping herself up in ten articles of clothing. – She is certain that she is allowed to keep everything she wears. Gisele Oppermann and Sarah Knappik are chosen as the challenge's winners. They get to chose a complete outfit for free.

The girls then visit the tanzhaus nrw where personal coach Dr. Stefan Fredrich encourages them to talk about themselves in front of the group. Oppermann acts like a drama queen by beginning to cry on stage.

Eight contestants are given the chance to audition for the leading role in a C&A shoes television commercial; Janina Schmidt wins the modelling job.

For the week's photo shoot, the girls have to pose in pairs of two. Each girl is representing the opposite to her partner. Carolin Ruppert and Jennifer Hof are safe from elimination and get a business class ticket for the plane that will move the contestants to their new home in New York City.

At judging, Aline Tausch is called out for not satisfying the judges' expectation concerning her photo, while Tainá Silva is criticized for her lack of potential. Both girls are eliminated.

• Eliminated last week: Rubina Radwanski, Sandra Korte, Aisha
• Eliminated this week: Tainà Silva, Aline Tausch
• Winner of the reward challenge: Gisele Oppermann, Sarah Knappik
• Featured Photographer: Matt McCabe
• Special guest: Helena Faccenda (hair stylist), Dr. Stefan Fredrich (personal coach), Evelyn Hammerström, Berthold Steinle, Thomas Krygier
• Judge guest: Helena Faccenda (hair stylist)

Contestants

Ages and measurements stated are at time of contest.

Contestants of Cycle 3
Contestant	Place	Age	Country	Federal state	City	Size	Measurements (in cm)
Christina		21	Germany	Bavaria	Volkach	175 cm	82-63-90
Katharina		18	Germany	Bremen	Bremen	185 cm	90-66-94
Sophia		19	Germany	Hesse	Aachen	179 cm	85-65-95
Vanessa		20	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bielefeld	178 cm	88-65-97
Raquel Debora Alvarez		22	Switzerland	Bern	Bern	180 cm	86-61-90
Wanda Badwal		23	Germany	Hamburg	Hamburg	173 cm	87-62-87
Jennifer Hof		16	Germany	Hesse	Rodgau	180 cm	84-67-93
Sarah Knappik		21	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bochum	178 cm	86-66-92
Gina-Lisa Lohfink		21	Germany	Hesse	Seligenstadt	169 cm	89-65-94
Gisele Oppermann		20	Germany	Lower Saxony	Braunschweig	174 cm	82-63-87
Elena Rotter		20	Austria	Salzburg	Salzburg	170 cm	77-60-90
Carolin Ruppert		24	Germany	Hesse	Kelkheim	174 cm	91-65-92
Janina-Delia Schmidt		23	Germany	Hamburg	Hamburg	177 cm	85-58-87
Bianca Schumacher		20	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Krefeld	173 cm	80-58-88
Aline Tausch	15	18	Germany	Bravaria	Munich	173 cm	84-60-89
Taina Santos Silva	16	18	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Brühl	173 cm	83-61-87
Sandra Korte	17	22	Germany	Saxony	Leipzig	178 cm	87-65-95
Aisha	18	16	Germany	Hesse	Brandau	169 cm	82-60-89
Rubina Radwanski	19	20	Germany	Hesse	Frankfurt	175 cm	81-62-92

Summaries

Call-out order

Heidi’s Callout Order

Order	Ep 3	Ep 4	Ep 5	Ep 6	Ep 7	Ep 8	Ep 9	Ep 10	Ep 11	Ep 12	Ep 13	Ep 14	Ep 15	Ep 16	Ep 17
01	Raquel	Carolin
02	Katharina	Jennifer
03	Carolin	Vanessa
04	Gisele	Katharina
05	Jennifer	Raquel
06	Wanda	Christina
07	Tainá	Sophia
08	Rubina	Aline
09	Gina-Lisa	Gisele
10	Sarah	Elena
11	Aisha	Bianca
12	Aline	Wanda
13	Sandra	Tainá
14	Vanessa	Gina-Lisa
15	Christina	Sarah
16	Bianca	Janina
17	Janina
18	Elena
19	Sophia

  The contestant won the reward challenge

  The contestant was safe from elimination

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant who won the competition

• Episode 3's elimination was shown in episode 4, but this table lists it as part of episode 3 anyway.

Photo Shoot Guide

• Episode 1 Photo Shoot: “Emotionen” (Emotions)
• Episode 2 Photo Shoot: “Setcard”
• Episode 3 Photo Shoot: “Cobra”
• Episode 4 Photo Shoot: “Angels and Demons”