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Germany's Next Topmodel

{{Short description|Model contest on television}}

{{for|the current season|Germany's Next Topmodel season 20{{!}}Germany's Next Topmodel season 20}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}

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{{Infobox television

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| genre = Reality television

| creator = Tyra Banks

| presenter = Heidi Klum

| judges = {{plainlist|

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| country = Germany

| language = German

| num_seasons = 20

| num_episodes = 315

| producer = Tresor TV (former), RedSevenEntertainment

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = approx. 60–100 minutes

| network = ProSieben

| first_aired = {{Start date|2006|01|25|df=yes}}

| last_aired = present

}}

Germany's Next Topmodel (often abbreviated as GNTM) is a German reality television series based on the concept introduced by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model. The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum, who also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show.

It is the longest-running Top Model adaptation, with a span of 20 years, and the Top Model series with the second-most number of cycles. The show has faced heavy criticism in Germany due to the treatment of its contestants.{{cite web | url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.twitter-reaktionen-zu-gntm-sendung-steht-zunehmend-in-der-kritik.3208cae5-e26e-495f-a3b3-9b711f7a3654.html | title=Twitter-Reaktionen zu GNTM: Sendung steht zunehmend in der Kritik }}{{cite web | url=https://www.swr3.de/aktuell/rezo-gntm-germanys-next-topmodel-vorwuerfe-missbrauch-manipulation-100.html | title=Wann steht Germany's Next Topmodel vor dem Aus? | work=SWR3 | date=16 July 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.stern.de/kultur/tv/gntm-finale--dumm-statt-diversity---wie-heidi-klum-nichts-aendern-will-31900592.html | title=Dumm statt Diversity — wie Heidi Klum nichts ändern will | date=27 May 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/gntm-finale-kritik-1.4914725 | title=GNTM-Finale: So kann es mit der Show nicht weitergehen | date=22 May 2020 }} The allegations include gaslighting,{{cite web | url=http://www.puls24.at/news/entertainment/vorwuerfe-gegen-gntm-heidi-klum-ist-sich-keiner-schuld-bewusst/289281 | title=Vorwürfe gegen GNTM: Heidi Klum ist sich keiner Schuld bewusst }} abuse of power,{{cite web | url=https://www.tz.de/tv/teufel-bitch-machtmissbrauch-tessa-laesst-duschungelcamp-kein-gutes-haar-an-heidi-klum-ibes-gntm-zr-92038586.html | title="Teufel, Bitch, Machtmissbrauch": Tessa reißt Heidi Klum im Dschungelcamp in Stücke | date=23 January 2023 }} misrepresentation of contestants{{cite web | url=https://www.stern.de/kultur/tv/germanys-next-topmodel/gntm--yusra-packt-aus-6818902.html | title=Yusra packt aus: So wurde sie in der Show manipuliert | date=28 April 2016 }} and manipulations by the crew{{cite web | url=https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/ex-gntm-kandidatin-spricht-ueber-manipulation-und-psychische-gewalt-in-der-show-31883638.html | title=Ex-GNTM-Kandidatin spricht über Manipulation und psychische Gewalt in der Show | date=21 May 2022 }} as well as body shaming.{{cite web |url=https://www.news.de/tv/856295202/rezo-zerstoert-germanys-next-topmodel-sexismus-missbrauch-vorwuerfe-youtuber-fuer-gntm-kritik-gefeiert-twitter-ist-schockiert/1/ |title="Germany's Next Topmodel": Rezo zerstört GNTM! Bodyshaming- und Sexismus-Vorwürfe schocken das Netz |date=26 May 2022}} The show is also accused of being responsible for the cyberbullying{{cite web |url=https://www.swp.de/lokales/crailsheim/aufklaerung-ueber-cybermobbing-gntm-kandidatin-lijana-laesst-schueler-hinter-die-kulissen-blicken-65966671.html |title=Aufklärung über Cybermobbing: GNTM-Kandidatin Lijana lässt Schüler hinter die Kulissen blicken |date=11 August 2022}} and death threats{{cite web |url=https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/tv/id_87912978/gntm-2020-lijana-braucht-polizeischutz-wird-bespuckt-bekommt-morddrohungen.html |title=GNTM 2020: Lijana braucht Polizeischutz – wird bespuckt, bekommt Morddrohungen |date=20 May 2020}} against the contestants due to the show's misrepresentation{{cite web |url=https://www.moviepilot.de/news/schwere-fake-vorwuerfe-gegen-gntm-mit-heidi-klum-ex-kandidatin-packt-ueber-manipulation-und-mobbing-aus-1136543 |title=Schwere Fake-Vorwürfe gegen GNTM mit Heidi Klum: Ex-Kandidatin packt über Manipulation und Mobbing aus|date=20 May 2022 }} of them. The show is also in the focus of the Commission for Youth Media Protection{{cite web |url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/medien/article140712957/Ist-Germany-s-Next-Topmodel-jugendgefaehrdend.htm |title=Untersuchung: Ist "Germany's Next Topmodel" jugendgefährdend? - WELT |date=16 October 2015}} and the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvmovie.de/news/gntm-nackt-walk-kritik-vom-bundes-familienministerium-117184 |title=GNTM | Nackt-Walk: Kritik vom Bundes-Familienministerium |work=TVMovie |date=26 February 2021}} Former judges have distanced themselves from the show.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nyKEaSIEdo |title=Lijana gewinnt & Ex-Juroren distanzieren sich von GNTM-Wahnsinn | WALULIS DAILY |website=YouTube|date=14 March 2023 }}

Show format

Germany's Next Topmodel currently has 20 cycles. Each cycle has ten to 19 episodes and starts with 12–51 contestants.

During each episode, one contestant is eliminated, although a double/triple elimination or no elimination may occur based on the consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the competition, usually after the first or second elimination in the finals.

=Differences between ANTM and GNTM=

While America's Next Top Model typically starts with 30 semi-finalists who are cut down to a batch of between ten and 16 contestants, Germany's Next Top Model cycle premieres begin with highlights from the auditions of 100 candidates (Cycles 1 and 2) and 120 candidates (Cycle 3), respectively.

The panel challenge in front of the judges on America's Next Top Model is almost always replaced by a runway walk in front of the judges on the German show.

In the elimination process on America's Next Top Model, host Tyra Banks hands out a photograph to each of the contestants who are safe, in order of merit. The bottom two of each episode are called to stand before Banks and are judged individually.

The call-out order plays a significant role in determining the best contestant of the week—a departure from Germany's Next Top Model, where the call-out order does not provide insights into the quality of the contestants' performance, except during the final. Moreover, they are called out one by one while the others are waiting in the backstage lobby. The US contestants are all present. GNTM also starts the finale with three or four contestants left, while in ANTM, the finale starts with two or three contestants left.

On the American show, the final five or six contestants embark on a journey to an international destination. "In contrast, the German version does not consistently commit to the number of journeys abroad. Cycle 1 went abroad two times, Cycle 2 did so four times, and Cycle 3 went to six different countries.

On America's Next Top Model, the final two or three contestants compete on a runway, and the winner is chosen in the judging room. On Germany's Next Top Model, between three to five contestants compete on a runway and a photo shoot in front of a live audience in Cologne, Germany before the winner is revealed. The final show is live on TV. Cycle 4's final show was the first to air live from a concert hall instead of a TV studio.

Due to the pregnancy of Heidi Klum, the start of the fifth cycle was postponed and kicked off in March. Instead, a spin-off called Die Model WG was shown featuring several former contestants from the show and hosted by judge Peyman Amin.

