Germany's Next Topmodel (season 4)
Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 4 is the fourth season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on 12 February 2009. In difference to former seasons the show saw a significant change as the audition process was completely open this time whereas every model-wannabe got a chance to audition in front of the jury led by Heidi Klum.
| Germany's Next Topmodel | |
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| Season 4 | |
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| Judges |
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| No. of contestants | 17 |
| Winner | Sara Nuru |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ProSieben |
| Original release | 12 February – 21 May 2009 |
| Season chronology | |
The numbers of applications were 1,104 in Düsseldorf, 1,376 in Munich and 18,786 who applied before via mail.[1]
Also the winner of the first cycle of Austria's Next Topmodel, Larissa Marolt was automatically secured a place among the top 20 finalists who will be chosen out of the semifinalists from the different audition cities and the written applications. The winner is 19-year-old Sara Nuru from Munich.
The international destinations for this cycle were set in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York City and Singapore.
Episode summaries
Episode 1: Die Schönen und das Biest
Original airdate: 12 February 2009
Out of ca. 1100 girls, the judge picked out 45 girls, and reduced them after and after down to the 15 semi-finalists of Düsseldorf. As a world's first, at this casting all the girls that auditioned got a chance to walk in front of the judges.
Episode 2: Münchener Schickeria
Original airdate: 19 February 2009
Again, out of ca. 1300 girls this time, the judge picked girls out and reduced their number down to the next 15 contestants. This casting was in Munich.
Episode 3: Eisprinzessinnen und ein Kartoffelsack
Original airdate: 26 February 2009
- Featured Photographer: Philippe Kerlo
Episode 4: Konkurrenz aus Österreich
Original airdate: 5 March 2009
- Challenge winner: Larissa Marolt, Mandy Bork & Tessa Bergmeier
- Booked for job: Marie Nasemann
- Eliminated: Olivia Berman, Johanna Popp & Daphne Braun
- Featured Photographer: Matt McCabe
- Special Guests: Lena Gercke, Jared Gold, Giddle Partridge, Clint Catalyst
& Jessicka
Episode 5: Aufstand im Heidi-Land
Original airdate: 12 March 2009
- Challenge winner: Maria Beckmann
- Booked for job: Larissa Marolt, Maria Beckmann & Sara Nuru
- Eliminated: Tessa Bergmeier
- Featured Photographer: Patricia von Ah
- Special Guest: Melanie Brown
Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas
Original airdate: 19 March 2009
- Challenge winner: Mandy Bork
- Booked for job: Ira Meindl, Marie Nasemann & Stefanie Thiessing
- Eliminated: Dana Franke
- Featured Photographer: Philippe Kerlo
Episode 7: Regen in Downtown L.A.
Original airdate: 26 March 2009
- Challenge winner: Aline Bauer
- Booked for job: Marie Nasemann
- Eliminated: Tamara Busch & Aline Bauer
- Featured Photographer: Rankin
Episode 8: Der Sprung ins kalte Wasser
Original airdate: 2 April 2009
- Challenge winners: Ira Meindl & Sara Nuru
- Booked for job: Maria Beckmann
- Eliminated: None
- Featured Photographer: Todd Essick
- Guest Judge: Petra Gessulat
Episode 9: Pole Dancing
Original airdate: 9 April 2009
- Challenge winner: Ira Meindl
- Booked for job: Larissa Marolt, Mandy Bork (two Jobs), Maria Beckmann, Marie Nasemann & Sara Nuru
- Eliminated: Stefanie Theissing
- Featured Photographer: Walter Chin
Episode 10: Das grosse Kopfschütteln
Original airdate: 16 April 2009
- Challenge winner: Larissa Marolt
- Booked for job: Jessica Motzkus & Maria Beckmann
- Eliminated: Katrina Scharinger
- Featured Director: Andreas Kayales
- Guest Judge: Bar Refaeli
Episode 11: Sexy Diven
Original airdate: 23 April 2009
- Challenge winner: Sarina Nowak
- Booked for job: Marie Nasemann
- Eliminated: Larissa Marolt
- Special Guest: Philipp Plein
- Guest Judge: Karolina Kurkova
- Featured Photographer: Kristian Schuller
Episode 12: Aloha, Topmodels!
