America's Next Top Model season 12 episode 8 episode guide: Take Me to the Photo Shoot

Seasons:

1
- The Girl Becomes America's Next Top Model (Original Airdate Jul 8, 2003)
- How the Girls Got Here (Original Airdate Jul 8, 2003)
- The Girls Who Get Really Naked (Original Airdate Jul 1, 2003)
- The Girl Deals with a Pervert (Original Airdate Jun 24, 2003)
- The Girl Who Everyone Thinks Is Killing Herself (Original Airdate Jun 17, 2003)
- The Girl Drives Everyone Crazy (Original Airdate Jun 10, 2003)
- The Girl Gets Rushed to the Emergency Room (Original Airdate Jun 1, 2003)
- The Girl Is Here to Win, Not Make Friends (Original Airdate May 27, 2003)
- The Girl Wants It So Bad (Original Airdate May 20, 2003)
2
- The Girl Who Is America's Next Top Model (Original Airdate Mar 23, 2004)
- The Girl Who Cheated (Original Airdate Mar 16, 2004)
- The Girl Who Is Afraid of Snakes (Original Airdate Mar 9, 2004)
- The Girl with the Signature Walk (Original Airdate Mar 2, 2004)
- The Girl Who Is Dripping with Hypocrisy (Original Airdate Feb 24, 2004)
- The Girl Whose Lips Puffed Up (Original Airdate Feb 17, 2004)
- The Girl Who Is a Visual Orgasm (Original Airdate Feb 10, 2004)
- The Girl Who Needs Six Months of Modeling School (Original Airdate Feb 3, 2004)
- The Girl Who Can Cry at the Drop of a Hat (Original Airdate Jan 27, 2004)
- The Girl Who Floats Like a Butterfly and Stings Like a Bee (Original Airdate Jan 20, 2004)
- The Girl Who Overslept (Original Airdate Jan 13, 2004)
3
- The Girl Who Wins It All (Original Airdate Dec 15, 2004)
- The Girl Who Didn't Hug Goodbye (Original Airdate Dec 9, 2004)
- The Girl the Lionesses Are Hunting (Original Airdate Dec 2, 2004)
- The Girl Who Goes Ballistic (Original Airdate Nov 25, 2004)
- The Girls Meet Taye Diggs (Original Airdate Nov 17, 2004)
- The Girl Who Is Panic Stricken (Original Airdate Nov 10, 2004)
- The Girl Who Forgot Her Shoes (Original Airdate Nov 4, 2004)
- The Girl Who Mutilated the Precious Brownies (Original Airdate Oct 27, 2004)
- The Girl Who Cries When She Looks in the Mirror (Original Airdate Oct 20, 2004)
- The Girl Who Sets a Trap (Original Airdate Oct 13, 2004)
- The Girl Everyone Thinks Is a Backstabber (Original Airdate Oct 6, 2004)
- The Girl Who Is Co-Dependent (Original Airdate Sep 29, 2004)
- The Girl with the Secret (Original Airdate Sep 22, 2004)
4
- The Girl Who Walks on Water (Original Airdate May 18, 2005)
- The Girl Who Is Special (Original Airdate May 11, 2005)
- The Girl Who Flops in the Mud (Original Airdate May 4, 2005)
- The Girl the Lionesses Are Hunting (Original Airdate Apr 27, 2005)
- The Girl Who Gets Bad News (Original Airdate Apr 20, 2005)
- The Girl Who Sends Tyra Over the Edge (Original Airdate Apr 13, 2005)
- The Girl with the Deliciously Tacky Dance (Original Airdate Apr 6, 2005)
- The Girl Who Is Contagious (Original Airdate Mar 30, 2005)
- The Girl with the Worst Photo in History (Original Airdate Mar 23, 2005)
- The Girl Who Suddenly Collapsed (Original Airdate Mar 16, 2005)
- The Girls Who Hate Their Makeovers (Original Airdate Mar 9, 2005)
- The Girl Who Is a Lady Kat. Reow! (Original Airdate Mar 2, 2005)
5
- The Girl on the Cover (Original Airdate Dec 7, 2005)
- The Girl Who Takes a Pill (Original Airdate Nov 30, 2005)
- The Girl Who Retaliates (Original Airdate Nov 23, 2005)
- The Girl Who Talks Behind Everyone's Back (Original Airdate Nov 16, 2005)
- The Girl Whose Boyfriend Is Cheating on Her (Original Airdate Nov 9, 2005)
- The Girl Who Wants to Step on the Pretty Flower (Original Airdate Nov 2, 2005)
- The Girls Are 1940s Pin-ups (Original Airdate Oct 26, 2005)
