Suomen huippumalli haussa, Cycle 1
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Cycle one of Suomen huippumalli haussa
premiered on Sunday, 6 April 2008 from 20.00 to 21.00 on the Finnish channel Nelonen
. The last episode aired on 8 June 2008. The winner for cycle one, Ani Alitalo, was awarded a €25,000 contract with Paparazzi Model Management, the front cover of Finnish Cosmopolitan
and became a spokesperson for Max Factor
.
The girls move into their new house and meet the judges. Saimi Hoyer gives a catwalk lesson and the girls' first challenge is a Vero Moda spring 2008 show. Tatjana, however, did not participate due to her mother's funeral. The first photo shoot is for the promo photos where the girls wear only a pair of jeans
and shoes, causing insecurity in many of the girls. At judging, Ani and Maria are praised for their physique, while Tatjana and Anu gain praise for their intense eyes: meanwhile, Mariem is criticized for looking bored, Ana for not looking dignified, Daniela for looking lost, and Marje for having an intense gaze but looking a bit too pin-up-ish. In the end, Mariem is sent home due to the judges feeling she was too intimidated by the competition.
The girls had their makeovers: many girls went through radical changes, and not all took them gracefully. Ana, whose hair was lightened from brunette to light brown and cut, felt her hair had been ruined and ended up crying over the change. Meanwhile, Manon complained that her new shorter haircut made her look too butch. After the makeovers, the girls had a makeup challenge to create a casting look in ten minutes. Anu won the challenge and chose Darina and Maria to go shopping with her while the other girls cleaned the house. The girls then had a photoshoot at the Helsinki Opera House
, where they portrayed different dolls amongst the opera house mannequins. Each girl was given only twenty minutes to pose, adding the emphasis on being quick to take on a role.
Several of the girls struggled with the challenge: Maria felt awkward due to her dress being several sizes too large, Darina disliked her outfit and had problems with producing the "doll-like" look in her eyes, and Tatjana became distracted by the stuffed magpie placed on her head. At panel, Manon was praised for her courage in front of the camera despite struggling somewhat, and both Daniela and Mari were applauded for their creativity on set. In the end, the bottom two were Darina for struggling with bringing a strong gaze to her picture, and Armi for failing to produce a photo that would have pleased the judges.
The girls are cheered up by two handsome young personal trainers coming to visit the house. Each girl gets some time with the trainers to talk about nutrition and fitness, and many of the girls are revealed to have rather unhealthy and irregular lifestyles. Another important guest came to dinner later on: long-term Finnish model Leena Sarvi advised the girls on how to behave in demanding company and situations. The challenge for this episode was a photoshoot on a trampoline. Each girl was asked to jump on the trampoline for ten minutes while simultaneously posing for the camera. Despite the difficulty of the task, most of the girls did well, but Marje and Ana were chosen to be the best and won a beauty spa treatment. The photoshoot for the episode was sporty: the girls were asked to pose for a catalogue while seated on a mountain bike suspended in the air on wires. Many girls struggled with the challenge, most of all Ana, whose fear of heights showed clearly in her pictures and caused her to burst into tears after her shoot was over. At judging, Darina and Daniela gained the most positive feedback for their pictures. The bottom two were Mari and Manon, and when Manon added fuel to the fire of the boredom visible in her pictures by saying she didn't want to be a top model even if the occasional photoshoot was fun, she was sent home by the judges much to her own relief.
The girls get creative and make dresses out of garbage bags, aluminum foil and duct tape
while getting advice from judge Saimi Hoyer on editorial poses. British
photographer John Lander shoots for a Cosmopolitan
fashion shoot with the theme of modern art
and the artist's muse
. With the fashion editor, Darina, Ani, Maria are chosen as the best and get to continue with more photographs.
"Glamorous on the red carpet". The girls get a surprise visit and runway walk lesson from special guest judge Miss J. Alexander. Jaana Saarinen
teaches the girls about improvisational acting
. Anne Kukkohovi directs a beauty shoot, shot by fellow judge Sakari Majantie, giving the models a specific characteristic to express. Ofer Amir photographs the girls for a Bonaqua ad campaign.
