America's Next Top Model has 9-13 episodes and starts with 10-14 contestants. Each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though in rare cases a double elimination or no elimination was given by consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the season (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals), and a trip to an international destination is scheduled at about two-thirds of the way through the season (usually with five or six contestants remaining). Each episode of
Top Model covers the events of roughly a week of real time, and features a fashion challenge, photo shoot or commercial, a critique of each contestant and her performance by the judging panel led by
Tyra Banks, and the elimination of one or more contestants.