Host and judges

Only Heidi Klum herself has been part of the judging panel on every cycle. All the other permanent judges have always been male. Thomas Hayo remained a permanent judge for the longest (six consecutive cycles), followed by Peyman Amin (four consecutive cycles). After leaving the show, Amin eventually hosted the show's spin-off, Die Model WG, and signed Cycle 5's winner Alisar Ailabouni despite never meeting her on the show. Although Boris Entrup was only a regular judge on Cycle 2, he still was part of the show until 2017 as the makeup advisor. In 2017, Wolfgang Joop became the first former judge to return as he was a guest judge for one episode, a finale, and came back in 2018 as well.

The judging panel since Cycle 14 has consisted of guest judges, with Klum being the only permanent judge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/panorama/GNTM-2019-Kandidatinnen-id53218636.html|title=GNTM 2019: Wer ist die Gewinnerin? Wer flog im Finale raus?|first=Augsburger|last=Allgemeine|website=Augsburger Allgemeine|date=24 May 2019 }}

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"|Judges

! colspan="20" |Cycles

1
(2006)

! 2
(2007)

! 3
(2008)

! 4
(2009)

! 5
(2010)

! 6
(2011)

! 7
(2012)

! 8
(2013)

! 9
(2014)

! 10
(2015)

! 11
(2016)

! 12
(2017)

! 13
(2018)

! 14
(2019)

! 15
(2020)

! 16
(2021)

! 17
(2022)

! 18
(2023)

! 19
(2024)

! 20
(2025)

colspan="21" scope="col" | Hosts
scope="row" | Heidi Klum

| colspan="20" {{cMain}}

colspan="21" scope="col" | Judging Panelists
scope="row" | Peyman Amin

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| colspan="16" {{n/a

}

|-

| scope="row" | Bruce Darnell

| colspan="2" {{cMain}}

| colspan="18" {{n/a|}}

|-

| scope="row" | Armin Morbach

| colspan="1" {{cMain}}

| colspan="19" {{n/a|}}

|-

| scope="row" | Boris Entrup

| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="1" {{cMain}}

| colspan="1" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="17" {{n/a|}}

|-

| scope="row" | Rolf Scheider

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="2" {{cMain}}

| colspan="16" {{n/a|}}

|-

| scope="row" | Qualid "Q" Ladraa

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="1" {{cMain}}

| colspan="15" {{n/a|}}

|-

| scope="row" | Kristian Schuller

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="2" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="1" {{cMain}}

| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="3" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

| colspan="10" {{cGuest}}

|-

| scope="row" | Thomas Hayo

| colspan="5" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="8" {{cMain}}

| colspan="7" {{cGuest}}

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| scope="row" | Thomas Rath

| colspan="5" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="2" {{cMain}}

| colspan="1" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="12" {{n/a|}}

|-

| scope="row" | {{nowrap|Enrique Badulescu}}

| colspan="6" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="1" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="1" {{cMain}}

| colspan="1" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="11" {{n/a|}}

|-

| scope="row" | Wolfgang Joop

| colspan="8" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="2" {{cMain}}

| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="5" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="1" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}

|-

| scope="row" | Michael Michalsky

| colspan="10" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="3" {{cMain}}

| colspan="1" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="6" {{n/a|}}

|}

Criticism and controversies

As of 2023, many celebrities, organizations, and former contestants have publicly spoken out against the show such as Beth Ditto, Eva Padberg, Julia Stegner, Carolin Kebekus, Cordula Stratmann, Désirée Nick, Wolfgang Joop, Roger Willemsen, Sara Nuru, Simone Kowalski, Femen and even the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.{{Cite web |date=8 June 2017 |title=GNTM: Superstar gegen Heidi: "Mädchen werden gegeneinander aufgehetzt!" |url=https://www.bunte.de/entertainment/casting-shows/germanys-next-top-model/gntm-superstar-gegen-heidi-maedchen-werden-gegeneinander-aufgehetzt.html |website=BUNTE.de}}{{cite web |title=Eva Padberg: Kritik an "GNTM" | IN.de |url=http://in.de/germanys-next-topmodel/eva-padberg-kritik-gntm-14318.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423053909/http://in.de/germanys-next-topmodel/eva-padberg-kritik-gntm-14318.html |archive-date=23 April 2014 |access-date=21 April 2014 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |date=27 May 2022 |title=GNTM: Carolin Kebekus schießt gegen Castingshow und Heidi Klum |url=https://www.prisma.de/news/tv/GNTM-Carolin-Kebekus-schiesst-gegen-Castingshow-und-Heidi-Klum,39601141}}{{cite web |date=26 September 2015 |title=GNTM-Aus: Wolfgang Joop verrät die wahren Gründe |url=http://www.promiflash.de/gntm-aus-wolfgang-joop-verraet-die-wahren-gruende-1509269326.html}}{{cite web |last=KG |first=gogol medien GmbH & Co. |date=28 September 2015 |title="GNTM": Darum steigt Juror Wolfgang Joop wirklich aus! |url=http://www.myheimat.de/news/kommentieren/gntm-darum-steigt-juror-wolfgang-joop-wirklich-aus-d2714741.html}}{{cite web |date=September 2015 |title=Deftige Kritik an GNTM: Prominente prügeln auf Heidi Klum ein - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article3764952/Prominente-pruegeln-auf-Heidi-Klum-ein.html}}{{cite web |title=Sara Nuru: "Ich würde an GNTM nicht noch einmal teilnehmen" |url=https://www.prisma.de/magazin/hallo/Sara-Nuru-Ich-wuerde-an-GNTM-nicht-noch-einmal-teilnehmen,41516494}}{{cite web |date=15 August 2022 |title=Simone Kowalski: "GNTM machte mich krank! |url=https://www.stylebook.de/life/interviews/simone-kowalski-gntm-machte-mich-krank}}{{cite web |title="GNTM": Ex-Siegerin weint vor Kamera – und spricht über ihre Erfahrungen |url=https://www.watson.de/unterhaltung/prominente/940664187-gntm-ex-siegerin-weint-vor-kamera-und-packt-ueber-schlimme-erfahrungen-aus}}{{cite web |author=Fotostrecke |date=30 May 2013 |title=Femen-Aktivistinnen protestieren bei GNTM - Spiegel Online - Kultur |url=http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/femen-aktivistinnen-protestieren-bei-gntm-fotostrecke-97365.html |access-date=7 June 2013 |publisher=Spiegel.de}}{{cite web |date=26 February 2021 |title=GNTM | Nackt-Walk: Kritik vom Bundes-Familienministerium |work=TVMovie |url=https://www.tvmovie.de/news/gntm-nackt-walk-kritik-vom-bundes-familienministerium-117184}}

Since Cycle 5, the show's ratings have decreased.{{cite web|url=http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/62385/germany-s-next-topmodel-startet-mit-verlusten |title="Germany's Next Topmodel" startet mit Verlusten – |date=March 2013 |publisher=Quotenmeter.de |access-date=7 June 2013}} To improve ratings, showrunners shifted their focus to inciting conflict between contestants.{{cite web|url=http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/63826/zickenkrieg-bringt-topmodels-jahresbestwert |title=Zickenkrieg bringt Topmodels Jahresbestwert – |publisher=Quotenmeter.de |date=17 May 2013 |access-date=7 June 2013}}

