Germany's Next Topmodel

Germany's Next Topmodel (also known as GNTM) is a German reality television program. It is hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum. The program is based on the American series America's Next Top Model. The first cycle (season) was in 2006. The 18th cycle began in February 2023. 

Overview
A group of girls are chosen to live together for a few weeks and compete to become Germany's Next Topmodel. Each week, one girl is asked to leave because she is not good enough to stay in the competition and become a top model. The last three/four girls are in the finale. The winner is then chosen with help of the group of judges. There have been 18 cycles of the show so far.

 Host and judges 
Only Heidi Klum has been a judge on every cycle. Thomas Hayo was a judge for the longest  at six cycles,  Peyman Amin was next longest at four cycles. Boris Entrup was a judge for cycle two, but he was part of the program until 2017 as the makeup advisor. In 2017 Wolfgang Joop became the first former judge to return to the program. He had been a guest judge for one episode. He came back in 2018 as well.

The judging panel since the 14th season was only guest judges and Klum. She was the only permanent judge.
JudgesSeasons1(2006)2(2007)3(2008)4(2009)5(2010)6(2011)7(2012)8(2013)9(2014)10(2015)11(2016)12(2017)13(2018)14(2019)15(2020)16(2021)17(2022)18(2023)HostsHeidi Klum colspan="18" Judging PanelistsPeyman Amin colspan="4"  colspan="14" Bruce Darnell colspan="2"  colspan="16" Armin Morbachcolspan="1"  colspan="17" Boris Entrup colspan="1"  colspan="1"  colspan="1"  colspan="15" Rolf Scheider colspan="2"  colspan="2"  colspan="14" Qualid "Q" Ladraa colspan="4"  colspan="1"  colspan="13" Kristian Schuller colspan="2"  colspan="2"  colspan="1"  colspan="1"  colspan="3"  colspan="1"  colspan="5"  colspan="3" Thomas Hayo colspan="5"  colspan="8"  colspan="5" Thomas Rath colspan="5"  colspan="2"  colspan="1"  colspan="10"  colspan="6"  colspan="1"  colspan="1"  colspan="1"  colspan="9" Wolfgang Joop colspan="8"  colspan="2"  colspan="1"  colspan="5"  colspan="2" Michael Michalsky colspan="10"  colspan="3"  colspan="1"  colspan="4" 

 Cycles 
CyclePremiere dateWinnerRunner-upNumber of contestantsInternational Destinations1Lena GerckeYvonne Schröder12New York City, Los Angeles, Paris2Barbara MeierAnni Wendler17St. Moritz, Bangkok, Los Angeles3Jennifer HofJanina Schmidt19Barcelona, Vienna, New York City, Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles4Sara NuruMandy Bork17Las VegasLos AngelesMiamiNew York CityHonoluluLondonSingapore5Alisar AilabouniHanna Bohnekamp18Cape Town, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Milan6Jana BellerRebecca Mir25It was never announced which contestants were part of the final cast. There was no fade-out at the end of each episode, the opening sequence only featured the top 18 and several girls were not present at the live finale for the runway walk. However, ONEeins Management listed the entire top 25 as cast members of the cycle.Schladming, London, Los Angeles, Tampa, Miami, Las Vegas, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Nassau7Luisa Hartema Hitzschke25Phuket, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, Papeete, Cancún, Paris8Lovelyn EnebechiMaike van Grieken26Dubai, Los Angeles, New York City, Honolulu9Stefanie GiesingerJolina Fust25Singapore, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, New York City, Mumbai, Paris, Malé10Vanessa FuchsAnuthida Ploypetch23Los Angeles, Oahu, Miami, New York City, London, Dubai, Milan, Auckland, Malé, Paris11Kim HnizdoElena Carriere24Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Madrid, Majorca, Milan, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, Sydney, Shanghai12Céline BethmannSerlina Hohmann28Barcelona, Menorca, Majorca, Paris, Marseille, Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, London13Toni Dreher-AdenugaJulianna Townsend29Las Terrenas, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York City, Cancún, Lisbon, Paris, Havana14Simone KowalskiSayana Ranjan30Sölden, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, Amsterdam, Paris15Jacky WruckSarah Posch28Los Pargos, Los Angeles, New York City, London, Milan, Paris, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios16Alex-Mariah PeterDascha Carriero31None17Lou-Anne 
Gleißenebner-TeskeyLuca Lorenz31Athens, Mykonos, Los Angeles, Ibiza18Vivien BlotzkiSomajia Ali35Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Ibiza

References

Category:2000s German television series debuts
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