Cycle 12 (Animation Next Top Model)

**Cycle 12** of Animation Next Top Model, also known as **All-Stars 2**, premiered on CTS on October 31, 2022, and concluded on November, 22.

Delcatty reprised as host and head judge. The season featured returning contestants mostly from the previous five seasons. While 6 models were pre-selected by production through the Golden Buzz twist, the audience voted back in 8 contestants from a pool of 14 models.

Princess Zelda was crowned as the winner of the cycle.

## Casting

On July 29, 2022, after the Cycle 7 finale, the Golden Buzzer twist was revealed. At the time, it was mentioned that each subsequent season would reveal a pre-selected contestant to return for All-Stars 2, and after the fifth model was chosen in Cycle 11, a final sixth returnee from any of the Golden Buzzer cycles would be revealed. On October 26, it would be revealed that the final Golden Buzzer could reveal a returnee from *any* cycle, which turned out to be Cycle 5 runner-up and All-Stars rejected candidate Princess Merida.

On October 26, 2022, the official announcement was released. The cycle would feature a public vote similar to the one in All-Stars. The list of 14 semifinalists would be released on October 27.

### Production's choice

These contestants were chosen by production to return and revealed one by one at the end of each cycle. Cycle 11 featured two Golden Buzzer reveals, a contestant from the same cycle and another from any of the 11 cycles.

### Public vote

On October 30, 2022, the results of the public vote were revealed in a pre-season show. Each semifinalist would be approached and told whether they had made it in or not. The official results were made public separately. There was a total of 59 submissions.

## Contestants

Ages stated are from the start of the contest.

## Summaries

### Call-out order

     The contestant was chosen to compete via the Golden Buzzer
     The contestant won a reward
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
     The contestant won the competition
### Bottom two

     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 in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
### Average call-out order

Casting call-out order and final two are not included.

## Trivia

* The international destination for the cycle was Milan, Italy.

## Gallery

### FCOs

Makeover (Chun Li)Toys/Dolls/Statues/Figures (Wilma)Black and white (Little Red)Pokémon types (Albedo)Underwater/Mermaid/Fish/Ocean (Zelda)Footwear (Draculaura)Avant-garde (Draculaura)Colors (Fluttershy)Winter/Christmas (Zelda)Profile (Zelda)Covergirl beauty shots (Albedo)
## References

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6. ↑ https://clubsthatsuck.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=3726&st=5360&#entry691188
7. ↑ Merida mentions it had been 3 years since her last season, but not even five months had passed in-between airing each season. Either the seasons had been recorded much earlier than they had been aired, Merida is a time-traveller, or Merida is a terrible liar.