Australia's Next Top Model (season 1)
Cycle one of Australia's Next Top Model began airing on 11 January 2005 on Fox8.[1] The ten contestants from around the country chosen for the competition converged in Sydney, where they spent eight weeks sharing an inner city apartment while competing for the title of Australia's Next Top Model. The series finale was held in Melbourne.
| Australia's Next Top Model | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| No. of contestants | 10 |
| Winner | Gemma Sanderson |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Original network | Fox8 |
| Original release | 11 January – 1 March 2005 |
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The prizes for winning the first cycle of Australia's Next Top Model included a modelling contract with Chic Model Management, an all-expenses paid trip to Milan to meet with Italian modeling agency Fashion, an eight-page editorial in Cleo magazine, and a national campaign for Napoleon cosmetics.
The winner of the competition was 22-year-old Gemma Sanderson from Newcastle.[2][3]
Cast
Contestants
(Ages stated are at start of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish | Place |
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| Naomi Thompson | 22 | Townsville | Episode 1 | 10 |
| Nicole Fraser | 19 | Albury | Episode 2 | 9 |
| Atong Tulba Mulual | 19 | Sydney | Episode 3 | 8 |
| Allana Ridge | 19 | Sydney | Episode 4 | 7 (quit) |
| Zoe McDonald | 19 | Gold Coast | Episode 5 | 6 |
| Simmone Duckmanton | 18 | Melbourne | Episode 6 | 5 |
| Sam Morley | 20 | Gold Coast | Episode 7 | 4 |
| Shannon McGuire | 19 | Perth | Episode 8 | 3 |
| Chloe Wilson | 19 | Adelaide | 2 | |
| Gemma Sanderson | 22 | Newcastle | 1 |
Judges
- Erika Heynatz
- Alex Perry
- Ken Thompson
- Marguerite Kramer
Other cast members
- Michael Azzolini – personal stylist
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Girl Who Makes a Poor Mark" | 11 January 2005 | |
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The 10 aspiring models met Erika Heynatz and Alex Perry for a runway show in front of an audience. After moving into their new apartment, the contestants were briefed on the importance of fitness and healthy eating. They were later introduced to the Sydney social scene at an A-List cocktail party, and received waxes in preparation for a bikini shoot on the beach.
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| 2 | 2 | "The Girl Who Strikes Again" | 18 January 2005 | |
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The models received a horse riding lesson before heading over to a dance studio to learn how to walk on the runway. The winner of the lesson was chosen to meet Miss Universe, Jennifer Hawkins. The contestants later took part in a horseback photo shoot.
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| 3 | 3 | "The Girl Who Breaks the Edge" | 25 January 2005 | |
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The contestants received makeovers at the Joh Bailey salon, and were shot in pairs at a Manor in Sydney wearing lingerie. They later took part in an exercise and makeup challenge.
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| 4 | 4 | "The Girl Who Loses Her Faith" | 1 February 2005 | |
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The contestants received acting and pole dancing lessons, later followed by an acting challenge. While the winners of the challenge attended a launch party, the losers shot a commercial for Venus. One of the models opted to drop out of the competition, and the remaining contestants took part in a spider beauty shoot.
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| 5 | 5 | "The Girl Who Has The Flaws" | 8 February 2005 | |
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The models learned about body movement and language, before receiving tips on their runway walks and poses. They learned salesmanship skills in an interview, and one contestant revealed that she suffered from depression. The contestants took part in a runway show for the media, and had interviews with Cleo magazine editor Nedahl Stelio. The girls later arrived at Circular Quay for an intimate photo shoot with Olympic swimmer Geoff Huegill.
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| 6 | 6 | "The Girl Who Breaks Down" | 15 February 2005 | |
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The models arrived at Fitness First where they had a fitness session with Brad Spence. They later learned about tap dancing, and received a visit from a clairvoyant to talk about their personal lives. The contestants had a dancing and endurance challenge before visiting a pole dancing studio for their photo shoot.
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| 7 | 7 | "The Girl Who Has One Look" | 22 February 2005 | |
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The contestants learned about go-sees and had a wardrobe lesson, before putting their skills to the test in a shopping challenge to put together an outfit that suited their personal style. Later, the models stripped for an exotic high fashion photo shoot session in which they wore nothing but gold foil.
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| 8 | 8 | "The Girl Who Becomes Australia's Next Top Model" | 1 March 2005 | |
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The final three received a second set of makeovers and were flown to Melbourne for the grand finale. There, they took part in a cosmetics shoot and arrived at the Zambesi clothing retailer line to meet Elisabeth Findlay for a casting challenge. They later attended a red carpet party for Mercedes Australian fashion week, before one contestant was eliminated from the competition. The final two competed in a final runway show, and Gemma was declared to be Australia's Next Top Model.
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| 9 | 9 | "Reunited and Exposed" | 8 March 2005 | |
| The cycle 1 contestants reunited to discuss their time and experiences on the show and tried to settle old scores in the process. | ||||
Summaries
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| 1 | Chloe | Gemma | Simmone | Shannon | Chloe | Sam | Shannon | Chloe | Gemma | |||
| 2 | Allana | Sam | Gemma | Sam | Sam | Shannon | Gemma | Gemma | Chloe | |||
| 3 | Simmone | Shannon | Sam | Simmone | Simmone | Chloe | Chloe | Shannon | ||||
| 4 | Shannon | Chloe | Zoe | Gemma | Gemma | Gemma | Sam | |||||
| 5 | Zoe | Simmone | Chloe | Chloe Zoe | Shannon | Simmone | ||||||
| 6 | Gemma | Atong | Shannon | Zoe | ||||||||
| 7 | Sam | Zoe | Allana | Allana | ||||||||
| 8 | Atong | Allana | Atong | |||||||||
| 9 | Nicole | Nicole | ||||||||||
| 10 | Naomi | |||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant won the challenge.
- The contestant quit the competition.
- The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two.
- The contestant won the challenge and was eliminated.
- The contestant won the competition.
Average call-out order
Final two is not included.
| Rank by average |
Place | Model | Call-out total |
Number of call-outs |
Call-out average |
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| 1 | 2 | Chloe | 23 | 8 | 2.87 |
| 2 | 4 | Sam | 21 | 7 | 3.00 |
| 3–4 | 1 | Gemma | 25 | 8 | 3.12 |
| 3 | Shannon | ||||
| 5 | Simmone | 20 | 6 | 3.33 | |
| 6 | Zoe | 27 | 5 | 5.40 | |
| 7 | Allana | 17 | 3 | 5.67 | |
| 8 | Atong | 22 | 7.33 | ||
| 9 | Nicole | 18 | 2 | 9.00 | |
| 10 | Naomi | 10 | 1 | 10.00 | |
Notes
- In episode 4, Allana quit the competition. As a result of her decision to quit, no contestants were eliminated that episode.