Australia's Next Top Model season 8 explained

Season Number:8
Bgcolour:lavender
Num Episodes:12
Network:Fox8
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Judges:
Num Contestants:15
Winner:Melissa Juratowitch

The eighth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model began airing 9 July 2013 on Fox8. Model and Miss Universe 2004 Jennifer Hawkins took over as the host for this season, replacing Sarah Murdoch. Hawkins had previously appeared in one episode at the inaugural cycle, joining incumbent judges Alex Perry and Charlotte Dawson with Didier Cohen joining the show as a new judge.[1] This is the last series of Australia's Next Top Model to feature Dawson, before she died of an apparent suicide five months after it ended.

The prizes for this cycle included a one-year modelling contract with IMG Sydney and worldwide representation by IMG London, New York, Milan and Paris, as well as a 20,000 cash prize thanks to TRESemmé, a brand new Nissan Dualis, an overseas trip to Paris to meet with IMG Paris, and an eight-page editorial spread and the cover of Harper's Bazaar Australia.[2]

The winner of the competition was 16-year-old Melissa Juratowitch from Melbourne, Victoria.[3]

Series summary

Fifty semi-finalists were selected to take part in this years' competition.[4] The first episode of the show was shown in a special screening for fans of the series. Fifteen official contestants were chosen to compete for the title.[5]

Requirements

The all contestants had to be aged 16 or over in order to apply for the show. Those auditioning had to be at least 172cm (68inches) 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.

Auditions

Auditions for cycle 8 began to take place on 13 January in Adelaide, continuing in Perth, Brisbane, Townsville, and Sydney throughout the rest of the month before wrapping up in Melbourne on 23 January.[6]

Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest)

ContestantAgeHeightHometownFinishPlace
Chanique Greyling[7] 20Episode 215
Taylor Henley[8] 17AdelaideEpisode 314
Rhiannon Bradshaw[9] 19BrisbaneEpisode 4 13
Brooke Hogan[10] 21MelbourneEpisode 512–11
April Harvey[11] 18Tweed Heads
Taylah Roberts[12] 18PerthEpisode 610 (DQ)
Madeline Cowe[13] 19CairnsEpisode 79
Ashley Pogmore[14] 18SydneyEpisode 88
Shannon Richardson[15] 18Episode 97
Jade Collins[16] 20Sydney Episode 106–5
Dajana Bogojevic[17] 17Queanbeyan
Abigail 'Abbie' Weir[18] 17MacleanEpisode 114
Nyadak 'Duckie' Thot[19] 17Melbourne Episode 123
Shanali Martin[20] 16Melbourne2
Melissa Juratowitch[21] 16Melbourne1

Judges

Summaries

OrderEpisodes
123456789101112
1AshleyAprilTaylahMelissaMelissaJade
Madeline
DuckieShanaliDajanaAbbieShanaliShanali Melissa
2DajanaBrookeMelissaMadelineJadeJadeAbbieDuckieShanaliMelissaMelissa Shanali
3DuckieDuckieDuckieShanaliDuckieAshleyDajanaDajanaAbbieMelissaDuckieDuckie
4RhiannonMelissaRhiannonDuckieShanaliShanaliShanaliDuckieJadeDuckieAbbie
5ShanaliAshleyShannonAshleyAbbieDajanaShannonMelissaMelissaDajana
Jade
6TaylahTaylahJadeTaylahShannonAbbieAshleyShannonShanali
7BrookeShanaliBrookeJadeMadelineShannonAbbieJadeShannon
8ChaniqueDajanaDajanaBrookeDajanaDuckie
Melissa
MelissaAshley
9TaylorAbbieAshleyShannonAshleyMadeline
10MadelineTaylorAprilAprilTaylah
11AbbieMadelineAbbieDajanaApril
Brooke
12JadeRhiannonShanaliAbbie
13ShannonJadeMadelineRhiannon
14MelissaShannonTaylor
15AprilChanique

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant was disqualified

The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two

The contestant won the competition

Bottom two

EpisodeContestantsEliminated
2Chanique & ShannonChanique
3Madeline & TaylorTaylor
4Abbie & RhiannonRhiannon
5April & BrookeApril
Brooke
6Duckie & Melissa
7Madeline & MelissaMadeline
8Ashley & JadeAshley
9Shanali & ShannonShannon
10Dajana, Duckie & JadeDajana
Jade
11Abbie & DuckieAbbie
12Duckie, Melissa and Shanali
Melissa & ShanaliShanali

The contestant was eliminated after her first time in the bottom two/three

The contestant was eliminated after her second time in the bottom two/three

The contestant was disqualified from the competition

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

Makeovers

Average call-out order

Final two is not included.

