document_title: The Lawrence Welk Show

question_text: when did the lawrence welk show first air

text: The Lawrence Welk Show

text: Broadcast history[edit]

text: On May 11, 1951, The Lawrence Welk Show began as a local program on KTLA in Los Angeles, the flagship station of the Paramount Television Network and the first television station in California.[1] The original show was broadcast from the since-demolished Aragon Ballroom at Venice Beach.

text: The show made its national television debut on ABC Television on July 2, 1955,[2] and was initially produced at the Hollywood Palladium,[3][4] moving to the ABC studios at Prospect and Talmadge in Hollywood shortly afterwards. For 23 of its 27 years on the air, the show would originate there. The only seasons not produced there were 1965–66, 1976–77 at the Hollywood Palace and CBS Television City from 1977 to 1979.

text: The 1965-66 season was taped at the Hollywood Palace because that was ABC's only West Coast TV studio at the time equipped for live or taped color production; Welk had insisted that the show go color in 1965 because he believed that being broadcast in color was critical to the continued success of his program. Once a couple of studios at the ABC Prospect and Talmadge facilities had been converted to color in 1966, the show moved back there.

text: The show aired on ABC until 1971. When the show was cancelled by the head of programming there, Welk formed his own production company and continued airing the show, on local stations and, often from 7 to 8 P.M. Eastern Time on Saturdays over some of the ABC affiliates on which he had previously appeared, along with some stations affiliated with other networks. The syndicated version of the program aired from 1971 to 1982.

text: When the show debuted nationwide, The Lawrence Welk Show was billed as the Dodge Dancing Party in 1955 and 1956. From 1956 to 1959, Lawrence Welk was broadcast two nights per week. The second show's title was Lawrence Welk Presents Top Tunes and New Talent (1956–58) and then Lawrence Welk's Plymouth Show, after another Chrysler vehicle (1958–59). The Plymouth show was the first American television program to air in stereophonic sound. Due to the fact that stereophonic television had not yet been invented (it would be 25 more years before it would become standard), ABC instead simulcast the show on its radio network, with the TV side airing one audio channel and the radio side airing the other; viewers would tune in both the TV and the radio to achieve the stereophonic effect.[5][6] Starting with the 1959–60 season the two shows were merged into The Lawrence Welk Show, reverting to monophonic broadcasts. The name stuck, and it became the most popular variety show ever.

text: The primary sponsor of The Lawrence Welk Show was Dodge (automobile maker), later to be followed by Geritol (a multivitamin), Sominex (sleep aid), Aqua Velva (aftershave), Serutan (laxative), Universal Appliances (manufacturer of home appliances), Polident (a denture cleanser), Ocean Spray (fruit juice) and Sinclair Oil (automobile fuel) served as associate sponsors for a short time.[7] (During later years, a number of Welk cast members appeared in commercials for many of the show's sponsors, filmed specifically to air during Welk broadcasts.)

text: Move to syndication and public television[edit]

text: While the show was highly rated and continued to attract more audiences, ABC canceled it in 1971 for two reasons. The first was that the network had to cut three-and-a-half hours a week of prime-time programming, owing to the institution of the Prime Time Access Rule in 1971; the other was the fact that Welk's viewership was mostly of people over forty-five, mostly because of the music he chose to play, but also because younger viewers, the core viewing target that networks coveted, were either out during the Saturday night slot, or were watching one of the other networks.[8] Over the course of the early 1970s, several variety shows (including Welk's, but ranging from long-running series such as The Ed Sullivan Show, The Hollywood Palace and The Red Skelton Show to more contemporary shows such as Hee Haw, The Johnny Cash Show and This Is Tom Jones) were pulled from network schedules (particularly ABC and CBS) in a demographic move known colloquially as the "rural purge".

text: In response to ABC's move, Welk started his own production company and continued producing the show for syndication. Some independent stations put it in its old Saturday timeslot, and in many cases, it drew higher ratings than the network shows scheduled at that time. In many markets, the syndicated Lawrence Welk aired before the start of network prime-time on Saturday nights (7 p.m. Eastern Time); also in many areas, it competed against another show that was cancelled by CBS and resurrected in syndication, also in 1971 — Hee Haw. Welk's program was among a group of syndicated niche programs, others including Hee Haw and Soul Train, that flourished during this era. (The success of Lawrence Welk and Hee Haw in syndication, and the network decisions that led to their respective cancellations, were the inspiration for a novelty song called "The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka", performed by Roy Clark, one of the co-stars of Hee Haw.)

text: Welk retired in 1982; at the time of his retirement, he was 79 years old, making him at the time the oldest host of a regularly scheduled entertainment television series (a feat later surpassed by Bob Barker in 2003 and later by Betty White in 2012). Classic shows — largely, from 1967 to 1982 — were repackaged with new footage (either Welk or the show's cast introducing segments) for syndication during the 1982–1983 season as Memories with Lawrence Welk, after which they were withdrawn from distribution for a short time. In 1985, The Lawrence Welk Christmas Reunion was produced. It was the last show in which Welk appeared with the "musical family".

text: The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority acquired the broadcast rights to the series in 1986. In order to introduce the show to a new generation, they produced a documentary film, Lawrence Welk: Television's Music Man, hosted by Kathy Lennon of The Lennon Sisters. The film was a retrospective on Welk's life and career, featuring interviews with surviving members of Welk's "musical family", and scenes from the show. After its airing, reformatted versions of the Welk show were released to public television stations. Welk's segments from Memories with Lawrence Welk were used until his death, after which select members of the "musical family" took over as hosts. Reruns continue to air to this day (in many markets airing on Saturday nights at 7 pm, the same time the show aired during the latter years of its original run), with new and updated interviews with surviving cast members (Mary Lou Metzger hosts wraparounds that feature interviews, while Bobby Burgess currently hosts the ones that do not).[9] The shows are occasionally "recut" and interspersed with segments from other episodes for time and diversity purposes; for example, a rebroadcast of Gail Farrell's 1969 debut actually featured an added song by Anacani, who hadn't joined the show until 1973.

text: Nielsen ratings[edit]

text: The show was a top 30 hit for five seasons, according to ClassicTVHits.com's ratings database.

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1964–65: No. 30 (22.00 rating)
1965–66: No. 19 (22.40 rating)
1966–67: No. 12 (22.79 rating)
1967–68: No. 17 (21.90 rating)
1968–69: No. 29 (20.50 rating)

text: Format[edit]

text: The show would often open by showing bubbles floating around and was accompanied by a sound effect of a bottle of champagne opening, including the opening theme ("Bubbles in the Wine", composed by Welk and Frank Loesser). Each week, Welk would introduce the theme of the show, which usually inspired joyous singing and/or patriotic fervor. He was most known for delivering these monologues in a distinctive German accent (this despite being born and raised in North Dakota), which was parodied in popular culture (even by Welk himself: the two books he authored, Wunnerful, Wunnerful! and Ah-One, Ah-Two! were so titled because they were his catchphrases). This was evident from his mispronunciations of script on cue cards. On one such story, related by Jo Ann Castle on the Mike Douglas Show,[citation needed] has him introducing a medley of World War I tunes as "songs from World War Eye". Also, from his autobiography Wunnerful, Wunnerful! he bemoans his accent, and in some of his pronunciations of "wonderful" in the show he can be heard forcing the D.

text: If the number was more of a dance tune, Welk would frequently dance with ladies from the audience, for which he became somewhat known. For certain songs (mainly the instrumentals performed by the orchestra), the couples in attendance were also allowed to dance at the Ballroom. Many of the show's songs were performed as part of a skit; while a handful of skits were common throughout the show's run, during a short period in mid-1970s (about the same time The Semonski Sisters were featured performers on the show), the show consisted almost entirely of them.

text: Welk often demonstrated multiple times on-camera how the champagne bottle sound was created, by placing a finger in his mouth, releasing it to make the popping sound, and making a soft hissing sound to simulate the bubbles escaping the bottle. One such instance is part of the opening sequence of the public television reruns seen today.

text: Welk frequently had performers sing and play standards from the big band era and the first half of the 20th century. He had a particular admiration for those composers contemporary with him, such as Hoagy Carmichael, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, and Harry Warren; although the show's repertoire was in reality much broader, and would often include pop songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s—Welk even devoted an entire show to the music of the 1970s in 1978—as well as country music, patriotic music, and religious music, especially if it was thought to appeal to older listeners (and, as Welk stated in 1956, "as long as it's done in the champagne style"). In one of his most infamous incidents, he asked singers Gail Farrell and Dick Dale to perform Brewer & Shipley's hit song "One Toke Over the Line" (a mock gospel tune riddled with drug references) as a modern spiritual, apparently oblivious to the meaning of the word "toke."[10] Brewer responded that although it was "absurd", the duo "got more publicity than we could pay for" from the out-of-place performance.[11] Welk, for his part, blamed ABC for pressuring him into including the song, among others he felt did not fit the show's format.[12]

text: The closing theme during the syndicated years, often performed by the "Musical Family", was "Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen" (composed by George Cates). A recording of the song has been edited over the updated credits on PBS reruns.

text: The "Musical Family"[edit]

text: Welk employed many musicians and singers, which were known in the press as his "Musical Family". Most members of the Musical Family had specific, well-defined roles within the context of the show, generally specializing in one type of performance (for instance, the show had two pianists, but one would specialize in ragtime piano while the other would handle easy listening pieces; the show's numerous singers and dancers were similarly typecast). One of the most prominent positions in the Musical Family was the "Champagne Lady", who always sang a down-tempo solo number toward the end of each show.

text: These musicians were bound by an unofficial set of morals (artistic and personal) dictated by Welk, and if he believed the audience did not find them wholesome enough, they would be fired. Former "Champagne Lady" Alice Lon was fired in 1959 for crossing her legs on a desk, which angered Welk. After he fired Lon, thousands of letters filled the ABC mailroom, demanding an apology, and that she be rehired. Welk tried to get Lon back but she refused.[13]

text: In later years however, it was revealed that along with the "cheesecake" incident, another one of the reasons for Lon's departure was money; she was supporting three young sons and wanted a raise. A further reason was a dispute over what kind of songs she would be singing, and since Welk insisted on playing what he felt his audiences wanted to hear, generally older "standards", she rebelled against such restrictions.

text: After two years and a string of short-lived vocalists, Norma Zimmer was hired, starting in 1960. Zimmer stayed with Welk for the rest of the show's run.

text: Another example of being bound by Welk's set of morals was famed clarinetist Pete Fountain, renowned for his New Orleans-style jazz. He was a valued member of the Welk cast, who was rumored to have quit when Welk objected to his efforts to "jazz up" the Christmas standard "Silver Bells" on the 1958 Christmas show. In an interview, Fountain admitted he left Welk because "Champagne and bourbon don't mix."[14] (The departure was amicable; Fountain would reappear in Welk reunion shows after the show ended.)

text: Welk relied on fan letters to tell him who was popular and who was not. Often, performers who received a positive reaction were prominently featured on future shows, while those who did not meet muster with the audience saw their solo opportunities diminish and sometimes were eventually let go.

