[Gstar]

Cycle 24 didn’t age well, looking back it was a mess. The youtube video of the runner up spilling about the cycle made me not like it even more

[Gstar]

Literally nothing memorable happened in cycle 13, thank god cycle 14 came back with a bang

[Saph]

glad u girlies are loving it

so far we have

24th. Cycle 21
23rd. Cycle 22
22nd. Cycle 20
21st. Cycle 23
20th. Cycle 24
19th. Cycle 17
18th. Cycle 13
17th. Cycle 15
16th. Cycle 19
15th. Cycle 16

from this point it gets a lot harder because the rest are all iconic in their own ways

[Headie]

Cycle 19 is one of the poorer seasons I agree, I only really liked Victoria, Leila and Nastasia (the latter of which was barely shown even in her elim ep despite taking stunning pictures) but the whole season just felt like a set up/rig tbh. Fan voting is definitely the worst part of the franchise along with Boys.

I quite enjoyed Cycle 16 tbh, the drama was so catty but I loved that, and the photoshoots/models were really good as well. I do think it lacked the star power that most of the other seasons had though/

Originally Posted by Gstar

Cycle 24 didn’t age well, looking back it was a mess. The youtube video of the runner up spilling about the cycle made me not like it even more

Yeah Cycle 24 is probably the worst all-girls season... it was just so uninteresting and the drama wasn't even fun to watch. I'm not surprised the show got culled/paused after it. The winner didn't even get her prizes I don't think

Originally Posted by Saph

glad u girlies are loving it

so far we have

24th. Cycle 21
23rd. Cycle 22
22nd. Cycle 20
21st. Cycle 23
20th. Cycle 24
19th. Cycle 17
18th. Cycle 13
17th. Cycle 15
16th. Cycle 19
15th. Cycle 16

from this point it gets a lot harder because the rest are all iconic in their own ways

Yeah ANTM is one of the rare reality shows that doesn't really have a "bad" season for the majority of its run, it only became poor from like 19 onwards IMO. But literally you could recommend any season from 1-18 (minus All Stars) to a friend who was thinking of getting into the show and would probably be able to get them hooked off of one season.

Of the ones ranked so far this would be my ranking:

24) Cycle 20
23) Cycle 21
22) Cycle 24
21) Cycle 19
20) Cycle 23
19) Cycle 17
18) Cycle 22
17) Cycle 13
16) Cycle 15
15) Cycle 16

Looking forward to getting into the golden era

[Gstar]

I can’t wait for the rest of this

[Amy Jade]

If 20 had been the only male/female cycle I think it wouldn't be hated on quite as much because I do thing we got an amazing winner and quite a few of the male models were pretty good but whew I hated cycle 21, absolutely the pits of antm.

Shei and Lennox were the only likeable cast members and all the guys were just terrible, Will was heaped with praise when he was soooo mediocre and then cycle 22 was trash too, mikey bullying Courtney was so awful to watch.

[Saph]

14th - Cycle 12 (2009)

So, getting into the golden era and kicking it off is cycle 12. This was probably one of the more messy cycles but in a good way. This was also Paulina Porizkova's last cycle before she got fired on her birthday

This cycle is probably up there with cycles 3 and 14 as having some of the most arguments throughout, the whole cycle seemed like a war between the groups.



Obviously the most iconic fight was the one that took place after Celia interrupted judging while Kourtney was being eliminated and told Tyra that Tahlia had said she didnt want to be there the whole thing was a huge mess! Back at the house Teyona and Aminat were letting Celia have it on the staircase. Natalie and Allison somehow get involved and Aminat does her iconic "S-T-U-P-I-D!" in Natalies face before Tahlia makes that really cringey speech on the stair case about how she knows this is what she wants to do.. the cast pretty much stayed divided for the remainder of the series.