The show has faced criticism from within the modeling industry for its minimal relevance and focus on shock value. In 2009, German model Julia Stegner said that Germany's Next Topmodel has "little to do with the reality of modeling."{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/news_740924.html |title=Star-Model Julia Stegner hält Heidi Klums Castingshow für realitätsfern |date=March 2009 |publisher=Digitalfernsehen.De |access-date=7 June 2013}} In 2012, former judge Rolf Scheider criticized the program, saying "the show has never produced a new Nadja Auermann or Claudia Schiffer" and that contestants who "lack modeling talent" are selected purely for ratings.{{cite web |date=26 February 2012 |title=Ex-Juror attackiert "Topmodel"-Show: Manchen Mädchen fehlt "jegliches Talent zum Modeln" - Spiegel Online |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/vorab/a-817557.html |access-date=7 June 2013 |publisher=Spiegel.de}} In April 2022, the head of MGM Models, Marco Sinervo, expressed that the format has nothing to do with models or fashion, but with the abuse of contestants.{{cite web |title=Heidi Klum: Model-Agenturchef kritisiert GNTM - TV SPIELFILM |url=https://www.tvspielfilm.de/news/serien/heidi-klum-model-agenturchef-attackiert-gntm,10670996,ApplicationArticle.html}}

Due to its ratings-driven nature, the program has faced backlash for abusing contestants. The models are treated poorly on set, often not given enough food, having their mobile phones confiscated, and having limited time to use the restroom.{{Cite web |date=18 April 2014 |title=GNTM-Miriam: "Günther Klum ist das schwarze Schaf" |url=https://www.bunte.de/tv-show/gntm-miriam-guenther-klum-ist-das-schwarze-schaf-81951.html |website=BUNTE.de}}{{cite web |date=10 April 2021 |title=Gnadenloses Urteil von Joachim Llambi für Auma Obama |url=https://www.gala.de/lifestyle/film-tv-musik/gntm--gibt-es-ein-toiletten-verbot-fuer-die-maedels--22422440.html}} Former judge Wolfgang Joop criticized the show, stating he left because of the program's focus on scenes like "contestants collapsing, getting homesick, crying and falling on their heels." In Episode 9 of Cycle 12, the contestants had a photoshoot on a bed with male models wearing lingerie that took place in the streets of Los Angeles, causing a car accident that Klum made light of.{{cite news |last=Becker |first=Claudia |date=7 April 2017 |title=Germany's Next Top Model: Bei diesen Szenen konnte einem wirklich übel werden |newspaper=Die Welt |url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article163516617/Bei-diesen-Szenen-konnte-einem-wirklich-uebel-werden.html |via=www.welt.de}}{{cite web |last=Online |first=FOCUS |title="Topmodels" verursachen Autounfall – Fans sind empört über Heidi Klums Reaktion |work=FOCUS online |url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/germanys-next-topmodel-topmodels-verursachen-unfall-bei-dessous-shooting-das-ist-heidi-klums-seltsame-reaktion_id_6912516.html}} In 2019, Cycle 4 contestant Tessa Bergmeier criticized the show and production team, stating they "often put words and phrases in the contestants' mouths that they would never have said."{{cite web |date=20 March 2019 |title=Tessa Bergmeier erzählt, was an GNTM alles fake ist |url=https://www.gala.de/lifestyle/film-tv-musik/gntm--tessa-bergmeier--das-alles-ist-an-der-show-fake--22025204.html}} Former contestant Jana Heinisch said that disputes are deliberately provoked by the production.{{cite web |title=Werden Streits bei GNTM mit gezielten Lügen provoziert? | WEB.DE |url=https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/tv-film/germanys-next-topmodel/streits-gntm-gezielten-luegen-provoziert-35666230 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326145202/https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/tv-film/germanys-next-topmodel/streits-gntm-gezielten-luegen-provoziert-35666230 |archive-date=26 March 2021 |access-date=26 March 2021}} A physical fight in Cycle 14 between contestants Jasmin Cadete and Lena Lischewski led to Cadete's disqualification. Lischewski's lawyer sued ProSieben and the cameramen, calling it "unacceptable that a television station films a minor beaten by another participant and the present camera crew does not intervene."{{cite web |date=20 March 2019 |title=GNTM: Ohrfeige in Klum-Show - Anwalt verklagt Sender |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.ausraster-von-kandidatin-jasmin-gntm-ohrfeige-in-klum-show-anwalt-verklagt-sender.f2ca802e-6e47-4312-bb46-84aadd09ee0d.html}} After Vanessa Stanat quit Cycle 14, ProSieben took over her official Instagram account and her personal account shortly after, possibly due to anger from her quitting weeks before the finale.{{cite web |date=2019-05-19 |title=Zoff um GNTM-Vanessa immer skurriler – Ex-Kandidatin ätzt: "Stellt sich selbst als Opfer dar" |url=https://www.mannheim24.de/tv-kino/gntm-vanessa-zoff-immer-skurriler-ex-kandidatin-aetzt-gegen-22-jaehrige-zr-12298862.html |access-date=2019-05-19 |website=www.mannheim24.de |language=de}} In 2020, Cycle 14 winner Simone Kowalski said that "it is not right that it is perceived as entertainment, how young people put each other down."{{cite web |date=7 April 2020 |title=Simone Kowalski nackt im "Playboy": GNTM-Siegerin rechnet mit Show ab |url=https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv/tv/simone-kowalski-im-playboy-heidi-klums-topmodel-rechnet-mit-gntm-ab-69909932.bild.html}} In March 2020, Cycle 13 contestant Abigail Odoom revealed that she had a car accident during a challenge that involved a high speed car. She claimed that not only was she not allowed to talk about the car accident, but also that she was not taken care of in a timely and appropriate manner.{{cite web |date=19 March 2020 |title=GNTM-Kandidatin hatte schweren Unfall in der Show - Wollte ProSieben ihn vertuschen? |url=https://www.tz.de/tv/gntm-prosieben-autounfall-ex-tv-kandidatin-abigail-heidi-klum-video-zr-13559066.html}}{{cite web |title=GNTM hat meinen AUTOUNFALL bei einer Challenge in der Sendung VERTUSCHT - Storytime | Abigail |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZVD8wR0KI |website=YouTube| date=22 February 2020 }} In May 2022, Chiara "Kiki" Hölzl from Cycle 10 also revealed that she broke her arm during a photo shoot that the production team buried.{{cite web |date=20 May 2022 |title=Germany's next Topmodel: Neue Vorwürfe einer Ex-Kandidatin: Armbruch wurde wohl verschwiegen |url=https://www.bunte.de/entertainment/casting-shows/germanys-next-topmodel/gntm-chiara-hoelzl-im-tv-nicht-gezeigt-beim-shooting-brach-sie-sich-den-arm.html}} Contestant Lijana Kaggwa received death threats after participating in Cycle 15 of Germany's Next Topmodel, leading her to seek police protection.{{cite web |date=20 May 2020 |title=Leben ist "gerade ein Albtraum": GNTM-Finalistin Lijana schmeißt hin |url=https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/tv-film/germanys-next-topmodel/gntm-lijana-schmeisst-finale-hin-bekommt-morddrohungen-34718968}}{{cite web |date=22 May 2020 |title=GNTM-Finale 2020: Jacky ist Germany's next Topmodel |url=https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/tv-film/germanys-next-topmodel/gntm-finale-2020-jacky-germanys-next-topmodel-34723480}} Mareike Fangmann from Stern wrote that "[ProSieben] also has complicity because the broadcaster knows exactly how to cut scenes together in order to identify a clear bitch. Good for the ratings, good for the show."{{cite web |date=22 May 2020 |title=Die Attacken gegen Lijana haben ProSieben wachgerüttelt – warum der Sender eine Mitschuld trägt |url=https://www.stern.de/kultur/tv/germanys-next-topmodel/gntm-2020--prosieben-gesteht-sich-nach-mobbing-an-lijana-fehler-ein-9273540.html}} In December 2020, Kaggwa also stated, "The broadcast of GNTM 2020 completely ruined me mentally. I've become a different person."{{cite web |date=16 December 2020 |title=Heidi Klum: "GNTM"-Schock! Insider packt Unglaubliches aus |url=https://intouch.wunderweib.de/heidi-klum-insiderin-packt-unfassbares-ueber-gntm-aus-102064.html}} Cycle 9 contestant Nathalie Volk agreed with Kaggwa, saying "I have scars on my body because of Heidi."{{cite web |date=22 May 2022 |title=GNTM: Nathalie Volk mit schweren Vorwürfe gegen Heidi Klum – "Narben wegen Heidi" |url=https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/tv/id_92236964/gntm-nathalie-volk-erhebt-schwere-vorwuerfe-gegen-heidi-klum.html}} In February 2021, Cycle 16 contestants had to walk nude in front of Heidi Klum, which was criticized by the audience and Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Despite this criticism, In February 2022, the contestants once again had a nude public photoshoot for Cycle 17.{{cite web |date=16 February 2022 |title=Total ungeschützt? Krasse Nacktbilder der GNTM-Girls geleakt |url=https://www.promiflash.de/news/2022/02/16/total-ungeschuetzt-krasse-nacktbilder-der-gntm-girls-geleakt.html?deviceClass=smartphone}}{{cite web |date=16 February 2022 |title=Wirbel um Nacktfotos der GNTM-Kandidatinnen |url=https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/tv/id_91675966/gntm-paparazzi-veroeffentlichen-fotos-von-nackten-models.html}} They also did a photoshoot from 122 meters in the air, leading to contestant Linda Braunberger's panic attack and subsequent elimination.{{cite web |date=2 April 2021 |title=GNTM: Heidi Klum schmeißt Kandidatin nach Panikattacke raus |url=https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv/tv/gntm-heidi-klum-schmeisst-kandidatin-nach-panikattacke-raus-75937974.bild.html}} Six contestants quit this cycle, most of them citing the decline of their mental health.{{Cite web |title=GNTM: Topmodel-Fluch! Noch eine ProSieben-Kandidatin geht freiwillig | TV |url=https://www.nordbuzz.de/kino-tv/gntm-topmodel-fluch-noch-eine-prosieben-kandidatin-schmeisst-hin-90358076.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410073325/https://www.nordbuzz.de/kino-tv/gntm-topmodel-fluch-noch-eine-prosieben-kandidatin-schmeisst-hin-90358076.html |archive-date=10 April 2021 |access-date=10 April 2021}}{{Cite web |title=GNTM 2021 (ProSieben): Spoiler-Alarm! Steigt ein Model vor Finale aus? | TV |url=https://www.nordbuzz.de/kino-tv/gntm-2021-prosieben-spoiler-alarm-steigt-eine-finalistin-aus-90578149.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522092627/https://www.nordbuzz.de/kino-tv/gntm-2021-prosieben-spoiler-alarm-steigt-eine-finalistin-aus-90578149.html |archive-date=22 May 2021 |access-date=22 May 2021}} In September 2022, the winner of the Cycle 4, Sara Nuru, joined the criticism of the show, confessing she was "not aware of how blatantly young women were treated there."{{cite web |date=23 September 2022 |title=Umgang mit GNTM-Girls: Ex-Gewinnerin Sara Nuru ist entsetzt |url=https://www.promiflash.de/news/2022/09/23/umgang-mit-gntm-girls-ex-gewinnerin-sara-nuru-ist-entsetzt.html}} She added: "With the knowledge I have today, I would not take part in Germany's Next Topmodel again." In April 2022, Hendrik Busch from the online magazine Moviepilot described GNTM as manipulative psycho terror.{{cite web |title=Sorry, Heidi Klum: Germany's Next Topmodel hat sich mit nur einer Folge komplett lächerlich gemacht |date=15 April 2022 |url=https://www.moviepilot.de/news/sorry-heidi-klum-germany-s-next-topmodel-hat-sich-mit-nur-einer-folge-komplett-laecherlich-gemacht-1135991}} The former contestant Tamara Hitz of Cycle 15 revealed that the contestants always had an inkling of who would soon be eliminated because leading up to the elimination, that contestant would be filmed more frequently, proving the fake scripted background of the show and the cruel treatment of the entire production with the contestants.{{cite news |title=Drehbuch bei GNTM? Ex-Kandidatin Tamara offenbart: "Vieles kam gar nicht aus unserem Mund" |newspaper=Gala.de |url=https://www.gala.de/lifestyle/film-tv-musik/gntm--ex-kandidatin-tamara-packt-aus---es-gibt-viele-geheimnisse------22835048.html}} In August 2022 Marie Nasemann (contestant from Cycle 4) revealed that she suffers from scoliosis. Back in 2009, during Cycle 4, her scoliosis was discussed at a casting for Samsung. The editors of GNTM tried to make her cry because of her illness and she also reveals: "I found out years later that Samsung would have liked to book me, but from the production side it wasn't allowed".{{cite web |date=3 August 2022 |title=Marie Nasemann: GNTM-Seitenhieb: "Haben probiert, mich zum Heulen zu bringen" |url=https://www.gala.de/stars/news/marie-nasemann-ueber-gntm---haben-probiert--mich-zum-heulen-zu-bringen--22901216.html}}

