France's Next Top Model is a reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

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based upon America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....

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The first cycle ended with Alizée Sorel as the winner of the competition, while the second cycle (which was was held in 2007) saw victory for seventeen year old Karen Pillet from Maintenon

Maintenon

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France

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The challenge

The challenge usually focuses on an element important to modeling. 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. The winner is then permitted to allow 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 contestants' 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 contestants are called back into the room. The host calls out the names of the contestants who performed well in the challenge and photoshoot, giving them a copy of their best photo from the shoot. The two contestants which are in last place, whose names have not been called, are said to be in the "bottom two". Both girls are given constructive criticism, and one is eliminated. The person who is eliminated does not receive a photo.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	Destination(s)
1 France's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 -Episode 1: The Girl Who Struts Her Stuff:Thousands of girls showed up to take part in Top Model 2005. There are two essential criteria: to be 16 years of age or older and to be at least tall. The girls pass by those in charge of casting, one after the other.Only 50 of the young women move on;...	July 14, 2005	Alizée Sorel	Emmanuelle Montaud	Alexandra, Audrey Ténart, Blyvy, Nausicaa Rampony, Maude, Marie Nedjar, Lucie Doublet, Binti Bangoura, Marlene Rabinel, Karen	12	Nice Nice Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
2 France's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 Top Model 2007 was the second Cycle of the French reality documentary based on Tyra Banks America's Next Top Model.Due to the success of the Cycles predecessor Top Model 2005 the show was extended from a weekly shown schedule to daily episodes...	October 29, 2007	Karen Pillet	Charlie Gaffarel	Anne-Sophie Akker (quit), Anna Jacobe (quit), Alice Cournille, Cynthia Lancien, Stéphanie, Lea Peyruse-Boroffka, Anais Monory, Alina Herzegova, Julie Ricci, Laura Milazzo, Célia Nicolas, Agnès Bouréalis	14	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...   Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...   Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

External links

• Top Model 2005 M6 Official Site (defunct)
• Top Model 2007 M6 Official Site (defunct)