Then there was Sandra who was in a completely different category all together and seemed to have a problem with everyone her most iconic fight was the one with Celia (of course!) when she keeps shouting "YOURE 25 YOURE 25!". She had plenty of others with Allison, Nijah, Aminat, Natalie and probably everyone else.



her being so oblivious to how messy she was just made it even better. She also randomly picked her nose in the confessional..



The final 6 girls went to Brazil where we saw Natalie eliminated which apparently led to a argument between her and Tyra which never got aired.. hopefully we get some tea on that from Jays chat

The final 2 came down to Allison and Teyona, with Teyona winning. A lot of fans weren't happy about this at the time and felt Allison was robbed. Imo Teyona took some great photos and definitely deserved her win, but Allison did good too, it was pretty neck and neck.

Oh, and we also had this moment...


Cycle ranking: 7/10

[Saph]

13th - Cycle 2 (2004)

Back when the show was still finding its feet, cycle 2 seemed like a better thought out sequel to cycle 1. We had a strong cast of characters including April, Mercedes, Catie, Jenascia, Xiomara and of course Camille and Yoanna who just HATED eachother!

We had no casting episode for this cycle, instead a stretch car came and picked the girls up from random areas in NY.. it all felt very high budget at the time. The premiere episode was probably one of the most dramatic in the shows history. First off we had the Adam and Eve photoshoot where the girls had to have their naked bodies spray painted. Religious mother Anna was not having it and decided not to even do the photoshoot. Then there was the whole drama with Jenascia not waking up and the girls just left her in bed and went to the photoshoot she eventually arrived late and got a telling off from Nigel.

In the end, they both ended up in the bottom 2, but because Jenascia actually did the photoshoot, she was saved.



There was plenty more drama with Catie and her boy haircut makeover and then her fear of heights when they had to be suspended over a massive open hole.



Then the runways... Xiomara and her crazy eyes prompting Miss J to give her iconic "girl you walk like you on crack" line and of course Camille and her signature walk, that got mentioned plenty of times over the future cycles.



Another scream from Camille was during the acting challenge, when the girls had to learn how to show emotion by learning a script and crying real tears at the end. Camille however completely re-wrote the script and did her own piece and of course when Tyra came over to the house for lunch with the girls and Camille told her that Yoanna had an eating disorder and had gone to the toilet to throw up nnnnn



as well as this we also had Heather being left out, the iconic house meeting with the 'speaking hand' being passed around, Bethanys boobs, Sara's shocking elimination, and obviously one of the most controversial moments of the entire show when Shandi cheated on her boyfriend in Milan! That phone call the next day remains iconic.. "YOU HAD SEX?!"



This cycle was so iconic that even Rihanna recognised April at the 2018 Victoria Secret red carpet

and to top it all off we also got this masterpiece...

Youtube video

Cycle ranking: 7/10

[Saph]

12th - Cycle 11 (2008)

Coming in at the halfway mark is cycle 11. This cycle saw one of the more extra casting episodes, where Tyra, 'Alpha Jay' and 'Beta J' were looking for the future of fashion. They had the girls pretending to be scanned and teleported and random crap like that. One of the big talking points was Isis, the first transgender model to appear on the show. She'd previously been in the homeless photoshoot in cycle 10 but was scouted by Tyra and asked to audition for the next cycle. Some of the girls were fuming and didnt know why she was there if she was "a man". Kacey (who later returned in cycle 15) was making all kinds of digs alongside ShaRaun and Clarke (with an e).



Needless to say ShaRaun didnt last long and after boasting how she would become Americas Next Top Model all episode long, she was the first to be eliminated.



We also had Nikeysha who just kept talking, even through her elimination and the end credits she was still talking





There was that challenge early on where the girls had to pose with a handbag and Sheena decided to place it on her crotch Mr Jay was already calling her a hoochy and she didnt do much to prove him wrong



This cycles most interesting moments came in the final 6 when a clear divide between the girls was apparent. Sheena, Sam and McKey vs Marjorie, Analeigh and Elina.