"Girls on film". The girls do a commercial
for Magnum
ice cream
, directed by Miikka Lommi. After getting their picture portfolios
at Paparazzi Modeling Agency, the girls go to Stockholm
, Sweden
for casting
tests.
"On the tundra in bikinis". The girls fly north to Ylläs
in Lapland where they face numerous challenges dealing with perseverance. The first challenge is a photo shoot in a sauna
on a ski lift
in pairs, showing that each girl can work well with others. Next, is the photo shoot for judging: posing as a Lapland witch in a reindeer
skin bikini
with a husky
. The last challenge is a runway show on the snow wearing Lapland designs. Both Ana’s and Mari’s photos were a disappointment and because of Ana’s complaints about her fears and Mari’s inability to cooperate, both girls are sent home.
"Attractive". The girls get a lesson in pole dancing. Darina wins the challenge and choses Mari to share her prize: mountain bikes from Hobby Hall. The girls are then sent to be in ex-model Kim Herold's
first music video Social Butterfly. Next, the girls are photpgraphed as 50s Hollywood film stars, where the goal is to portray attractiveness.
The top three head to Turkey
where they meet Tommy Kilponen, from Sillä silmällä, the Finnish version of Queer Eye For the Straight Guy. They must go to a local bazaar
to find for the first photo shoot on the beach
. In the second photo shoot, directed by Anne Kukkohovi, the girls portrayed Greek goddesses. The last one was a swimsuit
photo shoot. All photography was shot by Sakari Majantie.
Still in Turkey, Sakari Majantie photographs the two finalists at the hotel pool. The challenge is to show that they can work in an environment with background distractions. Back in Finland, Paparazzi Modelling Agency conducts interviews with the finalists. The final photo shoot with Max Factor helps in determining the winner of the competition.
Suomen huippumalli haussa
Suomen huippumalli haussa is a Finnish television reality show based on America's Next Top Model. The show first aired on Sunday, 6 April 2008 from 20.00 to 21.00 on the Finnish channel Nelonen. The show is produced by FremantleMedia...
premiered on Sunday, 6 April 2008 from 20.00 to 21.00 on the Finnish channel Nelonen
Nelonen
Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on June 1, 1997. Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four. The channel is...
. The last episode aired on 8 June 2008. The winner for cycle one, Ani Alitalo, was awarded a €25,000 contract with Paparazzi Model Management, the front cover of Finnish Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
and became a spokesperson for Max Factor
Max Factor
Max Factor & Company is a cosmetics company, founded during 1909 by Maksymilian Faktorowicz , Max Factor, a Polish-Jewish cosmetician. Max Factor & Company was a related, two-family, multi-generational international cosmetics company before its sale in 1973 for $500 million dollars...
.
Mallikokelaiden Ensiaskeleet (The First Steps Of Models In Training)
original air date 6 April 2008The girls move into their new house and meet the judges. Saimi Hoyer gives a catwalk lesson and the girls' first challenge is a Vero Moda spring 2008 show. Tatjana, however, did not participate due to her mother's funeral. The first photo shoot is for the promo photos where the girls wear only a pair of jeans
Jeans
Jeans are trousers made from denim. Some of the earliest American blue jeans were made by Jacob Davis, Calvin Rogers, and Levi Strauss in 1873. Starting in the 1950s, jeans, originally designed for cowboys, became popular among teenagers. Historic brands include Levi's, Lee, and Wrangler...
and shoes, causing insecurity in many of the girls. At judging, Ani and Maria are praised for their physique, while Tatjana and Anu gain praise for their intense eyes: meanwhile, Mariem is criticized for looking bored, Ana for not looking dignified, Daniela for looking lost, and Marje for having an intense gaze but looking a bit too pin-up-ish. In the end, Mariem is sent home due to the judges feeling she was too intimidated by the competition.
