The seventh cycle of Holland's Next Top Model premiered on 1 September 2014 on RTL 5. This was the second cycle of the series to be hosted by Anouk Smulders. Previous judges Sharon Mor Yosef and Sabine Geurten did not return for the new cycle. They were replaced by photographer Dirk Kikstra and magazine editor May-Britt Mobach, respectively. Fred van Leer remained in place as a mentor for the contestants.
The prizes for this cycle included a modelling contract with Touché Models valued at €50,000, an online feature on the style and fashion website Amayzine.com, replacing the sponsorship of the show's magazine, Glamour, and a brand new Renault Twingo.
The winner of the competition was 19-year-old Nicky Opheij from the province of North Brabant.
Format changes The show scrapped the previous cycle's apartment reward for the best performing contestants, but still maintained the new elimination format.
The show once again held a separate wildcard contest, sponsored by Colgate, to choose an additional 13th contestant. Applicants were allowed to apply for the contest on the show's website, where the twenty-five candidates with the most votes from the public would be considered for a spot on the show. The winner of the search was 21 year-old Sanne de Roo from Groningen, who joined the 12 other finalists during the filming of the opening titles in episode 1.
During the cycle's live final, the position of the fourth and third placing contestants was decided through a consensus of the judges, while the viewer vote determined the winner from the remaining two contestants.
Cast Contestants (Ages stated are at start of contest)
NameAgeHeightProvinceFinishPlaceQuinty Henskens16Overijssel Episode 113Aniek Arisse17GelderlandEpisode 212Sagal Suleiman 24Flevoland Episode 311–10Roos Samwel16North Holland Allison Augustus16LimburgEpisode 49Lincey Hegener17North HollandEpisode 58–7Holly Brood19North HollandJune Walton21North HollandEpisode 66Liz Lucasse22ZeelandEpisode 75Aisha Kazumba20Overijssel Episode 94Debbie Dhillon19North Holland 3Sanne de Roo21Groningen2Nicky Opheij19North Brabant1
Judges Anouk Smulders (host) Dirk Kikstra May-Britt Mobach
Other cast members Fred van Leer
Episodes
Results OrderEpisodes12345679 1 DebbieAllisonAishaJuneLizSanneSanneNickyNicky 2 AllisonNickyHollyDebbieJuneLizDebbieDebbieSanne 3 LinceyDebbieNickyAishaSanneDebbieNickySanneDebbie 4 NickyAniekSanneHollyAishaHollyLizAishaAisha 5 JuneAishaJuneNickyLinceyAishaAishaLiz 6 AniekSagalLinceySanneNickyNickyJune 7 HollyJuneAllisonAllisonDebbieJune 8 SagalLizLizLizHollyLincey 9 LizHollyDebbieLinceyAllison 10 AishaLinceySagalSagal 11 QuintyRoosRoosRoos 12 RoosQuintyAniek
The contestant was eliminated The contestant won the competition
Notes
References
External links Official RTL 5 website