Australia's Next Top Model (cycle 9)

Australia's Next Top Model (cycle 9)
Cycle 9 contestants
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	10[1]
Release
Original network	Fox8
Original release	30 April – 2 July 2015
Additional information
Judges	Jennifer Hawkins Alex Perry
No. of contestants	13
Winner	Brittany Beattie

The ninth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model began airing 30 April 2015 on Fox8.^[2] Jennifer Hawkins and Alex Perry returned judges for this season, while Cheyenne Tozzi was added as a new co-mentor alongside Didier Cohen, who was formerly a judge on the previous season.^[3][4][5]

The prizes for this cycle included a one-year modelling contract with IMG Sydney, a trip to New York City for New York Fashion Week valued at A$20,000 thanks to TRESemmé, a brand new Mazda 2 Genki, and an editorial spread in Elle Australia.^[1]

The winner of the competition was 20 year-old Brittany Beattie from Whittlesea, Victoria.

Series summary

This series saw 12 new contestants with a thirteenth cast member added in as a wildcard contestant. In contrast to the former two cycles there was no casting episode this season. A new scoring system was implemented on the show, with models receiving a score on both the challenges and shoots to determine who would go home.^[1] This system replaced the show's pervious elimination format, where the name of each contestant was called in order of merit.

Requirements

All applying contestants were required to be aged 16 to 21 in order to apply for the show. Those auditioning had to be at least 172 centimetres (68 in) tall. To qualify, all applicants had to be an Australian citizen currently living in Australia. Additional requirements stated that a contestant could not have had previous experience as a model in a national campaign within the last five years, and if a contestant was represented by an agent or a manager, she had to terminate that representation prior to the competition.^[6]

Auditions

Auditions were held once in Newcastle, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth. They were held in two different venues in Sydney and Melbourne.^[3][7]

In addition to the audition tour, an online selfie competition dubbed 'Australia's Next Top Selfie' was held for models who were unable to show up for the auditions. Applicants were required to submit a photograph tagged #antmselfie on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. All live audition requirements still applied.^[8] The winner of the competition, later revealed on the show to be 18 year-old Zahra Thalari from Sydney, was granted a spot within the final cast.^[9][10]

Guest judges

Instead of finding a replacement for the late Charlotte Dawson the show opted to include a special guest judge each week. Foxtel Executive Director of Television Brian Walsh explained: "The whole team on the show has been deeply affected by the loss of Charlotte earlier this year. We feel the series will never be the same without her and in 2015 we will welcome a special guest judge each week to join the judging panel as in our minds Charlotte is irreplaceable."^[11] The guest judges for this year included Alessandra Ambrosio, Alexandra Agoston, Alyssa Sutherland, Coco Rocha, Elyse Taylor, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kelly Osbourne, Kim Kardashian, Linda Evangelista, Megan Gale, and Tyra Banks.^{[12][13][14][15][15]}

Cast

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Finish	Place
Kaitlyn Bennett[16]	18	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Mandurah	Episode 1	13
Cassie Hargrave[17]	18	179 cm (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)	Gold Coast	Episode 2	12
Ayieda Malou[18]	17	179 cm (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)	Perth	Episode 3	11
Phoebe Deskovic[19]	17	177 cm (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Sydney	Episode 4	10
Zahra Thalari[20]	18	179 cm (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)	Sydney	Episode 5	9
Tanahya Cohen[21]	18	177 cm (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Caloundra		8
Izi Simundic[22]	21	174 cm (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)	Newcastle	Episode 6	7
Jordan Burridge[23]	17	179 cm (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)	Gold Coast	Episode 7	6
Lauren Ericson[24]	16	176 cm (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Melbourne	Episode 8	5
Jess Thomas[25]	18	174 cm (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)	Perth	Episode 9	4
Alex Sinadinovic[26]	18	172 cm (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)	Wollongong		3
Lucy Markovic[27]	16	181 cm (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)	Gold Coast	Episode 10	2
Brittany Beattie[28]	20	177 cm (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Whittlesea		1

