India's Next Top Model season 3
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| India's Next Top Model | |
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| Season 3 | |
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| Starring | Malaika Arora Dabboo Ratnani Neeraj Gaba |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV India |
| Original release | 21 October – 23 December 2017 |
| Season chronology | |
India's Next Top Model, season 3 is the third installment of India's Next Top Model which premiered 21 October 2017, at 7:00 pm IST (UTC+5:30) on MTV India.[1] The season 3 judges were Malaika Arora, Milind Soman and Dabboo Ratnani.[citation needed]
The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Riya Subodh from Ahmedabad, who was awarded a one-year talent contract with MTV India.[citation needed]
Cast
[edit]Contestants
[edit]| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhanu Chaudhary | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Himachal Pradesh | Episode 2 | 11 |
| Madhurima Roy | 26 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Kolkata | Episode 3 | 10 |
| Summer Jacobs | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Pune | Episode 5 | 8-9 |
| Tanishq Sharma | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Oman | ||
| Aakriti Singh | 28 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Jaipur | Episode 6 | 7 |
| Akanksha Corda | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Episode 7 | 6 |
| Eva Aario | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Guwahati | Episode 8 | 5-4 |
| Parina Chopra | 22 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | New Delhi | ||
| Shweta Raj | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Pune | Episode 9 | 3 |
| Sabita Karki | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kathmandu, Nepal | 2 | |
| Riya Subodh | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Ahmedabad | 1 |
Judges and mentors
[edit]- Malaika Arora - presenter / head judge
- Milind Soman - judge
- Dabboo Ratnani - judge
- Neeraj Gaba - mentor and image consultant
Episodes
[edit]Episode 1: Casting
[edit]Original airdate: 21 October 2017
This was the casting episode. The 16 semi-finalists had a runway show at Club Sirkus, Mumbai for designer Gabriella Demetriades. Later, one by one had an interview with the judges.
Episode 2: Posing
[edit]Original airdate: 28 October 2017
The top sixteen semi-finalists were narrowed down to the top 10 who moved into the model villa. Then remaining contestants had a challenge where they were paired up and had a photo shoot on stilts. Erika Packard was a guest mentor for this photo shoot. The pairs were Eva & Parina, Aakriti & Akanksha, Summer & Madhurima, Bhanu & Sabita and Shweta & Riya. After that the girls had an Underwater photo shoot with male model and judge Milind Soman. Each girl got only 3 dives. As Aakriti & Akanksha won the challenge, they got a special advantage by having 4 dives but that to steal 1 dive from one of the fellow models. Akanksha chose Eva & Aakriti chose Bhanu.
- First call-out: Summer Jacobs
- Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Bhanu Chaudhary
- Eliminated: Bhanu Chaudhary
- Featured photographer: Dabboo Ratnani
Episode 3: Runway
[edit]Original airdate: 4 November 2017
Trainer Alesia Raut was a guest mentor to train the models for a runway challenge on a 10-inch runway in the water and had to take a selfie using OPPO phone kept at the end of the ramp. As the winner of the challenge Sabita was allowed to choose any 3 girls to give a disadvantage at the next shoot. She chose Eva, Aakriti & Summer. On set the models had a jewelry beauty shoot using balding caps while holding iguanas. The girls with disadvantage had to shoot with two iguanas instead of one like the other contestants.
- First call-out: Riya Subodh
- Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Madhurima Rao
- Eliminated: Madhurima Rao
Episode 4: Makeover
[edit]Original airdate: 11 November 2017
A new contestant named Tanishq entered the competition. During this episode, makeovers occurred. After makeovers the contestants had a free fall photo shoot.
- First call-out: Shweta Raj
- Bottom three: Akanksha Corda & Tanishq Sharma
- Eliminated: None
Episode 5: Chemistry
[edit]Original airdate: 18 November 2017
This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot in pairs. The pairs were Aakrati & Tej, Parina & Jay, Eva & Mandeep, Shweta & Mohit, Nikhil & Riya, Sabita & Akash and Akansha & Baseer. Summer & Tanishq were left out and had to pair up with each other. Riya won immunity for this week's elimination for winning the challenge. On set the models had a photoshoot with Amante lingerie and posing on the pole.
