Sarah’s hair is longer, there currently 16 feisty finalists and Alex Perry’s forehead still doesn’t move, this can only mean one thing: Fox8’s maximum rating program Australia’s Next Top Model is back.

This year, there are currently 16 contestants ready to pose, walk and bitch their way to the top. Photographer Jez Smith is now recurring to the judging line-up and new model mentor Josh Flinn has replaced Jonathan Pease.

“It’s an entire different show,” says the resident sharp-tongued but stunning judge Charlotte Dawson. “It has an extremely sexy style, and visually it has been shot wonderfully. And of course there is unrivalled glamour and abundance of bitching and backstabbing.”

The first episode sees the 16 girls being chucked into the deep end by having to walk in a show at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week – fresh off the bus! You can be guaranteed though, of the similar bitchy banter between the feisty judges.