Benelux' Next Top Model season 1

Benelux' Next Top Model, Season 1 was the first season of Benelux' Next Top Model and the first season which include Dutch and Flemish contestants. It premiered on September 14, 2009, and lasted until November 16 of the same year.

Benelux' Next Top Model
Season 1
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	2BE, RTL 5
Original release	September 14 (2009-09-14) – November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16)
Season chronology

Given the show was a merge between Holland's Next Top Model and the Belgian Topmodel which both follow the same format, the panel of judges, as well as the contestants, were representing both nations for one-half.

22-year-old Rosalinde Kikstra from Rotterdam was the winner of the competition. Her prize included a €75,000 contract with Modelmasters The Agency, a cover of Beau Monde and ad campaigns for Max Factor and Gillette Venus Embrace.^[1][2]

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)^[3][4]

Name	Age	Height	Hometown	Outcome	Place
Alexandra Carnewal	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Belgium	Episode 1	13
Roxanne de Craene	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Mechelen, Belgium	Episode 2	12-11
Adinda Kennedy[5]	17	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Baarn, Netherlands
Sarah van der Meer[6]	22	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	The Hague, Netherlands	Episode 3	10
Melanie Weterings	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Netherlands	Episode 4	9-8
Tessa Kort[7]	17	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Doesburg, Netherlands
Justine Desmet[8]	16	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Bruges, Belgium	Episode 5	7
Bianca Kortzorg	23	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Belgium	Episode 6	6
Catharina Elias[9]	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Bruges, Belgium	Episode 7	5
Lianne Bakker[10]	21	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Episode 8	4
Maxime van Steenvoort[11]	17	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Brasschaat, Belgium	Episode 10	3-2
Denise Menes[12]	21	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Netherlands
Rosalinde Kikstra[13]	22	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Rotterdam, Netherlands		1

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Episode 1"	14 September 2009 (2009-09-14)
20 contestants do a photo shoot, without make-up and dressed in a garbage bag, at an abandoned factory. After, they spend the night at a military camp. The next morning, they do a catwalk training, and then do a fashion show for designer Daryl Van Wouw. Daphne chooses 12 girls who will be allowed into the Top Model mansion and enter the competition, but then adds Melanie as a wildcard. After another photo shoot, Alexandra is eliminated.
2	2	"Episode 2"	21 September 2009 (2009-09-21)
Janice Dickinson pays a visit to the Top Model Mansion to give the contestants a catwalk lesson. Later, they have a meeting with Modelmasters The Agency, who will award the winner a contract worth €75,000. The next day, the girl receive makeovers, for a photo shoot at a cemetery. Roxanne and Adinda have to go home.
3	3	"Episode 3"	28 September 2009 (2009-09-28)
4	4	"Episode 4"	5 October 2009 (2009-10-05)
5	5	"Episode 5"	12 October 2009 (2009-10-12)
16	6	"Episode 6"	19 October 2009 (2009-10-19)
7	7	"Episode 7"	26 October 2009 (2009-10-26)
The five remaining contestants girls arrive in Miami, and are shown different modeling agencies and designers. Lianne wins an event and gets to go on a shopping spree. The next day, the models have their first shoot on a real American rodeo bull. They all have to get used to the idea that the thing is moving. Mariana lets herself go completely in her commentary. Later, they have to showcase their acting qualities again on their next photoshoot with an old-timer Corvette and have to pretend that they have run out of fuel. All models appear with the judges again and receive criticism of their photos. Lianne poses too sexy, Maxime's photos are terrible, Denise has to show more passion, Rosalinde is too heavy and Catharina is not look like a top model. And as the result, she must pack her bags and go home.
8	8	"Episode 8"	2 November 2009 (2009-11-02)
Special guests: Featured photographer:
9	9	"Episode 9"	9 November 2009 (2009-11-09)
0	10	"Episode 10"	16 November 2009 (2009-11-16)
Featured photographer:

Summaries

Call-out order

Order	Episodes
	1[a]		2	3	4[b]	5	6	7	8	10
1	Catharina	Adinda Bianca Catharina Denise Justine Lianne Maxime Melanie Rosalinde Roxanne Sarah Tessa	Maxime	Denise	Denise	Bianca	Denise	Rosalinde	Maxime	Rosalinde
2	Bianca		Catharina	Tessa	Rosalinde	Maxime	Lianne	Lianne	Denise	Denise Maxime
3	Lianne		Melanie	Melanie	Justine	Rosalinde	Maxime	Maxime	Rosalinde
4	Roxanne		Sarah	Maxime	Maxime	Catharina	Rosalinde	Denise	Lianne
5	Denise		Tessa	Bianca	Lianne	Denise	Catharina	Catharina
6	Adinda		Justine	Catharina	Bianca	Lianne	Bianca
7	Rosalinde		Rosalinde	Lianne	Catharina	Justine
8	Justine		Lianne	Rosalinde	Tessa
9	Maxime		Bianca	Justine	Melanie
10	Sarah		Denise	Sarah
11	Alexandra		Adinda Roxanne
12	Tessa
13		Alexandra

  The contestant was put through collectively to the next round

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was immune from elimination

  The contestant won the competition

1. In episode 1, only Alexandra was called being told she was eliminated.
2. In episode 4, Denise was immune from elimination for winning the challenge.

Bottom two

Episode	Contestants			Eliminated
1	None			Alexandra
2	Adinda	&	Roxanne	Adinda
				Roxanne
3	Justine	&	Sarah	Sarah
4	Melanie	&	Tessa	Melanie
				Tessa
5	Justine	&	Lianne	Justine
6	Bianca	&	Catharina	Bianca
7	Catharina	&	Denise	Catharina
8	Lianne	&	Rosalinde	Lianne
10	Denise	Maxime	Rosalinde	Denise
				Maxime

  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two

  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two

  The contestant was automatically eliminated by judges

  The contestant was eliminated and placed as the runner-up

Judges

• Daphne Deckers (Host)
• Ghislaine Nuytten
• Geert De Wolf
• Bastiaan van Schaik
• Mariana Verkerk

Other cast members

• Marie-Sophie Steenaert – Make-up Artist
• Jani Kazaltzis – Wardrobe

Special guests

• Janice Dickinson – Episode 2
• Olcay Gulsen – Episode 2
• Doutzen Kroes – Episode 3
• Victoria Koblenko – Episode 4
• Nigel Barker – Episode 10