Germany's Next Topmodel: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

"Germany's Next Topmodel" is a German reality television show. The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum, who also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show. Each yearly search of Germany's Next Topmodel has 10 to 17 episodes and starts with 12-25 contestants. Each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though a double/triple elimination or no elimination was given by consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the competition (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals).

Series details

• Title: Germany's Next Topmodel
• Format: Reality
• Language: German
• Premiere date: 2006-01-25
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ProSieben
• Network country: Germany
• Typical episode runtime: 121 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 15658
• IMDb ID: tt0764947
• TVDB ID: 79491

Cast and credited roles

• Heidi Klum — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-01-25; final listed air date 2006-03-29.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-03-01; final listed air date 2007-05-31.
• Season 3: premiered 2008-02-28; final listed air date 2008-06-12.
• Season 4: premiered 2009-02-12; final listed air date 2009-05-28.
• Season 5: premiered 2010-03-04; final listed air date 2010-06-17.
• Season 6: premiered 2011-03-03; final listed air date 2011-06-16.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-02-23; final listed air date 2012-06-14.
• Season 8: premiered 2013-02-28; final listed air date 2013-06-06.
• Season 9: premiered 2014-02-06; final listed air date 2014-05-15.
• Season 10: premiered 2015-02-12; final listed air date 2015-05-28.
• Season 11: premiered 2016-02-04; final listed air date 2016-05-12.
• Season 12: premiered 2017-02-09; final listed air date 2017-05-25.
• Season 13: premiered 2018-02-08; final listed air date 2018-05-24.
• Season 14: premiered 2019-02-07; final listed air date 2019-05-23.
• Season 15: premiered 2020-01-30; final listed air date 2020-05-27.
• Season 16: premiered 2021-02-04; final listed air date 2021-05-27.
• Season 17: premiered 2022-02-03; final listed air date 2022-05-26; episode order: 17.
• Season 18: premiered 2023-02-16; final listed air date 2023-06-15; episode order: 18.
• Season 19: premiered 2024-02-15; final listed air date 2024-06-13; episode order: 19.
• Season 20: premiered 2025-02-13; final listed air date 2025-06-19; episode order: 25.
• Season 21: premiered 2026-02-11; final listed air date 2026-05-28.

Source and licence

Adapted from Germany's Next Topmodel on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.