My Thoughts On Greece's Next Top Model Cycle 6
This is going to be a post I'm going to enjoy making.
So fun fact about me, I'm from the Middle East (thus why my english is kinda trash) and there's not really any NTMs there. Yeah, Israel has one but I don't have any Jewish descent (or understand a single bit of Hebrew). However, looking back at history, the closest NTMs to my culture would be Greece. You know, Alexander the Great conquering Iran and all that shit, it's the closest one to me and makes sense. Greece's NTMs are shows I enjoyed a lot and would rank one day if there weren't 20 FUCKING CONTESTANTS AND 30 EPISODES.
Yeah, my biggest issue with this series in general is how long it is. The reason why I do shorter series like AsNTM (which is why I'm fucking scared for AusNTM C7-8) because it's just easier in general for me to do. It's really easy to lose interest in something when it's longer than my life. However, despite this, I still followed the greek series not because of how good it is (it was at some point) but of how much of a fucking mess it was.
After Greece's NTM C1-2, the series was cancelled and if the series ended at that, I would've been ok since the photos from that series were just magical. However, it was renewed at 2018 with a new creative director, Genevieve Majari. The original creative director for C1-2, Tassos Sofroniou, would often do big shoots, with grand buildings, landscape, dramatic scenes in general which worked for me! Seriously, check out the cycles on RBG, the dramatic shoots with the extreme makeup would be some of my favorite shots of all time, the red dress sailor being one of the best examples. They were creative, even if the execution wasn't the best, you could tell that thought and care was being put into this. Compare that to Genevieve Majar, who took that to the extreme. Instead of focusing on the modeling aspect of the series, she went to the extreme too much, cube posing, jumping shots, weird styling, too many emotional practices, landscape photoshoots with no depth put into it and even when they use real landscape, it looks fake due to the photo taking and filter used. Genevieve made the photoshoots boring and focused more on acting than modeling, which made the show fucking hard to watch because of it.
Ignoring the mess of the cycle right now, I want to talk about one of the best factors of this, the winner aka the meme queen Kyvéli! Finally, in a series, I agree with the winner! She, along with another model, was the only model I gave 2 shits about but I'll talk about her in the best model category. Kyvéli is the best example of a loveable bitch winning. She knew that this cycle was a joke so she was a sarcastic bitch throughout, mocking the challenges given, causing drama for the fuck of it, and being a overall bitch just to get a laugh for herself to everyone besides Agapi (because she's fucking precious). My favorite moments was in the final 4, where she decided to just sabotage everyone's shot by being a fucking troll throughout because she knew damn well she was the favorite in the judge's eyes, fucking iconic.
Key Models: - Olga was a swimmer at heart and it showed throughout the show. Not saying she was bad but she was the model verb, not the noun. However, she did excell in the underwater shoot and the poolside challenge, love to see it. Her and Kono (who I'll talk about in a bit) were really weak compared to Kyvéli and made the finale boring because we all knew who would win.
- Agapi was my personal favorite during the show and I found her insanely underrated by the judges and the fans. I remember when she was predicted to leave in top 15 only to last to 6, I was her biggest fan throughout the show. I would have her as my runner up.
- Stylianos was hated by the judges for no damn reason, like 3 B2s in a row and blaming him for struggling during the underwater shoot when the water was too cold to shoot in.. fucking bullcrap. He deserved better.
- Aegos is the meme king of the cycle, or the closest to it. Why, you may ask? His profile. For 75% of his portfolio, he shot in profile which everyone in RGB made fun of for half of the cycle, funny shit. It's a shame that he shot mostly profile because when he shoots straight on, it's STUNNING.
- Vasilis was someone I felt bad for. He was clearly one of the strongest male models of the cycle yet was screwed over by the judges hating him and the shitty photoshoots. Good on him for quiting this shitshow and realizing it would ruin his career. He reminded me a lot of Hercules, winner of Greece's NTM C5.
- Konstantinos was the weakest out of the final 3 given to us. He was the pure example of too fierce ANTM model. He often overposed, even for the extreme photoshoots, went too fierce for a lot of shoots and often looked awkward. He was already in a bad corner due to his sexuality by the public (which frankly shows how fucked up the views of Greece is) but the photos didn't help.
- Napoleon is also our meme king for his poses. He poses with his crotch out most of the time, sometimes getting FCO for it. We love to see a man who's ok with his dick spread out ready to pose
this shot gives me nightmares
Best Model
Kyvéli
For once, the winner is my favorite of the cycle! I loved how she would make fun of the photoshoots knowing how damn stupid they were only to serve in every one of them.
Photo of the Cycle
Agapi's Fly Me to the Moon Shot
I love this shot with all my heart, it's one of my favorite shots from this year and of all time, deserved FCO in my opinion
Worst Model
Aimilianos
So you may be wondering, who? Me too, he was a semi-finalist who didn't make the first cut only to be brought back after Vasilis quit. Problem is, HE WAS BROUGHT BACK 16 WEEKS INTO THE COMPETITION! Yeah, he's given worst for a reason. He just had 2 shots and then boom, gone after 2 episodes. He was a waste of time for everyone and basically for nothing since the judges never liked him.
Most Robbed Model(s)
Dinos, Eirini, Agapi
All three were my personal favorite before the cycle and both got screwed over by the shit elimination order and the judge's favoritism for extremeness rather than actual talent. Screw them.
Eirini's in particular was cruel. They kept underrating her before sabotaging her by choosing her worst shot, screwing her over by blaming her and then she was gone, fucking assholes.
Overall Thoughts:
This cycle was a mess to watch happen and it's a fucking joke that this show got renewed despite shit ratings, backlash, and overall negative reception. The winner was worth it though SCREW THIS CYCLE THANK GOD IT'S OVER!