The show has also faced criticism for the danger it poses to its young impressionable female audience. In May 2015, psychiatrist Manfred Lütz said the program promotes anorexia.{{cite web|url=http://www.stern.de/kultur/tv/germanys-next-topmodel-macht-magersuechtig-psychiater-manfred-luetz-kritisiert-heidi-klum-und-prosieben-2192571.html|title="Heidi Klum spielt das Jüngste Gericht"|date=11 May 2015}} GNTM is subject to regular checks by the German Commission for Youth Media Protection.{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/medien/article140712957/Ist-Germany-s-Next-Topmodel-jugendgefaehrdend.html|title=Untersuchung: Ist "Germany's Next Topmodel" jugendgefährdend?|last=WELT|newspaper=Die Welt|date=9 May 2015|via=www.welt.de}}{{cite web|url=http://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/tv/id_73955224/gntm-2015-petition-gegen-germany-s-next-topmodel-gestartet.html|title=Macht "GNTM" die Jugend krank?|date=9 May 2015 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.taz.de/!5008311/|title=Kritik an Germany's Next Topmodel: Verbeultes Finale|first=Heide|last=Oestreich|newspaper=Die Tageszeitung: Taz|date=12 May 2015|via=www.taz.de}} Süddeutsche Zeitung argued it does not matter who wins the show, because it is only about promotion, the showmanship of Heidi Klum, and promoting a deadly body image.{{cite web |date=18 July 2018 |title=Germany's Next Topmodel - gefährliche Werbeshow ohne Seele? |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/leserdiskussion-germanys-next-topmodel-gefaehrliche-werbeshow-ohne-seele-1.3522365 |via=Sueddeutsche.de}}{{cite web |last=Liebert |first=TV-Kritik von Juliane |date=18 July 2018 |title=Namenlose Gewinnerin, es tut uns leid für Dich |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/finale-von-germanys-next-topmodel-namenlose-gewinnerin-es-tut-uns-leid-fuer-dich-1.3520258 |via=Sueddeutsche.de}}{{cite web |last=Online |first=FOCUS |title=Selbst im Finale dreht sich bei "Germany's Next Topmodel" alles um Heidi Klum |work=FOCUS online |url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/focus-fernsehclub/tv-kolumne-germany-s-next-topmodel-gntm-2017-totgesagte-laufen-laenger_id_7178568.html}} German influencer Kayla Shyx saw three effects of the show: "Suicidal thoughts, anxiety, and depression." According to a study by the "International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television" a third of all girls surveyed with eating disorders named GNTM as a trigger for it.{{cite web |date=30 April 2023 |title=Bei Köln-Besuch: Influencerin Kayla Shyx mit harter Kritik an "Germany's Next Topmodel" |url=https://www.express.de/koeln/kayla-shyx-mit-harter-kritik-an-germany-s-next-topmodel-561497}} German comedian Carolin Kebekus said "Germany's Next Topmodel made many greats: eating disorders, self-loathing, cyberbullying" and "this year they went crazy for diversity because every woman has the right to be humiliated by Heidi Klum." In February 2023, German InTouch wrote: "The willingness to use violence among girls is increasing. They form gangs, bully, hit. Heidi is also partly responsible for the fact that, at least on TV, such behavior should not lead to extra airtime". The article goes on to say: "With Germany’s Next Topmodel absolutely wrong values are conveyed. It gives the impression that bullying is a legitimate means of dealing with each other."{{cite web |date=11 February 2023 |title=Heidi Klum: Schlimme Vorwürfe! Wird GNTM jetzt aus dem Programm geschmissen? |url=https://intouch.wunderweib.de/heidi-klum-schlimme-vorwuerfe-wird-gntm-jetzt-aus-dem-programm-geschmissen-116282.html}} In May 2013, during the live finale of Cycle 8, Klum was attacked by two topless Femen activists, Zana Ramadani and Hellen Langhorst, who flashed her.

