Germany's Next Topmodel

Germany's Next Topmodel (also known as GNTM) is a German reality television program. It is hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum. The program is based on the American series America's Next Top Model. The first cycle (season) was in 2006. The 18th cycle began in February 2023.

Germany's Next Topmodel
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Starring	Heidi Klum
Judges	Heidi Klum Peyman Amin Bruce Darnell Armin Morbach Boris Entrup Rolf Scheider Qualid Ladraa Kristian Schuller Thomas Rath Thomas Hayo Enrique Badulescu Wolfgang Joop Michael Michalsky
Opening theme	1 - "Nasty Girl" 2 - "Hit Me Up" 3 - "Amazing (Remix)" 4 - "Circus" 5 - "Fight For This Love" 6 - "Girls Beautiful" 7 - "Turn Me On" 8 - "Scream & Shout" 9 - "It Should Be Easy" 10 - "What I Did for Love" 11 - "In The Night & Work" 12 - "24K Magic" 13 - "The One (I Want to Know)" 14 - "Melancholic Paradise" 15 - "Look at Her Now" 16 - "White Lies" 17 - "Chai Tea With Heidi" 18 - "Never Gonna Not Dance Again"
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
No. of seasons	18
No. of episodes	281
Production
Producers	Tresor TV (former), RedSevenEntertainment
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 60–100 minutes
Original release
Network	ProSieben
Release	25 January 2006 (2006-01-25) – present

Overview

A group of girls are chosen to live together for a few weeks and compete to become Germany's Next Topmodel. Each week, one girl is asked to leave because she is not good enough to stay in the competition and become a top model. The last three/four girls are in the finale. The winner is then chosen with help of the group of judges. There have been 18 cycles of the show so far.

Host and judges

Only Heidi Klum has been a judge on every cycle. Thomas Hayo was a judge for the longest at six cycles, Peyman Amin was next longest at four cycles. Boris Entrup was a judge for cycle two, but he was part of the program until 2017 as the makeup advisor. In 2017 Wolfgang Joop became the first former judge to return to the program. He had been a guest judge for one episode. He came back in 2018 as well.

The judging panel since the 14th season was only guest judges and Klum. She was the only permanent judge.

Judges	Seasons
	1(2006)	2(2007)	3(2008)	4(2009)	5(2010)	6(2011)	7(2012)	8(2013)	9(2014)	10(2015)	11(2016)	12(2017)	13(2018)	14(2019)	15(2020)	16(2021)	17(2022)	18(2023)
Hosts
Heidi Klum	Main
Judging Panelists
Peyman Amin	Main
Bruce Darnell	Main
Armin Morbach	Main
Boris Entrup		Main	Guest
Rolf Scheider			Main
Qualid "Q" Ladraa					Main
Kristian Schuller			Guest		Main		Guest			Recurring	Guest
Thomas Hayo						Main								Guest
Thomas Rath						Main		Guest
Enrique Badulescu							Guest	Main	Guest
Wolfgang Joop									Main			Guest
Michael Michalsky											Main			Guest

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Number of contestants	International Destinations
1	25 January 2006	Lena Gercke	Yvonne Schröder	12	New York City, Los Angeles, Paris
2	1 March 2007	Barbara Meier	Anni Wendler	17	St. Moritz, Bangkok, Los Angeles
3	28 February 2008	Jennifer Hof	Janina Schmidt	19	Barcelona, Vienna, New York City, Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles
4	12 February 2009	Sara Nuru	Mandy Bork	17	Las VegasLos AngelesMiamiNew York CityHonoluluLondonSingapore
5	4 March 2010	Alisar Ailabouni	Hanna Bohnekamp	18	Cape Town, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Milan
6	3 March 2011	Jana Beller	Rebecca Mir	25	Schladming, London, Los Angeles, Tampa, Miami, Las Vegas, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Nassau
7	23 February 2012	Luisa Hartema	Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke	25	Phuket, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, Papeete, Cancún, Paris
8	28 February 2013	Lovelyn Enebechi	Maike van Grieken	26	Dubai, Los Angeles, New York City, Honolulu
9	6 February 2014	Stefanie Giesinger	Jolina Fust	25	Singapore, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, New York City, Mumbai, Paris, Malé
10	12 February 2015	Vanessa Fuchs	Anuthida Ploypetch	23	Los Angeles, Oahu, Miami, New York City, London, Dubai, Milan, Auckland, Malé, Paris
11	4 February 2016	Kim Hnizdo	Elena Carriere	24	Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Madrid, Majorca, Milan, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, Sydney, Shanghai
12	9 February 2017	Céline Bethmann	Serlina Hohmann	28	Barcelona, Menorca, Majorca, Paris, Marseille, Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, London
13	8 February 2018	Toni Dreher-Adenuga	Julianna Townsend	29	Las Terrenas, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York City, Cancún, Lisbon, Paris, Havana
14	7 February 2019	Simone Kowalski	Sayana Ranjan	30	Sölden, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, Amsterdam, Paris
15	30 January 2020	Jacky Wruck	Sarah Posch	28	Los Pargos, Los Angeles, New York City, London, Milan, Paris, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios
16	4 February 2021	Alex-Mariah Peter	Dascha Carriero	31	None
17	3 February 2022	Lou-Anne Gleißenebner-Teskey	Luca Lorenz	31	Athens, Mykonos, Los Angeles, Ibiza
18	16 February 2023	Vivien Blotzki	Somajia Ali	35	Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Ibiza