The Model Scouts, formerly The Model Agent during its first season in 2009, was an Irish reality documentary on RTÉ Two that followed twelve girls competing for a lucrative modelling contract with IMG.
| The Model Scouts | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | Billy McGrath |
| Developed by | Sideline Productions RTÉ |
| Judges | Fraser Chad Hamilton (Series 1) Erin O'Connor (Series 1) Jeni Rose (Series 2) David Cunningham (Series 2) |
| Theme music composer | Airdate |
| Opening theme | Everytime |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Billy McGrath (Series 1) Katie Giles (Series 1) Una Shinners (Series 2) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ Two |
| Release | 20 April 2009 – 21 December 2010 |
In 2008 the series followed model scout Fiona Ellis on her search for an Irish supermodel. On her way through Ireland, Ellis spotted eight girls in the entire country and chose the last four of the twelve finalists through applications that she received. Each episode saw the elimination of one or more girls. The winner, Carrie-Anne Burton, won a contract with the Independent Models agency and a cover of Image magazine. Supermodel Erin O'Connor, who was also discovered by Ellis at the beginning of her career, advised the girls.[1] Ellis said that, in contrast to America's Next Top Model, her aim was to give an insight in finding new model talent with serious ambitions without "all the drama".[2]
For its second season in 2010, the show was renamed The Model Scouts. Jeni Rose and David Cunningham of IMG Models were the judges.[3][4] The girls were taken to London, Paris, Sydney and New York City. The winner, Tabea Weyrauch, was a 16-year-old girl from Derry.[5] She won a one-year contract with IMG, and became the face of A Wear in Ireland and the United Kingdom. She also appeared on the cover of Life, the magazine section of the Sunday Independent.[6]
Series summary
edit| Cycle | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants | International destinations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 April 2009 | Carrie-Anne Burton | Amber Jean Rowan | Sadhbh Moore, Miriam El-Mahdi, Chloe Loughnan, Lisa Madden, Julia McGovern, Rochelle McIntyre, Jaime O'Connell, Jennifer Foley, Laura Keohane, Sharon Touhey |
12 |  London  New York City |
| 2 | 2 November 2010 | Tabea Weyrauch | Ellen Flanagan | Shannean Gormley & Heather O'Brien, Katie McGinn & Justine Kelly, Lauren Owens & Becky Ali, Sarah Taylor, Jessica Kelly, Lucy Moore, Aishling O'Connell | 12 | London  Paris  Sydney New York City |
Season one
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Contestants
edit(ages stated are at start of contest)[7]
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadhbh Moore | 18 | Kenmare, County Kerry | 1st Eliminated Episode 2 |
| Miriam El-Mahdi | 18 | County Cork | |
| Chloe Loughnan | 16 | Blackrock, Cork City | |
| Lisa Madden | 16 | County Cork | 2nd Eliminated Episode 2 |
| Julia McGovern | 17 | Belfast | |
| Rochelle McIntyre | 16 | Tuam, County Galway | |
| Jaime O'Connell | 18 | Castletroy, County Limerick | Eliminated Episode 3 |
| Jennifer Foley | 18 | County Cork | Eliminated Episode 4 |
| Laura Keohane | 16 | County Cork | Eliminated Episode 5 |
| Sharon Touhey | 18 | Clara, County Offaly | Eliminated in Episode 6 |
| Amber Jean Rowan | 16 | Dublin | Runner-up |
| Carrie-Anne Burton | 17 | Belfast | Winner |
- Lisa Madden eventually became a contestant on the eighth series of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model.[8][9]
Call-out order
edit| Order | Episodes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 1 | Rochelle | Jaime | Lisa | Carrie-Anne | Amber | Sharon | Sharon | Carrie-Anne |
| 2 | Jaime | Julia | Julia | Laura | Laura | Carrie-Anne | Amber | Amber |
| 3 | Chloe | Carrie-Anne | Rochelle | Sharon | Sharon | Amber | Carrie-Anne | |
| 4 | Laura | Sharon | Amber | Amber | Carrie-Anne | Laura | ||
| 5 | Sharon | Jennifer | Carrie-Anne | Jennifer | Jennifer | |||
| 6 | Amber | Sadhbh | Jaime | Jaime | ||||
| 7 | Julia | Laura | Jennifer | |||||
| 8 | Carrie-Anne | Rochelle | Laura | |||||
| 9 | Miriam | Sharon | ||||||
| 10 | Amber | |||||||
| 11 | Lisa | |||||||
| 12 | Chloe | |||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was put through collectively to the next stage
- The contestant was immune from elimination
- The contestant won the competition
- Sadhbh, Miriam, Lisa, and Jennifer entered the competition in episode 2.
Season two
editContestants
edit(ages stated are at start of contest)[10]
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannean Gormley | 16 | Gorey, County Wexford | Eliminated in Episode 2 |
| Heather O'Brien | 19 | Mullagh, County Cavan | |
| Katie McGinn | 17 | Castleblayney, County Monaghan | Eliminated in Episode 3 |
| Justine Kelly | 17 | Achill, County Mayo | |
| Lauren Owens | 16 | Rush, North County Dublin | Eliminated in Episode 4 |
| Becky Ali | 16 | Gorey, County Wexford | |
| Sarah Taylor | 20 | Dromore, County Down | Eliminated in Episode 5 |
| Jessica Kelly | 17 | Darndale, Dublin | Eliminated in Episode 6 |
| Lucy Moore | 16 | Donnybrook, Dublin | Eliminated in Episode 7 |
| Aishling O'Connell | 18 | Castleisland, County Kerry | Eliminated in Episode 8 |
| Ellen Flanagan | 16 | Sandymount, Dublin | Runner-up |
| Tabea Weyrauch | 16 | Derry | Winner |
Call-out order
edit| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tabea | Jessica | Aishling | Ellen | Aishling | Ellen | Ellen | Tabea | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Katie | Ellen | Sarah | Aishling | Tabea | Tabea | Tabea | Ellen | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lauren | Sarah | Ellen | Tabea | Ellen | Aishling | Aishling | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Becky | Becky | Lucy | Jessica | Lucy | Lucy | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Aishling | Aishling | Tabea | Lucy | Jessica | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sarah | Lauren | Jessica | Sarah | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lucy | Lucy | Becky Lauren |
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| 8 | Jessica | Tabea | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ellen | Justine Katie |
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| 10 | Justine | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Heather Shannean |
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| 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
- The contestant was immune from elimination
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- In episode 1, Jenni Rose and David Cunningham scouted the cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Derry, and Belfast to find twelve aspiring models. After creating a shortlist of thirty girls, the list was reduced to twenty-one models who were taken to Dublin for the final cut. At the end of the episode, nine of the models, Shauneen, Emma, Holly, Aoife, Niamh, Rebecca, Aoibhin, Eve, and Zahra, were eliminated. The remaining twelve moved on to the main competition.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "RTÉ Fashion: Blog - Ireland's 'Top model'? I can't wait!". RTÉ.ie.
- ^ "Search for Ireland's next top model".
- ^ The Model Scouts, RTÉ website.
- ^ "IMG Models - The Model Scouts". imgmodels.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014.
- ^ Tabea Weyrauch, RTÉ website
- ^ Tabea is winner of The Model Scouts, RTÉ Ten
- ^ "The 12 beauties battling to be a supermodel".
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Britain's Next Top Model Cycle 8 Opening. YouTube.
- ^ Get The Make-Up: Episode 1 - Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model Cycle 8. YouTube. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021.
- ^ Models, RTÉ website