Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 4

Germany's Next Topmodel Cycle 4
The Finalists of Cycle 4 of Germany's Next Topmodel
Also known as	GNTM
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Presented by	Heidi Klum
Judges	Heidi Klum Peyman Amin Rolf Scheider
Theme music composer	Dr. Luke & Benny Blanco
Opening theme	"Circus"
Country of origin	Germany
Original language(s)	German, English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer(s)	Tresor TV Produktions GmbH & SevenOne Intermedia GmbH
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	100 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ProSieben
Picture format	PAL
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original run	February 12, 2009 (2009-02-12) – 21 May 2009
Chronology
Preceded by	Cycle 3
Followed by	Cycle 5
External links
Website
Production website

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 4 is the fourth season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on February 12, 2009. In difference to former seasons the show saw a significant change as the audition process was completely open this time whereas every model-wannabe got a chance to audition in front of the jury led by Heidi Klum.

The numbers of applications have been 1104 in Düsseldorf, 1376 in Munich and 18.786 who applied before via mail.

Also the winner of the first cycle of Austria's Next Topmodel, Larissa Marolt was automatically secured a place among the top 20 finalists who will be chosen out of the semifinalists from the different audition cities and the written applications.^{[citation needed]}

Episode summaries

Episode 1: Die Schönen und das Biest

Title translation: The Beauties and the Beast Original airdate: February 12, 2009

Out of ca. 1100 girls, the judge picked out 45 girls, and reduced them after and after down to the 15 semi-finalists of Düsseldorf. As a worlds first, at this casting all the girls that auditioned got a chance to walk in front of the judges.

Episode 2: Münchener Schickeria

Title translation: Munich In-Crowd Original airdate: February 19, 2009

Again, out of ca. 1300 girls (and one transvestite), this time, the judge picked girls out and reduced their number down to the next 15 competitioners. This casting was in Munich.

Episode 3: Eisprinzessinnen und ein Kartoffelsack

Title translation: Ice Princesses and one potato sack Original airdate: February 26, 2009 Featured Photographer: Philippe Kerlo

Episode 4: Konkurrenz aus Österreich

Title translation: Competition from Austria Original airdate: March 5, 2009 Featured Photographer: Matt McCabe Special Guest: Lena Gercke, Jared Gold, Giddle Partridge, Clint Catalyst, Jessicka Winner of the reward challenge: Larissa Marolt, Mandy Bork, Tessa Bergmeier Eliminated: Olivia Bermann, Johanna Popp, Daphne Braun

Episode 5: Aufstand im Heidi-Land

Title translation: Revolution in Heidi-Country Original airdate: March 12, 2009 Featured Photographer: Patricia von Ah Special Guest: Melanie Brown Winner of the reward challenge: Maria Beckmann Eliminated: Tessa Bergmeier

Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas

Original airdate: March 19, 2009 Featured Photographer: Philippe Kerlo Winner of the reward challenge: Mandy Bork Eliminated: Dana Franke

Episode 7: Regen in Downtown L.A.

Title translation: A rainy shoot downtown L.A. Original airdate: March 26, 2009 Featured Photographer: Rankin Winner of the reward challenge: Aline Bauer Eliminated: Tamara Busch, Aline Bauer

Episode 8: Der Sprung ins kalte Wasser

Title translation: Jump into the cold water Original airdate: April 2, 2009 Featured Photographer: Todd Essick Guest Judge: Petra Gessulat Winner of the reward challenge: Ira Meindl, Sara Nuru Eliminated: None

Episode 9: Pole Dancing

Original airdate: April 9, 2009 Featured Photographer: Charles Wang Winner of the reward challenge: Ira Meindl Eliminated: Stefanie Theissing

Episode 10: Das grosse Kopfschütteln

Original airdate: April 16, 2009 Title translation: The Big Head Knocking Featured Director: Andreas Kayales Guest Judge: Bar Refaeli Winner of the reward challenge: Larissa Marolt Eliminated: Katrina Scharinger

Episode 11: Sexy Diven

Original airdate: April 23, 2009 Special Guest: Philipp Plein Guest Judge: Karolina Kurkova Featured Photographer: Kristian Schuller Winner of the Reward Challenge: Sarina Nowak Eliminated: Larissa Marolt

Episode 12: Aloha, Topmodels!

