Country of origin Australia Original network Fox8 | No. of episodes 10 No. of contestants 13 | |
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Original release 000000002016-09-20-000020 September – 000000002016-11-22-000022 November 2016 Judges Jennifer Hawkins
Alex Perry
Megan Gale | ||
The tenth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model began airing on 20 September 2016 on Fox8. Head judge and host Jennifer Hawkins and judge Alex Perry returned along with model mentor Cheyenne Tozzi. Tozzi's co-mentor and former judge Didier Cohen left the show after cycle 9, and was replaced by the Stenmark twins, models Jordan and Zac Stenmark, as her new co-mentors. Model Megan Gale joined the judging panel as a permanent judge.
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The prizes for this cycle included a one-year modelling contract with Priscilla's Model Management in Sydney, a trip to New York City for New York Fashion Week valued at A$20,000 thanks to Colgate Optic White, a brand new Mazda2 Hatch, and an editorial spread in Elle Australia.
The winner of the competition was 16 year-old Aleyna FitzGerald from Newcastle, New South Wales.
Requirements
All applying contestants were required to be aged 16 and over on 1 January to apply for the show. Those auditioning had to be at least 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall. To qualify, all applicants had to be an Australian citizen currently living in Australia. Additional requirements stated that a contestant could not have had previous experience as a model in a national campaign within the last five years.
Auditions
Auditions were held in Gold Coast in 23 September, Sydney in 25–26 September, Melbourne in 30 September and 1 October, Hobart in 3 October and Perth in 9 October. Applicants from Darwin, Dubbo, Port Macquarie and Townsville were also invited to auditions. Applicants were also encouraged to apply for the competition online if they were unable to make an appearance at the live auditions.
Guest judges
To celebrate the series' ten year anniversary, the show decided to invite several well known Australian models as guests for the new cycle. These included Elle Macpherson, Gemma Ward, and Miranda Kerr. The show also invited back several contestants from cycles past for guest appearances. Among these were cycle 7 winner Montana Cox and 2nd runner-up Simone Holtznagel, cycle 6 winner Amanda Ware, and cycle 5 runner-up Cassi Van Den Dungen. The series finale culminated with a runway show that invited several other alumni from multiple cycles of the show.
Contestants
(Ages stated are at start of contest)
Judges
Other cast members
Scores
(Total and average scores on the table only reflect scores calculated from the full sets added during panel)
Indicates the contestant had the highest score that week. Indicates the contestant was eliminated that week.