- The Girl Who Loves Bubbles and Talks to Plants (Original Airdate Oct 19, 2005)
- The Girl Who Gets a Boob Job (Original Airdate Oct 12, 2005)
- The Girl Who Makes a Disclaimer (Original Airdate Oct 5, 2005)
- The Girl Who Needs a Miracle (Original Airdate Sep 28, 2005)
- The Girls Become Super Heroes (Original Airdate Sep 21, 2005)
- The Girl with the Twisted Catch Phrase (Original Airdate Sep 21, 2005)
6
- The Girl Who Walked Through the Ancient City (Original Airdate May 17, 2006)
- The Girls Go to Phuket (Original Airdate May 10, 2006)
- The Girl Who Is Rushed to the Emergency Room (Original Airdate May 3, 2006)
- The Girl Who Is Going to the Moon (Original Airdate Apr 26, 2006)
- The Girl Who Is a Model, Not a Masseuse (Original Airdate Apr 26, 2006)
- The Girl Who Has Surgery (Original Airdate Apr 19, 2006)
- The Girl Who Has a Temper (Original Airdate Apr 12, 2006)
- The Girl with Two Bad Takes (Original Airdate Apr 5, 2006)
- The Girl Who Kissed a Male Model (Original Airdate Mar 29, 2006)
- The Girl Who Kissed the Roach (Original Airdate Mar 22, 2006)
- The Girl Who Is a True Miss Diva (Original Airdate Mar 15, 2006)
- The Girls Go Bald (Original Airdate Mar 8, 2006)
7
- The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model (Original Airdate Dec 6, 2006)
- The Girl Who Grates (Original Airdate Nov 29, 2006)
- The Girl Who Sticks Her Foot in Her Mouth (Original Airdate Nov 22, 2006)
- The Girl Who Breaks Down (Original Airdate Nov 15, 2006)
- The Girl Who Wrecks the Car (Original Airdate Nov 8, 2006)
- The Girls Who Made It This Far (Original Airdate Nov 1, 2006)
- The Girl Who Graduates (Original Airdate Oct 25, 2006)
- The Girl Who Punk'd Ashton (Original Airdate Oct 18, 2006)
- The Girl Who Joined the Circus (Original Airdate Oct 11, 2006)
- The Girl Who Goes to Texas (Original Airdate Oct 4, 2006)
- The Girl Who Hates Her Hair (Original Airdate Sep 27, 2006)
- The Girl Who Marks Her Territory (Original Airdate Sep 20, 2006)
8
- The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model (Original Airdate May 16, 2007)
- The Girl Who Does Not Want to Dance (Original Airdate May 9, 2007)
- The Girl Who Blames the Taxi Driver (Original Airdate May 2, 2007)
- The Girl Who Picks a Fight (Original Airdate Apr 25, 2007)
- The Girls Who Go Down Under (Original Airdate Apr 18, 2007)
- The Girl Who Impresses Pedro (Original Airdate Apr 11, 2007)
- The Girl Who Gets Thrown in the Pool (Original Airdate Apr 4, 2007)
- The Girl Who Takes Credit (Original Airdate Mar 28, 2007)
- The Girl Who Changes Her Attitude (Original Airdate Mar 21, 2007)
- The Girl Who Cries All the Time (Original Airdate Mar 14, 2007)
- The Girls Who Go to Prom (Original Airdate Mar 7, 2007)
- The Girl Who Won't Stop Talking (Original Airdate Feb 28, 2007)
9
- The Girls Go to the Great Wall (Original Airdate Dec 5, 2007)
- The Girls Go on Go-See Adventures (Original Airdate Nov 28, 2007)
- The Girls Go to Shanghai (Original Airdate Nov 21, 2007)
- The Girl Who Starts to Lose Her Cool (Original Airdate Nov 14, 2007)
- The Girls Who Crawl (Original Airdate Nov 7, 2007)
- The Girl Who Runs Into the Glass Door (Original Airdate Oct 31, 2007)
- The Girl Who Gets a Mango (Original Airdate Oct 24, 2007)
- The Girl Who Is Afraid of Heights (Original Airdate Oct 17, 2007)
- The Girl Who Goes Bald (Original Airdate Oct 10, 2007)
- The Girls Go Rock Climbing (Original Airdate Oct 3, 2007)
- The Models Go Green (Original Airdate Sep 26, 2007)
- The Girls Go Cruisin' (Original Airdate Sep 19, 2007)
10
- And The Winner Is... (Original Airdate May 14, 2008)
- Ready for My Close-Up (Original Airdate May 7, 2008)
