Africa's Next Top Model

Africa's Next Top Model
Africa's Next Top Model logo
Created by	Tyra Banks
Judges	Oluchi Onweagba
Opening theme	Wanna be on top?
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	45 minutes (excluding commercials)
Production company(s)	Lulu Productions
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution (International)
Release
Original network	Africa Magic
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	November 10, 2013 – present
External links
Website

Africa's Next Top Model is a reality television show and spin-off to America's Next Top Model. It follows the format of the original version, and documents a competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of Africa's Next Top Model and a chance to start a career in the modeling industry. The show is hosted by model Oluchi Onweagba, and features contestants from countries in Africa.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The first season ("cycle") aired on Africa Magic from November 2013 to January 2014. The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Aamito Lagum, who represented Uganda. A second season is currently in pre-production.^[6][7] Audition venues and dates for cycle 2 have yet to be revealed.

Controversy

West Africa's Next Top Model

West Africa's Next Top Model logo^[8]

In 2008, a similar adaptation titled West Africa's Next Top Model was planned and would have featured contestants originating from the West African countries of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia and Nigeria. The competition was also supposed to be hosted by Oluchi Onweagba. Auditions began in March 2009, but due to unknown reasons, the series was left without a station and never aired, and no contestants were selected. On February 12, 2016, a federal high court in Abuja dismissed preliminary objections regarding a ₦780 billion copyright lawsuit by Chudi Charles, CEO of International Pageant and Films, against Onweagba for infringing his West Africa's Next Top Model trademark, which he had registered in 2003; After filing the lawsuit against Onweagba, as well as the Nigerian Copyright Commission, Etisalat Nigeria, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mtech, Multichoice Nigeria and CBS, Onweagba and the other defendants filed an objection in which they argued that they had obtained the rights to host Africa's Next Top Model from Tyra Banks, the executive producer and host of America's Next Top Model. The objection was dismissed after the defendants were unable to produce a superior title to back up their claims of ownership.^[9]

Judges

Judges[10]	Seasons
	1 (2013–2014)	2 (TBA)
Oluchi Onweagba	Host/head judge
Josie Borain	Main
Remi Adetiba	Main

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner(s)-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	Destination(s)
1 Cape Town	10 November 2013	Aamito Lagum	Michaela Pinto Opeyemi Awoyemi	Steffi Reti & Marwa Faiza, Safira Mariquele, Omowunmi Wanyonyi, Rhulani Kubayi, Joyce Zi Chidebe, Michelle Allen, Roselyn Ashkar & Cheandre van Blerk	12	New York City
2	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Contestants per country

Cycle	Angola	Ghana	Kenya	Mozambique	Nigeria	South Africa	Tunisia	Uganda
1	Michaela Pinto	Roselyn Ashkar	Steffi Reti	Safira Mariquele	Opeyemi Awoyemi Joyce Zi Chidebe Omowunmi Wanyonyi	Cheandre van Blerk Michelle Allen Rhulani Kubayi	Marwa Faiza	Aamito Lagum

• Bold text indicates winners
• Italic text indicates runners-up

References

1. "Africa's Next Top Model Debuts". One Nigerian Boy. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
2. "Africa's Next Top Model". The Africa Channel. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
3. "Oluchi holds auditions for Africa's Next Top Model in Accra". Ameyaw Debrah. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
4. "Oluchi talks 'Africa's Next Top Model'". TONIGHT. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
5. Wilson, Julee (April 30, 2013). "'Africa's Next Top Model': Tyra Banks Expands Her ANTM Empire To The Motherland". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
6. http://antmafrica.com/
7. https://kisua.com/magazine/read/the-insider-oluchi
8. http://www.icypr.com/Clients/wafntm_scoutingNGfeb2709.pdf
9. http://naijagists.com/oluchi-onweagba-loses-n780-billion-west-africas-next-top-model-copyright-suit-to-chudi-charles/
10. http://antmafrica.com/the-judges/

External links

• Official website