Germany's Next Topmodel (cycle 9)

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 9
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Country of origin	Germany
Release
Original network	ProSieben
Original release	February 6, 2014 (2014-02-06) – May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08)

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 9 is the ninth season of the show that is aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show began to air on February 6, 2014 under the catch phrase Show Yourself. As in the last preceding years, a preselection was done and open castings were not part of the show anymore. The first episode started with 25 finalists, selected from 70 semifinalists.

The judging panel consists of Thomas Hayo and Wolfgang Joop. The prizes included a modeling contract with OneEins GmbH Management, a spread and cover in the German Cosmopolitan and an Opel Adams. The winner of the competition was 17-year-old Stefanie Giesinger from Kaiserlautern.

The international destinations for this cycle were Singapore, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Salt Lake City, Paris, New York and Malé.

Episode summaries

Episode 1: Berlin to Singapore

Original airdate: February 6, 2014

The first episode of Germany's Next Topmodel 2014, starts at Berlin's Tempodrom where out of the thousands who'd had applied and attended casting calls nationwide, 70 of Germany's most gorgeous women fought for the top 25 spots on offer. This year's judging panel along with host Heidi Klum, consists of regular judge Thomas Hayo and new-comer to the top model series, but renowned fashion designer; Wolfgang Joop. After the 25 finalists were chosen, Heidi announced that the girls would be flying to Singapore. Upon arrival to the luxurious Sentosa Island hotel, beds were chosen and friendships forged. The next day, the girls are met down by the pool with Heidi and this week's photographer Christian Anwander for their very first photo-shoot; A bikini shoot. Some girls excel, in particular Aminata, Ivana, Jolina and Nancy while others fall flat. The girls do a runway training afterwards where Nancy and Jolina surprise the judges, but in the end Ivana is deemed best. In the end it was Lisa S. and Luxembourgian contestant Jill who did not impress the judges, and both were eliminated from the competition.

• Eliminated: Jill Schmitz & Lisa Seibert
• Featured photographer: Christian Anwander

Episode 2: If Heidi does not come, then it is serious

Original airdate: February 13, 2014

This episode, the 23 remaining contestants the girls are put under the pressure of their very first runway challenge at one of Singapore's very own fashion shows; Digital Fashion Week where Jolina is chosen to open and Nathalie to close the show. Later, a photo-shoot at Gardens by the Bay has the girls posing with a snake, where Ivana produces the best picture, followed by Jolina, Sarah and Aminata. Unable to attend both the Fashion Show and photo-shoot, Heidi leaves a recorded video telling the girls they are all heading to Los Angeles. Here, one by one, the girls are assessed on both their walk and photo's. Unable to impress the judges this week is Franziska who is sent home, whilst the 18 remaining girls move into the mansion. Fata Hasanovic who was forced to withdraw due to a lack of a visa returned in cycle 11 where she placed third.

• Quit: Pauline Cottin, Laura Haas, Ina Bartak & Fata Hasanovic
• Chosen to open the fashion show: Jolina Fust
• Chosen to close the fashion show: Nathalie Volk
• Eliminated: Franziska Wimmer
• Featured photographer: Christian Anwander

Episode 3: Makeovers!-Style Edition

Original airdate: February 20, 2014

In Episode 3 the girls receive their makeovers. Some find it hard to part with their old looks, whilst other's are happy to undergo the change. Samantha is praised for her fantastic long hair that is dyed in orange. Later at the photo shoot, the girls will be flying high as this photo-shoot challenges them to overcome heights. Ivana, Jolina and Samantha impress the judges the most with their sedcard, however five girls are able to earn their immunity for their performances at the other photo shoot: Ivana, Nancy, Nathalie, Sainabou and Antonia. The judges also note Sarah's improvement in her walk, however Stefanie, Jana, Emma and Laura are unable to impress leaving the latter as the eliminee for her lack of progress.

