Malta's Top Model

Malta's Top Model

Cycle 1 cast
Genre Reality television
Presented by Claire Amato
Judges Claire Amato
Alan J. Darmanin
Jeff Francalanza
Country of origin Malta
No. of episodes 12
Release
Original network Favourite Channel
Original release September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29) - December 15, 2009 (2009-12-15)
External links
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Malta's Top Model was a Maltese reality television show. It aired on Favourite Channel[1] from September to December 2009. The show saw a number of aspiring models compete to win title of Malta's Top Model as well as a modeling contract with Stand Out Model Management in London and the front cover of a local magazine in hopes of a successful career in the modeling industry.

The competition was host by Claire Amato, who also served as the head judge. The other members of the judging panel were casting director Alan J. Darmanin and challenge organizer Jeff Francalanza.

The competition began with a group of twenty contestants, which was whittled down to fourteen in the preliminary round of the competition. Among the fourteen finalists was Miss Earth Malta 2008 Maria Elena Galea, who withdrew from the competition immediately after the final selection. The final thirteen lived together and competed in a variety of challenges and photo shoots, and each week one contestant was eliminated. In addition, viewers could vote for their favorite girls each week per SMS.

Among the contestants was trans woman Denise Dalton. The winner of the competition was 17-year-old Audrienne Debono.

Series summary

Season Premiere date Winner Runner-up Other contestants in order of elimination Number of contestants
1 September 29, 2009 Audrienne Debono[2][3] Sanaa Rizgalla Maria Elena Galea (quit), Roweida Lazumi, Wilhelmina Farrugia, Joanne Cutajar, Adriana Azzopardi,[4] Allison Attard, Alexia Fenech, Denise Dalton, Christine Mifsud,[5][6] Charlene Buttigieg,[7] Thays Araujo Buhagiar, Zerry Zerafa 14

Episode summaries

Episode 1

Original airdate: 29 September 2009

Maria drops out of the program. From the auditions, 14 finalists were chosen instead of 13. This was a surprise for the 20 semi-finalists. In fact, the three judges during the auditions, Claire, Demaris and Alan J, saw a lot of potential in the girls and decided to allow 14 into the program. But soon after, Maria dropped out of the program due to some personal reasons. Now the girls are back to 13.

Episode 2

Original airdate: 6 October 2009

Clothes reflect fashion, which is the main issue in Malta's Top Model. The first challenge, which took place in Kenvelo Fashion Outlet, was a 'style yourself' game. Altogether the models had ten minutes to dress up in any outfit from the shop and were judged by Jeff. The winner was Thays who was awarded with fifteen extra shots for the photo shoot. She chose Alexia and Audrienne to benefit with her in these extra shots.

The first photo shoot, photographed by Bernard Polidano, took place in the Ivory&Co. textile outlet. The models had to pose as mannequins and were styled by Josef Gauci.

For personal reasons, Sanaa was absent from the first elimination ceremony. The girl called first, who had the best photo of the week, was Joanne. The judging panel for this week, formed by Claire, Alan J, Jeff and guest judges Lorna and Bernard did not see as much potential in her as in the other twelve models. First eliminated out of the program was half Libyan, half Maltese model Roweida.

Episode 3

Original airdate: 13 October 2009

Charlene was disqualified from the first challenge. She came one hour late and thus she could not compete for the 15 extra photo shots. She defended herself saying that she has got a very busy life but still the judges were not satisfied with her explanation and was disqualified from the challenge. The contestants were divided in 6 groups and each group was given a different music genre:

Contestants Music genre
Adriana & Wilhelmina Country
Alexia & Sanaa R&B
Allison & Denise Pop
Audrienne & Charlene Heavy metal
Christine & Thays Soul
Joanne & Zerry Rock

Each group had to dress up themselves in the most proper way to reflect these music types that they were associated with. The winner was Charlene. She was awarded with fifteen extra shots. She also had to choose another girl that got 10 extra shots and Charlene chose Audrienne.

Wilhelmina was eliminated at panel. This week's judges, Claire, Jeff, Alan J and guest judges Rene and Charles, were disappointed with Wilhelmina's performance throughout the photo shoot and with her final photo. They also wanted to see more personality, as models have to have an outstanding personality especially when travelling for jobs abroad. Wilhelmina lost over Christine as the latter was in the bottom two of this week but the judges saw more model potential in Christine.

