China's Next Top Model season 5 explained

Season Number:	5
Num Episodes:	12
Network:	Chongqing TV

China's Next Top Model Cycle 5 is the fifth cycle of the Chinese reality TV series, based on the international version and spin-off to the original, America's Next Top Model. It began to air on 21 May 2015 at 9:20 pm (UTC+8). This was the first season of the show to feature male contestants.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] The hosts were Chinese female supermodel Lynn Hung and Chinese male supermodel Zhang Liang.

The cycle featured 16 contestants competing for several prizes, including a modeling contract with Paras Talent Management and an editorial in Vogue China & GQ China.

The international destination for the show was London, with the rest of the filming taking place in Shanghai.^[5]

The winner of the competition was 22-year-old Li Si Jia from Harbin.

Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest)

	Age	Hometown	Finish	Place
Lai Yu Ting	22	Taipei, Taiwan	Episode 1	16–15
Jiang Ying	33	Beijing	Episode 1	16–15
Ha Sheng	32	Taipei, Taiwan	Episode 2	14
Xu Meng Ting	18	Shanghai	Episode 3	13
Jia Zhen Zhen	20	Chengdu, Sichuan	Episode 4	12
Yu Ling Yun	26	Shanghai	Episode 5	11
Wang Meng	22	Shanghai	Episode 5	10
Teng Tian Long	25	Chongqing	Episode 6	9
Yi Chen	21	Xuzhou, Jiangsu	Episode 7	8
Zhao Zhuo Nun	24	Wuxi, Jiangsu	Episode 8	7
Huang Si Qi	18	Hohhot, Inner Mongolia	Episode 9	6
Li Hao Ting	21	Huizhou, Guangdong	Episode 10	5
Liu Xian Xia	18	Tianjin	Episode 11	4
Wang Ren Chuan	20	Dalian, Liaoning	Episode 12	3
Li Xue	25	Huangpu, Shanghai		2
Li Si Jia	22	Harbin, Heilongjiang		1

Episode summaries

Episode 1

First aired: May 21, 2015

Scores
Nº	Model	Lynn	Liang	Lucia	Chal.	Media	Total
1	Si Jia	8	8	9	9	8	42
2	Tian Long	7	7	9	10	8	41
3	Hao Ting	7	10	7	10	7	41
4	Xian Xia	8	9	8	7	6	38
5	Xue	7	7	6	10	7	37
6	Chen	7	8	7	8	6	36
7	Si Qi	7	9	6	7	6	35
8	Ling Yun	6	6	7	9	7	35
9	Sheng	9	6	5	7	7	34
10	Meng Ting	7	6	6	8	6	33
11	Meng	7	6	5	6	7	31
12	Zhen Zhen	6	5	7	7	5	30
13	Zhuo Nun	5	5	8	6	6	30
14	Ren Chuan	5	7	5	5	7	29
15-16	Ying	6	6	4	6	6	28
Yu Ting	4	5	5	7	7	28

First call-out: Li Si Jia
Bottom three: Jiang Ying, Lai Yu Ting & Wang Ren Chuan
Eliminated: Jiang Ying & Lai Yu Ting

Episode 2

First aired: May 28, 2015

Scores
Nº	Model	Lynn	Liang	Lucia	Chal.	Media	Total
1	Chen	9	9	8	8	7	41
2	Xian Xia	9	9	7	8	7	40
3	Si Jia			8	7		37
4	Si Qi	6	7	7	8	8	36
5	Zhen Zhen				6		35
6	Xue				9		35
7	Ren Chuan	7	8	7	6	7	35
8	Zhuo Nun	7	7	7	7	7	35
9	Meng Ting				8		34
10	Hao Ting	6	7	6	8	6	33
11	Tian Long	6	7	6	7	7	33
12	Ling Yun	6	6	6	7	8	33
13	Meng				7		32
14	Chen	6	6	5	8	6	31

