The 21st cycle of America's Next Top Model (subtitled as America's Next Top Model: Guys & Girls) premiered on August 18, 2014 and it is the 15th season to air on The CW. It was the 2nd season in a row to feature both male and female contestants. Tyra Banks and Kelly Cutrone retained their positions on the judging panel. Runway coach J. Alexander returned to the judging panel, replacing former judge Rob Evans while Johnny Wujek, creative director since Cycle 19, was succeeded by photographer Yu Tsai. In keeping with the last two cycles, social media is a factor in eliminations, with public voting taking place on the show's official page. In contrast to seasons past, the fade out for the series was illustrated by Irish artist Vincent Devine. This is the first time the fade out photo has been illustrated by an artist.
The semifinalists were revealed on the America's Next Top Model Instagram page while the fourteen finalists were revealed when voting began. The international destination for this cycle was Seoul, South Korea. Five of the episodes were filmed in Seoul, one of which featured James of Royal Pirates, and the finale had guest appearances from K-pop girl group 2NE1, boy band BTOB, actor and model Lee Soo-hyuk and fashion designer Lie Sang Bong.
The winner was 26-year-old Keith Carlos from Bridgeport, Connecticut, the show's first ever male winner.
Eighth-placing finalist Mirjana Puhar was shot and killed on February 24, 2015 in her boyfriend's home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Video America's Next Top Model (cycle 21)
Prizes
Returning prizes include: a modeling contract with NEXT Model Management, a spread in Nylon magazine, and a US $100,000 campaign with Guess
Maps America's Next Top Model (cycle 21)
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)
Episode summaries
The Boyz R Back
Original Airdate: August 18, 2014
- Special guests: Cory Hindorff
The Guy Who Gets a Second Chance
Original Airdate: August 25, 2014
- Featured photographers: Franco Lacosta, Yu Tsai
The Girl Who's a Player
Original Airdate: September 1, 2014
- Featured director: Tony Croll
- Featured photographer: Erik Asla
- Special guests: Alexis Borges
The Guy Who Gets a Beard Weave
Original Airdate: September 8, 2014
- Featured photographer: An Le
- Special guests: Cristophe, Cory Hindorff
The Guy Who Starts a Fight
Original Airdate: September 15, 2014
- Disqualified: Romeo Tostado
- Featured director: Franco Lacosta
- Special guests: None
The Girl Who Got Five Frames
Original Airdate: September 22, 2014
- Featured photographer: Massimo Campana
- Special guests: Nina Burns, Nick Cannon
The Guy Who Wears Heels
Original Airdate: October 3, 2014
- Featured photographer: Franco Lacosta
- Special guests: Lori Openden, Kristen Vadas
The Girl Who Says It's Over
Original Airdate: October 10, 2014
After Matthew's elimination, Tyra finds out her DNA results from ancestry DNA to realize that she is 79% African American, 6% Native American and 14% British.
- Featured photographer: Erik Asla
- Special guests: Marvin Scott Jarett, Cory Hindorff, Ken Chahine
The Guy Who Wows Betsey Johnson
Original Airdate: October 17, 2014'
- Featured photographer: Erik Asla
- Special guests: Alexis Borges, Betsey Johnson, Maxwell Amadeus, Altaf Maaneshia, Kiara Belen, Mitch Stone
The Girl with the Bloodcurdling Scream
Original Airdate: October 24, 2014
- Featured photographer: Erik Asla
- Special guests: Mark "The Cobra Snake" Hunter
What Happens on ANTM Stays on ANTM
Original Airdate: October 31, 2014
- Special guests: Jourdan Miller
The Guy Who Parties Too Hard
Original Airdate: November 7, 2014
- Featured photographer: Erik Asla
- Special guests: BtoB, Michael Michalsky
The Girl Who Gets Caught in a Lie
Original Airdate: November 14, 2014
- Featured photographer: Erik Asla
- Special guests: BtoB, Ben Baller, Jay Park, Jinny Kim, James Ju-hyun Lee, The Studio K, Mag & Logan, Sun-jung Lee
The Guy With Moves Like Elvis
Original Airdate: November 21, 2014
- Featured photographer: Massimo Campana
- Special guests: Yoon Jong-hoon, Clara
Finale Part One: The Last Girl Standing
Original Airdate: December 5, 2014 (8/7c)
- Featured photographer: Yu Tsai
- Special guests: Allison Harvard
Finale Part Two: America's Next Top Model Is...
