[2] The judging panel, unchanged since Cycle 14, once again consisted of Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker and André Leon Talley.

The original winner[6] of the competition was 25 -year- old Angelea Preston, who placed third on Cycle 14, but was later disqualified, stripped of her title after it was made known that she had once worked as an escort.

[8] The finale was re-filmed with the crowning of 30-year-old Lisa D'Amato from Los Angeles, California, who originally placed sixth on Cycle 5 making her the oldest winner at the age of 30.

[9] This season has been subtitled "All-Stars," featuring fourteen returning non-winning contestants representing twelve of the series' sixteen cycles for a second chance to win the title.

After the photo shoot, the girls learnt that judging would take place in front of a live audience at the Nokia Theatre, a first for the series.

At panel, Camille, Laura and Allison received good criticism from both the judges and the audience for embracing the personalities they had to portray while the crowd’s taunting of Alexandria greatly affected her.

Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari arrived at the girls’ mansion and talked to them about achieving real world success after a reality show.

Next, the girls met Nigel for their reward challenge, which would require them to answer questions during an interview on Extra, conducted by Mario Lopez.

Angelea was praised for asking Nigel to clarify how she should balance both a professional style of answering interviews while still being able to showcase her “ghetto” personality.

Afterwards, the girls convened at the studio of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and met producer Anthony Zuiker, who gave them the opportunity to audition for a role as their reward challenge.

This week's reward challenge saw the girls creating their own signature fragrances and endorsing their product in front of a live audience, greeting the public in bathtubs.

For the photo shoot, the girls emulated reality TV stars while riding and posing on a motorcycle, each portray NeNe Leakes and Snooki, respectively.

The next day, Tom Polce tasked the girls to incorporate "Pot Ledom" ("Top Model" being spelled backwards) as a hook into their song.

When they arrived at Athens International Airport, Miss J. and Greece's Next Top Model host Vicky Kaya tasked them to write a one-minute speech introducing themselves to the Greek Tourism dignitaries once they touch down at their Aegean Airlines flight to Crete.

Lisa was dressed inappropriately, Allison was really great, Shannon focused too much on herself, Dominique’s nervousness showed through, Laura was too excitable and Angelea signed off crudely.

When asked who had the least amount of potential to be America’s Next Top Model, Lisa, Laura and Allison all refused to name one person, as they felt no-one was the weakest.

However, when asked to statistically rate each other’s overall star-quality, Allison was ranked the weakest while Laura scored the strongest, winning the challenge.

Lisa was initially worried about portraying long jump, as the judges complained that her photos were getting repetitive, as she kept giving shots with her legs open, although she managed to perform well.

The final four girls were given a blog-writing challenge for Vogue Italia they had 3 hours to select an outfit, drive to a location and take a photo of themselves there, and head back to their mansion to write about Crete lifestyle and fashion.

This week, instead of a regular photo shoot, the girls were required to film 2 days worth of motion editorial for Tyra’s New York Times best-selling young adult novel Modelland.

Laura and Lisa excelled while Allison's watery eyes gave her problems again, and Angelea struggled due to a family crisis.

After the Modelland motion editorial, Allison and Laura’s short postings are well received, while Lisa failed to talk about fashion, therefore handing Angelea her first win of the cycle.

Lisa struggled to saying "oh yes", and the strong light once again caused problems for Allison's watery eyes, although both managed to pull off commendable efforts in the end, while Angelea did well in both.

The elaborate theatrics of the show required the girls to swim underwater, do a quick-change, fly in the air and walk to their music video song from episode 8.

For the CoverGirl print ad, Allison's photo was criticized for failing to “smize” and looking vacant, while Lisa's was applauded for being alluring and flirtatious.

The merits and drawbacks of both finalists were discussed - Allison was loved by photographers and designers alike as both a model and a muse but however, her introverted personality would deem her inappropriate for the role of an Extra correspondent.

Lisa's sassy and outgoing personality, as well as her progress of refinement throughout the course of the competition was appreciated, as was her superior runway walk and confidence.

It was noted that whilst Lisa's may not have been the best model, she was an all-rounder, being a good singer, performer, entertainer, actress, celebrity and would easily command attention on the red carpet – a vital attribute for an Extra correspondent.

Due to the bizarre circumstances surrounding the event, including the re-shooting of the final panel/winner reveal, many people began to speculate that Preston had been originally named the winner prior to her disqualification.

In September 2014, Angelea revealed that the reason she was stripped of the title was because she had been working as an escort prior to participating in America's Next Top Model.