Germany's Next Topmodel (cycle 7)

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 7
Country of origin Germany
Release
Original network ProSieben
Original release February 23 (2012-02-23) – June 7, 2012 (2012-06-07)
Season chronology

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, Cancún and Paris.

Episode summaries

Episode 1: 50 Girls

Original airdate: February 23, 2012

The competition began with 50 semi-finalists, along with wildcard Melek Civantürk, who reached the finals of the previous cycle but withdrew after being diagnosed with cancer. After interviews with the judges, 21 of them were eliminated, and the remaining 30 walked in a fashion show for Guido Maria Kretschmer. Luisa, Melek and Natalia were chosen to open the fashion show, and Luisa was chosen to close it. Afterwards, five more contestants were eliminated, and the remaining 25 receive the news that the next round of the competition would take place in Thailand.

Episode 2: Thailand

Original airdate: March 1, 2012

After arriving in Thailand, the finalists were set a challenge in which they had to walk in Asian outfits. Following this, they flew to Phuket, and the winners of the challenge, Lisa and Dominique, flew first class with Heidi Klum. In Phuket, the contestants did a photo shoot on a beach and for their next challenge shot a commercial for Asian food. The winners of the challenge were Annabelle and Sara, and they won a night in Bangkok.

For the live walk, the contestants modeled designs by Tube Gallery. Abiba, Laura W. and Romina were the first contestants to be eliminated.

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, Sabine and Isabell are eliminated.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 not being edgy enough. Sara and Diana land in the bottom two, but are both saved.

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.

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.

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 eliminated 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.

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.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place
Romina Djurovic 16 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Bettendorf Episode 2 25–23
Laura Wittek 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Groß-Gerau
Abiba Bakayoko 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Berlin
Valerie-Charlotte Kirchner von Schröder 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Hamburg Episode 3 22–19
Sabine Snobl 19 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Rhineland-Palatinate
Isabell Janku 16 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Bavaria
Franziska Poehling 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Oldenburg
Anelia Moor 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Rosenheim Episode 4 18
Natalia Kowalczykowska 20 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Kitzingen Episode 5 17–16
Michelle Luise Lafleur 17 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Regensburg
Maxi Böttcher 17 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Roßtal Episode 6 15
Jasmin Abraha 17 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Baden-Baden Episode 7 14
Annabelle Rieß 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Berlin Episode 8 13
Melek Civantürk 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Stuttgart Episode 9 12
Shawny Sander 17 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Berlin Episode 10 11
Laura Scharnagl 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Tirschenreuth Episode 11 10
Inga Bobkow 17 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Berlin 9
Lisa Volz 20 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Saarbrücken Episode 12 8
Diana Ovchinnikova 17 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Hagen Episode 13 7 (quit)
Evelyn Keck 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bad Neustadt Episode 14 6 (quit)
Sara Kulka 21 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Leipzig Episode 15 5
Kasia Lenhard 16 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Berlin Episode 16 4
Dominique Miller 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Mannheim 3
Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Hannover 2
Luisa Hartema 16 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Leer 1

Summaries

Call-out order

Heidi's call-out order
OrderEpisodes
2345678910111213141516
1 Luisa ShawnyMaxi
Shawny		KasiaKasia LuisaShawnyEvelynDominiqueKasiaDianaDominiqueDianaSarah-A.Sarah-A.Sarah-A.LuisaLuisa
2 MelekAnnabelle
Inga
Luisa
Natalia
Sarah-A. 		ShawnyDominiqueEvelynDominiqueKasiaLuisaDianaDominique KasiaDominique KasiaLuisaLuisaSarah-A.Sarah-A.
3 Michelle L. Kasia
Luisa		 Sarah-A.LuisaIngaEvelynIngaSaraLisaSarah-A.LisaKasiaLuisaSaraDominiqueDominique
4 Romina JasminSaraSaraSaraDominiqueDianaDominiqueEvelynEvelynSarah-A.SaraKasiaKasia
5 Shawny DominiqueMichelle L.AnnabelleMelekKasiaShawnyEvelynEvelynSaraSarah-A.EvelynDominiqueDominique
6 Dominique Diana
Inga 		Dominique EvelynSarah-A.Sarah-A.Sarah-A.Sarah-A.LuisaKasiaLuisaLuisaEvelyn
7 Kasia Laura S.EvelynShawnyAnnabelleLaura S.Laura S.IngaSaraLuisaDiana Sara
8 LisaIsabellAnnabelle
Laura S.		IngaLisaKasiaLisaLisaKasiaIngaLisaSara
9 IsabellMichelle L.Laura S.Laura S.DominiqueIngaSaraLisaSarah-A.Inga
10 JasminDianaMichelle L.
Natalia		LisaIngaLaura S.MelekDianaLaura S.Laura S.
11 Sarah-A. MaxiAnnabelleJasminLisaLuisaLuisaShawny
12 Laura W. MelekEvelyn
Melek		MaxiMelekDianaDianaMelek
13 Laura S.JasminDianaMaxiJasminAnnabelle
14 EvelynEvelynLisaSaraDianaShawny
15 Franziska SabineSaraLuisaSarah-A.
16 Natalia AneliaJasmin
Sarah-A.		Melek
17 Sabine LisaNatalia
18 Valerie-C.FranziskaAnelia
19 Annabelle Dominique
20 Diana Valerie-C.
21 AneliaKasia
Sara
22 Inga
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 had the best photo of the week and was featured in the Hall of Fame
     The contestant quit the competition
     The contestant won the competition

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