The BEST episodes of America's Next Top Model season 6
Every episode of America's Next Top Model season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of America's Next Top Model season 6!
Created by world-renowned supermodel Tyra Banks, who executive produces the series with Ken Mok, AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL chronicles the transformation of everyday young women into potentially fierce supermodels. Fourteen participants will live together and vie for the incredible grand prize: an opportunity to be managed by Ford Models, a fashion spread in Elle magazine, and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl. Cameras catch each moment as participants face weekly tests that determine who makes the cut. With mentoring by supermodel Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion industry gurus, the finalists compete in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp, a crash course that could lead to supermodel fame. Participants are asked to demonstrate both inner and outer beauty as they master complicated catwalks, intense physical fitness, fashion photo shoots and publicity skills, all under 24-hour-a-day surveillance of the AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL cameras.
#2 - The Girls Go Bald
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/8/2006
#3 - The Girl Who Learns How To Dance
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/8/2006
The two-hour premiere episode devoted an hour to narrowing 32 contestants to 13 finalists, and the second hour featured the first photo shoot and elimination. The bedroom themes for this cycle were Twiggy, Janice Dickinson, Christie Brinkley, Iman and a room themed of past contestants of America's Next Top Model. The girls were led to believe that they would all be shaved bald as a way to level the competition for the photo shoot, when in fact they were fitted with skull caps and posed wearing Swarovski crystals in an array of mannequin heads.
#4 - The Girl Who Kissed A Roach
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/2006
This episode featured the eleven remaining contestants practicing the runway. The girls had to do a runway with cockroaches for Jared Gold's spring collection. For the photoshoot, the girls had to take a photo while falling and were posed as a character from a popular fairy tale.
#5 - The Girl With Two Bad Takes
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/5/2006
In the sixth episode, the girls learned about improv by attending a workshop at The Groundlings. Later, the girls put their skills to use in a challenge led by Nick Cannon. In lieu of a photoshoot that week, the girls once again had to utilize their improv skills in a commercial shoot for CoverGirl.
#6 - The Girl Who Is A True Miss Diva
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/2006
In this episode, the twelve remaining contestants received makeovers. During the makeover process, Jay spoke with each of the girls to establish a name for their individual style, which they later had to attempt to embody in a clothing challenge. For the photo shoot, the girls posed with ice sculptures.
#7 - The Girl Who Has Surgery
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/19/2006
In this week's episode the contestants were critiqued quite harshly by a woman. After the critique, each model took a Polaroid shot to measure how they took the criticism and how it affected their work through their facial expressions. Two photoshoots were taken in this episode, one where the contestants were made up to look like dolls. The other shoot directed by Tyra, required each girl to be photographed crying.
#8 - The Girl Who Has A Temper
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/12/2006
On this episode, the contestants learned the "runway twirl" from the Aswirl Twins. They put their knowledge to the test in a church fashion show challenge. The photoshoot required the girls to "krump", which is a modern dance style, to advertise Payless ShoeSource shoes.
#9 - The Girl Who Kissed A Male Model
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/29/2006
Episode four featured the girls receiving lessons on commercial and high-fashion posing. Their challenge was to model for a Sears catalogue, using the four seasons as their back-drop. This week's photoshoot involved the contestants posing as their dream careers.
#10 - The Girl Who Is A Model, Not A Masseuse
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/26/2006
This episode began with a session of press training, in which the final six contestants were taught how to deal with difficult interview questions and given pointers on how to improve. Before long, the contestants were told that they would be heading to Bangkok, Thailand for the remainder of the competition. Upon arriving in the city, they were given the assignment to pose hanging upside down from nets as mermaids over an open floating market.
#11 - The Girls Go To Phuket
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/10/2006
It’s down to the final four models who meet Thai designer Pichita Rucksajit. They are tasked with traveling by “tuk tuk”, a Thai taxi, to meet and impress local designers. Next the girls fly on to Phuket where Tyra gives them a lesson about the regions culture and local history which includes the 2004 Tsunami. Later the girls hit the beach for a photo shoot modeling Op bikinis to appear in a June/July 2006 spread in ElleGirl magazine and Amp’d Mobile with Nigel Barker behind the lens.
#12 - The Girl Who Is Rushed To The Emergency Room
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/3/2006
While in Thailand, the girls competed by learning and performing an intricate Thai dance and perform in front of judges. One of the girls was unable to participate in the challenge as she was taken to the hospital for exhaustion, dehydration, and food poisoning, but she returned in time for the week's photoshoot. To arrive at the shoot, the girls traveled by elephant deep into the jungle, where they posed on the elephants to advertise Venus razors.
#13 - The Girl Who Walked Through The Ancient City
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/17/2006
It's down to Joanie, Jade and Danielle. In the end, a runway challenge through an ancient city will reveal this year's America's Next Top Model.