First call-out: Yi Chen
Bottom two: Ha Sheng & Wang Meng
Eliminated: Ha Sheng

Episode 3

First aired: June 4, 2015

Scores
Nº	Model	Lynn	Liang	Lucia		Chal.	Media	Total
1	Xian Xia	9	9	10	9	8	6	51
2	Ren Chuan	8	9	7	9	10	7	50
3	Si Jia	8	8	9	8	8	7	48
4	Xue	8	8	9	9	6	6	46
5	Chen	7	7	7	7	7	7	42
6	Hao Ting	7	7	8	6	7	7	42
7	Zhuo Nun	8	6	7	7	7	6	41
8	Tian Long	7	6	6	7	9	6	41
9	Meng	6	7	7	7	7	7	41
10	Ling Yun	7	8	8	5	7	6	41
11	Si Qi	6	7	7	6	6	8	40
12	Zhen Zhen	6	8	6	6	7	6	39
13	Meng Ting	6	6	6	6	8	6	38

First call-out: Liu Xian Xia
Bottom two: Jia Zhen Zhen & Xu Meng Ting
Eliminated: Xu Meng Ting

Episode 4

First aired: June 11, 2015

First call-out: Li Si Jia
Bottom two: Jia Zhen Zhen & Yu Ling Yun
Eliminated: Jia Zhen Zhen

Episode 5

First aired: June 18, 2015

First call-out: Li Hao Ting
Bottom three: Liu Xian Xia, Yu Ling Yun & Wang Meng
Eliminated: Yu Ling Yun & Wang Meng

Episode 6

First aired: June 25, 2015

First call-out: Zhao Zhuo Nun
Bottom two: Teng Tian Long & Li Hao Ting
Eliminated: Teng Tian Long

Episode 7

First aired: July 2, 2015

First call-out: Liu Xian Xia
Bottom three: Li Si Jia, Li Xue & Yi Chen
Eliminated: Yi Chen

Episode 8

First aired: July 9, 2015

First call-out: Li Si Jia
Bottom two: Wang Ren Chuan & Zhao Zhuo Nun
Eliminated: Zhao Zhuo Nun

Episode 9

First aired: July 16, 2015

First call-out: Li Si Jia
Bottom two: Huang Si Qi & Wang Ren Chuan
Eliminated: Huang Si Qi
Special guest: Michael Cinco

Episode 10

First aired: July 23, 2015

First call-out: Li Xue
Bottom two: Li Hao Ting & Liu Xian Xia
Eliminated: Li Hao Ting
Featured photographer: Dean Lee
Special guest: Chen Ran

Episode 11

First aired: July 30, 2015

First call-out: Li Xue
Bottom two: Liu Xian Xia & Wang Ren Chuan
Eliminated: Liu Xian Xia

Episode 12

First aired: August 6, 2015

Scores
Nº	Model	Lynn	Liang	Lucia		Chal.	Total
1	Si Jia	9	10	9	9	9	46
2	Xue	9	9	10	9	8	45
3	Ren Chuan	9	9	9	8	9	44

Eliminated: Wang Ren Chuan
Final two: Li Si Jia & Li Xue
China's Next Top Model: Li Si Jia

Summaries

Call-out order

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Episodes
1	Si Jia	Chen	Xian Xia	Si Jia	Hao Ting	Zhuo Nun	Xian Xia	Si Jia	Si Jia	Xue	Xue	Si Jia
2	Tian Long	Xian Xia		Xian Xia	Tian Long	Xue		Xue	Xian Xia		Si Jia	Xue
3	Hao Ting	Si Jia	Si Jia	Si Qi	Si Jia	Si Qi	Hao Ting	Si Qi	Hao Ting	Si Jia
4	Xian Xia	Si Qi	Xue	Chen	Xue	Xian Xia	Si Qi	Xian Xia	Xue	Xian Xia	Xian Xia
5	Xue	Zhen Zhen	Chen	Zhuo Nun	Si Qi	Chen	Zhuo Nun	Hao Ting		Hao Ting
6	Chen	Xue	Hao Ting		Zhuo Nun	Si Jia	Si Jia Xue		Si Qi
7	Si Qi		Zhuo Nun	Xue	Chen		Si Jia Xue	Zhuo Nun
8	Ling Yun	Zhuo Nun	Tian Long	Hao Ting		Hao Ting	Chen
9	Sheng	Meng Ting	Meng	Tian Long	Xian Xia	Tian Long
10	Meng Ting	Hao Ting	Ling Yun	Meng	Meng
11	Meng	Tian Long	Si Qi	Ling Yun	Ling Yun
12	Zhen Zhen	Ling Yun	Zhen Zhen	Zhen Zhen
13	Zhuo Nun	Meng	Meng Ting
14		Sheng
15	Ying Yu Ting
16	Ying Yu Ting

