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Series one, episode one
Naomi Campbell, Erin O’Connor and Caroline Winberg form an elegant triumvirate of judges-cum-mentors in ‘The Face’, Sky Living’s new modelling reality series. This opening episode pitches us straight into the eliminations. There are no car-crash TV auditions to sit through in this new breed of streamlined reality – we don’t have time to get to know these contestants!
Twenty-four gazelle-like girls are picked in advance of the programme, reduced to 12 by the end of the show. Similar to BBC1’s ‘The Voice’, in that Campbell, O’Connor and Winberg may choose the girl they want for their team, but the final decision is taken by the contestants themselves: the faux fur will surely fly at some point.
This is clearly Naomi Campbell’s showcase but, refreshingly, she seems to have no desire to turn into the sanguine Tyra Banks of ‘America’s Next Top Model’. Her catwalk demonstration is the highlight of the show and proves why, at 43, she still doesn’t need to get out of bed for just anything.
Azra Hussain, 34, is a PA from New Cross Gate. She was selected to write this review as part of the Time Out Takeover – a special edition of the magazine written entirely by our readers.