Germany's Next Topmodel season 7
Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 7 | |
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Season 7 | |
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Original network | ProSieben |
Original release | February 23 June 7, 2012 | –
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Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 7 is the seventh season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on February 23, 2012. As in the last preceding years, a preselection was done and open castings were not part of the show anymore. The first episode started with 50 semifinalists.
As in cycle 6, the judging panel consists of Thomas Hayo and fashion designer Thomas Rath. The winner of the competition was 17-year-old Luisa Hartema from Leer.
The international destinations for this cycle were set in Phuket, Los Angeles, New York City, San Diego, Tahiti, Cancun and Paris.
Episode summaries
Episode 1: 50 Girls
Original airdate: February 23, 2012
The show starts with 50 girls who have to walk for the jury. 20 of them are eliminated. One of the girls is Melek Civantürk who returned after quitting last cycle because of cancer. The remaining 30 girls are booked for German designer Guido Maria Kretschmer. Luisa, Melek and Natalia are chosen to open the show that is closed by Luisa, who is wearing the wedding dress, as well. Five of the girls are eliminated. The remaining 25 fly to Thailand in the following episode.
Episode 2: Thailand
Original airdate: March 1, 2012
After a long flight the girls have to walk with Asian outfits. Lisa and Dominique are deemed best and fly with Heidi in the first class to Phuket. There the girls have a photo shoot in lingerie at the beach Luisa, Lisa, Kasia and Evelyn are deemed best. After the photo shoot Sara and Annabelle win a second challenge where they have to film a commercial for Asian food by themselves. Sara and Annabelle are declared as winners and win a night in Bangkok. At the runway training Evelyn and Laura are deemed worst. At panel three girls are eliminated. The judges certify Luisa enormous potential. The remaining girls fly back to Germany.
- Winner of flight challenge: Lisa Volz, Dominique Miller
- Winner of food-challenge: Sara Kulka, Annabelle Rieß
- Eliminated: Abiba Makoya Bakayoko, Laura Wittek, Romina Djurovic
- Featured photographer: Derek Kettela
Episode 3: Berlin Fashion Week
Original airdate: March 8, 2012
The girls go to castings for Berlin Fashion Week. At the casting for Kaviar Gauche Shawny performs best and gets booked for the show. After the show the girls have a photo shoot for German Gala. Kasia, Anelia and Michelle-Luise are deemed best. Afterwards the girls go to a casting for judge Thomas Rath. Luisa, Sarah-Anessa, Natalia, Shawny, Inga and Annabelle are booked for the show that is already Shawny's second job. Although Heidi is absent at panel Valerie, Charlotte, Franziska and Isabell are eliminated.
- Booked for casting: Shawny Sander (two shows), Luisa Hartema, Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke, Natalia Kowalczykowska, Inga Bobkow & Annabelle Rieß (Berlin Fashion week)
- Eliminated: Franziska Pöhling, Isabell Janku, Sabine Snobl & Valerie Kirchner
Episode 4: A dream comes true: Hollywood is waiting
Original airdate: March 15, 2012
The week starts with a challenge the girls have to get perfect make-up while they are sitting in a drifting car. Kasia and Luisa are declared to winners. At home the girls have an emotions training with Michelle Rodriguez. At the photo shoot Melek, Evelyn, Sarah-Anessa, Sara and Anelia struggle. At panel Anelia, Jasmin and Sarah-Anessa struggle on the runway thus making them land in the bottom three. Anelia gets eliminated for failing at both; photo shoot and runway.
- Winner of the make-up-challenge: Luisa Hartema, Kasia Lenhard
- Wall of fame: Shawny Sander
- Bottom three: Anelia Moor, Jasmin Abraha & Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke
- Eliminated: Anelia Moor
- Featured photographer: Rankin
- Guest judge: Angela Lindvall
Episode 5: The L.A. animal shooting
Original airdate: March 22, 2012
In the beginning the girls have their makeover where Natalia refuses her makeover and annoys the judges. Sarah-Anessa starts crying when her hair is dyed from blond to black. The girls have a photo shoot with lizards. Michelle-Luise is deemed worst while Sarah-Anessa, Luisa, Lisa and Diana perform best. At a casting for an editorial for Broadway NYC Fashion Kasia, Luisa, Dominique, Sarah-Anessa, Maxi, Annabelle and Shawny reach the second round. In the end it's a race head to head between Kasia and Annabelle resulting in Annabelle's second job. At panel the girls have to choose their styling, outfit and music themselves. While Dominique is deemed best for her outfit, Sarah-Anessa has the best walk and music thus making her get a place at the wall of fame. Michelle-Luise and Jasmin land in the first bottom two where Michelle-Luise gets eliminated because of her bad photo shoot, walk and outfit. Melek and Natalia land in the second bottom two resulting in Natalias elimination.