text: Among the performers that were wildly popular with audiences during the years it was on ABC were The Lennon Sisters, Joe Feeney, Steve Smith, Larry Hooper, Jo Ann Castle and electric guitarist Buddy Merrill, just to name a few. Lynn Anderson, Clay Hart, and Ava Barber used the show as a springboard to launch their own successful careers as country music solo artists. At the height of the show's popularity, members of the Musical Family were featured in several celebrity tabloid magazines alongside other mainstream television and movie stars.[15]

text: Tap dancer Arthur Duncan became the second African-American to appear regularly on a sponsored television variety program, and the first since 1951, when he was hired as a permanent music maker by Welk in 1964. (The first was Teddy Wilson, a regular band member on the short-lived Star Time throughout its 1950–51 run.)

text: Producers and directors[edit]

text: James Hobson (also known as Jim Hobson) served longest as producer (1962–1982) and director of The Lawrence Welk Show.[16] Hobson died on April 26, 2013, in Santa Monica Hospital, California.

text: Episode status[edit]

text: The surviving episodes from the first 10 seasons on ABC, which began in 1955, exist today as black and white kinescopes or videotape, as the show was broadcast live for the first 10 years, right up through the 1964–1965 season. A few of these have been broadcast on public television. Nearly all episodes shown on PBS stations today are from around 1965 to 1982 (the majority being from the syndicated run), but some older black and white segments can be found on YouTube and in recent months more black-and-white episodes have been added into the rotation.

text: Beginning with the 1965–1966 season, the episodes were recorded in color. It is assumed the color episodes exist intact.[citation needed] The very first color episode of the show, which aired in September 1965, was taped on-location at the Escondido resort near San Diego, in which Welk had a financial and ownership interest. It is occasionally shown on PBS stations; the PBS rebroadcast is introduced by Bobby Burgess.

text: DVD status and Welk specials aired on public television[edit]

text: Neither the Welk Organization nor the OETA have released any episodes of The Lawrence Welk Show on home video, nor are there any plans to do so. Welk Musical Family specials, however, are available on DVD, and can be obtained with a donation during reairs on local PBS stations.

text:
1991 – “A Champagne Toast to the Big Bands”
1992 – “The Lennon Sisters: Easy to Remember”
1993 – “From the Heart: A Tribute to Lawrence Welk and the American Dream”
1994 – “The Lawrence Welk Holiday Special: Great Moments & Memories”
1995 – “Lawrence Welk: Then & Now”
1995 – “A Lawrence Welk Family Christmas”
1997 – “From Lawrence Welk: To America With Love”
1998 – “Lawrence Welk’s Favorite Holidays”
1999 – “Lawrence Welk’s Songs of Faith”
2000 – “Lawrence Welk Milestones & Memories”
2003 – “Lawrence Welk: God Bless America”
2005 – “Lawrence Welk Precious Memories”
2007 – “Lawrence Welk's TV Treasures”
2009 – "Welk Stars Through The Years"
2011 – "Lawrence Welk's Big Band Splash"

text: In popular culture[edit]

text: In music[edit]

text:
Accordion pop/rock band Those Darn Accordions recorded "The Story of Lawrence Welk" on their 1994 album Squeeze This!, a comic retelling of Welk's life story which references his television series, incorporating musical bits from "Bubbles in the Wine" and name-dropping series regulars Alice Lon, The Lennon Sisters and even its sponsorships from Dodge and Geritol.[citation needed]
Comic Stan Freberg created a parody of the show in a song called "Wun'erful Wun'erful (Sides uh-one and uh-two)", which became a Top 30 hit in 1957. Originally performed on Freberg's CBS Radio series, the single spoofed the musicianship among some of Welk's musicians (including Welk himself). The record was arranged by Billy May, who handled the music on Freberg sessions and was known to despise Welk's style of music. Working with May and Freberg, who portrayed Welk, were some of Hollywood's best studio musicians, some of them jazz veterans who also held Welk's music in equal contempt. Welk was not pleased by the record, built around satirical out-of-tune performances and an out-of-control "bubble machine" that sent the entire Aragon Ballroom out to sea.[citation needed]
Dickie Goodman also used Welk as a source for inspiration and a target of satire on his 1959 novelty single, "Stagger Lawrence", which featured an episode of the show being repeatedly interrupted by Lloyd Price's version of the blues piece "Stagger Lee."[citation needed]
The show is one of two that serve as the main subjects of the 1972 song "The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka," the other being Hee Haw (Hee Haw host Roy Clark sang the song). Both programs had been cancelled by their respective networks in 1971, only to continue in first-run syndication (and continued to be enormously popular) for a number of years thereafter.

text: In television[edit]

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A parody of The Lawrence Welk Show appeared on the Family Guy episode "Airport '07", with Peter Griffin playing the role of Welk. This scene is only available on the DVD version of this episode.
In the episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 featuring The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, during a scene involving a woman dancing with an effeminate man, Tom Servo, imitating Welk, riffed, "Thank you, Cissy and Sissy", referencing his show's popular dance team of Bobby and Cissy.
On October 4, 2008, NBC's Saturday Night Live parodied the show with Fred Armisen taking on the role as the Maestro, whose accent switches on and off for different words, and is often obscured by far too many bubbles. The sketch features the singing Maharelle sisters "all the way from the Finger Lakes". Three of the four sisters are beautiful and perky but the fourth, Dooneese Maharelle (Kristen Wiig), is physically deformed (with a large forehead, bad teeth and tiny non-functioning hands the size of a doll's) and apparently deranged. [This version notably used Freberg's sound-alike of the theme song.] The skit - and Wiig's character in particular - proved so popular with audiences that the Welk parody became a recurring sketch over the next few seasons, featuring appearances from the likes of Jon Hamm, Melissa McCarthy, Will Ferrell, and Betty White, amongst others.
In "The Ride", episode 6.09 of The Sopranos, Paulie Walnuts watches The Lawrence Welk Show with his aunt, Marianucci Gualtieri, who refers to it as The Lawrence Welk's Program. They have very little dialogue and the show is prominently featured in the scene. The music from the show leads into the credits.
The 1970s sitcom Welcome Back Kotter used the Welk show as a source of comedic material. One episode involved a scene when Arnold Horshack, upon noticing a kitchen sink overflowing with bubbles, yelled "HELP! WE'RE BEING INVADED BY LAWRENCE WELK!"[citation needed]

text: Singers and performers[edit]

text: All of these singers and performers were part of the Music Family, with Welk on the lead.

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The Aldridge Sisters, singers (1977–1982)
Anacani, singer (1973–1982)
Lynn Anderson, singer (1967–1968)
Ron Anderson, singer (1980–1982), Gail, Ron & Michael
Ava Barber, singer (1974–1982)
The Blenders, singers (1965–1967)
Barbara Boylan, dancer (1961–1967, 1979)
Bobby Burgess, dancer (1961–1982)
Jo Ann Castle, honky-tonk pianist (1959–1969)
Dick Dale, saxophonist/singer (1955–1982)
Larry Dean, singer (1956–1962)
Ken Delo, singer (1969–1982)
Arthur Duncan, tap dancer (1964–1982)
Ralna English, singer (1969–1982), Guy & Ralna
Tanya Falan, singer (1967–1977)
Gail Farrell, singer (1969–1982), Gail, Sandi & Mary Lou and Gail, Ron & Michael
Joe Feeney, singer (1957–1982)
Myron Floren, accordionist/assistant conductor (1955–1982)
Sally Flynn, singer (1968–1972), Sandi & Sally
Sandi Griffiths, singer (1968–1980), Sandi & Sally and Gail, Sandi & Mary Lou
Clay Hart, guitarist/singer (1969–1975)
Larry Hooper, singer/piano (1948–1969, 1973–1980)
Guy Hovis, singer (1970–1982), Guy & Ralna
Jack Imel, percussionist/tap dancer (1957–1982)
Cissy King, dancer (1967–1978)
The Lennon Sisters, singers (1955–1968)
Alice Lon, singer/Champagne Lady (1955–1959)
Mary Lou Metzger, singer/tap dancer (1970–1982), Gail, Sandi & Mary Lou
Tom Netherton, singer (1973–1982)
Natalie Nevins, singer (1965–1969)
Cubby O'Brien, drummer/singer (1958-1959)
Elaine Niverson, dancer (1979–1982) as Elaine Niverson
The Otwell Twins, singers (1977–1982)
Maurice Pearson, singer (1957–1960)
Bob Ralston, piano/organ soloist, musical arranger, dancer, singer (1963–1982)
Curt Ramsey, musical arranger, trumpet player, singer, and librarian (1955–1982), Curt Ramsey Quintet
Michael Redman, singer (1980–1982), Gail, Ron & Michael
Jimmy Roberts, singer (1955–1982)
The Semonski Sisters, singers (1975–1977)
Bob Smale, pianist (1969-1982)
Steve Smith, singer (1965–1969), The Blenders from 1965 to 1967
Kathie Sullivan, singer (1976–1982)
Jim Turner, guitarist/singer (1979–1982)
Jayne Walton Rosen, Champagne Lady (1940–1945)
Andra Willis, singer (1967–1969)
Norma Zimmer, singer/Champagne Lady (1960–1982)

text: The orchestra[edit]

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Orie Amodeo, saxophone/reeds (1955–1970)
George Aubry, saxophone/reeds (1951–1957)
Norman Bailey, trumpet (1955–1973)
Big Tiny Little, ragtime piano (1955–1959)
Don Bonnee, saxophone/reeds (1959–1962)
Bobby Bruce, violin (1964–1967)
Jerry Burke, piano/organ (1936–1965)
George Cates, conductor/music supervisor (1955–1982)
Dick Cathcart, trumpet (1962–1968)
Buddy Clark, bass/tuba (1966–1967)
Mahlon Clark, saxophone/reeds (1962–1968)
Henry Cuesta, saxophone/clarinet (1972–1982)
Bob Davis, saxophone/reeds (1965–1982)
Art Depew, trumpet (1957–1965)
Kurt Dieterle, violin (1959–1961)
Jack Dumont, saxophone/reeds (1959–1962)
Dave Edwards, saxophone/reeds (1968–1979)
Ernie Ehrhardt, cellist (1978–1982)
Pete Fountain, saxophonist/clarinet (1957–1959)
Jimmy Getzhoff, violin (1960–1962)
Woody Guidry, trumpet (1955–1956)
Charlotte Harris, cellist (1961–1978)
Stanley Harris, violist (1959–1960)
Bob Havens, trombone (1960–1982)
Buddy Hayes, bass/tuba (1955–1966)
Jimmy Henderson, trombone (1957–1959)
Skeets Herfurt, saxophone/reeds (1979–1982)
Laroon Holt, trumpet (1973–1982)
Peanuts Hucko, saxophone/clarinet (1970–1972)
Paul Humphrey, drummer (1976–1982)
Harry Hyams, viola (1961–1982)
Dick Kesner, violin (1955–1960)
Johnny Klein, drummer (1955–1976)
Russ Klein, saxophone/reeds (1957–1982)
Neil Levang, guitarist (1959–1982)
Barney Liddell, trombone (1955–1982)
Bob Lido, violin/performer (1955–1982)
Ray Linn, trumpet (1968–1969)
Joe Livoti, violin (1962–1982)
Pete Lofthouse, trombone (1955–1965)
Warren Luening, trumpet (1959–1960)
Richard Maloof, bass/tuba (1967–1982)
Sam McCadden, saxophone/performer (1955–1980)
Mickey McMahan, trumpet (1967–1982)
Jack Martin, saxophone/reeds (1955–1959)
Buddy Merrill, guitarist (1955–1974)
Bill Page, saxophone/reeds (1955–1965)
Aladdin Pallante, violin/performer (1955–1967)
Charlie Parlato, trumpet (1962–1982)
Jim Porter, trumpet (1965)
David Pratt, cellist (1959–1961)
Bob Ralston, piano/organ (1963–1982)
Rocky Rockwell, trumpet (1955–1962)
Mischa Russell, violin (1962–1964)
Ambrose Russo, violin (1962–1964)
Frank Scott, piano/harpsichord (1955–1969)
Bob Smale, piano (1969–1982)
Don Staples, trombone (1965–1982)
George Thow, trumpet/production staff (1956–1982)
Kenny Trimble, trombone (1957–1982)
Billy Wright, violin (1957–1959)
Rubin Zarchy, trumpet (1968)
Johnny Zell, trumpet (1968–1982)
Freddie Mandock,Saxophone (1969-1977)

text: Rose Weiss was the long-term Welk costume designer and manager.

