"America's Next Top Model" Premieres Jan. 9th on VH1

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Hallelujah! Tyra Banks Is Returning to "America's Next Top Model"
by Tim Surette
March 16, 2017


Tyra Banks is returning to host "America's Next Top Model", replacing singer Rita Ora who hosted the show for its 23rd cycle, which just concluded earlier this month.

VH1 said additional panelists will be announced at a later date. Production on the new season is scheduled for this summer.

The network revived the long-running reality series after The CW canceled it after 12 years and 22 cycles.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/tyra-ban...ext-top-model/

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Tyra Banks Reveals She Returned to "America's Next Top Model" to Save It from Cancellation
by Sadie Gennis
April 21, 2017


"America's Next Top Model" fans couldn't stop smizing when it was announced that Tyra Banks would return to host Cycle 24, but the news also caught many viewers off guard.

A year prior, Banks made a big point of retiring from the long-running reality show, passing the baton to Rita Ora for ANTM's first season on VH1. She also had recently given an interview in which she explained she had been wanting to quit the show since the show's eighth cycle began in 2007.

However, once the Ora-hosted ANTM began, fans made it crystal clear to Banks that no one could ever fill her shoes. "My fans on social media -- and not just my fans, but the fans of the show -- were very vocal to a point where I was like, 'Maybe it was a mistake for me to have walked away?" Banks told TVGuide.com as the Freeform Upfront red carpet.





The supermodel-turned-business mogul then realized that if she wanted to see ANTM continue and not face the ax, there was only one solution: she had to return.

"From a pleasing the fans and then looking at the business side, I think I have to be there for it to continue," she explained.





So although Banks might have preferred to leave ANTM in her rearview mirror, fans are thrilled the host decided to return -- particularly because that means Banks will be bringing back all of her signature Tyra-isms. During her 22-season tenure on the reality show, Banks gave us so many new words and phrases that have since become the things of legends. But we bet you couldn't guess her favorite Tyra-ism.

"'Hoe, but make it fashion' is my all-time Tyra-ism," Banks revealed. "There was one model that was looking very too sexy and I was like, 'Ok, pose sexy in the shot, but make it fashion," she recalled, before recreating her now-iconic demonstration.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/tyra-ban...-model-return/

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See The First Photo of Tyra Banks Back on the ANTM Panel
by Joey Nolfi
June 12, 2017


Tyra Banks shared a first look at her grand return to the "America’s Next Top Model" panel Monday morning, posting to Instagram a snapshot of her posing next to cycle 23 holdover judges Ashley Graham, Drew Elliot, and Law Roach on the set of the show’s upcoming 24th cycle.

"You were like, "Why'd you leave? Come back!" I was like, "Ok, boo. I got you." Back at @antmvh1 w/ my fierce crew 💛 #ANTM"



ANTM cycle 24 is slated to air this December on VH1.

http://ew.com/tv/2017/06/12/tyra-ban...4-panel-photo/

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"America’s Next Top Model" Sets Return Date & "RuPaul’s Drag Race" Crossover
by Greg Evans
December 8, 2017


The new season of "America’s Next Top Model" with Tyra Banks will premiere on Tuesday, January 9 at 8PM ET/PT, VH1 announced today.

The new season, which will have no age limits on contestants for the first time in the franchise’s history, also will feature a VH1 crossover with "RuPaul’s Drag Race" fan-favorites Valentina, Katya and Manila.




The new season is set to include guest appearances by former judge Nigel Barker and season three winner Eva Marcille, Director X, beauty and social media guru Patrick Starr, choreographer Jermaine Browne, supermodel Jourdan Dunn and Hip Hop artist Maejor, among others.

Producers promise that the show also will boast more contestant diversity than past seasons.

http://deadline.com/2017/12/americas...er-1202222720/