Germany's Next Topmodel

Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Judges	Heidi Klum (1–present) Peyman Amin (1-present) Rolf Scheider (3–present) Boris Entrup (2) Bruce Darnell (1–2) Armin Morbach (1)
Opening theme	The Notorious B.I.G - "Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)
Country of origin	Germany
Original language(s)	German
No. of episodes	39 (+)
Production
Producer(s)	Tresor TV (former), RedSevenEntertainment
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60-100 minutes
Release
Picture format	PAL
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	January 25, 2006 - present
Other websites
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Germany's Next Topmodel (also known as GNTM) is a television show hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum. The first cycle (season) was in 2006. The 8th cycle finished showing in May 2013.

Overview

A group of girls are chosen to live together for a few weeks and compete to become Germany's Next Topmodel. Each week, one girl is asked to leave because she is not good enough to stay in the competition and become a top model. The last three/four girls are in the finale. The winner is then chosen with help of the group of judges. There have been 8 cycles of the show so far.

Judges

Current judges:

• Heidi Klum - the main judge, she is a supermodel
• Thomas Hayo
• Enrique Badulescu

Previous judges:

• Armin Morbach
• Bruce Darnell - a runway coach
• Boris Entrup
• Peyman Amin - an agent of the modelling agency IMG
• Rolf Scheider - a casting director

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	No. of contestants	Destination(s)
1	January 25, 2006	Lena Gercke	Yvonne Schröder	12	Paris, Los Angeles New York
2	March 1, 2007	Barbara Meier	Anni Wendler	15	St. Moritz, Cape Town, Los Angeles, Bangkok
3	February 28, 2008	Jennifer Hof	Janina Schmidt	19	Barcelona, Vienna, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney
4	February 12, 2009	Sara Nuru	Mandy Bork	17	Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Singapore
5	March 4, 2010	Alisar Ailabouni	Hannah Bohnekamp	18	Cape Town, New York, Los Angeles, Milan
6	March 3, 2011	Jana Beller	Rebecca Mir	25	Schladming, London, Los Angeles, Nassau, Rio De Janeiro
7	February 23, 2012	Luisa Hartema	Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke	22	Phuket, Los Angeles, New York, Cancun
8	February 28, 2013	Lovelyn Enebechi	Maike van Grieken	20	Dubai, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Lisbon