• Immune from elimination: Antonia Balzer, Ivana Teklic, Nancy Nagel, Nathalie Volk & Sainabou Sosseh
• Bottom four: Emma Kahlert, Jana Heinisch, Laura Kristen & Stefanie Giesinger
• Eliminated: Laura Kristen
• Featured photographer: Oliver S. & Brian Bowen Smith

Episode 4: Body Edition

Original airdate: February 27, 2014

With this week's focus on the body, the girls head to their casting for Shape Magazine, where Stefanie, Betty, Simona, Samantha, Sainabou and Antonia impress the client. In the end Antonia is the one to be booked. Later, the girls perform in the opening trailer shoot shot by Rankin. Heidi notes Nathalie, Aminata and Anna as stand-outs while Jolina, Stefanie and Emma disappoint. At judging Ivana and Aminata perform best while Sarah, Stefanie, Lisa and Nancy are critiqued for their walks as well as Jolina and Emma for their video-shoot thus placing in the bottom five. Stefanie fails at both and lands herself in the bottom two however it is Emma who the judges feel is just not ready yet and is sent packing.

• Booked for casting: Antonia Balzer
• Bottom five: Emma Kahlert, Jolina Fust, Nancy Nagel, Sarah Weinfurter & Stefanie Giesinger
• Eliminated: Emma Kahlert
• Featured photographer: Michael Reh & Rankin
• Guest judge: Alessandra Ambrosio

Episode 5: Boys Edition

Original airdate: March 6, 2014

With the focus of the week being interaction with male models, the girls head off to select male models for their shoot where Ivana flirts with one of the male models despite having a boyfriend. The shoot this week takes place on Malibu beach shot by renowned photographer Gilles Bensimon. The girls have to shoot in pairs with male models, most of the girls leave Heidi disappointed however Ivana, Simona and Nancy stand-out. The challenge later follows where the girls have to film a commercial with a male model, Samantha and Antonia leave Thomas Hayo unimpressed, while Lisa's performance is said to be horrible and even making judge Wolfgang Joop laugh, but it is Sarah who delivers the best performance earning herself immunity with Sainabou being second. Lisa, Antonia and Samantha are chastised at judging for their dull performances in both the shoot and the challenge, but Lisa enjoys kind of a puppy license while Samantha is said to have more potential thus sending Antonia home.

• Immune from elimination: Sarah Weinfurter
• Bottom three: Antonia Balzer, Lisa Gelbrich & Samantha Brock
• Eliminated: Antonia Balzer

Episode 6: Transformation Edition

Original airdate: March 13, 2014

The week starts with a casting for German Cosmopolitan where Jolina, Karlin, Nancy and Anna reach the second round with only Jolina and Karlin booked. In the first photo shoot the girls are divided into groups where some of them have to play the role of men or boys. Ivana, Nathalie and Nancy are deemed best. In the second photo shoot the girls are body painted and have to pose with spiders. The photographer Rankin books Karlin, Aminata, Betty and Samantha for his magazine but only Samantha's pictures are published in the magazine. Simona and Jana are sent home for their problems at the photo shoots.

• Booked for casting: Jolina Fust, Karlin Obiango & Samantha Brock
• Immune from elimination: Aminata Sanogo, Betty Taube, Ivana Teklic & Nathalie Volk
• Eliminated: Simona Hartl
• Bottom two: Jana Heinisch & Sarah Weinfurter
• Eliminated: Jana Heinisch
• Featured photographer: Thomas Hayo & Rankin

Episode 7: Extreme Edition

Original airdate: March 20, 2014

In this week's photo shoot the girls have to be hysterical divas who go ballistic what makes Sarah, Lisa, Sainabou and Aminata struggle while Ivana, Betty, Nathalie and Jolina perform best. In the casting for Emmi AG Jolina, Stefanie, Samantha, Sarah and Nancy reach the second round where Jolina gets her second job and thus flies to India. The girls have to present extreme outfits at panel, where Ivana's walk is, like always, deemed best. In the end Sainabou is eliminated for her bad performance at both; photo shoot and runway.

