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America's Next Top Model (cycle 22)

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Country of origin
  
United States

Original network
  
The CW

No. of episodes
  
16

No. of contestants
  
14

Original release
  
August 5 (2015-08-05) – December 4, 2015 (2015-12-04)

Judges
  
Tyra Banks Kelly Cutrone J. Alexander

The twenty-second cycle of America's Next Top Model (subtitled as America's Next Top Model: Guys & Girls) premiered on August 5, 2015 and is the sixteenth and final season to air on The CW. The network announced in mid-October that they were cancelling the show and the finale episode aired on December 4, 2015.

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Like the two previous seasons, cycle 22 featured both male and female contestants. However, for the first time since cycle 13, the height restriction was removed and the competition was opened to contestants at any height. Tyra Banks, Kelly Cutrone and J. Alexander returned to the judging panel, with photographer Yu Tsai remaining as creative director. Unlike the last three cycles, social media was no longer included on the show. The scoring system remained in place, but only the combined challenge and judges' scores were added into the final tally to determine who would be eliminated.

While there was no international destination for this cycle, the models traveled to Las Vegas for two episodes. This is the second cycle in the series not to feature an international destination, after Cycle 13.

The winner of the competition was 25-year-old Nyle DiMarco from Washington, D.C. DiMarco is noted for being the very first deaf contestant in the history of America's Next Top Model.

Nyle DiMarco competed on the 22nd season of Dancing With The Stars with partner Peta Murgatroyd and ultimately won the season.

Prizes

Returning prizes included a modeling contract with NEXT Model Management and a spread in Nylon magazine. Zappos became a new prize for the series, and the winner was chosen for a US$100,000 contract to become the face of the Zappos Couture's 2016 re-launch.

Special guests

This cycle featured guest judges including interior designers Jonathan and Drew Scott, model Chrissy Teigen, fashion editor Joe Zee and cycle 10 winner Whitney Thompson.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

The Guys and Girls Make It to Hollywood

Original Airdate: August 5, 2015

The all new contestants of America's Next Top Model are thrown to castings where they introduced themselves at the judges and photographed by Erik Asla. The first cuts we're made and will move on to the next part of the competition.

  • Featured photographer: Massimo Campana

    • The Girl Who Walks Away

    Original Airdate: August 12, 2015

    The remaining contestants moved in their model house, they took their casting photo shoot and the judges made their decision to choose the cast.

  • Featured photographers: Massimo Campana, Erik Asla
  • Special guests: Drew Scott and Jonathan Scott (Property Brothers), Patrick Tumey, Alexis Borges

    • The Guy Who Gets Shipped Out

    Original Airdate: August 19, 2015

    After the runway over the crane the final contestants were chosen. They did a photo shoot with Erik Asla being bonded in pairs. Delanie was the first person to be eliminated.

  • Featured photographer: Erik Asla
  • Special guests: Alexis Borges, Erik Rosete

    • The Girl Who Has a Close Shave

    Original Airdate: August 26, 2015

  • Featured photographer: Erik Asla
  • Special guests: Alex Minsky, Melissa Stockwell, Joe Zee, Cristophe, Romina, Sharle, Dr. Julie Kim, Dr. Edgardo Falcon Jr.

    • The Guy Who Gets a Hickey

    Original Airdate: September 2, 2015

  • Featured photographers: Massimo Campana (challenge), Erik Asla (photo shoot)
  • Special guests: Anthony De La Rosa

    • The Girl Who Gets Possessed

    Original Airdate: September 9, 2015

  • Featured photographer: Erik Asla
  • Special guests: Whitney Thompson

    • The Guy Who Acts a Fool

    Original Airdate: September 16, 2015

  • Featured director: Erik Asla
  • Special guests: Lori Openden, Dana Theodoratos, Justin Rosenblatt, Brittany Williams (Nyle's friend)

    • The Girl Who Got All Dolled Up

    Original Airdate: September 23, 2015

  • Featured photographer: Erik Asla
  • Special guests: Robert Behar, Brittany Furlan

    • The Guy or Girl Who Came Back

    Original Airdate: October 2, 2015

  • Featured photographer: Yu Tsai
  • Special guests: Alexis Borges

    • The Girl Who Became Bootyful

    Original Airdate: October 9, 2015

  • Eliminated: Justin Kim
  • Featured photographer: Massimo Campana (challenge)
  • Featured director: Tyra Banks
  • Special guests: Don Benjamin

    • And Then That Happened

    Original Airdate: October 23, 2015

    The Guy Who Closed the Deal in Vegas

    Original Airdate: October 30, 2015

  • Featured photographer: Erik Asla
  • Special guests: Melissa Costa, Eileen Tetreault

