Supermodel season 1 explained

The first season of Supermodel aired on the Swiss television channel 3+ from November to December 2007. The season was presented by Swiss former model, business woman and manager Nadja Schildknecht.^[1] The judging panel comprised Schildknecht, show and event producer and choreographer Yannick Aellen^[2] and celebrity hairstylist Mike Karg.^[3] From 1000 applicants, 100 candidates were invited to participate in the auditions,^[4] with 15 being selected as part of the final cast.^[5] A sixteenth finalist, 25-year-old Sabine, entered the competition in the fourth episode, having originally qualified for the finals in the first round but been unable to participate in the first two weeks due to illness.^[6]

The majority of the competition was filmed in Switzerland, mainly in Zürich. Parts of the season were filmed in Bangkok,^[7] Paris,^[8] London^[9] and New York City.^[10] The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Nathalie Güdel from Hünibach.^[11]

Episodes

Episode 1: Das Casting

Original airdate: 6 November 2007

• Guest judge(s): Sabine Diethelm

Episode 2: Lofteinzug/Die ersten Shootings

Original airdate: 13 November 2007

• Quit: Rrezearta & Jessica
• Challenge winner(s): Tanya Krummenacher
• Eliminated: Mirjana, Milica & Alexandra
• Guest judge(s): Florian Beck

Episode 3: Ab nach Fernost

Original airdate: 20 November 2007

• Challenge winner(s): Gorana Markovic & Tanya Krummenacher
• Eliminated: Anastasiya
• Bottom three: Arina Mironkina, Erika & Noemi
• Eliminated: Noemi
• Featured photographer(s): James Muñoz, Philipp Müller
• Special guest(s): Take That & Charles Allen
• Guest judge(s): Philipp Müller

Episode 4: Emotion Pur

Original airdate: 27 November 2007

• Entered: Sabine
• Challenge winner(s): Sabine
• Eliminated: Erika
• Bottom three: Ivana Vujcic, Nathalie Güdel & Sabine
• Eliminated: Sabine
• Featured photographer(s): Pier Luigi Macor
• Special guest(s): Lisa Feldmann & Tommy Hilfiger
• Guest judge(s): Franziska Knuppe

Episode 5: Vive la France

Original airdate: 4 December 2007

• Challenge winner(s): Eliane Heutschi
• Eliminated: Aleksandra
• Bottom three: Arina Mironkina, Ivana Vujcic & Gorana Markovic
• Eliminated: Ivana Vujcic
• Featured photographer(s): Patrizio Di Renzo & Philipp Müller
• Special guest(s): Bea Petri
• Guest judge(s): Patrizio di Renzo & Ursula Knecht

Episode 6: Der letzte Schritt

Original airdate: 11 December 2007

• Challenge winner(s): Nathalie Güdel & Tanya Krummenacher
• Eliminated: Tanya Krummenacher
• Bottom three: Arina Mironkina, Eliane Heutschi & Nathalie Güdel
• Eliminated: Arina Mironkina
• Featured photographer(s): Diana Scheunemann
• Special guest(s): Sebastian "Baschi" Bürgin, Carl Hirschmann & Dominik Benigna
• Guest judge(s): Marcus Schenkenberg

Episode 7: Finale

Original airdate: 18 December 2007

• Final three: Eliane Heutschi, Gorana Markovic & Nathalie Güdel
• Eliminated: Eliane Heutschi
• Final two: Gorana Markovic & Nathalie Güdel
• Supermodel: Nathalie Güdel
• Featured photographer(s): Lozza, Joshua Jordan & James Muñoz
• Special guest(s): Marcus Schenkenberg, Nadine Strittmatter
• Guest judge(s): Sabine Diethelm

Episode 8: Best Of

Original airdate: 25 December 2007

This was the recap episode.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)^[12]

Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Finish	Place
Rrezearta[13]	17		Grosshöchstetten	Episode 2	16–15 (quit)
Jessica[14]	16		Winterthur
Mirjana Reljic[15]	17				14–12
Milica Djordjevic[16]	21
Alexandra Krone[17]	19		Steffisburg
Noemi Rubera[18]	15			Episode 3	11–10
Anastasiya Chernichenko[19]	20
Sabine Staubli[20]	25		Kriens	Episode 4	9–8
Erika Weibel [21]	21		Bern
Ivana Vujcic[22] [23]	20			Episode 5	7–6
Aleksandra Petrovic[24]	17
Tanya Krummenacher[25] [26]	21		Emmenbrücke	Episode 6	5–4
Arina Mironkina[27] [28]	16
Eliane Heutschi[29] [30]	20		Binz	Episode 7	3
Gorana Markovic[31] [32]	18				2
Nathalie Güdel[33] [34]	20		Hünibach		1