text: Announcers[edit]

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Lou Crosby (1955–1960)
Bob Warren (1960–1982)


document_title: Figwit

question_text: who played elf in lord of the rings

question_tokens: who played elf in lord of the rings

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text: Figwit

text: Background[edit]

text: Bret McKenzie, half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords and a Wellington native, first landed a small role as an extra in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.[1] He appears sitting next to Aragorn during the council in Rivendell scene. When it is decided that the Ring must be destroyed, Frodo offers to take the Ring to Mordor, and Elrond proclaims the formation of the Fellowship of the Ring. The elf was dubbed "Figwit" by Tolkien fan Iris Hadad; after seeing Frodo agree to take the ring, saying "I will take it", the film switches to a shot where Figwit can be seen standing on the far right, and Hadad's initial reaction was "Frodo is grea...who is THAT?!?"[2] Later, Hadad corresponded with her university friend Sherry de Andres, and the two created the first Figwit fan website, www.figwitlives.net, calling him "Legolas for the thinking woman".[3][4]

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text: McKenzie appeared as Figwit again in the third film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, where he was credited as "Elf Escort". He appears in the scene where Arwen is leaving for the Grey Havens and has a vision of her future son, Eldarion, this time with two lines warning her to not delay and then exclaiming as she turns around. Director Peter Jackson stated in the DVD commentary for The Return of the King that Figwit was called back and given dialogue in the third film "just for fun for the fans" because "so much fuss has been made about him over the last couple of years".[5]

text: In the film version of The Hobbit, McKenzie was cast as Lindir, an elf of Rivendell who appeared briefly in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, The Fellowship of the Ring.[6]

text: Popularity[edit]

text: Though he only appeared for about three seconds in the first film, Figwit's popularity soon blossomed, with Hadad stating that "[the fan site] got a lot of e-mails from people who thought they were the only ones who had noticed that handsome, dark-haired elf".[7] Figwit's physical appearance and demeanor are the source of much of his popularity: he has been noted for his "lithe and graceful" movement,[8] "enigmatic broodiness", "haughty demeanor", and "pouty" looks.[3] His fan website proclaims him "in a word, gorgeous. Or another, stunning... hypnotic... stupendous... captivating... take your pick."[2][9]

text: McKenzie has stated that the Figwit obsession is "weird," though he is "flattered."[10] He has remarked that "it's so hilarious because it's been propelled by so little ... I'm famous for doing nothing."[8][11]

text: In other media[edit]

text: Figwit does not appear in Tolkien's writings and was created exclusively for the films; thus there is little authentic information regarding him, save that he was an escort. The only "official" place where the name Figwit is used is on several Topps trading cards, including a The Return of the King series card, titled "Return to Rivendell," and an Authentic Autographs card featuring the signature of actor Bret McKenzie.[12] In The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game he was assigned the name of Aegnor, one of Galadriel's brothers in The Silmarillion. A Figwit action figure was also created, though it was named "Elven Escort," as in the film.[13]

text: Figwit has been a subject of poetry, art, and fiction.[9] He is also a subject in slash fan fiction, where he is named "Melpomaen", a rough, literal Elvish translation of "fig" and "wit," derived from melpo, the Quenya word for fruit (fig),[14] and maen, the Noldorin word for clever or skilled.[15]

text: Documentary[edit]

text: In 2004, a 57-minute documentary on the Figwit phenomenon was created by McKenzie's fiancée (and now wife) Hannah Clarke[16] and friends Stan Alley and Nick Booth. Entitled Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!, it premiered at the Auckland International Film Festival on July 23.[17] Meant to "[unravel] Bret's identity",[17] it follows McKenzie to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where he meets the fans of his trademark pout and "elvish good looks", and features extensive interviews with fans behind various Figwit fan sites as well as with Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne, Mark Ordesky, Ian McKellen, and other cast members.[8][18] Booth stated that their film was "much more irreverent and strange" compared to other behind-the-scenes documentaries of the film trilogy, which were "very much driven around the production and the cast and Tolkien".[17]


document_title: Interventricular septum

question_text: what is the function of the interventricular septum in the heart

text: Interventricular septum

text: Structure[edit]

text: The interventricular septum, is the stout wall separating the ventricles, the lower chambers of the heart from one another.

text: The ventricular septum is directed obliquely backward to the right, and curved with the convexity toward the right ventricle; its margins correspond with the anterior and posterior longitudinal sulci. The greater portion of it is thick and muscular and constitutes the muscular interventricular septum. Its upper and posterior part, which separates the aortic vestibule from the lower part of the right atrium and upper part of the right ventricle, is thin and fibrous, and is termed the membranous ventricular septum.

text: Blood supply[edit]

text: The posterior interventricular artery supplies the posterior 1/3 of the interventricular septum. The remaining anterior 2/3 is supplied by the anterior interventricular artery which is a septal branch of the left anterior descending artery, which is a branch of left coronary artery.

text: Development[edit]

text: The muscular part of the interventricular septum derives from the bulboventricular flange which is developed due to differential growth of primitive ventricle and bulbous cordis. Membranous part has a neural crest origin which connects the upper free margin of the bulboventricular flange and anterior and posterior endocardial cushions of atrio ventricular canal. It also gets attached to lower border of spiral septum or the aortico pulmonary septum.

text: Clinical significance[edit]

text: A ventricular septal defect (VSD), a hole in the interventricular septum is one of the four congenital defects of the condition of tetralogy of Fallot.[2] A VSD can cause a left-to-right shunt of blood flow in the heart, and is one of the most common of the congenital heart defects. This type of shunt is an acyanotic disorder that can result in ventricular hypertrophy.[3]

text: Additional images[edit]

text: Heart normal short axis echo

tag: ul


document_title: The Lorax (film)

question_text: who does the voice of mr o'hare in the lorax

text: The Lorax (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Ted Wiggins is an idealistic boy, who lives in Thneedville, a walled city that, aside from the human citizens, is completely artificial; everything is made of plastic, metal, or synthetics with no living plants. Ted has a crush on local environmentalist Audrey, who wants to see a "real tree" more than anything in the world, and decides to find one in order to impress her. His energetic Grammy Norma secretly tells Ted the legend of the Once-ler, who will tell anyone about trees if they brought him fifteen cents, a nail, and a shell of a great-great-great grandfather snail. When Ted leaves Thneedville in search of the Once-ler, he discovers that the outside world is a contaminated, empty, barren wasteland. Once the boy finds him, the Once-ler agrees to tell Ted about the trees on the condition that he listens to the story over multiple visits. Ted agrees, but on his way home, he encounters the mayor of Thneedville, Aloysius O'Hare, who is also the proprietor of a company that sells bottled oxygen to Thneedville residents. O'Hare explains to Ted that because trees produce oxygen free of charge, he considers it a threat to his business whenever he hears people talking about them. After revealing that he has "security camera eyes" all over the city, O'Hare pressures Ted to stay in town. However, Ted continues to sneak out of O'Hare's sight (with his grandmother's encouragement) and learns more of the trees' history.

text: Over Ted's various visits, the Once-ler recounts the story that when he was a young man, he departed his family to find good material for his Thneed invention and make a business. The Once-ler meets the guardian of the forest, the Lorax, after cutting down a Truffula tree in a lush Truffula tree forest valley. The Lorax urges the Once-ler to leave the forest, but the Once-ler refuses. Eventually, the Once-ler promises not to chop another tree down, and the two seem to begin a friendship of sorts. Then, the young businessman's Thneed invention becomes a major success and the Once-ler's family arrives to participate in the business. At first keeping his promise, the Once-ler continues Thneed production by harvesting the Truffula tree tufts in a slow, but sustainable manner. However, his greedy and lazy relatives soon convince him to resume chopping down the trees. Over time, the Once-ler's deforestation spirals into a mass overproduction. Flushed with wealth, the Once-ler rationalizes his short-sighted needs into arrogant self-righteousness, and the Lorax's helpless protests do not stop him. The Once-ler pollutes the sky, river, and landscape, until the very last Truffula Tree falls. With no further chance of business, he is left broken and abandoned by his family, with his mother disowning him, and with the region uninhabitable because of his business's pollution, the Lorax sends the animals off to find a new place to live before he departs into the sky, leaving only a stone-cut word: "Unless". Distraught and ruined, the Once-ler becomes a recluse.

text: After he finishes telling his story, the Once-ler finally understands the meaning behind the Lorax's last message, and gives Ted the last Truffula seed in hopes that he can plant it and make others care about real trees once more. Ted's desire to impress Audrey also becomes a personal mission to remind his town of the importance of nature. O'Hare, still determined not to have trees undermine his business, takes heavy-handed steps such as covering Audrey's nature paintings, closing off the door that Ted uses to see the Once-ler, and forcibly searching Ted's room for the seed (which has begun to grow after having some water from Ted's falling bottle after he close his room's door to see O'Hare). Ted enlists his family and Audrey to help plant the seed, which has begun to germinate after water was accidentally spilled on it. O'Hare and his employees pursue the dissidents until they manage to elude him and reach the town center. When Ted finally attempts to plant the seed, he is interrupted by O'Hare, who rallies the population to stop them by telling the people that trees are dangerous and filthy. To convince them otherwise, Ted takes an earthmover and rams down a section of the city wall to reveal the environmental destruction outside, thereby showing them what O'Hare is encouraging. Horrified at the sight and inspired by Ted's conviction (as though a part of the Lorax is within him), the crowd turns against O'Hare when they discover his true nature, with his own henchmen expelling him from the town with his jet pack-like helmet, and the seed is finally planted. Time passes and the land starts to recover; new trees sprout, the animals begin to return, and the redeemed, now-mustached Once-ler happily reunites with the Lorax.

