Britain's Next Top Model
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Host
Dave Berry (2010 Live Final)
Co-hosts
Head Judges:
Lisa Butcher (2005)
Lisa Snowdon (2006-09)
Elle Macpherson (2010-13)
Abbey Clancy (2016-17)
Judges:
Jonathan Phang (2005-07)
Marie Helvin (2005)
Paula Hamilton (2006-07)
Gerry Deveaux (2008)
Huggy Ragnarsson (2008-09)
Louis Mariette (2009)
Grace Woodward (2010-11)
Charley Speed (2010-11)
Julien MacDonald (2010-12)
Whitney Port (2012)
Tyson Beckford (2012-13)
Dannii Minogue (2013)
Paul Sculfor (2016-17)
Hilary Alexander (2016-17)
Nicky Johnston (2016-17)
Cindy Bishop (2017)
Max Rogers (2017)
Guest Judges:
Nicola Roberts (2010)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (2011)
Janice Dickinson (2011)
Tyson Beckford (2011)
Henry Holland (2011)
Ronan & Yvonne Keating (2011)
Broadcast
Thumbs Up Productions for LIVINGtv, 14 September 2005 to 4 October 2010 (69 episodes in 6 series)
as Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model: Thumbs Up Productions for Sky Living, 4 July 2011 to 5 September 2013 (39 episodes in 3 series)
Thumbs Up Productions for Lifetime, 14 January 2016 to 21 December 2017 (30 episodes in 3 series)
Synopsis
British version of a highly successful international format whereby females take on a variety of modelling tasks (which always seem to involve wearing clothes and looking good on photo shoots, strangely enough) and living in a house together whilst getting gradually eliminated by the three resident judges and a bonus guest judge week by week.
This being Britain, the prizes are a little less glamorous than their US counterpart (one year's representation by a Proper Modelling Company, and an exclusive photoshoot with B magazine which must be elitist, aspirational and exciting because we've never heard of it).
It does keep the rather natty "airbrushing the eliminee from the group photo after the credits" thing they do in the original US show, however.
Champions
| 2005 | Lucy Ratcliffe |
| 2006 | Lianna Fowler |
| 2007 | Lauren McAvoy |
| 2008 | Alex Evans |
| 2009 | Mecia Simson |
| 2010 | Tiffany Pisani |
| 2011 | Jade Thompson |
| 2012 | Letitia Herod |
| 2013 | Lauren Lambert |
| 2016 | Chloe Keenan |
| Spring 2017 | Olivia Wardell |
| Autumn 2017 | Ivy Watson |
Trivia
Series 2 runner-up Abbey Clancy would go on to forge a successful modelling and TV career. In fact, she would later be Head Judge on the show itself when Lifetime revived the show.
The final of series 6 was broadcast live, allowing viewers to vote for the winner for the first time.
From series 7, the programme was renamed Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model allowing contestants from Ireland as well as Britain to compete.
Series 11 fifth-placer Simone Murphy would later become a successful DJ.
All 12 series from the UK version were made available on ITVX.
Web links
Sky site from 2012 via archive.org
