Australia's Next Top Model (season 9)

The ninth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model began airing 30 April 2015 on Fox8.[citation needed] Jennifer Hawkins and Alex Perry returned judges for this season, while Cheyenne Tozzi was added as a new co-mentor alongside Didier Cohen, who was formerly a judge on the previous season.[2][3][4]

Australia's Next Top Model
Season 9
Judges
No. of contestants13
WinnerBrittany Beattie
No. of episodes10[1]
Release
Original networkFox8
Original release30 April (2015-04-30) –
2 July 2015 (2015-07-02)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The prizes for this cycle included a one-year modelling contract with IMG Sydney, a trip to New York City for New York Fashion Week valued at A$20,000 thanks to TRESemmé, a brand new Mazda 2 Genki, and an editorial spread in Elle Australia.[1]

The winner of the competition was 20 year-old Brittany Beattie from Whittlesea, Victoria.

Series summary edit

This series saw 12 new contestants with a thirteenth cast member added in as a wildcard contestant. In contrast to the former two cycles there was no casting episode this season. A new scoring system was implemented on the show, with models receiving a score on both the challenges and shoots to determine who would go home.[1] This system replaced the show's previous elimination format, where the name of each contestant was called in order of merit.

Requirements edit

All applying contestants were required to be aged 16 to 21 in order to apply for the show. Those auditioning had to be at least 172 centimetres (68 in) tall. To qualify, all applicants had to be an Australian citizen currently living in Australia. Additional requirements stated that a contestant could not have had previous experience as a model in a national campaign within the last five years, and if a contestant was represented by an agent or a manager, she had to terminate that representation prior to the competition.[5]

Auditions edit

Auditions were held once in Newcastle, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth. They were held in two different venues in Sydney and Melbourne.[2][6]

In addition to the audition tour, an online selfie competition dubbed 'Australia's Next Top Selfie' was held for models who were unable to show up for the auditions. Applicants were required to submit a photograph tagged #antmselfie on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. All live audition requirements still applied.[7] The winner of the competition, later revealed on the show to be 18 year-old Zahra Thalari from Sydney, was granted a spot within the final cast.[8][9]

Guest judges edit

Instead of finding a replacement for the late Charlotte Dawson the show opted to include a special guest judge each week. Foxtel Executive Director of Television Brian Walsh explained: "The whole team on the show has been deeply affected by the loss of Charlotte earlier this year. We feel the series will never be the same without her and in 2015 we will welcome a special guest judge each week to join the judging panel as in our minds Charlotte is irreplaceable."[10] The guest judges for this year included Alessandra Ambrosio, Alexandra Agoston, Alyssa Sutherland, Coco Rocha, Elyse Taylor, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kelly Osbourne, Kim Kardashian, Linda Evangelista, Megan Gale, and Tyra Banks.[11][12][13][14]

Cast edit

Contestants edit

(Ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place
Kaitlyn Bennett[15] 18 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Mandurah Episode 1 13
Cassandra 'Cassie' Hargrave[16] 18 179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) Gold Coast Episode 2 12
Ayieda Malou[17] 17 179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) Perth Episode 3 11
Phoebe Deskovic[18] 17 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Sydney Episode 4 10
Zahra Thalari[19] 18 179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) Sydney Episode 5 9
Tanahya Cohen[20] 18 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Caloundra 8
Isabel 'Izi' Simundic[21] 21 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Newcastle Episode 6 7
Jordan Burridge[22] 17 179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) Gold Coast Episode 7 6
Lauren Ericson[23] 16 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Melbourne Episode 8 5
Jessica-Grace 'Jess' Thomas[24] 18 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Perth Episode 9 4
Alexandra 'Alex' Sinadinovic[25] 18 172 cm (5 ft 7+12 in) Wollongong 3
Lucy Markovic[26] 16 181 cm (5 ft 11+12 in) Gold Coast Episode 10 2
Brittany Beattie[27] 20 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Whittlesea 1

Judges edit

Other cast members edit

Episodes edit

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
881[28][29]"Episode 1"30 April 2015 (2015-04-30)

The twelve selected finalists met for the first time, and learned that their tasks throughout the competition would be scored in order to determine who would be eliminated each week. The contestants then took on their first challenge, which consisted of a runway show in front of Australia's fashion elite, and later had to pose in front of the camera for an au naturel black and white photo shoot, mentored by Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio.

  • Special guests: Alessandra Ambrosio
  • Featured photographer: Gary Heery
892[30][31]"Episode 2"7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)

The models were paired off as correspondents for the Kardashian Kollection and had to take Instagram selfies in order to impress Kim Kardashian. The winner of the challenge was chosen by Kim to have her photograph posted in her personal instagram account with over 30 million followers, as well as the official Kardashian Kollection instagram. At the shoot, each contestant was assigned a different persona uniquely tailored to their individual personality. After the week's elimination ceremony, Jennifer Hawkins revealed that a new contestant, Zahra, would be entering the competition.