Judges

• Jennifer Hawkins (host)
• Alex Perry

Other cast members

• Cheyenne Tozzi - mentor
• Didier Cohen - mentor

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
87	1[29][30]	"Episode 1"	30 April 2015
The twelve selected finalists walked in front of Australia's fashion elite before posing in front of the camera for an au naturel black and white photo shoot, mentored by Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio. Special guests: Alessandra Ambrosio Featured photographer: Gary Heery
88	2[31][32]	"Episode 2"	7 May 2015
The models were paired off as correspondents for the Kardashian Kollection and had to take Instagram selfies in order to impress Kim Kardashian. The winner of the challenge was chosen by Kim to have their photograph posted in her instagram with over 30 million followers as well as the official Kardashian Kollection instagram. At the shoot, each contestant was assigned a different persona uniquely tailored to her personality. After elimination, Jennifer Hawkins revealed that a new contestant would be entering the competition. Special guests: Kim Kardashian, Kelly Osbourne Featured photographer: Nick Scott
89	3[33][34]	"Episode 3"	14 May 2015
The models were flown to Melbourne for a red carpet event celebrating the opening night of Jean Paul Gaultier's exhibition, and also faced an interview with members of the press regarding their personal style. The photo shoot took place at Hosier Lane wearing gowns by the designer. After elimination, Jean Paul Gaultier surprised the remaining girls by choosing one of them to walk for his upcoming show during Paris Fashion week. Special guests: Jean Paul Gaultier Featured photographer: Nick Leary
90	4[35][36]	"Episode 4"	21 May 2015
The remaining 10 contestants received makeovers and shot for a TRESemmé campaign. They were later taken to Bondi Beach for a sultry photo shoot with swimwear and male models, where they were introduced to Elyse Taylor. Special guests: Joh Bailey, Mineli Galiano, Elyse Taylor Featured photographer: Travis Grace
91	5[37][38]	"Episode 5"	28 May 2015
The models were divided into teams of three to star in a digital campaign for Jennifer Hawkins' tanning brand, Jbronze. At the shoot, the contestants were introduced to supermodel Linda Evangelista. The task was to recreate an iconic 90s white shirt photo, a classic of the era of supermodels. A double elimination saw two girls leave the competition. Special guests: Linda Evangelista Featured photographer: Pierre Toussaint
92	6[39][40]	"Episode 6"	4 June 2015
The models were challenged to walk in a vertical runway show for Miss Shop Australia to win a shopping spree valued at $5,000 as well as the opportunity of being featured in the S/S 16 Miss Shop launch campaign. They were later driven to Valvoline Raceway to shoot for an eight-page editorial that would be published in Cosmopolitan, and Alexandra Agoston was introduced as the guest judge for the week. Special guests: Nicole Adolphe, Alexandra Agoston Featured photographer: Richard Freeman
93	7[41][42]	"Episode 7"	11 June 2015
The remaining contestants were taken to the Mazda headquarters in Sydney to become brand ambassadors and spokespersons for Mazda. The challenge involved taking part in a casting call for the company where the models had to come up with an exiting sales pitch for the new Mazda 2 to win a cash prize of $5,000. Alyssa Sutherland posed with the models for a high end Fight Club themed photo shoot session, before sitting at panel as the week's guest judge. Special guests: Alastair Doak, Jaylee Osborne, Alyssa Sutherland Featured photographer: Simon Upton
94	8[43][44]	"Episode 8"	18 June 2015
The contestants took part in a two-part challenge for Colgate Optic White consisting of a screen test and a conveyor belt runway show, and one model was chosen to front one of Colgate's upcoming campaigns. The theme for the photo shoot was a decadent, glamorous VIP after-party photographed by Georges Antoni. On set, the models were introduced to Megan Gale. Special guests: Tina Kim, Brad Stapleton, Megan Gale Featured photographer: Georges Antoni
95	9[45][46]	"Episode 9"	25 June 2015
Jennifer Hawkins announced that the competition would be heading overseas to New York City. The models attended go sees in which they had to impress clients at the offices of Swarovski jewellery and Elle magazine before heading to IMG. The winner of the challenge was chosen to shoot for Swarovski in their Multifacets magazine and received $2,000 worth of jewellery from the brand. Later, the girls were introduced to supermodel Coco Rocha for a lesson on posing. Former America's Next Top Model judge and The Face host Nigel Barker met the models for a photo shoot in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan wearing conceptual fashion. At panel, it was revealed that only two contestants would advance to the finale. Special guests: Anne Slowey, Nathalie Colin, David Cunningham, Coco Rocha, Nick Hudson Featured photographer: Nigel Barker
96	10[47]	"Episode 10"	2 July 2015
The finalists shot for a mock cover and their winning editorial spread to be published in the August issue of Elle Australia. The formerly eliminated contestants returned for a runway show at Carriageworks, where Top Model creator Tyra Banks made an appearance as the cycles' final guest judge. After the runway show, the judges deliberated over the finalists' covers, and Brittany was crowned as the ninth winner of Australia's Next Top Model. Special guests: Justine Cullen, Tyra Banks Featured photographer: Pierre Toussaint