    • The Girl Who Took a Shot in the Dark

    Original Airdate: November 6, 2015

  • Featured photographer: Erik Asla
  • Special guests: Alli Webb, Marie-Pier St-Hilaire, Francis Libiran

    • The Guy Who Was a Momma's Boy

    Original Airdate: November 13, 2015

  • Featured photographer: Carolyn London
  • Special guests: Chrissy Teigen, Michelle Lee, J. Errico

    • Finale Part 1: The Girl Who Made a Splash

    Original Airdate: November 20, 2015

  • Featured photographers: Mark "The Cobra Snake" Hunter (Nylon magazine), Erik Asla (Zappos Couture)
  • Special guests: J. Errico, Melissa Costa, Kevin Bailey, Keith Carlos

    • Finale Part 2: America's Next Top Model is...

    Original Airdate: December 4, 2015

    Call-out order

         The contestant was eliminated from the competition      The contestant was a part of a non-elimination bottom two      The contestant won the competition
  • In episode 1, the pool of 31 semi-finalists was reduced to the top 22 who moved on to the next round of casting. Episode 2 ended in a cliffhanger, and the elimination was postponed until the following week.
  • In the beginning of episode 3, the remaining pool of 21 semi-finalists (minus one dropout from the week before) was reduced to the final fourteen contestants. The first official elimination happened at the end of the episode.
  • In episode 8, there was a double elimination. Bello, Courtney and Devin were called forward as the bottom three. The scores were shown in reverse order, from lowest to highest, until Devin was revealed to be safe.
  • In episode 9, all fourteen contestants were present at panel. The seven eliminated models up to that point received a complete set of scores for participating in the challenge and shoot, with the highest score winning the opportunity to return to the competition. They were revealed from lowest to highest as being Ashley, Delanie, Bello, Courtney, Ava and Stefano until Dustin was revealed as the contestant to return. The safe contestants were called out separately, with Devin and Justin landing in the bottom two. The episode ended in a cliffhanger, with the elimination resuming at the beginning of the next episode. In the beginning of episode 10, Justin was eliminated from the competition.
  • Episode 11 was the recap episode.
  • In episode 14, Lacey and Mikey had a tied score while in the bottom two. As a result, neither of them was eliminated from the competition. Tyra announced that since no one had been sent home, one guy and one girl would be eliminated the following week.
  • In episode 15, no one was eliminated. The episode ended in a cliffhanger, and the elimination was postponed until the following episode.
  • In episode 16, only one contestant of each gender was put through to the finale. Nyle was chosen as the last remaining male, eliminating Mikey. Mamé was chosen as the last remaining female and second finalist, eliminating Lacey.

    • Scoring chart

         Indicates the contestant had the highest score that week.      Indicates the contestant was eliminated that week.      Indicates the contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two.      Indicates the contestant won the competition.

    Photo shoot guide

  • Episode 1 photo shoot: Swimsuits on a double-decker bus (casting)
  • Episode 2 photo shoot: Semi-nude holding up hashtags (casting)
  • Episode 3 photo shoot: Nude and bound together in pairs
  • Episode 4 photo shoot: Extreme posing with war veterans
  • Episode 5 photo shoot: Unretouched geometrical sportswear
  • Episode 6 photo shoot: Possessed and suspended in mid air
  • Episode 7 commercial: Boom Boom Boom deodorant in pairs
  • Episode 8 photo shoot: Living Life-Size dolls
  • Episode 9 photo shoot: Look-alike editorial with dogs
  • Episode 10 music video: "BOOTYful" – Tyra Beauty theme song
  • Episode 12 photo shoot: Cropped and uncropped Fierce-a-gram photos
  • Episode 13 photo shoot: Night creatures in the dark
  • Episode 14 photo shoot: Posing with mothers
  • Episode 15 photo shoots: Nylon magazine spread; Zappos couture campaign

    • Makeovers

  • Ashley: Tyra Banks inspired pixie cut and contacts
  • Ava: Model mullet
  • Bello: Long hair extensions
  • Courtney: Layered gray ombre with a side fringe and teeth whitened
  • Devin: Shaved near bald and dyed black
  • Dustin: Sun kissed blonde
  • Hadassah: Hair shaved on one side
  • Justin: Faux hawk fade
  • Lacey: Chic bowl cut
  • Mamé: Curly voluminous weave
  • Mikey: Trimmed and lightened
  • Nyle: Trimmed and cleaned up
  • Stefano: Blonde extension highlights

    • References

    America's Next Top Model (cycle 22) Wikipedia
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