The third season of Germany's Next Topmodel (GNTM) aired on German television network ProSieben from 28 February 2008 to 5 June 2008, with 120 semi-finalists in the competition.

The international destinations for this season were set in Barcelona, Vienna, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, New York City and Sydney.

Moreover, they undertook small challenges: Some had to sing, dance or scream in wrath, others were told to advertise a shampoo or even expose the preferences of a cleansing agent for toilets.

However, before that judge Rolf Scheider reports about several complaints by the hotel organisation about how the girls left their rooms and asks the abusers to reveal themselves in front of the entire group.

Gisele, Sarah and Gina-Lisa admit to having smoked in the rooms but who has drunk all the alcohol from the mini-bar remains a secret.

One day later they are finally allowed to stay in the luxurious building but it's the first house meeting, organized by Gisele, Katharina and Aisha, that is causing new trouble.

The meeting ends without any constructive result when Gisele bursts out into tears because the group surrounding Aline is calling her a liar.

While hearing her criticism, Katharina is asked by the judges who was bitching the most in the house, and as she states its Tainá both girls are happy to have a chat in front of the panel which is interrupted by Heidi after seeing no signs of results coming up from that.

The girls then visit the tanzhaus nrw where personal coach Dr. Stefan Fredrich encourages them to talk about themselves in front of the group.

Eight contestants are given the chance to audition for the leading role in a C&A shoes television commercial; Janina wins the modelling job.

Carolin and Jennifer are safe from elimination and get a business class ticket for the plane that will move the contestants to their new home in New York City.

It is Elena, the only Austrian among the finalists, who has to leave New York halfway with being criticized for having started on a very high level but not being able to build upon this and being surpassed by the other girls.

The episode features martial arts training with Daniel Bernhardt and a photo shoot for McDonald's Germany.

Raquel and Jennifer struggle with their commercials and eventually Alvarez is eliminated due to the lack of potential compared to the other contestants.

This week, inspired by her appearance on "The Girl Who Graduates" from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7, Dita von Teese helps the contestants to get into the mood for pin-up photography and posing, followed by a Rio Carnival themed photo shoot at the Orpheoum Theatre.

Christina wins the job for a television commercial shoot for the women razor Gillette Venus Breeze filmed by director Ben Hartenstein.

A challenge in the mansion involves humiliating Peyman, just like in the episode Das große Cosmopolitan-Shooting steht bevor from season 2.

As in previous finale shows, a fake photo shooting is arranged, this time involving a spider and a python.

In February 2023, the Berliner Zeitung published an article about the show with the headline: "Why isn't Germany’s Next Topmodel actually canceled?

[10][11] In March 2023 BILD published the following message: "If the contestants get along too well, they will receive instructions from the crew to argue and produce beef."

[12] In April 2023, Heidi Klum said about everything that happens at Germany's Next Topmodel: "At the end of the day I'm the boss and I make the rules!

The makers of the documentary admitted that they are familiar with difficult investigations, but they have never experienced it before that so many people were afraid to talk about what happened as these former participants and employees of Germany's Next Topmodel.

A crew member of the show who wished to remain anonymous is quoted as saying: "If you film a young woman from morning to night, you'll get every sectional image you want.