Episode 4

Original airdate: 20 October 2009

A model's punctuality is extremely important. This point raised a debated argument between Jeff, Charlene, Allison and Sanaa. For both the photo shoot and for the judging, Charlene arrived late again. She had already been disqualified from one challenge for being really late. Jeff's voice was raised during the discussion as his temper reached its peak. He couldn't stand anymore the fact that Charlene was always late. He tried to make her realize that time costs money in the fashion industry. Jeff told Charlene that he wanted her to learn something from this experience and that if he didn't even care about her he would not have started this argument in the first place.

Meanwhile, Charlene accused Allison for lying to her. Charlene said that when she had realized that she was going to be late, she phoned Allison to ask her if the judging had already started or not. Charlene said that Allison told her to take it easy as she was not late. But in fact everyone was waiting for Charlene in order for the judging to start. Later Charlene also accused Sanaa for not being present for the first judging. Sanaa had not been present for very serious personal reasons. During the debate, Charlene announced that she was going to quit the program but later on, when everyone had calmed down she changed her mind and continued in this competition.

Joanne, the blue eyed beauty was eliminated. The model went downhill from the first week where she was called first as she had the best photo of the week. Last week in the music themed photo shoot she gave blank expressions as happened also this week where it was a more close up beauty shot. This showed the judges that Joanne was one dimensional thus lacked in giving various expressions in different photo shoot. Forming the bottom two was Adriana but was saved by the judges.

Episode 5

Original airdate: 27 October 2009

Time for Make-overs: The day that all models feared of finally arrived. A professional model should be ready for any make-over that they can do to her in the fashion industry. Jeff, Charles, Claire and Alan J greeted the models as they walked into Avantgarde Unisex Salon. They explained to each model the new hairstyles that they were going to be given. The most drastic changes were those done to Allison and Audrienne. Allison's long black hair was turned into a stylish bob whilst Audrienne was turned into a blonde. All of the models were given a more edgy look to work with in their photo shoot.

Adriana disappointed the judges again. Fourth one out is Adriana. Claire, Jeff, Alan J. and guest judges Rene and Irina Munz, an international professional stylist, were disappointed that although Adriana had the figure and height of a model, she did not use them to the utmost and lacked in giving a striking photo for the third week in a row. Ending in bottom two with her was Charlene who disappointed the photographer during her photo shoot by saying a lot of times that she didn't know what poses she could possibly do in the water thus not giving a very good photo.

Episode 6

Original airdate: 3 November 2009

Before starting the photo shoot, Alan J. had to announce who the challenge winner for the best make-over was. The winner was supposed to be Allison as she accepted her make-over immediately and did not complain but her win was taken away from her as the production team caught her in a lie. For the make-over day she had told them that she couldn't make it on that day so the day was changed but it was all a lie. Instead Audrienne was named as the new challenge winner and was awarded with extra photo shots.

The girls were given a surprise by Claire. They were all dining out at Hardrock Cafe in Valletta Waterfront and Claire surprised them by joining them for a chat. She asked them various questions as to how they felt that they were doing in the competition and the photo shoots. Some admitted that they were finding the competition much harder than they expected and some admitted that they were beginning to feel much more confident in front of the photo camera. Claire gave them some useful tips to use them in challenges, photo shoots and judging in order to do better in the competition.

This week's photo shoot was somewhat different. The 9 remaining contestants were taken to a playground where they had to depict childhood with their facial expressions and poses. They had to climb slides, swings and ladders to give their utmost in depicting happy young children. The photo shoot was shot by Rene Rossignaud. The contestants were dressed in very bright and colorful clothes from RockaBilly, Mosta. Best photo of the week was Zerry's where she was really great in giving different types of poses by also hanging upside down from some steel rings.

Bottom two this week were Allison and Alexia. Allison had survived the first elimination when she was bottom two with Roweida whilst Alexia was in bottom two for the first time after she lacked in giving a good shot for the second week in a row. The judges decision was to eliminate Allison as they saw more model potential in Alexia between the two of them. During the previous judging, the judges had pointed out to Allison that she had to gain more height in the way she posed in photos and not make herself look shorter but she did not take note of this and again this week she gave a hunched pose, ignoring the judge's tips. Now 8 girls remain in the competition.

Episode 7

Original airdate: 10 November 2009

This week the photo shoot and challenge were combined together. The photo shoot took the remaining 8 finalists in different rooms of an apartment were each girl was given a different location. They had to give their best poses not only for the photos but also for the challenge as together with the photo shoot they had the posing challenge. The girls were judged by Jeff as to how they were posing in front of the photographer and his camera. The winner was then announced during the judging panel. The best two were Denise and Thays but Jeff chose Thays as the winner who was awarded with a voucher from New Generation clothing.

