Germany's Next Topmodel

Germany's Next Topmodel
GenreReality television
Created byTyra Banks
StarringHeidi Klum
Judges
Opening theme
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons18
No. of episodes281
Production
ProducersTresor TV (former), RedSevenEntertainment
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 60–100 minutes
Original release
NetworkProSieben
Release25 January 2006 (2006-01-25) –
present

Germany's Next Topmodel (also known as GNTM) is a German reality television program. It is hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum. The program is based on the American series America's Next Top Model. The first cycle (season) was in 2006. The 18th cycle began in February 2023.

Overview

A group of girls are chosen to live together for a few weeks and compete to become Germany's Next Topmodel. Each week, one girl is asked to leave because she is not good enough to stay in the competition and become a top model. The last three/four girls are in the finale. The winner is then chosen with help of the group of judges. There have been 18 cycles of the show so far.

Host and judges

Only Heidi Klum has been a judge on every cycle. Thomas Hayo was a judge for the longest at six cycles, Peyman Amin was next longest at four cycles. Boris Entrup was a judge for cycle two, but he was part of the program until 2017 as the makeup advisor. In 2017 Wolfgang Joop became the first former judge to return to the program. He had been a guest judge for one episode. He came back in 2018 as well.

The judging panel since the 14th season was only guest judges and Klum. She was the only permanent judge.

Judges Seasons
1(2006) 2(2007) 3(2008) 4(2009) 5(2010) 6(2011) 7(2012) 8(2013) 9(2014) 10(2015) 11(2016) 12(2017) 13(2018) 14(2019) 15(2020) 16(2021) 17(2022) 18(2023)
Hosts
Heidi KlumMain
Judging Panelists
Peyman AminMain
Bruce DarnellMain
Armin MorbachMain
Boris Entrup Main Guest
Rolf Scheider Main
Qualid "Q" Ladraa Main
Kristian Schuller Guest Main Guest Recurring Guest
Thomas Hayo Main Guest
Thomas Rath Main Guest
Enrique Badulescu Guest Main Guest
Wolfgang Joop Main Guest
Michael Michalsky Main Guest

Cycles

Cycle Premiere date Winner Runner-up Number of contestants International Destinations
1 25 January 2006 Lena Gercke Yvonne Schröder 12 New York City, Los Angeles, Paris
2 1 March 2007 Barbara Meier Anni Wendler 17 St. Moritz, Bangkok, Los Angeles
3 28 February 2008 Jennifer Hof Janina Schmidt 19 Barcelona, Vienna, New York City, Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles
4 12 February 2009 Sara Nuru Mandy Bork 17 Las VegasLos AngelesMiamiNew York CityHonoluluLondonSingapore
5 4 March 2010 Alisar Ailabouni Hanna Bohnekamp 18 Cape Town, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Milan
6 3 March 2011 Jana Beller Rebecca Mir 25 Schladming, London, Los Angeles, Tampa, Miami, Las Vegas, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Nassau
7 23 February 2012 Luisa Hartema Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke 25 Phuket, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, Papeete, Cancún, Paris
8 28 February 2013 Lovelyn Enebechi Maike van Grieken 26 Dubai, Los Angeles, New York City, Honolulu
9 6 February 2014 Stefanie Giesinger Jolina Fust 25 Singapore, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, New York City, Mumbai, Paris, Malé
10 12 February 2015 Vanessa Fuchs Anuthida Ploypetch 23 Los Angeles, Oahu, Miami, New York City, London, Dubai, Milan, Auckland, Malé, Paris
11 4 February 2016 Kim Hnizdo Elena Carriere 24 Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Madrid, Majorca, Milan, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, Sydney, Shanghai
12 9 February 2017 Céline Bethmann Serlina Hohmann 28 Barcelona, Menorca, Majorca, Paris, Marseille, Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, London
13 8 February 2018 Toni Dreher-Adenuga Julianna Townsend 29 Las Terrenas, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York City, Cancún, Lisbon, Paris, Havana
14 7 February 2019 Simone Kowalski Sayana Ranjan 30 Sölden, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, Amsterdam, Paris
15 30 January 2020 Jacky Wruck Sarah Posch 28 Los Pargos, Los Angeles, New York City, London, Milan, Paris, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios
16 4 February 2021 Alex-Mariah Peter Dascha Carriero 31 None
17 3 February 2022 Lou-Anne

Gleißenebner-Teskey

 Luca Lorenz 31 Athens, Mykonos, Los Angeles, Ibiza
18 16 February 2023 Vivien Blotzki Somajia Ali 35 Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Ibiza

References

  1. ↑ "Germany's Next TopModel 2012 – Intro / Opening Credits (Top 22)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Allgemeine, Augsburger. "GNTM 2019: Wer ist die Gewinnerin? Wer flog im Finale raus?". Augsburger Allgemeine.
  3. ↑ It was never announced which contestants were part of the final cast. There was no fade-out at the end of each episode, the opening sequence only featured the top 18 and several girls were not present at the live finale for the runway walk. However, ONEeins Management listed the entire top 25 as cast members of the cycle.
  4. ↑ "Videos von Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) | ARD Mediathek". www.ardmediathek.de.