The fifth season of Australia's Next Top Model premiered on 28 April 2009 on Fox8. Auditions were held during October and November 2008 across Australia, and production of the prerecorded episodes began in January 2009 and concluded in March 2009. Model and television personality Sarah Murdoch took over as the host for this season, replacing Jodhi Meares, and joining incumbent judges Alex Perry and Charlotte Dawson. Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Maybelline replaced the previous season's regular sponsors, Vogue and Napoleon Perdis.
The prizes for this season included a one-year modelling contract with Priscilla's Model Management in Sydney, a trip for two to New York City paid by Maybelline, a position as the face of Maybelline’s new colour collection, an eight-page spread in Harper's Bazaar Australia and courtesy of U by Kotex.
The winner of the competition was 17-year-old Tahnee Atkinson from North Fremantle, Western Australia.
Season summary Requirements Like in the previous two seasons, all contestants had to be aged 16 or older to be eligible for the show. Those auditioning were required to have a minimum height of at least tall. To qualify, all applicants had to be Australian citizens residing in Australia. Additional requirements stated that contestants should not have had prior experience as a model in a national campaign within the last five years. If a contestant was represented by an agent or a manager, she had to terminate that representation prior to the competition.
Cast Contestants (Ages stated are at start of contest.) ContestantAgeHeightHometown FinishPlaceLaura Tyrie18WillettonEpisode 113Leah Johnsen18OakleighEpisode 212Georgie Kidman16CastlemaineEpisode 311Mikarla Hussey18WollongongEpisode 410–9Eloise Hoile20GlenungaMadison Wall17WurtullaEpisode 58Laura Mitchell20Ocean ReefEpisode 67Lola Van Vorst20NewportEpisode 76Franky Okpara18WannerooEpisode 85Adele Thiel18HornsbyEpisode 94Clare Venema16BridgewaterEpisode 103Cassi Van Den Dungen16SunburyEpisode 112Tahnee Atkinson16North Fremantle1
Judges Sarah Murdoch (host) Charlotte Dawson Alex Perry
Other cast members Jonathan Pease – style director, model mentor
Episodes
Results Elimination table OrderEpisodes12345678910111 FrankyTahneeAdeleClareAdeleTahneeClareClare TahneeTahnee2CassiCassiEloiseFrankyAdeleClareClareTahneeCassi CassiCassi3TahneeClareCassiTahneeTahneeTahneeCassiCassi TahneeClare4EloiseFrankyClareMadisonCassiLolaAdele AdeleAdele5ClareMikarlaFrankyLolaFranky CassiFrankyFranky6MikarlaAdeleLola Franky Lola 7LolaTahneeLolaClare8MadisonMadisonAdele Cassi Madison 9Lola MadisonEloiseMikarla10GeorgieEloise Mikarla11 Leah GeorgieGeorgie12 AdeleLeah13
The contestant was immune from elimination The contestant was eliminated The contestant won the competition
Summaries Bottom two EpisodeContestantsEliminated1Adele & Laura T.Laura T.2Georgie & LeahLeah3Georgie & MikarlaGeorgie4Cassi, Eloise & MikarlaEloiseMikarla5Laura M. & MadisonMadison6Franky & Laura M.Laura M.7Franky & LolaLola8Adele & FrankyFranky9Adele & TahneeAdele10Cassi & ClareClare11Cassi & TahneeCassi
The contestant was eliminated after her first time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after her second time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after her third time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
Average call-out order Final two is not included. Rank byaverage Place Model Call-outtotal Number ofcall-outs Call-outaverage 1 Tahnee 27 10 2.70 2 3 Clare 29 2.90 3 2 Cassi 34 3.40 4 5 Franky 33 8 4.12 5 4 Adele 42 9 4.67 6 7 Laura M. 36 6 6.00 7 9–10 Eloise 25 4 6.25 8 6 Lola 44 7 6.28 9 8 Madison 37 5 7.40 10 9–10 Mikarla 30 4 7.50 11 Georgie 32 3 10.67 12 Leah 23 2 11.50 13 Laura T. 13 1 13.00
Photoshoot Guide Episode 1: Swimwear editorial Episode 2: Tulle on trapeze Episode 3: Natural beauty shots Episode 4: U by Kotex Episode 5: Lingerie in the desert Episode 6: Chanel campaign Episode 7: Fashion targets breast cancer Episode 8: Portraying celebrity style icons Episode 9: London edge Episode 10: Raw beauty on the beach
Makeovers Georgie - Katy Perry inspired dark brown long bob Eloise - Rachel Hunter inspired loose curls, layered and dyed dark blonde Mikarla - Karlie Kloss inspired angled line bob and dyed light blonde Madison - Straighten Laura M. - Katie Holmes inspired China doll bob Lola - Tight waves and dyed brown Franky - Halle Berry inspired black pixie cut and hair straighten Adele - Lindsay Lohan light red and no bangs Clare - Trimmed and layered Cassi - Loose waves and layered Tahnee - Long brown extensions, dyed chocolate brown, highlights and lowlights
Final votes PlaceContestantFinal votes SarahAlexCharlotteJonathanPriscilla Russell (Photographer)Claudia Public 1Tahnee4 (51.4%)2Cassi4 (48.6%)
Controversies Before the season premiered, there was controversy over a number of issues.
Sixteen-year-old Cassi Van Den Dungen was criticised for being a "proud bogan and smoker" with her mother in support, having to take anger-management classes to control her temper whilst participating in the series, and for being engaged and living with a 25-year-old bricklayer. She also received backlash from Hume City Council mayor Jack Ogilvie over comments in which she described her hometown of Sunbury as "like a ghetto", with the mayor stating that Van Den Dungen was a "very immature, silly little girl" and that "she owes Sunbury an apology. I wonder if she knows what a ghetto is. Sunbury is far from being a ghetto, far from it."
Eighteen-year-old Mikarla Hussey's appearance initially shocked host Sarah Murdoch. In the second episode, a nutritionist assisted the contestants with healthy eating, weight management and lifestyle choices. Mikarla initially weighed 50 kg (110 lb) before production began. After her swimsuit photo shoot showed off her technically unhealthy body, she was forced to put on weight.
Lola Van Vorst was involved in a nude photo scandal, involving pictures taken by an ex-boyfriend.
On 6 June 2009, it was revealed that Clare Venema, Adele Thiel and Tahnee Atkinson had previous professional modelling experience that had not been disclosed during the show. Notes
References
External links Official website