Elina had already butted heads with Sam, Sheena, Brittany and a couple of others, and had that random snog with Clarke in the jacuzzi..

When the girls went to Amsterdam there was that messy posing challenge when they had to model in a window at the red light district nnn... Marjorie also got really drunk one night when the male models were visiting and ended up in the hot tub with about 4 of them. We were all hoping for another Shandi moment but Analeigh dragged Marjorie to bed and sent the boys home.

In the end the final 2 came down to McKey and Sam, McKey won and ultimately I think it was deserved. Sam took some great photos too.



Cycle ranking: 7/10

[Amy Jade]

Cycle 12 is too low imo and Teyona was a bad winner

[Liam-]

Elina and Sheena are still two of my favourites to this day, I loved that cycle

[Liam-]

I wish they’d put some cycles on Netflix or something, this is making me want to rewatch

[Saph]

Yeah it would do so well too atm with all the controversy

[Saph]

11th - Cycle 1 (2003)

Just shy of a spot in the top 10 is the OG cycle, cycle 1. Eventhough it was the very first season, its part of the reason the show went on to have so much success worldwide. The cast were iconic, we had Adrianne, Elyse, Ebony, Giselle, Shannon and the legendary Robin!



After 8 girls were chosen during casting, Tyra brought 2 new girls, Giselle and Tessa into the competition shortly after. Tessa didn't last long as she was the first girl to be eliminated after not even a whole episode. The cycle 1 judging room was a mess, they had a church hall looking table covered in a cloth, with some ugly navy blue curtains draped around the room. Tyra, Kimora, Janice and some other guy were crammed shoulder to shoulder on that tiny table for the entire season.

The panel of course being one of the most iconic things about ANTM, whoever decided to hire Janice clearly knew what they were doing, her critiques were always amazing



One of the biggest screams was Ebony (who already had basically no hair) complaining about her makeover which barely looked any different the hair stylists kept making jokes about writing their names in her hair and Ebony was not gonna let that go!



Then we had Robin, who remains one of the most iconic girls from the show. She was constantly causing fumes in the house, even on day one she started with Adrianne and Tessa for smoking inside the house. She had made friends with the fellow christian girls Kesse and Shannon and it often became those three (especially Robin) against Ebony, Adrianne and Elyse. She even showed Elyse the bible quote about how foolish being an atheist was. One of the best moments came when Ebony decided to hide a Tyra Mail from the other girls and when Robin found out she decided to hold an exorcism to get rid of the demons in the apartment



This was the final straw for Elyse who went to the confessional to go off on most of the girls (and even Miss J). My personal favourite was her quote for Giselle, "Giselle.. you're worthless, your parents must be ashamed of you"



When the final 5 went to Paris, they had to do go-sees and travel around central Paris using only a paper map. Robin decided to pay a French man to escort her around the city meanwhile Adrianne got touched up by a pervert.. a messy first go-sees that would lead to many more..

Another of the most iconic moments came when Robin and Shannon refused to take part in the final 4 photoshoot which involved them getting semi-naked because it was against their beliefs, but Mr Jay and tyra both called out Robin and said they'd seen her open her gown and shake her tits at Mr Jay Robin was adamant that she didn't do this "I dont know whether they...shook". Janice also quipped in with "where was your bible when you were shaking your titties?"



Eventually Adrianne and Shannon were the final 2 and Adrianne deservedly won, we all kinda knew once Elyse had gone and after Shannon had refused to do the nude shoot that Adrianne was going to take the win. This then led to the still on going feud between her and Tyra after she didn't receive any of her prizes for winning. After a brief appearance on cycle 2, Adrianne never returned and was never mentioned or referenced on the show again.

Cycle ranking: 7/10

[Headie]

For iconic cycles you just ranked, I think of those four I would rank them 1 > 2 > 12 > 11

Robin is one of the most quotable contestants ever she was such a scream <3

And I think it's messed up that Camille got eliminated when she won the go-sees and all the designers loved her strong attitude. That season was really set up for Yoanna to win honestly.

