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Friday, May 7, 2010

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 3

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 3 is the third season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on February 28, 2008 with 120 semi-finalists in the competition, and finished on June 5, 2008. This cycle's tagline as mentioned in the television previews, is "Sie laufen wieder" ("They walk again" – as in to walk the runway). This season was commercially presented by Volkswagen Tiguan.
For this season the number of contestants was expanded to 19. The show is hosted by top model Heidi Klum.

Episode summaries

Episode titles as credited on the Maxdome website.


Episode 1: Das große Casting in Köln
Title translation: The Big Audition in Cologne
Original airdate: February 28, 2008
Featured photographer: Robertino Nicolic
Special guest(s): Boris Entrup, Philipp Plein
Out of 18.217 applicants, 120 girls from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland came to Cologne to convince the judges of their qualities as Germany's next top model. The young women had to walk the runway either in a favourite outfit or bathing suit. Moreover they undertook small challenges: Some had to sing, dance or scream in wrath, others were told to advertise a shampoo or even expose the preferences of a cleansing agent for toilets. Meanwhile the other contestants had to show three different emotions (anger, dolor and happiness) in a one-minute-photoshoot.
The judges narrowed down the competition to fifty girls, who flew to Barcelona in a surprise trip the next morning. They were booked for the BREAD & BUTTER – tradeshow for selected brands festival on January 16, January 17, and January 18, 2008. The show was presented by Phillipp Plein, a well-known designer, on the same evening. As most of the girls had not been very experienced in doing a runway show, some of them had severe problems on the catwalk which lead to several pitiable sights. In the end thirty girls reached the next round.


Episode 2: Die Sedcard
Title translation: The Sedcard
Original airdate: March 6, 2008
Featured photographers: Stephan Pick, Oliver Schulze
Special guest: Petra Gessulat
Judge guest: Petra Gessulat



Episode 3: Erster Zoff im Modelhaus
Title translation: First Trouble in the Model House
Original airdate: March 13, 2008
Featured photographer: Kristian Schuller
Judge guest: Kristian Schuller
The 19 finalists are taken to their first destination in Austria to do a photoshoot in front of a helicopter. However before that judge Rolf Scheider reports about several complaints by the hotel organisation about how the girls left their rooms and asks the abusers to reveal themselves in front of the entire group. Gisele, Sarah and Gina-Lisa admit to having smoked in the rooms but who has drunk all the alcohol from the mini-bar remains a secret. Scheider promises consequences for everyone. At the photoshoot several girls have trouble with the wind like Gina-Lisa whose dress is constantly soaring up leaving her underwear visible for several moments but its Gisele who's taken most of the attention due to being afraid of helicopters. Back in Germany the girls finally arrive at the model house but as a result of none of them admitting having drunk the alcohol yet, they are taken back to a youth hostel as a punishment for the entire group. One day later they are finally allowed to stay in the luxurious building but its the first housemeeting, organized by Gisele, Katharina and Aisha, that is causing new trouble. Several girls accuse each other of being responsible for a bad atmosphere, and Gisele accuses Aline of having called Gina-Lisa a prostitute. The meeting ends without any constructive result when Gisele bursts out into tears because the group surrounding Aline is calling her a liar. On elimination day the girls have to do a runway walk in front of the judges while keeping an egg on a spoon in their mouth. While hearing her criticism, Katharina is asked by the judges who was bitching the most in the house, and as she states its Tainá Santos Silva both girls are happy to have a chat in front of the panel which is interrupted by Heidi after seeing no signs of results coming up from that. Outside the room Katharina is accused by the other girls for being a snitch and another argument between the two parties begins. The episode ends with a cliffhanger once again, the first time being cycle 2's episode 11. The elimination process is completely cut from the episode but a preview showed a few seconds of the following week's episode.