- Booked for casting: Annabelle Rieß (Broadway NYC Fashion Editorial)
- Wall of fame: Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke
- First bottom two: Michelle-Luise Lafleur & Jasmin Abraha
- First eliminated: Michelle-Luise Lafleur
- Second bottom two: Melek Civantürk & Natalia Kowalczykowska
- Second eliminated: Natalia Kowalczykowska
- Featured photographer: Robert Erdman
- Featured client: Broadway NYC Fashion (S. Jacobs photographer)
Episode 6: It go high up, Irish Dancing
Original airdate: March 29, 2012
The girls have a casting for Emmi AG where Luisa, Diana, Kasia, Inga and Lisa reach the second round where Diana is booked for her first job and thus travels to Tahiti for the job. At the photo shoot Luisa and Sarah-Anessa perform best and go to amfAR-gala with Heidi wearing dresses designed by Roberto Cavalli whom the girls met before the gala. The other girls train Irish Dancing with guest judge Coco Rocha where Dominique and Melek perform best. Sara is also noticed for practicing until midnight what she is praised for by the judges. The girls do Irish Dancing instead of catwalk. Maxi is eliminated after denigrating Diana and a bad performance at panel.
- Booked for casting: Diana Ovchinnikova (Emmi Cafe Latte Commercial)
- Guest judge: Coco Rocha
- Wall of fame: Evelyn Keck
- Eliminated: Maxi Böttcher
- Featured photographer: Warwick Saint
- Featured client: Emmi Dairy Products
Episode 7: Rock-star shooting, NY Fashion Week
Original airdate: April 5, 2012
The photo shoot is about Stage diving where no girls performs bad. Luisa, Inga and Evelyn are invited to New York Fashion Week castings. The three girls meet Elsa Hosk, who notes that Luisa has huge potential, at a training for castings as well as Toni Garrn and Doutzen Kroes at a gala. Tara Subkoff books Luisa for her presentation. At a casting for Kithe Brewster's fashion show Luisa performs best and is booked for his show. She is also chosen to open and to close his show and to shoot the look book. Afterwards the girls go to a casting for Korto Momolu, the runner-up of Project Runway (season 5) who books all three girls, Luisa, Inga and Evelyn, for her presentation. Back in LA the girls have to walk in High Fashion outfits where Jasmin is deemed worst and therefore eliminated. Luisa gets a place at the wall of fame because of her three jobs and great photo. The remaining girls travel to Cancun.
- Booked for casting: Luisa Hartema (three shows) (New York Fashion Week & look book & opening and closing one show) and Evelyn Keck & Inga Bobkow (New York Fashion Week)
- Wall of fame: Luisa Hartema
- Eliminated: Jasmin Abraha
- Photographer: Marc Baptiste (Rock-star shoot with Bill Kaulitz)
- Photographer: Anders Hallberg (Fashion Week polaroids)
- Photographer: Seth Sabal (NY look book shoot)
Episode 8: Amazons
Original airdate: April 12, 2012
This week the girls have to play the role of Amazons where Dominique and Lisa are deemed best and Diana and Shawny are deemed worst. At a casting for German Cosmopolitan the girls have to dance in pairs. Luisa and Shawny are booked. This week's challenge is to design a traditional Mexican outfit. In the end it's a race head to head between Sara and Evelyn with Sara winning the challenge. Annabelle struggles on the runway and lands in the bottom two along with Diana. In the end Annabelle is eliminated.
