Australia's Next Top Model
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Australia's Next Top Model is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series, based on a franchise that was created by Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...

 with America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....

. It is produced by Granada Productions
Granada Productions
Granada Productions was a British commercial television production and distribution company. The company took its name from the successful ITV franchise, Granada Television....

 and broadcast on the Australian subscription television channel, FOX8
FOX8
Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

.

The competition is currently hosted by Australian model Sarah Murdoch
Sarah Murdoch
Sarah Murdoch is an Australian model and actress.-Career:Brought up in Sydney, Australia, Murdoch attended The McDonald College of the Performing Arts, a performing arts school in Sydney, where she studied ballet...

, who also serves as lead judge and co-executive producer of the show. A seventh season started airing on 8 August 2011 with an advanced premiere screening on 26 July 2011.

The show's aim is to find a promising but as-yet undiscovered Australian fashion Model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

.

Premise

The series features a group of young female contestants who live together in a house for several weeks while taking part in challenges, photo shoots and meetings with members of the modelling industry. Normally, one poor-performing contestant is eliminated each week until the last contestant remaining is declared "Australia's Next Top Model" and receives a modelling contract and other prizes.

Show format

Each episode of Top Model covers the events of roughly a week of real time (however, while overseas, an episode may cover a shorter period), and features a fashion challenge, a photo shoot and/or commercial, a critique of each contestant and her performance by the judging panel, and the elimination of one or more contestants.

Judges

As of Cycle 6, the panel is led by Sarah Murdoch
Sarah Murdoch
Sarah Murdoch is an Australian model and actress.-Career:Brought up in Sydney, Australia, Murdoch attended The McDonald College of the Performing Arts, a performing arts school in Sydney, where she studied ballet...

 and comprises model and TV personality Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson is known in New Zealand for her roles as host of Getaway, How's Life? and Charlotte's Lists, in Australia as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model and as a host of The Contender Australia....

, fashion photographer Jez Smith
Jez Smith
Jez Smith is a British fashion and beauty photographer, best known as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model.-Photography:...

 and fashion designer Alex Perry
Alex Perry
Alex Perry is an Australian fashion designer, particularly noted for his designs in womenswear. After graduating from East Sydney Technical College in 1984, Perry worked as a model agent representing Australian models for international modelling agencies. In 1992 Perry opened his first atelier...

. Previous judges included model Erika Heynatz
Erika Heynatz
Erika Heynatz is an Australian model, actress, singer and television personality.-Career:...

, former Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...

managing editor Marguerite Kramer, fashion stylist Ken Thompson, fashion producer Victoria Fisher, fashion photographer Georges Antoni and model-turned-designer Jodhi Meares
Jodhi Meares
Jodhi Meares is an Australian fashion designer, former glamour model, and television personality.-Early life:...

. Model mentor Josh Flinn, though not a permanent judge like his American counterpart Jay Manuel
Jay Manuel
Jay Manuel is a Canadian make-up artist, fashion photographer, and model. He is most recognizable as the director of photo shoots on the popular reality television show America's Next Top Model...

, appears in every episode. Usually, a guest judge will sit in on the panel every week.

Requirements

Starting from Cycle 3
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3
Cycle three of Australia's Next Top Model premiered on 27 March 2007 and concluded on 5 June 2007. As with the first two cycles, the third season was broadcast exclusively on the Foxtel network FOX8 in Australia...

, contestants must be aged between 16 and 23 at the time of filming. In the first two seasons, contestants had to be at least 18 years old. However, the show lowered the age limit after realizing that most international models start their career earlier. In Cycle 5
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 5
The Fifth Cycle of Australia's Next Top Model was an Australian reality television program which was broadcast on the Australian subscription television channel, FOX8. The cycle premiered on 28 April 2009. Auditions were held during October and November 2008 across Australia...

, the three finalists were aged 16 at the time of filming. In Cycle 7
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 7
The seventh cycle of Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television program which is broadcast on the Australian subscription television channel, FOX8...

, the three finalists were aged 17 at the time of filming. Those auditioning have to be at least 172 cm or 5'8" tall. In the past, some contestants have weighed less than 60 kilograms, but there is no restriction on weight.

