Germany's Next Topmodel

Germany's Next Topmodel (also known as GNTM) is a television show hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum. The first cycle (season) was in 2006. The 8th cycle finished showing in May 2013.

Germany's Next Topmodel
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Presented by	Heidi Klum
Judges	Heidi Klum (1–present) Peyman Amin (1-present) Rolf Scheider (3–present) Boris Entrup (2) Bruce Darnell (1–2) Armin Morbach (1)
Opening theme	The Notorious B.I.G - "Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)
Country of origin	Germany
Original language(s)	German
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	39 (+)
Production
Producer(s)	Tresor TV (former), RedSevenEntertainment
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60-100 minutes
Release
Original network	ProSieben
Picture format	PAL
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	January 25, 2006 - present
Other websites
Website

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 8 cycles of the show so far.

Judges

Current judges:

• Heidi Klum - the main judge, she is a supermodel
• Thomas Hayo
• Enrique Badulescu

Previous judges:

• Armin Morbach
• Bruce Darnell - a runway coach
• Boris Entrup
• Peyman Amin - an agent of the modelling agency IMG
• Rolf Scheider - a casting director

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	No. of contestants	Destination(s)
1	January 25, 2006	Lena Gercke	Yvonne Schröder	12	Paris, Los Angeles New York
2	March 1, 2007	Barbara Meier	Anni Wendler	15	St. Moritz, Cape Town, Los Angeles, Bangkok
3	February 28, 2008	Jennifer Hof	Janina Schmidt	19	Barcelona, Vienna, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney
4	February 12, 2009	Sara Nuru	Mandy Bork	17	Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Singapore
5	March 4, 2010	Alisar Ailabouni	Hannah Bohnekamp	18	Cape Town, New York, Los Angeles, Milan
6	March 3, 2011	Jana Beller	Rebecca Mir	25	Schladming, London, Los Angeles, Nassau, Rio De Janeiro
7	February 23, 2012	Luisa Hartema	Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke	22	Phuket, Los Angeles, New York, Cancun
8	February 28, 2013	Lovelyn Enebechi	Maike van Grieken	20	Dubai, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Lisbon