Top Model (Norway cycle 4)

Top Model, cycle 4

Promotional photograph of the cast of cycle 4 of Top Model
Country of origin Norway
Release
Original network TV3
Original release

February 7 (2011-02-07) – May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02)

Additional information
Judges
No. of contestants 15
Winner Claudia Alette Bull
Season chronology

Top Model, cycle 4 was the fourth cycle of Top Model. It premiered on February 7, 2011.

After the entire panel left the show,[1] Norway's first Miss Universe title holder Mona Grudt became the new host,[2] with the judging panel being photographer Marcel Leliënhof and modelling coach "Storm P." Pedersen. The show was filmed during summer 2010.[3] After being off air for more than two years it was the longest break between two cycles the show ever had. For the first time contestants as young as 14 years old were allowed to audition, but ultimately none of the top 15 contestants were younger than 16.

The winner was 19-year-old Claudia Bull from Stavanger.

Episode summaries

Episode 1

First aired February 7, 2011

After the selected 15 girls met in Oslo they received their first mail which took them to a hair salon. There they met their new coach Storm P., who informed them that they would receive makeovers. Dasha, the older sister of Katarina was first to burst out in tears with Eirin following soon.

At a dinner the girls met new host Mona Grudt and moved into their new home. The morning after, the last member of the new judging, photographer Marcel Leliënhof shot the girls for their first photoshoot, in which they were portrayed having plastic surgery with boyband member Ben Adams being their "surgeon".

Following the photoshoot, each girl was given a jewellery box, with all boxes but one containing a necklace. Roberta, Charlotte and Maiken were declared the top three of the week, while Farzaneh, Frida Mathea and Sarah Gindel landed in the bottom three. Sarah Gindel opened her box and found it empty, meaning she was eliminated

Episode 2

First aired February 14, 2011

The girls travel to Barcelona and move into a luxurious hotel suite. The next day the girls met Triana Iglesias who taught them how to pose in front of a camera. Bambie, Dasha and Charlotte were named the top 3 with Charlotte winning the challenge and receiving a digital camera as a reward. At the photoshoot the girls are photographed as a group in Rococo/Haute Couture style. Facing their first real judging session the girls are introduced to Heidi Sinding-Larsen, editor of Woman Magazine who joined Grudt, Leliënhof and Iglesias on the panel. Challenge winner Charlotte found herself in the bottom two, but in a shocking elimination it was Bambie who was sent home.

Episode 3

First aired February 21, 2011

Storm P. woke up the girls calling out a surprised Signe Marie and Frida Mathea who both received another makeover. After they returned to the group a cheerleading training was arranged where the girls had to present various choreographies. Farzaneh was named the winner of the challenge and chose Signe Marie to share the reward with her which was a beauty treatment. Additionally she received a short cut yellow summer dress.
At the photoshoot the contestants were photographed wearing body paint and leggings in a box for an ad campaign by La Mote.
Serving as guest judges for the week were La Mote's production manager Christina Placht, Krister Falk and make-up artist Cathrine Aas. Eirin was called "chubby" by Falk and stormed out of the judging room. Alexandra received best photo, meaning she was booked for the La Mote campaign which immediately was displayed on the official website after the episode ended.[4] In the end, Dasha and Thea Sofie landed in the bottom two with Dasha being sent home.

Episode 4

First aired February 28, 2011

Episode 5

First aired March 7, 2011

Episode 6

First aired March 14, 2011

The girls travelled to Dublin where they had another runway lesson by Storm P. followed by a casting for fashion designer Jennifer Rothwell. Claudia impressed the most and was booked to walk for Rothwell on the catwalk later the day. It was also revealed that the worst of them would get eliminated. Alexandra, Katarina and Eirin were named bottom three for the casting and a teary Eirin was eliminated.

Eliminated outside of judging panel: Eirin Hagstrøm
For the photoshoot the girls wore clothes by fashion designer Louise Kennedy, who was the guest judge for the week along with stylist Chen Nystrøm. Charlotte landed in the bottom two for the second time, however it was Thea Sofie who was sent home.

