| Season Number: | 21 | ||||||
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| Network: | The CW | ||||||
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| Episode List: | List of America's Next Top Model episodes |
The 21st cycle of America's Next Top Model (subtitled as America's Next Top Model: Guys & Girls) premiered on August 18, 2014 and it is the 15th season to air on The CW. It was the second season to feature male and female contestants. Tyra Banks and Kelly Cutrone retained their positions on the judging panel. Runway coach J. Alexander returned to the judging panel, replacing former judge Rob Evans while Johnny Wujek, creative director since Cycle 19, was succeeded by photographer Yu Tsai. In keeping with the last two cycles, social media was a factor in eliminations, with public voting taking place on the show's official page. The fourteen finalists were revealed when voting began.[2]
The international destination for this cycle was Seoul, South Korea.[3] This also marks the final ever international destination for the show. Five of the episodes were filmed in Seoul, one of which featured James of Royal Pirates, and the finale had guest appearances from K-pop girl group 2NE1, boy band BTOB, actor and model Lee Soo-hyuk and fashion designer Lie Sang Bong.[4] [5] [6]
The winner of the competition was 26-year-old Keith Carlos from Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was the show's first male winner. Will Jardell placed as the runner up, and later appeared with his boyfriend, James Wallington, in The Amazing Race 32, where they go on to win.[7]
Eighth-placing finalist Mirjana Puhar was shot and killed on February 24, 2015, in her boyfriend's home in Charlotte, North Carolina.[8]
Returning prizes include: a modeling contract with NEXT Model Management, a spread in Nylon magazine, and a US$100,000 campaign with Guess
(Ages stated are at start of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Height[9] | Hometown | Finish | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Timlin[10] | 20 | Buffalo, New York | Episode 3 | 14 | ||
| Romeo Tostado[11] | 23 | Salinas, California | Episode 5 | 13 (DQ) | ||
| Ben Schreen[12] | 24 | Waverly, Iowa | Episode 6 | 12 | ||
| Kari Calhoun[13] | 23 | Coppell, Texas | Episode 7 | 11 | ||
| Matthew Smith[14] | 24 | Episode 8 | 10 | |||
| Denzel Wells[15] | 23 | Houston, Texas | Episode 9 | 9 | ||
| Mirjana Puhar †[16] | 18 | 8 | ||||
| Raelia Lewis[17] | 22 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Episode 12 | 7 | ||
| Chantelle Young[18] | 19 | Toronto, Canada | Episode 13 | 6 | ||
| Andrea 'Shei' Phan[19] | 23 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Episode 14 | 5 | ||
| Lenox Tillman[20] | 19 | Newnan, Georgia | Episode 16 | 4 | ||
| Adam Smith[21] | 26 | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | |||
| [22] | 23 | Nederland, Texas | 2 | |||
| Keith Carlos[23] | 26 | Bridgeport, Connecticut | 1 | |||
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||||
| 1 | Keith | Ben | Will | Lenox | Lenox | Lenox | Will | Chantelle | Keith | Keith | Adam | Adam | Keith | ||||
| 2 | Lenox | Lenox | Raelia | Mirjana | Adam | Will | Raelia | Shei | Will | Lenox | Keith | Will | Will | ||||
| 3 | Mirjana | Will | Keith | Raelia | Will | Shei | Keith | Lenox | Lenox | Will | Will | Keith | Adam | ||||
| 4 | Matthew | Raelia | Mirjana | Shei | Denzel | Keith | Shei | Adam | Shei | Shei | Lenox | Lenox | |||||
| 5 | Denzel | Keith | Matthew | Will | Matthew | Adam | Mirjana | Keith | Adam | Adam | Shei | ||||||
| 6 | Chantelle | Matthew | Shei | Adam | Mirjana | Denzel | Adam | Will | Chantelle | Chantelle | |||||||
| 7 | Ben | Mirjana | Denzel | Matthew | Keith | Raelia | Lenox | Raelia | Raelia | ||||||||
| 8 | Romeo | Romeo | Kari | Denzel | Shei | Mirjana | Denzel | Mirjana | |||||||||
| 9 | Kari | Denzel | Ben | Kari | Raelia | Matthew | |||||||||||
| 10 | Adam | Shei | Adam | Keith | Kari | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Raelia | Adam | Lenox | Ben | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Shei | Kari | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Will | Chantelle | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Ivy | ||||||||||||||||
The contestant returned to the competition
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was disqualified from the competition
The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved
The contestant won the competition
| Episode | Contestants | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ivy & Will | Ivy |
| 4 | Chantelle & Kari | Chantelle |
| 5 | Adam & Lenox | |
| 6 | Ben & Keith | Ben |
| 7 | Kari & Raelia | Kari |
| 8 | Matthew & Mirjana | Matthew |
| 9 | Denzel & Lenox | Denzel |
| 10 | Mirjana & Raelia | Mirjana |
| 12 | Chantelle & Raelia | Raelia |
| 13 | Adam & Chantelle | Chantelle |
| 14 | Lenox & Shei | Shei |
| 15 | Keith & Lenox | Lenox |
| 16 | Adam, Keith & Will | |
| Keith & Will | Will |
The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after her fourth time in the bottom two
The contestant was disqualified from the competition
The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved.
