Belgium's Next Top Model season 1
| Belgium's Next Top Model | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| No. of contestants | 14 |
| Winner | Gilles Verbruggen |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Streamz |
| Original release | 15 September – 10 November 2023 |
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The first season of Belgium's Next Top Model, a reboot series of Topmodel, was first aired September 15, 2023.[1][2][3] This is the first season of the show to feature male contestants.
The winner of the competition was 19-year-old Gilles Verbruggen from Wetteren. He won a modeling contract with NOAH Mgmt and a cover shoot for the fashion magazine Marie Claire.[4]
Contestants
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| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish | Place | |
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| Zahra Berger | 20 | Antwerp | Episode 2 | 14-13 | |
| Emilia Laforce | 21 | Antwerp | |||
| Amba Egard | 18 | Antwerp | Episode 3 | 12 | |
| Gia Robles | 22 | Antwerp | Episode 4 | 11 | |
| Andres Deley | 19 | Ostend | Episode 5 | 10 | |
| Sam Baps | 23 | Hasselt | Episode 7 | 9-7 | |
| Marson Look | 24 | Bree | |||
| Gilles Mornae | 20 | Aalst | |||
| Lena Rombaut | 24 | Ghent | Episode 8 | 6 | |
| Sieme Hermans | 24 | Antwerp | Episode 9 | 5 | |
| Radja Ndabaneze | 24 | Antwerp | Episode 10 | 4 | |
| Fardowza Aden | 20 | Kortrijk | 3 | ||
| Tessa van Syngel | 17 | Merelbeke | 2 | ||
| Gilles Verbruggen | 19 | Wetteren | 1 | ||
Episodes
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 15 September 2023 | |
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Out of thousands of applications, 20 models were selected to compete to become 'Belgium's Next Top Model'. In the Havenhuis in Antwerp, one of the most iconic buildings of Flanders, the models experienced there first shoot which would determine who would move on to the next stage.
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| 2 | 2[6] | "Episode 2" | 15 September 2023 | |
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The models arrive to the salon to receive their makeovers, after which they are tasked to show off their looks in a high fashion photo shoot
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| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 22 September 2023 | |
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The models had their first challenge and it consisted out of two tasks, involving the two prizes of this season: the contract with nOAH management and the cover of Marie Claire. First, they do interviews with the editors in chief of Marie Claire Belgium and then they do a quick 30 seconds introduction video for the agency, in English.
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| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 29 September 2023 | |
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At this week's shoot, contestants are empowered to show both femininity and masculine energy, in a genderfluid concept.
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| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 6 October 2023 | |
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| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 13 October 2023 | |
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| 7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 20 October 2023 | |
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| 8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 27 October 2023 | |
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| 9 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 3 November 2023 | |
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Summaries
[edit]Call-out order
[edit]| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||
| 1 | Fardowza | Marson | Gia Lena |
Fardowza | Sam | Gilles M. Lena Tessa |
Tessa | Gilles V. | Tessa | Gilles V. | ||||||
| 2 | Sam | Tessa | Gilles V. | Gilles M. | Radja | Radja | Radja | Tessa | ||||||||
| 3 | Sieme | Lena | Radja Tessa |
Lena | Fardowza | Sieme | Fardowza | Gilles V. | Fardowza | |||||||
| 4 | Radja | Sam | Marson | Radja | Fardowza Gilles V. Marson Sieme |
Gilles V. | Sieme | Fardowza | Radja | |||||||
| 5 | Amba | Gia | Andres Sam |
Gilles M. | Sieme | Lena | Tessa | Sieme | ||||||||
| 6 | Gia | Gilles M. | Tessa | Marson | Fardowza | Lena | ||||||||||
| 7 | Tessa | Gilles V. | Fardowza Marson |
Sam | Tessa | Gilles M. Marson Sam |
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| 8 | Gilles M. | Sieme | Radja | Gilles V. | Radja Sam |
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| 9 | Zahra | Amba | Gilles V. Sieme |
Sieme | Lena | |||||||||||
| 10 | Andres | Fardowza | Andres | Andres | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Gilles V. | Andres | Gilles M. | Gia | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Emilia | Radja | Amba | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Marson | Emilia Zahra |
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| 14 | Lena | |||||||||||||||
- The contestant was immune from elimination
- The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom two
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
Photo shoot guide
[edit]- Episode 1 photo shoot: Denim (casting)
- Episode 2 photo shoot: Opening credits & makeover
- Episode 3 photo shoot: Fashion shoot in pairs
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Genderfluid
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Horror house
- Episode 6 photo shoot: Antwerp Fashion Academy campaign
- Episode 7 photo shoot: Friends & family
- Episode 8 video shoot: B/W commercial at a resort
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Underwater
- Episode 10 photo shoot: Marie Claire cover tries
References
[edit]- ^ "Hannelore Knuts vertelt over de nieuwe realityreeks 'Belgium's Next Top Model'". 5 September 2023.
- ^ "'Belgium's Next Top Model' krijgt eerste teaser". 1 September 2023.
- ^ "'Belgium's Next Top Model': de inclusiviteit ten spijt blijft het een platte afvalrace". 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Gloednieuw seizoen 'Belgium's Next Top Model' binnenkort te zien op Streamz". 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Deze 20 modellen strijden om de titel van 'Belgium's Next Top Model'". 24 August 2023.
- ^ "'Belgium's Next Top Model' was al na twee afleveringen toe aan enigerlei opschudding". 17 September 2023.