Austria's Next Topmodel season 3

Season 3 of Austria's Next Topmodel aired on Puls 4 from January to March 2011. The judging panel consisted of Lena Gercke, Elvyra Geyer, and Atil Kutoglu. Among the prizes were a cover on Austrian magazine Woman, the face of the newest Hervis campaign as well as two runway jobs at the Milan and Paris Fashion Week.

The first episode featured contestants in all nine Austrian federal states and the top four from each state automatically qualified for a spot in the first episode. The top four competed again with the favorite of each state making the final cast directly. Five more contestants were granted wildcard spots, making a total of 14 competing in the remaining episodes. Another change was that there was one casting to book in every episode where the actual job would take place abroad, however only the winner would be allowed to travel there. The only international destination to where all cast members traveled was New York City.

Episode 1
Original airdate: 2011-01-06

Episode 1 was the casting episode.

Episode 2
Original airdate: 2011-01-13
 * Quit: Lisa Berghold
 * Challenge winner: Lydia Obute
 * Booked for job/Immune: Vanessa Lotz
 * Eliminated: Victoria Vogeler

Episode 3
Original airdate: 2011-01-20
 * Challenge winner: Darija Gavric
 * Booked for job: Lydia Obute & Vanessa Lotz
 * Bottom two: Sarah Preiml & Valerie Heidenreich
 * Eliminated: Sarah Preiml

Episode 4
Original airdate: 2011-01-27
 * Challenge winner: Julia Trummer
 * Booked for job: Lydia Obute & Magalie Berghahn
 * Disqualified: Magalie Berghahn
 * Bottom three: Linda Linortner, Nadine Oberleiter & Nicole Gerzabek
 * Eliminated: See below

Episode 5
Original airdate: 2011-02-03
 * Eliminated (episode 4): Nadine Oberleiter
 * Challenge winner: Lydia Obute
 * Booked for job: Darija Gavric & Katharina Theuermann
 * Bottom two: Linda Linortner & Valerie Heidenreich
 * Eliminated: Linda Linortner

Episode 6
Original airdate: 2011-02-10
 * Booked for job: Darija Gavric, Lydia Obute, Romana Gruber & Vanessa Lotz
 * Challenge winner: Nicole Gerzabek
 * Eliminated: Valerie Heidenreich & Vanessa Lotz

Episode 7
Original airdate: 2011-02-17
 * Bottom two: Julia Trummer & Romana Gruber
 * Eliminated: None

Episode 8
Original airdate: 2011-02-24
 * Bottom three: Darija Gavric, Julia Trummer & Nicole Gerzabek
 * Eliminated: Nicole Gerzabek

Episode 9
Original airdate: 2011-03-02
 * Eliminated: Julia Trummer
 * Bottom two: Katharina Theuermann & Romana Gruber
 * Eliminated: None

Episode 10
Original airdate: 2011-03-09
 * Final four: Darija Gavric, Katharina Theuermann, Lydia Obute & Romana Gruber
 * Eliminated: Darija Gavric
 * Final three: Katharina Theuermann, Lydia Obute & Romana Gruber
 * Eliminated: Romana Gruber
 * Final two: Katharina Theuermann & Lydia Obute
 * Austria's next topmodel: Lydia Obute

Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)

Summaries

 * The contestant quit the competition
 * The contestant was disqualified from the competition
 * The contestant was immune from elimination
 * The contestant was in danger of elimination
 * The contestant was eliminated
 * The contestant won the competition

Photo shoot guide

 * Episode 2 photo shoot: Posing nude with two Philipp Plein accesoires
 * Episode 3 photo shoot: Pointless action
 * Episode 4 photo shoot: Champagne all over
 * Episode 5 photo shoot: Jewel thieves
 * Episode 6 photo shoot: Fierce sluts
 * Episode 7 photo shoot: Being Romy Schneider
 * Episode 8 photo shoot: Going editorial with falcons
 * Episode 9 photo shoot: Woman magazine covers
 * Episode 10 photo shoot: Flaming ice

Judges

 * Lena Gercke (Host)
 * Elvyra Geyer
 * Atil Kotuglu

Magalie's racism controversy
In the fourth episode, contestant Magalie Berghahn was disqualified in the show for racist comments she made during a phone conversation with her boyfriend. She referred to fellow competitor Lydia Obute as "Neger Oide" (negative afflicted Austrian slang for Black Woman) and to Vanessa Lotz as "Deitsche" (slang for German Woman). Both Obute and Lotz won a go-see that episode. The conversation was fully taped and aired during the show. She was confronted by host Lena Gercke with the video material in front of the other two girls. Gercke then told her that she was expelled from the show given the competition has no room for racist ideas and thoughts. As a result, Berghahn was not invited to the final runway show of the cast on the seasons final, and she later stated that the scandal ruined her life.

Puls 4 was later accused of using the controversy for promotional purposes as Berghahn's comments were already shown in the preview for the episode and uncensored during the airing of Episode 4.