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Topmodel (Belgian TV series) season 1

Topmodel, season 1 was the first season of the reality series Topmodel hosted by Ingrid Seynhaeve. Ten contestants lived together in a luxurious apartment until the top three travelled to New York City for the rest of the season.

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Topmodel
Season 1
StarringIngrid Seynhaeve
Ghislaine Nuytten
Marc Douchez
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkKanaal Twee
Original releaseOctober 1 (2007-10-01) –
December 3, 2007 (2007-12-03)
Season chronology

Topmodel, season 1 was the first season of the reality series Topmodel hosted by Ingrid Seynhaeve. Ten contestants lived together in a luxurious apartment until the top three travelled to New York City for the rest of the season.1

In contrast to America's Next Top Model, the host was not part of the judging panel. Ghislaine Nuytten was the judging chairwoman and called out the girls onto the next round at the judging panel. The bottom two contestants were then officially nominated for elimination, with Marc Douchez from Dominique Models having the final say on who went home and who stayed.

The winner was Hanne Baekelandt, who won a €25,000 modeling contract for management and representation by Dominique Models, a campaign for L'Oréal cosmetics, and the cover on Glam*It magazine.2

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place
Jessie Colman3 22 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Ghent Episode 3 10
An Voorhoof4 22 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Drongen Episode 4 9
Tess Gonnissen5 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Bevel Episode 5 8
Elisa Guarraci6 16 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Genk Episode 6 7–6
Kelly Van den Kerchove7 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Ostend
Eveline Dewinter8 17 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Vlierzele Episode 7 5
Michèle Vanhooren9 17 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Brussels Episode 8 4
Valérie Debeerst10 17 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sint-Pieters Episode 10 3–2
Ine Nijs11 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Hasselt
Hanne Baekelandt12 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Sint-Amandsberg 1

Summaries

Call-out order

Order Episodes
2a 3 4 5 6b 7 8 10
1 Ine Ine Elisa Eveline Ine Michèle Ine Hanne
2 Tess An Michèle Hanne Valérie Ine Hanne Ine
Valérie
3 Eveline Michèle Tess Ine Eveline Valérie Valérie
4 Jessie Hanne Eveline Valérie Michèle Hanne Michèle
5 Hanne Elisa Kelly Elisa Hanne Eveline
6 Michèle Kelly Hanne Michèle Elisa
Kelly
7 Elisa Eveline Ine Kelly
8 Kelly Valérie Valérie Tess
9 An Tess An
10 Valérie Jessie
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant won the competition
  1. Episodes 1 and 2 were the casting episodes.
  2. In Episode 6 Michèle, Hanne, Kelly and Elisa were nominated for elimination. In the end, Marc decided to save Michèle and Hanne, eliminating Elisa and Kelly.

Judges

  • Ghislaine Nuytten (Head judge)
  • Lieve Gerrits
  • Marc Dochez
  • Vasko Todorof

Coaches

References

References

  1. "'Topmodel': pijnlijk afscheid voor vertrek naar New York | Musicitems". musicitems.tempo.fm. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011.
  2. "Hanne Baekelandt is nieuw Vlaams topmodel" (in Dutch). HLN Belgie. December 3, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
  3. "Jessie". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  4. "An". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  5. "Tess". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  6. "Elisa". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  7. "Kelly". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  8. "Eveline". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  9. "Michèle". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  10. "Valérie". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  11. "Ine". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  12. "Hanne". Skynet.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.