2004: Cycle 2
2005: Cycle 5
2006: Cycle 6
2007: Cycle 8
2008: Cycle 11
2009: Cycle 13
2010: Cycle 15
2011: Cycle 16
2004: Cycle 2
2005: Cycle 5
2006: Cycle 6
2007: Cycle 8
2008: Cycle 11
2009: Cycle 13
2010: Cycle 15
2011: Cycle 16
2004: Cycle 2 vs Cycle 3 ~Best year tbh.
2005: Cycle 4 vs Cycle 5
2006: Cycle 6 vs Cycle 7
2007: Cycle 8 vs Cycle 9
2008: Cycle 10 vs Cycle 11
2009: Cycle 12 vs Cycle 13
2010: Cycle 14 vs Cycle 15
2011: Cycle 16 vs Cycle 17 Both unbearable tho.

2004: Cycle 2 vs Cycle 3
2005: Cycle 4 vs Cycle 5
2006: Cycle 6 vs Cycle 7
2007: Cycle 8 vs Cycle 9 (only cause of Jenah)
2008: Cycle 10 vs Cycle 11 (this was a hard one)
2009: Cycle 12 vs Cycle 13
2010: Cycle 14 vs Cycle 15
2011: Cycle 16 vs Cycle 17
Cycle 14 was THE WORST CYCLE EVER.
2003: Cycle 1 OBV. No competition.
2004: Cycle 2 vs Cycle 3
2005: Cycle 4 vs Cycle 5
2006: Cycle 6 vs Cycle 7
2007: Cycle 8 vs Cycle 9
2008: Cycle 10 vs Cycle 11
2009: Cycle 12 vs Cycle 13
2010: Cycle 14 vs Cycle 15
2011: Cycle 16 vs jankCycle 17
Vanessa Axente by Steven Meisel
2004: Cycle 2 vs Cycle 3
2005: Cycle 4 vs Cycle 5
2006: Cycle 6 vs Cycle 7
2007: Cycle 8 vs Cycle 9
2008: Cycle 10 vs Cycle 11
2009: Cycle 12 vs Cycle 13
2010: Cycle 14 vs Cycle 15
2011: Cycle 16 vs Cycle 17
BGC10- Shannon Rocky Paula Steph
The Face- Jocelyn Steph Sandra Margaux
Antm20- Chris H Marvin
2004: Cycle 2 vs Cycle 3
2005: Cycle 4 vs Cycle 5
2006: Cycle 6 vs Cycle 7
2007: Cycle 8 vs Cycle 9
2008: Cycle 10 vs Cycle 11
2009: Cycle 12 vs Cycle 13
2010: Cycle 14 vs Cycle 15
2011: Cycle 16 vs Cycle 17
Spoiler:
2004: Cycle 2 vs Cycle 3
2005: Cycle 4 vs Cycle 5
2006: Cycle 6 vs Cycle 7
2007: Cycle 8 vs Cycle 9
2008: Cycle 10 vs Cycle 11
2009: Cycle 12 vs Cycle 13
2010: Cycle 14 vs Cycle 15
2011: Cycle 16 vs Cycle 17
2004: Cycle 2 vs Cycle 3 (I LOVED Yaya and Amanda served blind bitch realness)
2005: Cycle 4 vs Cycle 5 (other than that man Kim, cycle 5 was amazing. All c4 had was Kahlen, who was robbed!
2006: Cycle 6 vs Cycle 7 (very close though. Jade/Danielle/Joanie/Furonda were amazing but c7 is my 2nd favorite cycle)
2007: Cycle 8 vs Cycle 9 (Chantal & Jenah slayed the jank fillers of cycle 8 with their high fashion blades)
2008: Cycle 10 vs Cycle 11 (Analiegh. Nuff said.)
2009: Cycle 12 vs Cycle 13 (Sorry, Allison. Bloody Eyeball > Bloody Noses)
2010: Cycle 14 vs Cycle 15 (Ann The Man was horrible but cycle 14 was the. worst. cycle. ever. I'd rather watch Fraiser than re-visit cycle 14.)
2011: Cycle 16 vs Cycle 17
I just like odd numbers! :D