Episode 4: Haare ab
Title translation: Hair Cut
Original airdate: March 20, 2008
Featured photographer: Matt McCabe
Special guest(s): Helena Faccenda, Dr. Stefan Fredrich, Evelyn Hammerström, Berthold Steinle, Thomas Krygier
Judge guest: Helena Faccenda
Eliminated in the beginning: Sandra Korte, Rubina Radwanski, Aisha Grone
Eliminated in the end: Tainà Silva, Aline Tausch
Winner of the reward challenge: Gisele Oppermann, Sarah Knappik
Last week's elimination is shown at the very beginning of this episode. Rubina Radwanski is eliminated due to the inability to express her personality in a photo shoot. Heidi Klum tells Aisha that she has a lot of potential but the judges don't think they are able to bring out the best in her, so she is sent home as well. The judges panel also decides to send Sandra Korte home because her under achievements hamper the progress of the show.
The remaining contestants go to a salon for their makeovers. Gina-Lisa Lohfink and Wanda Badwal, however, complain throughout the entire process. Lohfink is upset in large part because she does not want to have her long white weave cut short. Badwal cries about her hair loss.
Afterwards the contestants are taken to a fashion store where they have to pick outfits that match their new haircut. Once again Lohfink draws everybody's attention by wrapping herself up in ten articles of clothing. – She is certain that she is allowed to keep everything she wears. Gisele Oppermann and Sarah Knappik are chosen as the challenge's winners. They get to chose a complete outfit for free.
The girls then visit the tanzhaus nrw where personal coach Dr. Stefan Fredrich encourages them to talk about themselves in front of the group. Oppermann reveals being bullied in the past by her shoolmates and breaks down once again in front of the group just like some other girls.
Eight contestants are given the chance to audition for the leading role in a C&A shoes television commercial; Janina Schmidt wins the modelling job.
For the week's photo shoot, the girls have to pose in pairs of two. Each girl is representing the opposite to her partner. Carolin Ruppert and Jennifer Hof are safe from elimination and get a business class ticket for the plane that will move the contestants to their new home in New York City.
At judging, Aline Tausch is called out for not satisfying the judges' expectation concerning her photo, while Tainá Silva is criticized for her lack of potential. Both girls are eliminated.
[edit]Episode 5: Willkommen in New York
Title translation: Welcome to New York
Original airdate: March 27, 2008
Featured Photographer: Oliver Gast
Special guest: Kristian Schuller, Hana Soukupová, Gunter Thiel, Mario Page, Wichy Hassan
Judge guest: Oliver Gast
Eliminated: Elena Rotter
Winner of the reward challenge: Wanda Badwal, Christina Leibold
The remaining 14 contestants start their journey in New York with attending different castings for the currently running New York Fashion Week. Janina-Delia Schmidt finds herself in the lucky position of landing two jobs on different shows and Jennifer Hof wins a job for a promotional in front of New Yorks skyline. Once again the girls get in trouble after being forced by the judges to vote for the four weakest among them that shouldn't attend castings. Sarah Knappik is named by everyone including herself for still not being able to walk followed by Gina-Lisa Lohfink, Carolin Ruppert and Christina Leibold. Although not being among these four, Gisele Oppermann gets teary for another time after receiving a heavy amount of votes as well. At the week's photoshoot on which the girls have to pose with exotic animals Oppermann refuses to take photos with an ape after not being happy of how the animal is treated by the team. Therefore Heidi tells her on eliminations day that they're sick of her behaviour and gives her a warning but let her pass onto the next round. It's Elena Rotter, the only Austrian among the finalists, who has to leave New York halfway with being criticized for having started on a very high level but not being able to built upon this and being surpassed by the other girls.
This week's photo shoot was inspired by the shoot for 1-800-Flowers on the episode The Girl Who Suddenly Collapsed from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 4.
[edit]Episode 6: Ganz verliebt am Strand
Title translation: All Amorous on the Beach
Original airdate: April 3, 2008
Featured photographer: Russell James
Special guest: Heike Jarick, Marco Glaviano, Petra Gessulat
Judge guest: Alek Wek
Eliminated: Katharina Harms
Winner of the reward challenge: Raquel Alvarez, Sophia Maôestranie, Vanessa Hegelmier
This week's photo shoot was inspired by the beach shoot on the episode The Girl Who Blames The Taxi Driver from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8.


Episode 7: Keine Zeit für Jetlag!
Title translation: No Time for Jetlag!
Original airdate: April 10, 2008
Featured Photographer:
Special guest: Yfke Sturm
Judge guest: Yfke Sturm
Eliminated in the beginning: Gina-Lisa Lohfink
Eliminated in the end: Bianca Schumacher
This week's photo shoot was inspired by the gender swap shoot on the episode The Girl Who Takes Credit from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8.



Episode 8: Vertical Catwalk
Original airdate: April 17, 2008
Featured Photographer: Philippe Kerlo
Special guest: Jochen Schweizer, Boris Entrup, Rankin, Bert Peulecke, Veronika Ziegaus
Judge guest: Philippe Kerlo
Eliminated: Sophia Maus
This week's photo shoot was inspired by the nude shoot on the episode The Girl Who Marks Her Territory from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7.
[edit]Episode 9: Ab nach Down Under
Original airdate: April 24, 2008
Featured Photographer:
Special guest:
Judge guest:
Eliminated: No contestant was eliminated
This episode marks the first time that host Heidi Klum is not part of the judges panel.



