The sixth season of ''

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'' aired on German television network

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from 3 March to 12 June 2011. Once again the entire judging panel except for

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was replaced. Q and Kristian Schuller both left the show after one Cycle. Thomas Hayo and fashion designer Thomas Rath joined in. In difference to the last two years, this season featured a preselection without open castings. The first episode started with 50 semifinalists, the fewest since Cycle 1. This was also the first season where an elimination outside the judging panel can happen at any point. The winner of the competition was 20-year-old

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from Recklinghausen. Her prizes include: * A contract with Günther Klum's OneEins GmbH Management. * A cover and spread in the German edition of ''

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''. * An advertising campaign for '' Gillette Venus'' and '' Maybelline New York''. * A cash prize worth €100,000 from ''

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''. * A ''

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'' The international destinations for this season were set in

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, Los Angeles, Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau and Rio de Janeiro.

Contestants

''(ages stated are at start of contest)''

Episode summaries

Summaries

Results table

: The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel : The contestant quit the competition : The contestant was immune from elimination : The contestant was one of the best this week. : The contestant was in danger of elimination : The contestant was eliminated : The contestant won the competition

Photo shoot guide

* Episode 2 photo shoot: Natural and makeup beauty shots * Episode 3 photo shoot: Horror in London underworld * Episode 4 photo shoot: High voltage * Episode 5 photo shoot: Orgy in hotel suite * Episode 6 photo shoot: Bond Girl in helicopter * Episode 7 photo shoot: Cirque du Soleil * Episode 8 photo shoot: Hot fire couple * Episode 10 photo shoot: Dirty dancing * Episode 11 photo shoot: Rococo mother-hipsters * Episode 12 commercial: Shoes commercial * Episode 13 photo shoot: Underwater nymphs * Episode 14 photo shoot: Beauty shots with bees * Episode 15 photo shoot: Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan covers

Controversies

The show hit US-American news when the mansion in Los Angeles in which the final 15 competitors were supposed to live burnt down one day before filming, with firefighter Glenn Allen being killed. A new mansion was found immediately without a significant delay in production.

References

External links

* {{Germany's Next Topmodel Germany's Next Topmodel 2011 German television seasons Television shows filmed in Austria Television shows shot in London Television shows filmed in Los Angeles Television shows filmed in Florida Television shows shot in the Las Vegas Valley Television shows filmed in Brazil Television shows filmed in the Bahamas