Austria's Next Topmodel (cycle 3)

Cycle 3 cast
Country of origin	Austria
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	PULS4
Original release	6 January 2011 – 10 March 2011

Austria's Next Topmodel, cycle 3 was the third cycle of the Austrian reality documentary based on Tyra Banks America's Next Top Model. Once again Lena Gercke hosted the show with Elvyra Greyer and Atil Kotuglu joining as new judges. Among the prizes were a cover on Austrian magazine Woman, the face of the newest Hervis campaign as well as two runway jobs at the Milan and Paris Fashion Week.

Significant changes were made in the casting process: The first episode featured castings in all nine Austrian federal states with the top four of each state qualifying for a spot in the first episode. There the top four competed again with the favorite of each state making the final cast directly. The remaining girls still had a shot with the possibility of receiving a wildcard. In the end, five girls were selected, making it a top 14 in total. Another change was that there was one casting to book in every episode where the actual job would take place abroad, however only the winner would be allowed to travel there. The only international destination to where all cast members traveled was New York.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant	Age	Height	Home State	Outcome
Lisa Berghold	16		Lower Austria	Quit in Episode 2
Victoria Vogeler	26		Salzburg	Eliminated in Episode 2
Sarah Preiml	18		Carinthia	Eliminated in Episode 3
Magalie Berghahn	21		Upper Austria	Disqualified in Episode 4
Nadine Oberleiter	24		Vorarlberg	Eliminated in Episode 4
Linda Linortner	25		Styria	Eliminated in Episode 5
Vanessa Alexandra Lotz	24		Vienna	Eliminated in Episode 6
Valerie Heidenreich	18		Burgenland
Nicole Gerzabek	23		Styria	Eliminated in Episode 8
Julia Trummer	20		Styria	Eliminated in Episode 9
Darija Gavric	23		Vienna	First Eliminated in Episode 10
Romana Gruber	24		Tyrol	Second Eliminated in Episode 10
Katharina Theuermann	17		Carinthia	Runner-Up
Lydia Nnenna Obute	18		Vienna	Winner

Summaries

Call-out order

Lena's call-out order

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Magalie	Vanessa	Romana	Lydia	Darija	Nicole	Katharina	Lydia	Julia	Katharina	Lydia	Lydia
2	Nadine	Lydia	Darija	Vanessa	Lydia	Vanessa	Nicole	Katharina	Darija	Lydia	Katharina	Katharina
3	Romana	Darija	Lydia	Valerie	Katharina	Katharina	Lydia	Romana	Lydia	Romana	Romana
4	Victoria	Katharina	Vanessa	Romana	Romana	Lydia	Darija	Julia	Katharina	Darija
5	Lydia	Linda	Nicole	Darija	Nicole	Romana	Julia	Darija	Romana
6	Lisa	Nicole	Nadine	Katharina	Julia	Darija	Romana	Nicole
7	Sarah	Sarah	Katharina	Julia	Vanessa	Julia
8	Julia	Nadine	Julia	Linda	Valerie	Valerie
9	Valerie	Romana	Linda	Nicole	Linda
10	Linda	Julia	Magalie	Nadine
11	Katharina	Magalie	Valerie	Magalie
12	Vanessa	Victoria	Sarah
13	Nicole	Valerie
14	Darija	Lisa

     The contestant quit the competition

     The contestant did not participate in the photo shoot and was immune

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant was disqualified from the competition

     The contestant was part on a non-elimination bottom two

     The contestant won the competition

• In episode 1, the finalists were selected from the group of 36 semi-finalists. The four girls from each state competed against each other, with the judges selecting one girl from each state (Magalie from Upper Austria, Nadine from Vorarlberg, Romana from Tyrol, Victoria from Salzburg, Lydia from Vienna, Lisa from Lower Austria, Sarah from Carinthia, Julia from Styria and Valerie from Burgenland) to advance to the finals. From the remaining 27 girls, the judges selected a further four (Linda, Katharina, Vanessa and Nicole). In a twist, Darija was also put through, bringing the number of finalists to 14.
• In episode 2, Lisa quit the competition.
• In Episode 4, only the confrontation and Magalie's disqualification due to racism was shown. The episode ended in a cliffhanger and the entire deliberation and elimination was shown the following episode.
• No one was eliminated in Episode 7.

Photo shoot guide

• Episode 2 photo shoot: Posing nude with two Philipp Plein accesoires
• Episode 3 photo shoot: Pointless action
• Episode 4 photo shoot: Champagne all over
• Episode 5 photo shoot: Jewel thieves
• Episode 6 photo shoot: Fierce sluts
• Episode 7 photo shoot: Being Romy Schneider
• Episode 8 photo shoot: Going editorial with falcons
• Episode 9 photo shoot: Woman magazine covers
• Episode 10 photo shoot: Flaming ice

Judges

• Lena Gercke (Host)
• Elvyra Geyer
• Atil Kotuglu

Magalie's racism controversy

In the fourth episode, contestant Magalie Berghahn was disqualified in the show for racist comments she made during a phone conversation with her boyfriend. She referred to fellow competitor Lydia Nnenna Obute as "Neger Oide" (negative afflicted Austrian slang for Black Woman) and to Vanessa Lotz as "Deitsche" (slang for German Woman). Both Obute and Lotz won a go-see that episode. The conversation was fully taped and aired during the show. She was confronted by host Lena Gercke with the video material in front of the other two girls. Gercke then told her that she was expelled from the show given the competition has no room for racist ideas and thoughts. Puls 4 was later accused of using the controversy for promotional purposes as Berghahn's comments were already shown in the preview for the episode and uncensored during the airing of Episode 4. As a result, Berghahn was not invited to the final runway show of the cast on the cycles final, and she later stated that the said scandal ruined her life.

External links

Official website