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Rhys wins Supermodel

25 year old Victorian schoolteacher Rhys Uhlich has won a contract with Chadwick Model Management.

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25 year old Victorian schoolteacher Rhys Uhlich has won Seven’s Make me a Supermodel.

Uhlich defeated Shanina Shaik (right), 17, from Victoria and Courtney Chircop, 18, from Western Australia.

“I feel out of this world,” he said.

“It really is a dream come true. A dream I didn’t hold until this competition.

“To be alongside Shanina in the final was an absolute honour. You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life, she typifies beauty.”

Rhys wins a contract with Chadwick Model Management, be represented by New York Model Management, a trip to NY and a photo spread in Marie Claire.

Seven’s series was its attempt to mirror the success of Foxtel’s Australia’s Next Top Model, but attracted considerable criticism for tawdry stunts, expecting minors to participate in semi-naked photo shoots, and throwing in Seven’s newest property Stephanie Rice in a 90 second scene.

Ratings for the show have struggled to sustain over 1m viewers.

Schoolteacher Rhys even raised eyebrows with his sexy photo shoots, particularly given he teaches at a Catholic primary school.

“I really am so determined to go on with this and make a mark for myself in the industry,” he said.

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  2. Australia’s Top Model was won by Rhys, this is not a surprise as I don’t think many guys woud be watching this show or if they were I can’t see them voting. This type of show is a ‘chick show’ and so who are female viewers going to vote for. The majority are going to vote with their hormones. The two girls left for the final vote were outdone by simple old hormones. Hey lets face ti Rhys seemed like a great guy, so it’s not all bad.

  3. I really enjoyed the series and while Jen is no Tyra, I thought they at least threw in some hard questions during the elimination phase – you can be the nastiest piece of work on U.S. Supermodel and you’re never asked to explain your actions. Public voting is just a money spinner – doesn’t really add to the validity of who goes each week. It makes it about popularity and not how good they are as a model. I don’t know how Martin, Jen & Jackie would have ever agreed who was to go if it had been up to them.

    Just for the record I voted for Rhys – liked him from the start and Shanina asking Tom for answers in the final challenge didn’t help. Really, she should have gone that week. Tom would have made it to the final with immunity if he hadn’t caved in to her requests for info.

  4. I was hopping Shanina win, but she will so much anyways because she got the looks.
    I hope it will go for a second serious and I also hope that the age group should be change from age 18 and above.

    they should change new host instead of Jennifer Hawkins or still have her as part of judges and have a new host along side with the other 3 host.

  5. I would argue that although total people numbers are not that great – this would be a very profitable show for Seven.
    Does very well in 16-39 and 18-49 -and advertisers flock to the young demos and teens to flog their products. It’s also cheap TV. They also show eps online at seven.com.au – there is more advertising coin for them. I’ve not seen the show but I’d imagine there is also a few product placements that net Seven some more money.
    I’d imagine as a cost v income ratio – Supermodel is a good hour to have on your schedule.
    With a big launch and promotion and a larger awareness – season 2 (if they do one) could grow on season 1. That has been the trend with Top Model on Fox8. Every season has grown.

  6. I think they may do a second season of this purely because there’s nothing to compete with it, with the exception of Ten’s outdated America’s Next Top Model showings. As long as Australia’s Next Top Model is Foxtel-only I bet Seven won’t see any problem with doing a second season of this, especially considering the ratings (as pointed out by Rutzie).
    I have to say the series seemed quite messy and disorganized though. The shoots and events the models went to didn’t seem glamourous at all and the value of the prizes were cheapened by having the editor of Marie Claire and the Chadwick talent guy on the permanent judging panel. And of course, viewer voting, which probably shouldn’t have any place in a modelling contest. The Next Top Model series works perfectly well without a single viewer vote required.

  7. It pulled pretty consistent numbers through the whole series of just under a million or just over some weeks so I think we may see it again next year given it pulls in the younger demos for Seven.

  9. Also thought Shanina had it in the bag, but Rhys was also quite good. Martin Walsh will surely snap her up as well, she was clearly his favourite.

    I have to say I think Jen Hawkins is a very poor host. She doesn’t employ the authority or character to pull it off, and every thing she says sounds like it’s being read straight from the autocue.

  12. I thought Shanina had it in the bag because Rhys didn’t seem to exhibit much personality – but Jerome’s right – who’s voting? Shanina looked gutted – she looked like she thought she had it won the entire series.

    It’s the same reason the girls are usually the first to go on Idol because the voting majority are teenage girls voting for their hot male faves; and why the girls are usually the first to be evicted on Big Brother, as girls generally can’t stand other girls because they subconsciously find them threatening in some way! LOL 😉

  13. wow quick reflexes david you typed and published that in a few mins.

    i wanted shanina to win, but it was obvious from the start that the winner was going to be the kind, funny guy. everyone knows that the majority of voters are teenage girls.

    expect to see him on DWTS next year

    go melbourne for producing the top 2!!!!!!

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