Results

Weekly scores

(Total and average scores on the table only reflect scores calculated from the full sets added during panel)

Place	Model	Episode scores										Total score	Average
		1	2	3[lower-alpha 1]	4	5[lower-alpha 2]	6[lower-alpha 3]	7	8	9[lower-alpha 4]	10
1	Brittany	32	27	34	33.5	34	29	33	35	32	30	319.5	31.95
2	Lucy	28	33	29.5	29	34.5	25.5	36.5	36	29.5	29	310.5	31.05
3	Alex	35	31.5	30.5	32.5	29.5	29.5	34	35.5	29		287	31.89
4	Jess	28.5	28.5	26	35	34.5	26.5	32.5	32	28.5		272	30.22
5	Lauren	26	28	34	28.5	34.5	27	34.5	30.5			242.5	30.31
6	Jordan	24	28	25.5	31	35.5	26.5	30				200.5	28.64
7	Izi	31.5	30	28.5	32.5	30.5	25.5					178.5	29.75
8	Tanahya	30	29.5	28	23	27.5						138	27.60
9	Zahra			23.5	23.5	26.5						73.5	24.50
10	Phoebe	25	24	28	22							99	24.75
11	Ayieda	30.5	29	22								81.5	27.17
12	Cassie	22	22.5									44.5	22.25
13	Kaitlyn	20.5										20.5	20.50

     Indicates the contestant had the highest score that week.

     Indicates the contestant was eliminated that week.

     Indicates the contestant had the lowest score that week, but was not eliminated.

Leader board

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3[lower-alpha 1]	4	5[lower-alpha 2]	6[lower-alpha 3]	7	8	9[lower-alpha 4]	10
1	Alex	Lucy	Brittany Lauren	Jess	Jordan	Alex	Lucy	Lucy	Brittany	Brittany
2	Brittany	Alex		Brittany	Jess Lauren Lucy	Brittany	Lauren	Alex	Lucy	Lucy
3	Izi	Izi	Alex	Izi Alex		Lauren	Alex	Brittany	Alex
4	Ayieda	Tanahya	Lucy			Jess Jordan	Brittany	Jess	Jess
5	Tanahya	Ayieda	Izi	Jordan	Brittany		Jess	Lauren
6	Jess	Jess	Phoebe Tanahya	Lucy	Izi	Lucy	Jordan
7	Lucy	Jordan Lauren		Lauren	Alex	Izi
8	Lauren		Jess	Zahra	Tanahya
9	Phoebe	Brittany	Jordan	Tanahya	Zahra
10	Jordan	Phoebe	Zahra	Phoebe
11	Cassie	Cassie	Ayieda
12	Kaitlyn

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant tied for last place, but was saved

     The contestant won the competition

1. In episode 3, Brittany and Lauren tied for highest score. Zahra entered the competition at the end of panel in episode 2, and therefore didn't receive her first score until this episode.
2. In episode 5, there was a double elimination. Zahra was eliminated after she placed lower than Alex on the leaderboard, who was last at the time. Despite scoring higher than Zahra, Tanahya was also unable to score higher than Alex.
3. In episode 6, Izi and Lucy had a tied lowest score of 25.5, and the judges had to vote to save one of them from elimination. Jen and Alex voted to save Lucy, giving her 2/3 of the votes required to stay safe and eliminating Izi from the competition.
4. In episode 9, there was a double elimination. Jess was eliminated after Lucy placed above her on the leaderboard. Despite scoring higher than Jess, Alex was unable to score higher than Lucy.

Viewership

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight ratings		Ref(s)
			Viewers	Rank
1	Episode 1	30 April 2015	123,000	#1	[48]
2	Episode 2	7 May 2015	68,000	#4	[49]
3	Episode 3	14 May 2015	105,000	#1	[50]
4	Episode 4	21 May 2015	88,000	#2	[51]
5	Episode 5	28 May 2015	103,000	#2	[52]
6	Episode 6	4 June 2015	106,000	#1	[53]
7	Episode 7	11 June 2015	96,000	#1	[54]
8	Episode 8	18 June 2015	115,000	#2	[55]
9	Episode 9	25 June 2015	111,000	#3	[56]
10	Episode 10	2 July 2015	139,000	#2	[57]

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External links

• Official website (archive at the Wayback Machine)