# Germany's Next Topmodel season 20
**Germany's Next Topmodel season 20** (2025) was the twentieth, anniversary season of the German model casting show *Germany's Next Topmodel – by Heidi Klum*, broadcast on ProSieben and the streaming service Joyn. It ran from February 13 to June 19, 2025, comprised 25 episodes, and continued the trend of crowning both a woman and a man as "Germany's Next Topmodel" at a single finale.[1](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm-jubilaeum2025-alle-infos-zur20-staffel-von-germanys-next-topmodel-657) • [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rA6M9HnZpU) • [11](https://www.presseportal.de/pm/25171/5801248) The practice of naming two winners, one female and one male, had begun in the preceding 19th season; season 20 carried it into the show's twentieth year.[1](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm-jubilaeum2025-alle-infos-zur20-staffel-von-germanys-next-topmodel-657)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Season | 20th season, the anniversary season marking 20 years of the show[1](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm-jubilaeum2025-alle-infos-zur20-staffel-von-germanys-next-topmodel-657) |
| Broadcast | From February 13, 2025, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8:15 pm on ProSieben and Joyn; 25 episodes[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rA6M9HnZpU) • [3](https://www.justwatch.com/de/Serie/Germanys-Next-Topmodel/Staffel-20) |
| Finale | Thursday, June 19, 2025, a live show of about four hours[4](https://www.rtl.de/unterhaltung/stars/germany-s-next-topmodel-2025-daniela-und-moritz-holen-sich-den-jubilaeumstitel-der-20-staffel-id4459179.html) |
| Winners | Daniela (20, from Ostfildern) and Moritz (19, from Berlin)[4](https://www.rtl.de/unterhaltung/stars/germany-s-next-topmodel-2025-daniela-und-moritz-holen-sich-den-jubilaeumstitel-der-20-staffel-id4459179.html) |
| Prizes | Cover of the July issue of the German *Harper's Bazaar*, 100,000 euros, and a L'Oréal campaign[1](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm-jubilaeum2025-alle-infos-zur20-staffel-von-germanys-next-topmodel-657) |
| Finale audience | 3.87 million viewers on ProSieben[5](https://abi-zukunft.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ABI-Zukunft-Ulm-Schwaebische-Zeitung-2025.pdf) |
| Season length | About four months from start to finale[6](https://www.swp.de/unterhaltung/tv/gntm-2025-gewinner-78128621.html) |
## Season format and schedule
The anniversary season kept the show's established structure: contestants compete week by week in photoshoots, catwalk walks, and challenges, with eliminations decided by [Heidi Klum](https://www.edgepedia.org/heidi-klum) and changing guest judges. It was unusual, however, in airing twice a week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8:15 pm, from its premiere on February 13, 2025.[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rA6M9HnZpU) The season consisted of 25 episodes, more than any earlier season of the series, which had run between 10 and 19 episodes.[3](https://www.justwatch.com/de/Serie/Germanys-Next-Topmodel/Staffel-20)
The episode list shows the season's range of themes: a men's episode introducing [Karl Lagerfeld](https://www.edgepedia.org/karl-lagerfeld) designs, a "Mad Max" desert shoot, a circus-themed week, a guest appearance by [Paris Hilton](https://www.edgepedia.org/paris-hilton), and episode 20, a "Drag Edition" in which the models received coaching from the cast of *Queen of Drags* before a drag elimination walk.[3](https://www.justwatch.com/de/Serie/Germanys-Next-Topmodel/Staffel-20) • [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rA6M9HnZpU) The traditional makeover episode, a fixture of every season, aired on March 25, 2025.[7](https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/172451/quotencheck-germany-s-next-topmodel)
## The finale
The finale took place on Thursday, June 19, 2025, and ran for about four hours. Six contestants reached the final: among the women Magdalena (21) from Vienna, Daniela (20) from Ostfildern, and Zoe (19) from Pulheim; among the men Jannik (22) from Bad Segeberg, Pierre (22) from Vienna, and Moritz (19) from Berlin.[4](https://www.rtl.de/unterhaltung/stars/germany-s-next-topmodel-2025-daniela-und-moritz-holen-sich-den-jubilaeumstitel-der-20-staffel-id4459179.html)