text: Voice cast[edit]

text:
Danny DeVito as the Lorax[6]
Ed Helms as the Once-ler.[6] Neither the book or the TV special reveal the Once-ler's face, but instead throughout the book, the Once-ler is pictured by what appear to be green arms and yellow eyes. The filmmakers used that as the basis for the Once-ler's character design. They interpreted the Once-ler as a human, and also featured his green gloves and showed his face for the first time in this film.
Zac Efron as Theodore "Ted" Wiggins, an idealistic 12-year-old boy.[7] He is named after the author of the book, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel).[8]
Taylor Swift as Audrey, Ted's love interest.[2] She is named after Audrey Geisel, Dr. Seuss' wife.[8]
Betty White as Grammy Norma, Ted's wise-cracking grandmother.[2]
Rob Riggle as Aloysius O'Hare, the mayor of Thneedville and head of the "O'Hare Air" company that supplies fresh air to Thneedville residents.[6]
Jenny Slate as Mrs. Wiggins, Ted's neurotic mother.[9]
Nasim Pedrad as the Once-ler's mother.
Stephen Tobolowsky as Uncle Ubb, the Once-ler's uncle.
Elmarie Wendel as Aunt Grizelda, the Once-ler's aunt.
Danny Cooksey as Brett and Chet, the Once-ler's younger twin brothers.

text: Production[edit]

text: The film is the fourth feature film based on a book by Dr. Seuss, the second fully computer-animated adaptation (the first one being Horton Hears a Who!), and the first to be released in 3-D. The Lorax was also Illumination's first film presented in IMAX 3D (known as "IMAX Tree-D" in publicity for the film).[10] The idea for the film was initiated by Audrey Geisel, Dr. Seuss' wife, who had an established partnership with Chris Meledandri, the producer of the film, from a collaboration on Horton Hears a Who!. Geisel approached Meledandri when he launched Illumination Entertainment, saying "This is the one I want to do next".[11] The film was officially announced in July 2009, with Meledandri attached as the producer and Geisel as the executive producer. Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda were announced as the director and co-director of the film, while Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the duo who wrote the script for Horton Hears a Who!, were set to write the screenplay.[12] In 2010, it was announced that Danny DeVito would be voicing the titular character.[13]

text: The film was fully produced at the French studio "Illumination Mac Guff", which was the animation department of Mac Guff which was acquired by Illumination Entertainment in the summer of 2011.[14] DeVito reprised his role in five different languages, including the original English audio, and also for the Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian language dub editions.[15] Universal added an environmental message to the film's website after a fourth-grade class in Brookline, Massachusetts launched a successful petition through Change.org.[16]

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was released on March 2, 2012 in the United States and Canada and was released on July 27, 2012 in the United Kingdom.

text: Marketing controversy[edit]

text: Mazda used the likeness of The Lorax's setting and characters in an advertisement for their CX-5 SUV.[17] This was seen by some as the complete opposite of the work's original meaning.[18] In response, Stephanie Sperber, president of Universal partnerships and licensing, said Universal chose to partner with the Mazda CX-5 because it is "a really good choice for consumers to make who may not have the luxury or the money to buy electric or buy hybrid. It's a way to take the better environmental choice to everyone."[19]

text: The film has also been used to sell Seventh Generation disposable diapers.[20] In total, Illumination Entertainment struck more than 70 different product integration deals for the film.[21]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 7, 2012.

text: Mini-movies[edit]

text: Three mini-movies were released on the Lorax Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on August 7, 2012: Serenade, Wagon Ho!, and Forces of Nature.[22]

text: Lou wants to impress a girl Barbaloot, but he has some competition.

text: The Once-ler arrives with his wagon and Melvin. Then Pipsqueak and Lou arrive. The Once-ler tells them not to have joyrides. When the Once-ler goes inside his house, Pipsqueak and Lou start cranking up the wagon, but Melvin refuses to pull it because he is angry that they whipped the reins. So Pipsqueak hangs a truffula fruit in front of Melvin as an incentive. However, Melvin gets exhausted going up a steep hill. Then the wagon gets unhooked from Melvin, and it rolls downhill backwards while Pipsqueak and Lou scream in terror. Melvin chases the runaway wagon. Lou tries to stop the wagon by stabbing a stick in one of its wheels, but he gets stuck on the wheel instead. Finally, he lands back on the seat next to Pipsqueak, who hugs him happily. The wagon hits a rock and is propelled downhill even faster. When it approaches a cliff, Pipsqueak panics and grabs the wagon canopy, which flies off—only to be held in place by Lou. The wagon flies off the cliff, but the canopy acts as a parachute and they make their descent calmly, landing in the same place they left. Melvin appears shortly after. The Once-ler comes out of the house and is surprised to see them. He expresses surprise that they listened to instructions, but just when it seems like they fooled him, Lou sneezes and the wagon falls apart. Melvin hides beneath his hooves and Lou and Pipsqueak curl up into a ball. The Once-ler looks annoyed and makes a small, disgruntled "Grr" sound, causing Lou and Pipsqueak to run away into the trees.

text: The Lorax makes Pipsqueak an Honorary Lorax and team up to scare the Once-ler by using two sticks that looks like a monster's hand to freak him out. The Once-ler finds out it's fake and sprays water on the Lorax, which makes his fur puff-up. When the Lorax tells Pipsqueak that he's going to turn out like him, Pipsqueak gets scared and runs away. The short ends with the Lorax telling Pipsqueak that he lost his Honorary Lorax title.

text: Video game[edit]

text: Blockdot created a mobile puzzle game based on the film, titled Truffula Shuffula. The game was released on February 1, 2012, for Apple iOS and Android platforms.[23]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The film earned a rating of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 148 reviews and an average rating of 5.9/10, with the critical consensus saying, "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is cute and funny enough, but the moral simplicity of the book gets lost with the zany Hollywood production values."[24] It also has a score of 46 on Metacritic based on 30 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[25]

text: New York magazine film critic David Edelstein on NPR's All Things Considered strongly objected to the movie, arguing that the Hollywood animation and writing formulas washed out the spirit of the book.[26] "This kind of studio 3-D feature animation is all wrong for the material," he wrote. Demonstrating how the book's text was used in the movie in this excerpt from the review, Edelstein discusses Audrey describing the truffula trees to Ted:

text: Lou Dobbs, the host of Lou Dobbs Tonight on the Fox Business Network, has criticized the film as being "insidious nonsense from Hollywood", and accused Hollywood of "trying to indoctrinate children".[27] The film also garnered some positive reviews from critics such as Richard Roeper, who called it a "solid piece of family entertainment".[28] Roger Moore of the Pittsburgh Tribune called the film "a feast of bright, Seuss colors, and wonderful Seuss design", and supported its environmentalist message.[29]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The film has grossed $214 million in North America, and $134.8 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $348.8 million.[4]

text: The film topped the North American box office with $17.5 million on its opening day (Friday, March 2, 2012).[30] During the weekend, it grossed $70.2 million, easily beating the other new nationwide release, Project X ($21 million), and all other films.[31] This was the biggest opening for an Illumination Entertainment film,[32] and for a feature film adaptation of a book by Dr. Seuss,[33] as well as the second largest for an environmentalist film.[34] It also scored the third-best debut for a film opening in March,[35] and the eighth-best of all time for an animated film.[36] The Lorax stayed at #1 the following weekend, dropping 45% to $38.8 million and beating all new nationwide releases, including Disney's John Carter (second place).[37] On April 11, 2012, it became the first animated film in nearly a year to gross more than $200 million in North America, since Walt Disney Animation Studios' Tangled.[38][39]

text: Music[edit]

text:
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: Original Motion Picture Score

Film score by John Powell

Released
March 6, 2012

Genre
Score

Length
45:51

Label
Varèse Sarabande

tag: table

text: All tracks written by John Powell[40].

text:
No.
Title
Length

1.
"Ted, Audrey and the Trees"
2:36

2.
"Granny to the Edge"
2:33

3.
"Wasteland"
2:17

4.
"Truffula Valley Fantasy (featuring The Lorax Humming Fish)"
5:00

5.
"Once-ler & Lorax Meet"
2:35

6.
"O’Hare Warns Ted"
3:21

7.
"The River Bed"
4:03

8.
"Houseguests"
3:12

9.
"Valley Exodus"
4:54

10.
"The Last Seed"
4:54

11.
"Thneedville Chase"
5:04

12.
"At the Park"
3:12

13.
"Funeral For a Tree"
2:10

Total length:
45:51

text:
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: Original Songs from the Motion Picture

Film score by John Powell and Cinco Paul

Released
February 28, 2012

Genre
Soundtrack

Length
34:00

Label
Interscope

text: All tracks written by John Powell and Cinco Paul[41].

text:
No.
Title
Music
Length

1.
"Let It Grow (Celebrate the World)"
Ester Dean
3:39

2.
"Thneedville"
Fletcher Sheridan, Antonio Sol, Beth Anderson, Oliver Powell, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Missi Hale, and Rob Riggle
2:44

3.
"This is the Place"
Ed Helms
2:24

4.
"Everybody Needs a Thneed"
Ed Helms, Randy Crenshaw, Fletcher Sheridan, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Monique Donnelly, Ty Taylor, and The 88
1:31

5.
"How Bad Can I Be?"
Ed Helms and Kool Kojak
2:52

6.
"Let It Grow"
Fletcher Sheridan, Dan Navarro, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Jenny Slate, Claira Titman, Betty White, Rob Riggle, and Ed Helms
3:17

7.
"Let It Grow Gospel Ending (Original Demo)"
Jenny Slate
0:52

8.
"Thneedville (Original Demo)"
Fletcher Sheridan
3:58

9.
"The Once-ler's Traveling Madness (Original Demo)"
Ed Helms
1:35

10.
"I Love Nature (Original Demo)"
Randy Crenshaw
2:43

11.
"You Need a Thneed (Original Demo)"
Keith Slettedahl and The 88 featuring Antonio Sol, Fletcher Sheridan, and Taylor Graves
1:32

12.
"Nobody Needs a Thneed (Original Demo)"
Fletcher Sheridan and Randy Crenshaw
1:52

13.
"Biggering (Original Demo)"
Gabriel Mann, Randy Crenshaw, and The 88
5:01

Total length:
34:00


document_title: Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model (cycle 9)

question_text: britain and ireland's next top model music video

question_tokens: britain and ireland 's next top model music video

text: Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model (cycle 9)

text: Production[edit]

text: Cycle 9 auditions began on November 2012. The show saw a record number of auditions held in over 17 cities ranging from Plymouth to Glasgow. Thousands of applicants were narrowed to twenty-eight semi-finalists. For unknown reasons, the number was lowered to twenty-seven. Fourteen contestants were selected to take part in the final cast. Filming of the series began on 21 January 2013[1] The first airing on 20 June contained two episodes.[3]

text: Judges[edit]

text: Two judges from the previous cycle did not retain their positions. Elle Macpherson continued as head judge and executive producer along with model Tyson Beckford, but fashion designer Julien Macdonald and Whitney Port decided to leave the show. Australian singer and talent show judge Dannii Minogue joined Macpherson and Beckford. This leaves the show with a panel of only three judges, the first time since cycle 5.[2]

text: Casting[edit]

text: The cycle once again featured a boot-camp stage. Initially, 28 hopefuls were selected to join the semi-finals.[4] However, only 27 of them were revealed to the public.[5] 14 girls ultimately proceeded onto the main competition as finalists.