- Challenge: Vero Moda catwalk show
- Challenge winner: none (general challenge)
- Photo shoot: Promo photos
- Bottom two: Daniela & Mariem
- Eliminated: Mariem
Nukkeneidit Vauhdissa (Dolls Get Up To Speed)
original air date 13 April 2008The girls had their makeovers: many girls went through radical changes, and not all took them gracefully. Ana, whose hair was lightened from brunette to light brown and cut, felt her hair had been ruined and ended up crying over the change. Meanwhile, Manon complained that her new shorter haircut made her look too butch. After the makeovers, the girls had a makeup challenge to create a casting look in ten minutes. Anu won the challenge and chose Darina and Maria to go shopping with her while the other girls cleaned the house. The girls then had a photoshoot at the Helsinki Opera House
Finnish National Opera
The Finnish National Opera in Helsinki is the leading opera company in Finland. Its home base is the Opera House on Töölönlahti bay in Töölö which opened in 1993, and is state-owned through Senate Properties...
, where they portrayed different dolls amongst the opera house mannequins. Each girl was given only twenty minutes to pose, adding the emphasis on being quick to take on a role.
- Challenge: Casting make-up
- Challenge winner: Anu (friends: Darina & Maria)
- Photo shoot: Helsinki Opera House dolls
| Model | Doll |
|---|---|
| Ana | Happy |
| Ani | Dead |
| Anu | Evil |
| Armi | Feminine & noble |
| Daniela | Noble |
| Darina | Manly, raunchy & sexy |
| Manon | Dramatic |
| Mari | Wooden |
| Maria | Fragile & refined |
| Marje | Masculine |
| Tatjana | Dramatic |
Several of the girls struggled with the challenge: Maria felt awkward due to her dress being several sizes too large, Darina disliked her outfit and had problems with producing the "doll-like" look in her eyes, and Tatjana became distracted by the stuffed magpie placed on her head. At panel, Manon was praised for her courage in front of the camera despite struggling somewhat, and both Daniela and Mari were applauded for their creativity on set. In the end, the bottom two were Darina for struggling with bringing a strong gaze to her picture, and Armi for failing to produce a photo that would have pleased the judges.
- Bottom two: Armi & Darina
- Eliminated: Armi
Vauhtia Ja Vaarallisia Tilanteita (Speed And Dangerous Situations)
original air date 20 April 2008The girls are cheered up by two handsome young personal trainers coming to visit the house. Each girl gets some time with the trainers to talk about nutrition and fitness, and many of the girls are revealed to have rather unhealthy and irregular lifestyles. Another important guest came to dinner later on: long-term Finnish model Leena Sarvi advised the girls on how to behave in demanding company and situations. The challenge for this episode was a photoshoot on a trampoline. Each girl was asked to jump on the trampoline for ten minutes while simultaneously posing for the camera. Despite the difficulty of the task, most of the girls did well, but Marje and Ana were chosen to be the best and won a beauty spa treatment. The photoshoot for the episode was sporty: the girls were asked to pose for a catalogue while seated on a mountain bike suspended in the air on wires. Many girls struggled with the challenge, most of all Ana, whose fear of heights showed clearly in her pictures and caused her to burst into tears after her shoot was over. At judging, Darina and Daniela gained the most positive feedback for their pictures. The bottom two were Mari and Manon, and when Manon added fuel to the fire of the boredom visible in her pictures by saying she didn't want to be a top model even if the occasional photoshoot was fun, she was sent home by the judges much to her own relief.
- Challenge: Trampoline photo shoot
- Challenge winners: Marje & Ana
- Photo shoot: Hobby Hall catalogue and expressive photos
- Bottom two: Mari & Manon
- Eliminated: Manon
Taidetta Ja Luovuutta (Art And Creativity)
original air date 27 April 2008The girls get creative and make dresses out of garbage bags, aluminum foil and duct tape
Duct tape
Duct tape, or duck tape, is cloth- or scrim-backed pressure sensitive tape often sealed with polyethylene. It is very similar to gaffer tape but differs in that gaffer tape was designed to be cleanly removed, while duct tape was not. It has a standard width of and is generally silver or black...
while getting advice from judge Saimi Hoyer on editorial poses. British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
photographer John Lander shoots for a Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
fashion shoot with the theme of modern art
Modern art
Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of...
and the artist's muse
Muse
The Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature, are the goddesses who inspire the creation of literature and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge, related orally for centuries in the ancient culture, that was contained in poetic lyrics and myths...
