| Genre: | Reality television |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Creator: | Billy McGrath |
| Developer: | Sideline Productions RTÉ |
| Executive Producer: | Billy McGrath (Series 1) Katie Giles (Series 1) Una Shinners (Series 2) |
| Judges: | Fraser Chad Hamilton (Series 1) Erin O'Connor (Series 1) Jeni Rose (Series 2) David Cunningham (Series 2) |
| Theme Music Composer: | Airdate |
| Opentheme: | Everytime |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Network: | RTÉ Two |
| Num Episodes: | 14 |
The Model Scouts, formerly The Model Agent during its first season in 2009, was an Irish reality documentary on RTÉ Two that followed twelve girls competing for a lucrative modelling contract with IMG.
In 2008 the series followed model scout Fiona Ellis on her search for an Irish supermodel. On her way through Ireland, Ellis spotted eight girls in the entire country and chose the last four of the twelve finalists through applications that she received. Each episode saw the elimination of one or more girls. The winner, Carrie-Anne Burton, won a contract with the Independent Models agency and a cover of Image magazine. Supermodel Erin O'Connor, who was also discovered by Ellis at the beginning of her career, advised the girls.[1] Ellis said that, in contrast to America's Next Top Model, her aim was to give an insight in finding new model talent with serious ambitions without "all the drama".[2]
For its second season in 2010, the show was renamed The Model Scouts. Jeni Rose and David Cunningham of IMG Models were the judges.[3] [4] The girls were taken to London, Paris, Sydney and New York City. The winner, Tabea Weyrauch, was a 16-year-old girl from Derry.[5] She won a one-year contract with IMG, and became the face of A Wear in Ireland and the United Kingdom. She also appeared on the cover of Life, the magazine section of the Sunday Independent.[6]
| Cycle | Premiere date | width=14% | Winner | width=14% | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants | International destinations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 April 2009 | Sadhbh Moore, Miriam El-Mahdi, Chloe Loughnan, Lisa Madden, Julia McGovern, Rochelle McIntyre, Jaime O'Connell, Jennifer Foley, Laura Keohane, Sharon Touhey | 12 |  London  | ||||
| 2 | 2 November 2010 | Tabea Weyrauch | Ellen Flanagan | Shannean Gormley & Heather O'Brien, Katie McGinn & Justine Kelly, Lauren Owens & Becky Ali, Sarah Taylor, Jessica Kelly, Lucy Moore, Aishling O'Connell | 12 | London  Paris  Sydney |
(ages stated are at start of contest)[7]
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadhbh Moore | 18 | Kenmare, County Kerry | 1st Eliminated Episode 2 | |
| Miriam El-Mahdi | 18 | County Cork | ||
| Chloe Loughnan | 16 | Blackrock, Cork City | ||
| Lisa Madden | 16 | County Cork | 2nd Eliminated Episode 2 | |
| Julia McGovern | 17 | Belfast | ||
| Rochelle McIntyre | 16 | Tuam, County Galway | ||
| Jaime O'Connell | 18 | Castletroy, County Limerick | Eliminated Episode 3 | |
| Jennifer Foley | 18 | County Cork | Eliminated Episode 4 | |
| Laura Keohane | 16 | County Cork | Eliminated Episode 5 | |
| Sharon Touhey | 18 | Clara, County Offaly | Eliminated in Episode 6 | |
| Amber Jean Rowan | 16 | Dublin | Runner-up | |
| Carrie-Anne Burton | 17 | Belfast | Winner |
| Order | Episodes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 1 | Rochelle | Jaime | Lisa | Amber | Sharon | Sharon | ||
| 2 | Jaime | Julia | Julia | Laura | Laura | Amber | Amber | |
| 3 | Chloe | Rochelle | Sharon | Sharon | Amber | |||
| 4 | Laura | Sharon | Amber | Amber | Laura | |||
| 5 | Sharon | Jennifer | Jennifer | Jennifer | ||||
| 6 | Amber | Sadhbh | Jaime | Jaime | ||||
| 7 | Julia | Laura | Jennifer | |||||
| 8 | Rochelle | Laura | ||||||
| 9 | Miriam | Sharon | ||||||
| 10 | Amber | |||||||
| 11 | Lisa | |||||||
| 12 | Chloe | |||||||
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(ages stated are at start of contest)[10]
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannean Gormley | 16 | Eliminated in Episode 2 | ||
| Heather O'Brien | 19 | Mullagh, County Cavan | ||
| Katie McGinn | 17 | Castleblayney, County Monaghan | Eliminated in Episode 3 | |
| Justine Kelly | 17 | Achill, County Mayo | ||
| Lauren Owens | 16 | Rush, North County Dublin | Eliminated in Episode 4 | |
| Becky Ali | 16 | Gorey, County Wexford | ||
| Sarah Taylor | 20 | Dromore, County Down | Eliminated in Episode 5 | |
| Jessica Kelly | 17 | Darndale, Dublin | Eliminated in Episode 6 | |
| Lucy Moore | 16 | Donnybrook, Dublin | Eliminated in Episode 7 | |
| Aishling O'Connell | 18 | Eliminated in Episode 8 | ||
| Ellen Flanagan | 16 | Sandymount, Dublin | Runner-up | |
| Tabea Weyrauch | 16 | Winner |
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tabea | Jessica | Aishling | Ellen | Aishling | Ellen | Ellen | Tabea | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Katie | Ellen | Sarah | Aishling | Tabea | Tabea | Tabea | Ellen | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lauren | Sarah | Ellen | Tabea | Ellen | Aishling | Aishling | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Becky | Becky | Lucy | Jessica | Lucy | Lucy | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Aishling | Aishling | Tabea | Lucy | Jessica | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sarah | Lauren | Jessica | Sarah | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lucy | Lucy | Becky Lauren | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Jessica | Tabea | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ellen | Justine Katie | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Justine | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Heather Shannean | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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