Why did Britains Next Top Model End?

If America's Next Top Model were to return for one final swan song season, celebrating its milestone 25th cycle, it would be a fitting end for a groundbreaking reality show that made its mark on television, surviving on three different networks over the course of three different decades. "So, we're seeing if that could happen," Banks told ABC Audio. "We shall see."

Then: Illinois native Adrianne Curry became the country's first-ever next top model when the show aired its Cycle 1 finale on July 15, 2003. The laid-back brunette, then 20, modeled Baby Phat in the final challenge and beat out fellow finalists Shannon Stewart and Elyse Sewell to take home the crown.

Now: While Curry did pursue a modeling career after the show, she is perhaps best known for her TV work. The star, who covered Playboy and booked a few ad campaigns in the mid-2000s, signed on for the fourth season of The Surreal Life, where she met and started dating Brady Bunch alum Christopher Knight. The two would go on to star in their own VH1 reality spinoff, My Fair Brady (2005–2008), which followed the couple's engagement, wedding, and first year of marriage. They finalized their divorce in 2012. Curry continued her reality turn, appearing on PlayStation Network's The Tester in 2010 and 2012 and making cameos on Hello Ross!, Dr. Drew on Call, and L.A. Hair throughout 2014. However, Curry has stepped out of the spotlight, married voice actor Matthew Rhode, and frequently posts life updates on her Instagram.

Last night saw the catwalk finale of Britain's Next Top Model during which Tiffany from Malta (so, Malta's next top model) was bestowed with the ultimate prize by Elle Macpherson. But someone at Living, the channel responsible for making Blighty's version of Tyra Banks' American classic reality show, decided it should be a live final. Hosted by Dave Berry.

Where to begin? They did at least manage to announce the right winner, which was a small mercy after the Australian debacle last week. But that's all they got right. Over 90 minutes, three finalists had to be whittled down to one winner. The show was always going to be heavy on the padding – but neither presenter nor judges had apparently bothered to think what they might fill the acres of broadcast space with. It was like watching mannequins in an airlock.

They opened their mouths and the oxygen disappeared from the room. The studio audience appeared unsure when to clap so just didn't. VTs weren't ready to roll when Berry introduced them. Three times, in true X Factor style, he had to announce footage of the finalists going home to see their parents and seemed unable to muster the word "family". "Now here's the … ah … let's see the people who most … they're the really important ones to you."

The judging panel looked like four stunned badgers, watching in slow motion as a truck clattered towards them. Model Charlie Speed was a total blank, designer Julien Macdonald, a dangerous combination of poisonous and thick, seemed trapped by the dead ginger dog on his head. Stylist Grace Woodward was unique in almost being able to string three words together, although those words were invariably "you killed it"; Elle herself could only repeat how "proud" she was and how "amazing" the contestants were.

Berry openly apologised for his idiotic questions, which all came from Fearne Cotton's classic repertoire of cul-de-sac queries including, "Are you nervous?", "How do you feel?" and "You must be so proud to have got this far" .

The climax of the show, if we can call it that, saw finalists Alesha and Tiffany descend from the ceiling in Rocky Horror wigs and cheap-looking metallic frocks while Tinchy Stryder played a high energy number. The song finished, the models struck their best "I'm too cool" poses and everyone waited. Then with comic timing worthy of Acorn Antiques, someone remembered they had glitter cannons and fired them off into the void.

Live television is for the confident and the well-prepared. Not this bunch of self-important ninnies with barely a brain cell between them. Next series, although this was one of the funniest shows of the year, they need to understand that fashion people only look good with editing.

The sixth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model, premiered on 5 July 2010 on Sky Living. This cycle featured a completely revamped judging panel. Host Lisa Snowdon was replaced by model Elle Macpherson. The new judging panel consisted of fashion designer Julien McDonald, fashion stylist Grace Woodward, and male model Charley Speed.

The prizes for this cycle included a modelling contract with Models 1, a fashion spread and cover feature in Company magazine, and a £100,000 contract with Revlon cosmetics, which included a photo shoot for the company's Colorburst Lipstick and campaigns posing as the face of Revlon's Autumn/Winter 2010 trend collection launching in the UK in November.

