Season 3 of Austria's Next Topmodel aired on Puls 4 from January to March 2011. The judging panel consisted of Lena Gercke, Elvyra Geyer, and Atil Kutoglu.[1] Among the prizes were a cover on Austrian magazine Woman, the face of the newest Hervis campaign as well as two runway jobs at the Milan and Paris Fashion Week.
The first episode featured contestants in all nine Austrian federal states, and the top four from each state automatically qualified for a spot in the first episode. The top four competed again, with each state's favorite making the final cast directly. Five more contestants were granted wildcard spots, making 14 competing in the remaining episodes. Another change was that there was one casting to book in every episode where the actual job would take place abroad, however only the winner would be allowed to travel there. The only international destination where all cast members traveled was New York City.
Episodes
Episode 1
Original airdate: January 6, 2011
Episode 1 was the casting episode.
Episode 2
Original airdate: January 13, 2011
Quit: Lisa Berghold
Challenge winner: Lydia Obute
Booked for job/Immune: Vanessa Lotz
Eliminated: Victoria Vogeler
Episode 3
Original airdate: January 20, 2011
Challenge winner: Darija Gavric
Booked for job: Lydia Obute & Vanessa Lotz
Bottom two: Sarah Preiml & Valerie Heidenreich
Eliminated: Sarah Preiml
Episode 4
Original airdate: January 27, 2011
Challenge winner: Julia Trummer
Booked for job: Lydia Obute & Magalie Berghahn
Disqualified: Magalie Berghahn
Bottom three: Linda Linortner, Nadine Oberleiter & Nicole Gerzabek
Eliminated: See below
Episode 5
Original airdate: February 3, 2011
Eliminated (episode 4): Nadine Oberleiter
Challenge winner: Lydia Obute
Booked for job: Darija Gavric & Katharina Theuermann
Bottom two: Linda Linortner & Valerie Heidenreich
Eliminated: Linda Linortner
Episode 6
Original airdate: February 10, 2011
Booked for job: Darija Gavric, Lydia Obute, Romana Gruber & Vanessa Lotz
Challenge winner: Nicole Gerzabek
Eliminated: Valerie Heidenreich & Vanessa Lotz
Episode 7
Original airdate: February 17, 2011
Bottom two: Julia Trummer & Romana Gruber
Eliminated: None
Episode 8
Original airdate: February 24, 2011
Bottom three: Darija Gavric, Julia Trummer & Nicole Gerzabek
Eliminated: Nicole Gerzabek
Episode 9
Original airdate: March 2, 2011
Eliminated: Julia Trummer
Bottom two: Katharina Theuermann & Romana Gruber
Eliminated: None
Episode 10
Original airdate: March 9, 2011
Final four: Darija Gavric, Katharina Theuermann, Lydia Obute & Romana Gruber
Eliminated: Darija Gavric
Final three: Katharina Theuermann, Lydia Obute & Romana Gruber
In the fourth episode, contestant Magalie Berghahn was disqualified from the show for racist comments she made during a phone conversation with her boyfriend. She referred to a fellow competitor Lydia Obute as "Neger Oide" (negatively afflicted Austrian slang for Black Woman) and to Vanessa Lotz as "Deitsche" (slang for German Woman). Both Obute and Lotz won a go-see in that episode. The conversation was fully taped and aired during the show. Host Lena Gercke confronted her with the video material in front of the other two girls. Gercke then told her that she was expelled from the show, given the competition has no room for racist ideas and thoughts. As a result, Berghahn was not invited to the final runway show of the season's cast, and she later stated that the scandal ruined her life.[3]
Plus 4 was later accused of using the controversy for promotional purposes as Berghahn's comments were already shown in the preview for the episode and uncensored during the airing of Episode 4.[4]
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