Differences between ANTM and AusNTM

Australia's Next Top Model shares the format of its American counterpart, but there are a few differences. On America's Next Top Model the final two models compete in a runway fashion show
Fashion show
A fashion show is an event put on by a fashion designer to showcase his or her upcoming line of clothing during Fashion Week. Fashion shows debut every season, particularly the Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter seasons. This is where the latest fashion trends are made...

 and the winner is chosen in the judging room. Starting from Cycle 3, the final two contestants compete in a runway show in front of a live studio audience in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 before the winner is revealed live-to-air. The judges, sponsors and fashion professionals vote for the winner, along with the TV viewing public, whose votes contribute 15 per cent to the overall tally.

Special Appearances

In season one, Blair McDonough
Blair McDonough
Blair McDonough is an actor who is best known for playing the role of Stuart Parker in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours. He first shot to fame in 2001, when he finished runner-up in the inaugural season of the reality TV series Big Brother Australia...

, a housemate from first season of Big Brother and actor on Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...

, made a guest appearance during an acting challenge. In season two, Beau Brady
Beau Brady
Beau Brady is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Noah Lawson on the drama Home and Away.-Biography:Brady was educated at Oakhill College in Castle Hill, Sydney....

 from Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...

, posed in disguise as a photographer to test the girls' ability to handle the media. Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...

 has appeared several times. In season six, Michael Klim
Michael Klim
Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...

, made a guest appearance for the girls' introduction in swimsuit.

Controversy

Following a breach of contract with Heynatz's appearance on the Channel Seven
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

 series It Takes Two, she was replaced as host by Jodhi Meares
Jodhi Meares
Jodhi Meares is an Australian fashion designer, former glamour model, and television personality.-Early life:...

, although Meares had been consistently scrutinized for her huge lack of involvement in the show. During the Cycle 3 live finale, she made a number of embarrassing blunders that drew commentary from critics on her ability to host. Things were worsened when she pulled out of her hosting duties hours before the Cycle 4 live finale. The swarm of negative comments from the press and fans of the show led to Meares' withdrawal from the programme.

In Cycle 4, Demelza Reveley
Demelza Reveley
Demelza Reveley is an Australian model, who was the winner in the fourth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.-Early life:...

, leader of the self-named group "Bitchketeers", won the competition, sparking large negative feedback about her winning. In one episode, Reveley brought Alamela Rowan, 17, to tears by water-bombing her and tipping water on her head. Rowan, who was left traumatized by the taunts and attacks during her time on the show, was noticeably unimpressed by the apology Reveley gave. The "Bitchketeers" had also had also caused problems for fellow contestants Alexandra Girdwood, Belinda Hodge & Caris Eves. Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...

 Australia editor-in-chief, Kirstie Clements, and former model and fellow judge Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson is known in New Zealand for her roles as host of Getaway, How's Life? and Charlotte's Lists, in Australia as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model and as a host of The Contender Australia....

 preferred Alexandra Girdwood, because of Reveley's behaviour. The judges' scores were tied, so the decision came down to the public, who voted for Reveley.

After Cycle 5, runner-up Cassi Van Den Dungen
Cassi Van Den Dungen
Cassi Van Den Dungen is an Australian model, best known as the runner-up in the fifth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.-Early life:Van Den Dungen grew up in the town of Sunbury, in Victoria, Australia...

 made a series of highly controversial comments. She was offered modeling contracts by Priscilla's Model Management in Australia and Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management is a large modeling agency based in New York and Paris. It is a subsidiary of Elite World S.A.-History:Founded in France in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler, it was rebought in 1990 by Nicholas Farrae. Elite World S.A. is the parent company of Elite Model...

 in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 (the contract with Elite was worth a reported $2 million). Cassi turned down both offers and quit modeling in order to remain in Sunbury
Sunbury
Places called Sunbury include:Australia*Sunbury, Victoria**Sunbury Downs College**Sunbury Pop Festival Canada*Sunbury County, New Brunswick...

 with her bricklayer boyfriend, Brad Saul, causing a backlash from the public, as well as from judges Alex Perry
Alex Perry
Alex Perry is an Australian fashion designer, particularly noted for his designs in womenswear. After graduating from East Sydney Technical College in 1984, Perry worked as a model agent representing Australian models for international modelling agencies. In 1992 Perry opened his first atelier...

 and Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson is known in New Zealand for her roles as host of Getaway, How's Life? and Charlotte's Lists, in Australia as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model and as a host of The Contender Australia....