Original airdate: 30 April 2009
- Challenge winner: Jessica Motzkus & Ira Meindl
- Booked for job: Mandy Bork
- Eliminated: Ira Meindl
- Special Guest: Good Charlotte
- Guest Judge: Phillip Plein
Episode 13: Bed of Roses
Original airdate: 7 May 2009
- Challenge winner: Sara Nuru
- Booked for job: Jessica Motzkus & Sara Nuru
- Eliminated: Sarina Nowak
- Guest Judge: Victoria Beckham
- Featured Photographer: Russell James
Episode 14: Cover Shoot
Original airdate: 14 May 2009
A manufacturer of lady shavers cast Sara for a TV Commercial shoot, all the girls did the cover shoot for the winner's Cosmopolitan Germany title and in parallel, all contestants were asked to create a unique photo shoot setting, a challenge Mandy won.
- Challenge winner: Mandy Bork
- Casted for job: Sara Nuru
- Eliminated: Maria Beckmann
- Guest Judge: Petra Gesulat
- Featured Director: Ben Hartenstein
Episode 15: Du Schwarze, du Blonde, du Braune
Original airdate: 19 May 2009
- Eliminated: Jessica Motzkus
- Guest Judge: Petra Gesulat
- Booked for job: Mandy Bork, Marie Nasemann & Sara Nuru
- Special Guest: Michela Maggioni
Episode 16: Das grosse Finale
Original airdate: 21 May 2009
- Final three: Mandy Bork, Marie Nasemann & Sara Nuru
- Eliminated: Marie Nasemann
- Final two: Mandy Bork & Sara Nuru
- Germany's Next Topmodel: Sara Nuru
- Special Guests: A-ha, Kelly Clarkson, Queensberry
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)[2]
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Bermann | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Berlin | Episode 4 | 17–15 |
| Johanna Popp | 21 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Nuremberg | ||
| Daphne Braun | 17 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Melle | ||
| Tessa Bergmeier | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Überlingen | Episode 5 | 14 |
| Dana Franke | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Berlin | Episode 6 | 13 |
| Tamara Busch | 16 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Giessen | Episode 7 | 12–11 |
| Aline Bauer | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Marbach am Neckar | ||
| Stefanie Theissing | 21 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Münster | Episode 9 | 10 |
| Katrina Scharinger | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Nuremberg | Episode 10 | 9 |
| Larissa Marolt[3] | 16 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See, Austria | Episode 11 | 8 |
| Ira Meindl | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Cologne | Episode 12 | 7 |
| Sarina Nowak | 17 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Uelzen | Episode 13 | 6 |
| Maria Beckmann | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Würzburg | Episode 14 | 5–4 |
| Jessica Motzkus | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Wolfsburg | ||
| Marie Nasemann | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Gauting | Episode 16 | 3 |
| Mandy Bork | 17 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Witten | 2 | |
| Sara Nuru | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Munich | 1 |
Summaries
Results table
| Place | Model | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||||
| 1 | Sara | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Winner | ||
| 2 | Mandy | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||
| 3 | Marie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
| 4 | Jessica | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||
| 5 | Maria | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| 6 | Sarina | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| 7 | Ira | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| 8 | Larissa | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| 9 | Katrina | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| 10 | Stefanie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||
| 11–12 | Tamara | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Aline | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Dana | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Tessa | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 15–17 | Olivia | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Johanna | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| Daphne | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
- The contestant was in danger of elimination
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 1 photo shoot: Düsseldorf
- Episode 2 photo shoot: Munich shooting
- Episode 3 photo shoot: Frostbitten beauty
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Burning car in the desert in pairs
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Hanging from a hot air balloon
- Episode 6 photo shoot: Brides in B&W
- Episode 7 photo shoot: Bikinis in the rain
- Episode 8 photo shoot: Underwater
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Pole dancing
- Episode 10 commercial: Wonder Bra
- Episode 11 photo shoot: Famous divas
- Episode 12 photo shoot: Rock stars
- Episode 13 photo shoot: American beauty
- Episode 14 photo shoot: Cosmopolitan covers
- Episode 15 photo shoot: Elle Singapore covers
- Episode 16 photo shoot: Bull riding
Controversy
- Sophia Thomalla, daughter of German actress Simone Thomalla, was eliminated in the first round for having a friendship with judge Peyman Amin.[4]
References
- http://www.prosieben.de/lifestyle_magazine/germanys_next_topmodel/artikel/56130
- "Alle Models von Germany's next Topmodel Staffel 4 in der Übersicht: Bilder, Steckbriefe, Videos". 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Larissa - Steckbrief - Germany's next Topmodel Staffel 4". 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "GNTM - Sophia Thomalla: Glücklich über Rauswurf bei GNTM".