Die Model WG (German TV series)
| Die Model WG | |
|---|---|
 Promotial Photograph of the Cast of Die Model WG | |
| Genre | Reality television |
| Presented by | Peyman Amin |
| Country of origin |  Germany |
| No. of episodes | TBA |
| Original release | |
| Network | Pro Sieben |
| Release | 14 January 2010 – current |
Die Model WG (German for The Model Community) is a German reality documentary which claims to follow the life of aspiring models that are living together in one loft which most of them being former contestants on Germany's Next Topmodel. It is the German adaptation of the US-American show Modelville which also resulted in an Austrian version with the same title.
GNTM-judge and model agent Peyman Amin is the mentor of the models and responsible for organizing castings and booking for them. Therefore he equals the role of a model agent during the girls stay in the apartment.
Starting with six girls, the show saw several girls voluntary leaving the apartment and therefore the show over the course of the episodes having another girl moving in as the replacement.
The winner of the show will move to a "Model-WG" in New York.[1]
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
| Name | Age | Hometown | Former Participation, Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne-Kathrin “Anni” Wendler | 22 | Schwerin | GNTM 2, 2nd |
| Sarina Nowak | 17 | Gerdau-Bohlsen | GNTM 4, 6th |
| Denise Dahinten | 18 | Bruchköbel | GNTM 2, 10th |
| Sarah Knappik | 23 | Bochum | GNTM 3, 8th |
| Tessa Bergmeier | 20 | Hamburg | GNTM 4, 14th |
| Yvonne Schröder | 21 | Frankfurt am Main | GNTM 1, 2nd |
Weekly Performances
| Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anni | JOB | JOB | JOB | JOB | JOB | WIN | ||
| Sarina | JOB | JOB | JOB | JOB | EXIT | |||
| Denise | JOB | JOB | JOB | EXIT | ||||
| Sarah | JOB | JOB | EXIT | |||||
| Tessa | JOB | JOB | EXIT | |||||
| Yvonne | JOB | EXIT | ||||||
- The contestant won the competition
- The contestant was booked for a job
- The contestant was booked for two or more jobs
- The contestant left the competition
- Episodes 3 and 6 did not have eliminations.
- In Episode 7, the top 3 was revealed before the winner was announced.
Controversies
While the show was filmed, a fight between two contestants of the show (Tessa and Sarah) became the subject of several tabloid magazines where one was supposed to have attacked the other one with a pan in front of the cameras. So Tessa had to leave the show in the fifth week. [2]