Greece's Next Top Model

Greece's Next Top Model, or Next Top Model, is a Greek reality television series that forms part of the Top Model series. Greek model Vicky Kaya assumed the role of Tyra Banks from the original series as the head of the search as well as a mentor for the contestants for the first two seasons and from season three all four judges are the head of the search for the contestants.[1] The basic premise of the series is a group of young contestants who live together in a house for several weeks while taking part in various challenges, photo shoots and meetings with members of the modeling industry. Normally, one poor-performing contestant is eliminated each week until the last contestant remaining is declared "Greece's Next Top Model" and receives a modeling contract along with other associated prizes.

Greece's Next Top Model
Logo in use since season 3.
Also known as	Next Top Model (1–2) GNTM (3–5)
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Presented by	Vicky Kaya
Judges	Vicky Kaya Jenny Balatsinou Christoforos Kotentos Haris Christopoulos Dimitris Skoulos Angelos Bratis Iliana Papageorgiou Genevieve Majari
Theme music composer	The xx (1–2) Tyra Banks (3–)
Opening theme	Intro, The xx (1–2) Wanna Be On Top? (3–)
Ending theme	Intro, The xx (1–2) Wanna Be On Top? (3–)
Country of origin	Greece
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	126
Production
Executive producers	Eugene Katravas (1–2) Savvas Vellas (3–)
Running time	120 minutes (90 without commercials)
Release
Original network	ANT1 (season 1-2) Star Channel (season 3-)
Original release	Original series: October 12, 2009 – February 21, 2011 Revival series: September 10, 2018 – present
External links
Website

The first season premiered on ANT1 on October 12, 2009 and concluded after two seasons on February 21, 2011. During that time, ANT1 decided not to greenlight a third season.

In May 2018, it was announced that Star Channel was in talks with Vicky Kaya to revive the series for a new season.[2] In June 2018, it was announced the new season is scheduled to premiere in October 2018 with Vicky Kaya returning not as a host but only as a judge alongside three new judges, Dimitris Skoulos, a fashion photographer, Angelos Bratis, a fashion designer, and Iliana Papageorgiou, a fashion/runway model. The third series premiered on September 10, 2018. Following its success, a fourth season with the same judges and the same format premiered on September 8, 2019. The show will return for a fifth season on the same channel in September 2020, with a change in the jury but also in the format. Genevieve Majari will replace Papageorgiou as the new judge.[3]

Seasons 1-4 each consisted of a cast of 18–24 female contestants. From season 5, the show features both female and male contestants.[4]

Show format

Logo used for seasons 1–2.

Next Top Model contained approximately eighteen episodes and started with eighteen (first season) or twenty (second season) contestants. At the end of most episodes, one contestant was eliminated. In rare cases, a double elimination or no elimination was given by consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers were administered to contestants early in the season (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals) and a trip to one or more international destinations was scheduled nearer the end of the season when a few girls remained in the competition.

Each episode of Next Top Model covered the events of roughly a week of real time and featured a fashion challenge, photo shoot, a critique of each contestant and her performance by the judging panel led by Vicky Kaya, and the elimination of one or more contestants. The panel included the former model Jenny Balatsinou, fashion designer Christoforos Kotentos and noted photographer Charis Christopoulos. Each episode was usually associated with a theme in the world of modelling the girls need to excel in to become a successful fashion model.

An episode usually began with the contestants receiving training in an area concurrent with the week's theme. For example, contestants were coached in runway walking, posing or applying make-up to suit various occasions. A related challenge soon followed and a winner was chosen by a judge. She received some sort of prize and was usually allowed to share the benefits with a certain number of other contestants of her choice.

The next segment was a photo shoot, and each contestant's performance reflected heavily on her judging for that week. It featured photo shoots such as bikini shots, beauty shots and posing in extreme circumstances.

