Australia S Next Top Model

Just minutes before the bombshell upset on last night’s Australia’s Top Model, Elle MacPherson sent a special video message to the three finalists.

In all the chaos I can’t remember exactly what she said but it was a sisterly little missive along the lines of, “Be true to yourself”.

Perhaps it was ringing in Sarah Murdoch’s ears, for clearly something was, when she mistakenly announced the wrong winner and had to do an embarrassing volto face in front of a live audience.

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  • nicole savage says:

    11:16am | 30/09/10

    The whole thing was very unprofessional, what were the crew,  producer and the ear piece person doing?? why didn’t they cut to a quick break , so they could give Sarah a better sentence to say for the mistake….you can only begin to wonder was it only a stunt! Read more »

  • Liz Lemon says:

    10:22am | 30/09/10

    Wake up and smell the artifice, Tony Bee. They would and they do. And I do know what I’m talking about, having worked in TV production. Read more »

 

Red Faces? No, Tahnee Atkinson last night on Top Model.

The Australia’s Next Top Model final was on Foxtel last night and producers of other “reality” shows that are based on US formula were hopefully watching.

Unlike other perennials such as Australian Idol, Australia’s Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance, which are clones of their American parents, just with Australian accents and a smaller talent pool, ANTM could not have felt more Aussie.

Especially when they left the 17-year-old winner Tahnee sitting on stage with a bleeding nose for a good five minutes without cutting to an ad break. “Can you bear with us?” host Sarah Murdoch cajoled as Tahnee sat there clutching her ever reddening face. What were they thinking?

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  • Clare says:

    11:19am | 09/07/09

    SK, why on earth are you writing about scourers?  This is about the Australia’s Next Top Model finale.  Lost the plot have you?? Read more »

  • Natalie says:

    10:44am | 09/07/09

    DD, it would have been a bit hard for Clare to win when she wasn’t in the final two. The only two up for the position of winner were Tahnee and Cassi. Doofus! Read more »

 

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