• Booked for casting: Jolina Fust
• Bottom Three: Aminata Sanogo, Sainabou Sosseh & Sarah Weinfurter
• Eliminated: Sainabou Sosseh
• Featured photographer: Matt McCabe & Rankin

Episode 8: Road Trip Edition

Original airdate: March 27, 2014

In the beginning Wolfgang Joop books Ivana and Samantha for his Wunderkind show at Paris Fashion Week. After that the girls do a photo shoot in Utah where Stefanie, Nathalie and Betty perform best, while Lisa, Karlin, Sarah and Nancy are unable to impress. It's also the first time for Ivana to fail at a photo shoot. The girls also produce a fashion film, where Ivana, Nancy and Jolina impress while Stefanie, Lisa, Karlin, Sarah and Anna fall flat. Ivana's walk is once again deemed best. In the end Lisa is eliminated for being not as good as the other girls, not understanding the judges' critique and even being dull witted at times.

• Booked for casting: Ivana Teklic & Samantha Brock
• Bottom Three: Karlin Obiango, Lisa Gelbrich & Sarah Weinfurter
• Eliminated: Lisa Gelbrich
• Featured photographer: Christian Anwander & Thomas Hayo

Episode 9: Expression Edition

Original airdate: April 3, 2014

This week's first photo shoot takes place at an old train station where the girls have to cry as if they would move away. In the second photo shoot they have to give different emotions they're told. Ivana is deemed best at the photo shoot. Samantha and Sarah are the weakest at the photo shoots and Nancy struggles on the runway heavily thus making them land in the bottom three. In contrast to them Ivana's and Jolina's walks are deemed perfect. Though reaching the next round Nancy behaves rude to Heidi when getting her photo what annoys the judges.

• Bottom Three: Nancy Nagel, Samantha Brock & Sarah Weinfurter
• Eliminated: None
• Featured photographer: Robert Erdmann & Thomas Hayo

Episode 10: Fashion Week Edition

Original airdate: April 10, 2014

The girls head back to Berlin for a big week of castings. The girls head to various designers where Jolina, Ivana and Nancy are booked as runway models. Jolina is praised for being booked for all three shows. The girls also visit the casting for Joy Magazine, where Anna, Samantha and Karlin are selected. The rest of the girls tour Berlin sights where Nathalie hypocritically asserts she is happy not to be chosen saying she will only walk in Paris. The shoot takes place back in LA, however Karlin's visa is rejected forcing her to remain in Berlin while she awaits a new one. Most of the girls impress at the photo shoot, with Ivana, Aminata and Samantha performing best and Betty, Sarah and Nathalie struggling. At judging the girls walk in outfits designed by Wolfgang, where Sarah is once again castigated for regressing in performance and she is sent home. Jolina is advised to show more personality.

• Booked for casting: Jolina Fust, Ivana Teklic, Nancy Nagel, Samantha Brock, Anna Wilken & Karlin Obiango
• Eliminated: Sarah Weinfurter
• Bottom two: Betty Taube & Nathalie Volk
• Eliminated: None
• Featured photographer: Enrique Badulescu

Episode 11: Sexy Edition

Original airdate: April 17, 2014

The week starts with a runway training where Ivana, Betty and Aminata are deemed best while Samantha and Anna are the worst. Heidi and Wolfgang Joop try to persuade Jolina to let her hair short cut but Jolina bursts in tears and refuses it. At the casting for Opel Stefanie, Jolina and Betty are the best with Stefanie getting her first job. At the photo shoot Stefanie, Samantha and Anna struggle. These three are also the ones to struggle at the catwalk, where the girls have to walk in Victoria's Secret underwear and wings. While Stefanie reaches the next round because of her job Samantha and Anna land in the bottom two. Though Anna quits the competition Samantha is sent home.

• Booked for casting: Stefanie Giesinger
• Bottom two: Anna Wilken & Samantha Brock
• Quit: Anna Wilken
• Eliminated: Samantha Brock
• Featured photographer: Fransesco Carrozini

Episode 12: Girls Edition

Original airdate: April 24, 2014

The girls have a press training where Betty earns herself immunity because of her excellent performance. This week's casting is for Maybelline. Jolina, Ivana, Stefanie and Nathalie are the last four. As later revealed it has been a race head to head between Jolina and Ivana that resulted in Jolinas sixth job. At the photo shoot where the girls have to pose with little children Nancy bursts in tears missing her own son. Ivana, Stefanie and Jolina perform best. Aminata struggles at the catwalk what makes her the original eliminee but she is saved after an asthma resulting. Jolina is also critiqued for her walk. Ivana even starts to debate with Wolfgang, defending Aminata. For the second time in the cycle no girl is eliminated.