Unfortunately, Alexia did not manage to impress the judges for the third time in a row. Last week she was in bottom two with Allison but she was saved. This time she gave the same looks all over again. Alexia got to bottom to with Zerry but Zerry's photos from the beginning of the program were stronger thus she managed not to be eliminated. Alexia disappointment was that she felt that she had worked harder this week but still she did not manage to do better than the remaining 7 contestants.

Toughest judging till now. As the competition goes along, the judging are becoming much tougher as to decide who should be eliminated. In fact this week's judges, Claire, Alan J, Jeff and guest judge Charles Falzon from Avantgarde, took a long time to decide who was going to be eliminated next. Whilst the girls were outside waiting for the verdict, Alexia let out that she feared that she was going to be eliminated. Zerry was also preoccupied that her final photo outcome was not one of the best as well. Back in the judging room, before Alexia was eliminated, the judges cried because of this decision whilst the other girls cried for Alexia's elimination.

Episode 8

Original airdate: 17 November 2009

Episode 9

Original airdate: 24 November 2009

Episode 10

Original airdate: 1 December 2009

Episode 11

Original airdate: 8 December 2009

Episode 12

Original airdate: 15 December 2009

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish
Maria Elena Galea 20 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Naxxar Quit in Episode 1
Roweida Lazumi 19 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Birkirkara Eliminated in Episode 2
Wilhelmina Farrugia 15 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Birżebbuġa Eliminated in Episode 3
Joanne Cutajar 21 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) Safi Eliminated in Episode 4
Adriana Azzopardi 21 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Birkirkara Eliminated in Episode 5
Allison Attard 17 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Naxxar Eliminated in Episode 6
Alexia Fenech 21 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Sliema Eliminated in Episode 7
Denise Dalton 17 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Cospicua Eliminated in Episode 8
Christine Mifsud 17 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Fgura Eliminated in Episode 9
Charlene Buttigieg 23 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Naxxar Eliminated in Episode 10
Thays Araujo Buhagiar 19 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Żabbar Eliminated in Episode 11
Claire "Zerry" Zerafa 18 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) St. Paul's Bay Eliminated in Episode 12
Sanaa Rizgalla 25 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Msida Runner-Up
Audrienne Debono 17 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Birżebbuġa Winner

Summaries

Call-out order

Claire's call-out order
OrderEpisodes
123456789101112
1 N/AJoanneCharleneSanaa Audrienne ChristineSanaaCharlene Sanaa Thays ZerryAudrienneAudrienne
2 N/A ThaysZerryCharlene ChristineZerryAudrienne ZerryThaysSanaaAudrienne Sanaa Sanaa
3 N/A DeniseDenise Christine Sanaa Audrienne ThaysThays ZerryZerrySanaaZerry Zerry
4 N/A Zerry AlexiaAlexiaAllison Sanaa Charlene Christine Audrienne Audrienne Thays
5 N/A AudrienneAllison Thays Denise Thays Christine Sanaa Charlene Charlene
6 N/A AdrianaAudrienne Allison ZerryDenise Denise Audrienne Christine
7 N/A WilhelminaSanaa ZerryThays Charlene ZerryDenise
8 N/A Alexia Thays Audrienne AlexiaAlexiaAlexia
9 N/A ChristineJoanne DeniseCharlene Allison
10 N/A Charlene Adriana Adriana Adriana
11 N/A AllisonChristine Joanne
12 N/A Roweida Wilhelmina
13 N/A
14 Maria
     The contestant quit the competition
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
     The contestant won the competition

Makeovers

Post Top Model careers

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20091015074608/http://www.maltastopmodel.net/programme/4533178224
  2. ↑ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  3. ↑ Audrienne's Video Profile / Stand Out Model Agency, 2010-05-05, retrieved 2016-01-17
  4. ↑ "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  5. ↑ "MISS EARTH MALTA 2010- Christine Mifsud". missosology.info. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  6. ↑ "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  7. ↑ "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  8. ↑ "Alexia Fenech crowned Miss Earth Malta 2015 | Angelopedia". angelopedia.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  9. ↑ "Miss Earth Malta Information | Angelopedia". angelopedia.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  10. ↑ "Transsexual Holly Harlow Biography - TGirl Directory". tgirldirectory.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  11. ↑ "Malta - "One Life" - Eurovision Song Contest 2011 - BBC One - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

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