I recently finished watching season 2 of Australia's Next Top Model on YouTube. There are a lot of similarities to the American version, such as:

- Whenever the girls receive "Erika mail" they scream like banshees.

- The panel of judges include Erika Heynatz and three other people who are (obviously) in the fashion biz and there's a guest judge every week.

- The list of prizes is basically the same. They get a contract with some modeling agency and they get a spread in Cleo magazine.

-Before the judging, there's a little challenge the girls have to perform to se how much they've learned that week.

-The girls bitch and whine about their makeovers.


However there are some differences such as:

-If the girls on ANTM flashed their boobies or said the f-word, they'd be blurred and bleeped, however everything is uncensored with the Aussies! I felt like I was watching HBO, heh.

- When the judges are going over the girls' photos, the other girls are out of the room except when they got down to the final four.

-They didn't go to another country! And that's the best part! It's always hilarious watching the hamsters make fools of themselves in a foreign setting. I loved it when the girls from ANTM C1 went to Paris and they had to go to the go-sees by themselves, separately! And who can forget the time when the girls from ANTM C3 went to Tokyo and Norelle, bless her heart, wanted to eat Japanese food at Panda Express? Hahahaha....or what about the time in C4 when the girls went to South Africa and Keenyah didn't know whether or not Nelson Mandella was living or not? Buhuh? And of course Jade claiming that elephants are related to dinosaurs last cycle when they went to Thailand. Ah, yes, I love it when they go to another country.

There sure were a lot of blondes! Seriously, I think only four of the girls were dark-haired and the rest were blondes. It was hard to tell them apart at first. If it weren't for their accents, I would've felt like I was watching Sweden's Next Top Model. Not only were there a lot of blondes, but most of them had names starting with "S" - Sarah, Sasha, Sophie, Simone.

I was surprised there was only one minority girl on the show. She looked like she was Indian, though I'm not sure. Maybe Aboriginee?

The theme song reminds me of something you'd hear at a drag queen show. "I feel the change, whoa-oa-oa!"

Dude, what is the deal with Carl the hairdresser? Ew, dude totally skeeves me out. And why did Madeleine kiss him? Eww, girl is...oh I'll write about her later. The photographer, Georges Antoni (sp?), on the other hand is hot! (Though you'll always be my favorite, Nigel Barker!)

Now for some comments about some of the Australian hamsters:

Hiranthi - being the only "ethnic" girl, she stood out from the other girls and I did think she was quite beautiful, however, girlfriend was only not dull as dirt, but she was dim as it as well. When the photographer was asking her if she could frown and she kept giving the same expression...oh lord. Oh, and when she was supposed to be "dreamy" in one of her photos and ended up looking constipated? Haha....I'm not as pretty as Hiranthi, but I can do "dreamy." Plus the girl was way too superficial, always looking in the mirror and doing her make-up. Oh, and speaking of make-up, I love how she blamed her awful photos on the make-up. Bitch, please! I did feel bad for her when Lara shaved off one of her eyebrows, though.

Lara - Am I the only one who was getting a Melissa George vibe off of her? Except for shaving off Hiranthi's eyebrow, she didn't bug me too much. (Ha, you know if Yaya had been in that house, she'd be bitching to Lara about "Hay-spay-tu!") I didn't feel bad for her when Hirthani told those people at the party that Lara had shaved off her eyebrow and she started crying. Boo hoo hoo, maybe you shoudn't have done it then!

Eboni - Eboni is a beautiful girl, but her accent seriously grates and I couldn't understand what she was saying half the time. I did feel bad for her when the girls were on their hike (and what the hell did that have to do with modeling???) and she had to go to the hospital. She's lucky she's on the Austalian show, because if she had been an American, she would have been eliminated for missing that one judging. I have mixed feeling about her coming back, I can understand why some of the girls weren't thrilled with it. It doesn't seem fair that she missed a week of photos and judging, but on the other hand, it wasn't something she could countrol. I did feel she did get some special treatment, such as the judges saying her photos looked good "for someone who had just been in the hospital" and she got to do that one photoshoot a second time. I love how everyone cried when she had to leave, but when she came back, all of them, except for Simone were like "Why is that bitch back? Grrr!" I am surprised she won. I would think she would be a commodity to work with with her bad back and all. Also, interesting Erica never really said anything about her strong accent, like Tyra did with Danielle over and over and over. Erica only mentioned Eboni's accent once. (Eboni is from Tasmania, which is apparently the boondocks of Australia).