• Re-entered: Karlin Obiango
• Booked for casting: Jolina Fust
• Immune from elimination: Betty Taube
• Eliminated: None
• Featured photographer: Christian Anwander & Kristian Schuller

Episode 13: Real World Edition

Original airdate: May 1, 2014

This week's photo shoot is the cover of German Cosmopolitan what is one of the winning prices. At the shoot Betty, Stefanie, Jolina, Ivana and Aminata are deemed best while Nancy and Karlin have problems. When visiting an agency Jolina gets the offer to sign with Elite Model Management. At a casting for New York Fashion Week only Jolina and Ivana reach the second round with Ivana booked for her fourth job what results in Ivana's immunity. While the casting Aminata, who becomes jealous, slanders Jolina and Ivana heavily what results in a shitstorm on socialmedia, especially with Ivana having defended Aminata the week before. At a press conference Stefanie stirs everybody to water when talking about her severe disease. After the catwalk Nancy and Karlin are sent home.

• Offer to sign with an agency: Jolina Fust
• Booked for casting: Ivana Teklic
• Immune from elimination: Ivana Teklic
• Eliminated: Nancy Nagel & Karlin Obiango
• Featured photographer: Brian Bowen Smith

Episode 14: Semi-Finals

Original airdate: May 4, 2014

It is the first time there are six girls in the semifinals. At the casting for Gillette Venus Jolina reaches the second round once again as well as Betty and Nathalie. In the end it's Betty to win the casting. At the photo shoot none of the girls struggles, but Ivana's picture is later deemed best. At the last catwalk before the final only Ivana and Jolina are able to fully convince the judges. Jolina is the first girl to reach the final with having been booked for six jobs, but is critiqued for not showing enough personality. After her also Ivana, who has been booked for four jobs is able to reach the final. The third girl to be called out is Aminata who is eliminated as well as Nathalie what leaves Betty and Stefanie who are called out together. In the end Stefanie reaches the final because of her progress and her amazing charm what makes Betty the third eliminee. The three finalist and the 3 eliminated girls travel to the Maldives for a few days.

• Booked for casting: Betty Taube
• Eliminated: Aminata Sanogo & Nathalie Volk
• Bottom two: Betty Taube & Stefanie Giesinger
• Eliminated: Betty Taube
• Featured photographer: Kristian Schuller

Episode 15: Live Finale

Original airdate: May 8, 2014

In the final Jolina is deemed to be the best in the photo shoot and Ivana wins the challenge to design an outfit herself and to present it on the runway. The girls also have to choose the staging and the music. Ivana is eliminated first despite being this cycle's catwalk queen, being this cycle's most consistent candidate and winning the design challenge where Wolfgang Joop states Ivana's outfit and walk were definitely the best. Wolfgang also asserts that Ivana was his favorite but Heidi and Thomas voted for the other girls. Betty is chosen to open the Top 20 walk after online voting between the girls who didn't reach the final. In the end Stefanie is chosen as the winner of the competition.

• Top 20 walk opener: Betty Taube
• Final three: Ivana Teklic, Jolina Fust and Stefanie Giesinger
• Eliminated: Ivana Teklic
• Final two: Jolina Fust & Stefanie Giesinger
• Germany's Next Topmodel: Stefanie Giesinger
• Featured photographer: Christian Anwander