[Saph]

I originally had it as 1>2>11>12 but switched 2 and 11 around last minute to give a bit of variation

cycle 1 is such a classic, I love how the cheap cameras make it look like its from 1990 not 2003

[Saph]

10th - Cycle 5 (2005)

Kicking off the top 10 is Cycle 5, by which point the show had found its feet and this felt like the first cycle that had been planned out properly and not quickly rushed together last minute. Twiggy replacing Janice on the panel also gave the show a bit more of a classy touch.

The girls were far from classy however.. we had butch lesbian Kim who tried it with at last half the cast, big lip Sarah who couldnt walk to save her life, Nicole who spent the entire time whining and Bre who spent the entire time clocking her. Then of course there was Lisa, who was just in her own world all together.



When it came to makeovers, Tyra decided to cut Cassandras hair down to just an inch inspired by Mia Farrow in Rosemarys Baby. When asked to cut it a tiny bit more, Cassandra refused and decided to leave the competition all together



Lisa and her crazy antics caused her to come to blows with many of the other girls, one of the most iconic being her fight with Coryn backstage at a photoshoot when Lisa tried to give her unwanted advice. Coryn tells Lisa no one here likes her, especially her and delivers her iconic line, "and what are you doing, alcoholic bitch?". Lisa was truly shook.



That didnt stop Lisa getting drunk every night and running around the house like a loony. There was even that night when all the girls had gone to bed and she stayed out with a glass of wine talking to a bush she'd called 'cousin it' oh and that time she peed in a diaper on set..



The final 6 girls flew to London where we got the iconic granola-gate where Bre assumed Nicole had eaten a granola bar from her room so poured all her red bulls down the sink Kim walked in and caught Bre, who jumped her to the ground. When Kim tried to talk to Bre about it the following day, Bre didnt want to talk and certainly didnt want to talk to Nicole.



Later that day at panel, while the judges were deliberating, Bre and Kim carried on their fight backstage where Bre told Kim "you will not win this competition, because you are an ugly person, you have an ugly personality" Kim was eliminated that day..



Somewhere along the line Jayla decided she hated Nik after stealing Niks 'sleeping with a nightlight' idea in the commercials and gave that really strange confessional where she called her "a stoopid stoopid bitch!"



In the end Bre finished 3rd and the top 2 were Nik and Nicole with Nicole winning. It's generally agreed among fans that Nik should have won this cycle, even Miss J recently said she was the only one who voted Nik to win on the panel.

Cycle ranking: 8/10

[Samm]

cycle 5 was so fun, i hated dyke kim with a passion.

[Saph]

I think we all did

[Saph]

oh also we had this in Cycle 5 in London

[Saph]

9th - Cycle 18 (2012)

This cycle was dubbed the US vs UK cycle where they brought back 7 girls from Britains Next Top Model to compete against 7 new girls from the US.

Lets be honest, the UK girls really made this cycle amazing, the US girls were messy. Seymone introduced herself as a military brat and it showed.. she was gobby and sulked for pretty much the entire time she was there. Laura was just very strange and often outwardly sexual, especially with a teddy bear she had. The UK girls decided to steal it and chuck it in the pool and Laura went crazy, stomping around screaming and crying



One of the funniest moments was when the girls had to do an eating challenge (for literally no reason) and Seymone demolished a whole haggis, which led Candace to do impressions of her later that evening, "she didnt wanna share that haggis!" this led to a huge fight




and then this from Ashley....


This was also the cycle that introduced Kelly Cutrone as a judge and she wasted no time causing drama. When she told Louise to stop running on set, Louise was having none of it. Later on at panel, Kelly confronted Louise and called her rude to which Louise snapped back "nonono you were rude to me...", this then led to one of the most dramatic exits from the show when Louise stormed out and was filmed in the car park outside shouting at Ken Mok saying "IF I EVER SEE THAT KELLY CUTRONE AGAIN ILL KNOCK HER OUT" iconic!