The contestants' contracts are legally and morally dubious, as they often unevenly benefit Klum and her father Günther. In 2011, Cycle 5 winner Alisar Ailabouni withdrew from her contract with ONEeins Management (which is managed by Heidi Klum's father Günther), which she received as part of her prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.at/a/alisar-heidi-296608 |title=Alisar lässt Heidi stehen • |date=21 September 2011 |publisher=News.at |access-date=7 June 2013}} This was the first time a winner of the show sued her way out of a prize contract. Ailabouni was not invited to Cycle 6's live finale, while several ProSieben-related magazines referred to Cycle 4 winner Sara Nuru as "last year's winner", given she was working as a backstage host. Since then, a number of other contestants have withdrawn from their contracts with ONEeins, including Viktoria Lantratova and Miriam Höller (both Cycle 5), Jana Beller (Cycle 6 winner),{{cite web|url=http://www.promiflash.de/gntm-naechstes-model-klagt-sich-aus-vertrag-11082736.html |title=GNTM: Nächstes Model klagt sich aus Vertrag! |publisher=Promiflash.de |access-date=7 June 2013}} Luise Will (Cycle 8){{cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/topmodel-drittplatzierte-kuendigt-klum-vertraege-32584482.bild.html|title="GNTM"-Finalistin Luise Will kündigt bei "ONEeins" - Schon wieder stöckelt Heidi ein Model davon!|date=27 September 2013}} and Aminata Sanogo (Cycle 9).{{Cite web|url=http://www.express.de/gntm/nach--germany-s-next-topmodel--aminata-sanogo-klagt-sich-aus-klum-agentur,1197380,27719874.html|title=Sorry!: Seite nicht mehr verfügbar|accessdate=24 May 2023}} In May 2017 the German radio and television broadcaster Philipp Walulis criticized the show and its practices within his YouTube show "Walulis". His main criticism is that the contestants get gagging contracts and that the show is only concerned about advertising campaigns instead of the contestants, with some former contestants providing testimony.{{cite web |last=WALULIS |date=25 May 2017 |title=Knebelverträge? Um wen sich bei GNTM wirklich alles dreht - WALULIS |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReIcQcgcf-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/ReIcQcgcf-4 |archive-date=2021-12-19 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} In December 2020, Cycle 14 winner Simone Kowalski met Günther in court, reaching a verdict that her contract with Günther Klum will be terminated and Kowalski will receive her full salary.{{cite web |date=4 December 2020 |title=GNTM: Simone Kowalski vor Gericht gegen Klum | das Urteil |url=https://www.tvmovie.de/news/gntm-simone-kowalski-vor-gericht-gegen-klum-das-urteil-115929}} In February 2023 Der Spiegel covered the notorious gag contracts that contestants sign to compete. According to Jörg Nabert, these are "illegal gag contracts" that bind models to the agency for two years, which is not customary in the modeling industry.{{cite news |last1=Backes |first1=Laura |last2=Gantenbrink |first2=Nora |last3=Hof |first3=Elisa von |last4=Padtberg |first4=Carola |last5=Rainer |first5=Anton |last6=Rützel |first6=Anja |date=10 February 2023 |title=(S+)"Germany's Next Topmodel"mit Heidi Klum: Was ist dran an den Vorwürfen ehemaliger Kandidatinnen? |newspaper=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/germany-s-next-topmodel-mit-heidi-klum-was-ist-dran-an-den-vorwuerfen-ehemaliger-kandidatinnen-a-8a5d949f-7776-4d5f-9da9-dd473acbc5b9}}{{cite web |title="Rechtswidrige Knebelverträge": So läuft es bei Heidi Klum und Germany's Next Topmodel wirklich hinter den Kulissen ab |date=10 February 2023 |url=https://www.moviepilot.de/news/rechtswidrige-knebelvertraege-so-laeuft-es-bei-heidi-klum-und-germany-s-next-topmodel-wirklich-hinter-den-kulissen-ab-1140131}}

