"them to develop proficiency in management, organisation and leadership. The most public example of this was the success of Abbot's Hill pupil Zara Brownless, winner of 2011's BBC Young Apprentice. The School's programme of creative, sporting, cultural and recreational opportunities is impressive. Girls of all ages are involved in dramatic and musical productions throughout the year, which make use of the excellent facilities on offer. There are a great many opportunities for ensemble performance, particularly choral. There is also a wide variety of clubs and extra-curricular activities including skiing, strategic thinking, debating, chamber choir, music, drama, STEM club, languages, art"
"the first to be eliminated. The Backbeats came in third place, Street Corner Symphony came in second, and Committed won the title. ""The Sing-Off"" was renewed for a third season of eleven episodes and premiered on September 19, 2011. This was the first ""Sing-Off"" season to include sixteen groups of a cappella singers. On May 16, 2011, it was announced that judge Nicole Scherzinger would not return for this season due to her duties as one of the judges of ""The X Factor"", and that Sara Bareilles would replace Scherzinger on the judging panel. Nick Lachey, Ben Folds, and Shawn"
"the Movies round. The winner was revealed on the season finale, on December 22, 2011: singer Noelia Pompa, paired with professional classic dancer Hernán Piquín, with 52.59% of the public vote. Source: The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows: Secret vote is in bold text. The October Electro dance and Merengue strip dance featured the first full nude appearance on Argentinian national television, when celebrity Cinthia Fernandez stripped down to only gold pasties on her breasts and no underwear. Critics called the appearance more x-rated than five-star. Fernandez later tweeted an"
"was the only judge from the previous series to return. Mara Maionchi, Anna Tatangelo and Enrico Ruggeri was replaced by new judge Arisa and original judges Simona Ventura and Morgan. The winner was Francesca Michielin, mentored by Ventura, and her debut single ""Distratto"" was released as a digital EP the day after the final, together with the ones by the remaining Top 6 contestants. The competition was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, judges' houses and live shows. The first auditions took place in Milan on 5 July 2011. On 12 September 2011, contestants performed for the first time in"
"verdict. On 2 November 2010, 30-year-old Elvis Blue from George in the Western Cape was declared the winner. It was announced during the Season 6 finale that the show had been renewed for a seventh season in 2011. Auditions took place in February and March 2011. On 20 January 2011 it was announced that Mara Louw would not return to the judging panel for the seventh season. The decision came after she was reprimanded for mixing painkillers and alcohol before a show. She was also involved in a racism scandal after she said the show should be moved to SABC3"
"Indian reality TV. She was evicted on day 68, after spending 10 weeks on the show. In December 2010 Claudia attended the TV show """" shot in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the Indian celebrity version of ""Wipeout"" with Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan as the host. The show ended on 25 February 2011 with Kushal Punjabi as the winner, while Claudia Ciesla was the runner-up by 51 seconds, to come in second place. Claudia Ciesla has done her first item song ""Balma"" sharing screen space with Akshay Kumar in his film ""Khiladi 786"". The song is composed by Himesh"
"Schuller both left the show after one Cycle. Thomas Hayo and fashion designer Thomas Rath joined in. The show hit US-American news when the mansion in Los Angeles in which the final 15 competitors were supposed to live burnt down one day before filming, with firefighter Glenn Allen being killed. A new mansion was found immediately without a significant delay in production. The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Jana Beller from Recklinghausen. The international destinations for this cycle were set in Schladming, London, Los Angeles, Nassau and Rio de Janeiro. ""Original airdate:"" 3 March 2011 The 50 chosen semifinalists"
"journalist Marcelo Polino, and singer Patricia Sosa. Famous singer Paz Martínez and artistic director Reina Reech served as replacements during some weeks of the show. Sixteen couples started the competition, and on December 18, 2011, famous singer Patricio Giménez (brother of Susana Giménez) and professional singer and partner Priscila Juárez, were crowned as the winners, against comedian Álvaro Navia and Ana Paula Rodríguez, during the finale. Meanwhile, the semifinalists during this season were model and comedian Belén Francese and Augusto Álvarez, and former contestants of the first season of ""Soñando por Bailar"", Andrea López and Jonathan González. López and González"
"challenge, where they had to chance into a party outfit in a lift and against each other. The challenge was won by Team Thomas. At elimination, Bruna, Franziska, Gerda, Isabella, Jennifer, Pia, Sara, Shari, Victoria and Zoe landed in the bottom ten. In the end, Franziska and Isabella were eliminated. ""Original airdate:"" The week started with a Hip Hop video shoot with Brooke Candy. Most of the girls didn't do so well, but Pia and Shari were praised. After that, Klaudia, Toni and Zoe were invited to a casting for Nylon magazine to Portugal. Zoe was booked for the job."
