Brazil's Next Top Model

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show_name = Brazil's Next Top Model


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caption = Logo in the opening credits
format = Reality television
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runtime = 60 minutes with commercials
creator = Tyra Banks
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judges = Fernanda Motta (1-present)
Erika Palomino (1-present)
Carlos Pazetto (1-present)
Dudu Bertholini (2)
Duda Molinos (2)
Namie Wihby (1-present)
Alexandre Herchcovitch (1)
Paulo Borges (1)
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country = BRA
network = Sony Entertainment Television
first_aired = October 3 , 2007
last_aired = Present
num_episodes = 24
website = http://www.canalsony.com.br/brntm
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"Brazil's Next Top Model", sometimes abbreviated as BrNTM, is a Brazilian reality show, based on the United States original America's Next Top Model and produced by the Brazilian branch of the Latin American cable channel Sony Entertainment Television, in association with producer "Moonshot Pictures". The show features a group of young female contestants who live together in a house for several weeks while taking part in various challenges, photo shoots and meetings with members of the modeling industry. Usually, one girl is eliminated each week until the final contestant remaining is declared "Brazil's Next Top Model" and wins a modelling contract along with other associated prizes.

History

In early 2007, the Brazilian branch of the TV series-oriented cable channel, Sony Entertainment Television, decided to set in motion the project to create a Brazilian variation of the TV show created by Tyra Banks in the United States. The idea was to follow the model developed in the U.S. in terms of the contest itself and the prize to be offered to the winner, although it was decided that the general approach to the candidates would involve "less cruelty" in comparison to the example set by Tyra Banks in the United States.

One of the production decisions leading up to the show that caught the most media attention was the selection of the Brazilian model who would play the role belonging to Tyra Banks in the original. The channel's first choice was Brazil's current number one model, Gisele Bündchen; supermodel Fernanda Motta was then eventually chosen for the position. In order to accept the job, Motta, who lives in New York City, reportedly cancelled most of her agenda so that she could stay in the country for 2 months straight.

Enrollment for the show took place during the month of July 2007, from the 1st of July to the 31st, and shooting for the inaugural season began on August 19, and it premiered on October 3. The season is scheduled to wrap, with the selection of the winner, on December 20.

More three cycles of the show was already confirmed, and the second cycle started airing in Setember, 2008.

The Challenge

The challenge usually focuses on an element important to modeling which will help the girls to improve theirs week's photoshoot. A guest judge, who is unique to each episode, evaluates the contestants and decides the winner of the challenge, who receives a prize for her victory. Sometimes the winner is permitted to choose a certain number of other contestants to receive a similar, but lesser, reward, while the others are given nothing.

Judging and Elimination

Based upon the girls' performance in the week's challenge, photoshoot, and general attitude, the judges deliberate and decide which girl must leave the competition. Once the judges have made their decision, the girls are called back into the room. The host, Fernanda, calls out the names of the girls who performed well in the challenge and photoshoot, giving them a copy of their best photo from the shoot. The last two girls, whose names have not been called, are given criticism about why they were in the bottom two, and one is eliminated. The person who is eliminated does not receive a photo.

Cycle Summary

External links

*pt icon [http://www.canalsony.com.br/brntm Official website]