Sims Next Top Male Model (cycle 18)

The eighteenth season of Sims' Next Top Model featured fifteen models from countries in Africa, fourteen of which were new. Ebou Nyang, who previously competed on cycle 16, was the fifteenth contestant, making this the first regular season since cycle 6 to feature a previous contestant.
==Locations==
* Cape Town Episodes 1-8
* Naples Episode 6
* Budapest Episodes 9-12
* Szabadkígyós Episode 9
* Nógrád Episode 11
==Contestants==
(information stated is correct at time of contest)
From 	Contestant 	Age	Height 	Hometown 	Finish 	Place
Côte d'Ivoire 	Pierre N'Guessan 	21 	185 cm (6 ft ½ in) 	Bouaké, Vallée du Bandama	Episode 1 	15
South Africa 	Benjamin Pretorius 	17 	184 cm (6 ft ½ in) 	Hermanus, Western Cape 	Episode 2 	14
Congo 	Jérémie Obassi 	23 	189 cm (6 ft 2½ in) 	Tié-Tié, Ponte-Noire 	Episode 3 	13
South Africa 	Nobukhosi Mhlobo 	22 	186 cm (6 ft 1 in) 	East London, Eastern Cape	Episode 4 	12
São Tomé & Príncipe	Dionísio Santana 	19 	190 cm (6 ft 2½ in) 	São Tomé, Água Grande 	Episode 5 	11
Gambia 	Ebou Nyang 	24 	195 cm (6 ft 4½ in) 	Serekunda, Banjul 	Episode 6 	10-9
Botswana 	O'Shea Pieterse 	18 	182 cm (5 ft 11½ in)	Ghanzi, Ghanzi 	Episode 6 	10-9
Nigeria 	Ogochukwu Ekwueme 	19 	188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 	Enugu, Enugu 	Episode 7 	8
Benin 	Alphonse Kouandété 	17 	183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 	Cotonou, Littoral 	Episode 8 	7
Nigeria 	Victory Ogbodo 	22 	188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 	Lekki, Lagos 	Episode 9 	6
Namibia 	Seth Witbooi 	22 	183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 	Swakopmund, Erongo 	Episode 10	5
Eritrea 	Awat Keflezighi 	20 	191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 	Asmara, Ma'ekel 	Episode 11	4
South Africa 	Sibusiso "S'bu" Lwazi	18 	186 cm (6 ft 1 in) 	Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal 	Episode 12	3-2
Angola 	Sebastião dos Santos 	19 	193 cm (6 ft 3½ in) 	Lubango, Huíla 	Episode 12	3-2
South Sudan 	Kwoth Chol 	19 	196 cm (6 ft 5 in) 	Juba, Jubek 	Episode 12	1
*Ebou Nyang previously competed on cycle 16 where he placed 15th.
==Episodes==
===Episode 1===
*First call-out: Kwoth Chol
*Bottom two: Nobukhosi Mhlobo & Pierre N'Guessan
*Eliminated: Pierre N'Guessan
===Episode 2===
*First call-out: Victory Ogbodo
*Bottom two: Benjamin Pretorius & Dionísio Santana
*Eliminated: Benjamin Pretorius
===Episode 3===
*First call-out: Sebastião dos Santos
*Bottom two: Ebou Nyang & Jérémie Obassi
*Eliminated: Jérémie Obassi
===Episode 4===
*First call-out: Kwoth Chol
*Bottom two: Dionísio Santana & Nobukhosi Mhlobo
*Eliminated: Nobukhosi Mhlobo
===Episode 5===
*First call-out: Victory Ogbodo
*Bottom two: Alphonse Kouandété & Dionísio Santana
*Eliminated: Dionísio Santana
===Episode 6===
*First call-out: Awat Keflezighi
*Bottom three: Alphonse Kouandété, Ebou Nyang & O'Shea Pieterse
*Eliminated: Ebou Nyang & O'Shea Pieterse
===Episode 7===
*First call-out: Kwoth Chol
*Bottom two: Ogochukwu Ekwueme & Victory Ogbodo
*Eliminated: Ogochukwu Ekwueme
===Episode 8===
