20th anniversary celebration A week before the TV premiere of season 20, ProSieben and Joyn organized an exclusive red carpet premiere and advance screening of the first episode. The event took place at the Zoo Palast in Berlin, and was held on 5 February 2025. Around 700 fans attended the screening in the largest cinema hall at Zoo Palast, which was filled to capacity. Before the screening, there was a red carpet in the foyer where many personalities connected to the series showed up, including former winners—
Toni Dreher-Adenuga,
Simone Kowalski,
Jacky Wruck,
Vivien Blotzki, Lea Oude Engberink, and Jermaine Kokoú Kothe—along with other former contestants—Darya Strelnikova, Klaudia Giez, Trixi Giese, Dascha Carriero, Lieselotte Reznicek, Noëlla Mbunga, Frieder Sell, Jana Wetzel, Julian Cidic, Luka Cidic, Stella Sellere and Xenia Tsilikova; industry guests—David Lovric, Kilian Kerner, Kim Tränka, and Ramon Wagner—and other media partners and known photographers. During the event, ProSieben’s station management also emphasized that Germany’s Next Topmodel has balanced consistency and innovation over twenty years. The premiere was framed as more than just a media launch: it was a moment to honor the show’s history, its many seasons, its former contestants, and the audience.
''Germany's Next Topmodel: Stories'' To continuously celebrate the season-long twentieth anniversary of the series, ''''' Germany's Next Top Model: Stories''''' is an online-exclusive companion show streaming on
Joyn from 13 February 2025, to 13 June 2025. The show, also presented by Klum, offers behind-the-scenes and never-before-seen footage of the season. Notable guest stars include this season's guest judges
Leni Klum, Killian Kerner,
Thomas Hayo, and runway & dance coach Micky Kurz; previous winners
Barbara Meier,
Toni Dreher-Adenuga,
Alex-Mariah Peter,
Lou-Anne Gleißenebner-Teskey,
Vivien Blotzki, and Jermaine Kokoú Kothé; as well as other notable alumni, including Betty Taube from
season 9, Dascha Carriero from
season 16, Martina Gleissenebner-Teskey from
season 17, Armin Rausch, Frieder Sell, and Grace Zakhour from
season 19. This is the second spin-off of the entire series after
Die Model WG.
Episodes Der große GNTM-Jubiläumsband A special commemorative coffee-table book titled
Germany’s Next Topmodel: Der große GNTM-Jubiläumsband – 20 Jahre (Germany's Next Topmodel: The Big GNTM Anniversary Volume - 20 Years) was published on 20 May 2025 by Edition Michael Fischer / EMF Verlag. The hardcover volume spans 224 pages containing a retrospective tribute to two decades of the show, featuring around 150 photographs drawn from across 20 seasons of the show. ==References==