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ShowsAmerica's Next Top ModelSeason 20
Aired spring 2013 · The CW · first male contestants in show history

The Guys and Girls

Cycle 20 is the show's most significant casting expansion: male contestants compete for the first time in the show's history, creating a fully co-ed competition. Brazil — covering both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo — provides the international backdrop.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California; Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil
Premiered
Feb 22, 2013
Episodes
14
Format
Modeling competition · co-ed cast
first male contestants; Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Cast size
18 players
18 contestants, first co-ed cast configuration
Host
Tyra Banks
twentieth 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 Guys and Girls.

The format opens up in a way it hadn't since the UPN era — male contestants change what the competition is actually measuring.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Cycle 20 makes the largest structural change in the show's CW run: opening the competition to male contestants for the first time. The co-ed cast changes the photoshoot dynamics and the panel criteria in ways that are genuinely interesting — pairs work, mixed-gender editorial contexts, and a competition that can't rely on the conventions built across nineteen prior cycles. Brazil delivers strong location material across both Rio and São Paulo. The boldest format move of the post-C15 CW era.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #16 slot.

Slot #16 of 24 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 · #16
America's Next Top Model S20 — The Guys and Girls — tiered.tv