Designer Wolfgang Joop (78) said he had no say as a juror on “Germany’s Next Top Model”. “Heidi does that. Nobody can help there, I couldn’t do much either,” he told the “Spiegel” before the start of the new season of the show on Thursday evening. «Only the timing is determined by the editors. They then say something like: “Don’t let them go yet, there’s still a boyfriend, that’s a lot of tears of joy, we’ll take that with us.” “He was “not always Heidi’s opinion”.
In 2014 and 2015, Joop sat on the jury of her ProSieben model show with Klum for two seasons. He doesn’t believe that the top three are certain from the start: “At the finale, Heidi was alone in the dressing room and brooded. It was like electing the Pope. If she was unsure, she took two editors to it. »
«Wolfgang Joop can talk about #GNTM 2014 and 2015 as a supposed insider. He didn’t notice all the developments afterwards,” emphasized ProSieben spokesman Christoph Körfer in a written statement. “One change: At #GNTM, all models have been at least 18 years old for several years.”
Joop wondered if the show still fits in with the times: “There is something dubious about evaluating girls based on their appearance – I wouldn’t have been surprised if the format had been discontinued,” he said. The fact that the show chose a different path instead and emphasized diversity, he thinks only partially good. “What is celebrated as diverse at “GNTM” is often more theoretical. Not everything that is crooked and crooked is successful. What has actually changed: Today it’s about character heads. The classic blonde is extinct.”
The “GNTM” season, which should start on Thursday evening, is the 18th of the model casting show, which is repeatedly criticized. According to the broadcaster, 29 candidates will be shown. And these will – unlike usual – not start their journey in Germany, but directly in Los Angeles. The title song comes from Pink this year: “Never Gonna Not Dance Again”.(dpa)