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Outcome
Jill Schmitz	22		Pétange	Eliminated in Episode 1
Lisa Seibert	18		Wiesbaden
Pauline Cottin	18		Trier	Quit in Episode 2
Laura Haas	19		München
Ina Bartak	21		München
Fata Hasanovic	18		Berlin
Franziska Wimmer	17		Neumarkt-Sankt Veit	Eliminated in Episode 2
Laura Kristen	18		Schauenstein	Eliminated in Episode 3
Emma Kahlert	16		Heidelberg	Eliminated in Episode 4
Antonia Balzer	16		Hoppegarten	Eliminated in Episode 5
Simona Hartl	17		Roding	Eliminated in Episode 6
Jana Heinisch	19		Bremen
Sainabou Sosseh	16		Bremen	Eliminated in Episode 7
Lisa Gelbrich	17		Ilfeld	Eliminated in Episode 8
Sarah Weinfurter	16		Kassel	Eliminated in Episode 10
Anna Wilken	17		Wittmund	Quit in Episode 11
Samantha Brock	17		Berlin	Eliminated in Episode 11
Nancy Nagel	21		Schneeberg	Eliminated in Episode 13
Karlin-Ivana "Karlin" Obiango	17		Ludwigshafen
Aminata Sanogo	18		Bergisch-Gladbach	Eliminated in Episode 14
Nathalie Volk	16		Soltau
Betty Taube	18		Trebbin
Ivana Teklic	18		Bad Homburg	Eliminated in Episode 15
Jolina Fust	16		Hamburg	Runner-Up
Stefanie Giesinger	17		Kaiserslautern	Winner

Summaries

Call-out order

Heidi's call-out order

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1	Nancy	Antonia	Antonia	Ivana	Jana	Aminata	Karlin	Aminata	Stefanie	Aminata	Stefanie	Betty	Ivana	Jolina	Stefanie	Stefanie
2	Pauline	Aminata	Ivana	Antonia	Anna	Betty	Ivana	Betty	Nathalie	Nancy	Betty	Ivana	Aminata	Ivana	Jolina	Jolina
3	Stefanie	Samantha	Nancy	Lisa G.	Sarah	Ivana	Jolina	Ivana	Karlin	Sarah	Nancy	Jolina	Stefanie	Aminata	Ivana
4	Jill	Jolina	Nathalie	Simona	Jolina	Nathalie	Anna	Nancy	Anna	Jolina	Aminata	Nancy	Jolina	Nathalie
5	Nathalie	Simona	Sainabou	Jana	Aminata	Jolina	Nancy	Samantha	Jolina	Stefanie	Ivana	Stefanie	Nancy	Stefanie
6	Sainabou	Emma	Aminata	Betty	Nancy	Sainabou	Betty	Anna	Aminata	Ivana	Jolina	Nathalie	Nathalie	Betty
7	Simona	Karlin	Lisa G.	Anna	Karlin	Anna	Lisa G.	Jolina	Ivana	Anna	Nathalie	Karlin	Karlin
8	Jolina	Nathalie	Samantha	Samantha	Betty	Stefanie	Samantha	Stefanie	Betty	Samantha	Anna	Aminata	Betty
9	Lisa G.	Stefanie	Sarah	Sainabou	Simona	Karlin	Stefanie	Nathalie	Sarah	Betty	Samantha
10	Emma	Sarah	Jolina	Karlin	Nathalie	Samantha	Nathalie	Sarah	Samantha	Nathalie
11	Laura K.	Betty	Betty	Nathalie	Stefanie	Lisa G.	Sarah	Lisa G.	Nancy
12	Jana	Ivana	Anna	Aminata	Ivana	Simona	Sainabou	Karlin
13	Samantha	Nancy	Simona	Nancy	Sainabou	Nancy	Aminata
14	Ivana	Sainabou	Karlin	Jolina	Lisa G.	Sarah
15	Antonia	Franziska	Stefanie	Sarah	Samantha	Jana
16	Anna	Jana	Jana	Stefanie	Antonia
17	Aminata	Anna	Emma	Emma
18	Karlin	Lisa G.	Laura K.
19	Lisa S.	Laura K.
20	Betty	Fata
21	Sarah	Ina
22	Franziska	Laura H.
23	Fata	Pauline
24	Ina
25	Laura H.