Original airdate: April 30, 2009 Special Guest: Good Charlotte Featured Photographer: Winner of the Reward Challenge: Ira Meindl, Jessica Motzkus Eliminated: Ira Meindl

Episode 13: Bed of Roses

Original airdate: May 7, 2009 Guest Judge: Victoria Beckham Featured Photographer: Russell James Winner of the Reward Challenge: Sara Nuru Eliminated: Sarina Nowak

Episode 14: Cover Shoot

Original airdate: May 14, 2009 Guest Judge: Petra Gesulat Featured Director: Ben Hartenstein Winner of the Reward Challenge: Mandy Bork Eliminated: Maria Beckmann

A manufacturer of lady shavers cast Sara for a TV Commercial shoot, all the girls did the cover shoot for the winner's Cosmopolitan Germany title and in parallel, all contestants were asked to create a unique photo shoot setting, a challenge Mandy won.

Episode 15: Du Schwarze, du Blonde, du Braune

Title translation: Beloved black-haired, blond-haired, brown-haired Original airdate: May 19, 2009 Guest Judge: Petra Gesulat Special Guest: Michela Maggioni Eliminated in the beginning: Jessica Motzkus

Episode 16: Das grosse Finale

Title translation: The big final Original airdate: May 21, 2009 Special Guest: a-ha, Kelly Clarkson, Queensberry Eliminated: Marie Nasemann & Mandy Bork Germany's Next Topmodel: Sara Nuru

Contestants

Ages and measurements stated are at time of contest.

Contestants of Cycle 4
Contestant	Place	Age	Country	Federal state	City	Height	Measurements (in cm)
Sara Nuru	W	19	Germany	Bavaria	Munich	176 cm (5' 9.5")	80-66-96
Mandy Bork	RU	17		North Rhine-Westphalia	Witten	175 cm (5' 9")	80-60-87
Marie Nasemann	3rd	19		Bavaria	Gauting	177 cm (5' 9.5")	85-66-94
Jessica Motzkus	4th/5th	20		Lower Saxony	Wolfsburg	177 cm (5' 9.5")	80-65-89
Maria Beckmann		19		Bavaria	Würzburg	179 cm (5' 10.5")	82-66-94
Sarina Nowak	6th	17		Lower Saxony	Bohlsen	174 cm (5' 8.5")	85-66-96
Ira Meindl	7th	21		North Rhine-Westphalia	Cologne	178 cm (5' 10")	85-68-92
Larissa Marolt	8th	16	Austria	Carinthia	St. Kanzian	177 cm (5' 9.75")	85-63-84
Katrina Scharinger	9th	19	Germany	Bavaria	Rednitzhembach	179 cm (5' 10.5")	85-66-97
Stefanie Theissing	10th	21		North Rhine-Westphalia	Münster	180 cm (5' 11")	79-62-87
Aline Bauer	11th/12	19		Baden-Wuerttemberg	Marbach	177 cm (5' 9.5")	84-66-94
Tamara Busch		16		Hesse	Laubach	175 cm (5' 9")	84-63-92
Dana Franke	13th	20		Berlin	Berlin	177 cm (5' 9.5")	82-63-93
Tessa Bergmeier	14th	19		Baden-Wuerttemberg	Owingen	180 cm (5' 11")	86-68-92
Daphne Braun	15th/17th	17		Lower Saxony	Melle	173 cm (5' 8")	80-64-90
Johanna Popp		21		Bavaria	Nuremberg	181 cm (5' 11.5")	84-66-96
Olivia Bermann		20		Berlin	Berlin	177 cm (5' 9.5")	93-66-96

Controversies

• Sophia Thomalla, daughter of German actress Simone Thomalla, was eliminated in the first round for having a friendship with judge Peyman Amin

