The first season of the Italian reality television show Italia's Next Top Model premiered on SKY Vivo on 4 December 2007 and concluded on 26 February 2008.
The other permanent judge was Michael Giannini, the art director and talent scout of model agency d’Management.
The recurring judges were photographer Ciro Zizzo, former model Nadège du Bospertus, and Italian fashion journalist Giusi Ferré.
The season was won by Gilda Sansone, who received a one-year contract with the d’Management Group as well as a spread in Italian fashion magazine Elle.
First aired December 4, 2007 After arriving in Milan, the contestants meet Natasha Stefanenko and Michael Giannini, who welcome the girls to the loft that will be their home during their modeling competition.
Natasha visits the girls the following day to admonish them for their behavior and warns them to adopt a more controlled way of behaving, making known her disappointment and anger with them.
First aired December 25, 2007 The eleven remaining girls get a visit from Alberto Zanoletti, the vice editor of Italian Elle, who puts them through the week's reward challenge by giving each of them a small budget to create a hippie look.
Francesca B. wins the challenge and shares her prize with Gilda; as a result, both contestants go to a Roberto Cavalli store to choose outfits for themselves.
First aired January 8, 2008 Former top model and show judge Nadège du Bospertus pays a visit to the girls' loft to test their progress on the catwalk with a reward challenge.
At the judging panel, Elga is found to be the most natural, but the majority of the aspiring models are reprimanded for failing in the task, in particular Laura, Lorena, and Manuela.
First aired January 22, 2008 The seven remaining contestants pay a visit to the Italian Elle offices to meet the magazine's chief fashion director, Benedetta Dell'Orto, who evaluates them in this week's reward challenge, which consists of enhancing a simple outfit with proper accessories in order to represent each girl's assigned look for a happening as follows: Fiorella is proclaimed the winner and she is sent to a Fratelli Rossetti shoe store to choose a pair of elegant shoes as her prize.
During the judging session, Elga, despite producing a good picture, is scolded for crying unprofessionally, Lorena and Tiziana are praised for creating interactions between their male and female photos.
First aired January 29, 2008 The girls receive a makeover adjustment and are sent to a fashion store where they meet the owner and designer Matteo Denti, and Whisky, a Japanese stylist.
Once again, thanks to her fashion knowledge, Francesca B. wins the challenge and chooses to share her prize with Elga, which turns out to be a shopping discount, to use in the designer's store, and a massage in a spa.
For this week's elimination challenge, the six remaining contestants are brought to Carlo Pignatelli's atelier where they will be modeling different wedding dresses and be evaluated on their ability to interpret the assigned outfit.
First aired February 5, 2008 Michael sends the five remaining contestants to a casting call for a snack commercial, where they meet professional models.
In the judging session, Lorena gets compliments for her strong look, Tiziana produces a good picture despite her insecurity, and Elga is told to have been lucky in her shot.
The reward challenge this week consists of an interview with the models' judge, fashion journalist Giusi Ferré.
The next day in Ibiza the girls visit all the trendy clothing shops and are helped to improve their personal styles by the show's stylist, Susanna Ausoni.
Later on, they arrive at a beach surrounded by a lunar landscape where they will pose in bad weather for a swimsuit photoshoot, wearing metallic and colorful bathing suits.
Gilda is highly praised for overcoming her sexiness and thus producing a sensual and elegant photo, but Giusi Ferré still finds her a bit rough.
At the final panel, Elga is highly praised for her walk and Gilda for her transformation from a sexy ordinary girl into a classy runway model.