Instead of having just three finalists in the last episodes of "America's Next Top Model," show host and producer Tyra Banks had to deal with four - Nyle DiMarco, Mame Adjei, Mikey Heverly, and Lacey Rogers. To deal with this hitch, she decided to make the contestants compete against each other based on their gender. Which means it's going to be guy vs. guy and girl vs. girl.
"Meaning Mikey no longer had to worry about what either Mame or Lacey were doing on their shoots," Celeb Dirty Laundry observed. "He just had to focus on being better than Nyle!"
"Only one guy and one girl were going to go into the finals and so you would think that would make it easier on the models," the site added.
The previous episode, titled "Finale Part 1: The Girl Who Made a Splash," showed the finalists preparing for a Zappos Couture campaign and their final runway show. The ladies were getting a bit more competitive after the format changed, as what they produced for that week will be the ones that will decide who among them will be the winner. And there was some controversy involving Heverly and Adjei, who were suspected to have been intimate one night. Both parties denied the accusation, although some others had reason to believe there was truth in it.
At the end of the second to the last episode, which aired Friday last week, Banks went backstage just before the contestants were to do their walk on the runway.
"The models will give their presentations, in those ridiculous outfits, to convince the judges why they should win," Chron noted. "Two models will then be eliminated. One guy and one girl."
And that is how the episode ended - on a delicious cliffhanger.
Viewers and pundits alike have since offered their opinion on who is likely to win the competition. Chron's Joey Guerra observed that while DiMarco is gorgeous, he "looks the same in every photo," which hinted that Mikey's likely to edge out the former.
It's also been speculated that Rogers may be picked for the final pair as Adjei appeared to be unfocused of late. However, the beauty pageant winner appears to be bent on winning the title and won't be going out without a fight, as she reportedly said that she is "praying that I win," according to Enstars.
Who do you think will win?
The final episode will return after Thanksgiving weekend, on December 4.
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