Suomen huippumalli haussa

Suomen huippumalli haussa
Genre	Reality
Created by	Tyra Banks
Presented by	Anne Kukkohovi (2008–present)
Judges	Current Anne Kukkohovi Saimi Hoyer Sakari Majantie
Country of origin	Finland
Production
Production locations	Helsinki, Finland
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Production company	FremantleMedia Finland
Original release
Network	Nelonen
Release	6 April 2008 – present

Suomen huippumalli haussa (Template:Lang-en) is a Finnish reality show based on America's Next Top Model. The series premiered on 6 April 2008, on the Finnish channel Nelonen. The show is produced by FremantleMedia.

The winner of cycle one, Ani Alitalo, was awarded a €25,000 contract with Paparazzi Model Management, the front cover of Finnish Cosmopolitan and became a spokesperson for Max Factor. The winners of cycles two (Nanna Grundfeldt) and three (Jenna Kuokkanen) also won the same awards, however, there was no announced cash prize for the modeling contract, and there were two additional casting trips to Milan for Grundfeldt, and a trip to New York for Kuokkanen as part of the prize.

Show format

As on the American version of the show, each episode at least one reward challenge and at least one photo shoot take place, with one contestant eliminated at the end. The elimination process follows the same format as on the American version. This includes a call-out order based on each contestant's performance, and the two worst-performing contestants in danger of elimination (bottom two). In some cases, double eliminations and non-eliminations have taken place by consensus of the judging panel. Also, as on the American version the contestants receive sporadic "Anne mail" (Annepostia or posti Annelta) with hints for upcoming challenges. Each episode a guest judge sits on the panel.

Differences from the original series

Unlike on the American version, which generally has 13 or 14 contestants, the Finnish series begins with only 11 or 12 models.

There are fewer reward challenges, or challenges with winners but no reward. In the early cycles there were more photo shoots than on the American version, usually two per episode.

The finalists do not participate in a fashion show at the end of the competition. The final decision is based solely on the contestants’ photo portfolio and overall performance during the competition.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner(s)-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International destination(s)
1	April 6, 2008	Ani Alitalo	Darina Shved	Mariem Nicole Sene, Armi Haikio, Manon Mariaud, Daniela Sorvo, Tatjana Piper, Marje Milee Lanz, Mari Kohonen & Ana Bekteshi, Anu Jussila, Maria Rytkönen	12	Stockholm Istanbul
2	April 13, 2009	Nanna Grundfeldt	Anna-Kaisa Tyrväinen Riina Roms	Essi Hellstén, Inka Tuominen, Ida Piipari, Anastassia Grishina, Blanche Malaka, Laura Merkel, Suvi Jokipii & Janina Stjernvall	11	Paris Gran Canaria
3	April 12, 2010	Jenna Kuokkanen	Saara Sihvonen Tiia Hakala	Anette Häikiö, Stephanie Cook, Krista Naumanen, Nina Puotiniemi, Nelli Sorvo & Anna Nevala, Ira Kaitazis, Mari Torni	11	Milan Cairo
4	September 12, 2011	Anna-Sofia Ali-Sisto	Helen Preis	Hilda Nissinen, Roosa Puonti, Sahra Ali Mohamud & Janni Puuppo, Veronica Kontio, Mari Viitanen, Nelli Junttila, Elsi Pulkkinen, Eevi Nieminen, Minna Puro	12	London Lisbon
5	September 3, 2012	Meri Ikonen	Matleena Helander Polina Hiekkala	Nelli-Kaneli Wasenius (quit), Nevena Ek, Malla Hyytiäinen, Katja Soisalo, Vilma Karjalainen, Sanna Takalampi, Viivi Luopa, Annika Åkerfeldt	11	Reykjavík Mombasa

See also

• Mallikoulu (Template:Lang-en), another Finnish modelling competition, which aired in 2005, 2006 and 2015.

External links

• Nelonen homepage (in Finnish)
• Nelonen homepage (in English)
• Suomen huippumalli haussa homepage