The winner of the competition was 18-year-old Tiffany Pisani, from the island country of Malta. Pisani beat fellow contestants Alisha White and Joy Mclaren in a public vote during a live finale, a first for Britain's Next Top Model.[1] She is the first and only non-British winner.

Runner-up Alisha White participated as a contestant on America's Next Top Model Cycle 18 along with six other former BNTM contestants. White quit the competition in the tenth episode explaining that she did not want to take the opportunity away from girls who wanted to be there more than her, and that she had lost her spirit. This marked the first time in ANTM history that more than one contestant decided to quit during the same season as former BNTM Cycle 3 runner-up Louise Watts quit in the third episode initially.

It was revealed that Amelia Thomas was supposed to take part as a contestant on ANTM as the eighth former BNTM Contestant. However, due to stress and other factors, Amelia withdrew before the competition aired.

Contestants[edit]

(Ages stated are at start of contest)

ContestantAgeHeightHometownFinishPlaceHannah Goodeve221.83 m (6 ft 0 in)CheshireEpisode 214 (quit)Rachelle Harry201.78 m (5 ft 10 in)SurreyEpisode 313Susan Loughnane231.73 m (5 ft 8 in)DublinEpisode 412Harleen Kaur Nottay191.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Midlothian11Delita Cole181.73 m (5 ft 8 in)LiverpoolEpisode 510Amba Hudson-Skye201.80 m (5 ft 11 in)BournemouthEpisode 69Nicola Wright201.73 m (5 ft 8 in)CoventryEpisode 78Kirsty Parsons211.73 m (5 ft 8 in)CardiffEpisode 87Olivia Oldham-Stevens201.78 m (5 ft 10 in)LondonEpisode 96Amelia Thomas221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Port TalbotEpisode 115Charlotte Holmes211.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)CornwallEpisode 124Joy McLaren201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)LeedsEpisode 143Alisha White181.80 m (5 ft 11 in)London2Tiffany Pisani181.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Attard1
  • Elle Macpherson (host)
  • Charley Speed
  • Grace Woodward
  • Julien Macdonald

Episodes[edit]

Episode 5[edit]

Original Airdate: 2 August 2010

The girls shot a TV ad for Beyoncé's new fragrance for the challenge. Kirsty won the challenge and a night out and chose Nicola and Amelia to join her. Charlotte seemed disappointed by this, but didn't act upon her disappointment. The girls had a photo shoot for covered in chocolate with nude for a body product shop campaign. Nicola's photo was the favourite of the company director, thus earning her the first call-out. Delita and Tiffany were announced as the bottom two, Delita for producing her only good photograph, but overall the weakest film, and Tiffany for what seemed to be a lack of versatility. Tiffany's previous strong performances spared her and an unsurprised Delita was sent home.

  • Featured photographer: Rhys Frampton
  • Special guests: Beyoncé (In a video message), Olivia Fletcher, Dave Berry, Karl Plewka, Lorraine Clough, Rachel Higgin, Rihanna

Episode 6[edit]

Original Airdate: 9 August 2010

The remaining girls arrived in Birmingham to be greeted by R'n'B singer Alesha Dixon with a challenge to sell her latest brand of jewellery live on TV. After an hour of practicing, the girls were thrown in the deep end and presented on GemsTV. Charlotte was initially nervous but Alesha stated she was a natural, Alisha used her energetic and bubbly personality to sell the products, Tiffany was extremely nervous at first but decided she wanted to smile and focus more on looking friendly than messing up. However, it was Joy who felt the full brunt of presenting on live TV and she sadly succumbed to nervousness and swore twice. The girls were then taken to Gatwick Airport to be greeted by Grace who gave them £500 each to shop around the airport before they were jetted off to Alicante, Spain for a swimsuit photo shoot. At judging, Amba and Nicola were in the bottom two. In the end, a shocked Amba was eliminated in a very emotional elimination.