**Two titles awarded.** Heidi Klum crowned Daniela as the female winner and Moritz as the male winner of the anniversary season. Magdalena placed second among the women and Pierre second among the men.[8](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm2025-der-liveticker-so-lief-das-grosse-finale-und-das-sind-die-sieger-innen-3187) The full names of the winners were later reported as Moritz Rüdiger and Daniela Djokic.[9](https://www.joyn.at/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/karriere-nach-gntm-was-machen-die-gewinner-innen-aller-staffeln-heute-78)
The finale opened with a Moulin Rouge! themed performance and included several anniversary elements. Lena Gercke, winner of the first season in 2006, appeared as a guest 20 years after her own victory, and supermodel [Naomi Campbell](https://www.edgepedia.org/naomi-campbell) was on the judging couch; asked about the male decision, she said she would have taken both finalists. [Tokio Hotel](https://www.edgepedia.org/tokio-hotel) performed their single "How to Love", and former winners of previous seasons walked the catwalk in a retrospective segment.[4](https://www.rtl.de/unterhaltung/stars/germany-s-next-topmodel-2025-daniela-und-moritz-holen-sich-den-jubilaeumstitel-der-20-staffel-id4459179.html) • [8](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm2025-der-liveticker-so-lief-das-grosse-finale-und-das-sind-die-sieger-innen-3187) • [1](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm-jubilaeum2025-alle-infos-zur20-staffel-von-germanys-next-topmodel-657)
## Viewership
The finale drew 3.87 million viewers on ProSieben.[5](https://abi-zukunft.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ABI-Zukunft-Ulm-Schwaebische-Zeitung-2025.pdf) Across the season, average audiences per episode stood at 1.35 million on Wednesdays and 1.54 million on Thursdays, with 0.83 million and 0.84 million viewers respectively in the advertising-relevant target group aged 14 to 49.[7](https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/172451/quotencheck-germany-s-next-topmodel) The makeover episode on March 25 was the season's strongest regular broadcast in the target group, reaching 1.84 million total viewers and a 24.2 percent market share among 14- to 49-year-olds, the only episode of the season to pass one million target-group viewers.[7](https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/172451/quotencheck-germany-s-next-topmodel)
## After the anniversary season
At the end of the finale broadcast, Heidi Klum announced that casting for a 21st season would begin within days in Cologne, with the application phase still open.[8](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm2025-der-liveticker-so-lief-das-grosse-finale-und-das-sind-die-sieger-innen-3187) The two-winners format continued: in the 21st season (2026), a woman, Aurélie, and a man, Ibo, were again crowned, each receiving a *Harper's Bazaar* cover and a prize of 100,000 euros.[10](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel)
## References
1. [GNTM 2025: Was du zur Jubiläums-Staffel wissen musst, Joyn](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm-jubilaeum2025-alle-infos-zur20-staffel-von-germanys-next-topmodel-657)
2. [GNTM 2025: What happens in episode 20, Germany's Next Topmodel (ProSieben) on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rA6M9HnZpU)
3. [Germany's Next Topmodel Staffel 20, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/de/Serie/Germanys-Next-Topmodel/Staffel-20)
4. [„Germany's Next Topmodel" 2025: Daniela und Moritz holen sich den Jubiläumstitel der 20. Staffel, RTL.de](https://www.rtl.de/unterhaltung/stars/germany-s-next-topmodel-2025-daniela-und-moritz-holen-sich-den-jubilaeumstitel-der-20-staffel-id4459179.html)
5. [Schwäbische Zeitung — SÜDEN, 21. Juni 2025 (ABI-Zukunft PDF)](https://abi-zukunft.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ABI-Zukunft-Ulm-Schwaebische-Zeitung-2025.pdf)
6. [GNTM 2025: DAS sind die Gewinner von Staffel 20, swp.de](https://www.swp.de/unterhaltung/tv/gntm-2025-gewinner-78128621.html)
7. [Quotencheck: «Germany's Next Topmodel», Quotenmeter.de](https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/172451/quotencheck-germany-s-next-topmodel)
8. [GNTM 2025 – Der Liveticker: Das war das große Finale, Joyn](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/news/gntm2025-der-liveticker-so-lief-das-grosse-finale-und-das-sind-die-sieger-innen-3187)
9. [Was machen die GNTM-Gewinner:innen aller Staffeln heute?, Joyn](https://www.joyn.at/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel/karriere-nach-gntm-was-machen-die-gewinner-innen-aller-staffeln-heute-78)
10. ["Germany's Next Topmodel": Alle News und Infos, Joyn](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/germanys-next-topmodel)
11. [Krönender Abschluss. Lea und Jermaine gewinnen "Germany's Next Topmodel - by Heidi Klum". 4,13 Mio. Menschen schauen zu / 18,8 Prozent Marktanteil für das #GNTM-Finale](https://www.presseportal.de/pm/25171/5801248)
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