Heidi Klum herself is criticized for her treatment of the contestants and her self-centeredness. Puls24 considered her behavior gaslighting.{{cite web |title=Vorwürfe gegen GNTM: Heidi Klum ist sich keiner Schuld bewusst |url=https://www.puls24.at/news/entertainment/vorwuerfe-gegen-gntm-heidi-klum-ist-sich-keiner-schuld-bewusst/289281}} German comedian Cordula Stratmann referred to Klum as "the face and soul of a cold-hearted, disgusting production" and "the trainer in malice and condescension."{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/prominente/article116080582/Heidi-Klum-ist-eine-Trainerin-in-Gehaessigkeit.html|title="Heidi Klum ist eine Trainerin in Gehässigkeit"|date=11 May 2013|newspaper=Welt Online|access-date=17 March 2016}} Charlotte Koep via T-Online referred to the program and Klum as "the ego show of the GNTM deadbeat mom".{{cite web |date=27 May 2022 |title=Heidi Klum: Der GNTM-Rabenmutter sind ihre Model-Schützlinge doch egal |url=https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/tv/id_92263076/heidi-klum-der-gntm-rabenmutter-sind-ihre-model-schuetzlinge-doch-egal.html}} In August 2022, media personality Désirée Nick interviewed Nathalie Volk on her podcast. Volk stated "What could be easier than to play your power over little girls who trust you? That is morally very questionable, like everything Heidi Klum has ever done".{{cite web | url=https://www.watson.de/unterhaltung/gntm/182423512-desiree-nick-mit-vernichtendem-urteil-ueber-heidi-klum | title=Désirée Nick fällt vernichtendes Urteil über Heidi Klum }} Cycle 4 contestant Tessa Bergmeier described Klum as a "super-mega psycho". Papis Loveday, who also worked on GNTM, added about Klum: "She only thinks of herself. Nobody can shine more than she does."{{cite web |title=Die Kritik an GNTM erreicht eine neue Dimension und Heidi Klum kann die Vorwürfe nicht länger ignorieren |date=25 January 2023 |url=https://www.moviepilot.de/news/die-gntm-kritik-erreicht-eine-neue-dimension-und-heidi-klum-kann-die-vorwuerfe-nicht-laenger-ignorieren-1139833}}{{cite web |date=20 January 2023 |title=Dschungelcamp-Klatsche für Heidi Klum: Tessa Bergmeier und Papis Loveday rechnen mit GNTM ab |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/dschungelcamp-klatsche-fuer-heidi-klum-tessa-bergmeier-und-papis-loveday-rechnen-mit-gntm-ab-art-873229}} In February 2023, the former judge Peyman Armin criticized the show and Klum, saying "It has become a pure self-portrayal by Heidi. Heidi comes first. Then Heidi and Heidi again. When Heidi Klum is in the foreground and takes care of the slapstick, for sensational shootings and catfights."{{cite web |date=16 February 2023 |title=Peyman Amin über Heidi Klum: "Reine Selbstinszenierung" bei GNTM |url=https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/tv/germanys-next-topmodel/id_100130134/ex-gntm-juror-peyman-amin-bei-heidi-geht-es-nur-um-eines.html}} In April 2023, Heidi Klum said about everything that happens at GNTM: "At the end of the day I'm the boss and I make the rules!"{{cite web |date=15 April 2023 |title="Germany's Next Topmodel": "Am Ende des Tages bin ich der Boss und ich bestimme die Regeln!" - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/iconist/partnerschaft/article244677756/Germany-s-Next-Topmodel-Am-Ende-des-Tages-bin-ich-der-Boss-und-ich-bestimme-die-Regeln.html}}

In June 2023, the German TV broadcaster ZDF released a 70-minute investigative documentary about the machinations of the makers of GNTM called "Pressure, hatred, manipulation: how sick does Germany's Next Topmodel make you?" For this documentary, around 50 former contestants, judges and members of the show's crew were interviewed, some anonymously. The makers of the documentary admitted that they are familiar with difficult investigations, but they have never experienced it before that so many people were afraid to talk about what happened as these former participants and employees of GNTM. A crew member of the show who wished to remain anonymous is quoted as saying: "If you film a young woman from morning to night, you'll get every sectional image you want. So you can cut and tell what you want. A lot of things are cut together wildly. The jobs depend on it. It's about ratings." In addition, former contestants report how the show's editors deliberately foment manipulation, lies and discord among the contestants behind the scenes. The contestants are shielded from the outside world so they lose their nerve and argue. So 20 candidates have to sleep together in one room without contact to the outside world. The statements by Heidi Klum, the broadcasting TV station ProSieben and the production company are presented as hypocrisy. ProSieben is said to have earned 87 million euros with the Cycle 18, and Heidi Klum 10 million euros. The contestants receive no money. GNTM has driven some contestants into depression and suicidal thoughts.{{cite web | url=https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_100199202/gntm-mit-druck-hass-manipulation-models-ueber-heidi-klums-show-.html | title="Druck, Hass, Manipulation" bei GNTM: Models packen über Klum-Show aus | date=28 June 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.desired.de/stars/tv/hass-manipulation-bei-gntm-neue-doku-blickt-hinter-die-kulissen-von-heidi-klums-show/ | title=Schwere Vorwürfe gegen GNTM? Neue Doku deckt über Heidi Klums Show auf! | date=3 July 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/143250/strg-f-berichtet-ueber-druck-hass-manipulation-bei-gntm | title="STRG _F» berichtet über "Druck, Hass, Manipulation" bei «GNTM" | date=28 June 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.goldenekamera.de/news/article238808933/STRG-F-GNTM-Models-packen-ueber-die-Zustaende-hinter-den-Kulissen-aus.html | title="STRG_F": GNTM-Models packen über die Zustände hinter den Kulissen aus | date=28 June 2023 | last1=Entertainment | first1=Best of }}{{cite web | url=https://www.stern.de/kultur/-germany-s-next-topmodel---doku-offenbart-missstaende-hinter-tv-format-33600954.html | title=Germany's Next Topmodel | date=15 July 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.zdf.de/funk/strgf-11384/funk-druck-hass-manipulation-wie-kaputt-macht-germanys-next-topmodel---strg-f-epic-102.html | title=Druck, Hass, Manipulation: Wie kaputt macht Germany's Next Topmodel? - STRG_F EPIC }}

Cycles

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!width=16%|Winner

!width=16%|Runner-up

! style="width:43%;"|Other contestants in order of elimination

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! style="width:8%;"|International Destinations

1

|{{dts|2006|1|25|format=dmy}}

|Lena Gercke

|Yvonne Schröder

|Andrea Lichtenberg & Anne Mühlmeier, Céline Roscheck (quit), Rahel Krüger, Micaela Schäfer, Luise Mikulla, Charlotte Offeney & Lena Meier, Janina Ortmann, Jennifer Wanderer

|12

|New York
Los Angeles
Paris

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! 2

| {{dts|2007|3|1|format=dmy}}

|Barbara Meier

|Anni Wendler

|Sophie (quit) & Alina (quit), Janine Mackenroth, Antje Pötke & Enyerlina Sanchez, Janina Cüpper, Alla Kosovan, Denise Dahinten, Aneta Tobor & Tonia Michaely, Milla von Krockow, Anja Platzer, Mandy Graff & Fiona Erdmann, Hana Nitsche

|17

|St. Moritz
Bangkok
Los Angeles

3

|{{dts|2008|2|28|format=dmy}}

|Jennifer Hof

|Janina Schmidt

|Rubina Radwanski & Aisha Grone & Sandra Korte, Aline Tausch & Tainá Santos Silva, Elena Rotter, Katharina Harms & Gina-Lisa Lohfink, Bianca Schumacher, Sophia Maus, Vanessa Hegelmaier (quit), Sarah Knappik, Raquel Alvarez, Gisele Oppermann, Wanda Badwal & Carolin Ruppert, Christina Leibold

|19

|Barcelona
Vienna
New York
Sydney
Melbourne
Los Angeles

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!4

|{{dts|2009|2|12|format=dmy}}

|Sara Nuru

| Mandy Bork

|Olivia Bermann & Johanna Popp & Daphne Braun, Tessa Bergmeier, Dana Franke, Tamara Busch & Aline Bauer, Stefanie Theissing, Katrina Scharinger, Larissa Marolt, Ira Meindl, Sarina Nowak, Maria Beckmann & Jessica Motzkus, Marie Nasemann

|17

|Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Honolulu
Singapore

5

|{{dts|2010|3|4|format=dmy}}

|Alisar Ailabouni

|Hanna Bohnekamp

|Aline Kautz (quit), Lena Kaiser & Petra Roscheck, Lara Emsen, Luisa Kreuger, Cathérine Kropp & Nadine Höcherl, Miriam Höller, Wioleta Psiuk, Jacqueline Kohl, Viktoria Lantratova, Pauline Afaja & Leyla Mert, Louisa Mazzurana, Neele Hehemann, Laura Weyel

|18

|Cape Town
New York
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
San Francisco
Milan