Original Airdate: December 5, 2014 (9/8c)
- Special guests: Jourdan Miller, 2NE1
Summaries
Call-out order
- The contestant was eliminated from the competition
- The contestant was disqualified from the competition
- The contestant was originally eliminated from the competition but was saved
- The contestant won the competition
- In episode 1, the pool of 32 semi-finalists was reduced to the top 22 who moved on to the next round of casting.
- In episode 2, the remaining pool of 22 semi-finalists was reduced to the final fourteen contestants.
- In episode 5, Romeo was disqualified from the competition after getting involved in a physical altercation with Adam. Lenox was originally eliminated when she landed in the bottom two, but was allowed to stay due to the vacant slot left by Romeo after he was disqualified.
- After Denzel's elimination in episode 9, the eliminated contestants were brought into the judging room. Chantelle and Ben were revealed to have the highest male and female social media scores. Tyra announced that only one of them would be allowed to return. The episode ended in a cliffhanger before the final scores were revealed. The comeback segment resumed in the beginning of episode 10, where it was revealed that Chantelle had achieved the highest public vote average out of the eliminated contestants, allowing her to return to the competition.
- Episode 11 was the recap episode.
- The finale was divided into two separate episodes that aired back to back. In episode 15, the contestants took part in the final two shoots before a final elimination preceding the final runway show. Keith and Lenox landed in the bottom two. The episode ended in a cliffhanger, with Lenox's elimination being shown at the beginning of episode 16. In episode 16, the final three walked in the final show with all the eliminated contestants. The winner was revealed at panel.
Scoring chart
- Indicates the contestant won the competition.
- Indicates the contestant had the highest score that week.
- Indicates the contestant was eliminated that week.
- Indicates the contestant was in the bottom two that week.
- Indicates the contestant was disqualified that week.
- Indicates the contestant was originally eliminated that week, but was saved.
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 1 photo shoot: Runway selfies for social media (casting)
- Episode 2 photo shoots: Four seasons wardrobe in the subway; Leather swimwear on the beach (casting)
- Episode 3 video & photo shoot: Opening titles; Wet and wild in black and white
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Twofold illusion atmosphere
- Episode 5 commercial: Black widow fragrance in pairs
- Episode 6 motion shoot: Hair whipping & flipping
- Episode 7 photo shoot: Frostbitten at an ice rink
- Episode 8 photo shoot: Futuristic Heritage with Corybot
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Mitch Stone essentials ad campaign
- Episode 10 photo shoot: Composite couples for HIV awareness
- Episode 12 photo shoot: MCM Bags at Seoul City Hall
- Episode 13 photo shoot: Jinny Kim shoes at Gyeongbokgung Palace
- Episode 14 photo shoot: Portraying Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe
- Episode 15 photo shoots: Tyra Beauty campaign ; Guess campaign
- Episode 16 photo shoot: Nylon magazine spreads
Makeovers
- Adam: Buzz cut
- Ben: Buzz cut
- Chantelle: Ombre style long weave
- Denzel: Lace front beard weave
- Kari: Platinum blonde weave, bleached eyebrows
- Keith: No makeover
- Lenox: Dyed dark brown, tips trimmed
- Matthew: Shaved sides
- Mirjana: Karlie Kloss inspired blunt bob cut
- Raelia: Voluminous curly weave
- Romeo: Dyed ice blonde, grey contacts
- Shei: Hair and eyebrows half platinum blonde, half jet black
- Will: Pompadour style
Ratings
The premiere of the twenty-first season was the CW's most watched Monday night show since 2011. It was The CW's highest rated Monday night show in ages 18-49 (0.6/2) in almost two years (December 17, 2012, Gossip Girl finale) and its highest rated Monday in ages 18-34 (0.6/2) since February 4, 2013.
References
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