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:
• Special guest:
• Judge guest:

Episode 4: TBA

Title translation:

Original airdate: March 20, 2008

The remaining contestants go to a salon for their makeovers. Gina-Lisa Lohfink, Wanda Badwal and Katharina, 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. Katharina states that she feels nothing but desperation.

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.

• Eliminated last week: Rubina, Sandra, Aisha
• Eliminated this week:
• Featured Photographer:
• Special guest: Helena Faccenda (hair stylist)
• Judge guest:

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)
Aisha		16	Germany	Hesse	Brandau	169 cm	82-60-89
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
Sandra Kortes		22	Germany	Saxony	Leipzig	178 cm	87-65-95
Gina-Lisa Lohfink		21	Germany	Hesse	Seligenstadt	169 cm	89-65-94
Gisele Oppermann		20	Germany	Lower Saxony	Braunschweig	174 cm	82-63-87
Rubina Radwanski		20	Germany	Hesse	Frankfurt	175 cm	81-62-92
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
Tainà Santos Silva		18	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Brühl	173 cm	83-61-87
Aline Tausch		20	Germany	Bavaria	Munich	171 cm	84-60-89

Summaries

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”