David Thompson's Next Top Student

David Thompson's Next Top Student is a reality television show hosted by fashion model and host of David Thompson's Next Top Model, Regina Apple. 10 students compete for a $1 scholarship.

Premiere
In the premiere of David Thompson's Next Top Student, the semi-finalists with the highest scores on their exam continued on to the next round, where they were sent to their auditions. Through their intelligence, personality, and confidence, Alecia, Amber, Intan, Jasmine, Lily L., Lily S., Monika, Norah, Stephanie, and Vanessa were selected as the 9 finalists.

The finalists were then sent to the auditorium, where their first challenge, a speech on the "door to opportunities", was introduced by their school's principal, Ms. Braeder. The girls had only 5 minutes to prepare for their presentations. While most of the girls just stood there and talked, Lily S. moved around the stage, used hand gestures, and was the only girl to open the "door to opportunities, thus winning the prize: a pencil.

The next day, the students arrived at Ms. Tsonis' English class to test their knowledge and participation skills. The girls were then put to the test when they were given an exam of what they learned in class for the week.

At the panel, Jasmine fainted while her test was being evaluated and was sent to the hospital, but judging continued after she returned. The judges were very impressed with Amber, Alecia, and Jasmine's high scores, but the competition was not just about high scores, as Jasmine nevertheless landed on the bottom 2 because of her low confidence and along with Lily L., who did not stand out from the other girls and did not participate in class. In the end, the judges valued Jasmine's intelligence and Lily was eliminated.


 * Challenge winner: Lily S.
 * Bottom two: Jasmine and Lily L.
 * Eliminated: Lily L.
 * Featured teacher: Ms. Tsonis
 * Special guest: Ms. Braeder

Episode 3
The remaining students again arrived at the auditorium and met up with Ms. Tsonis, where the 8 girls were split into pairs and a scene from a Shakespearan play was assigned to each group. With only half an hour to rehearse, the girls frantically tried to memorize their scripts, but in their actual presentations, most of them struggled, except for Monika, who had a talent for acting.

Eliminations

 * Lily L. - did not stand out and failed to participate in class
 * Intan A. - had the image of a model, not a student

Remaining Contestants

 * Alecia Y.
 * Amber Y.
 * Jasmine L.
 * Lily S.
 * Monika S.
 * Norah X.
 * Stephanie P.
 * Vanessa C.

Challenge Guide

 * Episode 2 Challenge: "Door to Opportunities" Speech
 * Episode 3 Challenge: Shakespeare Dialogue

Call-Out Orders

 * The contestant won the week's challenge.
 * The contestant was eliminated.
 * The contestant won the week's challenge and was eliminated.
 * The contestant won the competition.


 * In episode 1, the semi-finalists were reduced to 9 contestants who would move on to the actual competition.
 * Norah was introduced to the cast from a separate audition in episode 3.
 * Episode 10 has 2 eliminations.

Statistics

 * Total number of contestants: 10
 * Tallest contestant: Stephanie, 5'6"
 * Shortest contestant: Monika, 5'2"
 * Lightest contestant: Lily, 89 lbs
 * Contestant with most challenge wins: Lily L. (1)
 * Contestant with most first call-outs: Alecia (1), Vanessa (1)
 * Contestants with most appearances in bottom two: Amber (1), Intan (1), Jasmine (1), Lily L. (1)
 * Contestants with no appearance in bottom two: Alecia, Lily S., Monika S., Norah X., Stephanie P., Vanessa C.