- We Are Spartans! (Original Airdate Apr 30, 2008)
- Viva Italia (Original Airdate Apr 23, 2008)
- For Those About to Walk, We Salute You (Original Airdate Apr 16, 2008)
- Top Model 10 Confidential (Original Airdate Apr 9, 2008)
- If You Can't Make It Here, You Can't Make It Anywhere (Original Airdate Apr 2, 2008)
- House of Pain (Original Airdate Mar 26, 2008)
- Top Model Takes It to the Streets (Original Airdate Mar 19, 2008)
- Where's the Beef? (Original Airdate Mar 12, 2008)
- Top Model Makeovers (Original Airdate Mar 5, 2008)
- New York City, Here We Come (Original Airdate Feb 27, 2008)
- Welcome to Top Model Prep (Original Airdate Feb 20, 2008)
11
- America's Next Top Model Is... (Original Airdate Nov 19, 2008)
- Good Times and Windmills (Original Airdate Nov 12, 2008)
- The Final Five (Original Airdate Nov 5, 2008)
- Planes, Trains and Slow Automobiles (Original Airdate Oct 29, 2008)
- Now You See Me, Now You Don't (Original Airdate Oct 22, 2008)
- Top Model 11 Confidential (Original Airdate Oct 15, 2008)
- The Fiercee Awards (Original Airdate Oct 8, 2008)
- Natural Beauty (Original Airdate Oct 1, 2008)
- Fierce Eyes (Original Airdate Sep 24, 2008)
- You're Beautiful, Now Change (Original Airdate Sep 17, 2008)
- The Ladder of Model Success (Original Airdate Sep 10, 2008)
- The Notorious Fierce Fourteen; Top Model Inauguration (Original Airdate Sep 3, 2008)
12
- America's Next Top Model Is... (Original Airdate May 13, 2009)
- Take Me to the Jungle (Original Airdate May 6, 2009)
- Let's Go See the City (Original Airdate Apr 29, 2009)
- The Amazing Model Race (Original Airdate Apr 22, 2009)
- Take Me to the Photo Shoot (Original Airdate Apr 15, 2009)
- Cycle 12 Rewind (Original Airdate Apr 8, 2009)
- Acting Like a Model (Original Airdate Apr 8, 2009)
- Here's Your Test (Original Airdate Apr 1, 2009)
- Put Your Best Face Forward (Original Airdate Mar 25, 2009)
- New York's Finest (Original Airdate Mar 18, 2009)
- Do You Light the Way I Look? (Original Airdate Mar 11, 2009)
- What Happens in Vegas; Fun and Games (Original Airdate Mar 4, 2009)
13
- Cycle 13: Revealed (Original Airdate Nov 18, 2009)
- America's Next Top Model Is... (Original Airdate Nov 18, 2009)
- Hawaiian Hip Hop (Original Airdate Nov 11, 2009)
- Dive Deeper (Original Airdate Nov 4, 2009)
- Let's Go Surfing (Original Airdate Oct 28, 2009)
- Interview 101 (Original Airdate Oct 21, 2009)
- Petite Ninja Warriors (Original Airdate Oct 14, 2009)
- Dance With Me (Original Airdate Oct 7, 2009)
- Take My Photo, Tyra! (Original Airdate Sep 30, 2009)
- Make Me Tall (Original Airdate Sep 23, 2009)
- Fortress of Fierceness (Original Airdate Sep 16, 2009)
- How Short Can You Go; The Early Bird Gets a Makeover (Original Airdate Sep 9, 2009)

America's Next Top Model Episode: "Take Me to the Photo Shoot"

Season 12, Episode 8

Episode Synopsis: Ciara surprises the models at their apartment and they join her on stage for a photo shoot. The models also play creative director for a photo challenge in which they style one another and direct a shoot. At panel, Tyra reveals the overseas location and reduces the seven ladies down to six. Original Air Date: Apr 15, 2009

Top Model Episode Recap: "Acting Like a Model"

Apr 8, 2009 09:37 PM ET
by Gina DiNunno
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It's time for the commercial challenge on Top Model! This cycle, Tyra is pulling out all the stops by bringing her best bud and American Idol alum Clay Aiken to teach the girls a thing or two about acting. After shooting a cosmetics commercial, Aiken serves as guest judge to decide which model will get sent home.