Die Model WG (German TV series)

Die Model WG (German for The Model Community) is a German reality television documentary series which claims to follow the life of aspiring models that are living together in one loft, with most of them being former contestants on Germany's Next Topmodel. It is the German adaptation of the 2009 Austrian series of the same title, which itself was based on the 2008 American television series Modelville. The German Die Model WG aired on Pro Sieben from 14 January to 27 February 2010.

Die Model WG
Promotial Photograph of the Cast of
Die Model WG
GenreReality television
Presented byPeyman Amin
Country of originGermany
Original release
NetworkPro Sieben
Release14 January (2010-01-14) –
27 February 2010 (2010-02-27)

GNTM-judge and model agent Peyman Amin is the mentor of the models and responsible for organizing castings and booking for them. Therefore, he equals the role of a model agent during the girls stay in the apartment. Starting with six girls, the show saw several girls voluntary leaving the apartment and therefore the show over the course of the episodes with a new girl moving in as the replacement. The winner of the show was to move to "Model-WG" in New York.[1]

Contestants

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(ages stated are at time of contest)

Name Age Hometown Former Participation, Placement
Anne-Kathrin "Anni" Wendler 22 Schwerin GNTM 2, Runner-Up
Victoria Hooper 17 Vienna AtNTM 1, Runner-Up
Sarina Nowak 17 Gerdau-Bohlsen GNTM 4, 6th
Denise Dahinten 18 Bruchköbel GNTM 2, 10th
Sarah Knappik 23 Bochum GNTM 3, 8th
Tessa Bergmeier 20 Hamburg GNTM 4, 14th
Yvonne Schröder 21 Frankfurt am Main GNTM 1, Runner-Up
Larissa Marolt 17 Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See AtNTM 1, Winner & GNTM 4, 7th

Weekly performances

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Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Anni JOB JOB JOB JOB JOB WIN
Victoria JOB JOB JOB EXIT
Sarina JOB JOB JOB JOB EXIT
Denise JOB JOB JOB EXIT
Sarah JOB JOB EXIT
Tessa JOB JOB EXIT
Yvonne JOB EXIT
Larissa EXIT
  The contestant won the competition
  The contestant was booked for a job
  The contestant was booked for two or more jobs
  The contestant left the competition
  • Episodes 3 and 6 did not have eliminations.
  • In Episode 7, the top 3 was revealed before the winner was announced.

Controversies

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While the show was filmed, a fight between two contestants of the show (Tessa and Sarah) became the subject of several tabloid magazines where one was supposed to have attacked the other one with a pan in front of the cameras. So Tessa had to leave the show in the fifth week. [2]

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