America's Next Top Model: Cycle Shark Jump

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:11pm

WTF happened to this show? I can see why everyone jumped ship on Tyra except Kelly Cutrone, who I suspect had a major hand in the revamping of the format. EVERYTHING about the new version is HORRIBLE. From the new Miss Jay who thought the girl raising her leg like she's spraying a tree was "fierce". To the androgynous iPad boy whose sole job is to look ridiculous reading Twitter feeds from a teleprompter. Who cares what random people on the internet are saying? This isn't Idol where the voting public are the consumers of the end product. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE! And the point system is total BS, not to mention completely anti-climactic.

I haven't seen a more bizarre shift in series conception since the second season of Space: 1999.

Bravo to the Jays and Nigel for getting out of this hideous mess. The series had been going downhill for a few years now, but it needed to go back to its roots when it was actually about modeling, not recording singles and music videos or audience participation.

I just...ugh. I can't even...bleagh.

Updated On: 9/4/12 at 01:11 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:20pm

But c'mon. It's worth watching just for the girl who's in love with her mother.

[ChanceEncounter]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:20pm

Kelly Cutrone is vile. I've refused to watch this season because of her. (and the sacking on the Jays and Nigel)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:23pm

And yes, Cutrone is disgusting. I'm AMAZED she made it back for a 2nd season with the show.

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:24pm

This show is really still on the air? I had no idea.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:26pm

Victoria is something of a bizarre mess. Her rant during the audition that devolved into not liking her means you're racist was the most interesting thing to happen so far.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:28pm

I was glad last season when Sophie won, and I just considered that to be a good closure for me.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:40pm

Let's not forget about her orgasmic crying when she finally talked to her mom on the phone.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:58pm

That girl is a patient in Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room. She really needs to learn the art of self-love.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 2:11pm

But Mom love is so much better.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 2:15pm

Tell that to the father of Oedipus.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 3:34pm

I haven't watched in so long, but apparently the 1 girl, Natasia, went to the same college I did.

[kelzama]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 4:37pm

thought it was just me being old, but then my teenage daughter and her friend both expressed disgust at the new format. Simply awful. Biggest shark jump ever.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 4:47pm

They can still jump that shark even more. Wait a few cycles until

AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL: CELEBRITY LOOK ALIKE EDITION
AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL: DWARF EDITION
AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL ALL HASIDIC EDITION

[wonkit]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 4:55pm

This jumped the shark for me so long ago, I can't recall the date.

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 5:09pm

I used to love this show. One of my favs. I didn't know the new season started, so when I saw this thread I went to watch it on line. I lasted about one minute. Sayonara!

[TheBigSecret]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 6:11pm

Each season keeps getting worse and worse for me. They just need to give up, they're running out of ideas, and it's just getting ridiculous.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 6:13pm

Well so far they've only used living girls....

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 6:48pm

"Well so far they've only used living girls...."

You sure of that?

[clever name]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 10:08pm

Oh my God the girl in love love with her mom!! aaaagh!!! I'm totally tuning in for that mess. If my daughter ever acted that way I'd have to slap her really, really hard.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 10:22pm

Kelly turned into a monster? I always found to be on her side dealing with those privileged ladies on The Hills and Kell on Earth actually made her seem just hyper-competent than high-strung. What does she do on the show that is so awful?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 10:26pm

I pray she stays in the competition long enough to where they bring the mom in to surprise her. Can you imagine that?!

[clever name]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 10:43pm

I'm gonna hope the producers are thinking like you, Jordan. Or I may just have to go online and vote the **** out of her!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/5/12 at 12:17pm

I used to love this show, but when we switched cable companies and I didn't know what channel was what I sort of forgot about it.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/14/12 at 9:01am

I'm sure some of you remember Jael from season 8...sad, sad update:
http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2012/09/12/13829094-former-top-model-contestant-addicted-to-meth-gets-dr-phil-intervention?