Season 3 of Austria's Next Topmodel aired on Puls 4 from January to March 2011. The judging panel consisted of Lena Gercke, Elvyra Geyer, and Atil Kutoglu. Among the prizes were a cover on Austrian magazine Woman, the face of the newest Hervis campaign as well as two runway jobs at the Milan and Paris Fashion Week.
The first episode featured contestants in all nine Austrian federal states, and the top four from each state automatically qualified for a spot in the first episode. The top four competed again, with each state's favorite making the final cast directly. Five more contestants were granted wildcard spots, making 14 competing in the remaining episodes. Another change was that there was one casting to book in every episode where the actual job would take place abroad, however only the winner would be allowed to travel there. The only international destination where all cast members traveled was New York City.
Episodes
Episode 1 Original airdate:
Episode 1 was the casting episode.
Episode 2 Original airdate: Quit: Lisa Berghold Challenge winner: Lydia Obute Booked for job/Immune: Vanessa Lotz Eliminated: Victoria Vogeler
Episode 3 Original airdate: Challenge winner: Darija Gavric Booked for job: Lydia Obute & Vanessa Lotz Bottom two: Sarah Preiml & Valerie Heidenreich Eliminated: Sarah Preiml
Episode 4 Original airdate: Challenge winner: Julia Trummer Booked for job: Lydia Obute & Magalie Berghahn Disqualified: Magalie Berghahn Bottom three: Linda Linortner, Nadine Oberleiter & Nicole Gerzabek Eliminated: See below
Episode 5 Original airdate: Eliminated (episode 4): Nadine Oberleiter Challenge winner: Lydia Obute Booked for job: Darija Gavric & Katharina Theuermann Bottom two: Linda Linortner & Valerie Heidenreich Eliminated: Linda Linortner
Episode 6 Original airdate: Booked for job: Darija Gavric, Lydia Obute, Romana Gruber & Vanessa Lotz Challenge winner: Nicole Gerzabek Eliminated: Valerie Heidenreich & Vanessa Lotz
Episode 7 Original airdate: Bottom two: Julia Trummer & Romana Gruber Eliminated: None
Episode 8 Original airdate: Bottom three: Darija Gavric, Julia Trummer & Nicole Gerzabek Eliminated: Nicole Gerzabek
Episode 9 Original airdate: Eliminated: Julia Trummer Bottom two: Katharina Theuermann & Romana Gruber Eliminated: None
Episode 10 Original airdate: Final four: Darija Gavric, Katharina Theuermann, Lydia Obute & Romana Gruber Eliminated: Darija Gavric Final three: Katharina Theuermann, Lydia Obute & Romana Gruber Eliminated: Romana Gruber Final two: Katharina Theuermann & Lydia Obute Austria's next topmodel: Lydia Obute
Contestants (ages stated are at start of contest) Contestant Age Height Home StateFinishPlace Lisa Berghold 16 Graz Episode 214 (quit) Victoria Vogeler 26 Munich, Germany13 Sarah Preiml 18 Sankt Veit an der Glan Episode 312 Magalie Berghahn 21 Linz Episode 411 (DQ) Nadine Oberleiter 24 FeldkirchEpisode 510 Linda Linortner 25 Bad Ischl9 Vanessa Lotz 24 Worms, Germany Episode 68–7 Valerie Heidenreich 18 Vienna Nicole Gerzabek 23 Vienna Episode 86 Julia Trummer 20 Vienna Episode 95 Darija Gavric 23 Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina Episode 104 Romana Gruber 24 Schwaz3 Katharina Theuermann 17 Klagenfurt2 Lydia Obute 18 Baden bei Wien1
Summaries PlaceModelEpisodes123456789101LydiaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE SAFESAFEWinner2KatharinaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOW SAFE LOW OUT3RomanaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOW SAFELOW LOW OUT4DarijaSAFESAFESAFE SAFESAFESAFE SAFELOW SAFE OUT5Julia SAFESAFESAFE SAFESAFESAFELOW LOW OUT6NicoleSAFESAFESAFELOW SAFESAFESAFE OUT ValerieSAFESAFELOW SAFELOW OUTVanessaSAFEIMM SAFESAFESAFEOUT9LindaSAFESAFESAFELOW OUT10NadineSAFESAFE SAFEOUT11MagalieSAFESAFESAFE DQ12SarahSAFESAFE OUT13VictoriaSAFE OUT14LisaSAFE QUIT
The contestant quit the competition The contestant was disqualified from the competition The contestant was immune from elimination The contestant was in danger of elimination The contestant was eliminated The contestant won the competition
Photo shoot guide Episode 2 photo shoot: Posing nude with two Philipp Plein accesoires Episode 3 photo shoot: Pointless action Episode 4 photo shoot: Champagne all over Episode 5 photo shoot: Jewel thieves Episode 6 photo shoot: Fierce sluts Episode 7 photo shoot: Being Romy Schneider Episode 8 photo shoot: Going editorial with falcons Episode 9 photo shoot: Woman magazine covers Episode 10 photo shoot: Flaming ice
Judges Lena Gercke (Host) Elvyra Geyer Atil Kotuglu
Magalie's racism controversy In the fourth episode, contestant Magalie Berghahn was disqualified from the show for racist comments she made during a phone conversation with her boyfriend. She referred to a fellow competitor Lydia Obute as "Neger Oide" (negatively afflicted Austrian slang for Black Woman) and to Vanessa Lotz as "Deitsche" (slang for German Woman). Both Obute and Lotz won a go-see in that episode. The conversation was fully taped and aired during the show. Host Lena Gercke confronted her with the video material in front of the other two girls. Gercke then told her that she was expelled from the show, given the competition has no room for racist ideas and thoughts. As a result, Berghahn was not invited to the final runway show of the season's cast, and she later stated that the scandal ruined her life.
Plus 4 was later accused of using the controversy for promotional purposes as Berghahn's comments were already shown in the preview for the episode and uncensored during the airing of Episode 4.
References
External links Official website
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