India's Next Top Model season 3

India's Next Top Model, season 3 is the third installment of India's Next Top Model which premiered 21 October 2017, at 7:00 pm IST (UTC+5:30) on MTV India.[1] The season 3 judges were Malaika Arora, Milind Soman and Dabboo Ratnani.[citation needed]

India's Next Top Model
Season 3
StarringMalaika Arora
Dabboo Ratnani
Neeraj Gaba
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkMTV India
Original release21 October (2017-10-21) –
23 December 2017 (2017-12-23)
Season chronology
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The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Riya Subodh from Ahmedabad, who was awarded a one-year talent contract with MTV India.[citation needed]

Cast edit

Contestants edit

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place
Bhanu Chaudhary 24 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Himachal Pradesh Episode 2 11
Madhurima Roy 26 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Kolkata Episode 3 10
Summer Jacobs 20 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Pune Episode 5 8-9
Tanishq Sharma 22 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Oman
Aakriti Singh 28 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Jaipur Episode 6 7
Akanksha Corda 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Mumbai Episode 7 6
Eva Aario 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Guwahati Episode 8 5-4
Parina Chopra 22 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) New Delhi
Shweta Raj 21 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Pune Episode 9 3
Sabita Karki 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Kathmandu, Nepal 2
Riya Subodh 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Ahmedabad 1

Judges and mentors edit

Episodes edit

Episode 1: Casting edit

Original airdate: 21 October 2017

This was the casting episode. The 16 semi-finalists had a runway show at Club Sirkus, Mumbai for designer Gabriella Demetriades. Later, one by one had an interview with the judges.

Episode 2: Posing edit

Original airdate: 28 October 2017

The top sixteen semi-finalists were narrowed down to the top 10 who moved into the model villa. Then remaining contestants had a challenge where they were paired up and had a photo shoot on stilts. Erika Packard was a guest mentor for this photo shoot. The pairs were Eva & Parina, Aakriti & Akanksha, Summer & Madhurima, Bhanu & Sabita and Shweta & Riya. After that the girls had an Underwater photo shoot with male model and judge Milind Soman. Each girl got only 3 dives. As Aakriti & Akanksha won the challenge, they got a special advantage by having 4 dives but that to steal 1 dive from one of the fellow models. Akanksha chose Eva & Aakriti chose Bhanu.

  • First call-out: Summer Jacobs
  • Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Bhanu Chaudhary
  • Eliminated: Bhanu Chaudhary
  • Featured photographer: Dabboo Ratnani

Episode 3: Runway edit

Original airdate: 4 November 2017

Trainer Alesia Raut was a guest mentor to train the models for a runway challenge on a 10-inch runway in the water and had to take a selfie using OPPO phone kept at the end of the ramp. As the winner of the challenge Sabita was allowed to choose any 3 girls to give a disadvantage at the next shoot. She chose Eva, Aakriti & Summer. On set the models had a jewelry beauty shoot using balding caps while holding iguanas. The girls with disadvantage had to shoot with two iguanas instead of one like the other contestants.

  • First call-out: Riya Subodh
  • Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Madhurima Rao
  • Eliminated: Madhurima Rao

Episode 4: Makeover edit

Original airdate: 11 November 2017

A new contestant named Tanishq entered the competition. During this episode, makeovers occurred. After makeovers the contestants had a free fall photo shoot.

  • First call-out: Shweta Raj
  • Bottom three: Akanksha Corda & Tanishq Sharma
  • Eliminated: None

Episode 5: Chemistry edit

Original airdate: 18 November 2017

This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot in pairs. The pairs were Aakrati & Tej, Parina & Jay, Eva & Mandeep, Shweta & Mohit, Nikhil & Riya, Sabita & Akash and Akansha & Baseer. Summer & Tanishq were left out and had to pair up with each other. Riya won immunity for this week's elimination for winning the challenge. On set the models had a photoshoot with Amante lingerie and posing on the pole.