. With the fashion editor, Darina, Ani, Maria are chosen as the best and get to continue with more photographs.
- Challenge: None
- Photo shoot: Cosmopolitan editorial fashion shoot
- Bottom two: Daniela & Tatjana
- Eliminated: Daniela
Episode five
original air date 4 May 2008"Glamorous on the red carpet". The girls get a surprise visit and runway walk lesson from special guest judge Miss J. Alexander. Jaana Saarinen
Jaana Saarinen
Jaana E. Saarinen is a Finnish actress. She is famous for the Finnish soap opera Salatut elämät, where she played Maarit Salin from 1999 to 2004 and 2007 to 2008. For 25 years, Saarinen was involved with the Kotka City Theatre from 1981 to 2006. She took part in the very first Thilia Thalia...
teaches the girls about improvisational acting
Improvisation
Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...
. Anne Kukkohovi directs a beauty shoot, shot by fellow judge Sakari Majantie, giving the models a specific characteristic to express. Ofer Amir photographs the girls for a Bonaqua ad campaign.
- Challenge: None
- Photo shoot: Beauty shot & Bonaqua campaign
| Model | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| Ana | Arrogant |
| Ani | Sorrowful |
| Anu | Feminine & sensual |
| Mari | Aggressive |
| Maria | Domineering |
| Marje | Sensitive & poetic |
| Darina | Wild & crazy |
| Tatjana | Flirty |
- Bottom two: Marje & Tatjana
- Eliminated: Tatjana
Episode six
original air date 11 May 2008"Girls on film". The girls do a commercial
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
for Magnum
Magnum (ice cream)
Magnum is an ice cream brand owned by the British/Dutch Unilever company, and sold as part of the Heartbrand line of products in most countries. It was originally made by Frisko in Aarhus, Denmark...
ice cream
Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...
, directed by Miikka Lommi. After getting their picture portfolios
Career portfolio
Career portfolios are used to plan, organize and document education, work samples and skills. People use career portfolios to apply to jobs, apply to college or training programs, get a higher salary, show transferable skills, and to track personal development. They are more in-depth than a resume,...
at Paparazzi Modeling Agency, the girls go to Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
for casting
Casting (performing arts)
In the performing arts, casting is a pre-production process for selecting a cast of actors, dancers, singers, models and other talent for a live or recorded performance.-Casting process:...
tests.
- Photo shoot: None
- Commercial shoot: Magnum
- Bottom two: Mari & Marje
- Eliminated: Marje
Episode seven
original air date 18 May 2008"On the tundra in bikinis". The girls fly north to Ylläs
Ylläs
Ylläs, or Yllästunturi in Finnish, is a high fell in the municipality of Kolari in Lapland Province of Finland. There are two villages near Ylläs: Äkäslompolo on the north side and Ylläsjärvi in the south. They are connected by a 11 km road, around the side of the fell...
in Lapland where they face numerous challenges dealing with perseverance. The first challenge is a photo shoot in a sauna
Sauna
A sauna is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities....
on a ski lift
Ski lift
The term ski lift generally refers to any transport device that carries skiers up a hill. A ski lift may fall into one of the following three main classes:-Lift systems and networks:...
in pairs, showing that each girl can work well with others. Next, is the photo shoot for judging: posing as a Lapland witch in a reindeer
Reindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
skin bikini
Bikini
The bikini is typically a women's two-piece swimsuit. One part of the attire covers the breasts and the other part covers the crotch and part of or the entire buttocks, leaving an uncovered area between the two. Merriam–Webster describes the bikini as "a woman's scanty two-piece bathing suit" or "a...
with a husky
Husky
Husky is a general name for a type of dog originally used to pull sleds in northern regions, differentiated from other sled dog types by their fast hard pulling style...
. The last challenge is a runway show on the snow wearing Lapland designs. Both Ana’s and Mari’s photos were a disappointment and because of Ana’s complaints about her fears and Mari’s inability to cooperate, both girls are sent home.