Summaries

Call-out order

Nadja's call-out order

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Erika	Ivana	Eliane	Erika	Eliane	Gorana	Gorana	Nathalie
2	Arina	Mirjana	Tanya	Tanya	Aleksandra	Tanya	Nathalie	Gorana
3	Anastasiya	Anastasiya	Anastasiya	Eliane	Tanya	Nathalie	Eliane
4	Rrezearta	Gorana	Ivana	Gorana	Nathalie	Eliane
5	Nathalie	Eliane	Gorana	Arina	Arina	Arina
6	Noemi	Nathalie	Nathalie	Aleksandra	Gorana
7	Mirjana	Tanya	Aleksandra	Nathalie	Ivana
8	Tanya	Noemi	Arina	Ivana
9	Ivana	Arina	Erika	Sabine
10	Aleksandra Alexandra	Erika	Noemi
11		Alexandra
12	Eliane	Milica
13	Jessica	Aleksandra
14	Milica	Jessica Rrezearta
15	Gorana

The contestant quit the competition

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant won the competition

• Jessica and Rrezearta quit the competition at the beginning of episode 2.
• Sabine entered the competition in episode 4 and was eliminated in the same episode.

Photo shoot guide

• Episode 2 photo shoot: "Bikini in snow"
• Episode 3 photo shoot: "Maestrani couple shot" & "Bikini on the beach"
• Episode 4 photo shoot: "tears"
• Episode 5 photo shoot: "Haute Couture"
• Episode 6 photo shoot: "Uncle Ben's"
• Episode 7 photo shoot: "Featuring Marcus Schenkenberg"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nadja Schildknecht. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071103191152/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/schildknecht. 3 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
2. Web site: Yannick Aellen. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071125103810/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/jury/46. 25 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
3. Web site: Mike Karg. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071125103818/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/jury/47. 25 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
4. Web site: Folge 1. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071109130019/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/folgen/1. 9 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
5. Web site: Galerie: Die SUPERMODEL Finalistinnen FAMEonME Casting Portal. Fameonme Casting. 4 August 2016.
6. Web site: Folge 4 - Emotion Pur. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071129202629/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/folgen/4. 29 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
7. Web site: Folge 3 - Ab nach Fernost. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071223075149/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/folgen/3. 23 December 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
8. Web site: Folge 5 - Vive la France. 3+. https://web.archive.org/web/20101122050958/http://3plus.tv/supermodel/1/folgen/5. 22 November 2010. live. 4 August 2016.
9. Web site: Folge 6 - Der letzte Schritt. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071214143206/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/folgen/6. 14 December 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
10. Web site: Finale. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071221114603/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/folgen/7. 21 December 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
11. Web site: 3+: Nathalie aus Hünibach ist "Supermodel". 2016-08-04.
12. Web site: Models. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071109120601/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models. 9 November 2007. dead. 2016-08-04.
13. Web site: Rrezearta. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003151/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/14. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
14. Web site: Jessica. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003156/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/15. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
15. Web site: Mirjana. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003137/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/10. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
16. Web site: Milica. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003218/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/9. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
17. Web site: Alexandra. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003201/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/2. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
18. Web site: Noemi. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003147/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/12. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
19. Web site: Anastasiya. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071109130029/http://3plus.tv/supermodel/models/3. 9 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
20. Web site: Sabine. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20080102141224/http://3plus.tv/supermodel/models/16. 2 January 2008. dead. 4 August 2016.
21. Web site: Erika. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071109130045/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/6. 9 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
22. Web site: Ivana. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003212/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/8. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
23. Web site: 20 Minuten - Ivanas steiler Karrierestart nach "Supermodel"-Show - Basel . www.20min.ch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053211/http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/basel/story/Ivanas-steiler-Karrierestart-nach--Supermodel--Show-12687457 . 2017-12-22.
24. Web site: Aleksandra. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003131/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/1. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
25. Web site: Tanya. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071109114854/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/13. 9 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
26. Web site: Nr. 21 hat ein dunkles Geheimnis in ihrem Koffer: Was macht das Moneygirl an der Sexparty? - Blick . www.blick.ch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222063808/https://www.blick.ch/people-tv/tv/nr-21-hat-ein-dunkles-geheimnis-in-ihrem-koffer-was-macht-das-moneygirl-an-der-sexparty-id47836.html . 2017-12-22.
27. Web site: Arina. 2007-11-09. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071109130034/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/4. 9 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
28. Web site: Schweizer wollen ins Ekel-Camp. 16 January 2008.
29. Web site: Eliane. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071109130039/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/5. 9 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
30. Web site: Entscheidung gefallen – Bernerin ist Gewinnerin der Castingshow: Nathalie aus Hünibach ist "Supermodel". 18 December 2007.
31. Web site: Gorana. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003207/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/7. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
32. Web site: Entscheidung gefallen – Bernerin ist Gewinnerin der Castingshow: Nathalie aus Hünibach ist "Supermodel". 18 December 2007.
33. Web site: Nathalie. 3+ TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003141/http://www.3plus.tv/supermodel/models/11. 10 November 2007. dead. 4 August 2016.
34. Web site: Entscheidung gefallen – Bernerin ist Gewinnerin der Castingshow: Nathalie aus Hünibach ist "Supermodel". 18 December 2007.