"April 2011 that this was not true: Cowell was no longer to be a judge on the UK version, but would remain a major presence backstage. He was joined by Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and formerly Cheryl Cole. Cowell's act Melanie Amaro won the season, making Cowell the winning judge. Cowell and Reid returned for season 2, while Demi Lovato and Britney Spears joined the judging panel as replacements for Abdul and Scherzinger. This season launched another one of Simon's groups into worldwide fame, the group is known as Fifth Harmony. Cowell returned for a third season of"
"the album cover and she received first call-out for her great shot. Arihana and Briana found themselves in the bottom two, but the judges decided to keep Arihana, resulting in Briana's elimination. Original Airdate: 15 July 2011 Stefan Knight, NZNTM’s Senior Make Up Artist, coached the girls on how to pose and convey a variety of emotions. All the girls struggled to portray raw emotions, and Bianca learned to love her snaggle tooth. Colin and Cherie challenged the girls to create a make up look which complimented their colouring. Aroha was a little heavy-handed with the eye shadow, whereas Bianca’s"
"""no longer [deserved his] place in the show"", having broken competition rules. As a result, it was announced that the four contestants eliminated by their mentors in week 1; 2 Shoes, Amelia Lily, James Michael and Jonjo Kerr; would be given the chance to face a public vote, with the winner of the vote being reinstated in the competition. Amelia Lily won the public vote with 48% of the overall total and replaced Cocozza in the competition. Rowland did not appear on the judging panel for week 4 due to illness, so series 5 winner Alexandra Burke took her place"
"the ensemble in ""Zorro"" when he was eliminated, which he accepted. <nowiki>*</nowiki> at the start of the series The first of the live finals on New Year’s Day on Saturday 1 January 2011 saw the 11 finalists perform to stay in the competition. It also saw the winner of Op zoek naar Evita Brigitte Heitzer as the first guest judge. The results show saw Sandor become the first contestant to be eliminated. The performances during the first week were: The second live show on Saturday 8 January 2011 saw the 10 finalists perform to stay in the competition. The guest"
"Twelve candidates took part in this series, and the teams were named ""Atomic"" and ""Kinetic"", with Zara Brownless winning the series. The third began airing on 1 November 2012. Twelve candidates took part, and the teams were named ""Odyssey"" and ""Platinum"", with Ashleigh Porter-Exley winning the series. Notes: ""Young Apprentice"" received a generally positive response from critics. Writing for ""The Guardian"", Tim Lusher was complimentary of the programme's tone by claiming that ""for once, even the losers look as if they could be winners one day"" and Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy said that from the opening minutes of the"
"the nations from visiting or working within Cuba. The remaining three judges made the ultimate decision on the season's Top 18 dancers. On the 27 November 2011 finale, ballet dancer Nina Plantefève-Castryck was announced the winner of the fourth season and was awarded a choice of dance school opportunities, a cash prize of €25,000, and a role in a music video of David Guetta. With Anna-Alicia Sklias taking second place, the vote also marked the first time in the show's four seasons that first place and first runner-up both went to female contestants, as well as the first time the"
"hurdler Sally Gunnell, CBBC presenter Kirsten O'Brien, ""Loose Women"" presenter Andrea McLean, model Danielle Lloyd and children's TV duo Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes. The winner was Danielle Lloyd. Series 3<br> In September 2010, another two ""Celebrity Total Wipeout"" specials were aired. The first, which aired on 18 September 2010, featured Michaela Strachan, Siân Lloyd, Joe Absolom, Antony Costa, Kate Lawler, Ninia Benjamin, Jeff Brazier, Iwan Thomas and Tony Tobin. Nancy Lam was supposed to take part, but had to pull out and spectate. Joe Absolom won, with Jeff Brazier and Kate Lawler coming second and third respectively. The second"
"viewers. On 24 November 2011, the show aired with a ""special episode"" on Thursday to compete with the new talent show ""The Voice of Germany"" from rival networks ProSieben/Sat.1. The episode hit a season low with only 5,83 million viewers and lost against ""The Voice of Germany"" in the target group 14-49. The Final was aired on 17 December 2011. Juan Leonardo Santillia Rojas (27) won by 31,93%. 2nd: Sven Müller (13,68%), 3rd Ricky Kam (6) (13,23%), 4th Jörg Perreten (10,68%), 5th Julian Pecher (7,17%), 6th Mark Ashley (6,60%), 7th Miroslav Zilka (6,24%) 8th Desirée Capaldo (5,92%) 9th Dergin Tokmak"
"new judging, photographer Marcel Leliënhof shot the girls for their first photoshoot, in which they were portrayed having plastic surgery with boyband member Ben Adams being their ""surgeon"". Following the photoshoot, each girl was given a jewellery box, with all boxes but one containing a necklace. Roberta, Charlotte and Maiken were declared the top three of the week, while Farzaneh, Frida Mathea and Sarah Gindel landed in the bottom three. Sarah Gindel opened her box and found it empty, meaning she was eliminated ""First aired February 14, 2011"" The girls travel to Barcelona and move into a luxurious hotel suite."
