The girls get interviewing lessons to prepare for their trip down under in Sydney, Australia. Once there, they must use what they have learned about hosting and use it to interview the locals. Finally, the girls are asked to star in a Cover Girl commercial where one model struggles to remember her lines and the other struggles with performance.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 8 Episode 9 of America's Next Top Model resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

America's Next Top Model Season 8 Episodes...

• s08e01 - The Girl Who Won't Stop Talking, Part 1
• s08e02 - The Girl Who Won't Stop Talking, Part 2
• s08e03 - The Girls Who Go To Prom
• s08e04 - The Girl Who Cries All the Time
• s08e05 - The Girl Who Changes Her Attitude
• s08e06 - The Girl Who Takes Credit
• s08e07 - The Girl Who Gets Thrown in the Pool
• s08e08 - The Girl Who Impresses Pedro
• s08e09 - The Girls Who Go Down Under
• s08e10 - The Girl Who Picks A Fight
• s08e11 - The Girl Who Blames the Taxi Driver
• s08e12 - The Girl Who Does Not Want to Dance
• s08e13 - The Girl Who Becomes 'America's Next Top Model'

America's Next Top Model Show Summary

Created by Tyra Banks, America's Next Top Model follows a group of young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes who live together in a loft and vie for a modeling contract.

The show exposes the transformation of everyday young women into potentially fierce supermodels, with participants facing weekly tests that determine who can make the cut. With mentoring by supermodel Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion-industry gurus, the finalists compete in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp - a crash course to supermodel fame.