Host Lena Gercke, Elvyra Geyer and Atil Kutoglu all returned as judges.[1] The season premiered on 12 January 2012 and began with 21 semi-finalists, who were joined by Yemisi Rieger, who was chosen by Niki Lauda as a wildcard contestant at a separate casting.[2][3] Sixteen contestants were chosen to advance to the main competition.
On 22 January 2012, during the airing of the season, a contestant, 21-year-old Sabrina Rauch, was killed in a car accident, three days after the airing of the episode she was eliminated in.[4] The program paid tribute to her at the beginning of the following episode.
The winner of the competition was 16-year-old Antonia Hausmair, who represented Burgenland.[5] As her prizes, she received a contract with Vienna-based modeling agency Wiener Models, a cover of Austrian Woman magazine and a position as the face of Kornmesser jewelry.
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