The Model Scouts

The Model Scouts, formerly The Model Agent  during its first season in 2009, was an Irish reality documentary on RTÉ Two that followed twelve girls competing for a lucrative modelling contract with IMG.

The Model Scouts
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Billy McGrath
Developed by	Sideline Productions RTÉ
Judges	Fraser Chad Hamilton (Series 1) Erin O'Connor (Series 1) Jeni Rose (Series 2) David Cunningham (Series 2)
Theme music composer	Airdate
Opening theme	Everytime
Country of origin	Ireland
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Billy McGrath (Series 1) Katie Giles (Series 1) Una Shinners (Series 2)
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	RTÉ Two
Original release	20 April 2009 (2009-04-20) – 21 December 2010 (2010-12-21)

In 2008 the series followed model scout Fiona Ellis on her search for an Irish supermodel. On her way through Ireland, Ellis spotted eight girls in the entire country and chose the last four of the twelve finalists through applications that she received. Each episode saw the elimination of one or more girls. The winner, Carrie-Anne Burton, won a contract with the Independent Models agency and a cover of Image magazine. Supermodel Erin O'Connor, who was also discovered by Ellis at the beginning of her career, advised the girls.[1] Ellis said that, in contrast to America's Next Top Model, her aim was to give an insight in finding new model talent with serious ambitions without "all the drama".[2]

For its second season in 2010, the show was renamed The Model Scouts. Jeni Rose and David Cunningham of IMG Models were the judges.[3][4] The girls were taken to London, Paris, Sydney and New York City. The winner, Tabea Weyrauch, was a 16-year-old girl from Derry.[5] She won a one-year contract with IMG, and became the face of A Wear in Ireland and the United Kingdom. She also appeared on the cover of Life, the magazine section of the Sunday Independent.[6]