text: International destination[edit]

text: This cycle's international destination was Barbados.[1] This was the first season since cycle 4 to have featured only one international destination.

text: Contestants[edit]

text: (ages stated are at start of contest)[6]

text:
Contestant
Age
Hometown
Finish
Place

Christina Chalk
19
Dunblane
Episode 2
14

Danielle Sandhu
20
Retford
Episode 3
13

Jess Patterson
19
Knocklyon
Episode 4
12

Abigail Johns
18
London
Episode 5
11

Laura Young
19
Malvern
Episode 6
10

Emily Garner
18
Chelmsford
Episode 7
9

Saffron Williams
19
Batley
Episode 8
8

Holly Carpenter
21
Raheny, Dublin
Episode 9
7

Angel Mbonu
18
Middlesex
Episode 10
6

Naomi Pelkiewicz
22
Bristol
Episode 11
5

Sophie Ellson
19
Bournemouth
Episode 12
4

Sarah Kennedy
22
Portnoo, Donegal
Episode 13
3-2

Emma Ward
20
Leeds

Lauren Lambert
23
Wallington, Surrey
1

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Episode 1[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 20 June 2013[7]

text: The final 28 semi-finalists selected to take part in Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model attend the casting of their lives. The girls get a chance to meet one another before meeting Elle, Tyson, and Dannii in person. As the crowd of models watches on, each contestant must walk in front of the judges before being asked questions in order for them to get to know her better.

text: Immediately after the interviews, the girls are dismissed from the room. The judges deliberate on which eight girls should be eliminated. After they make their decision, they reveal to the models that in the room downstairs there is a board with the 20 photographs of the girls that will be moving forward in the competition. Ayoola, Ella, Dominique, Janay, Lucy, Lydia, and Stephanie fail to find their photographs on the board, and are thus eliminated from the competition. The remaining twenty girls move on to the second day of casting.

text: First eliminated semi-finalists: Ayoola Sundari Smart, Ella, Dominique Binns, Janay Saddler,[8] Lucy Bell, Lydia Lyn & Stephanie Taylor

text: The following day, the remaining models take part in their first photo shoot challenge. They must pose together in groups of four while wearing absolutely no make-up.

text:
Group
Models

One
Angel M., Emma, Hannah, Laura

Two
Claire, Jess, Lauren, Saffron

Three
Christina, Elizabeth, Emily, Holly

Four
Abigail, Angel O., Danielle, Naomi

Five
Aleksandra, Carly, Sarah, Sophie

text: After the shoot, Elle, Dannii, and Tyson discuss the photographs that the girls had taken earlier that day. As nightfall looms in, each group of models is called individually to face their verdict and find out whether or not they have made the top 14. The judges eliminate one or two girls from each group as they see fit, until only fourteen finalists remain. Danielle Sandhu, a model who had failed to make the final cut in cycle seven, successfully makes it into the final cast. The episode ends as the final fourteen models move into their new home.

text:
Second eliminated semi-finalists: Aleksandra Kozielska, Angel Ojera, Carly Gordon, Claire Bodie, Elizabeth Hamilton & Hannah Gardner
Featured photographer: Alex James

text: Episode 2[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 20 June 2013[7]

text: The final fourteen settle into their new home. They receive their very first Elle Mail, which tells them to be prepared for the upcoming challenge the following day.

text: The following morning, the models arrive at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham for their very first bridal runway show. They meet model Jade Parfitt and designer Ian Stuart, who ask each one of the girls to show them their runway walk. Each girl is divided into a team of either brides or bridesmaids. Angel, Christina, Emily, Holly, Laura, Lauren, Naomi, Saffron, and Sophie are chosen to be brides. Abigail, Emma, Danielle, Jess, and Sarah are chosen to be bridesmaids. Immediately before fittings start, Jade and Ian decide to switch Naomi and Emma's roles in the show, which leaves Naomi in distress.

text:
Brief
Models

Bride
Angel, Christina, Emily, Emma, Holly, Laura, Lauren, Saffron, Sophie

Bridesmaid
Abigail, Danielle, Jess, Naomi, Sarah

text: After the show ends, Angel and Naomi are revealed to be the winners of the bridal runway challenge. They find various products and other prizes sponsored by the show waiting for them back at home.

text: The next day, the models are taken to a warehouse for their photo shoot. There they find their mentor and judge Dannii as well as Victoria White, editor of Company Magazine. They are asked to create the perfect cover shot for the magazine. The majority of the girls receive mostly positive feedback, with Saffron and Danielle impressing the least.

text: For judging, a new system is implemented. The models wait backstage with a board containing copies of their best photos from the shoot. While they wait, the judges discuss their photographs and deliberate on each model's overall performance. Clear standouts include Emma, Lauren, and Naomi, among others. Abigail, Christina, Danielle, Saffron, and Sarah are critiqued most. The girls enter the judging room for the first time, and Emma is awarded picture of the week. In increments of three, nine other girls are dismissed from the room declared safe. The last four girls, Christina, Danielle, Saffron, and Sarah remain in the room to be critiqued further. Saffron and Sarah are judged about their lack of confidence, while Danielle is critiqued for her lack of presence. Despite having a great personality, Christina comes under fire for not being able to deliver in pictures. The four models in danger are asked to leave while a decision is made. Once the judges have made up their mind, the girls are called back in. Sarah, Saffron, and Danielle continue in the running. Christina is handed a portfolio containing all of her pictures from the show, thus being eliminated from the competition.

text:
First call-out: Emma Ward
Bottom four: Christina Chalk, Danielle Sandhu, Saffron Williams & Sarah Kennedy
Eliminated: Christina Chalk
Featured photographer: Tim James
Special guests: Jade Parfitt, Ian Stuart, Victoria White

text: Episode 3[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 27 June 2013[9]

text: The episode begins on the same night of Christina's elimination after the remaining thirteen models have arrived back at the house. The girls receive an Elle Mail informing them that makeovers will take place the following day. Saffron begins to worry that the judges will want to cut off her hair.

text: The next morning, the models are taken to the salon where hair stylist Matthew Curtis will be in charge of their new looks. To encourage the girls to embrace their new looks, Elle also receives a makeover. Most girls are content with the changes they are given, with Abigail, Saffron, and Emily being the most unhappy. Abigail and Saffron refuse to have their hair cut at all, becoming the first contestants in the entire series to have ever refused a makeover.

text: For the shoot, the girls get taken to a manor house in the countryside where they meet their judge Tyson and gymnast Louis Smith. They are to pose on a pommel horse while at the same time retaining their connection with Louis, who is their partner for the shoot. Some of the girls struggle to maintain their balance, but generally everyone does a good job. Sarah and Lauren receive the best feedback during their sessions, while Emma struggles with her confidence.

text: After the photo shoot, the girls are treated for a meal at a top London restaurant. Lauren begins to talk about her life before coming onto the show, and confesses that she was kicked out of her house at the age of fifteen.

text: During elimination day, the girls get to take a look at their best pictures while the judges deliberate. Sophie, Holly, Naomi, Sarah, and Lauren receive some of the best comments from the judges. They also comment on Sarah's marked improvement from the week before. Jess and Danielle are judged on not standing out enough, while Abigail and Saffron are criticised for not having cut their hair during makeovers, and possibly not being equipped to be a model.

text: The models are called back into the room, and Lauren is awarded best picture. Eight other girls are dismissed and declared safe, leaving Abigail, Danielle, Laura, and Saffron as the bottom four contestants. Each girl goes up for an individual critique, and are then asked to leave while a final decision is made. When the judges are done, all four are asked to come back. Laura and Saffron are declared safe. Abigail narrowly avoids being eliminated over Danielle, who is handed her portfolio and becomes the second model to be eliminated from the competition.

text:
First call-out: Lauren Lambert
Bottom four: Abigail Johns, Danielle Sandhu, Laura Young & Saffron Williams
Eliminated: Danielle Sandhu
Featured photographer: Dan Kennedy
Special guests: Matthew Curtis, Louis Smith

text: Episode 4[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 4 July 2013[10]

text: The episode picks up on the night of the previous elimination. Sophie and Holly begin to talk about Angel's inability to clean up after herself in the house. The girls receive a new Elle Mail telling them that a few appointments for go-sees have been arranged for them the following day. They all prepare themselves by having a good night's rest in preparation for the challenge.

text: The next day the models arrive at the offices of Models 1, which is the prize agency for the contestant who wins the competition. There they meet model bookers Joe and Hannah, who will be in charge of watching the girls at work while they try to impress designers Ben de Lisi and Daniel Lismore. The contestants are divided into two groups of six, with each group meeting one designer at a time. At the end of the challenge, the designer must each choose one girl from the twelve girls they have seen as their challenge winner.

text:
Group
1st Designer
2nd Designer

Emily, Laura, Lauren, Naomi, Sarah, Sophie
Ben de Lisi
Daniel Lismore

Abigail, Angel, Emma, Holly, Jess, Saffron
Daniel Lismore
Ben de Lisi

text: Ben compliments Naomi's unusual beauty, and calls the girls from her group out for wearing wedge booties for a casting. Meanwhile, the other group meets Daniel Lismore. Daniel calls Angel a 'walking piece of art' but later calls her and Abigail out for talking while he is trying to do a fitting. He compliments Emma's great face and body, but criticises Abigail for having worn a blue bra to a casting. Abigail also fails to walk in his dress without tripping over it. He admits that Saffron was his favourite, and tells Jess that her walk needs a lot of work. The groups later switch designers for the second part of the challenge.

text: Ben dislikes Saffron and Abigail's walks, but swoons over Angel's. Naomi stumbles in one of Daniel's dresses, and Sophie receives critique for bobbing her head while she walks. Lauren and Sarah receive the best feedback from him. At the end of the challenge, all the girls receive feedback from Joe and Hannah about how the castings went. Angel and Sarah are revealed to be the challenge winners. They are allowed to pick two friends, Abigail and Emma, to accompany them for a night out from the house. While Angel, Abigail, Emma, and Sarah are out, the girls back at home begin talking behind Angel's back.

text: For the shoot, the girls are taken to a beach. They meet Dannii, their photographer Joseph Sinclair, and British model Jourdan Dunn. They are asked to pose topless in jeans with a male model. Sarah, Laura, Naomi, Lauren, and Angel impress the most. In contrast, Jess and Holly impress the least.

text: During elimination day, the judges praise Naomi and Laura as the clear standouts for the shoot. Although Abigail's photograph is good, Tyson does not believe she is a model. The judges are also disappointed by her performance at the castings. After some other comments on the pictures, the girls are into the elimination room and Naomi receives picture of the week. Seven other girls are dismissed, leaving Abigail, Holly, Jess, and Sophie as the bottom four. Holly is reprimanded for still being too made up for panel and wearing too much make-up. Sophie receives critique for not showing what the judges believe to be her full potential. After they have been dismissed and a final decision is made, the four models in danger are called back. Sophie and Holly are put through to the next week. Abigail survives her second time in the bottom two, and Jess is eliminated.