Episode 10: Tanz mit den Aborigines
Title translation: Dance with the Aborigines
Original airdate: May 1, 2008
Featured Photographer:
Special guest:
Judge guest: Erika Eleniak
Eliminated: Sarah Knappik
Sarah Knappik refers to a Bild article published on April 11, 2008 – 33 days before the broadcast.
This week's reward photo shoot was shot on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as in The Girl Who Blames The Taxi Driver from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8.



Episode 11: Actiontraining, Diebestour und Tanzschritte
Title translation: Action Training, Thief Tour and Dance Steps
Original airdate: May 8, 2008
Featured Director: Thomas Job
Special guest:
Judge guest: Daniel Bernhardt
Eliminated: Raquel Alvarez
This week the contestants are put to the test when they have to maneuver their way through a laser maze. Carolin Ruppert wins the challenge, and her reward is jewellery amounting to $10,000. This challenge is taken from the episode The Girl Who Changes Her Attitude on Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model. The episode features martial arts training with Daniel Bernhardt and a photo shoot for McDonald's Germany. In lieu of the main photo shoot that week, the girls act in a Kill Bill themed commercial shoot for a fictional energy drink called taka. The commercial is inspired by the Rollitos chips commercial in the episode The Girl Whose Lip Puffed Up from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2. Raquel Alvarez and Jennifer Hof struggle with their commercials and eventually Alvarez is eliminated due to the lack of potential compared to the other contestants. The song that is played during Alvarez's Best of compilation is "Grissom's Overture" by John M. Keane.


Episode 12: Showgirls, Küsse und Dita von Teese
Title translation: Showgirls, Kisses and Dita von Teese
Original airdate: May 15, 2008
Featured Photographer: Salem
Featured Director: Ben Hartenstein
Special guest: Dita von Teese
Mike S. Dutz
Judge guest: Dita von Teese
Eliminated: Gisele Oppermann
This week, inspired by her appearance on The Girl Who Graduates from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7, Dita von Teese helps the contestants to get into the mood for pin-up photography and posing, followed by a Rio Carnival themed photo shoot at the Orpheoum Theatre. It was partly inspired by the pin-up shoot on The Girls Who Are 1940s Pin-ups from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5. Christina Leibold wins the job for a television commercial shoot for the women razor Gillette Venus Breeze filmed by director Ben Hartenstein. Jennifer Hof has a minor accident in the girls' house, injuring her foot.
[edit]Episode 13: Ed Hardy, Fitness und ein schmackhaftes Shooting
Title translation: Ed Hardy, Fitness and a Flavorsome Shoot
Original airdate: May 22, 2008
Featured Photographer: Kristian Schuller
Special guest: Christian Audigier
Judge guest: Kristian Schuller
Eliminated: No contestant was eliminated
The girls are taken out jogging in the Hollywood Hills with judge Peyman Amin. Later they do a food-themed photo shoot with photographer Kristian Schuller.
[edit]Episode 14: Cosmopolitan-Shooting, Angriff auf Peyman und die Final-Entscheidung
Title translation: Cosmopolitan Shoot, Attack on Peyman and the Decision for the Final
Original airdate: May 29, 2008
Featured Director: Matthias Kopp
Special guest: Christian Audigier
Judge guest: Petra Gessulat
Eliminated: Wanda Badwal
The girls have a busy last week in Los Angeles. The Ed Hardy casting finally results in a shoot with Christina shot by Christian Audigier. A German telco provider does a commercial shoot including an audition where Carolin is selected as the winner. A challenge in the mansion involves humiliating Peyman, just like in the episode Das große Cosmopolitan-Shooting steht bevor from Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 2.
At judging, Wanda Badwal gets eliminated due to a lack of potential. Christina Leibold and Jennifer Hof enter the finale. When Janina Schmidt and Carolin Ruppert step forward to the judges, the episode ends with a cliffhanger once again, for the third time in season three.
[edit]Episode 15: Semi-Finale
Original airdate: June 3, 2008
Judge guest: Petra Gessulat
Eliminated in the beginning: Carolin Ruppert
For the first time in Germany's Next Topmodel history two episodes are broadcast within one week. This episode features the search for a male top model.


Episode 16: Finale
Original airdate: June 5, 2008
Featured Photographer: Philippe Kerlo
Second Runner-up: Christina Leibold
Runner-up: Janina-Delia Schmidt
Germany's Next Topmodel: Jennifer Hof
The final show featured all of this cycle's contestants walking the runway. As in previous finale shows, a fake photo shooting is arranged, this time involving a spider and a python. Monrose present their new single "Strike the Match" and Seal performs two of his songs.