*First call-out: Seth Witbooi
*Bottom two: Alphonse Kouandété & Victory Ogbodo
*Eliminated: Alphonse Kouandété
===Episode 9===
*First call-out: S'bu Lwazi
*Bottom two: Seth Witbooi & Victory Ogbodo
*Eliminated: Victory Ogbodo
===Episode 10===
*First call-out: Sebastião dos Santos
*Bottom two: Awat Keflezighi & Seth Witbooi
*Eliminated: Seth Witbooi
===Episode 11===
*First call-out: Sebastião dos Santos
*Bottom two: Awat Keflezighi & S'bu Lwazi
*Eliminated: Awat Keflezighi
===Episode 3===
*Top three: Kwoth Chol, S'bu Lwazi & Sebastião dos Santos
*Sims' Next Top Male Model: Kwoth Chol
==Summaries==
===Call-out order===
Maicle's Call-Out Order
Order	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes 	Episodes	Episodes	Episodes	Episodes	Episodes	Episodes	Episodes												
Order	Casting 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
1 	Ogochukwu	Kwoth 	Victory 	Sebastião	Kwoth 	Victory 	Awat 	Kwoth 	Seth 	S'bu 	Sebastião	Sebastião	Kwoth 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
2 	Alphonse 	Ogochukwu	Kwoth 	O'Shea 	Alphonse 	Sebastião	Ogochukwu 	Alphonse 	Kwoth 	Sebastião	Kwoth 	Kwoth 	S'buSebastião	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
3 	Jérémie 	S'bu 	Alphonse 	S'bu 	S'bu 	Kwoth 	Kwoth 	Seth 	S'bu 	Kwoth 	S'bu 	S'bu 	S'buSebastião	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
4 	Awat 	Dionísio 	Sebastião	Awat 	Seth 	Awat 	Sebastião 	Sebastião	Sebastião	Awat 	Awat 	Awat 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
5 	Sebastião	Seth 	Nobukhosi	Victory 	Awat 	Ebou 	S'bu 	Awat 	Awat 	Seth 	Seth 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
6 	Pierre 	Sebastião	Seth 	Alphonse 	Sebastião	Seth 	Seth 	S'bu 	Victory 	Victory 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
7 	S'bu 	Awat 	Ebou 	Kwoth 	Victory 	O'Shea 	Victory 	Victory 	Alphonse 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
8 	Nobukhosi	Alphonse 	Ogochukwu	Seth 	Ebou 	Ogochukwu	Alphonse 	Ogochukwu	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
9 	Victory 	Victory 	Jérémie 	Ogochukwu	O'Shea 	S'bu 	EbouO'Shea	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
10 	Dionísio 	O'Shea 	Awat 	Nobukhosi	Ogochukwu	Alphonse 	EbouO'Shea	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
11 	Benjamin 	Jérémie 	O'Shea 	Dionísio 	Dionísio 	Dionísio 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
12 	Seth 	Benjamin 	S'bu 	Ebou 	Nobukhosi	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
13 	Kwoth 	Ebou 	Dionísio 	Jérémie 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
14 	O'Shea 	Nobukhosi	Benjamin 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
15 	 	Pierre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 												
: The contestant won the competition.
: The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
*In episode 1, Ebou was added as a wildcard.
*In episode 2, the models were ranked by teams, and then individually within the teams, as opposed to all contestants being ranked individually.
*Episode 6 featured a double elimination with the bottom three models in danger of elimination.
