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ShowsAmerica's Next Top ModelSeason 5
Aired fall 2005 · UPN · last cycle before The CW move

The Format Settles

The UPN era's closing statement — the format at full confidence, a broadened casting pool, and an international component in the finale stretch. Cycle five knows what it is and runs cleanly to the end.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California
Premiered
Sep 21, 2005
Episodes
13
Format
Modeling competition · international finale
last UPN cycle
Cast size
14 players
14 contestants, final UPN casting
Host
Tyra Banks
fifth season at the helm
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 05Adjacent in the canon
  5. 06Also appears in
01The take

The Format Settles.

The close of one chapter rather than the peak of another — a confident final run before the network move.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

The UPN era's closing statement. The format runs at full confidence — casting is broad, photoshoot creative is ambitious, and an international component in the finale stretch adds a dimension the earlier cycles had only gestured at. Tyra Banks hosts and mentors with the authority of a format she has run for three years. The canon places it fifth because it is the close of one chapter rather than the peak of another.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #05 slot.

Slot #05 of 5 in the America's Next Top Model Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

No spoilers. Every page is reviewed before it goes live.
06Also appears in

Cross-references.

America's Next Top Model — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #05
America's Next Top Model S5 — The Format Settles — tiered.tv