text:
First call-out: Naomi Pelkiewicz
Bottom four: Abigail Johns, Holly Carpenter, Jess Patterson & Sophie Ellson
Eliminated: Jess Patterson
Featured photographer: Joseph Sinclair
Special guests: Daniel Lismore, Ben de Lisi, Jourdan Dunn

text: Episode 5[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 11 July 2013

text: The episode begins with the weekly challenge. The models head to a studio, where they meet Elle and Nicky Johnston. They are photographed by Nicky, and are asked to find their best light in front of the lens. Most of the girls receive feedback from Elle on how to improve. Sarah is declared the challenge winner, and as her prize she is treated for a night out. She chooses Emma, Saffron, and Abigail to accompany her. While they head to the club, the rest of the girls stays at home. The models receive an Elle Mail telling them to 'take a deep breath' and prepare for the next photo shoot. Tension at home rises when the girls confront Angel, and Naomi calls her out on her 'attention seeking ways'.

text: The next day, the girls meet Tyson, their client Laura Maddox, and photographer Zena Holloway for an underwater photo shoot. Naomi begins her session first, with the rest of the girls watching her perform. Angel and Holly begin to argue while they wait for their turn. Emily, Saffron, Sophie, and Lauren receive positive comments from Tyson and Lauren. In contrast, Angel, Laura, and Abigail are given negative feedback. Sarah initially struggles, but manages to conquer her fear and impress both Tyson and the photographer.

text: During elimination day, Sarah receives the most praise for her photo. In general, the judges also express having liked Naomi, Sophie, and Holly's photographs. Emma, Laura, and Angel stand out as having some of the worst pictures. Meanwhile, Emily, Lauren, Saffron, and Abigail receive mixed comments for theirs.

text: The models are called into the elimination room and Sarah receives picture of the week. Sophie, Naomi, Holly, Lauren, Emily and Saffron are declared safe and are put through to the next round. Abigail, Angel, Emma, and Laura find themselves in the bottom four. The judges tell Emma that her own negativity got in the way of her shoot, and that she needs to begin believing in herself. Elle believes that Abigail and Laura have made progress, but that there are still things for them to work on. Angel is told that she needs to practice more.

text: After the judges have finish deliberating, the girls are called back in one last time. Angel and Emma are saved due to their strong past performances, leaving Laura and Abigail as the last two models vying for a place in the top ten. After having made her third consecutive appearance in the bottom two, Abigail is eliminated.

text:
First call-out: Sarah Kennedy
Bottom four: Abigail Johns, Angel Mbonu, Emma Ward & Laura Young
Eliminated: Abigail Johns
Featured photographer: Zena Holloway
Special guests: Nicky Johnston, Lauren Maddox

text: Episode 6[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 18 July 2013

text: The models meet former Britain's Next Top Model judge Louis Mariette for the weekly challenge. He tells the girls that they will have perform a live runway walk with odd and outlandish accessories. Each contestant picks a box with the object they will have to walk with.

text:
Model
Accessory

Angel
Chunky Knitwear

Emily
Birdcage

Emma
Metal Jewelry

Holly
Platform Boots

Laura
Dress

Lauren
Angel Wings

Naomi
Poodle

Saffron
Pig

Sarah
Roller Boots

Sophie
Baby

text: Holly, Sophie, Lauren and Angel all receive good critiques. Naomi and Sarah also receive encouraging comments. Saffron, Emily, Laura, and Emma struggle the most with the challenge. Lauren is chosen as the challenge winner, and as her prize, she is treated to a night out at the disco. She chooses Sarah and Angel to accompany her. Later that night, the girls receive an Elle Mail. Based on the content of the message, the models correctly guess that they will have to perform in a nude shoot.

text: At the photo shoot the girls meet Dannii and their photographer for the day, Catherine. Laura confesses that her goal is to receive picture of the week, but Dannii believes that her performance doesn't fully translate in pictures. Holly, Sophie, Emma, Lauren, and Sarah manage to impress the duo. Emily fails to feel confident about being nude, but Dannii assures her that the end results are good.

text: During elimination day, the girls get to have a look at their pictures from the shoot while the judges discuss the photographs in the elimination room. Holly, Angel, Sarah, Emma, Sophie, and Lauren all receive praise for their photographs. Elle believes Laura has the right ingredients for the makings of a good model, but notes that having to photograph her is hard work. She also believes that while Naomi's photograph is good, it's not a standout from the other pictures. All three of the judges cackle at Saffron's walk from the challenge, and frown at yet another bad performance at the shoot. Emily stands out due to her lack of confidence and her awkwardness.

text: At elimination, Lauren receives picture of the week, and is dismissed from the judging room. She is quickly followed by Sophie, Sarah, Holly, Angel, and Emma. Emily, Laura, Naomi, and Saffron remain behind as the bottom four, with Saffron and Laura both being there for the third time during their stay in the competition.

text: Each model is called up for an individual evaluation. Laura is chastised for failing to live up to the potential that the judges believe she has, while Naomi is critiqued for being inconsistent in her trajectory throughout the competition. Saffron is called out on producing another mediocre picture yet again, and Emily is judged for making excuses every week.

text: The judges deliberate alone one last time, and the girls are called back after their decision has been made. Naomi and Saffron are put through to the next round, while Emily and Laura are asked to remain in the room. Emily is given another chance, and Laura is sent home due to her inability to produce good photographs.

text:
First call-out: Lauren Lambert
Bottom four: Emily Garner, Laura Young, Naomi Pelkiewicz & Saffron Williams
Eliminated: Laura Young
Featured photographer: Catherine Harbour
Special guests: Louis Mariette

text: Episode 7[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 25 July 2013

text: Emily explains that while she is happy for having made it through the previous elimination, she feels sorry that Laura had to be eliminated. Holly and Saffron discuss what they perceive is the judges favouritism of Lauren and Sarah. Later that night, the girls receive an Elle Mail telling them to prepare for an early start the next day.

text: The following morning, the models are taken to a farm. There they meet casting director Paul de Frades and Tyson, who informs them that they will have to shoot a milk advert for make mine Milk with Daisy, their cow partner for the commercial. Afterwards, the girls are given some time off to memorise their lines.

text: Naomi, Saffron, Angel, and Sophie manage to do a decent job. Emma and Sarah evidently struggle to remember their lines. Other girls struggle to maintain control over the cow. Lauren allows her nerves to get the better of her, and she begins to forget her lines. As sunset begins to loom closer, the girls are gathered together so that Paul can deliver the news. Sophie is revealed to be the winner of the challenge. As her prize, she receives £1,000 worth of Danilo Gabrielli vouchers.

text: When the girls arrive home, they find a new Elle Mail informing them that the hair and makeup team will arrive early the next morning to prepare them for a fairy tale photo shoot.

text: After the girls have been styled and prepared, they are taken the studio where the shoot will take place. Elle meets the contestants there and she assigns a different fairy tale character for each model to portray.

text:
Model
Fairy Tale

Angel
Snow White

Emily
Rapunzel

Emma
Goldilocks

Holly
Maleficent

Lauren
Beauty and the Beast

Naomi
Sleeping Beauty

Saffron
Little Red Riding Hood

Sarah
Hansel and Gretel

Sophie
Cinderella

text: Naomi is chosen to go first. Both Elle and the photographer like that she tried hard to get into character. Sarah impresses Elle and Uli with her beauty. As they are getting prepared, Holly and Angel begin to argue. Angel states that Holly has made both herself and Sarah uncomfortable. Holly begins to cry, explaining that she thinks it's cruel for Angel to bring those issues up immediately before a shoot. Sophie, Lauren, and Emma do well. Saffron is asked to portray fear. After Holly finishes her session, she begins to cry once more. Elle asks her to explain what happened, and when she does, Elle reassures her that her anguish didn't show in the pictures. Emily and Angel Struggle. Immediately after the shoot wraps up Elle speaks to the girls about professionalism, telling them that they should never bring any problems onto set.

text: Dannii arrives at the house for a pajama party to cheer the models up. On the morning of elimination day, the tensions reach boiling point as Sarah confronts Holly for her behaviour in the house.

text: During the elimination ceremony, Lauren once again receives picture of the week. Angel, Emily, Holly and Naomi stay in the elimination room as the bottom four. After the judges deliberate, Holly and Angel are declared safe. Naomi is spared from being sent home and Emily is axed from the competition due to her increasingly declining performance.

text:
First call-out: Lauren Lambert
Bottom four: Angel Mbonu, Emily Garner, Holly Carpenter & Naomi Pelkiewicz
Eliminated: Emily Garner
Featured photographer: Uli Webber
Special guests: Paul de Frades

text: Episode 8[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 1 August 2013

text: The girls arrive home from the previous elimination. Sarah finds a birthday cake with her name on it, along with letters from her family back at home. She attempts to clear the air with Holly, but ultimately ends up getting into a new argument with her instead. Holly believes that Sarah isn't as innocent as she portrays herself to be.

text: The following day, the models meet journalist and stylist Hillary Alexander for their challenge. Hillary tells them that will be tested on their fashion knowledge during a fashion quiz, and she divides the girls into four teams of two. The team with the most points at the end of the quiz wins the challenge.

text: For having had the most right answers, Naomi and Sophie are chosen as the challenge winners. As their prize for winning the challenge, they are treated for a night out on a party bus with former Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model contestants.

text:
Team
Finish

Naomi & Sophie

1st

Emma & Holly

2nd

Angel & Lauren

3rd

Saffron & Sarah

text: Naomi and Sophie choose Emma and Holly to accompany them. During their time out, Holly realises that she is lucky to be in the competition. She also states not wanting to make Sarah's time in the competition uncomfortable. The next morning, Holly apologises to Sarah for her behaviour. Sarah expresses that she is glad they can finally move forward again.

text: For the shoot, the models meet Dannii in an elegant building. She explains that the theme for the shoot is 'empowering women', and that they will have to pose with snakes.

text: Dannii and the photographer comment on Emma's lack of facial symmetry. Naomi talks about how determined she is not to be placed in the bottom two again. She receives encouraging comments from both the photographer and Dannii. Lauren has no problems with the snake, but is told to try to make her hands appear smaller. Sophie and Angel both receive unanimous praise. Sarah struggles with her supposed phobia of snakes, but still manages to do a great job on set. Holly struggles with finding a position she's comfortable in. Back at home, Saffron explains that she is nervous about the upcoming elimination despite feeling pleased about her performance during the shoot.

text: Sophie receives admiration for her photograph. Lauren, Emma, Angel, and Naomi also receive positive feedback for their pictures. Elle argues that Saffron isn't as strong as the other remaining models, and that Sarah failed to grab her attention. Holly comes under fire for her awkwardness on set.

text: At elimination, there is a twist; only three contestants will be in danger of elimination, as opposed to the usual four. Angel receives picture of the week for the first time during her stay in the competition, while Holly, Saffron, and Sarah land in the bottom three. The panel discusses both their pictures, and their portfolio's as a whole. After deliberation, Sarah and Holly are given one more chance. Saffron is eliminated for having failed to keep up with the other models throughout the shoots.

