Germany's Next Topmodel (season 2)

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Germany's Next Topmodel
Season 2
Germany's Next Top Model, Cycle 2.jpg
Judges
No. of contestants17
Winner Barbara Meier
No. of episodes13
Release
Original network ProSieben
Original release1 March (2007-03-01) 
31 May 2007 (2007-05-31)
Season chronology
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Cycle 1
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Cycle 3
List of episodes

Germany's Next Topmodel Season 2 is a season of German reality TV show Germany's Next Topmodel (GNTM). The season began airing on 1 March 2007, with commercial presentation by Opel Tigra Twin Top and Staatl. Fachingen. The show helped promote the modelling careers of both finalist Hana Nitsche and winner Barbara Meier, with the former working as a lingerie model for Victoria's Secret and the latter working in high fashion. The international destinations for this season were set in St. Moritz, Cape Town, Bangkok and Los Angeles.

Contents

Episode summaries

Episode 1: Welche 15 Mädchen werden es in die nächste Runde schaffen?

Original airdate: 1 March 2007

Out of over 16,000 applicants, the judges selected 100, who then had to prove themselves in model castings. The applicants were given 2 minutes to win over the judges with their charisma and personality. From the 100, 25 were chosen, and given their first task - a fashion show at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany's largest football stadium, where they had to do a catwalk down the field during half-time in front of over 70,000 football fans watching the Borussia Dortmund vs. VfB Stuttgart game. At the end of the second day of casting, ten of the girls were eliminated, leaving just 15 left in the running.

Episode 2: Das erste große Einzel-Fotoshooting steht bevor

Original airdate: 8 March 2007

The 15 remaining contestants arrived in St. Moritz and went to their first photo shoot on a snow-covered mountain for German Cosmopolitan. After this photo shoot, contestants Sophie and Alina decided to leave the show to pursue education. They were replaced by previously eliminated contestants Tonia and Denise. The contestants were then given their first challenge, which was won by Aneta. Finally, they went to their first important photo shoot, posing in front of a gigantic fan with a car behind them. Janine was the first model eliminated, due to a lack of expression in her photos.

Episode 3: Einzug ins neue Zuhause

Original airdate: 15 March 2007

The remaining contestants moved into their new house. Bruce and Boris trained them in three styles of runway-walk and make-up: sporty, young virgin, and sexy. Later the contestants were given publicity training with comedian Hugo Egon Balder; Barbara won the challenge, and chose Janina to share her prize - a three-course dinner with Heidi Klum at a hotel. For the photo shoot, the girls posed in Swarovski Crystals and bald caps. Contestants Enyerlina and Antje were eliminated.

Episode 4: Der neue Style

Original airdate: 22 March 2007

The contestants were given new haircuts, and then forced to pass the "Falling Fairytales" photo shoot from America's Next Top Model, Season 6. Janina was eliminated.

Episode 5: Es wird eisig...

Original airdate: 29 March 2007

During Akademie Mode and Design-affiliated designer Suzanne Marx's fashion show, Alla and Anja were not allowed to walk the runway. The fashion show was a chance for three of the contestants to present themselves to the designers Johnny Talbot and Adrian Runhof and their prêt-à-porter fashion show in Paris, France. The designers decided to take Hana, Fiona and Milla.

The challenge during this episode was a photo shoot with a male model depicting the four seasons. The goal of this challenge was to teach the contestants the difference between commercial and editorial posing. The winners Tonia, Denise, Mandy and Barbara were allowed to spend the evening with the male models. The other contestants had to clean the house.

The photo shoot for this episode took place in a cold storage house with photographer Matt McCabe. The contestants had to deal with extremely low temperature as they were forced to pose with ice sculptures while wearing mini skirts and mini dresses. Before the elimination, every contestant had to do a live-walk and demonstrate one's learning aptitude by presenting a fire brigade outfit in editorial posing and another product in commercial posing.

Alla was eliminated.

Episode 6: Knutsch die Kröte

Original airdate: 5 April 2007

After acting lessons, eight of the ten girls went on a professional casting for a car advertisement being shot in Cape Town. Denise and Fiona were nominated by the other contestants to stay at home and miss the casting. Hana won the job.

As a reward for winning a challenge, Anni was chosen to be in the music video for the song "Zwei Sommer" by German singer Kim Frank. She was encouraged to pick three contestants who knew how to play guitar or keyboards to co-star in the video. WeAnnindler selected Mandy, Milla, and Aneta. Anni later complained the video left her with bruising from pretending to play guitar all day.