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant quit the competition

     The contestant was immune from elimination

     The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom three/two

     The contestant was originally eliminee but was saved by the judges

     The contestant won the competition

• In episode 2, Ina, Laura H. and Pauline quit the competition due to personal reasons, while Fata had to drop out of the competition after not receiving a visa for the flight to Los Angeles.
• In Episode 9, Nancy, Samantha and Sarah landed in the bottom three; none of them was eliminated.
• In Episode 10, Karlin was not allowed to return to Los Angeles because she lacked a visa. She was therefore not present at elimination, but she was allowed to remain in the competition.
• In Episode 11, Anna and Samantha landed in the bottom two. Anna quit the competition, and Samantha was eliminated after she quit. It was revealed that Anna would have stayed if she hadn't quit.
• In Episode 12, Karlin re-entered the competition. Also, in this episode, Aminata was originally eliminated, but she was saved by the judges.

Photo shoot guide

• Episode 1 photo shoot: B&W beauty shots in a pool
• Episode 2 photo shoot: Flora and fauna with snakes
• Episode 3 photo shoots: Professional comp cards; floating with balloons overlooking a roller coaster
• Episode 4 video shoot: Filming the opening sequence
• Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing in pairs on the beach with a male model
• Episode 6 photo shoots: Portraying both genders in pairs in B&W; posing with tarantulas in glitter body paint
• Episode 7 photo shoot: Hysterical divas in a restaurant
• Episode 8 photo shoots: Amerindian beauty; cowgirl fashion films
• Episode 9 photo shoot: Crying in 1920s fashion
• Episode 10 photo shoot: Jumping from a trampoline in colored gowns
• Episode 11 photo shoot: Hydrant sexy shoot
• Episode 12 photo shoot: Posing with lil' children
• Episode 13 photo shoot: Cosmopolitan covers
• Episode 14 photo shoot: Crashed sailing ship from Mars in couture
• Episode 15 photo shoot: Stage rock stars

Controversy

An article on Bild.de revealed the final three as being Ivana Teklic, Stefanie Giesinger, and Jolina Fust.

Post Topmodel careers

• Pauline Cottin has signed with ONEeins.
• Fata Hasonivic has signed with ONEeins.
• Laura Kristen has signed with ONEeins.
• Emma Kahlert has signed with ONEeins.
• Antonia Balzer has signed with ONEeins.
• Simona Hartl has signed with ONEeins. She walked at Genf fashion week.
• Jana Heinisch has signed with Louisa Models.
• Sainabou Sosseh has signed with ONEeins.
• Lisa Gelbrich has signed with ONEeins
• Sarah Weinfurter has signed with ONEeins.
• Samantha Brock has been signed with ONEeins. She has walked at Berlin fashion week.
• Anna Wilken has signed with Munich Models. She walked at Berlin fashion week and Paris fashion week.
• Karlin Obiango has signed with ONEeins. She released a single called Wunderkind.
• Nancy Nagel has signed with ONEeins
• Betty Taube has signed a modeling contract with ONEeins. She has walked for Guido Maria Kretschmer at Berlin fashion week. She had a TV-Spot for Chixx. She appeared in the show Topmodel on Tour, and had her own feature called Betty Goes Tokyo in the German tabloid program Taff.
• Nathalie Volk has signed with Modelwerk in Hamburg and has modeled for Swiss lingerie-retailer Vicky Bonheur. She participated in the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
• Aminata Sanogo has signed with Mega Model in Hamburg. She graced the cover of German Stern magazine.
• Ivana Teklic has signed with Pars Management and Women Management. She walked for Dior, Wunderkind, Calvin Klein, Ralph & Russo, Julien Macdonald, Roksanda Ilincic and Roberto Cavalli and other designers at Paris, Milan and London fashion week, became the face of Joffroy make-up and a campaign for Gucci, had a spread in Vogue, Kaltblut, Flanelle, Perk, Factice and Up magazines and graced the covers of Quality, Perk and Up magazines thus making her one of the most successful alumni of Germany's Next Top Model.
• Jolina Fust was signed with ONEeins. She is now signed with Munich Models and Next Model Management in London. She has walked at Berlin fashion week.
• Stefanie Giesinger has collected all of her prizes as the winner, including the cover of Cosmopolitan, a TV-commercial for Opel, and a modeling contract with ONEeins. She walked for Wunderkind and at Milan and Berlin fashion week.