text:
First call-out: Angel Mbonu
Bottom three: Holly Carpenter, Saffron Williams & Sarah Kennedy
Eliminated: Saffron Williams
Featured photographer: Alex James
Special guests: Hillary Alexander, Anita Kaushik, Annaliese Dayes, Catherine Thomas, Charlotte Holmes, Imogen Leaver, Jade Thompson, Letitia Herod, Chris Brown, Mark Amey (Snake Trainers)

text: Episode 9[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 8 August 2013

text: The models receive an Elle Mail telling them to watch their steps and that 'all eyes' will be on them the following day. The next morning, the girls meet Elle at the Garden Museum. She explains that the models will have to walk in a dining table runway show for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer, and that she will be watching them at the end of the catwalk. Elle also reveals that the six girls who remain at the end of the week will be boarding a flight to Barbados for the remainder of the competition.

text: The models are fitted for their heels and begin to practice their walks. Angel begins to tear up when she is told she has the weakest walk out of the girls there. Afterwards the models are taken into hair and makeup. Most of the girls quickly begin to realise the importance of the show, and the impact it will have on whether or not they will receive a ticket for the trip overseas. After the show Elle congratulates the models for their outstanding performances.

text: For the photo shoot the contestants are taken to a ballroom. In it they meet Tyson and their client for the shoot, Carly O'Connor. The models get their beauty shots taken for Revlon's super lustrous lipstick campaign. Lauren, Emma, Naomi, and Sophie do well on set. Angel comes across as looking tired. She also receives some comments on not looking as beautiful as she could look in her photographs. Sarah is asked to relax and watch her posture. Holly receives praise from both Tyson and Carly during her shoot. After Holly has left, Tyson points out that while close-ups and beauty shots are her forte, she isn't a very strong editorial or runway model. Carly states that Holly's photos during the day were very still elegant and glamorous.

text: After having had a look at their pictures for the first time during the day of the elimination, some of the girls begin to worry. Meanwhile, Elle, Dannii, and Tyson discuss the pictures in the elimination room. Elle believes that Sarah's pictures aren't very inspiring, but that her walk is still good. She also believes that Naomi's days in the competition are numbered. Angel receives positive feedback from Tyson and Elle, but not from Dannii. Tyson and Dannii like Holly's picture, but Elle comments on how 'old' she looks. All three of them agree that her walk isn't impressive. Sophie is critiqued for never fully reaching the judges expectations, but is still complimented on her collective work in the competition. Emma and Lauren receive praise for looking sophisticated and elegant.

text: During the elimination ceremony, Lauren is awarded her fourth picture of the week. Sophie, Emma, and Angel follow suit as the girls who will be travelling to Barbados with her. Holly, Naomi, and Sarah remain in the room as the contestants in danger of being eliminated. During the individual critiques, Elle commends Sarah on the progress she has made from the first week of the competition. Naomi is told that her walk needs improvement, and that she needs to stop comparing herself with the other girls. Holly is told that she has a niche in the industry, but that it isn't enough to be Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model.

text: After the final deliberation, Naomi is allowed to move on. Sarah is chosen as the final girl who will travel abroad, and Holly is handed her portfolio, making her the eighth contestant to leave the show.

text:
First call-out: Lauren Lambert
Bottom three: Holly Carpenter, Naomi Pelkiewicz & Sarah Kennedy
Eliminated: Holly Carpenter
Featured photographer: Seb Winter
Special guests: Natalie Legg, Iggy Azalea

text: Episode 10[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 15 August 2013

text: The girls arrive to Barbados, where they will spend the rest of the competition. They arrive at their new home and quickly get settled in for the night. The following day, the girls are taken to a beach and are introduced to the vice-president of sales and marketing for tourism in Barbados. She explains that the models will have to surf the waves and deliver lines for a commercial that promotes the beauty of the island. After a brief lesson on surfing, the contestants take on their first challenge overseas.

text: None of the girls are able to stay afloat on the surfboard for long, but all of them manage to deliver their line coherently. Immediately afterward, Sophie is revealed to be the challenge winner. She is treated to a spa session at one of the nearby hotels and gets to choose Naomi to accompany her. After their therapeutic session, Naomi and Sophie receive an Elle Mail telling them to prepare to get their 'hair off the shore'.

text: The contestants meet Dannii and Annabel Granger, who is their client for the photo shoot and a brand manager for TRESemmé. The goal for the shoot is to create a lively and realistic hair campaign for the brand's new 24 Hour hair product. Angel becomes displeased with her styling for the shoot, as she feels that the afro she is forced to wear won't work for a hair campaign. Several of the other girls suggest that she needs to gets over her displeasure and focus on her performance for the shoot instead.

text: Lauren seemingly does well on set, but Dannii comments on her overconfidence. Angel struggles to relax. Once she has left, Dannii, Anabel, and the photographer comment of her inability to pose naturally. Emma finds it hard to smile because of her braces. Sophie manages to fit the brief, but is critiqued for having had more misses rather than hits during her session with the photographer. Sarah and Naomi impress the most with their performances.

text: After seeing their pictures for the first time the models head off to panel. For the remainder of the series the judging format goes back to the style seen in cycles past, where each girl goes up for an individual critique before the judges decide privately about who should be eliminated. The judges review the girls' adverts and their photographs from the shoot. The judges like Lauren's end result, but Elle states that Lauren is too relaxed. She explains that Lauren looks as if she 'already has it made'. Angel is criticised for trying to be someone else in her pictures. Although Emma is congratulated for having achieved the desired results, she is told that her overall film was mediocre. For the most part, Sophie and Naomi receive positive feedback.

text: During deliberation Sophie is critiqued by Elle and Dannii for not having the 'wow factor', while Tyson interrupts the conversation to say that Lauren does. The judges talk about Angel's over-posing, and about Emma's limitations as a model. Sarah and Naomi receive universal praise for their photos. At elimination, Sarah is awarded picture of the week. Angel and Emma remain as the bottom two, and an emotional teary-eyed Angel is eliminated from the competition.

text:
First call-out: Sarah Kennedy
Bottom two: Angel Mbonu & Emma Ward
Eliminated: Angel Mbonu
Featured photographer: Joseph Montezinos
Special guests: Joanna Roterberg, Annabel Granger

text: Episode 11[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 22 August 2013

text: Shortly after having arrived back to their home from the prior elimination, the five remaining models find a brand new Elle Mail that tells them to prepare to follow in the footsteps of working top models for a dancing challenge. Some of the girls reckon that the challenge will have something to do with shooting a music video.

text: The next morning the girls head over to the beach, and upon arriving there, they meet the members of Cover Drive. Lead singer Amanda Reifer explains that the contestants will have to participate as backup dancers for their new music video All My Love that will later be uploaded onto their website. After being taught the dance routine, the models head over to the streets of Barbados to shoot the music video. Sarah impresses the other girls with her skills, while Emma and Sophie struggle with their rigidity. Emma comments on Lauren's overconfidence, explaining that she seems to think she already has the challenge in the bag. After having finished recording the video, Amanda reveals that Sarah has been chosen as the winner of the challenge due to her natural and outstanding performance. She is allowed to take Lauren with her for a swimming trip with sea turtles.

text: Later that night the models receive a second Elle Mail just in time for the weekly shoot. On the day of the photo shoot, the girls are taken to Harrison's Cave. Following in the footsteps of season eight winner Letitia, the contestants model pieces of Jerboa Jewellery inside of the caverns. Elle then introduces them to Victoria Barker, the creator of the brand. Naomi struggles with being overly sexy as well as relaxing her face. Despite having done well, Sophie is critiqued on her over-posing after she has left the set. Lauren and Emma both receive positive comments from Elle during their sessions, while Sarah is given mixed feedback.

text: As the sun sets, the models prepare for their second elimination in Barbados. Backstage, the girls have a look at their pictures from the photo shoot. With the exception of Emma, all of them appear unsure about what the judges will think of their photos. The models get to see the video they shot previously that week during panel. Naomi is then called forward for her individual critique. She is shown some of her alternative pictures from the shoot, and is criticized for never fully reaching the judges' expectations of her. Sophie is also shown some of her alternate pictures, and is told that her overall film was very poor. Lauren is complimented on knowing what to do on set without having to be told. Emma receives praise for her photograph, and is commended for maintaining a positive attitude after having been in the bottom two the previous elimination. Sarah is congratulated on her outstanding learning curve and stellar performance.

text: After deliberation, Emma is awarded picture of the week. Sarah and Lauren join her in safety, while Sophie and Naomi find themselves in the bottom two. Elle reveals that the portfolio she is holding in her hands belongs to Naomi, and that Sophie will be allowed to continue on in the competition.

text:
First call-out: Emma Ward
Bottom two: Naomi Pelkiewicz & Sophie Ellson
Eliminated: Naomi Pelkiewicz
Featured photographer: Joseph Montezinos
Special guests: Amanda Reifer, T-Ray Armstrong, Barry 'Bar-Man' Hill, Jamar Harding (Cover Drive), Victoria Barker (Jerboa Jewellery)

text: Episode 12[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 29 August 2013

text: The final four models rejoice in the fact that they have made it so far in the competition. They receive an Elle Mail which alludes that they will be taking part in a styling challenge the following day. Sophie begins to cry when she makes phone-call to her mother, explaining that the judges are beginning to tear her apart during elimination and that she misses her family greatly.

text: The next morning the models arrive at Lime Grove, a shopping destination in Barbados. There they meet fashion guru Kingsley Throne, who tells the girls that they will be given one hour to find clothes around the stores that they will later use to style themselves in a shoot for the cover of LG Magazine. Lauren comes into trouble in one of the shoe stores, when she is unable to find heels that will fit her huge man feet.

text: After the hour is up, all four of the models meet Kingsley once again. He requests that each one of them explains why they have chosen the outfit that they have. Sophie chooses a monochrome dress, explaining that the look is in at the moment, and a red purse with lips to match to add a splash of color. Kinglsley greatly compliments Sophie's sense of fashion and her overall look. He proceeds to rag on Emma's choice of androgynous clothes, while she argues that she wanted to choose something unique. Sarah receives a positive critique for her choice of a summer look. Lauren explains that she chose bright colours n order to capture the spirit of the Caribbean. Immediately afterwards, the girls begin their test cover shoot for the magazine. Emma takes some time aside to cry, as she feels upset about Kingsley's hurtful comments. The girls encourage her to prove everyone wrong on set.

text: Sophie is chosen to begin her session first. She is followed by Emma, Sarah, and Lauren. Lauren complains that the photographer was giving her too much direction, telling him that he should have let her 'do her own thing'. After close inspection, Sarah is chosen as the winner of the cover challenge. She is given a free shopping spree at Lime Grove with Lauren as her reward. As the two are out shopping together, Emma and Sophie begin to talk about Lauren's failure to take direction. They also compare Sarah and Lauren to one another.

text: Later that night they receive an Elle Mail that talks about the upcoming photo shoot. The following day they are all driven St Nicholas Abbey, a sugar plantation in Barbados. There they meet Tyson Beckford, who explains the brief for the shoot is posing among the sugar canes in couture designs by Kesia Estwick.

