Die Model WG (German for ''The Model Community'') is a German
reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early ...
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
''Germany's Next Topmodel'' (often abbreviated as ''GNTM'') is a German reality television series, based on a concept introduced by Tyra Banks with ''America's Next Top Model''. The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum who also serves as the lea ...
''. 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
''Modelville'' was a spin-off reality series from ''America's Next Top Model'' which aired within ''The Tyra Banks Show''. It featured five former contestants of ''America's Next Top Model'' who competed for a $50,000 spokesperson contract with C ...
''. The German ''Die Model WG'' aired on
Pro Sieben from 14 January to 27 February 2010.
GNTM-judge and
model agent
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The top agencies work with bi ...
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.
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
Weekly performances
: 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
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.
Tessa Bergmeier und Sarah Knappik – Pfannenschlacht bei den Flopmodels
References
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2010 German television series debuts
2010 German television series endings
German-language television shows
Germany's Next Topmodel
German reality television series
ProSieben original programming