The first season of Supermodel aired on the Swiss television channel 3+ from November to December 2007. The season was presented by Swiss former model, business woman and manager Nadja Schildknecht.[1] The judging panel comprised Schildknecht, show and event producer and choreographer Yannick Aellen[2] and celebrity hairstylist Mike Karg.[3] From 1000 applicants, 100 candidates were invited to participate in the auditions,[4] with 15 being selected as part of the final cast.[5] A sixteenth finalist, 25-year-old Sabine, entered the competition in the fourth episode, having originally qualified for the finals in the first round but been unable to participate in the first two weeks due to illness.[6]

Supermodel
Season 1
Promotial photograph of the cast of season 1 of Supermodel
Promotial photograph of the cast of season 1 of Supermodel
Starring
No. of episodes8
Release
Original network3+ TV
Original release6 November (2007-11-06) –
25 December 2007 (2007-12-25)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

The majority of the competition was filmed in Switzerland, mainly in Zürich. Parts of the season were filmed in Bangkok,[7] Paris,[8] London[9] and New York City.[10] The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Nathalie Güdel from Hünibach.[11]

Episodes edit

Episode 1: Das Casting edit

Original airdate: 6 November 2007

  • Guest judge(s): Sabine Diethelm

Episode 2: Lofteinzug/Die ersten Shootings edit

Original airdate: 13 November 2007

  • Quit: Rrezearta & Jessica
  • Challenge winner(s): Tanya Krummenacher
  • Eliminated: Mirjana, Milica & Alexandra
  • Guest judge(s): Florian Beck

Episode 3: Ab nach Fernost edit

Original airdate: 20 November 2007

  • Challenge winner(s): Gorana Markovic & Tanya Krummenacher
  • Eliminated: Anastasiya
  • Bottom three: Arina Mironkina, Erika & Noemi
  • Eliminated: Noemi
  • Featured photographer(s): James Muñoz, Philipp Müller
  • Special guest(s): Take That & Charles Allen
  • Guest judge(s): Philipp Müller

Episode 4: Emotion Pur edit

Original airdate: 27 November 2007

  • Entered: Sabine
  • Challenge winner(s): Sabine
  • Eliminated: Erika
  • Bottom three: Ivana Vujcic, Nathalie Güdel & Sabine
  • Eliminated: Sabine
  • Featured photographer(s): Pier Luigi Macor
  • Special guest(s): Lisa Feldmann & Tommy Hilfiger
  • Guest judge(s): Franziska Knuppe

Episode 5: Vive la France edit

Original airdate: 4 December 2007

  • Challenge winner(s): Eliane Heutschi
  • Eliminated: Aleksandra
  • Bottom three: Arina Mironkina, Ivana Vujcic & Gorana Markovic
  • Eliminated: Ivana Vujcic
  • Featured photographer(s): Patrizio Di Renzo & Philipp Müller
  • Special guest(s): Bea Petri
  • Guest judge(s): Patrizio di Renzo & Ursula Knecht

Episode 6: Der letzte Schritt edit

Original airdate: 11 December 2007

  • Challenge winner(s): Nathalie Güdel & Tanya Krummenacher
  • Eliminated: Tanya Krummenacher
  • Bottom three: Arina Mironkina, Eliane Heutschi & Nathalie Güdel
  • Eliminated: Arina Mironkina
  • Featured photographer(s): Diana Scheunemann
  • Special guest(s): Sebastian "Baschi" Bürgin, Carl Hirschmann & Dominik Benigna
  • Guest judge(s): Marcus Schenkenberg

Episode 7: Finale edit

Original airdate: 18 December 2007

  • Final three: Eliane Heutschi, Gorana Markovic & Nathalie Güdel
  • Eliminated: Eliane Heutschi
  • Final two: Gorana Markovic & Nathalie Güdel
  • Supermodel: Nathalie Güdel
  • Featured photographer(s): Lozza, Joshua Jordan & James Muñoz
  • Special guest(s): Marcus Schenkenberg, Nadine Strittmatter
  • Guest judge(s): Sabine Diethelm

Episode 8: Best Of edit

Original airdate: 25 December 2007

This was the recap episode.

Contestants edit

(ages stated are at start of contest)[12]

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place
Rrezearta[13] 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Grosshöchstetten Episode 2 16–15 (quit)
Jessica[14] 16 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Winterthur
Mirjana Reljic[15] 17 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Buchs 14–12
Milica Djordjevic[16] 21 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Zürich
Alexandra Krone[17] 19 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Steffisburg
Noemi Rubera[18] 15 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Ehrendingen Episode 3 11–10
Anastasiya Chernichenko[19] 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Auw
Sabine Staubli[20] 25 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Kriens Episode 4 9–8
Erika Weibel [21] 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Bern
Ivana Vujcic[22][23] 20 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Basel Episode 5 7–6
Aleksandra Petrovic[24] 17 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Schwyz
Tanya Krummenacher[25][26] 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Emmenbrücke Episode 6 5–4
Arina Mironkina[27][28] 16 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Gerlafingen
Eliane Heutschi[29][30] 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Binz Episode 7 3
Gorana Markovic[31][32] 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Laupen 2
Nathalie Güdel[33][34] 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Hünibach 1

Summaries edit

Call-out order edit

Nadja's call-out order
Order Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Erika Ivana Eliane Erika Eliane Gorana Gorana Nathalie
2 Arina Mirjana Tanya Tanya Aleksandra Tanya Nathalie Gorana
3 Anastasiya Anastasiya Anastasiya Eliane Tanya Nathalie Eliane
4 Rrezearta Gorana Ivana Gorana Nathalie Eliane
5 Nathalie Eliane Gorana Arina Arina Arina
6 Noemi Nathalie Nathalie Aleksandra Gorana
7 Mirjana Tanya Aleksandra Nathalie Ivana
8 Tanya Noemi Arina Ivana
9 Ivana Arina Erika Sabine
10 Aleksandra
Alexandra
Erika Noemi
11 Alexandra
12 Eliane Milica
13 Jessica Aleksandra
14 Milica Jessica
Rrezearta
15 Gorana
  The contestant quit the competition
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant won the competition
  • Jessica and Rrezearta quit the competition at the beginning of episode 2.
  • Sabine entered the competition in episode 4 and was eliminated in the same episode.

Photo shoot guide edit

  • Episode 2 photo shoot: "Bikini in snow"
  • Episode 3 photo shoot: "Maestrani couple shot" & "Bikini on the beach"
  • Episode 4 photo shoot: "tears"
  • Episode 5 photo shoot: "Haute Couture"
  • Episode 6 photo shoot: "Uncle Ben's"
  • Episode 7 photo shoot: "Featuring Marcus Schenkenberg"

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External links edit

Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 January 2008)