text: Sarah is the first of the girls to shoot, and she receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from everyone on set. Lauren is chosen to go next. She too, is given positive critique. Emma is commended for delivering one of her best performances in the competition. Sophie is initially told she lacks energy, but manages to impress near the end of her session. Tyson comments that deciding who will be eliminated is going to be extremely difficult.

text: At panel, Sarah is the first model to receive her individual evaluation. Elle and Dannii rave about her photo, while Tyson states that all her frames were usable. While the judges like Lauren's picture, they had been expecting more from her. Emma is praised for her excellence during the photo shoot, but Elle stresses that she must learn to be more commercial in addition to being editorial. Meanwhile, Sophie is given universal praise for her photograph.

text: During elimination, Emma becomes the first finalist by snatching the last picture of the week in the series. Sarah follows suit as the second model through to the final, leaving Lauren and Sophie in danger of elimination. Elle proceeds to tell Sophie that she is no longer in the running towards becoming Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model, and Lauren becomes the third and last finalist.

text:
First call-out: Emma Ward
Bottom two: Lauren Lambert & Sophie Ellson
Eliminated: Sophie Ellson
Featured photographer: Joseph Montezinos
Special guests: Kingsley Throne, Kesia Estwick

text: Episode 13[edit]

text: Original Airdate: 5 September 2013

text:
Final three: Emma Ward, Lauren Lambert & Sarah Kennedy
Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model: Lauren Lambert
Featured photographer: Joseph Montezinos

text: Summaries[edit]

text: Call-out order[edit]

text:
Order
Episodes

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

1
Emma
Lauren
Naomi
Sarah
Lauren
Lauren
Angel
Lauren
Sarah
Emma
Emma
Lauren

2
Naomi
Sophie
Laura
Sophie
Sophie
Sophie
Emma
Sophie
Naomi
Sarah
Sarah
Emma
Sarah

3
Lauren
Sarah
Emma
Naomi
Sarah
Sarah
Sophie
Emma
Lauren
Lauren
Lauren

4
Sophie
Holly
Lauren
Holly
Holly
Emma
Naomi
Angel
Sophie
Sophie
Sophie

5
Angel
Angel
Angel
Lauren
Angel
Saffron
Lauren
Naomi
Emma
Naomi

6
Holly
Emily
Sarah
Emily
Emma
Holly
Sarah
Sarah
Angel

7
Emily
Emma
Emily
Saffron
Naomi
Angel
Holly
Holly

8
Jess
Naomi
Saffron
Angel
Saffron
Naomi
Saffron

9
Abigail
Jess
Sophie
Emma
Emily
Emily

10
Laura
Laura
Holly
Laura
Laura

11
Sarah
Saffron
Abigail
Abigail

12
Saffron
Abigail
Jess

13
Danielle
Danielle

14
Christina

text:
In episode 1, the groups for the first photo shoot met individually with the judges, and the semi-finalists who had failed to impress them were eliminated.
In episodes 2 through 7, the bottom four contestants were in danger of elimination. In episodes 8 and 9, this was reduced to the bottom three, and from episode 10 and onward, only the bottom two contestants were in danger of elimination.

text: Photo shoot guide[edit]

text:
Episode 1 photo shoot: Natural beauty in groups (casting)
Episode 2 photo shoot: Company Magazine cover tries
Episode 3 photo shoot: Gymnasts on a pommel horse with Louis Smith
Episode 4 photo shoot: Topless jeans dd on a beach with a male model
Episode 5 photo shoot: Underwater beauty in gowns
Episode 6 photo shoot: Nude editorial in B&W
Episode 7 photo shoot: Portraying fairy tales
Episode 8 photo shoot: Posing with snakes in an antique library
Episode 9 photo shoot: Revlon beauty shots
Episode 10 photo shoot: Hair campaign for TRESemmé
Episode 11 photo shoot: Jerboa Jewellery in a limestone cavern
Episode 12 photo shoots: Couture dresses in a sugar plantation
Episode 13 photo shoot: Posing in swimwear for St. Tropez spray tan

text: Makeovers[edit]

text:
Abigail: No change (refused makeover)
Angel: New weave and fringes added
Danielle: Treated for damage
Emily: Cut shorter and dyed darker
Emma: Bleached eyebrows and hair
Holly: Fringes added
Jess: Scruffier and dyed two tones
Laura: Fuller hair and dyed darker
Lauren: Tidied up and highlights added
Naomi: Dyed lighter
Saffron: No change (refused makeover)
Sarah: Extensions added with a few red highlights
Sophie: Cut to the collarbone, dyed darker, and highlights added

text: Post Top Model Agencies[edit]

text:
Lauren Lambert has been signed with Models 1 as part of her prize package.
Sarah Kennedy has been signed with Distinct Model Management in Dublin.
Angel Mbonu has been signed with Elite Model Management in London. She was previously signed with Models 1.
Holly Carpenter has been signed with Andrea Roche Agency in Dublin.
Saffron Williams has been signed with BOSS Models in London.
Jess Patterson has been signed with Assets Model Agency in Dublin.

text: Ratings[edit]

text: Episode Viewing figures from BARB[11]

text:
Episode
Date
Total Viewers
Sky Living Weekly Ranking

1
20 June 2013 (20:00)
309,000
5

2
20 June 2013 (21:00)
348,000
4

3
27 June 2013
430,000
3

4
4 July 2013
367,000
5

5
11 July 2013
432,000
4

6
18 July 2013
393,000
2

7
25 July 2013
471,000
2

8
1 August 2013
395,000
3

9
8 August 2013
408,000
1

10
15 August 2013
306,000
3

11
22 August 2013
317,000
3

12
29 August 2013
366,000
2

13
5 September 2013
334,000
3


document_title: List of San Diego Padres seasons

question_text: when was the last time the padres went to the playoffs

text: List of San Diego Padres seasons

text: The San Diego Padres are a professional baseball franchise based in San Diego, California.

text: They began play in 1969, but did not achieve their first winning season until 1978, though they failed to sustain this over the next half-decade. However, in 1984 the Padres surprisingly reached their first-ever postseason appearance and won the National League Championship before losing to a very strong Detroit Tiger outfit in the World Series.

text: This did not usher in a prolonged period of success for the Padres, who failed to achieve a second postseason appearance until 1996, and after a disappointing 1997 they rebounded again with a franchise-best 98 wins and reached the World Series only to face another exceptionally formidable opponent in the late-1990s Yankees dynasty. The Padres yet again faltered, but achieved four consecutive winning seasons for the only time in franchise history between 2004 and 2007 without winning more than one playoff game. The Padres have not played in the postseason since 2006 despite only the fourth 90-win season in franchise history during 2010.

text:
World Series champions †
NL champions *
Division champions ^
Wild card berth (1995–present) ¤

text:
Season
Level
League
Division
Finish
Wins
Losses
Win%
GB
Postseason
Awards

1969
MLB
NL
West
6th
52
110
.321
41

1970
MLB
NL
West
6th
63
99
.389
39

1971
MLB
NL
West
6th
61
100
.379
28½

1972
MLB
NL
West
6th
58
95
.379
36½

1973
MLB
NL
West
6th
60
102
.370
39

1974
MLB
NL
West
6th
60
102
.370
42

1975
MLB
NL
West
4th
71
91
.438
37

1976
MLB
NL
West
5th
73
89
.451
29

Randy Jones (CYA)
Butch Metzger (ROY)

1977
MLB
NL
West
5th
69
93
.426
29

1978
MLB
NL
West
4th
84
78
.519
11

Gaylord Perry (CYA)

1979
MLB
NL
West
5th
68
93
.422
22

1980
MLB
NL
West
6th
73
89
.451
19½

1981
MLB
NL
West
6th
23
33
.411
12½

6th
18
36
.333
15½

1982
MLB
NL
West
4th
81
81
.500
8

1983
MLB
NL
West
4th
81
81
.500
10

1984
MLB
NL *
West ^
1st
92
70
.568
—
Won NLCS (Cubs) 3–2
Lost World Series (Tigers) 4–1 *

1985
MLB
NL
West
3rd
83
79
.512
12

1986
MLB
NL
West
4th
74
88
.457
22

1987
MLB
NL
West
6th
65
97
.401
25

Benito Santiago (ROY)

1988
MLB
NL
West
3rd
83
78
.516
11

1989
MLB
NL
West
2nd
89
73
.549
3

Mark Davis (CYA)

1990
MLB
NL
West
4th
75
87
.463
16

1991
MLB
NL
West
3rd
84
78
.519
10

1992
MLB
NL
West
3rd
82
80
.506
16

1993
MLB
NL
West
6th
61
101
.377
43

1994
MLB
NL
West
4th
47
70
.402
12½
Playoffs cancelled

1995
MLB
NL
West
3rd
70
74
.486
8

1996
MLB
NL
West ^
1st
91
71
.562
—
Lost NLDS (Cardinals) 3–0
Ken Caminiti (MVP)
Bruce Bochy (MOY)

1997
MLB
NL
West
4th
76
86
.469
14

1998
MLB
NL *
West ^
1st
98
64
.605
—
Won NLDS (Astros) 3–1
Won NLCS (Braves) 4–2
Lost World Series (Yankees) 4–0 *
Bruce Bochy (MOY)

1999
MLB
NL
West
4th
74
88
.457
26

2000
MLB
NL
West
5th
76
86
.469
21

2001
MLB
NL
West
4th
79
83
.488
13

2002
MLB
NL
West
5th
66
96
.407
32

2003
MLB
NL
West
5th
64
98
.395
36½

2004
MLB
NL
West
3rd
87
75
.537
6

2005
MLB
NL
West ^
1st
82
80
.506
—
Lost NLDS (Cardinals) 3–0

2006
MLB
NL
West ^
1st
88
74
.543
—
Lost NLDS (Cardinals) 3–1

2007
MLB
NL
West
3rd
89
74
.546
1½

Jake Peavy (CYA)

2008
MLB
NL
West
5th
63
99
.389
21

2009
MLB
NL
West
4th
75
87
.463
20

2010
MLB
NL
West
2nd
90
72
.555
2

Heath Bell (ROY)
Bud Black (MOY)

2011
MLB
NL
West
5th
71
91
.435
23

2012
MLB
NL
West
4th
76
86
.469
18

2013
MLB
NL
West
T-3rd
76
86
.469
16

2014
MLB
NL
West
3rd
77
85
.475
17

2015
MLB
NL
West
4th
74
88
.457
18

2016
MLB
NL
West
5th
68
94
.420
23

2017
MLB
NL
West
4th
71
91
.438
33

Regular season
3612
4201
.462
5 Postseason Appearances

Playoff games
12
22
.353
5 Division Titles, 2 League Pennants

Playoff series
3
5
.375
0 World Series Championships

text: Lost 2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game to the Colorado Rockies.

text: Record by decade[edit]

text: The following table describes the Padres' MLB win–loss record by decade.

text:
Decade
Wins
Losses
Pct

1960s
52
110
.321

1970s
667
942
.415

1980s
762
805
.486

1990s
758
799
.487

2000s
769
852
.474

2010s
532
602
.469

All-time
3540
4110
.463

text: These statistics are from Baseball-Reference.com's San Diego Padres History & Encyclopedia,[1] and are current as of October 18, 2016.