Contestants

Ages and measurements stated are at time of contest.
Contestants of Cycle 3
Contestant[3] Place Age Country Federal state City Size Measurements (in cm)
Jennifer Hof 1 16 Germany Hesse Rodgau 181 cm 84-67-93
Janina-Delia Schmidt 2 23 Hamburg Hamburg 177 cm 85-58-87
Christina Leibold 3 21 Bavaria Volkach 175 cm 82-63-90
Wanda Badwal 4 23 Hamburg Hamburg 173 cm 87-62-87
Carolin Ruppert 24 Hesse Kelkheim 174 cm 91-65-92
Gisele Oppermann 6 20 Lower Saxony Braunschweig 174 cm 82-63-87
Raquel Alvarez 7 22 Switzerland Bern Bern 180 cm 86-61-90
Sarah Knappik 8 21 Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Bochum 178 cm 86-66-92
Anna Vanessa Hegelmaier 9 20 North Rhine-Westphalia Bielefeld 178 cm 88-65-97
Sophia Maus 10 19 North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen 179 cm 85-65-95
Bianca Schumacher 11 20 North Rhine-Westphalia Krefeld 173 cm 80-58-88
Gina-Lisa Lohfink 12 21 Hesse Seligenstadt 169 cm 89-65-94
Katharina Yvonne Harms 18 Bremen Bremen 185 cm 90-66-94
Elena Rotter 14 20 Austria Salzburg Salzburg 170 cm 77-60-90
Aline Tausch 15 20 Germany Bavaria Munich 171 cm 84-60-89
Tainá Santos Silva 18 North Rhine-Westphalia Brühl 173 cm 83-61-87
Sandra Korte 17 22 Saxony Leipzig 178 cm 87-65-95
Aisha Grone 16 Hesse Brandau 169 cm 82-60-89
Rubina Radwanski 20 Hesse Frankfurt 175 cm 81-62-92



Controversies

Aline Tausch, who was eliminated in episode four, did a nude photo shoot for penthouse magazine. She was confronted with it by Heidi Klum during the show.
Gisele Oppermann became known for her whiny voice and her bursting into tears permanently when being confronted with one of her many phobias such as her fear of cockroaches, butterflies ("lepidopterophobia") and elevators. She is the first contestant in the history of Germany's Next Topmodel to quit a photo shoot. (See Willkommen in New York.)
On May 15 it was reported that Gisele Oppermann used to be a drug dealer in secondary school selling hashish to seventh graders, consuming drugs herself and eventually getting the boot. This happened to be the day of the broadcast of her elimination.
On April 12, a "secret list" was published on a fan forum which foresaw all the eliminations correctly. On May 22 and May 23 tabloid newspaper Bild published two articles referencing to the list.



Summaries

Call-out order
Order as called out by host Heidi Klum
Order 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16
01 Raquel Carolin Bianca Sophia Carolin Janina Raquel Carolin Carolin Wanda Christina Christina Jennifer Jennifer
02 Katharina Jennifer Jennifer Raquel Janina Gisele Gisele Wanda Christina Carolin Wanda Wanda Janina Janina
03 Carolin Vanessa Janina Vanessa Wanda Vanessa Jennifer Gisele Raquel Jennifer Janina Jennifer Christina
04 Gisele Katharina Carolin Janina Jennifer Wanda Christina Jennifer Wanda Janina Jennifer Janina
05 Jennifer Raquel Vanessa Jennifer Christina Jennifer Carolin Janina2 Gisele Gisele Carolin Carolin1
06 Wanda Christina Christina Carolin Sophia Raquel Janina Raquel Jennifer Christina
07 Tainá Sophia Wanda Wanda Vanessa Sophia Wanda Sarah Janina
08 Rubina1 Aline Raquel Bianca Gisele Sarah Sarah Christina
09 Gina-Lisa Gisele Sophia Gisele Raquel Carolin Vanessa Vanessa3
10 Sarah Elena Elena Christina Bianca Christina
11 Aisha1 Bianca Katharina Katharina Sarah
12 Aline Wanda Sarah Sarah
13 Sandra1 Tainá Gina-Lisa Gina-Lisa1
14 Elena Gina-Lisa Gisele
15 Christina Sarah
16 Bianca Janina
17 Vanessa
18 Janina
19 Sophia
Notes:
The contestant's elimination was shown the following episode
Janina Schmidt was safe from being eliminated because of having the most collective challenge wins.
Vanessa Hegelmaier chose to quit the competition due to the aftermath of a concussion.

Source:wikipedia

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