The final segment of each episode was judging. A panel of judges fronted by the host and a number of fashion "experts" assessed task performance and potential. Each contestant's photo was then shown and evaluated by the judging panel. After all photos were evaluated, the contestants left the room as the judges deliberated. The elimination process was ceremonious, as one by one the host revealed and handed out photos to the contestants that were not eliminated, in order of merit, occasionally saying something along the lines of, "Congratulations. You are still in the running to becoming the "Next Top Model". The last two contestants standing were brought up as the "bottom two", and the host critiqued each one before revealing which of the two was eliminated.[5]

Judges and other staff members

Judge	Seasons
	1 (2009–10)	2 (2010–11)	3 (2018)	4 (2019)	5 (2020)
Hosts
Vicky Kaya	Main		[Note 1]
Judging panelists
Vicky Kaya	Main
Jenny Balatsinou	Main
Haris Christopoulos	Main
Christoforos Kotentos	Main
Angelos Bratis			Main
Dimitris Skoulos			Main
Iliana Papageorgiou			Main
Genevieve Majari					Main
Art director
Tassos Sofroniou	Main
Genevieve Majari			Main
Mentor
Tassos Sofroniou	Main
Elena Christopoulou			Main
George Karavas					Main

Table notes:

1. Since the third season there is no host. The four judges are the hosts.

Seasons

Season	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International destination(s)
1	12 October 2009	Seraina Kazamia	Monika Kwiecien	Zoe Tranoudaki, Vaso Vilegas, Nina Kalogeropoulou-Knezevic (quit), Katia Marinaki, Danae Georganda, Marsida Devole, Anthi Tsompanidou (quit), Areti Stathopoulou, Denia Agalianou, Ramona Koseleva (quit), Christina Pantelidi, Nayla Gougni, Athina Mourkoussi, Dimitra Alexandraki, Maria Iltsevich & Ioanna Dedi	18	Milan London
2	11 October 2010	Cindy Toli	Evangelia Koutalidou	Maria Markatsian, Elektra Tsela, Roubini Agapitou, Agni Panagiotatou, Kelly Vourtsi (quit), Aliki Karpodini (quit) & Marina Klitsa, Laura-Ann Markopoulioti, Fenia Dimopoulou, Emily Nicolaidou, Stefania Papagianni, Jian Nan Peng, Irene Aligizaki, Nancy Papastavrou, Georgia Antoniou, Jessica Anthi (quit), Ioanna Papagianni, Elena Papadopoulou	20	Paris Nice Istanbul
3	10 September 2018	Noune Kazaryan	Evelina Skitsko	Sophia Zachariadou, Jo Desylla, Katerina Visseri, Marianna Mantesi, Garifallia Kalifoni (quit) & Elena Kalliontzi, Meggy Ndrio, Rozana Koutsoukou, Eirini-Ria Sterianou, Ioanna Sarri, Christianna Skoura, Xanthi Jerefou (quit), Agapi Olagbegi, Mikaela Fotiadis, Anna Tsakouridou, Elda Laska & Eirini Ermidou, Evi Ioannidou, Anna Amanatidou, Marianna Penessis	22	None
4	8 September 2019	Anna Maria Iliadou & Katia Tarabanko	Keisi Mizhiu	Katerina Peftitsi, Argyro Maglari, Celia Evangelou, Lydia Katsanikaki, Ioanna Kyritsi, Gloria Deniki, Nina Tzivanidou, Martina Khafichuk (quit), Olga Kalogirou, Suzanna Cuol, Spyroula Kaizer, Marina Grigoriou, Emmanuela Maina, Asimina Charitou, Eleftheria Karnava, Konstantina Florou & Popi Galetsa, Ilda Kroni, Anna Hadji, Hara Pappa, Maria Michalopoulou	24	Milan
5	7 September 2020	Hercules Tsuzinov	Paraskevi Kerasioti	Chrysa Kavraki, Alexandra Exarchopoulou, Panagiotis Petsas, Irida Papoutsi, Eirini Mitrakou, Konstantinos Tsentolini, Theodora Rachel, Panagiotis Antonopoulos, Sifis Faradakis, Marinela Zila, Emmanuel Elozieoua, Dimosthenes Tzoumanis, Liia Chuzhdan, Xenia Motskalidou, Mariagapi Xypolia, Edward Stergiou, Emiliano Markou, Andreas Athanasopoulos	20	None
6	September 2021	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

References

1. (in Greek) The Host (Official website)
2. "Βίκυ Καγιά: Φλερτάρει με το "Next top model"". Gossip-tv.gr (in Greek). 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
3. "Η ανακοίνωση του Star για το GNTM". tvnea.com (in Greek). 23 June 2020.
4. "Το GNTM επιστρέφει για τρίτη σεζόν και με αγόρια - Δείτε το πρώτο τρέιλερ". lifo.gr (in Greek). 14 May 2020.
5. (in Greek) Show Format (Official website)

External links

• (in Greek) Official website (ANT1)
• (in Greek) Official website (Star Channel)