The contestants shot a television commercial for an online dating agency. They each were dressed as a fairy princess for the ad in which they found a frog, and gave him a kiss. Frustrated when he didn't turn into a prince, they angrily demanded he do so, insisting he wanted to. The commercial was not shot in one continuous take. At this point, so as to avoid cruelty, the real frog was swapped for a fake frog. Then shoot resumed, as the model tossed the fake frog down in frustration at the end of the commercial. Denise was seen as clumsy during the shoot. Judge Heidi Klum was on the set and witnessed this behavior, resulting in Denise's elimination at the end of this episode.

Episode 7: Heiße Action

Original airdate: 12 April 2007

This week's photo shoot forced the contestants to stay concentrated despite loud explosion noises in the background. Barbara was asked to co-star with Heidi Klum in a McDonald's television commercial as a reward for winning an acting challenge. The contestants' parents surprised their daughters by making a visit.

Episode 8: Ein tierisch gutes Shooting

Original airdate: 19 April 2007

The seven contestants traveled to Bangkok to participate in a casting for the Thai fashion label Fly Now. Five of the seven contestants were allowed to walk the runway, which was placed in a shallow swimming pool. Anja and Fiona were chosen by the designer to not walk with the others. The next day, the contestants traveled to Los Angeles for a photo shoot with an elephant and a barely dressed man. The judges eliminated Milla due to a lack of expression in her face.

Episode 9: Topmodel trifft Superstar

Original airdate: 26 April 2007

The contestants stayed in Los Angeles for another week. Their first challenge was to act professionally on the red carpet surrounded by celebrities and actors. Anja was chosen as this challenge's winner and was awarded with a yacht trip (along with Mandy) while the other contestants took part in a fitness lesson.

All of the contestants then participated in a casting with designer Christian Audigier. Hana, Mandy, and Barbara were chosen to walk the runway at a popular fashion show.

This week's photo shoot saw the contestants pose like superheroes knotted with ropes between house walls of Los Angeles. After many quarrels with the judges, Anja was eliminated.

Episode 10: Bodypainting am Malibu Beach

Original airdate: 3 May 2007

The contestants had to take part in a nude photo shoot, as their bodies were covered only by body color during a body painting session at the Malibu Beach. Runway coach Bruce Darnell forced the girls to find pedestrians in Hollywood's Rodeo Drive to convince them to take part in a photo shoot imitating famous film posters. Anni stuck out with her outstanding achievement and was thus awarded the opportunity to ride in a helicopter. Due to the show's success, the producers decided to elongate it by adding an additional episode: as such, no contestants were eliminated in this episode.

Episode 11: Das große Cosmopolitan-Shooting steht bevor

Original airdate: 10 May 2007

The five remaining contestants took part in a shoot at a villa in the Hollywood Hills, at which they were allowed to take revenge on judge Peyman Amin for his mean appraisals. The shoot was curtailed when a bush fire broke out nearby. The contestants then had a photo shoot for the chance to be on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine. They then had to answer questions in English at a press conference with American journalists; the language barrier was an obstacle, and Barbara was upset when she inadvertently said something she thought would upset her boyfriend. They were relieved to find out afterwards that the journalists were actors. At the judging, the girls had to walk in both pret-a-porter and haute couture clothes. Mandy is eliminated.

Episode 12: Wiedersehen mit allen 15 Kandidatinnen

Original airdate: 17 May 2007

Episode 13: Das Finale

Though officially described as "live", the finale was recorded several hours before airing. The three finalists were introduced, and then given two catwalk challenges: the first bikini-themed, and the second with old-fashioned dresses. The photos taken in the previous episode were shown to the audience and judges, while the contestants explained their ideas and implementation. Hana was eliminated without any explanation by the judges..

Runway trainer Bruce Darnell was asked to do photo shoots with Anni and Barbara, involving the themes of "Romeo and Juliet" and "Caught in the Act" respectively. Clips of the three finalists were shown in a montage, which led into an opera version of Ave Maria with all of the season's contestants walking the runway dressed in baroque-themed clothing. The band Monrose made a guest appearance and walked the runway. After one last runway walk by all of the contestants, the announcement was made that Barbara had won.

