Season of television series
Supermodel Promotial photograph of the cast of season 1 of Supermodel
Starring No. of episodes8 Original network 3+ TV Original release 6 November (2007-11-06 ) – 25 December 2007 (2007-12-25 )
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]
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
Episode 1: Das Casting
Original airdate: 6 November 2007
Guest judge(s): Sabine Diethelm
Episode 2: Lofteinzug/Die ersten Shootings
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
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
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
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
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
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
Original airdate: 25 December 2007
This was the recap episode.
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest )[ 12]
Contestant
Age
Height
Hometown
Finish
Place
Rrezearta[ 13]
17
1.76 m (5 ft 9+ 1 ⁄2 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+ 1 ⁄2 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+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Steffisburg
Noemi Rubera[ 18]
15
1.74 m (5 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 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+ 1 ⁄2 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+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Basel
Episode 5
7–6
Aleksandra Petrovic[ 24]
17
1.81 m (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 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+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Gerlafingen
Eliane Heutschi[ 29] [ 30]
20
1.72 m (5 ft 7+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Binz
Episode 7
3
Gorana Markovic[ 31] [ 32]
18
1.77 m (5 ft 9+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Laupen
2
Nathalie Güdel[ 33] [ 34]
20
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hünibach
1
Summaries
Call-out order
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
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 "
References
External links
Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 January 2008)