The last remaining series from UPN, America’s Next Top Model was shifted to Fridays last season from its regular Wednesday hangout after ratings plummeted during the British Invasion cycle. The College Edition, which debuted last August, managed to hang on well enough for the show to make it to a full 20 cycles, thanks in part to the revamped judging panel, the newly introduced social media aspect, and the network’s need for cheap, reliable programming on Fridays. The show will be airing into the fall for a second consecutive season, this time along with the second season of The Carrie Diaries. As cycle 20 will be starting three weeks earlier than cycle 19, I’m assuming that the final season of Nikita will take over in late October/early November and air through the end of the fall.

Cycle 20 of America’s Next Top Model is set to feature male models competing alongside female models for the first time in the show’s history. Details have yet to be released on how this will work out (e.g. will there be two winners) and there’s no guarantee that viewers will take to the format change, but several cycles ago, Tyra promised us that normalcy is out and themed cycles are the in thing from now on. Perhaps the introduction of male models, even if for one cycle, will be the thing that gives the show the shot in the arm it needed.

You can check out The CW’s 2013 schedule here.

Do you like the idea of a Top Model cycle that integrates males and females? Should the show have dropped the social media aspect for the 20th cycle? How long do you think America’s Next Top Model can remain on television?

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Leila finished in third place; while her aptitude for taking a photo was unparalleled in cycle 19, her performance at the final runway show, which included falling twice on her first pass down the catwalk, did her no favors with the judges. In the battle of Kiara vs. Laura, Laura managed to come out on top, thanks to her strong pre-Jamaica performance outweighing Kiara’s strong recent performance. Laura might have slipped once Leila came back into the competition, but the main thing is that she continued to impress clients, perform in challenges, and keep a certain level to her photo shoots. The Laura of Jamaica might not have been her peak, but she never fell to the level that Kiara was at before Jamaica, ensuring herself a win in the process.

America’s Next Top Model has already been renewed for a 20th cycle, which will debut in the summer of 2013. The cycle will feature both male and female models competing against one another, a first for the show.

Do you think that America’s Next Top Model made the right decision in giving the win to Laura? What change would you most like to see instituted in cycle 20? Where does Laura rank among the other 18 Top Model champions?

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This is it. The final episode of America’s Next Top Model cycle 19 before the finale crowns the next winner of the venerable reality franchise. All the pressure in the world is on Kiara, Laura, Leila, and Nastasia to perform their best in order to secure a slot in the finale and keep their hope of becoming Top Model alive for one more episode. They’ve already outlasted 2/3 of the cast and have done well in making it deep into the international side of the Top Model journey, but now’s the time that separates the field into those ready to become Top Model and those that might need to do a bit of growing.

Tonight on America’s Next Top Model, the girls have a photo shoot for Dream Come True, the Top Model fragrance that was introduced two cycles ago. The winner of cycle 19 will have the photo she produces in tonight’s shoot serve as part of the ad campaign for the fragrance, with one of the men in charge of the brand observing the shoot and likely playing a role in who goes home. Coming into the episode, Laura’s arguably the frontrunner of the competition, but their positioning and prior performance don’t matter right now; it’s who manages to control her nerves and put everything that she’s learned about being a model throughout the competition into one photo that could change her career.

Elsewhere on America’s Next Top Model, the models will be challenged to write a script for and star in their own commercial for the Jamaica Tourism Board. The commercial will feature each of them riding a horse in the ocean, but one of the girls has a hard time with her animal and it might cost her a shot at the finale.

America’s Next Top Model airs tonight at 8:00 on The CW.

Have you enjoyed the College Edition of America’s Next Top Model? Who do you think will make it to the finale? Is your favorite still in the competition?

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