Episode 14: Was keiner sah

Original airdate: 31 May 2007

This episode consisted largely of a summary of shown footage.

Contestants

Barbara Meier, winner of Germany's Next Topmodel Barbara-meier-centro-oberhausen.jpg
Barbara Meier, winner of Germany's Next Topmodel

(ages stated are at start of contest)

ContestantAgeHeightHometownOutcomePlace
Sophie171.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Gammelsdorf Episode 217-16 (quit)
Alina161.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Munich
Janine Mackenroth181.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Munich 15
Antje Pötke221.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Strausberg Episode 314–13
Enyerlina Sanchez251.83 m (6 ft 0 in) San Juan, Dominican Republic
Janina Cüpper211.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Aachen Episode 412
Alla Kosovan181.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Berlin Episode 511
Denise Dahinten191.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Bruchköbel Episode 610
Aneta Tobor211.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Castrop-Rauxel Episode 79–8
Tonia Michaely191.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)Berlin
Michaela 'Milla' von Krockow 201.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Göttingen Episode 87
Anja Platzer191.83 m (6 ft 0 in) St. Stefan, Austria Episode 96
Mandy Graff181.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Kehlen, Luxembourg Episode 115–4
Fiona Erdmann 181.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Bremen
Hana Nitsche211.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Oftersheim Episode 133
Anne-Kathrin 'Anni' Wendler211.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Schwerin 2
Barbara Meier 201.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Amberg 1

Summaries

Results table

PlaceModelEpisodes
23456789101113
1BarbaraSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFESAFEWinner
2AnniSAFESAFELOWHIGHSAFELOWSAFESAFELOWLOWLOWOUT
3HanaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
4–5FionaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
MandySAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWLOWOUT
6AnjaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
7MillaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWOUT
8–9AnetaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
ToniaSAFESAFESAFEHIGHSAFEOUT
10DeniseSAFESAFESAFELOWOUT
11AllaSAFESAFELOWOUT
12JaninaSAFESAFEOUT
13–14AntjeSAFEOUT
EnyerlinaSAFEOUT
15JanineOUT
16–17AlinaQUIT
SophieQUIT
  The contestant withdrew from the competition
  The contestant was in danger of elimination
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant was one of the best performers of the week, and was declared safe before the elimination ceremony
  The contestant won the competition

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Controversy

Many fans were able to find out the eliminated contestant from the next week's episode beforehand.

In February 2023, the Berliner Zeitung published an article about the show with the headline: "Why isn't Germany’s Next Topmodel actually canceled?" [4]

In March 2023, in a "13 questions" interview on ZDF. [5] [6] former judge Peyman Armin apologized to Lijana Kaggwa for what she had to experience on Germany's Next Topmodel. He also apologized for being part of Germany's Next Topmodel and promised to never take part in the show again. [5] [6]

In March 2023, BILD published the following message: "If the contestants get along too well, they will receive instructions from the crew to argue and produce beef." The participating contestants are also too young and inexperienced and cannot assess the extent of the show. [7]

In April 2023, Heidi Klum said about everything that happens at Germany's Next Topmodel: "At the end of the day I'm the boss and I make the rules!" [8]

In June 2023, the German TV broadcaster ZDF released a 70-minute investigative documentary about the machinations of the makers of Germany's Next Topmodel called "Pressure, hatred, manipulation: how sick does Germany's Next Topmodel make you?". For this documentary, around 50 former contestants, judges and members of the show's crew were interviewed, some anonymously. The makers of the documentary admitted that they are familiar with difficult investigations, but they have never experienced the level of fear and difficulty associated with Germany's Next Topmodel. Many former participants and employees of the show were afraid to talk about what had happened. A crew member of the show who wished to remain anonymous is quoted as saying: "If you film a young woman from morning to night, you'll get every sectional image you want. So you can cut and tell what you want. A lot of things are cut together wildly. The jobs depend on it. It's about ratings." In addition, former contestants report how the show's editors deliberately foment manipulation, lies and discord among the contestants behind the scenes. The contestants are shielded from the outside world so they lose their nerve and argue. The statements by Heidi Klum, the broadcasting TV station Pro7 and the production company are presented as hypocrisy. Pro7 is said to have earned 87 million euros with the Season 18, and Heidi Klum 10 million euros, while the contestants receive no money. Germany's Next Topmodel has driven some contestants into depression and suicidal thoughts. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

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