  • Special guests: Kim Kardashian, Kelly Osbourne
  • Featured photographer: Nick Scott
903[32][33]"Episode 3"14 May 2015 (2015-05-14)

The models were flown to Melbourne for a red carpet event and challenge celebrating the opening night of Jean Paul Gaultier's exhibition, where they faced an interview with members of the press regarding their personal style. For the photo shoot the contestants were taken to Hosier Lane, and had to pose wearing gowns designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. Following the elimination ceremony, guest judge Jean Paul Gaultier surprised the group by inviting one of the models to walk in one of his upcoming shows during Paris Fashion week.

  • Special guests: Jean Paul Gaultier
  • Featured photographer: Nick Leary
914[34][35]"Episode 4"21 May 2015 (2015-05-21)

The remaining 10 contestants received makeovers, and had a photo shoot challenge for TRESemmé that doubled as a mock campaign for the brand. The models were later taken to Bondi Beach for a couture swimwear photo shoot with male models, where they were introduced to Elyse Taylor.

  • Special guests: Joh Bailey, Mineli Galiano, Elyse Taylor
  • Featured photographer: Travis Grace
925[36][37]"Episode 5"28 May 2015 (2015-05-28)

The models were divided into teams of three for a challenge in which they had to star in a digital campaign for Jennifer Hawkins' tanning brand, Jbronze. On set for the photo shoot, the contestants were introduced to supermodel Linda Evangelista. Their task was to recreate a 90s white shirt photo, a classic of the era of supermodels.

  • Special guests: Linda Evangelista
  • Featured photographer: Pierre Toussaint
936[38][39]"Episode 6"4 June 2015 (2015-06-04)

The models were challenged to walk in a vertical runway show for Miss Shop Australia to win a shopping spree valued at $5,000 as well as the opportunity of being featured in the S/S 16 Miss Shop launch campaign. The contestants were later driven to Valvoline Raceway to shoot an eight-page editorial that would be published in the pages of Cosmopolitan magazine, and Alexandra Agoston was introduced as the guest judge for the week. Two of the models deadlocked whilst in the bottom two at elimination, and the judges had to vote among themselves in order to break the tie.

  • Special guests: Nicole Adolphe, Alexandra Agoston
  • Featured photographer: Richard Freeman
947[40][41]"Episode 7"11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)

The remaining contestants were taken to the Mazda headquarters in Sydney to become brand ambassadors and spokespersons for the brand. Their challenge consisted of coming up with an exiting sales pitch for the new Mazda 2 to win a cash prize of $5,000. Alyssa Sutherland later posed with the models in a Fight Club inspired photo shoot session, before sitting at panel as the week's guest judge.

  • Special guests: Alastair Doak, Jaylee Osborne, Alyssa Sutherland
  • Featured photographer: Simon Upton
958[42][43]"Episode 8"18 June 2015 (2015-06-18)

The contestants took part in a two-part challenge for Colgate Optic White, consisting of a screen test and a conveyor belt runway show. The winner of the challenge was chosen to front one of Colgate's upcoming campaigns. The theme for that week's photo shoot was a VIP after-party photographed by Georges Antoni. On set, the models were introduced to Megan Gale.

  • Special guests: Tina Kim, Brad Stapleton, Megan Gale
  • Featured photographer: Georges Antoni
969[44][45]"Episode 9"25 June 2015 (2015-06-25)

Jennifer Hawkins announced that the competition would be heading overseas to New York City. The models attended go sees in which they had to impress clients at the offices of Swarovski jewelry and Elle magazine before heading to IMG. The winner of the challenge was chosen to participate in a photo shoot for Swarovski's Multifacets magazine, and received $2,000 worth of jewelry from the brand. Later, the contestants were introduced to supermodel Coco Rocha for a lesson on posing. Former America's Next Top Model judge and The Face host Nigel Barker met the models for a photo shoot in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan wearing conceptual fashion. At panel, it was revealed that only two contestants would advance to the finale.

  • Special guests: Anne Slowey, Nathalie Colin, David Cunningham, Coco Rocha, Nick Hudson
  • Featured photographer: Nigel Barker
9710[46]"Episode 10"2 July 2015 (2015-07-02)

The finalists shot for a mock cover and their winning editorial spread to be published in the August issue of Elle Australia. The formerly eliminated contestants returned for a runway show at Carriageworks, where Top Model creator Tyra Banks made an appearance as the cycles' final guest judge. After the runway show, the judges deliberated over the finalists' covers, and Brittany was crowned as the ninth winner of Australia's Next Top Model.

