Munich - Heidi Klum fails because of her self -imposed goal after a few minutes: "This is difficult for me," she says, after she broke her intentions, again of "girl" (phonetically "meeeeeedchen") and not models spoke.Shortly before, she had greeted two gray -haired, 66 and 68 -year -old women on the red carpet, asked if you should do it - and found: "We are all no more girls.Should I just say models? "
No more "Meeeeedchen"?That has never been "Germany’s Next Top Model" in 16 years.Season 17 of the infinite ProSieben show, which is on this Thursday at 20.Starts 3 p.m., wants to make it clear in the first episode: something is particularly different here now.Klum screams: "Diversity - there!"
Candidate over 60
Diversity, the trend topic that now also allows women beyond 45 kilos to "walk” and have photos taken on catwalks - the show has given the most successful season in twelve years in the past year, as ProSieben station boss DanielRosemann says.A year ago, transgender model Alex Mariah Peter prevailed against the curvy Dascha in the final.And all of this had so great success from a broadcasting point of view that you now want to build on it and add another shovel.
This year there are not only candidates who weigh more than the average model or scars carry on the body.But also women at an age in which, as candidate Paulina says herself, you are actually in a model pension: 32 namely.And even over 60.
Between 1.54 and 1.95 meters tall
So much diversity has never been, Klum emphasizes in a ProSieben interview.According to them, the candidates are between 18 and 68 years old, between 1.54 and 1.95 meters tall, they wear clothes sizes between 30 and 54.
This presented the show with completely new challenges: it was difficult to find designers for the new season."We have canceled a lot of well-known designers," says Klum and asks: "Why don't the big fashion labels just move with?"."It is your job to dress people, and the clothing size should not play a role in this."
Pop superstar Kylie Minogue is a guest juror
A fashion designer who has not been put off by it is Jean-Paul Gaultier, one of the big names this year.Guest juror in episode one is none other than pop superstar Kylie Minogue.
And for the mood, the new mix is quite good, one emphasizes at ProSieben: “We have never had so much harmony." Aber um Zickenkrieg sei es in dem Format, das inzwischen hart auf die 20 zugeht, ja ohnehin nie gegangen.
Beim Staffelstart an diesem Donnerstag tritt „GNTM" im Kampf um die Quote übrigens gleich gegen ein ziemliches Schwergewicht an: das RTL-„Dschungelcamp", das sich donnerstags derzeit in der Primetime versucht.
The beginning of the first top model episode almost looks like a greeting to RTL's competition.Waits Heidi Klum for a red carpet for the candidates who climb out of the cars and say things like: “I'm so excited." Ähnlichkeiten mit der Dating-Show „Der Bachelor" seien aber rein zufällig, betont Senderchef Rosemann.