  • Featured photographer: Javier Galue
  • Special guests: Alesha Dixon, Angeline Davies, Melissa Odabash

Episode 7[edit]

Original Airdate: 16 August 2010

This week the girls went to the location and set of Hollyoaks for an acting challenge. Joy won and was given a speaking part in an episode and a night out with two cast members. She chose to take Alisha as well. The main photo shoot was a Horror-based Scream Queens shoot, featuring the girls in horror situations.

At Panel Most of the girls excelled, especially Olivia, gaining her first call-out. The judges felt that Nicola's photo was not as strong as her previous photos, even though it was a decent shot, and deemed Amelia's photo as "super fake" and she was told to get real and to not just focus on her beauty at shoots. Despite the comments from the judges that seemed to imply that Amelia would be sent packing, Nicola was eliminated despite having 2 first call-outs. Amelia's levels of versatility, personality and modelling ability seemed to be ignored, a decision that many fans of the show disliked, and Nicola was sent home as she was deemed to be forgettable in the personality department and her photos were declining as the competition progressed.

  • Featured photographer: Matthew Brindle
  • Special guests: Ricky Whittle, Bronagh Waugh, Hollie-Jay Bowes, Melissa Walton, Kevin Sacre, Paul Marquess, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jessica Fox, Rachel Hardy, Penny Shales, Stuart Russell

Episode 8[edit]

Original Airdate: 23 August 2010

This week, the girls did a challenge on the high street. They had to pick clothes from a store and present them on camera. Charlotte won the challenge for welcoming and friendly presenting skills. The judges of the challenge didn't like Olivia's choice of clothes because they were too revealing and risque.

When they arrived home, they were told they were going to Norway. Once they had arrived they embarked on a helicopter ride to a glacier which they did their photo shoots wearing outfits created from plastic bottles. The best photo would win a campaign with their photo.

At the photo shoot, it was -5 degrees. Alisha and Kirsty worried about the cold. This then led to Alisha struggling with the cold in her photo shoot. Tiffany also struggled with the cold and it proved a big challenge for everyone. the photographer was disappointed with Tiffany who seemed to have the attitude that she wanted to just get it over with.

At panel, Charlotte is told she won the campaign. Tiffany's attitude comes up at panel. Olivia and Joy don't do well. The judges feel Kirsty is constantly producing only amateur photos. The judges thought Alisha's body and her face just weren't working together. Amelia, however, told that her photo was amazing and a very nice bounce back after last week's atrocious photo.

During elimination, Amelia was told she would've been called first if Charlotte had not won the campaign, so she was called second. Alisha and Kirsty find themselves in the bottom two, and a not-so-surprised Kirsty is eliminated.

  • Featured photographer: Ole Marius Fossen
  • Special guests: Steph Theobold, Charlotte Carey, Peter Krogh, Stephen Jones, Giles Deacon

Episode 9[edit]

Original Airdate: 30 August 2010

The girls have to do a beauty shot for Revlon which piles on the pressure as the show's eventual winner will be given a Revlon campaign. Then the girls are reaching new heights as they perform in a falling photo shoot for Galaxy Ripple which pushes some girls, especially Amelia and Olivia, to the limit. After Amelia received injury taking part in the shoot and she called an ambulance, Olivia became scared and could not do the jump, resulting in the decision that she should not take part in the shoot.

At panel, nobody managed to do well on both shoots. Amelia and Charlotte are lauded for strong beauty shot, but their campaign photo weren't amazing, just good. Alisha was praised for perfect beauty shot, but her horrible campaign photo turns the judges down. Tiffany and Joy failed to do well on both shoots, while Olivia didn't do the campaign shoot, her beauty shot was horrible as well. In the end, Alisha shockingly called first, ahead of Amelia and Charlotte, but Tiffany and Olivia find themselves in the bottom two. Tiffany was spared and Olivia was sent home.

  • Featured photographer: Hugh O'Malley, Neale Haynes
  • Special guests: Sarah Harper, Jim Dowdall,

Episode 10[edit]

Original Airdate: 6 September 2010

The tables turn on the final five when Nicky Johnston sets them a challenge to be the photographer on a shoot based in their model house. Then the girls have to perform a relaxed yet sexy photo shoot with George Lamb, before being photographed with a rugby team by legendary Terry O'Neill. Amelia, Joy and Tiffany were praised for both their photo's, Alisha managed to produce a phenomenal photo with George Lamp but her wasp shot was considered a miss, Charlotte's wasp shot on the other hand received strong positive criticism but her photo with George Lamp was too commercial, At elimination, Elle says for Charlotte and Joy to both pack their bags, because they (as well as the other three girls) are going overseas to Malaysia, meaning that no one would be eliminated.

