America's Next Top Model: Cycle 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of America's Next Top Model Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
The Girl with the Twisted Catch Phrase
Sep 21, 2005 · 42 min
Cycle five premieres with 13 new aspiring models competing in an impromptu fashion show. This season the girls will live together in a Bel Air mansion. Former model Twiggy joins
The Girls Become Super Heroes
Sep 21, 2005 · 42 min
The final 13 move into the house and for their first photoshoot, they are to portray superheroes while suspended 20 feet off the ground.
The Girl Who Needs a Miracle
Sep 28, 2005 · 42 min
It's makeover time! Some have it easy and some have it hard; one girl has almost all of her hair cut off and to top things off, the girls are pitted against each other during the p
The GIrl Who Makes a Disclaimer
Oct 5, 2005 · 42 min
Sarah and Kim's relationship heats up while Cassandra's getting hot and bothered by her short hair, and not in a good way. The girls learn how to walk the walk, especially on a mov
The Girl Who Gets a Boob Job
Oct 12, 2005 · 42 min
The return of Janice Dickinson! The girls have to reveal their greatest flaw and learn how to turn that flaw into something great. And for the photoshoot, the girls have to get exa
The Girl Who Loves Bubbles and Talks to Plants
Oct 19, 2005 · 42 min
Back stabbing all around in this episode of America's Next top model. Jayla steals some of Nik's lines while Coryn spits out some angry lines of her own at Lisa.
The Girls Are 1940's Pin-Ups
Oct 26, 2005 · 42 min
The inspiration for today's photo shoot is the 1940's Pin-Up girl style. The girls pose for a potential car advertisement.
The Girl Whose Boyfriend is Cheating on Her
Nov 9, 2005 · 42 min
The girls meet a previous ANTM winner, do a wild phtoshoot and one of the girls wins the chance to appear on Veronica Mars.
The Girl Who Talks Behind Everyone's Back
Nov 16, 2005 · 42 min
Emotions explode when one model is confronted about constantly talking behind her competitors' backs, and "Entertainment Tonight" correspondent Kevin Frazier teaches the girls abou
The Girl Who Retaliates
Nov 23, 2005 · 42 min
Challenged by J. Alexander to pose like statues in a park, the models find the task to be a little too realistic as they're swarmed by pigeons, and after one competitor suspects an
The Girl Who Takes a Pill
Nov 30, 2005 · 42 min
Twiggy and Simon Doonan teach the girls about British fashion before a performance in front of London designers. Later, Nigel Barker takes over for a Bollywood-inspired photo shoot
The Girl Who Is On the Cover
Dec 7, 2005 · 42 min
The three remaining models must shoot a CoverGirl commercial and a national print advertisement. With one eliminated, Gilles Bensimon shoots the survivors alongside Tyra Banks for