The twentieth season of Germany's Next Topmodel aired on German television network ProSieben from 13 February to 19 June 2025, under the catch phrase Happy Birthday GNTM.
The first twelve episodes aired twice a week, with men's episodes on Wednesdays and women's on Thursdays, until the groups merged on 27 March, marking the first co-ed Top Model season to initially begin with a separate competition for men and women.This season also marks the return of best-ager models for the first time since season 18. This is also the last season to have a live finale shot in Cologne.
The winners of this season are 20-year-old Daniela Djokiàfrom Ostfildern and 19-year-old Moritz Rüdiger from Berlin. Their prizes include:
The international destinations for this season was set in Los Angeles. On the 7 January 2025 it was announced that due to the 2025 Southern California wildfires, filming of the second portion of the show was grounded to a halt. The filming resumed by the end of January.
This season breaks the record for having the biggest pool of contestants in the history of the Top Model franchise with 51 contestants.
Ages stated are as of the beginning of the contest
A week before the TV premiere of season 20, ProSieben and Joyn organized an exclusive red carpet premiere and advance screening of the first episode. The event took place at the Zoo Palast in Berlin, and was held on 5 February 2025.
Around 700 fans attended the screening in the largest cinema hall at Zoo Palast, which was filled to capacity. Before the screening, there was a red carpet in the foyer where many personalities connected to the series showed up, including former winnersâÂÂToni Dreher-Adenuga, Simone Kowalski, Jacky Wruck, Vivien Blotzki, Lea Oude Engberink, and Jermaine Kokoú KotheâÂÂalong with other former contestantsâÂÂDarya Strelnikova, Klaudia Giez, Trixi Giese, Dascha Carriero, Lieselotte Reznicek, Noëlla Mbunga, Frieder Sell, Jana Wetzel, Julian Cidic, Luka Cidic, Stella Sellere and Xenia Tsilikova; industry guestsâÂÂDavid Lovric, Kilian Kerner, Kim Tränka, and Ramon WagnerâÂÂand other media partners and known photographers.
During the event, ProSiebenâÂÂs station management also emphasized that GermanyâÂÂs Next Topmodel has balanced consistency and innovation over twenty years. The premiere was framed as more than just a media launch: it was a moment to honor the showâÂÂs history, its many seasons, its former contestants, and the audience.
To continuously celebrate the season-long twentieth anniversary of the series, Germany's Next Top Model: Stories is an online-exclusive companion show streaming on Joyn from 13 February 2025, to 13 June 2025. The show, also presented by Klum, offers behind-the-scenes and never-before-seen footage of the season.
Notable guest stars include this season's guest judges Leni Klum, Killian Kerner, Thomas Hayo, and runway & dance coach Micky Kurz; previous winners Barbara Meier, Toni Dreher-Adenuga, Alex-Mariah Peter, Lou-Anne GleiÃÂenebner-Teskey, Vivien Blotzki, and Jermaine Kokoú Kothé; as well as other notable alumni, including Betty Taube from season 9, Dascha Carriero from season 16, Martina Gleissenebner-Teskey from season 17, Armin Rausch, Frieder Sell, and Grace Zakhour from season 19. This is the second spin-off of the entire series after Die Model WG.
A special commemorative coffee-table book titled GermanyâÂÂs Next Topmodel: Der groÃÂe GNTM-Jubiläumsband â 20 Jahre (Germany's Next Topmodel: The Big GNTM Anniversary Volume - 20 Years) was published on 20 May 2025 by Edition Michael Fischer / EMF Verlag. The hardcover volume spans 224 pages containing a retrospective tribute to two decades of the show, featuring around 150 photographs drawn from across 20 seasons of the show.