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!6

|{{dts|2011|3|3|format=dmy}}

|Jana Beller

| Rebecca Mir

|Chiara Breder & Lilia Doubrovina, Valerie Blum (quit), Concetta Mazza, Ivon Zito, Christien Fleischhauer, Amira Regaieg, Franziska König, Simone Rohrmüller, Tahnee Keller, Natascha Beil & Paulina Kaluza, Florence Lodevic, Isabel Rath & Sarah Jülich, Joana Damek (quit), Jil Goetz, {{nowrap|Marie-Luise}} Schäfer, Lisa Könnecke, Sihe Jiang, Aleksandra Nagel & {{nowrap|Anna-Lena}} Schubert, Amelie Klever

|25It was never announced which contestants were part of the final cast. There was no fade-out at the end of each episode, the opening sequence only featured the top 18 and several girls were not present at the live finale for the runway walk. However, ONEeins Management listed the entire top 25 as cast members of the cycle.

|Schladming
London
Los Angeles
Nassau

7

|{{dts|2012|2|23|format=dmy}}

|Luisa Hartema

|{{nowrap|Sarah-Anessa}} Hitzschke

|Romina Djurovic & Laura Wittek & Abiba Makoya Bakayoko, Isabell Janku & Sabine Snobl & Franziska Pöhling & {{nowrap|Valerie-Charlotte}} Kirchner von Schröder, Anelia Moor, {{nowrap|Michelle-Luise}} Lafleur & Natalia Kowalczykowska, Maxi Böttcher, Jasmin Abraha, Annabelle Rieß, Melek Civantürk, Shawny Sander, Laura Scharnagl, Inga Bobkow, Lisa Volz, Diana Ovchinnikova (quit), Evelyn Keck (quit), Sara Kulka, Kasia Lenhardt, Dominique Miller

|25

|

Phuket
Los Angeles
San Diego
Cancún

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!8

|{{dts|2013|2|28|format=dmy}}

| Lovelyn Enebechi

| Maike van Grieken

|Clara Zaveta (quit), Katharina Oltzow, Merle Lambert (quit) & Nancy Limonta & Lisa Quack & Linda Niewerth, {{nowrap|Lisa-Giulia}} Wende, Michelle Maas, Höpke Voss (quit) & Bingyang Liu (quit), Leandra Martin, Sophie Jais (quit) & Anna Seebrecht, Jessika Weidner, Janna Wiese, Veronika Weddeling, Jacqueline Thiessen, Leonie Marwitz, Carolin Sünderhauf, Christine Gischler, Marie Czuczman, Anna Maria Damm, Sabrina Elsner, Luise Will

|26

|Dubai
Los Angeles
New York
Honolulu

9

|{{dts|2014|2|6|format=dmy}}

|Stefanie Giesinger

|Jolina Fust

|Jill Schmitz & Lisa Seibert, Pauline Cottin (quit) & Laura Haas (quit) & Ina Bartak (quit) & Fata Hasanovic (quit), Franziska Wimmer, Laura Kristen, Emma Kahlert, Antonia Balzer, Simona Hartl & Jana Heinisch, Sainabou Sosseh, Lisa Gelbrich, Sarah Weinfurter, Anna Wilken (quit) & Samantha Brock, Nancy Nagel & Karlin Obiango, Aminata Sanogo & Nathalie Volk & Betty Taube, Ivana Teklic

|25{{Cite web|url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/rbb|title=Videos von Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) | ARD Mediathek|website=www.ardmediathek.de}}

|Singapore
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
New York
Malé

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!10

|{{dts|2015|2|12|format=dmy}}

|Vanessa Fuchs

|Anuthida Ploypetch

|Sarah Kocar (quit) & Annabel Paasch (quit), Laura Weidner & Ariana Xhatova, Adriane Sutsch, Jovana Bulic & Lena Stockhausen & Daniela Wolking, Irene Pichler & Neele Busse, Erica Santos Silva, Sandy Provazek & Varisa Caluk, Laura Dünninger & Sara Faste, Kiki Hölzl, Jüli Ürküt & Lisa Bärmann, Darya Strelnikova, Katharina Wandrowsky, Ajsa Selimovic

|23

|Los Angeles
New York
Paris

11

| {{dts|2016|2|4|format=dmy}}

|Kim Hnizdo

|Elena Carriere

|Luisa Bolghiran (quit), Fred Riss & {{nowrap|Laura-Penelope}} Baumgärtner (quit) & Saskia Böhlcke, Sophie Schweer & Shirin Kelly, Cindy Unger, Jennifer Daschner & Laura Bräutigam, Christin Götzke & Yusra {{nowrap|Babekr-Ali}}, {{nowrap|Lara-Kristin}} Bayer, Camilla Cavalli, Julia Wulf (quit), {{nowrap|Laura-Franziska}} Blank, Laura Bleicher, Luana Florea, Elena Kilb, Lara Helmer, Taynara Silva Wolf, Jasmin Lekudere, Fata Hasanovic

|24

|Arrecife
Puerto del Rosario
Madrid
Milan
Los Angeles
New York
Miami
Sydney
Shanghai
Palma

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! 12

| {{dts|2017|2|9|format=dmy}}

|Céline Bethmann

|Serlina Hohmann

|Christina Wiessner & Saskia Mächler, Elisa Weihmann & Victoria Wanke, Claudia Fiedler, Milena Ziller & Chaline Bang & Kimberly Pereira, Helena Fritz (quit), Aissatou Niang, Deborah Lay, Melina Budde, Neele Bronst, Julia Fux, Greta Faeser (quit), Julia Steyns, Soraya Eckes, Giuliana Radermacher, Brenda Hübscher, Sabine Fischer, Anh Phuong Dinh Phan, Carina Zavline, Lynn Petertonkoker & Maja Manczak, Leticia {{nowrap|Wala-Ntuba}}, Romina Brennecke

| 28

|Barcelona
Menorca
Majorca
Paris
Marseille
Los Angeles
New York
Las Vegas
London

13

| {{dts|2018|2|8|format=dmy}}

|Toni Dreher-Adenuga

|Julianna Townsend

|Selma Toroy, Ivana {{nowrap|Rajić-Hrnjić}} (quit) & Viktoria Wendell & Lania Barzanji, Liane Polt, Julia Freimuth, Lis Kanzler & Valèrie Wersche, Karoline Seul, Isabella Özdemir & Franziska Schwager, Sarah Amiri, Gerda Lewis, Anne Volkmann, Stephanie Groll, Shari Streich, Abigail Odoom, Bruna Rodrigues & Victoria Pavlas, Zoe Saip, Trixi Giese, Sara Leutenegger & Klaudia Giez, Sally Haas, Jennifer Michalczyk, Christina Peno, Pia Riegel