The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed third
The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
Casting call-out order, comeback first call-out and final three are not included.
| Rank by average | Place | Model | Call-out total | Number of call-outs | Call-out average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lenox | 41 | 12 | 3.42 | |
| 2 | 2 | Will | 44 | 3.67 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Keith | 45 | 3.75 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Mirjana | 43 | 8 | 5.37 | |
| 5 | 3 | Adam | 66 | 12 | 5.50 | |
| 6 | 5 | Shei | 62 | 11 | 5.64 | |
| 7 | 7 | Raelia | 52 | 9 | 5.78 | |
| 8 | 10 | Matthew | 36 | 6 | 6.00 | |
| 9 | 6 | Chantelle | 32 | 5 | 6.40 | |
| 10 | 9 | Denzel | 47 | 7 | 6.71 | |
| 11 | 12 | Ben | 28 | 4 | 7.00 | |
| 12 | 13 | Romeo | 16 | 2 | 8.00 | |
| 13 | 11 | Kari | 48 | 5 | 9.60 | |
| 14 | 14 | Ivy | 14 | 1 | 14.00 |
| Place | Model | Episodes | Average | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| 1 | Keith | 41.8 | 30.8 | 39.3 | 36.9 | 32.6 | 37.9 | 41.3 | 35.3 | 46.4 | 44.4 | 39.2 | 34.0 | 51.70 | 511.6 | 39.4 | |
| 2 | Will | 33.1 | 31.8 | 40.9 | 38.8 | 36.4 | 42.1 | 44.1 | 35.0 | 45.8 | 39.8 | 37.8 | 35.0 | 49.20 | 509.8 | 39.2 | |
| 3 | Adam | 34.7 | 26.8 | 33.0 | 38.5 | 37.4 | 37.7 | 35.6 | 37.7 | 36.2 | 37.0 | 41.8 | 38.0 | 45.16 | 479.6 | 36.9 | |
| 4 | Lenox | 39.6 | 33.6 | 30.3 | 44.7 | 45.2 | 43.9 | 35.5 | 38.6 | 39.7 | 42.0 | 37.2 | 31.0 | 461.3 | 38.4 | ||
| 5 | Shei | 33.6 | 27.3 | 37.3 | 39.0 | 32.5 | 38.1 | 39.6 | 40.5 | 37.9 | 38.5 | 36.6 | 400.9 | 36.4 | |||
| 6 | Chantelle | 37.1 | 26.3 | 42.2 | 35.8 | 33.7 | 175.1 | 35.0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Raelia | 33.9 | 30.9 | 40.3 | 40.7 | 31.4 | 36.3 | 41.9 | 34.2 | 35.4 | 325.0 | 36.1 | |||||
| 8 | Mirjana | 37.9 | 29.4 | 39.0 | 43.2 | 33.2 | 35.9 | 38.8 | 33.9 | 291.3 | 36.4 | ||||||
| 9 | Denzel | 37.3 | 28.2 | 35.6 | 38.2 | 36.3 | 37.2 | 35.4 | 248.2 | 35.5 | |||||||
| 10 | Matthew | 37.7 | 30.3 | 37.9 | 38.3 | 35.1 | 35.2 | 214.4 | 35.7 | ||||||||
| 11 | Kari | 35.4 | 26.4 | 35.2 | 37.5 | 30.8 | 165.3 | 33.0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Ben | 36.9 | 33.7 | 34.6 | 30.3 | 135.5 | 33.9 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Romeo | 36.7 | 28.8 | DQ | 65.5 | 32.7 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Ivy | 32.8 | 32.8 | 32.8 | |||||||||||||
Indicates the contestant won the competition.
Indicates the contestant had the highest score that week.
Indicates the contestant was eliminated that week.
Indicates the contestant was in the bottom two that week.
Indicates the contestant was disqualified that week.
Indicates the contestant was originally eliminated that week, but was saved.