Australia's Next Top Model season 1

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Australia's Next Top Model season 1
Season 1
Australia's Next Top Model Cycle 1.jpg
Judges
No. of contestants10
Winner Gemma Sanderson
No. of episodes8
Release
Original network Fox8
Original release11 January (2005-01-11) 
1 March 2005 (2005-03-01)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Cycle one of Australia's Next Top Model began airing on 11 January 2005 on Fox8. [1] The ten contestants from around the country chosen for the competition converged in Sydney, where they spent eight weeks sharing an inner city apartment while competing for the title of Australia's Next Top Model. The series finale was held in Melbourne.

Contents

The prizes for winning the first cycle of Australia's Next Top Model included a modelling contract with Chic Model Management, an all-expenses paid trip to Milan to meet with Italian modeling agency Fashion, an eight-page editorial in Cleo magazine, and a national campaign for Napoleon cosmetics.

The winner of the competition was 22-year-old Gemma Sanderson from Newcastle. [2] [3]

Cast

Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest)

ContestantAgeHeightHometownFinishPlace
Naomi Thompson22170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Townsville Episode 110
Nicole Fraser19179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) Albury Episode 29
Atong Tulba Mulual19177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in)SydneyEpisode 38
Allana Ridge19180 cm (5 ft 11 in)SydneyEpisode 47 (quit)
Zoe McDonald20183 cm (6 ft 0 in) Gold Coast Episode 56
Simmone Duckmanton18176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in)MelbourneEpisode 65
Samantha 'Sam' Morley20176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in)Gold CoastEpisode 74
Shannon McGuire19173 cm (5 ft 8 in)PerthEpisode 83
Chloe Wilson19175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Adelaide2
Gemma Sanderson 22178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Newcastle 1

Judges

Other cast members

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
11"The Girl Who Makes a Poor Mark"11 January 2005 (2005-01-11)

The top ten aspiring contestants met Erika Heynatz and Alex Perry for a runway show in front of an audience. After moving into their new apartment, the contestants were briefed on the importance of fitness and healthy eating. They were later introduced to the Sydney social scene at an A-List cocktail party, and received waxes in preparation for a bikini shoot on the beach.

  • Special guests: Brad Spence, Napoleon Perdis
  • Featured photographer: Nick Leary
22"The Girl Who Strikes Again"18 January 2005 (2005-01-18)

The top nine contestants received a horse riding lesson before heading over to a dance studio to learn how to walk on the runway. The winner of the lesson was chosen to meet Miss Universe, Jennifer Hawkins. The contestants later took part in a horseback photo shoot.

  • Special guests: Mink Sadowsky, Jennifer Hawkins, Gina Byrne, Christina Fitzgerald, Sharon-Lee Hamilton, Sally Sharpe
  • Featured photographer: Nick Leary
33"The Girl Who Breaks the Edge"25 January 2005 (2005-01-25)

The top eight contestants received makeovers at the Joh Bailey salon, and were shot in pairs at a Manor in Sydney wearing lingerie. They later took part in an exercise and makeup challenge.

  • Special guests: Joh Bailey, Emanuel Perdis, Kostya Tszyu
  • Featured photographer: Steven Chee
44"The Girl Who Loses Her Faith"1 February 2005 (2005-02-01)

The top seven contestants received acting and pole dancing lessons, later followed by an acting challenge. While the winners of the challenge attended a launch party, the losers shot a commercial for Venus. One of the contestants opted to drop out of the competition, and the remaining contestants took part in a spider beauty shoot.

  • Special guests: Dean Carey, Blair McDonough, Jens Hertzum, Steve Fellenberg
  • Featured photographer: Sam Borich
55"The Girl Who Has The Flaws"8 February 2005 (2005-02-08)

The top six contestants learned about body movement and language, before receiving tips on their runway walks and poses. They learned salesmanship skills in an interview, and one contestant revealed that she suffered from depression. The contestants took part in a runway show for the media, and had interviews with Cleo magazine editor Nedahl Stelio. The girls later arrived at Circular Quay for an intimate photo shoot with Olympic swimmer Geoff Huegill.

