How many cycles of antm have there been

Giving us yet another incredibly talented top two, you shouldn't be tempted to skip it just because it's older. We promise there's still a lot to unwrap there! America's Next Top Model is usually either hit or miss when it comes to choosing a memorable cast of contestants.

Usually, only a handful of them stay in the viewers' memories, and it's either because they are very strong, or bring loads of drama to the table. As in, Lisa D'Amato levels of drama. But Cycle 10 delivered in this front by introducing Dominique, Fatima, and more. Even though the winner is probably one of the weakest in the history of the show, that doesn't take away from what's an overall incredible cycle.

Cycle 11 had some tough shoes to fill, airing after what's still considered one of the best cycles, with some of the most memorable models. However, it exceeded expectations instead of subverting them - something that America's Next Top Model is quite infamous for doing in later seasons.

What makes this cast so great is how diverse the cast is, not just where looks are concerned, but also in terms of personalities, goals, stories, and relationships. After airing for so long, the show needed to come up with something unique, and that's exactly what cycle 11 did. Say what you will about the introduction of boys into the competition, it made for some quality reality television. As time went by, the competition really did start being less about becoming a successful, serious high-fashion model, and a lot more about becoming a reality star, who just happened to model.

All of this, of course, backed by social media. Definitely worth bingeing! This cycle is a handful. It lands on this list due to the fact that you'll most definitely not be bored while watching it! The looks alone are enough to make us laugh, considering all the models look like they just got out of a time machine that went back to the late 90searly 00s, and the photoshoots?

Holy moly, Tyra was sure feeling creative in this cycle. In addition to all of this, cycle 8 also blessed us with some unforgettable characters. We had Natasha, the mail Russian bride yes, you read that right who was often having some alone time with her husband on the phone. The girl was actually a great model, and she had the best comeback in the history of ANTM to Brittany, the annoying brat that lost it when she was late on the go-see challenge.

Her figure skating background gave her a unique edge when it came to body movement and creative posing. She looks like she came right out of a Keane painting, and was easily one of the highlights of her seasons. In a desperate attempt to remain relevant , the judging on cycle 19 was needlessly complicated with scores and fan rankings. Leila ended up going home in episode 5 and then rejoined the competition later and made it to the top 3. Honestly, this season had a decent amount of drama for how low it's ranked.

Bre terrorized Nicole for allegedly eating her cereal bars. Cassandra, after being the recipient of one of Tyra's many disastrous failed attempts at giving one of her girls a pixie cut, decided to go home instead of letting them take another inch. Lisa, who'd later go on to win the All-Star season by default , had an episode dedicated to her special brand of bizarre — " The Girl Who Loves Bubbles. Alexander was bumped back down to runway coach after a couple of seasons as judge.

Who replaced him? Destination: Auckland and Queenstown, New Zealand. What charity did we all do in our past lives to deserve such a divine creature? The man wears a range of capes throughout his four-cycle stint as a judge. He uses words like "dreckitude. He's the best member of a reality show judging panel since Michael Kors exhaled his first "underwhelmed" sigh on Project Runway 's first season. Cycle 14 may not be a classic, but it introduced the show's late-series saving grace. For that, we can only be grateful.

Which model judge you prefer is kind of a coin toss. The choice is Paulina, if only for how very much Tyra hated her. Cycle 10 is fine, but that's about the best that could be said about it. It's most notable for far-and-away frontrunner Katarzyna losing to constant bottom two dweller Whitney.

Katarzyna got fifth. Whitney won the cycle. Still, Whitney went on to be fairly successful after the show, so who's to begrudge the judges' decision? A mild, fine cycle. Destination: Shanghai and Beijing, China.

The most memorable models from this season were Heather and Bianca, both for their awful people and communication skills. Biance was just a villain. Destination: Paris, France. Ah, Cycle 1. They did another show called My Fair Brady Oh, and Ebony, the show's first lesbian model, wasn't so much a "villain" as passionate about herself.

When two of the other girls avoided meeting Ebony's girlfriend, preferring to stay in their rooms and read the Bible which is a scene that may never happen on reality TV today , she called them out on it.

Funny that what made her a "villain" then would likely make her a fan favorite now. Destination: Milan, Italy. He didn't take it well.

Destination: Syndey, Australia. Renee was the villain, but Brittany was the most annoying. It's an unfortunate truism in television that, with rare exceptions, most TV shows have a best-by date.

Following the success of its early seasons, by the early part of the s, ratings for America's Next Top Model had begun to dip. According to ratings archived at SpotVault , the series premiere in attracted 2. Viewership kept growing, with 6.

However, ratings began dipping in subsequent seasons. By the 22nd cycle in , the numbers had dropped considerably, with an average of just 1. As SpotVault 's analysis pointed out, a show that had once been one of the CW's strongest shows had plunged considerably, and was still trending downward. In fact, the fall cycle earned a mere 0. In fact, Deadline reported that ratings for the finale was an all-time low for ANTM , "the worst the year-old show has ever done.

The lure of stardom is dangled in singing competitions such as American Idol and The Voice , but longtime viewers can concede that not every winner on either of those shows winds up going on to Carrie Underwood -sized success. That was certainly the case with America's Next Top Model. In Touch Weekly took a retrospective look at the post- ANTM careers of the winners, and it's safe to say there are few who'd be considered household names on the level of host Tyra Banks.

In fact, arguably the two most famous winners came from the show's first and 22nd cycles: Adrianne Curry and Nyle DiMarco, respectively. Interestingly enough, fame for both came not from modeling but from reality television, with Curry going on to star alongside then-husband Christopher Knight a. America's Next Top Model has had its share of awkward moments that made viewers cringe. One of these moments came in the fourth cycle when model Kahlen Rondot was asked to pose for a photo shoot in a grave — shortly after learning that a close friend had passed away.

Another infamous moment came in the 15th cycle when Kayla Ferrel was pushed into a shoot that required her to kiss a male model.