- Booked for casting: Luisa Hartema & Shawny Sander (Cosmopolitan Magazine Editorial)
- Wall of fame: Dominique Miller (revealed in the beginning of the next episode)
- Bottom two: Annabelle Rieß & Diana Ovchinnikova
- Eliminated: Annabelle Rieß
- Guest judge: Erin Wasson
Episode 9: Fashion show in Mexico
Original airdate: April 19, 2012
All the girls are booked for the show of Mexican designer Lydia Lavin. She has to decide between Melek, Lisa and Dominique who's going to wear the wedding dress. In the end Lisa is chosen. At the show Evelyn, Kasia and Luisa stumble while Lisa is deemed best. In this week's photo shoot the girls have to jump out of a burning house. Melek, Kasia and Luisa are deemed worst while Lisa performs best. At a casting for Opel Sara reaches the second round for the first time along with Lisa and Inga. In the end Lisa wins the casting. At panel Sara reveals that she has worked in a Strip club because of financial problems. The girls have to walk in lingerie and Victoria's Secret like. While Diana, Evelyn, Dominique and Lisa perform best on the runway Melek, Kasia and Luisa struggle. Melek gets eliminated for her lack of Sexiness. Judge Thomas Rath has to choose three girls he takes to Paris. He chooses Evelyn and Diana for their great walks and Luisa in spite of her weak week because of her huge potential. Lisa gets on the Wall of Fame because of her almost perfect week.
- Booked for casting: Lisa Volz (Opel Corsa Color Line Commercial)
- Wall of fame: Lisa Volz (not announced but visible in the next show)
- Eliminated: Melek Civantürk
Episode 10: Paris
Original airdate: April 26, 2012
The three girls that have been picked the week before go to a casting for Claudine Ivari's show at Paris Fashion Week. Luisa is the only one to be booked. The other girls are doing sports with Heidi. At the photo shoot Luisa, Dominique, Sara, Kasia and Laura perform best while only Shawny struggles. At panel Laura struggles on the runway thus making her land in the bottom two along with Shawny. In the end Shawny gets eliminated even though Shawny has been cast for three jobs already and Laura didn't get a single one, but because Laura has been much stronger on the runway than Shawny at the photo shoot. Kasia lands on the Wall of Fame although Luisa was booked for Paris Fashion Week and had a great week.
- Booked for casting: Luisa Hartema (Paris fashion week)
- Challenge winner/immune: Dominique Miller
- Wall of fame: Katarzyna "Kasia" Lenhard
- Bottom two: Laura Scharnagl & Shawny Sander
- Eliminated: Shawny Sander
- Featured photographer: Kristian Schuller
Episode 11: Molotow-Cocktail
Original airdate: May 3, 2012
The girls have a runway training with Naomi Campbell. The judges surprised the girls when telling them one girl will be eliminated outside the judging panel. Laura, Sarah-Anessa and Inga land in the bottom three. Laura is eliminated. The girls film a video where they have to dodge a molotow-cocktail in matrix-style. Luisa, Evelyn and Lisa win the challenge to mix different kind of styles to create a new fashion relevant one. At panel Inga is eliminated for always being average.
- Runway challenge bottom three: Inga Bobkow, Laura Scharnagl & Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke
- Eliminated outside the judging panel: Laura Scharnagl
- Wall of fame: Dominique Miller
- Bottom two: Inga Bobkow & Lisa Volz
- Eliminated: Inga Bobkow
Episode 12: Toothpaste, Animals and Robots
Original airdate: May 10, 2012
The week starts with a casting for blend-a-med. Luisa, Dominique, Kasia, Sarah-Anessa and Diana reach the second round. Dominique wins the casting and is booked for a commercial. This week the girls have a bodypainting photo shoot. Luisa, Kasia, Evelyn and Sara are deemed best while Sarah-Anessa, Diana and Dominique struggle. Sarah-Anessa, Diana, Sara are chosen to be interviewed in E! Entertainment News. Kasia wins this week's challenge to pose with robots and chooses Sara to share her price. At panel the girls have a press training after the runway. Sara performs best at the training while Dominique struggles. In the end Lisa is eliminated for net being edgy enough. Sara and Diana land in the bottom two, but both are not eliminated.
- Booked for casting: Dominique Miller (Blend-a-med Commercial)
- Wall of fame: Kasia Lenhard
- Eliminated: Lisa Volz
- Bottom two: Diana Ovchinnikova & Sara Kulka
- Second eliminated: None
- Featured client: Blend-a-med/ Procter & Gamble (J. Buché Director)
Episode 13: Kickboxing and Mermaids
Original airdate: May 17, 2012
The remaining seven girls have to organize a fashion show, where Dominique is deemed best while Diana is criticized for her body, especially for her hips once again. The girls have a casting for German Shape. Sara and Kasia are the last two, with Sara booked for the job. At the photo shoot the girls have to pose as mermaids between dead fish. All the girls do a great job. At panel Diana quits the competition because of problems in her family. Luisa struggles on the runway and is not deemed best for the first time since almost five weeks. But she isn't eliminated due to her huge potential and her fantastic photo. Sara lands on the wall of fame for the first time.