- Challenge: Cooperation in a sauna on a ski lift
- Challenge winner: Ani & Darina
- Photo shoot: Lapland witches
- Bottom two: Ana & Mari
- Eliminated: Ana & Mari
Episode eight
original air date 25 May 2008"Attractive". The girls get a lesson in pole dancing. Darina wins the challenge and choses Mari to share her prize: mountain bikes from Hobby Hall. The girls are then sent to be in ex-model Kim Herold's
Kim Herold
Kim Herold is a Finnish model and singer-songwriter. He has been the lead singer of Finnish band Humane since 2004. He started solo career in 2008...
first music video Social Butterfly. Next, the girls are photpgraphed as 50s Hollywood film stars, where the goal is to portray attractiveness.
- Challenge: Pole dancing
- Challenge winners: Darina (friend: Maria)
- Photo shoot: Black and white film noirFilm noirFilm noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...
photos - Bottom two: Anu & Darina
- Eliminated: Anu
Episode nine
original air date 1 June 2008The top three head to Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
where they meet Tommy Kilponen, from Sillä silmällä, the Finnish version of Queer Eye For the Straight Guy. They must go to a local bazaar
Bazaar
A bazaar , Cypriot Greek: pantopoula) is a permanent merchandising area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of merchants, bankers and craftsmen" who work that area...
to find for the first photo shoot on the beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
. In the second photo shoot, directed by Anne Kukkohovi, the girls portrayed Greek goddesses. The last one was a swimsuit
Swimsuit
A swimsuit, bathing suit, or swimming costume is an item of clothing designed to be worn by men, women or children while they are engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, water polo, diving, surfing, water skiing, or during activities in the sun, such as sun bathing.A...
photo shoot. All photography was shot by Sakari Majantie.
| Model | Goddess |
|---|---|
| Ani | Athena Athena In Greek mythology, Athena, Athenê, or Athene , also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene , is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. Minerva, Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is... |
| Darina | Hera Hera Hera was the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of Greek mythology and religion. Her chief function was as the goddess of women and marriage. Her counterpart in the religion of ancient Rome was Juno. The cow and the peacock were sacred to her... |
| Maria | Aphrodite Aphrodite Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia.... |
- Photo shoot: Beach and body control, Greek Goddesses, swimsuit photos
- Bottom two: Ani & Maria
- Eliminated: Maria
Episode ten
original air date 8 June 2008Still in Turkey, Sakari Majantie photographs the two finalists at the hotel pool. The challenge is to show that they can work in an environment with background distractions. Back in Finland, Paparazzi Modelling Agency conducts interviews with the finalists. The final photo shoot with Max Factor helps in determining the winner of the competition.
- Photo shoot: Poolside photos and Max Factor
- Runner up: Darina
- Winner: Ani
Call Out Order
| Order | |Episodes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 1 | Tatjana | Mari | Marje | Darina | Ani | Ani | Darina | Maria | Darina | Ani | |
| 2 | Darina | Maria | Ani | Ana | Mari | Anu | Anu | Ani | Ani | Darina | |
| 3 | Ana | Marje | Maria | Maria | Anu | Ana | Maria | Darina | Maria | ||
| 4 | Armi | Tatjana | Daniela | Anu | Ana | Maria | Ani | Anu | |||
| 5 | Ani | Ana | Tatjana | Ani | Darina | Darina | Ana | ||||
| 6 | Mari | Anu | Ana | Marje | Maria | Mari | Mari | ||||
| 7 | Marje | Manon | Darina | Mari | Marje | Marje | |||||
| 8 | Manon | Daniela | Anu | Tatjana | Tatjana | ||||||
| 9 | Anu | Ani | Mari | Daniela | |||||||
| 10 | Maria | Darina | Manon | ||||||||
| 11 | Daniela | Armi | |||||||||
| 12 | Mariem | ||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the reward challenge
- The contestant won the competition
See also
- MallikouluMallikouluMallikoulu was a Finnish television reality show. The first season aired in 2005 in the channel MTV3. However, it wasn't made from the format of America's Next Top Model but from a new one. The show was promoted as a Finnish format. There were still several similarities to the famous American TV...
, a Finnish reality show, which aired in 2005 and 2006.
External links
- Nelonen homepage (in Finnish)
- Nelonen homepage (in English)
- Suomen huippumalli haussa homepage