Episode 7

First aired March 21, 2011

The girld were taken to an acting lesson by Mia Gundersen. Following this, the girls had to use what they learned in a video shoot. Katarina benefited from her striking physical resemblance to Amy Adams, and was ultimately declared the winner of the challenge.
For the weekly photoshoot Marcel photographed the girls in his obligatory blue shirt. This time they were shooting different frames of a comic inspired shoot based on a Schwarzkopf advertising where the girls had to portray four different characters:

Contestant Character
Claudia The Biker Chick
Roberta
Frida Mathea The Goddesss
Alexandra The Guardian Angel
Katarina
Charlotte The Tomboy
Maiken

Actress Mia Gundersen and product chief for Schwarkopf Lena Jacobsen were the guest judges for the week. Alexandra and Frida Mathea landed in the bottom two with Frida Mathea being eliminated.

Episode 8

First aired March 28, 2011

Styled in a ghostly Annie Lennox fashion, Storm P woke up the girls in the middle of the night and told them that they have to pack their things for an early flight to their new destination of Dubai. After some sightseeing the girls faced off in a challenge where they had to name the designer label for different shoes. Charlotte scored the highest and won a pair of shoes by Hugo Boss.

The girls were in for another unpleasant interruption of sleep when Storm P. visited them in their hotel at 1 am telling them they have to prepare for the photoshoot. The girls were then taken outside the city for a desert-set exotic photoshoot. Marketing director of Bonaventura Sales Gitte Hannestad and model and actress Viktoria Winge were the guest judges at panel. Alexandra landed in the bottom two for the second week in a row, but it was Roberta who was ultimately sent packing.

Episode 9

First aired April 4, 2011

Storm P photographs the final 5 in ugly black dancing blazers. They were then taken to do a Woman cover test shoot where they met the magazine's chef editor Ingveld Larsen and photographer Baard Lunde. Claudia and Katarina were named the top 2 of the challenge with the latter winning an armband. The photoshoot took place in a lake, this time in cooperation with Lumene. After an unsuccessful session Charlotte was in tears, fearing her performance was not enough to carry her on to the next round. After the shoot the girls were taken to a House of Beauty as a reward for the last weeks. Larsen and Skolvy were this week's guest panelists. Claudia and Alexandra were declared the best performing girls of the week, while Katarina was eliminated after landing in the bottom two with Maiken.

Episode 10

First aired April 11, 2011

Storm P took the girls on a boot camp to clean the pores before the other days physical recording. He also taught them how to dress and to adapt in the fashion industry. Both Alexandra and Claudia won a gift cheque for doing the best in the challenge. The day before the shoot the girls were surprised by a visit of their family and friends. At panel, Alexandra was sent home after her third bottom two appearance.

Episode 11

First aired April 25, 2011

The girls were taken to their final destination of London. Together with Mona the top 3 took a look back at their journey so far. At the challenge the girls had to pose as mannequins in the windows of a boutique. As all the girls did well, Claudia won the challenge by draw, with a designer handbag as her reward. The following day, the girls were taken to their photoshoot for Solig AS, in which they wore bald head caps and body paint. After the photoshoot Maiken was eliminated, leaving Claudia and Charlotte to battle for the title of Norway's Next Top Model in the season finale.

Episode 12

First aired May 2, 2011

Contestants

Name[5] Age Height Hometown Rank Place
Sarah Gindel Jabang 22 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Oslo Episode 1[6] 15
Bambie Bang Vaage 18 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Haslum Episode 2[7] 14
Dasha Barannik 20 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Oslo Episode 3[8] 13
Farzaneh Davodi 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Rælingen Episode 4[9] 12
Signe Marie Taubøll 18 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Drøbak Episode 5[10] 11 (quit)
Inga Maurstad 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Karasjok 10
Eirin Hagstrøm 18 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Sarpsborg Episode 6[11] 9
Thea Sofie Rabbum Karlsen 17 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Oslo 8
Frida Mathea Kocian 17 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Oslo Episode 7[12] 7
Roberta Grybauskaite 18 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Son Episode 8[13] 6
Katarina Barannik 18 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Oslo Episode 9[14] 5
Alexandra Sanneh Stølen 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Iveland Episode 10[15] 4
Maiken Wahlstrøm Nilssen 20 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Stokke Episode 11 3
Charlotte Isachsen 22 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Oslo Episode 12[16] 2
Claudia Bull 19 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Stavanger 1

