GNTM final 2020: Big changes due to corona crisis - Heidi Klum thinks it's "a shame"

ProSieben returns to the roots of the show at the GNTM season 15 finale. The reason is the corona virus.

• The corona virus does not stop at GNTM either.
• Actually, “Germany's next Top Model” 2020 * was to be chosen in a big show on May 14, 2020.
• But in 2020 there will be an unusual final .

Düsseldorf - The world is no longer the same since the corona virus has spread *. Major events are canceled, curfews are imposed - and the virus also has consequences for TV shows. Live shows are now taking place without an audience and major TV events such as the ESC 2020 are canceled *.

GNTM Finale 2020 does not take place live in front of a large audience

Now the corona virus also has an impact on one of the absolute ProSieben annual highlights : The GNTM 2020 final will not take place in a huge show in a large hall like in previous years.

Last year Heidi Klum selected her top model in Düsseldorf at the ISS Dome, in the current season the GNTM finale takes place "in a small group" in a classic TV studio. This is intended to protect the public from infection, as ProSieben announced. So GNTM returns to the roots of the show - because in season one, the finale also took place in a small TV studio.

GNTM 2020: Heidi Klum comments on changes to the final due to corona virus

Model mom Heidi Klum * explains: “It is a shame that we cannot celebrate the GNTM finale in a huge hall with an audience. But protecting GNTM fans is more important. ”

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Due to the current developments, it is unfortunately not possible to celebrate the #GNTM final in a large arena this year. That is why it is moved to a classic television studio and celebrated in the smallest circle as it was in the first season - but with a big show!

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The GNTM finale is usually known for musical star guests, a huge show and a few odd moments like Theresia's live wedding in 2019. Despite the changes, Heidi Klum promises good entertainment for the fans of the show, which is always on Thursdays on ProSieben * runs: "We will still come up with wild, big, crazy things so that the finale is a lot of fun."

We still have a live ticker for the current GNTM broadcast *.

For model mom Heidi Klum, the corona virus also caused excitement privately * - she and her husband Tom Kaulitz were suspected of being corona. Fortunately, the tests were negative. One of the current candidates was quarantined because of the corona virus.

* tz.de and merkur.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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