Benelux' Next Top Model
| Benelux' Next Top Model | |
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| Created by | Tyra Banks |
| Starring |
Daphne Deckers Ghislaine Nuytten Geert De Wolf Bastiaan van Schaik Mariana Verkerk Jani Kazaltzis |
| Country of origin | Belgium Netherlands |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | app. 46 minutes (app. 60 with commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
2BE (Belgium) RTL 5 (Netherlands) |
| Original release | September 14, 2009 – November 16, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Benelux' Next Top Model was a Dutch language reality television show aired in Belgium and the Netherlands. The show was hosted by Dutch writer and former top model Daphne Deckers. It was a merge between Holland's Next Top Model, and the Belgian television series Topmodel. The first cycle premiered in September 2009, and was based on the top rated series America's Next Top Model with model Tyra Banks. Despite the Benelux reference in the title, the program was not broadcast in Luxembourg or Wallonia.
On May 9, 2011 it was announced that no third season of Benelux' Next Top Model would follow. The Dutch production team would continue with a domestic fifth season in the Netherlands, again under the title of Holland's Next Top Model. Topmodel did not return with a third individual season after the merge resumed.
The first season of Benelux' Next Top Model had 10 episodes and started with 12 contestants. A thirteenth contestant, Melanie Weterings, was added to the cast as a result of having won a separate "wildcard" competition. In general, each episode, one contestant was eliminated, though there were cases of a double elimination by consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers were administered to contestants early in the season (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals), and a trip to an international destination was scheduled at about two-thirds of the way through the season (usually with five or six contestants remaining).
Each episode covered the events of roughly a week of real time (however, while overseas, an episode roughly covered three to four days, totalling two weeks of filming abroad), and featured a fashion challenge, photo shoot or commercial, judging, and critique of each contestant and her performance by the judging panel led by Daphne Deckers, and the elimination of one or more contestants. Usually, an additional guest judge sat in on the panel every week. Each episode was usually associated with a theme in the world of modeling, such as dealing with the press in interviews, selling a commercial product, appearing in a runway show or going on "go sees".
An episode usually began with the contestants receiving training in an area concurrent with the week's theme. For example, contestants were coached in runway walking, improvisational acting, or applying make-up to suit various occasions. A related challenge soon followed, such as a mock runway show or interview, and a winner was chosen by a judge. She received some prize, such as clothing, a night out, or an advantage at the next photo shoot, and she was usually allowed to share the benefits with a certain number of other contestants of her choice.
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