, who had vouched for Cassi on the show and urged her to pursue modeling. Cassi later stated in the press that she rejected the Elite contract because she didn't want to be pressured to drop from a size six to a four. Later, to the surprise of many, it was announced that Cassi would be signing a contract with IMG Paris and would be walking for designers at Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week is a famous fashion week held semi-annually in Paris, France with Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter events held each year. Dates are determined by the French Fashion Federation...

 in March 2010. Cassi made the trip to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 with Saul but withdrew after insulting the French agents and referring to them as "snail slurpers" and "frog eaters" on her Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

 page. Saul added his comments which included a racial slur, for which the couple received more fire.

In the Cycle 6: Live Final, the TV viewers voted to decide the winner. Initially, Sarah Murdoch
Sarah Murdoch
Sarah Murdoch is an Australian model and actress.-Career:Brought up in Sydney, Australia, Murdoch attended The McDonald College of the Performing Arts, a performing arts school in Sydney, where she studied ballet...

 announced Kelsey Martinovich
Kelsey Martinovich
Kelsey Martinovich is an Australian model, best known for being the runner up in the sixth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model where she was accidentally announced the winner first by host Sarah Murdoch. Kelsey was covered on Harper's Bazaar Australia Magazine after she was announced the winner...

 as the winner of Australia's Next Top Model. Moments after Martinovich had made her victory speech, Murdoch stopped the celebrations and announced that Amanda Ware
Amanda Ware
Amanda Ware is an Australian model, best known for being the winner of Cycle 6 of Australia's Next Top Model.-Career:...

 was the winner of Cycle 6. An embarrassed Murdoch apologised repeatedly to Martinovich and the audience, stating that the final result was read to her wrong. As compensation for the error, Foxtel
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

 awarded Martinovich a A$25,000 cash prize and an all-expenses paid trip to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...

 decided to release both Amanda and Kelsey's covers for the November issue.

In the days following the bungled announcement, top industry commentators expressed skepticism about whether the episode was a publicity stunt, with the editor of Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...

 Edwina McCann accusing Foxtel
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

 of manipulating the ANTM result. "The network did want Amanda to win...They kept the voting lines open for a long time I think in the hope that she would get over the line. I'm told that it came down to three votes," she told the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

.

Reception

This show has found its audience in Australia and is the highest rating non-sporting related program or event on subscription television in Australia.

Cycles

Cycle Premiere date Winner Runner-up Other contestants in order of elimination Number of contestants Destination(s)
1
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1
Cycle one of Australia's Next Top Model began airing on 4 January 2005 with 10 ladies competing for the title. There was no international destination for this cycle...

Gemma Sanderson
Gemma Sanderson
Gemma Sanderson is an Australian model, best known for winning the first cycle of the reality television show Australia's Next Top Model.-Early career:...

Chloe Wilson
Chloe Wilson
Chloe Wilson may refer to:* a runner up on the Australia's Next Top Model show in 2005* the pet dog of Torrie Wilson...

Naomi Thompson, Nicole Fraser, Atong Tulba Mulual, Allana Ridge (quit), Zoe McDonald, Simmone Duckmanton, Samantha Morley, Shannon McGuire 10 None
2
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 2
Cycle two of Australia's Next Top Model premiered on 4 January 2006 with 13 contestants competing for the title. The cycle's tagline was "Game On!"The competition was held in Sydney...

Eboni Stocks Jessica French Sasha Greenoff, Natalie Guiffre, Rebecca Pian, Sophie Miller, Sarah Lawrence, Hiranthi Warusevitane, Caroline Mouflard (quit), Lara Cameron, Louise Van Brussel, Madeleine Rose, Simone Viljoen 131 None
3
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3
Cycle three of Australia's Next Top Model premiered on 27 March 2007 and concluded on 5 June 2007. As with the first two cycles, the third season was broadcast exclusively on the Foxtel network FOX8 in Australia...