We also had Scottish Ashley who pretty much struggled from the start but somehow managed to make it to week 5 before they'd finally had enough of her.



AzMarie had been a clear front runner from the start, winning challenges and getting first call outs, however she shot herself in the foot when she refused to wear a fake bum pad in a dance teach with Tyra.. she got sent home the same episode That being said, the UK girls song 'We'll Mash You Up' was imo the best song to come out of ANTM. I still die at "couture strutter, like no other, sincerely a stunner, Alisha!"

Youtube video

The girls went to Macau and Hong Kong during the top 6, and you just know its gonna be good when they go to Asia After doing a photoshoot with silkworms, they had to pose on a ledge on top of a huge skyscraper type building, Sophie and Alisha broke down in tears but still managed to do the shoot. At panel that week it came down to Alisha and Ebonee in the bottom 2 and when Tyra revealed Alisha was safe, she broke down crying and said she'd rather give up her place for Ebonee to stay. Tyra was having none of it and sent Ebonee home along with Alisha.

In the end the final 2 came down to Sophie and Laura. It was kind of obvious they were gonna give Sophie the win, otherwise what would've been the point in a US vs UK series just for a US girl to win. Imo this was deserved anyway, Laura took some amazing photos but she wasn't personable at all.

Cycle ranking: 8/10

[Saph]

8th - Cycle 14 (2010)

After the calm, drama-free cycle 13, we got PLENTY of drama in the following cycle. With Angelea being brought back from cycle 12 casting, mixed with a bunch of other big personalities, Alasia, Anslee, Krista, Brenda.. this was never going to be a quiet bunch.

This cycle saw the introduction of Andre Leon Talley, the most high profile judge they've ever managed to get on the show (its a shame he had to suffer through all stars..). After Alasia took that messy photo with her arm hiding her ass crack, it was obvious Tyra had chosen that photo purely for the laugh factor and was probably intending to send Alasia home, however Andre defended her and said he would hang this photo in his salon! Ultimately saving her from being eliminated.



I'm not even sure where to start with all the drama from this cycle.. there was just an endless string of fights I'll start with Angelea. One week when Angelea had been called high while Brenda and Raina had been low. Angelea couldn't resist taunting them and giving them 'the bitch please look', Brenda gave her "why are you staring at me thats so rude" line, but Angelea wasn't budging.



Brenda also had various other fights, like the one with Anslee when Brenda had made a remark about Anslee leaving a bowl of food out of the fridge, causing Anslee to blow. Then there was the fight with Krista after Brenda had her hair cut in the kitchen and refused to sweep up the hair, so Krista brushed all the loose cut hair into Brendas bedroom I'm pretty sure there was a fight between Brenda and Alasia too over a wooden spoon being thrown into the sink lmao



and then of course the iconic "HOW YOU TREATIN' YOUR DAUGHTER?" fight between Alasia and Anslee



we all shared Alasias happiness when she was saved over Brenda in week 6



in-between all the fighting, the girls also did that infamous runway with the giant pendulums, where Alexandra not only fell down the stairs, but also got knocked off the runway by a pendulum



The final 6 went to New Zealand where they did go-sees and Angelea became the first girl in ANTM history to book 6 out of 6 go-sees.

In the end both Alexandra and Angelea missed out on the place in the final 2 when they got double eliminated in New Zealand. Raina and Krista were the top 2 with Krista winning, in a rather unexpected twist as everyone had just assumed Raina would win.

Cycle ranking: 8/10

[Gstar]

Originally Posted by Saph

The final 6 girls went to Brazil where we saw Natalie eliminated which apparently led to a argument between her and Tyra which never got aired.. hopefully we get some tea on that from Jays chat

This is true. Aminat confirmed

One of the many reasons why Miss Jay needs to return

[Saph]

we need Paulina to spill!

[Amy Jade]

Raina should have won, Krista was awful. Looked so much older than she actually was.