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"perform well in front of the camera while Bruna is still unaware of her movements. In the judging room Francesca redeems herself with a praiseworthy photo that fully captures the assigned mood. Alice's photo is considered as disappointing by Alberto and Bruna gets once again scolded for still being unable to control her face and pose at the same time. Alice and Bruna are paired in the bottom two and Bruna becomes this week's eliminee for her lack of improvement. ""First aired June 8, 2011 The four remaining contestants get told they will be leaving their home for a luxurious"
"was won by singer Jai McDowall, with singer Ronan Parke finishing in second place and boyband New Bounce in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 10.9 million viewers, and was the first in the show's history to be aired in high definition. In an interview made after the series' broadcast, hosts Ant & Dec marked the fifth series as a poor one for the show because of the low quality of some of the participants that took part. Following open auditions held the previous year, the Judges' auditions took place across January and February 2011, within London,"
"a public in the studio where judgment and eliminations took place and a runway challenge to determine who among the 2 worst girls each week would be eliminated. It was reported that about 1,500 aspiring models have applied for castings. Anastasia Silveri succeeded in taking the title, resulting the first winner with no appearances in the bottom two. A fourth season was aired in Spring 2011 with a return to the original format with no more public in the studio. Alice Taticchi earned the win, thus gaining a contract with Fashion Models Milan and an editorial for Lancôme. Both the"
"episodes and twelve contestants. The series was won by Zara Brownless, with James McCullough as runner-up. Originally proposed in March 2008 and confirmed in June 2009, Junior Apprentice received mostly positive reviews from critics. Sugar's role under Gordon Brown's government sparked a debate over the BBC's political impartiality regulations in the run-up to the UK 2010 election, resulting in both Junior Apprentice and the sixth regular edition of The Apprentice being delayed. In May 2008, Sugar made an appearance on ""An Audience Without Jeremy Beadle"" to pay tribute to Jeremy Beadle as they were close friends and both appeared on"
"the competition, Gonzalez was called first at panel four times, received four Covergirl of the Week awards, and won one reward challenge. She was also the second contestant and first winner to never be in the bottom two. On the season finale, Gonzalez was revealed as the winner. She is the second of three winners from Illinois, preceded by Adrianne Curry of cycle 1, and followed by McKey Sullivan of cycle 11. Contrary to popular belief she is not the first Hispanic to win America's Next Top Model, as cycle 2 winner Yoanna House was born to a Mexican mother"
"winner of the show sued her way out of a prize contract. Ailabouni was not invited to cycle 6's live finale, while several ProSieben-related magazines referred to cycle 4 winner Sara Nuru as ""last year's winner"", given she was working as a backstage host. Since then, a number of other contestants have withdrawn from their contracts with ONEeins, including Viktoria Lantratova and Miriam Höller (both cycle 5), Jana Beller (cycle 6 winner), Luise Will (cycle 8) and Aminata Sanogo (cycle 9). In 2012, former judge Rolf Scheider criticized the program, saying, ""The show has never produced a new Nadja Auermann"
"joined by Wendy van Dijk, with whom he was already sharing the hosting duties on ""Idols"". Jeroen van der Boom left the show to become the head of the jury in ""The Winner Is"", being replaced by popular Dutch pop-artist Marco Borsato, who would eventually win the show with 19-year-old Iris Kroes on 20 January 2011 over Chris Hordijk for Team Nick & Simon, who again became the runners-up of the show. Kroes won over Hordijk with only 51% of the votes, making her the second female contestant worldwide to win the show after Steliyana Khristova, who won the Bulgarian"