Rank by
average
PlaceModelCall-out
total
Number of
call-outs
Call-out
average
1 3 Duckie38 11 3.45
2 1 Melissa 41 3.73
3 2 Shanali45 4.09
4 5-6 Jade 47 9 5.22
5 5-6 Dajana 52 9 5.78
6 4 Abbie 60 10 6.00
7 8 Ashley 45 7 6.43
8 10 Taylah 33 5 6.60
9 11-12 Brooke 28 4 7.00
10 9 Madeline 43 6 7.17
11 7 Shannon 59 8 7.38
12 11-12 April32 4 8.00
13 Rhiannon 29 3 9.67
14 Taylor24 2 12.00
15 Chanique15 1 15.00

Controversy

Prior to the airing of the cycle, it was reported that a contestant had been disqualified from the competition for bullying. Host Jennifer Hawkins said of the incident, "I don’t know why but I went into (the show) thinking ‘oh, there won’t be drama, everything will be fine’, but of course there is always drama. A lot of things have happened in the house and we were dealing with something that hasn't happened before. It was really intense."[22] [23] Hawkins later specified that the cause for disqualification was not bullying, but violence among two of the contestants on the show. She also revealed that Foxtel and the show's production company Shine Australia requested for the girl to be ejected.[24] The disqualified contestant was revealed to be Taylah Roberts from Perth, who physically attacked Ashley Pogmore. The day before the airing of the episode in which Roberts was disqualified, footage of Roberts choking Pogmore was shown on A Current Affair.[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australia's Next Top Model Judges . FOX8 TV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927125344/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australia-s-next-top-model-cycle-8/show/judges . 27 September 2013 . dmy .
  2. Web site: Australia's Next Top Model 8 - About . FOX8 TV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927021527/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australia-s-next-top-model-cycle-8/show/about . 27 September 2013 . dmy .
  3. Web site: Melissa Juratowitch's 'seven finger forehead' nabs her Australia's Next Top Model win. News Corp Australia. Stephenson. Alice. 25 September 2013. 28 September 2013.
  4. Web site: Australia's Next Top Model 8 - Top 50 . FOX8 TV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130624005549/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australia-s-next-top-model-cycle-8/top-50 . 24 June 2013 . dmy .
  5. Web site: Australia's Next Top Model 8 - Models . FOX8TV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130713121810/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models . 13 July 2013 . dmy .
  6. Web site: AUSTRALIA'S NEXT TOP MODEL SEASON 8 2013 NATIONWIDE AUDITION TOUR BEGINS. MCN.
  7. Web site: Chanique. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075337/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/chanique. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Taylor. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416074127/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/taylor. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Rhiannon. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416073840/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/rhiannon. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Brooke. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075325/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/brooke. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  11. Web site: April. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075609/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/april. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: Taylah. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075159/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/taylah. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Madeline. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075535/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/madeline. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  14. Web site: Ashley. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075519/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/ashley. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  15. Web site: Shannon. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416073942/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/shannon. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  16. Web site: Jade. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416074102/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/jade. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  17. Web site: Dajana. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416074731/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/dajana. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  18. Web site: Abbie. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075420/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/abbie. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  19. Web site: Duckie. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416074051/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/duckie. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  20. Web site: Shanali. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075011/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/shanali. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  21. Web site: Melissa. Shine Australia & FOX8. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416075523/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model/models/melissa. 16 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  22. News: Model mayhem as Jennifer Hawkins boots 'bully' contestant from Australia's Next Top Model . News.com.au.
  23. Web site: Australia's Next Top Model Gets Ugly. Realityravings. 12 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130821063305/http://www.realityravings.com/2013/05/03/australias-next-top-model-gets-ugly/. 21 August 2013. dead.
  24. News: Jennifer Hawkins reveals why violent contestant marched from Australia's Next Top Model. Herald Sun.
  25. Web site: Ugly incident. A Current Affair. 12 August 2013. 27 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001907/http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8704917. 4 March 2016. dead.