  • Featured photographer: Simon Lipman, Terry O'Neill
  • Special guests: Nicky Johnston, George Lamb, Victoria White, Kirsty Hathaway,

Episode 11[edit]

Original Airdate: 13 September 2010

The girls reach Kuala Lumpur and meet with famous designer Jimmy Choo. They then take part in a dancing challenge, followed by a roof top photo shoot for Baby G watches. One girl will be picked to represent the brand following the end of Pixie Lott's contract with the company.

Amelia was told her photo was stunning on its own, but the judges are concerned about her progress during the competition (as she started strong, but then tumbled down until she's getting better and better). Charlotte and Alisha's photo was universally criticized, but Tiffany's photo was heavily praised. Joy received the best feedback, but Amelia and Charlotte ended up in the bottom two again, though both of them produced the two best photos of the week.

Though she has progressed tremendously the past few weeks, Amelia was eliminated.

  • Special guests: Jimmy Choo, Datin Azanin Dato' Ahmad, Sarah Earlam, Dato' Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen

Episode 12[edit]

Original Airdate: 20 September 2010

The girls did a commercial for Tourism Malaysia introducing Durian and fish spa. The next day, they have their go-see challenge around Kuala Lumpur meeting three top Malaysian fashion designers. The girls shot this week's photo shoot in the heart of Bukit Cahaya, the shots will appear in a top high society magazine in Malaysia. Malaysian Fashion Designer Bernard Chandran joins panel this week, Elle announces that 3 girls will be walking in London Fashion Week 2010 in Bernard Chandran's design.

  • Featured director: Juan Zainal
  • Featured photographer: Allan Casal
  • Special guests: Faisol Abdullah, Tom Abang Saufi, Carven Ong, Bernard Chandran

Episode 13[edit]

Original Airdate: 27 September 2010

The girls received an E-mail telling them to pack their bags for the following morning, where they were taken to Pangkor Laut Resort on Pangkor Island. There, they were treated to massages and a sunset cruise before meeting with Elle the next morning. She gave each girl an iconic photo from her archive which they would have to reproduce for their last photo shoot. Upon returning to Kuala Lumpur, the girls then had to prepare for their catwalk finale in Dato Bernard Chandran's fashion show. During judging, Elle mentioned that she could not choose and revealed to the girls that they would be participating in a show-first, a live finale back in Britain.

Episode 14: Live Finale[edit]

Original Airdate: 4 October 2010

The show came to a massive end, as the final three took to the final show. There were live performances from McFly, The Saturdays and Tinchy Stryder. After the first round of votes were counted, it was decided that Joy would finish in third.

With Joy now eliminated, the final two, Tiffany and Alisha, took to a final, live runway, with alumni of previous cycles Britain's Next Top Model, including Cycle 1, 3, 4 and 5 winners, Lucy Ratcliffe, Lauren McAvoy, Alex Evans and Mecia Simson, as well as Cycle 5 runners-up, Sophie Sumner and Jade McSorley. After this, the final votes were counted, and Tiffany was revealed to be the winner of the competition.

Has Britain's Next Top Model been Cancelled?

On 28 October 2013, Sky Living confirmed that the show had been cancelled. ... .

Why did Elle leave BNTM?

'I realised afterwards that it was because a lot of comments made about Charlotte - too commercial, too smiley, not fashion enough, too curvy - were the types of comments I heard early on in my career. 'When she didn't make it through to the final three, it felt like a part of me was rejected.

Is Next Top Model still running?

The following sixteen cycles aired on The CW until the series was first cancelled in October 2015. The series was revived in 2016 and has been airing on VH1 ever since. The series was among the highest-rated programs on UPN and was the highest-rated show on The CW from 2007 to 2010.

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