Summaries

Call-out order

Order as called out by host Heidi Klum
Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	16
1	Amely	Margarita	Ira	Larissa	Larissa	Marie	Marie	Maria	Sara	Maria	Larissa	Sara	Sara	Sara	Mandy	Sara
2	Indre	Daphne	Mandy	Olivia	Sarina	Stefanie	Larissa	Sara	Mandy	Jessica	Marie	Mandy	Mandy	Maria	Sara	Mandy
3	Marina	Katrina	Jessica	Tessa	Maria	Maria	Jessica	Ira	Sarina	Mandy	Maria	Maria	Maria	Marie	Marie
4	Jessica	Marie	Daphne	Jessica	Aline	Sara	Mandy	Mandy	Marie	Marie	Mandy	Sarina	Marie	Mandy
5	Sarina	Maria	Tamara	Sara	Marie	Katrina	Maria	Marie	Larissa	Sara	Sara	Marie	Jessica	Jessica1
6	Ira	Johanna	Dana	Katrina	Jessica	Ira	Ira	Stefanie	Maria	Ira	Sarina	Jessica	Sarina
7	Britta	Helena	Olivia	Ira	Sara	Dana	Sarina	Sarina	Stefanie	Larissa	Ira	Ira
8	Tamara	Katarzyna	Stefanie	Stefanie	Ira	Larissa	Katrina	Larissa	Katrina	Sarina	Jessica
9	Bianca	Aline	Johanna	Aline	Mandy	Aline	Sara	Katrina	Ira	Katrina
10	Mandy	Anna	Marie	Maria	Stefanie	Tamara	Tamara	Jessica	Jessica
11	Stefanie	Britta	Katrina	Marie	Dana	Sarina	Stefanie
12	Melanie	Antonia	Aline	Mandy	Tamara	Jessica	Aline
13	Tessa	Dana	Tessa	Dana	Katrina	Mandy
14	Rebecca	Olivia	Maria	Tamara	Tessa
15	Laura	Sara	Sara	Johanna
16	N/A	N/A	Sarina	Sarina
17	N/A	N/A	N/A	Daphne

¹The contestant's elimination was shown the following episode

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant won the competition

• In Episode 1 the semifinalists from Düsseldorf were chosen.
• In Episode 2 the semifinalists from Munich were chosen.
• After merging both groups of semifinalists in Berlin the finalists were chosen in Episode 3.
• In Episode 4 Larissa, the winner of the first cycle of Austria's Next Topmodel, was added to the cast.
• In Episode 8, there was no elimination.

Photo Shoot Guide

• Episode 1 Photo Shoot: "Düsseldorf Shooting" (Düsseldorf Shooting)
• Episode 2 Photo Shoot: "München Shooting" (Munich Shooting)
• Episode 3 Photo Shoot: "Eisshooting" (Ice Shooting)
• Episode 4 Photo Shoot: "Explosionsshooting" (Explosion Shooting)
• Episode 5 Photo Shoot: "Ballonshooting" (Balloon Shooting)
• Episode 6 Photo Shoot: "Brautshooting" (Bride Shooting)
• Episode 7 Photo Shoot: "Wetshooting" (Wet Shooting)
• Episode 8 Photo Shoot: "Unterwassershooting" (Underwater Shooting)
• Episode 9 Photo Shoot: "Pole Dancing-Shooting" (Pole Dancing)
• Episode 10 Commercial: "Unterwäschen Werbespot" (inspired by Heidi Klum's Commercial for Guitar Hero) (Wonder Bra Commercial)
• Episode 11 Photo Shoot: "Berühmte Diven" (Famous Divas)
• Episode 12 Photo Shoot: "Rockstar-Shooting"
• Episode 13 Photo Shoot: "American Beauty-Shooting"
• Episode 14 Photo Shoot: "Cosmopolitan Cover Shooting"
• Episode 15 Photo Shoot: "Singapore Elle Cover Shooting"
• Episode 16 Photo Shoot: "Bull Riding"

Television ratings

Germany

Episode	from 3 years		14- to 49-year-old
	Viewers (in millions)	Share (in %)	Viewers (in millions)	Share (in %)
1	03,92	13,00	03,71	23,80
2	03,32	10,80	02,58	21,30
3	03,84	12,50	02,92	22,60
4	03,70	12,20	02,77	21,60
5	03,80	12,60	02,82	22,00
6	03,76	12,40	02,82	22,70
7	04,07	13,30	03,20	25,10
8	03,91	13,40	03,02	25,60
9	03,46	12,20	02,53	22,90
10	03,86	13,00	02,53	22,90
11	03,36	11,40	02,91	24,60
12	03,03	11,40	02,26	22,50
13	04,00	14,00	03,02	25,50
14	03,98	14,10	03,20	26,20
15	03,88	15,02	03,01	25,90
16	04,66	17,54	03,32	29,02

External links

• Germany's Next Topmodel
  Cycle 4 at the Internet Movie Database