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant won the competition

Episodes 1 and 5 featured a double elimination with the bottom three contestants facing the danger of elimination.
In episode 7, Chen, Si Jia, and Xue landed in the bottom three. Si Jia and Xue were saved with a tied score of 33, while Chen was eliminated.

Scoring chart

Place	Model	Episodes													Average
Place	Model	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Average
1	Si Jia	42	37	48	49	44	35	33	50	78	35	49	46	546	45.5
2	Xue	37	35	46	42	43	38	33	48	66	42	52	45	527	43.9
3		29	35	50	43	39	34	41	38	59	35	47	44	494	41.1
4	Xian Xia	38	40	51	48	38	35	42	42	75	34	38		481	43.7
5	Hao Ting	41	33	42	41	46	33	40	41	67	33			417	41.7
6	Si Qi	36	36	40	47	42	36	35	47	54				373	41.44
7	Zhuo Nun	30	35	41	44	42	41	34	37					304	38
8	Chen	36	41	42	45	39	35	30						268	38.29
9	Tian Long	41	33	41	40	45	32							232	38.67
10	Meng	31	32	41	38	37								179	35.8
11	Ling Yun	35	33	41	37	35								181	36.2
12	Zhen Zhen	30	35	39	31									135	33.75
13	Meng Ting	33	34	38										105	35
14	Sheng	34	31											65	32.5
15/16	Ying	28												28	28
15/16	Yu Ting	28												28	28

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.

Episodes 3, 4, 5, 8 and 11 had a special guest joining the panel for scoring. This means that the maximum total increased from 50 points to 60.

Photo shoot guide

Episode 1 photo shoot: Colorful editorial
Episode 2 photo shoot: Jungle wilderness in groups for Tusk
Episode 3 photo shoot: Beauty shots with flowers
Episode 4 photo shoot: Falling look-book for I'Am
Episode 5 photo shoot: Children's toys in groups
Episode 6 music video: "Are You Tide?" - Bad Kids
Episode 7 photo shoot: Suspended on polygons in metallic body paint
Episode 8 photo shoot: Terminator inspired futuristic shoot
Episode 9 photo shoot & fashion film: Waking up underwater; Michael Cinco collection
Episode 10 photo shoot: On a yacht with Chen Ran for OK! girl China
Episode 11 photo shoot: Punk rock editorial
Episode 12 photo shoots: High end couture

Makeovers

Chen: Military shave
Hao Ting: Hair shaved on both sides
Ling Yun: Buzzcut and dyed jewel blue
Meng: Short pixie and dyed blue-black
Meng Ting: Trimmed and lightened
Ren Chuan: Bleached platinum blonde
Si Jia: Hair shaved on one side and shortened
Si Qi: Bangs added, hair shortened and dyed pink
Tian Long: Shoulder length weave
Xian Xia: Lightened eyebrows and hair parted at the center
Xue: Dyed black with a natural wave
Zhen Zhen: Bangs shortened and weave added at the back
Zhuo Nun: Dyed dark brown

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 贴吧404.
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Web site: Supermodel fame exposing insider : Zhang Liang apparel market catwalk one day 150 Netease Arts . www.iduobo.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093222/http://www.iduobo.com/2015/04/20/supermodel-fame-exposing-insider-zhang-liang-apparel-market-catwalk-one-day-150-32980.html . 2015-05-18.
Web site: Chongqing reboots "China's Next Top Model".