The WORST seasons of America's Next Top Model

Every season of America's Next Top Model ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst seasons of America's Next Top Model!

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.

Last Updated: 11/15/2024Network: VH1Status: Ended
Season 23
star
5.83
12 votes

#1 - Season 23

First Aired 12/13/2016

Season 23 reinvents the show with a brand new host, new panel members, and a slew of new experts. Returning to its roots, the competition once again features an all-female cast competing for the crown and a whole new set of prizes, returning to the place where it all began: New York City. Singer, actress and entrepreneur Rita Ora hosts with supermodel and body activist Ashley Graham, Paper Magazine Chief Creative Officer Drew Elliott and celebrity stylist and image architect Law Roach serving as judges. Show creator Tyra Banks makes surprise appearances throughout the season.

Season 24
star
6.31
13 votes

#2 - Season 24

First Aired 1/10/2018

The BOSS is back! Season 24 struts back onto the VH1 stage with Tyra Banks returning as host and returning judges Drew Elliott, Law Roach and Ashley Graham, alongside an ensemble of new experts and a whole new set of prizes in the city where dreams are made: Los Angeles. The competition will once again feature an all-female cast competing for the crown, but this time around the age limit has been lifted.

Guys & Girls
star
6.35
17 votes

#3 - Guys & Girls

First Aired 8/19/2014

Season 21, the second “Guys and Girls” edition. welcomes a fan favorite back to the judging panel: J. Alexander, a.k.a. “Miss J.”

Cycle 8
star
7.00
10 votes

#4 - Cycle 8

First Aired 3/1/2007

The eighth cycle of America's Next Top Model aired from February 28, 2007 to May 16, 2007, and was the second season of the series to be aired on The CW network. The winner, similar to all of the cycles aired on The CW network, received representation by Elite Model Management, a cover & six-page spread within Seventeen magazine, and a US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics. The cycle's promotional tagline was "Welcome To The Jungle, Ladies" and the promotional theme songs were both Danity Kane's "One Shot" and Shiny Toy Guns' "Le Disko."

College Edition
star
7.10
10 votes

#5 - College Edition

First Aired 8/25/2012

Cycle 14
star
7.14
7 votes

#6 - Cycle 14

First Aired 3/11/2010

Cycle 5
star
7.17
12 votes

#7 - Cycle 5

First Aired 9/22/2005

Cycle 16
star
7.20
5 votes

#8 - Cycle 16

First Aired 2/24/2011

Cycle 9
star
7.20
10 votes

#9 - Cycle 9

First Aired 9/20/2007

Cycle 10
star
7.25
12 votes

#10 - Cycle 10

First Aired 2/21/2008

Cycle 1
star
7.28
25 votes

#11 - Cycle 1

First Aired 5/21/2003

Cycle 7
star
7.31
13 votes

#12 - Cycle 7

First Aired 9/21/2006

The seventh cycle of America's Next Top Model started airing on September 20, 2006 as the first to be aired on The CW network. The season's catch-phrase is "The Competition Won't Be Pretty." The season's promotional theme song is "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" by Pussycat Dolls.

Guys & Girls
star
7.35
26 votes

#13 - Guys & Girls

First Aired 8/6/2015

All-Stars
star
7.38
8 votes

#14 - All-Stars

First Aired 9/15/2011

AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL returns for another season, with Tyra Banks kicking off cycle seventeen by bringing back an all-star cast of fan favorites and outrageous characters from previous cycles of the show. These women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes return to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of modeling and celebrity, featuring an exciting line-up of special guest judges. There is a lot at stake with these seasoned veterans, poised to earn the prestigious title of "America's Next Top Model," that previously eluded them. Time has passed and these models have changed - for better and for worse. In addition to exposure to prolific fashion-industry gurus and successful entrepreneurs, the finalists will compete in complicated catwalks, ambitious fashion photo shoots and work to carefully craft their public personas, all under 24-hour-a-day surveillance of the cameras that chronicle every move.

Cycle 6
star
7.45
11 votes

#15 - Cycle 6

First Aired 3/9/2006

Cycle 12
star
7.64
14 votes

#16 - Cycle 12

First Aired 3/5/2009

Guys & Girls
star
7.71
17 votes

#17 - Guys & Girls

First Aired 8/3/2013

Season 20 includes a new twist – men! The first-ever “Guys and Girls” edition with eight men and eight women living under one roof to battle it out to earn the prestigious title of “America’s Next Top Model.”

Cycle 15
star
7.75
4 votes

#18 - Cycle 15

First Aired 9/9/2010

AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL goes high-fashion for cycle 15. The show features Tyra Banks and gives real young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes an opportunity to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of high fashion supermodeling.

Cycle 11
star
7.75
8 votes

#19 - Cycle 11

First Aired 9/4/2008

Cycle 2
star
7.76
17 votes

#20 - Cycle 2

First Aired 1/14/2004

Cycle 4
star
7.77
13 votes

#21 - Cycle 4

First Aired 3/3/2005

Cycle 13
star
8.00
10 votes

#22 - Cycle 13

First Aired 9/10/2009

Cycle 3
star
8.00
17 votes

#23 - Cycle 3

First Aired 9/23/2004

British Invasion
star
8.29
7 votes

#24 - British Invasion

First Aired 3/1/2012

A fierce new edition of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL returns with Cycle 18 and its first-ever "British Invasion," featuring former contestants from BRITAIN'S NEXT TOP MODEL and an all-new crop of American model hopefuls competing for the grand prize. This cycle will feature a variety of seasoned women from across the pond that will do whatever it takes to make it as a model in America. They will compete against not only each other but a group of aspiring American models. Emotions run high, the women are divided and the competition is intense as they vie for the grand prize.