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
Season 1
Judges
No. of contestants10
WinnerGemma Sanderson
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkFox8
Original release11 January (2005-01-11) –
1 March 2005 (2005-03-01)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

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]

Contestants

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(Ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place
Naomi Thompson 22 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Townsville Episode 1 10
Nicole Fraser 19 179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) Albury Episode 2 9
Atong Tulba Mulual 19 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Sydney Episode 3 8
Allana Ridge 19 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Sydney Episode 4 7 (quit)
Zoe McDonald 20 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) Gold Coast Episode 5 6
Simmone Duckmanton 18 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Melbourne Episode 6 5
Samantha 'Sam' Morley 20 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Gold Coast Episode 7 4
Shannon McGuire 19 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Perth Episode 8 3
Chloe Wilson 19 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Adelaide 2
Gemma Sanderson 22 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Newcastle 1

Judges

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Other cast members

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  • Michael Azzolini – personal stylist

Episodes

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
11"The Girl Who Makes a Poor Mark"11 January 2005 (2005-01-11)

The top ten aspiring contestants 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.

  • Special guests: Brad Spence, Napoleon Perdis
  • Featured photographer: Nick Leary
22"The Girl Who Strikes Again"18 January 2005 (2005-01-18)

The top nine contestants 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.

  • Special guests: Mink Sadowsky, Jennifer Hawkins, Gina Byrne, Christina Fitzgerald, Sharon-Lee Hamilton, Sally Sharpe
  • Featured photographer: Nick Leary
33"The Girl Who Breaks the Edge"25 January 2005 (2005-01-25)

The top eight 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.

  • Special guests: Joh Bailey, Emanuel Perdis, Kostya Tszyu
  • Featured photographer: Steven Chee
44"The Girl Who Loses Her Faith"1 February 2005 (2005-02-01)

The top seven 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 contestants opted to drop out of the competition, and the remaining contestants took part in a spider beauty shoot.

  • Special guests: Dean Carey, Blair McDonough, Jens Hertzum, Steve Fellenberg
  • Featured photographer: Sam Borich
55"The Girl Who Has The Flaws"8 February 2005 (2005-02-08)

The top six contestants 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.

  • Special guests: Prue Macsween, Nikki Andrews, Joh Bailey, Nedahl Stelio, Geoff Huegill
  • Featured photographer: Michelle Holden
66"The Girl Who Breaks Down"15 February 2005 (2005-02-15)

The top five contestants 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.

  • Special guests: Brad Spence, Ben Read, Marlene Stoten, Sally Sharpe, Stephen Lee
  • Featured photographer: Andrew Gash
77"The Girl Who Has One Look"22 February 2005 (2005-02-22)

The top four 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.

  • Special guests: Nicole Zimmerman, Simone Zimmerman, Brad Ngata, June Dally-Watkins
  • Featured photographer: Nick Leary
88"The Girl Who Becomes Australia's Next Top Model"1 March 2005 (2005-03-01)

The top three contestants 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.

  • Special guests: Napoleon Perdis, Nicola Finetti, Elisabeth Findlay
  • Featured photographer: Monty Cole
99"Reunited and Exposed"8 March 2005 (2005-03-08)
The cycle 1 contestants reunited to discuss their time and experiences on the show and tried to settle old scores in the process.

Summaries

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Call-out order

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Order Episodes
1 2 3 4[a] 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 quit the competition.
  The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two.
  The contestant won the competition.

Average call-out order

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Final two is not included.

Rank by
average
Place Model Call-out
total
Number of
call-outs
Call-out
average
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

Bottom two

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Episode Contestants Eliminated
1 Naomi & Nicole Naomi
2 Allana & Nicole Nicole
3 Allana & Atong Atong
4 Chloe & Zoe Allana
5 Shannon & Zoe Zoe
6 Gemma & Simone Simmone
7 Chloe & Sam Sam
8 Gemma & Shannon Shannon
Chloe & Gemma Chloe
  The contestant was eliminated after her first time in the bottom two/three
  The contestant was eliminated after her second time in the bottom two/three
  The contestant quit the competition
  The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up

Makeovers

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Notes

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  1. ^ In episode 4, Allana quit the competition. As a result of her decision to quit, no contestants were eliminated that episode.

References

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  1. ^ "Look at me". 11 January 2005.
  2. ^ Here's one reality show that offers its contestants a real shot at a career.
  3. ^ Beauty, hard work take Gemma to the top