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The Face (Australian TV series)

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Genre
  
Competition

Country of origin
  
Australia

No. of episodes
  
8

Presented by
  
Georges Antoni

No. of seasons
  
1

Starring
  
Cheyenne Tozzi Naomi Campbell Nicole Trunfio

The Face was an Australian reality television modelling competition series aired on Fox8 of Foxtel and produced by Shine Australia. Naomi Campbell was the show's executive producer and one of the three supermodel coaches of the series, as with The Face (U.S.) and The Face (U.K.). It was reported that the channel and production team acquired the right to create an adaptation for Australian TV on 31 August 2013. Filming for the series took place from 1 November to 4 December 2013. The series was broadcast from March to May 2014.

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The show premiered to 40,000 national viewers, which was the 18th most watched show on subscription television that night, but only fourth most watched program on FOX8. The remaining episodes of the series rated under 50,000 national viewers, with the finale attracting only 16,000 viewers (plus 25,000 viewers on FOX8 +2)

Requirements

All applicants attempting to enter the competition were required to be female and be over the age of 18 or under the age 30 as of 1 November 2013. Applying contestants were also required to meet the minimum height requirement of 172 cm. Past experience as a model was not a requisite. Those with experience as a model could not have been in any national campaign within previous five years before applying. The deadline for all applications was 22 September 2013.

Series

Coach's color symbols

Series 1 (2014)

The first series of The Face Australia featured Naomi Campbell alongside Australian models Cheyenne Tozzi and Nicole Trunfio as the supermodel mentors. The show was hosted by fashion photographer and television personality Georges Antoni.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of filming)

  • Ages stated are at the time of filming.

    • Elimination table

     Team Cheyenne 
     Team Naomi 
     Team Nicole 

         The contestant was part of the winning team for the episode.      The contestant was at risk of elimination.      The contestant was eliminated from the competition.      The contestant withdrew from the competition.      The contestant was a Runner-up.      The contestant won The Face.
  • Episode 1 was the casting episode. The final twelve were divided into individual teams of four as they were selected.
  • In Episode 3, Susan withdrew from the competition after learning that she was pregnant ^a
  • In Episode 5, Anouska was the last standing member in Nicole's team was eliminated. Nicole was automatically disqualified as a result of having no models left to compete.
  • In Episodes 6 and 7, since the competition was down to two teams, the losing coach had to nominate two girls for elimination.
  • In Episode 7, the winning team for the campaign was determined by the total combined number of points allotted to each girl for her performance. Although Team Naomi had the highest combined score, Team Cheyenne's Olivia was scored the highest overall by the client despite being on the losing team.^a
  • In Episode 8, Olivia, Sarah, and Yaya were put through to the final runway show while Chantal and Ruth were eliminated.

    • Campaigns

  • Episode 1: Natural Beauty Shots; Self Administered 'Transformations' (Casting)
  • Episode 2: Marie Claire Editorial
  • Episode 3: Max Factor Commercials in a Circus.
  • Episode 4: Stylerunner Photo Shoot
  • Episode 5: Steven Khalil Runway Show at the Sydney Opera House
  • Episode 6: Le Specs lookbook with Male Models
  • Episode 7: Leaping Over a Lexus CT 200h
  • Episode 8: Olay Beauty Shots for Fresh Effects

    • Episode 1: The Fight to Make the Final 12

    First aired 18 March ,2014

    Supermodels Nicole Trunfio, Cheyenne Tozzi, and Naomi Campbell begin their search for 'The Face'. The final three teams are selected, and the hopefuls move one step closer to the ultimate prize.

    Episode 2: Game On!

    First aired 25 March ,2014

  • Winning coach and team: Naomi Campbell
  • Bottom two: Natalie Roser & Shenika Rule
  • Eliminated: Natalie Roser

    • Episode 3: Circus Circus

    First aired 1 April,2014

  • Winning coach and team: Cheyenne Tozzi
  • Bottom two: Brittaney Johnston & Shenika Rule
  • Eliminated: Shenika Rule
  • Quit: Susan Yovan

    • Episode 4: Movement and Fashion

    First aired 8 April ,2014

  • Winning coach and team: Naomi Campbell
  • Bottom two: Olivia Donaldson & Melise Williams
  • Eliminated: Melise Williams

    • Episode 5: Walk the Walk

    First aired 15 April ,2014

  • Winning coach and team: Naomi Campbell
  • Bottom two: Yaya Deng & Anouska Freedman
  • Eliminated: Anouska Freedman
  • Eliminated Mentor: Nicole Trunfio

    • Episode 6: Modelling with Men

    First aired 22 April ,2014

  • Winning coach and team: Cheyenne Tozzi
  • Bottom two: Brittaney Johnston & Chantal Monaghan
  • Eliminated: Brittaney Johnston

    • Episode 7: The Race to the Final

    First aired 29 April ,2014

  • Winning coach and team: Naomi Campbell
  • Bottom two: Yaya Deng & Nikolina Kovacevic
  • Eliminated: Nikolina Kovacevic

    • Episode 8: Final Walk

    First aired 6 May ,2014

  • Winning coach and team: Cheyenne Tozzi
  • Runner-up: Yaya Deng & Sarah Tilleke & Olivia Donaldson
  • Eliminated: Ruth Willmer & Chantal Monaghan
  • The face Australia: Olivia Donaldson

    • References

    The Face (Australian TV series) Wikipedia
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