  • Special guests: Justine Cullen, Tyra Banks
  • Featured photographer: Pierre Toussaint

Results edit

Order Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Alex Lucy Brittany Jess Jordan Alex Lucy Lucy Brittany Brittany
2 Brittany Alex Lauren Brittany Jess Brittany Lauren Alex Lucy Lucy
3 Izi Izi Alex Alex Lauren Lauren Alex Brittany Alex
4 Ayieda Tanahya Lucy Izi Lucy Jess Brittany Jess Jess
5 Tanahya Ayieda Izi Jordan Brittany Jordan Jess Lauren
6 Jess Jess Phoebe Lucy Izi Lucy Jordan
7 Lucy Jordan Tanahya Lauren Alex Izi
8 Lauren Lauren Jess Zahra Tanahya
9 Phoebe Brittany Jordan Tanahya Zahra
10 Jordan Phoebe Zahra Phoebe
11 Cassie Cassie Ayieda
12 Kaitlyn
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant was tied at the bottom two with the lowest score, but was not eliminated
  The contestant won the competition.

Bottom two/three edit

Episode Contestants Eliminated
1 Cassie & Kaitlyn Kaitlyn
2 Cassie & Phoebe Cassie
3 Ayieda & Zahra Ayieda
4 Phoebe & Tanahya Phoebe
5 Alex & Zahra Zahra
Alex & Tanahya Tanahya
6 Izi & Lucy Izi
7 Jess & Jordan Jordan
8 Jess & Lauren Lauren
9 Alex, Brittany, Jess & Lucy Jess
Alex
10 Brittany & Lucy Lucy
  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 was eliminated in the semi-final judging and placed fourth
  The contestant was eliminated in the semi-final judging and placed third
  The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up

Makeovers edit

  • Phoebe - Lara Bingle inspired short angled line
  • Zahra - Hair straighten
  • Tanahya - Dyed dark blonde and cut medium angled line and bangs layered
  • Izi - Cut long angled line
  • Jordan - Diana Ross inspired tight curls and dyed light brown
  • Lauren - Tight wavy weave
  • Jess - Dyed dark red, loose waves and layers
  • Alexandra - Nadja Auermann light blonde and layers with bangs layered
  • Lucy - Dyed chocolate brown and cut shoulder length
  • Brittany - Dyed brown and loose curly weave

Results edit

Scores Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Score Average Score
Brittany 32.0 27.0 34.0 33.5 34.0 29.0 33.0 35.0 32.0 30.0 319.5 31.95
Lucy 28.0 33.0 29.5 29.0 34.5 25.5 36.5 36.0 29.5 29.0 310.5 31.05
Alex 35.0 31.5 30.5 32.5 29.5 29.5 34.0 35.5 29.0 287.0 31.89
Jess 28.5 28.5 26.0 35.0 34.5 26.5 32.5 32.0 28.5 272.0 30.22
Lauren 26.0 28.0 34.0 28.5 34.5 27.0 34.5 30.5 243.0 30.38
Jordan 24.0 28.0 25.5 31.0 35.5 26.5 30.0 200.5 28.64
Izi 31.5 30.0 28.5 32.5 30.5 25.5 178.5 29.75
Tanahya 30.0 29.5 28.0 23.0 27.5 138.0 27.60
Zahra 23.5 23.5 26.5 73.5 24.50
Phoebe 25.0 24.0 28.0 21.5 98.5 24.63
Ayieda 30.5 29.0 22.0 81.5 27.17
Cassie 22.0 22.5 44.5 22.25
Kaitlyn 20.5 20.5 20.50
  The contestant had the highest total score
  The contestant had the highest total score and won the competition
  The contestant had the second lowest score
  The contestant was tied for the lowest score and was saved
  The contestant had the lowest total score and was eliminated

Average call-out order edit

Final two is not included.

Rank by
average
Place Model Call-out
total
Number of
call-outs
Call-out
average
1 3 Alex 25 9 2.78
2 1 Brittany 30 3.33
3 2 Lucy 32 3.56
4 4 Jess 40 4.33
5 7 Izi 28 6 4.67
6 5 Lauren 38 8 4.75
7 6 Jordan 43 7 6.14
8 8 Tanahya 33 5 6.60
9 11 Ayieda 20 3 6.67
10 10 Phoebe 35 4 8.75
11 9 Zahra 27 3 9.00
12 12 Cassie 22 2 11.00
13 13 Kaitlyn 12 1 12.00

Viewership edit

No. Title Air date Overnight ratings Ref(s)
Viewers Rank
1 Episode 1 30 April 2015 123,000 1 [47]
2 Episode 2 7 May 2015 68,000 4 [48]
3 Episode 3 14 May 2015 105,000 1 [49]
4 Episode 4 21 May 2015 88,000 2 [50]
5 Episode 5 28 May 2015 103,000 2 [51]
6 Episode 6 4 June 2015 106,000 1 [52]
7 Episode 7 11 June 2015 96,000 1 [53]
8 Episode 8 18 June 2015 115,000 2 [54]
9 Episode 9 25 June 2015 111,000 3 [55]
10 Episode 10 2 July 2015 139,000 2 [56]

Notes edit

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