"a video of their dispute was leaked to TMZ. The top 10 contestants started with five males and five females, however, the males were eliminated consecutively in the first five weeks, with Lazaro Arbos the last male to be eliminated. For the first time in the show's history, the top 5 contestants were all female. It was also the first time that the judges' ""save"" was not used, the top four contestants were therefore given an extra week to perform again with their votes carried over with no elimination in the first week. 23-year-old Candice Glover won the season with"
"contestants who are to compete against eight new contestants. This was the second season that a contestant voluntarily left the competition, when Laney Parkhurst departed in episode 11. The season was won by Laura Tyler of Orlando, Florida, who was a finalist on season 3. Contestants on season 5 were: Alaina ""Laney"" Parkhurst, Rick Prince, Eddie Holecko, Steve Tolin, Samantha ""Sam"" Allen, Adolfo Barreto Rivera, Lyma Millot, Scott Ramp, Alana Rose Schiro, Roy Wooley, Tate Steinsiek, Miranda Jory, Frank Ippolito, Eric Zapata, Robert ""RJ"" Haddy, and Laura Tyler (Winner). Season 6 started January 14, 2014. This season was won by"
"they skipped the preliminary auditions to participate on the main audition on 1 December, in the Gardens Hotel, Mid Valley. Among those who qualified included Norafizah Mohd Yasin, winner of TV3's ""Mentor""; Tomok, lead vocalist of New Boyz; Amylea Azizan, ""Akademi Fantasia"" alumnus. Only eighty have qualified into the Central Eliminations round held in Peninsula Residence, Damansara from 11 till 19 December (aired on 6 and 13 February). A major twist in this season is the Blind Test, in which contestants performed behind a paper screen, only to have their shadows seen by the judges which focused on their voices,"
"in the show's history, with Diana Vickers being the first in series 5. On 3 November 2012, it was announced that Spraggan withdrew from the competition due to illness. She was not replaced and the elimination went ahead as normal. With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Sones was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Henderson was eliminated as the"
"Wendy van Dijk, who was co-hosting season two, remained as co-hosts. Winston Gerschtanowitz was interviewing the contestants and their inmates backstage. Nick & Simon and Roel van Velzen returned for their third and final season as coaches, while Marco Borsato returned for his second season. Angela Groothuizen was replaced by singer Trijntje Oosterhuis. She won in her first season through her team contestant Leona Philippo in the final held on December 14, 2012 against over Johannes Rypma for Team Nick & Simon who came runner-up. Leona Philippo's win came with 56% of the votes in her favor. The ratings for"
"It replaced Bravo's first fashion-competition TV show ""Project Runway,"" following its move, accompanied by no small amount of controversy, to Lifetime. Internationally the show was broadcast on Dutch television RTL 5 and was broadcast on British Pay-TV channel Really. Bravo made no move to renew the show after the second season ended 25 January 2011. Season One featured Kelly Rowland and Isaac Mizrahi as hosts. The hosts were also judges and were joined by Fern Mallis and Laura Brown in the judging panel. Fifteen designers competed to win $125,000 and have their fashions sold in retail. America chose the winner"
"by the judges by contributing the most to the winning song in Week 5. Date of broadcast: May 30, 2011 Subject: Songs About Los Angeles Judges: Qualifying hooks: Non-qualifying hooks (in order of appearance): Final results: Eliminated: Date of broadcast: June 6, 2011 Subject: Dance Songs Judges: Qualifying hooks: Non-qualifying hooks (in order of appearance): Final results: Eliminated: Blessing Offor - finishing 11th Date of broadcast: June 13, 2011 Subject: Road Trip Songs Judges: Qualifying hooks: Non-qualifying hooks (in order of appearance): Final results: Eliminated: Karen Waldrup - finishing 10th Date of broadcast: June 20, 2011 Subject: Rap Songs Judges:"