Austria's Next Topmodel, season 1 was the first season of the Austrian reality documentary based on Tyra Banks America's Next Top Model. The host of the show was Lena Gercke, the first winner of GNTM who is also the first winner of a Top Model franchise that later becomes a host of another Top Model show.Linie eins News|Medien|Lena Gercke sucht »Austrias Next Topmodel« The jury consisted of the head of Vienna-based agency Wiener Models Andrea Weidler and Dutch-born runway coach Alamande Belfor.Austrias Next Topmodel: Judges
The show caused some controversy, as it was discovered that Tamara Puljarevic, one of the contestants, applied under her father's surname to hide her identity of being the daughter of Svetlana Puljarevic, who is the executive chief of Miss magazine, on whose cover the winner would eventually be featured.Alles Fake bei "Austria's Next Topmodel"" She eventually made it to the 2nd runner-up-position but was ultimately surpassed by 16-year-old Larissa Marolt, who was named the first Austria's Next Topmodel and went on to compete on the fourth season of Germany's Next Topmodel hosted by Heidi Klum.
Contestants (ages stated are at start of contest)
Contestant Age Height Hometown FinishPlace Piroschka Khyo 16 Wiener Neustadt Episode 210 Birgit Königstorfer 22 LinzEpisode 39 Kordula Stöckl 21 Navis Episode 48–7 Christiane Pliem 17 Bad Mitterndorf Julia Mähder 20 Vienna Episode 56 Kim Sade-Tiroch 17 Baden bei Wien Episode 65 16 Vienna Episode 74 Tamara Puljarevic 18 Vienna3 Victoria Hooper 16 Vienna 2 Larissa Marolt 16 1
Episodes I am from Austria Title translation: "I am from Austria" Original airdate: January 9, 2009
Guest judges: Sabine Landl & Thang de Hoo
Küss die Hand, schöne Frau
Title translation: "Kiss the hand, beautiful lady" Original airdate: January 15, 2009
Challenge winners: Larissa Marolt & Victoria Hooper Bottom two: Birgit Königstorfer & Piroschka Khyo Eliminated: Piroschka Khyo Featured photographer: Sepp Gallauer Guest judges: Sabine Landl & Sepp Gallauer
Es lebe der Sport Title translation: "Long lives the sport" Original airdate: January 22, 2009
Challenge winner: Constanzia Delort-Laval Casting winner: Julia Mähder Featured photographer: Gery Keszler & Andreas Bitesnich Guest judge: Stefan Maierhofer
Out of the dark Title translation: "Out of the dark" Original airdate: January 26, 2009
Bottom two: Birgit Königstorfer & Kim Sade-Tiroch Eliminated: Birgit Königstorfer Bottom three: Christiane Pliem, Constanzia Delort-Laval & Kordula Stöckl Eliminated: Christiane Pliem & Kordula Stöckl Challenge winners: Constanzia Delort-Laval, Kordula Stöckl, Tamara Puljarevic & Victoria Hooper Guest judge: Domenique Melchior
Schickeria Original airdate: January 29, 2009
Bottom two: Julia Mähder & Tamara Puljarevic Eliminated: Julia Mähder Challenge winner: Constaniza Delort-Laval & Julia Mähder Guest judge: Eva Dichand & Gery Keszler
Engel fliegen einsam Title translation: "Angels fly alone" Original airdate: February 2, 2009
Bottom three: Constanzia Delort-Laval, Kim Sade-Tiroch & Larissa Marolt Eliminated: Kim Sade-Tiroch Challenge winner: Larissa Marolt Featured photographers: Mato Johannik & Mike Asato Guest judge: Julia Wagner
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön Title translation: "This portrait is enchantingly beautiful" Original airdate: February 5, 2009
Bottom two: Constanzia Delort-Laval & Tamara Puljarevic Eliminated: Constanzia Delort-Laval Bottom two: Larissa Marolt & Tamara Puljarevic Eliminated: Tamara Puljarevic Final two: Larissa Marolt & Victoria Hooper Austria's Next Topmodel: Larissa Marolt Featured photographer: Rafaela Pröll Guest judge: Atil Kutoglu
Summaries Call-out order OrderEpisodes1234567 1 KimVictoriaTamaraKimVictoriaVictoriaLarissaVictoriaLarissa 2 ConstanziaLarissaLarissaLarissaLarissaTamaraVictoriaLarissaVictoria 3 TamaraKordulaChristianeJuliaKimLarissaTamaraTamara 4 VictoriaTamaraVictoriaVictoriaConstanziaConstanziaConstanzia 5 JuliaJuliaKordulaTamaraTamaraKim 6 LarissaKimJuliaConstanziaJulia 7 BirgitChristianeConstanziaChristiane 8 KordulaConstanziaKimKordula 9 PiroschkaBirgitBirgit 10 ChristianePiroschka
The contestant won the reward challenge and was immune from elimination The contestant was eliminated The contestant won the competition
Episodes 3 and 5 ended with a cliffhanger and the elimination was shown in the following episode
Bottom two / three EpisodeContestantsEliminated2Birgit&PiroschkaPiroschka3Birgit&KimBirgit4ConstanziaCristianeKordulaChristianeKordula5Julia&TamaraJulia6ConstanziaKimLarissaKim7Constanzia&TamaraConstanziaLarissa&TamaraTamaraLarissa&VictoriaVictoria
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 after their third time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated and placed as the runner-up
Photo shoot guide Episode 1 photo shoot: Cobenzl runway Episode 2 photo shoot: Casual attire Episode 3 photo shoot: Life Ball's style bible; skiing snow queens Episode 4 photo shoot: Body painting Episode 5 photo shoot: Chrystal worlds calendar Episode 6 photo shoots: Miss covers; made in Austria Episode 7 photo shoots: Swarovski campaign; tradition trifft moderne
Judges Lena Gercke (Host) Andrea Weidler Alamande Belfor
References
External links Official website
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