- First call-out: Riya Subodh
- Bottom three: Sabita Karki, Summer Jacobs & Tanishq Sharma
- Eliminated: Tanishq Sharma & Summer Jacobs
- Special guests: Tej Gill, Akash Chaudhary, Nikhil Sachdeva, Mohit Hiranandani, Jay Bodas, Baseer Ali, Mandeep Gujjar
Episode 6: Expressions
[edit]Original airdate: 25 November 2017
This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot as cowgirl and Parina win the challenge. On set the models had a commercial for Livon Serum in pair.
- First call-out: Parina Chopra & Riya Subodh
- Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Eva Aario
- Eliminated: Aakriti Singh
- Featured photographer:
Episode 7: Editorial & Commercial
[edit]Original airdate: 2 December 2017
This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot for Livon Serum and Parina win the challenge, After challenge, Neeraj ask the girl who should not remained in the competition. On set the models had a sexy photoshoot that they bodies covered in chocolate and pose with male model. Because Eva & Riya were the most voted, they had to pose together.
- First call-out: Parina Chopra
- Bottom two: Akanksha Corda & Sabita Karki
- Eliminated: Akanksha Corda
- Featured photographer:
Episode 8: Top 5
[edit]Original airdate: 9 December 2017
The remaining 5 had an OPPO selfie challenge, Shweta won and win an OPPO Phone. Later, they had a runway challenge on a cowhouse. As the winner of the challenge, Shweta became the first finalist in the finale. On set the models had a glamorous shoot with Malaika Arora.
- Ticket to Finale: Shweta Raj (Immune from elimination)
- First call-out: Sabita Karki
- Bottom three: Eva Aario, Parina Chopra & Riya Subodh
- Eliminated: Eva Aario & Parina Chopra
Episode 9: Finale
[edit]Original Airdate: 16 December 2017
The remaining 3 had a photoshoot for OPPO calendar 2018. Later, they had the last photoshoot with family member. They had a final runway show in the judging room. At the end, Riya became India's Next Top Model.
- Final 3: Riya Subodh, Sabita Karki & Shweta Raj
- Eliminated: Shweta Raj
- Final 2: Riya Subodh & Sabita Karki
- India's Next Top Model: Riya Subodh
Episode 10: Recap
[edit]Original Airdate: 23 December 2017
This was a recap episode.
Summaries
[edit]Call-out order
[edit]| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | 4[a] | 5[b] | 6 | 7 | 8[c] | 9 | |||||
| 1 | Sabita | Summer | Riya | Shweta | Riya | Parina Riya |
Parina | Sabita | Riya | |||
| 2 | Shweta | Parina | Eva | Sabita | Parina | Riya | Shweta | Sabita | ||||
| 3 | Akanksha | Riya | Summer | Aakriti | Eva | Shweta | Shweta | Riya | Shweta | |||
| 4 | Summer | Madhurima | Parina | Riya | Akanksha | Akanksha | Eva | Parina Eva |
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| 5 | Eva | Shweta | Sabita | Parina | Shweta | Sabita | Sabita | |||||
| 6 | Riya | Eva | Akanksha | Eva | Aakriti | Eva | Akanksha | |||||
| 7 | Madhurima | Sabita | Shweta | Akanksha Summer Tanishq |
Sabita | Aakriti | ||||||
| 8 | Bhanu | Akanksha | Aakriti | Summer Tanishq |
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| 9 | Aakriti | Aakriti | Madhurima | |||||||||
| 10 | Parina | Bhanu | ||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom three
- The contestant was immune from elimination
- The contestant won the competition
- ^ In episode 4, Tanishq entered the competition as a wildcard contestant. Akanksha, Summer and Tanishq landed in the bottom three but were all saved.
- ^ In episode 5, Riya was immune from elimination for winning the challenge but also won the best performance.
- ^ In episode 8, Shweta was immune from elimination for winning the challenge.
Photo shoot guide
[edit]- Episode 1 runway show: Gabriella Demetriades collection
- Episode 2 photo shoot: Posing underwater with Milind Soman
- Episode 3 photo shoot: Bald jewelry beauty shoot with iguanas
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Falling from a skyscraper
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing with a pole in Amante lingerie
- Episode 6 commercial: Livon Serum
- Episode 7 photo shoots: Livon Serum campaign; chocolate romance
- Episode 8 photo shoot: Glamour with Malaika Arora
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Final photo with family