|29

|Las Terrenas
Los Angeles
San Diego
New York

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!14

| {{dts|2019|2|7|format=dmy}}

|Simone Kowalski

|Sayana Ranjan

|Anastasiya Baskakova & Marlene Donner & {{nowrap|Ann-Kathrin}} Grünewald & Debora do Nascimento Goulart, Olivia Rhode (quit), Maria Willhauk & Naomi Ufelle & Celine Hamann & Loriane Glocke, Kim Dammer (quit), Joelle {{nowrap|Pascai-Quednau}} & Melina Lucht & Catharina Maranca, Leonela Hires, Luna Dzek Dukadjinac, Enisa Bukvic (quit), Jasmin Veit Cadete Rosado (disqualified), Melissa Hemberger, Justine Klippenstein, Theresia Fischer, Julia Helm, Lena Lischewski, Tatjana Wiedemann, Sarah Almoril, Caroline Krüger, Alicija Köhler, Vanessa Stanat (quit), Cäcilia Zimmer

|30

|Sölden
Los Angeles
New York
Miami

15

|{{dts|2020|1|30|format=dmy}}

|Jacky Wruck

|Sarah Posch

|Daria Cupachin & {{nowrap|Nina-Sue}} Wurm & Charlotte Steinborn, Saskia Mächler & Malin Blumenthal, Alina Enders & Valeria Zock & Laura Schäfer, Cassandra Feliciano & Marie Rathay, Pinar Aygün & Sarah Sonko, Lucy Hellenbrecht, Mareike Lerch (quit), Julia Figueroa, Johanna Höpfler, Bianca Eigenfeld, Julia Przybylski, Nadine Wimmer, Vivian Cole, Maribel Sancia Todt, Larissa Neumann, Tamara Hitz, Anastasia Borisova, Lijana Kaggwa (quit), Maureen Ugodi

|28

|Los Pargos
Los Angeles
Montego Bay
Ocho Rios

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!16

| {{dts|2021|2|04|format=dmy}}

|Alex-Mariah Peter

|Dascha Carriero

|Franziska Bergander & Maria-Sophie Damasio & Vanessa Gros & Alexandra Reinke & Samantha Herbst & Lena Schreiber, Ricarda Häschke (quit), Maria Schimanski, Sara Ullmann (quit), Nana Fofana, Mira Folster (quit), Sarah Ahrend, Amina Hotait, Miriam Rautert, Chanel Silberberg, Jasmine Jüttner (quit), Alysha Hübner, Linda Braunberger, Mareike Müller, Romy Wolf (quit), Larissa Onac, Elisa Schattenberg, Ana Martinovic, Luca Vanak, Liliana Maxwell, Yasmin Boulaghmal, Ashley Amegan (quit), Romina Palm, Soulin Omar

|31

|None

17

|{{dts|2022|2|03|format=dmy}}

|Lou-Anne Gleißenebner-Teskey

|Luca Lorenz

|Emilie Clement & Meline Kermut & Pauline Schäfer, Kim Bieder & Wiebke Schwartau, Kristina Ber & {{nowrap|Lisa-Marie}} Cordt, Lenara Klawitter (quit), Kashmira Maduwege, Laura Wende, Barbara Radtke & Jasmin Jägers, Julia Weinhäupl & Laura Bittner, Jessica Adwubi & Paulina Stępowska, Annalotta Bönninger, Viola Schierenbeck & Inka Ferbert, Amaya Baker, Vanessa Kunz, Sophie Dräger & Juliana Stürmer, Lena Krüger, Vivien Sterk, Lieselotte Reznicek, Anita Schaller, Noëlla Mbunga, Martina {{nowrap|Gleißenebner-Teskey}}

|31

|Athens
Mykonos
Los Angeles
Ibiza

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!18

|{{dts|2023|2|16|format=dmy}}

| Vivien Blotzki

| Somajia Ali

|Alina Enns & Elisabeth Schmidt & Indira Mölle & Ana Feddersen, Slata Schneider & Melissa Stöbke Carbonel, Melina Rath & Juliette Schulz, Emilia Steitz & Eliz Steingraf & Zoey Saflekou, Sarah Benkhoff (quit), Tracy Baumgarten (quit), Jülide Beganovic, Elsa Latifaj, Lara Rollhaus, Zuzel Palacio Calunga & Charlene Christian, Leona Kastrati, Ina Aufenberg, Anya Elsner, Cassy Cassau & Marielena Aponte, Maike Nitsch, Nina Kablitz, Mirella Janev, Katherine Markov, Ida Kulis & {{nowrap|Anna-Maria}} Fuhrmann, Coco Clever, Nicole Reitbauer, Selma Schröder, Olivia Hounkpati

|35

|Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Ibiza

19

|{{dts|2024|02|15|format=dmy}}

|Lea Oude Engberink
&
Jermaine Kokoú Kothé

|Xenia Tsilikova
&
Linus Weber

|Vivien Walkemeyer (quit), Pitzi Müller (disqualified), Yanik Schulze & Bảo-Huy Nguyễn & Tracy Baumgarten & Vanessa Horst, Marcia Edhere & Lilian Assih & Felice Wolfgram, Franz Vochezer & Livingsten Amalanathan & Leoni Mecklenburg, Alexandra Bode & Max Uhrmacher, Nuri Enoch & Jana Wetzel & Yusupha Jobarteh & Felix Xaver, Dominik Gruber & Lilli Hachgenei, Maximilian Kreiner & Mare Cirko, Lydwine Nitidem & Lucas Schwarze, Dominic Spillner & Stella Naming, Aldin Zahirović & Sara Zuraw, Marvin {{nowrap|De-Graft}}, Kadidja Becher, Armin Rausch, Grace Zakhour & Frieder Sell, Fabienne Urbach & Luka Cidic & Julian Cidic

|40

|Santa Cruz
Los Angeles
Palermo

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!20

|{{dts|2025|02|13|format=dmy}}

|{{TBA}}

|{{TBA}}

|Angelina Matic & Marlene Erdmann Sánchez & Leila Charifa Kraus & Marie Es. & Jessica Lüdi, Konstantin Bell & Enis Spahija & J.J. Stocks, Natali Czesak & Lucia Doric & Valeria Hoffmann & Stella Miljenovic, Felix Flad & Gabriel Moreno von Schinckel & Christian Preinig, Jule Gscheidle, Jonathan Tolno & Felix Schiller & Ryan Wöhrl, Safia Asare (quit), Laura Klingert, Tim Schröder & Mattes & Lian Hansen, Alexander Van Hove & Lulu Gömann, Katrin {{nowrap|Gömann-Elsner}} (quit), Annett Bremer & Keanu Bohatsch, Ethan Moore, Faruk Aytaç Keçe & Felix Lintner & Svenja Sievers, Lisa Brandstätter, Samuel Dohmen, Xenia Redelmann & Nawin Nazary, Eva Bloss & Katharina Van de Sandt, Ray Ewulu, Josy Tolno
Still in the running:
Aaliyah Isla, Canel Dalkılıç, Daniela Djokić, Eliob Demofike, Jannik Richter, Kevin Vukelja, Magdalena Milic, Moritz Rüdiger, Pierre Lang, Zoe Rötzel

|51

|Los Angeles

External links

{{Commons category|Germany’s Next Topmodel}}

  • [http://www.prosieben.de/tv/germanys-next-topmodel Official website]
  • [//www.youtube.com/user/GNTMoffiziell Official YouTube Channel]
  • {{IMDb title|0764947|Germany's Next Topmodel}}
  • [http://www.gntm-blog.de GNTM-blog.de / German fanbase] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606074425/http://www.gntm-blog.de/ |date=6 June 2010 }}

References

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{{Germany's Next Topmodel}}

{{Top Model}}

Category:2006 German television series debuts

Category:2010s German television series

Category:2020s German television series

Category:German-language television shows

Category:ProSieben original programming

Category:German television series based on American television series