Korea's Next Top Model season 1
| Korea's Next Top Model season 1 | |
|---|---|
 Promotial Photograph of the Cast of Cycle 1 of Korea's Next Topmodel | |
| Created by | Tyra Banks |
| Judges | Jang Yoon-Ju Logan Woo Jong-wan Lee Hye-ju |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Onstyle |
| Release | 18 September – 11 December 2010 |
Korea's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 is the first Cycle of the Korean reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Korea's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry. The prize also includes a feature in W Magazine Korea and a contract for SK-II.[1]
On 6 January 2010[2] it was announced that Korean channel Onstyle would begin production of a Korean version of the model search show. Jang Yoon-Ju will helm the judging panel as the host of the show. The Cycle started on 18 September 2010.
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Yu Ri | 16 | 166.2 cm | 14th |
| Lee Eun Young | 23 | 178.9 cm | 13th |
| Shin Young Eun | 23 | 176.2 cm | 12th |
| Seok Dan Bi | 21 | 171.8 cm | 11th |
| Kim Ye Ji | 21 | 174.5 cm | 10th |
| Seon Hye Lim | 17 | 169 cm | 9th |
| Kim Hyo Kyeong | 18 | 176.8 cm | 8th |
| Baek Il Hong | 22 | 171.1 cm | 7th |
| Kim Min Sun | 20 | 170.7 cm | 6th |
| Oh Hye Ji | 22 | 177.2 cm | 5th |
| Park Doo Hee | 27 | 171.8 cm | 4th |
| Kim Na Rae | 17 | 172.3 cm | Runner Up |
| Lee Yoo Kyung | 23 | 181.3 cm | |
| Shanuka | 20 | 176.3 cm | Winner |
Episode summaries
Episode 1
- Original Airdate: September 18, 2010
The final 24 contestants are chosen from a pool of 50 during the auditions. 26 are out, 9 more to go. Only 13 will make it into the house.
Episode 2
- Original Airdate: September 25, 2010
The final 24 are introduced to the host Jang Yoon Ju and are put into a runway challenge, they were introduced to the wildcard contestant Min Sun who wasn't picked from the final 50 like the others. After a photoshoot with male models the final 13 are chosen from the auditions phase but after some deliberation they decided to let a 14th contestant, Hye Ji, through.
Episode 3
- Original Airdate: October 2, 2010
The 14 girls move into their Model Apartment, a pent house overlooking the city. After receiving their makeovers, they participate in their first photoshoot as finalists. The girls have to pose as various pin-up girls. Yu Ri and Hyo Kyeong's performances land them in the bottom two and Yu Ri is eliminated.
- First call-out: Na Rae
- Bottom two: Yu Ri & Hyo Kyeong
- Eliminated: Yu Ri
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 4
- Original Airdate: October 9, 2010
The 13 girls did a high fashion recreation.
| Contestant | Recreation |
|---|---|
| Na Rae | Catwoman |
| Hyo Kyeong | Galaxy Express 999 |
| Min Sun | Chief Priest |
| Il Hong | Marie-Antoinette |
| Ye Ji | Cats |
| Eun Young | V |
| Yoo Kyung | The Road |
| Hye Ji | Pearl Harbor |
| Doo Hee | Death Defying Acts |
| Dan Bi | I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK |
| Hye Lim | The Chronicles of Narnia |
| Young Eun | Avatar |
| Shanuka | Chicago |
- First call-out: Na Rae
- Bottom two: Hye Rim & Eun Young
- Eliminated: Eun Young
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 5
- Original Airdate: October 16, 2010
The girls participated in a papparazzi photoshoot. At panel it was revealed that it would be a double elimination. However, the episode only showed Young Eun eliminated and the next elimination will be shown in Episode 6 instead.
- First call-out: Yoo Kyung
- Bottom three: Young Eun, Il Hong, Dan Bi
- Eliminated: Young Eun, Dan Bi
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 6
- Scheduled Airdate: October 23, 2010
The girls will be working in conjunction with Project Runway Korea for this week's episode.
- First call-out: Hye Ji
- Bottom two: Doo Hee & Ye Ji
- Eliminated: Ye Ji
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 1 | Lee Y | Kim N | Kim N | Lee Y | Oh | Oh | Kim M | Shanuka | Lee Y | Kim N | Shanuka | ||
| 2 | Kim N | Park | Kim M | Seon | Shanuka | Lee Y | Oh | Lee Y | Shanuka | Shanuka | Kim N | ||
| 3 | Seon | Lee Y | Oh | Kim H | Seon | Kim N | Lee Y | Oh | Park | Lee Y | Lee Y | ||
| 4 | Kim M | Kim M | Lee Y | Kim Ye | Kim N | Baek | Park | Kim N | Kim N | Park | |||
| 5 | Lee E | Seok | Park | Kim N | Baek | Park | Kim N | Park | Oh | ||||
| 6 | Shin | Shanuka | Shanuka | Kim M | Lee Y | Kim M | Shanuka | Kim M | |||||
| 7 | Lee J | Baek | Seok | Shanuka | Kim M | Shanuka | Baek | ||||||
| 8 | Park | Oh | Kim H | Park | Kim H | Kim H | Kim H | ||||||
| 9 | Baek | Shin | Shin | Oh | Park | Seon | |||||||
| 10 | Seok | Lee E | Baek | Baek | Kim Ye | ||||||||
| 11 | Kim Ye | Kim Ye | Kim Ye | Seok | |||||||||
| 12 | Kim H | Seon | Seon | Shin | |||||||||
| 13 | Kim Yu | Kim H | Lee E | ||||||||||
| 14 | Oh | Kim Yu | |||||||||||
- The contestant won the competition
- The contestant won the reward challenge
- The contestant won the reward challenge, but was eliminated
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was added to the cast in a last minute decision.
- Episode 1 was a casting episode. In episode 2, the pool of 24 girls were reduced to the final 13 who would move on to the main competition. This first call-out does not reflect their performance. Hye Ji was added to the competition in a last minute decision, making 14 girls who made it in the competition.
- Episode 5 ended with a cliffhanger with Il Hong and Dan Bi in the bottom two. The elimination was shown the following episode.