Summaries

Call-out order

Mona's call-out order
OrderEpisodes
123456789101112
1 Roberta Claudia Alexandra Claudia Katarina Roberta Maiken Charlotte Claudia
Alexandra 		Charlotte Claudia Claudia
2 CharlotteFarzaneh Maiken Inga Alexandra Maiken Charlotte Maiken Maiken Charlotte Charlotte
3 Maiken Katarina Inga Thea Sofie Claudia Claudia Katarina Katarina Charlotte Claudia Maiken
4 Inga Eirin Katarina Katarina Charlotte Alexandra Claudia Claudia Maiken Alexandra
5 Signe Marie Thea Sofie Frida Mathea Frida Mathea Thea Sofie Katarina Roberta Alexandra Katarina
6 Claudia Inga Eirin Eirin Frida Mathea Frida Mathea Alexandra Roberta
7 Thea Sofie Frida Mathea Signe Marie Charlotte Eirin Charlotte Frida Mathea
8 Bambie Alexandra Farzaneh Roberta Roberta Thea Sofie
9 Alexandra Roberta Charlotte Maiken Maiken Eirin
10 DashaMaiken Roberta Alexandra Inga
11 Katarina DashaClaudiaSigne Marie Signe Marie
12 Eirin Signe Marie Thea Sofie Farzaneh
13 Frida Mathea Charlotte Dasha
14 FarzanehBambie
15 Sarah Gindel
     The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant quit the competition
     The contestant won the competition
  • In episode 1, Mona announced that Roberta, Charlotte and Maiken were the top three of the week, and Frida Mathea, Farzaneh and Sarah Gindel were the bottom three with Sarah Gindel being eliminated.
  • Episode 2's call-out order was changed by editing: Frida Mathea, Alexandra and Roberta were called sixth, seventh and eighth respectively, followed by Inga in ninth place.[17]
  • In episode 5, Signe Marie quit the competition the day before the photoshoot.
  • In episode 6, Eirin was eliminated as a result of having performed the worst at the challenge.
  • In episode 11, Claudia and Charlotte were put through to the final while Maiken was eliminated.

Photo Shoot Guide

Judges

References

  1. ↑ http://www.side2.no/underholdning/article2917539.ece
  2. ↑ http://mobil.tv2.no/underholdning/gkn/mona-grudt-ny-top-modelprogramleder-3208727.html
  3. ↑ http://casting.strix.tv/topmodel2010
  4. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/lamotetights
  5. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110210005215/http://www.tv3.no/topmodel/deltakere/deltakere
  6. ↑ http://www.side2.no/underholdning/--tragikomisk-at-jeg-rk-ut/3083980.html
  7. ↑ http://www.vg.no/rampelys/tv/moter-og-modeller/roek-ut-av-top-model-fikk-modellkontrakt/a/10038230/
  8. ↑ http://www.seher.no/annet/angrer-ikke-p%C3%A5-jeg-meldte-meg-p%C3%A5-48922
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  11. ↑ http://www.vg.no/rampelys/tv/reality-tv/top-model-eirin-graatende-ut-av-konkurransen/a/10099387/
  12. ↑ http://www.vg.no/rampelys/tv/reality-tv/top-model-frida-naa-toer-jeg-aa-skille-meg-ut/a/10091106/
  13. ↑ http://www.vg.no/rampelys/tv/reality-tv/top-model-roberta-derfor-kom-det-ingen-taarer/a/10099636/
  14. ↑ http://www.seher.no/annet/jeg-s%C3%A5-ut-som-en-transvestitt-p%C3%A5-alle-bildene-49612
  15. ↑ http://www.seher.no/annet/ekkelt-%C3%A5-bli-filmet-hele-tiden-49721
  16. ↑ http://www.kjendis.no/2011/05/02/kjendis/reality/top_model/claudia_alette_bull/reality-tv/16393372/
  17. ↑ "Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet". Retrieved 2015-09-08.
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