Australia's Next Top Model co-host Alex Perry hinted that the show was headed for extinction in April last year.

And on Tuesday the sad news was confirmed: ANTM has been cancelled.

Foxtel's Executive Director of Television Brian Walsh told TV Tonight on Tuesday: 'We think the time has passed on Top Model. We've closed that book.'

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'The time has passed': Foxtel confirmed Australia's Next Top Model has been cancelled after 11 years on television on Tuesday. Pictured: ANTM host Alex Perry

Fans of the long-running series will be devastated by the news, as the reality show has been a staple on TV screens since 2005.

The warning signs were there however, with ANTM co-host Alex Perry, 55, all but confirming its demise in April 2018.

Speaking on KIIS FM's Kyle and Jackie O Show at the time, the fashion designer said he hadn't been told of any plans for the program's return.

As reported by TV Tonight on Tuesday, Foxtel's Executive Director of Television Brian Walsh said: 'We think the time has passed on Top Model. We've closed that book.' Pictured from left: Hosts Alex Perry and Jennifer Hawkins, and model mentor Cheyenne Tozzi

Probing Alex on an air date for season 11, radio host Jackie 'O' Henderson asked: 'What about Top Model, is that coming back?'

'I don't know,' Alex replied.

He added: 'My thought is that because I haven't heard anything for a while, I'm going to say no'

The warning signs were ther - ANTM co-host Alex Perry, 55, all but confirmed the reality show's demise in April 2018. When asked if the show was coming back, he told the Kyle and Jackie O Show: 'Because I haven't heard anything for a while, I'm going to say no'. Pictured from left: Didier Cohen, Jennifer Hawkins, Perry and Cheyenne Tozzi

ANTM last hit the small screen in 2016, and Foxtel had mostly remained silent on its return ever since.

However, in July last year, a spokesperson for Foxtel told The Daily Telegraph that there would 'absolutely be a series 11'.

But the pay TV network refused to confirm when it would air or which judges would remain on the panel.

Host Alex was keen to take up hosting duties again, telling The Daily Telegraph: 'I love doing it … and we are so lucky to launch the careers of some really amazing girls through Australia's Next Top Model. You feel very proud.'

Past winners of the program include Demelza Reveley, 27, Montana Cox, 25, and Aleyna FitzGerald, 19.