Show Format
For the first four Cycles the host of the show was Lena Gercke, the first winner of Germany's Next Topmodel who is also the first winner of a Top Model franchise that later become a host of another Top Model show. The jury will also consist of the head of vienna-based agency Wiener Models Andrea Weidler and Dutch-born runway coach Alamande Belfor.
The first cycle aired in January and February 2009 and saw victory for 16-year-old Larissa Marolt from St. Kanzian am Klopeinersee. As her victory was announced, she was directly carried via helicopter to Munich and from there to Los Angeles where she would meet her competitors for the fourth season of Germany's Next Topmodel. Larissa achieved the 8th placement in the fourth season of the German counterpart of the show.
The show had a spin-off called Die Model WG where six of the girls once again moved together and were filmed over ten weeks in their second attempt at a breakthrough in the modelling business.
The second cycle began in late 2009 with the catch phrase More Girls, More Jet Set, More Glamour as promised a radical change. Amanda Belfor was replaced by former model and photographer Dominique Andreas Ortner. Beauty expert Sabine Landl, who styled the girls in cycle 1, also joined the jury. Gercke and Weidler remained. However, many of the changes were not welcomed by the viewers and many did not agree with the choice of winner Aylin Kösetürk, who failed to achieve any significant success after her victory.
The third cycle premiered in January 2011 and introduced new judges; designer Atil Kutoglu and runway coach Elvyra Geyer with Gercke remaining as the host. A significant change was that one girl per federal state plus five wildcards made the cast. Additionally, there was an international destination in every episode, however only the contestants who won the casting were allowed to travel to that destination.
Gercke did not return to host the fifth Cycle in order to concentrate on her own modelling career. Austrian model Melanie Scheriau is currently hosting the new cycle that began to air in January 2013.
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