Top Model (French TV series)

Top Model
Top Model 2005 logo
Created by	Tyra Banks
Starring	Adriana Karembeu Odile Sarron Katoucha Niane Fred Farrugia Patrick Lemire
Country of origin	France
No. of episodes	49
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	M6
Release	July 14, 2005 (2005-07-14) – December 21, 2007 (2007-12-21)

Top Model was a French reality television series based on America's Next Top Model.

Show format

Challenges

The challenges usually focused on an element important to modeling. A guest judge, who was unique to each episode, evaluated the contestants and decided the winner of the challenge, who received a prize for her victory. The winner was then permitted to allow a certain number of other contestants to receive a similar, but lesser, reward, while the others were given nothing.

Judging and elimination

Based on the contestants' performance in the week's challenge, photoshoot, and general attitude, the judges deliberated and decided which girl must leave the competition. Once the judges made their decision, the contestants were called back into the room. The host called out the names of the contestants who were not eliminated, giving them a copy of their best photo from the shoot. The last two contestants left standing were given criticism, and one was eliminated.

Seasons

Season	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	Destination(s)
1	5 July 2005	Alizée Gaillard	Emmanuelle Montaud & Karen Nicolini	Alexandra, Audrey Pillot, Blyvy, Nausicaa, Maude & Marie & Lucie, Marlène & Binti Bangoura	12	Nice
2	29 October 2007	Karen Pillet	Charlie	Anne-Sophie (quit) & Anna (quit), Alice, Cynthia, Léa, Stéphanie, Anaïs Monory, Alina, Julie Ricci, Laura, Célia Nicolas, Agnès	14	London Milan Moscow

External links

• Top Model 2005 M6 Official Site (Wayback Machine)
• Top Model 2007 M6 Official Site (defunct)