The competition heats up as “America’s Next Top Model” returns, featuring male and female aspiring models competing for a career-launching prize package.

During a photo shoot on the streets of Hollywood, the semi-finalists have to pose while the public votes on them.

The models have to compete in a vertical runway down the side of a building in the pouring rain.

The models get a lesson in chemistry as they pose alongside sexy supermodels Alessandra Ambrossio and Rob Evans in a risqué photo shoot.

The models have their balance tested when they have to walk on a spinning runway during a turntable challenge judged by the editor-in-chief of Nylon Magazine, Marvin Scott Jarrett.

Tensions run high when some of the models accuse another of abusing her power in the house.

Two of the models get overly confident, but end up booking no runway shows, which shatters their self-confidence.

Behind-the-scenes confessions, flirtations and meltdowns among the guys and girls are revealed in the never-before-seen footage.

The models get tested at a commercial shoot to do ridiculous requests with a fake director played by comedian Reggie Watts.