Germany's Next Topmodel Season 7: Episode Guide & Ratings

Lights off, spot on! Germany's Next Top Model is back and with a spectacular start. 51 girls demonstrate their modeling potential in the first episode.

Our top model candidates are going to Thailand in the second week. What starts out like a fairy tale quickly becomes hard work...

In the third episode, the top model candidates from Thailand travel halfway around the world to Fashion Week in Berlin! But not everyone gets a job, but one of the girls seems to have a real streak of luck...

Our top model candidates are heading to Los Angeles this week. There they move into their brand new villa in the Hollywood Hills. But in addition to all the luxury, difficult tasks also await the girls.

Washing, cutting, tears: the models are about to undergo a major makeover. Who gets the brown short haircut? You can see all of this in the entire episode of Germany's Next Top Model.

Things are going high this week for the remaining 15 girls! The top model candidates are transported to lofty heights for a photo shoot in colorful evening dresses. If you're not afraid of heights, you can pack up!

Playing rock star, sports with Heidi, New York Fashion Week with Thomas Hayo and a live walk with mega wigs. A week of extremes.

White sandy beach, sky-blue sea: In this episode the girls go to the Caribbean in Mexico. For the photo shoot, the candidates have to pose as female fighters!

The hut is on fire! In the new episode of Germany's Next Top Model, this time not only is there a lot of tension among the girls, but the photo shoot is quite heated in the truest sense of the word.

This week it's all about making it into the top 10 for our top model girls. Who will make it and who will fail so close to the finish line?

Heidi Klum always surprises her girls with internationally successful star guests. In the eleventh episode, Naomi Campbell gives the candidates a leg up. During catwalk training on a skyscraper in Los Angeles, the British beauty shows the girls the intricacies of the catwalk. In a challenge on Hollywood Boulevard, the participants get up close and personal with passers-by and try to grab a few items of clothing from them.

“Germany’s Next Top Model – by Heidi Klum” up close: At the big photo shoot in this episode, body painting is the order of the day for the girls. Who literally can't get out of their skin? And which girl is doing great in this photo shoot and showing body tension? This episode also contains, among other things: another casting for a major advertising campaign. Who has the best smile and gets the job?

The girls in this episode of Germany's Next Top Model have to go into the net because the candidates have to lounge and pose as sexy mermaids in a fishing net during the shoot!

Germany's Next Top Model is slowly getting into the hot phase: the first finalist will be chosen this week. The candidates also have a hot photo shoot and the Gillette casting is coming up.

The final is in sight and the girls now have to give it their all one last time to secure their places in the final. There's also an exciting shoot for Cosmopolitan coming up!

The big finale: Today the decision will be made at the live show in the sold-out Lanxess in Cologne in front of 15.00 spectators in the hall and millions of viewers live on the screens: Who will be “Germany’s next top model” 2012? Which girl will make it onto the cover of German Cosmopolitan? Who gets the contract with the OneEins Management modeling agency including lucrative advertising campaigns?

Last week the big decision was made – who is “Germany’s Next Top Model” 2012? Today Rebecca Mir presents the 25 most unforgettable moments from “Germany’s Next Top Model – by Heidi Klum”