  • Special guests: Prue Macsween, Nikki Andrews, Joh Bailey, Nedahl Stelio, Geoff Huegill
  • Featured photographer: Michelle Holden
66"The Girl Who Breaks Down"15 February 2005 (2005-02-15)

The top five contestants arrived at Fitness First where they had a fitness session with Brad Spence. They later learned about tap dancing, and received a visit from a clairvoyant to talk about their personal lives. The contestants had a dancing and endurance challenge before visiting a pole dancing studio for their photo shoot.

  • Special guests: Brad Spence, Ben Read, Marlene Stoten, Sally Sharpe, Stephen Lee
  • Featured photographer: Andrew Gash
77"The Girl Who Has One Look"22 February 2005 (2005-02-22)

The top four contestants learned about go-sees and had a wardrobe lesson, before putting their skills to the test in a shopping challenge to put together an outfit that suited their personal style. Later, the models stripped for an exotic high fashion photo shoot session in which they wore nothing but gold foil.

  • Special guests: Nicole Zimmerman, Simone Zimmerman, Brad Ngata, June Dally-Watkins
  • Featured photographer: Nick Leary
88"The Girl Who Becomes Australia's Next Top Model"1 March 2005 (2005-03-01)

The top three contestants received a second set of makeovers and were flown to Melbourne for the grand finale. There, they took part in a cosmetics shoot and arrived at the Zambesi clothing retailer line to meet Elisabeth Findlay for a casting challenge. They later attended a red carpet party for Mercedes Australian fashion week, before one contestant was eliminated from the competition. The final two competed in a final runway show, and Gemma was declared to be Australia's Next Top Model.

  • Special guests: Napoleon Perdis, Nicola Finetti, Elisabeth Findlay
  • Featured photographer: Monty Cole
99"Reunited and Exposed"8 March 2005 (2005-03-08)
The cycle 1 contestants reunited to discuss their time and experiences on the show and tried to settle old scores in the process.

Summaries

Call-out order

OrderEpisodes
1234 [lower-alpha 1] 5678
1ChloeGemmaSimmoneShannonChloeSamShannonChloeGemma
2AllanaSamGemmaSamSamShannonGemmaGemmaChloe
3SimmoneShannonSamSimmoneSimmoneChloeChloeShannon
4ShannonChloeZoeGemmaGemmaGemmaSam
5ZoeSimmoneChloeChloe
Zoe
ShannonSimmone
6GemmaAtongShannonZoe
7SamZoeAllanaAllana
8AtongAllanaAtong
9NicoleNicole
10Naomi
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant quit the competition.
  The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two.
  The contestant won the competition.

Average call-out order

Final two is not included.

Rank by
average
PlaceModelCall-out
total
Number of
call-outs
Call-out
average
12Chloe2382.87
24Sam2173.00
341Gemma2583.12
3Shannon
5Simmone2063.33
6Zoe2755.40
7Allana1735.67
8Atong227.33
9Nicole1829.00
10Naomi10110.00

Bottom two

EpisodeContestantsEliminated
1Naomi & NicoleNaomi
2Allana & NicoleNicole
3Allana & AtongAtong
4Chloe & ZoeAllana
5Shannon & ZoeZoe
6Gemma & SimoneSimmone
7Chloe & SamSam
8Gemma & ShannonShannon
Chloe & GemmaChloe
  The contestant was eliminated after her first time in the bottom two/three
  The contestant was eliminated after her second time in the bottom two/three
  The contestant quit the competition
  The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up

Makeovers

Notes

  1. In episode 4, Allana quit the competition. As a result of her decision to quit, no contestants were eliminated that episode.

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References

  1. "Look at me". 11 January 2005.
  2. Here's one reality show that offers its contestants a real shot at a career.
  3. Beauty, hard work take Gemma to the top