ANTM - Cycle 11, Episode 5

After their new locks last week the show turned to the next crucial part of any models artillery – her walk. Arriving at a bowling alley Miss J quickly thrust a pair of high heeled bowling shoes at each girl and barked for them to strut the alley like never before. With Isis up first feeling confidant and with something to prove it was only a matter of time before she skidded on the shiny surface and nearly toppled over. Many of the girls seemed to have it this year and the only outrageously awful show was put on by Hannah who was so stiff she looked like she should be creaking each time she moved a limb. With no idea what to do at the end of the runway she whirled around and stomped back to the beginning, the rest of her competitors in hysterics.

 Returning to the house Isis and Analeigh went out of their way to try and help the struggling Alaskan but it was all too late when they discovered they were doing a fashion catwalk the following day. With much excitement the girls turned up to a vintage bank to find they would strutting down the catwalk as catburglers – and blindfolded! But, in a series twist, they also discovered that one of the girls would be leaving post catwalk, no photoshoot, no panel, no Tyra.

It wasn’t long before nerves set in and whilst some – Joselyn, McKey excelled through their first showcase, Hannah lost her nerve and all she’d learnt was swept away, whilst Sam embarrassed the designer by hoisting her skirt up at the end of the runway. It was a fairly obvious cut and after the two J’s announced their decision a teary Hannah left the competition.

In an ANTM first Hannah gets cut with no panel, no photo, no Tyra.

 But what next? Would there still be a cut? Was there still a photoshoot? What was happening?! Well ANTM went back to normal with the girls attending their next photshoot comfortingly in their own pool, shot by their own judge Nigel Barker. A water shoot the girls were to be immersed with only their nose up being shot.

Analeigh, fearing she was to be cut from the competition stepped up her game and proved some outstanding photo’s, with Sam and McKey and Clark continuing their upward rise. Joselyn, not able to swim couldn’t keep her nerve, a previous stunning Elina lost all focus and floundered and Isis, once again in a swimsuit, found her mind ill prepared for the photoshoot.

At judging Lauren Brie was called first, with Analeigh straight from last week’s bottom two coming a close second. Samantha, although with a stunning photo was viciously berated for disgusting the designer with her end of catwalk moves and ended up in the bottom two along with a sinking Isis. In the end Sam had the better picture and the transgender queen from Maryland crashed out of the competition.

The transgender queen sinks out of the competition

With Tyra cutting two this week, does it mean a reprise in the next episode or is it simply a tactic to spice things up?

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