Simone - I thought Simone was really cute, though when she was in the confession room, waah-waah-waahing to her boyfriend on the phone, it totally reminded me of one of the hamsters from ANTM C1 (can't remember who) when she was WAH-WAH-WAAHHHHHHHING to her boyfriend. And that made me roll my eyes. "Why caaaaan't youuuuuuu be supportive of meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? WAHHHHHHH!" "But doooon't geeeeet aaaaaangry at meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Yooooooooooooooou make meeeeeeeeeeeeee feeeeeeeeeeeel liiiiiike sheeeeeet! Don't be so seeeelfishhhhhh!" WAHH WAHH WAHHHH! Shut up, Simone. Just dump your loser boyfriend already.

Jessica - I'm sorry, but Jess was fug. Girl looked like a cross between Ann Frank and Anjelica Huston. And that Velma Kelly hair style they gave her was pretty atrocious. However, to be fair, I did think that close up photo of her (when there were only three girls remaining) was quite stunning. The rest? Egh. She was clearly in a lose-lose situation with modeling the fur. If she did model it, then she's not standing up for her rights, but if she didn't model it, then she would've gotten the "a model's gotta do what a model's gotta do" talk. So shut up, Erica. Okay, and what was the deal with Jess yelling at the construction workers when the girls were NUDE and spraying tanner on themselves OUT IN THE FUCKING OPEN??? Yes, those guys were being pervets, but maybe you girls should have put up some kind of barrier instead of STANDING OUT NAKED IN THE WIDE OPEN!!! or done it in the bathroom? (Oh yeah, because they would stain the marble). I mean, the guys are going to look when you're STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM IN THE WIDE OPEN (I'm trying to get the point across that they were just standing out there, nude, with no curtains or anything). Me thinks she didn't mind the guys looking at her (well too much, anyway) and she was only doing it for a good show. (The yelling I mean, not the free peep show, hee).

Madeleine - Oh, Lord, was this girl a skank or what? First she kisses Carl the skeevy hair guy and he sleeps in the same tent as her (although nothing happened, but why is he in there anyway? And how old is Carl anyway? Dude if fug). Then she sleeps with some random guy at that party in Melbourne? Lord, this girl's mother must be so proud. *rolls eyes* As Bre would say, "That bitch ain't right." Madeleine was definetly the Lisa of the group, being the wild and outspoken one. But her vice was sex instead of alcohol....well, actually it was both. That being said, I do think she has potential as a model.

Louise - Aurgh, bitch totally annoyed me. Okay, first of all, she just did not diss my natural hair color. "I hate red hair." Oh, no she didn't! Obviously, she was one of the girls to bitch about her make over. Dumbass didn't realize that the makeup artist knew what she was talking about when she told Lousie that the red would work with her skin tone and eye color and :::Gasp::: she was right! Lousie looks much better with red hair than the brownish color she used to have. STFU, Louise. And FYI, red hair rox! Also, Louise needs to meet Anchal. Both girls are always fishing for compliments about their looks. Okay, I'm sorry, but if you don't think you're pretty, why are you on a fucking modeling show? I mean, c'mon now. You have to pretend to have confidence even if you don't. (See, I actually learn things from these shows!) The guy on the hike was spot on when he said Lousie was always looking for reassurance. I will say she does have a unique pretty face and did take some good photos. And even though she annoyed me A LOT, I did feel bad for her when she and Lara were modeling the swimsuits in a front window of a department store and that bitchy woman yelled at them. Lara was doing all the immature things, and I can't blame Louise for laughing because I would've been doing the same thing. I do think Lara and Louise had an unfair disadvantage with the window modeling because they were the first ones to do it, they didn't have time to choreograph their moves like the rest of the girls. I wish one of them had told that woman to fuck off, haha.


Now I'm off to watch Season 1 of AuNTM. (Yes, I realize I'm watching them out of order!)