Alice Burdeu
Alice Burdeu
Alice Burdeu is an Australian fashion model and winner of the third cycle of the reality television show Australia's Next Top Model.-Early life:Alice Burdeu was born in Melbourne, Victoria...

Stephanie Hart Jaimi Smith (quit), Cobi Marsh, Cassandra Hughes, Kara-Lee Taylor, Steph Flockhart, Jane Williamson, Sophie Wittingslow, Danica Brown, Paloma Rodriguez, Anika Salerno, Jordan Loukas
Jordan Loukas
Jordan Loukas is an Australian model, who was the second runner up in the third cycle of Australia's Next Top Model...

132  
Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

4
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 4
The Fourth Cycle of Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television program which premiered on 22 April 2008 on the Australian subscription television channel FOX8. Auditions were held during October and November 2007 across Australia, searching for the next "Top Model" of Australia...

Demelza Reveley
Demelza Reveley
Demelza Reveley is an Australian model, who was the winner in the fourth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.-Early life:...

Alexandra Girdwood Kamila Markowska, Kristy Coulcher, Emma O’Sullivan, Belinda Hodge, Alamela Rowan, Leiden Kronemberger, Jamie Lee, Rebecca Jobson, Alyce Crawford, Caris Eves, Samantha Downie
Samantha Downie
Samantha Downie is an Australian model, who participated of the fourth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.-Australia's Next Top Model:...

13  
Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...


 
New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

5
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 5
The Fifth Cycle of Australia's Next Top Model was an Australian reality television program which was broadcast on the Australian subscription television channel, FOX8. The cycle premiered on 28 April 2009. Auditions were held during October and November 2008 across Australia...

Tahnee Atkinson
Tahnee Atkinson
Tahnee Atkinson is an Australian model, best known for winning fifth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.-Australia's Next Top Model:...

Cassi Van Den Dungen
Cassi Van Den Dungen
Cassi Van Den Dungen is an Australian model, best known as the runner-up in the fifth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.-Early life:Van Den Dungen grew up in the town of Sunbury, in Victoria, Australia...

Laura Tyrie, Leah Johnson, Georgie Kidman, Mikarla Hussey, Eloise Hoile, Madison Wall, Laura Mitchell, Lola Van Vorst, Franky Okpara, Adele Thiel, Clare Venema 13  
London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 
6
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 6
The sixth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television program which is broadcasted on the Australian subscription television channel, FOX8. The cycle premiered on 20 July 2010. Auditions were held on 16–24 January 2010 across Australia in six cities...

Amanda Ware
Amanda Ware
Amanda Ware is an Australian model, best known for being the winner of Cycle 6 of Australia's Next Top Model.-Career:...

Kelsey Martinovich
Kelsey Martinovich
Kelsey Martinovich is an Australian model, best known for being the runner up in the sixth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model where she was accidentally announced the winner first by host Sarah Murdoch. Kelsey was covered on Harper's Bazaar Australia Magazine after she was announced the winner...

Valeria Nilova, Sally Geach, Claire Smith, Ashlea Monigatti, Alison Boxer, Megan Jacob, Ashton Flutey, Chantal Croccolo, Kimberly Thrupp, Brittney Dudley, Joanna Broomfield, Kathryn Lyons, Jessica Moloney, Sophie Van Den Akker
Sophie Van Den Akker
Sophie van den Akker is an Australian model best known for winning 2nd runner up in Australia's Next Top Model.-Australia's Next Top Model:Sophie joined on the 6th cycle of the show with the 15 other girls, being the most numerous girl to reached the house in Australia's Next Top Model ...

16  
Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...


7
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 7
The seventh cycle of Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television program which is broadcast on the Australian subscription television channel, FOX8...

Montana Cox
Montana Cox
Montana Cox is an Australian model, best known for being the winner of Cycle 7 of Australia's Next Top Model.-Australia's Next Top Model:...

Liz Braithwaite Cassy Phillips-Sainsbury, Tayah Lee-Traub, Annaliese McCann, Alissandra Moone, Neo Yukuac, Caroline Austin, Yolanda Hodgson, Jessica Bush, Amelia Coutts, Madeline Huett, Izzy Vesey, Hazel O'Connell, Rachel Riddell, Simone Holtznagel 163  
Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 
 
Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...


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