  • First call-out: Riya Subodh
  • Bottom three: Sabita Karki, Summer Jacobs & Tanishq Sharma
  • Eliminated: Tanishq Sharma & Summer Jacobs
  • Special guests: Tej Gill, Akash Chaudhary, Nikhil Sachdeva, Mohit Hiranandani, Jay Bodas, Baseer Ali, Mandeep Gujjar

Episode 6: Expressions edit

Original airdate: 25 November 2017

This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot as cowgirl and Parina win the challenge. On set the models had a commercial for Livon Serum in pair.

  • First call-out: Parina Chopra & Riya Subodh
  • Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Eva Aario
  • Eliminated: Aakriti Singh
  • Featured photographer:

Episode 7: Editorial & Commercial edit

Original airdate: 2 December 2017

This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot for Livon Serum and Parina win the challenge, After challenge, Neeraj ask the girl who should not remained in the competition. On set the models had a sexy photoshoot that they bodies covered in chocolate and pose with male model. Because Eva & Riya were the most voted, they had to pose together.

  • First call-out: Parina Chopra
  • Bottom two: Akanksha Corda & Sabita Karki
  • Eliminated: Akanksha Corda
  • Featured photographer:

Episode 8: Top 5 edit

Original airdate: 9 December 2017

The remaining 5 had an OPPO selfie challenge, Shweta won and win an OPPO Phone. Later, they had a runway challenge on a cowhouse. As the winner of the challenge, Shweta became the first finalist in the finale. On set the models had a glamorous shoot with Malaika Arora.

  • Ticket to Finale: Shweta Raj (Immune from elimination)
  • First call-out: Sabita Karki
  • Bottom three: Eva Aario, Parina Chopra & Riya Subodh
  • Eliminated: Eva Aario & Parina Chopra

Episode 9: Finale edit

Original Airdate: December 16, 2017

The remaining 3 had a photoshoot for OPPO calendar 2018. Later, they had the last photoshoot with family member. They had a final runway show in the judging room. At the end, Riya became India's Next Top Model.

  • Final 3: Riya Subodh, Sabita Karki & Shweta Raj
  • Eliminated: Shweta Raj
  • Final 2: Riya Subodh & Sabita Karki
  • India's Next Top Model: Riya Subodh

Episode 10: Recap edit

Original Airdate: December 23, 2017

This was a recap episode.

Summaries edit

Call-out order edit

Order Episodes
2 3 4[a] 5[b] 6 7 8[c] 9
1 Sabita Summer Riya Shweta Riya Parina
Riya
Parina Sabita Riya
2 Shweta Parina Eva Sabita Parina Riya Shweta Sabita
3 Akanksha Riya Summer Aakriti Eva Shweta Shweta Riya Shweta
4 Summer Madhurima Parina Riya Akanksha Akanksha Eva Parina
Eva
5 Eva Shweta Sabita Parina Shweta Sabita Sabita
6 Riya Eva Akanksha Eva Aakriti Eva Akanksha
7 Madhurima Sabita Shweta Akanksha
Summer
Tanishq
Sabita Aakriti
8 Bhanu Akanksha Aakriti Summer
Tanishq
9 Aakriti Aakriti Madhurima
10 Parina Bhanu
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom three
  The contestant was immune from elimination
  The contestant won the competition
  1. ^ In episode 4, Tanishq entered the competition as a wildcard contestant. Akanksha, Summer and Tanishq landed in the bottom three but were all saved.
  2. ^ In episode 5, Riya was immune from elimination for winning the challenge but also won the best performance.
  3. ^ In episode 8, Shweta was immune from elimination for winning the challenge.

Photo shoot guide edit

  • Episode 1 runway show: Gabriella Demetriades collection
  • Episode 2 photo shoot: Posing underwater with Milind Soman
  • Episode 3 photo shoot: Bald jewelry beauty shoot with iguanas
  • Episode 4 photo shoot: Falling from a skyscraper
  • Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing with a pole in Amante lingerie
  • Episode 6 commercial: Livon Serum
  • Episode 7 photo shoots: Livon Serum campaign; chocolate romance
  • Episode 8 photo shoot: Glamour with Malaika Arora
  • Episode 9 photo shoot: Final photo with family

References edit

  1. ^ "MTV India's Next Top Model Season 3: Malaika Arora, Milind Soman, Anusha Dandekar Look Hot as Ever as They Kickstart the Show (View Pics)". 10 October 2017.

External links edit