- Booked for casting: Sara Kulka
- Quit: Diana Ovchinnikova
- Wall Of fame: Sara Kulka
- Eliminated: None
- Featured photographer: Enrique Badulescu
- Guest judge: Carolyn Murphy
Episode 14: Underwater Shooting
Original airdate: May 24, 2012
In the beginning Evelyn quits the competition because of a severe disease in her family. Heidi mentioned she was sure Evelyn to reach the final. This week's casting is for Gillette Venus Kasia, Luisa, Sarah-Anessa and Sara reach the second round. Luisa and Sarah-Anessa reach are booked for the commercial. Luisa is chosen to play the main role. This is also Luisa's seventh job, what makes her the German 'Next Topmodel' contestant with the highest number of jobs during the show, followed by Jolina Fust from cycle 9 and Janina Schmidt and Christina Leibold from cycle 3.
At this week's underwater photo shoot the girls have to pose with a male model. All the girls perform well. At panel Dominique and Sara land in the bottom two but are not eliminated. Sarah-Anessa advances to the final even though she only got two jobs while Luisa was booked for her seventh job this week, is the cycle's catwalk queen and praised for her huge potential all the time.
- Quit: Evelyn Keck
- Booked for casting: Luisa Hartema & Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke
- Bottom two: Dominique Miller & Sara Kulka
- Eliminated: None
- Advanced to final: Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke
Episode 15: Cosmopolitan Cover
Original airdate: May 31, 2012
The girls do a photo shoot for German Cosmopolitan, what is one of the winning prices. All girls do a good job while Dominique excels. They have a runway training with Miranda Kerr, who says the girls have been handpicked very well and also notes that Luisa has huge potential. The top 5 walk features three different walks at panel where, Luisa reaches the final. Sara is eliminated, what doesn't come as a surprise, with even Sara saying she will be elminated before. Kasia is the third girl to reach the final. Dominique starts crying when Kasia returns as a finalist but Dominique, who is called out alone is also able to reach the final, what marks the first time there are four finalists.
- Eliminated: Sara Kulka
Episode 16: Final at the Lanxess Arena
Original airdate: June 7, 2012
Kasia is eliminated first after a quick change fashion show, with only the four finalists walking. After an online voting between the girls, who didn't reach the final, Sara is chosen to open the top-18-walk. After the walk Dominique is eliminated leaving Luisa and Sarah-Anessa. To nobody's surprise Luisa, who has the biggest fan base, wins due to her huge potential, being the cycle's catwalk-queen and most photogenic girl and having been booked for the highest amount of jobs in Germany's Next Topmodel's history.
- Bottom two: Dominique Miller & Kasia Lenhard
- Eliminated: Kasia Lenhard
- Chosen to open the top-18-walk: Sara Kulka
- Bottom two: Dominique Miller & Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke
- Eliminated: Dominique Miller
- Final two: Luisa Hartema & Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke
- Germany's Next Topmodel: Luisa Hartema
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Outcome |
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Romina Djurovic | 16 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Bettendorf | Eliminated in Episode 2 |
Laura Wittek | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Groß-Gerau | |
Abiba Makoya Bakayoko | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Berlin | |
Isabell Janku | 16 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bavaria | Eliminated in Episode 3 |
Sabine Snobl | 19 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
Franziska Pöhling | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Oldenburg | |
Valerie Kirchner | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Hamburg | |
Anelia Moor | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Rosenheim | Eliminated in Episode 4 |
Michelle Luise Lafleur | 17 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Regensburg | Eliminated in Episode 5 |
Natalia Kowalczykowska | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Kitzingen | |
Maxi Böttcher | 17 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Roßtal | Eliminated in Episode 6 |
Jasmin Abraha | 17 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Baden-Baden | Eliminated in Episode 7 |
Annabelle Rieß | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Berlin | Eliminated in Episode 8 |
Melek Civantürk | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Stuttgart | Eliminated in Episode 9 |
Shawny Sander | 17 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Berlin | Eliminated in Episode 10 |
Laura Scharnagl | 17 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Tirschenreuth | Eliminated outside judging panel in Episode 11 |
Inga Bobkow | 17 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Berlin | Eliminated in Episode 11 |
Lisa Volz | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Saarbrücken | Eliminated in Episode 12 |
Diana Ovchinnikova | 17 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Hagen | Quit in Episode 13 |
