Hrvatski top model
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Hrvatski Top Model is a reality
documentary
based on Tyra Banks
' America's Next Top Model
and is aired on RTL
. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win title of the new Croatian Top Model as well as a modelling
contract
with an agency in hopes of a promising career start in the modeling industry.
Croatian top-model Tatjana Jurić equals the role of Tyra Banks
in the original series as the head of the search as well as a mentor for the 16 girls that have been chosen to live in a house together in Zagreb.
Together with the panel of judges which includes Borut Mihalić, Boris Bašić, Damir Hoyka and Boris Cavlina Jurić judges on the girls each week where usually one, but often two girls were eliminated until only 3 girls were left.
Croatian Fashion Designer Marco Grubnic also had several appearances on the first Cycle to introduce the girls to the fashion industry and give them constructive criticism.
After 14 weeks, Sabina Behlić was named the winner of the first Cycle beating Valentina Dropulić and Marina Jerković in the final.
The show will return with a second Cycle in autumn 2010 with Vanja Rupena
replacing Jurić.
with having a runway walk in front of the judges, each contestant facing her verdict individually without any particular order, letting its contestants travel to more than one international destination in one cycle and having a pre-recorded final show held in a TV studio where the ranking order between the final 3 contestants gets decided and every finalist is involved in a final runway.
Reality television
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documentary
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based on Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...
' 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....
and is aired on RTL
RTL Televizija
RTL Televizija is a Croatian commercial broadcaster with national availability that has been broadcasting since April 30, 2004.RTL Televizija is 74% owned by the RTL Group....
. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win title of the new Croatian Top Model as well as a modelling
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
contract
Contract
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with an agency in hopes of a promising career start in the modeling industry.
Croatian top-model Tatjana Jurić equals the role of Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...
in the original series as the head of the search as well as a mentor for the 16 girls that have been chosen to live in a house together in Zagreb.
Together with the panel of judges which includes Borut Mihalić, Boris Bašić, Damir Hoyka and Boris Cavlina Jurić judges on the girls each week where usually one, but often two girls were eliminated until only 3 girls were left.
Croatian Fashion Designer Marco Grubnic also had several appearances on the first Cycle to introduce the girls to the fashion industry and give them constructive criticism.
After 14 weeks, Sabina Behlić was named the winner of the first Cycle beating Valentina Dropulić and Marina Jerković in the final.
The show will return with a second Cycle in autumn 2010 with Vanja Rupena
Vanja Rupena
Vanja Rupena is a Croatian model. She won the 1996 Miss Croatia beauty pageant and represented Croatia in the Miss World 1996 pageant in Bangalore, India....
replacing Jurić.
Differences between ANTM and Hrvatski Top Model
In its looks, tasks, editing and elimination process Hrvatski Top Model is much more similar to Germany's Next Topmodel rather than ANTMAmerica'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....
with having a runway walk in front of the judges, each contestant facing her verdict individually without any particular order, letting its contestants travel to more than one international destination in one cycle and having a pre-recorded final show held in a TV studio where the ranking order between the final 3 contestants gets decided and every finalist is involved in a final runway.
Cycles
| Cycle | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants | International Destinations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Hrvatski Top Model, Cycle 1 Hrvatski Top Model Cycle 1 was the first Cycle of a reality documentary based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model which pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win title of the new Croatian Top Model as well as a modelling contract with an agency... |
March 8, 2008 | Sabina Behlić Sabina Behlić Sabina Behlić is a Croatian model. She won the first edition of Hrvatski Top Model beating Valentina Dropulić and Marina Jerković in the final.In August 2008, she decieded to quit with the modelling outside of Croatia.-References:... |
Valentina Dropulić | Marija Šegota (quit), Alin Horvat, Maja Majurec, Dea Frua, Neda Janus (quit), Monika Perić, Martina Bukovec, Nikolina Rešček, Julija Borovina, Kristina Šakić, Andrea Akmadžić, Marija Andrijašević, Tea Vukman, Marina Jerković | 16 |  Early Modern France Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...  Italy 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 ,...  Austria Innsbruck Innsbruck - Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus... / Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...  Germany Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
| 2 Hrvatski Top Model, Cycle 2 Hrvatski Top Model Cycle 2 is the second Cycle of the reality documentary based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model. After an absence of more than two years the show returned in October 2010 with a completely new channel and Vanja Rupena as the new host... |
October 3, 2010 | Rafaela Franić Rafaela Franić Rafaela Franić is a Croatian model. She won the second edition of Hrvatski Top Model beating Nikolina Jurković and Andrea Katkić in the final. Rafaela will receive a contract with Talia Models, Women model management in Milan as well as a cover and spread in the Croatian issue of Elle... |
Nikolina Jurković | Ana Aračić, Monika Horvat, Deni Žižić, Kristina Petričević, Iva Pajković, Anita Vulin, Mada Peršić, Ela Arapović, Anđela Melvan, Andrea Katkić | 12 | Italy 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 ,... Germany Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... / Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre.... |