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Crying even though you're not kicked out - you have to do that first

This time it's super challenging: the candidates are supposed to rehearse a choreography to Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds are a girl's best friend", dance and lipsync (i.

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Crying even though you're not kicked out - you have to do that first

This time it's super challenging: the candidates are supposed to rehearse a choreography to Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds are a girl's best friend", dance and lipsync (i.e. move their lips to the text) at the same time. Pretty tricky, the whole thing. The influencer quintet Elevator Boys is invited as a harassment: five beautiful boys who simulate the boys from Madonna's video "Material Girl" in the second part of the performance.

And then there's a lights-on-lights-off-memory catwalk that not even Heidi Klum has mastered as she strides down it in a giant leopard bow by fashion designer Christian Cowan. Of course, someone still praises her. After all, why has she had her own show for what feels like two generations?

Before it even starts. An advertising clip for potency therapies and drugs: "Get the oldest sex toy in the world: an erection," it says. Who is actually watching this show? Older men with potency problems? The man promoting it looks like Christian Ulmen's younger brother, so vaguely cute and decidedly unsexy. Where are the Elevator Boys when you need them? But they can also be tough when they have to: "I found your facial expression a bit empty at times," one says to Coco after her appearance. And that's after a scene where it was five against one. But if you dance up the stairs with the Elevator Boys, they'll fall down again, to paraphrase an old media adage.

When the "Internet legends", the Elevator Boys, and the candidates face each other. Nothing really works there. The five elevator entertainers have brought a surprise with them: pink plastic dresses that are reminiscent of something from the fetish mail order service on the clothes rack. "I can say this much: Let yourself be surprised," says one of the boys. Which is actually awesome.

"I'm very concerned about the length," says Lara about her plastic dress that's too long. A little imbalance in grammar can happen to anyone. But he raises many more concerns with the viewer: why of all things Marilyn Monroe? With these blonde wigs everyone looks unflattering and slippery. And what would fitness influencer Pamela Reif say about it? And anyway: What are they actually doing at night on the terrace of their model villa?

Everyone wants to grab the steps and jump around in confusion. "We got here a few minutes ago and I forgot about the whole choreo," says Mirella. She even forgot half of the word. Nevertheless, the "girls" (is that still their name?) make a wonderful impression: like in a disco where everyone hears a different song. Cassy is really great, the self-declared high-energy dancer: “The five thousandth shoes still don't fit. I just say: Fuck it!”, She moderates her performance. "That's my girl!" I want to call out to her. And she delivers. "In the end, the whole shoe drama was my salvation," she says. "Bye, it was fun. You guys are great, everyone," she says to the Elevator Boys. No wonder: she was the only whole guy on stage.

“It makes me really sad that other people see me as bad. Because it's my job and my passion," says Somajia, crying, after screwing up every step and gesture during the rehearsal. You feel for her and still think: "What would happen if the others weren't to blame?"

"I'm really looking forward to it...", says the choreographer Christian (since ten years in Los Angeles): Is that Denglish or is that how they say it in Stuttgart?

Cassy, ​​for being in a good mood. And Katherine, because she comes off as a '70s singer-songwriter - what's she even doing on the show?

For far too long you don't ask: What does Heidi Klum actually do? Isn't that your show? The girls whine about shoes that are too big and dresses that are too long, and one misses their tidying hand. But you can rely on Heidi. With Coco, she shows little mercy. "You look so beat up," she tells her before the performance as Marilyn even begins. This is a pep talk with a riding crop. “You are the star, this is your moment. And you don't do anything with it," she beams in her face afterwards like a thousand suns, and although Coco is close to tears, she kicks in again: "Why?" She is relentless in the final evaluation: "You just didn't have any fun . And at some point I'll be at my wits end," says Heidi Klum. And freedom from fun is unforgivable in their world. Or almost...

What are the names of the individual Elevator Boys? However, already forgotten.

It won't, but it should: Somajia's catwalk look. She looks like Bibo, the Sesame Street bird on Christopher Street Day. This is a clear case of distortion of competition. Of course, Heidi has a different opinion: "The coat is a dream. I'm gaggin' over it".

Cassy may not become Germany's next top model. But she will be something. Even if half of her sentences were beeped away on American television. And: Jeffrey Malcherek, Anna-Maria's boyfriend, will be the sixth Elevator Boy if football doesn't work out.

PS Extra prize to Anya. Apparently she didn't even listen to the rules for the memory catwalk and just did what she wanted. And then she cries, although she is NOT kicked out. You have to bring that first.

Adriano Sack is Head of Style at WELT. He doesn't see every episode of "Germany's Next Top Model", but considers Heidi Klum to be a criminally underestimated entertainer in Germany. He'll be tailoring her worm costume from her last Halloween party by next fall.

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