Evelyn Keck | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Bad Neustadt | Quit in Episode 14 |
Sara Kulka | 21 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Leipzig | Eliminated in Episode 15 |
Katarzyna "Kasia" Lenhard | 16 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Berlin | First eliminated in Episode 16 |
Dominique Miller | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Mannheim | Second eliminated in Episode 16 |
Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Hannover | Runner Up |
Luisa Hartema | 17 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Leer | Winner |
Summaries
Call-out order
Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Luisa | Shawny | Shawny | Kasia | Kasia | Luisa | Shawny | Evelyn | Dominique | Kasia | Diana | Dominique | Diana | Sarah-Anessa | Sarah-Anessa | Sarah-Anessa | Luisa | Luisa | ||||||||||||||
2 | Melek | Annabelle | Maxi | Shawny | Dominique | Evelyn | Dominique | Kasia | Luisa | Diana | Dominique | Kasia | Dominique | Kasia | Luisa | Luisa | Sarah-Anessa | Sarah-Anessa | ||||||||||||||
3 | Michelle | Inga | Luisa | Sarah-Anessa | Luisa | Inga | Evelyn | Inga | Sara | Lisa | Sarah-Anessa | Lisa | Kasia | Luisa | Sara | Dominique | Dominique | |||||||||||||||
4 | Romina | Luisa | Kasia | Jasmin | Sara | Sara | Sara | Dominique | Diana | Dominique | Evelyn | Evelyn | Sarah-Anessa | Sara | Kasia | Kasia | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Shawny | Natalia | Dominique | Michelle | Annabelle | Melek | Kasia | Shawny | Evelyn | Evelyn | Sara | Sarah-Anessa | Evelyn | Dominique | Dominique | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Dominique | Sarah-Anessa | Diana | Dominique | Evelyn | Sarah-Anessa | Sarah-Anessa | Sarah-Anessa | Sarah-Anessa | Luisa | Kasia | Luisa | Luisa | Evelyn | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Kasia | Laura S. | Inga | Evelyn | Shawny | Annabelle | Laura S. | Laura S. | Inga | Sara | Luisa | Diana | Sara | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Lisa | Isabell | Annabelle | Inga | Lisa | Kasia | Lisa | Lisa | Kasia | Inga | Lisa | Sara | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Isabell | Michelle | Laura S. | Laura S. | Laura S. | Dominique | Inga | Sara | Lisa | Sarah-Anessa | Inga | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Jasmin | Diana | Natalia | Lisa | Inga | Laura S. | Melek | Diana | Laura S. | Laura S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Sarah-Anessa | Maxi | Michelle | Annabelle | Jasmin | Lisa | Luisa | Luisa | Shawny | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Laura W. | Melek | Evelyn | Maxi | Melek | Diana | Diana | Melek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Laura S. | Jasmin | Melek | Diana | Maxi | Jasmin | Annabelle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Evelyn | Evelyn | Lisa | Sara | Diana | Shawny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Franziska | Sabine | Sara | Luisa | Sarah-Anessa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Natalia | Anelia | Jasmin | Melek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Sabine | Lisa | Sarah-Anessa | Natalia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Valerie | Franziska | Anelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Annabelle | Dominique | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Diana | Valerie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Anelia | Kasia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Inga | Sara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Maxi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Sara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Abiba |
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was immune from elimination
- The contestant was eliminated outside the judging panel
- The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
- The contestant quit the competition
- The contestant won the competition
- In Episode 10, Dominique won the challenge and was therefore exempted from elimination; she was allowed to move into the top 10.
- In Episode 11, Laura was eliminated after the runway challenge with Naomi Campbell.
- In Episode 13, Diana decided to quit the competition due to family problems. Evelyn quit the following episode for the same reason.
- In Episode 14, Sarah-Anessa advanced to the finale and was exempted from elimination.
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 2 photo shoot: Bikini shots in Thailand
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Girl's night out with Heidi Klum
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Beauty shot with reptiles
- Episode 6 photo shoot: Suspended in the air
- Episode 7 photo shoot: Stage diving rock stars
- Episode 8 photo shoot: Jungle warriors
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Jumping outside a burning house
- Episode 10 photo shoot: Flying parachutes couture
- Episode 11 video shoot: High end fashion film
- Episode 12 photo shoot:Animal body paint
- Episode 13 photo shoot: Mermaids
- Episode 14 photo shoot: Underwater romance
- Episode 15 photo shoot: Surprised photo shoot