===Contestant progress===
Contestant	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 																			
Kwoth 	WIN 	HIGH	SAFE	WIN 	HIGH	HIGH	WIN 	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	Winner 																			
S'bu 	HIGH	LOW 	HIGH	HIGH	LOW 	SAFE	LOW 	HIGH	WIN 	LOW 	BTM2	Runner-up																			
Sebastião 	SAFE	HIGH	WIN 	SAFE	HIGH	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	HIGH	WIN 	WIN 	Runner-up																			
Awat 	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN 	SAFE	LOW 	LOW 	BTM2	ELIM	 																			
Seth 	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	HIGH	WIN 	BTM2	ELIM	 	 																			
Victory 	SAFE	WIN 	SAFE	SAFE	WIN 	LOW 	BTM2	BTM2	ELIM	 	 	 																			
Alphonse 	SAFE	HIGH	SAFE	HIGH	BTM2	BTM3	HIGH	ELIM	 	 	 	 																			
Ogochukwu 	HIGH	SAFE	SAFE	LOW 	SAFE	HIGH	ELIM	 	 	 	 	 																			
Ebou 	LOW 	SAFE	BTM2	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	 	 	 	 	 	 																			
O'Shea 	SAFE	LOW 	HIGH	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	 	 	 	 	 	 																			
Dionísio 	SAFE	BTM2	LOW 	BTM2	ELIM	 	 	 	 	 	 	 																			
Nobukhosi 	BTM2	HIGH	SAFE	ELIM	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 																			
Jérémie 	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 																			
Benjamin 	SAFE	ELIM	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 																			
Pierre 	ELIM	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 																			
===Bottom two results===
Episode	Contestants 	Contestants 	Contestants 	Eliminated
1 	Nobukhosi 	vs. 	Pierre 	Pierre
2 	Benjamin 	vs. 	Dionísio 	Benjamin
3 	Ebou 	vs. 	Jérémie 	Jérémie
4 	Dionísio 	vs. 	Nobukhosi 	Nobukhosi
5 	Alphonse 	vs. 	Dionísio 	Dionísio
6 	Alphonse vs. Ebou vs. O'Shea	Alphonse vs. Ebou vs. O'Shea	Alphonse vs. Ebou vs. O'Shea	Ebou
6 	Alphonse vs. Ebou vs. O'Shea	Alphonse vs. Ebou vs. O'Shea	Alphonse vs. Ebou vs. O'Shea	O'Shea
7 	Ogochukwu 	vs. 	Victory 	Ogochukwu
8 	Alphonse 	vs. 	Victory 	Alphonse
9 	Seth 	vs. 	Victory 	Victory
10 	Awat 	vs. 	Seth 	Seth
11 	Awat 	vs. 	S'bu 	Awat
: The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
: The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
: The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two.
===Average call-out order===
Rank byaverage	Place	Model 	Call-outtotal	Number ofcall-outs	Call-out average
1 	1 	Kwoth 	27 	11 	2.45
2 	2–3 	Sebastião	35 	11 	3.18
3 	2–3 	S'bu 	51 	11 	4.64
4 	4 	Awat 	53 	11 	4.82
5 	5 	Seth 	49 	10 	4.90
6 	6 	Victory 	49 	9 	5.44
7 	7 	Alphonse 	46 	8 	5.75
8 	8 	Ogochukwu	47 	7 	6.71
9 	9–10 	O'Shea 	48 	6 	8.00
10 	9–10 	Ebou 	53 	6 	8.83
11 	11 	Dionísio 	50 	5 	10.00
12 	12 	Nobukhosi	41 	4 	10.25
13 	13 	Jérémie 	33 	3 	11.00
14 	14 	Benjamin 	26 	2 	13.00
15 	15 	Pierre 	15 	1 	15.00
===Photo shoot guide===
*Episode 1 photo shoot: Mock comp cards
*Episode 2 photo shoot: Nightclub vibes
*Episode 3 photo shoot: Balmain Hair Couture campaigns
*Episode 4 photo shoot: The Story of Light
*Episode 5 photo shoot: Rising from a pool
*Episode 6 photo shoot: Gucci Cruise campaign
*Episode 7 photo shoot: GQ South Africa cover tries
*Episode 8 photo shoot: Chic Namib Desert explorers
*Episode 9 photo shoot: Baroque-inspired suits in Szabadkígyós Palace
*Episode 10 photo shoots: Casual portraits in Budapest Városliget; Colourful shadows
*Episode 11 photo shoot: Louis Vuitton campaign
*Episode 12 photo shoot: VMAN covers
===Makeover guide===
*Alphonse: Brazilian blowout, cut shorter, toned ashy blue (later dyed jet black)
*Awat: Bleached, dyed grey
*Dionísio: Straightened, pompadour
*Ebou: Bleached
*Jérémie: Straightened, undercut
*Kwoth: No change
*Nobukhosi: Bleached
*Ogochukwu: No change
*O'Shea: Cut short, undercut
*S'bu: Straightened, cut short, undercut
*Sebastião: Lightened
*Seth: Dyed red
*Victory: Straightened, messy cut, dyed jet black