You are a Top Model (Russian: "Ты — топ-модель") Is a Russian reality TV show based on America's Next Top Model by Tyra Banks, it is the third installment of the show after You are a supermodel (2004–2007) and Top Model po-russki (2011–2014). The show showed a number of aspiring contestants competing against each other in a series of challenges for the Russia's Top Model title.
| You are a Top Model | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Russia |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | March 21 – June 13, 2021 |
The jury[1] consists of social media star and 1st runner-up Miss Russia 2014, Anastasia Reshetova; TV star Alexander Gudkov; Fashion stylist and designer Gosha Kartsev and fashion designer Philipp Plein .
The winner of the contest will win an advertising contract for the Philip Plein for 1 year and a cash prize of 3,000,000 Russian rubles.
The winner of this season was 20-year-old Tina Tova from Krasnodar.
On 19 January 2022, it was announced that castings had begun for season two.[2]
Cycles
edit| Cycle | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 March 2021 | Tina Tova | Vika Kuznetsova | Polina Chernyshova & Aleksandra Kosygina, Nika Kraush (quit), Liza Vdovina, Polina Zasimenkova & Eva Evans, Sabina Rabaia, Katya Pan, Roma Milova & Anastasia Chernobaeva, Anna Tregub, Yana Dobroliubova | 14 |
Contestants
edit(Ages stated are at start of contest )
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Outcome | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polina Chernyshova | 24 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Moscow | Episode 4 | 14-13 |
| Aleksandra Kosygina | 25 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Rostov-on-Don | ||
| Nika Kraush | 24 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Krasnodar | Episode 6 | 12 (quit) |
| Elizaveta 'Liza' Vdovina | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Stupino | 11 | |
| Eva Evans | 20 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Kaliningrad | Episode 7 | 10-9 |
| Polina Zasimenkova | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Kemerovo | ||
| Sabina Rabaia | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Moscow | Episode 8 | 8 |
| Ekaterina 'Katya' Pan | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Krasnodar | Episode 9 | 7 |
| Anastasiya Chernobaeva | 32 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Saint Petersburg | Episode 10 | 6-5 |
| Tatyana 'Roma' Milova1 | 31 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Moscow | ||
| Anna Tregub | 26 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Moscow | Episode 11 | 4 |
| Yana Dobroliubova | 23 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Tolyatti | Episode 12 | 3 |
| Viktoria 'Vika' Kuznetsova | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Novosibirsk | 2 | |
| Tina Tova | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Krasnodar | 1 |
^1 Roma Milova is also known as Tatyana Krokhina. Winner of Ty - supermodel.
Episode summaries
editEpisode 1
editOriginal airdate: March 21, 2021
The episode started with 70[3] semi-finalists invited to the project, where the judges will decide on the first top 20 to participate in the first photoshoot. After this, only 10 will continue on in the casting process where after 3 weeks, the final 14 models will participate in the competition.
- Eliminated semifinalists: Angelina Garanina, Aleksandra 'Sancesca' Naumova, Anna Mikhailova, Antonina 'Tonya' Starostina, Inessa Bogoslovskaya, Kate Bezvulyak, Ulyana Minenko, Veronika Osichkina, Yana Petrova & Yuliana Lyamina
- Special guests: Vlada Roslyakova
Episode 2
editOriginal airdate: March 28, 2021
Continuing from last week, another 20 girls arrived, where once again only 10 will be chosen to advance into the next round.
- Eliminated semifinalists: Maria Trubitsyna, Valeria Salnikova & Zaki Musin
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 3
editOriginal airdate: April 4, 2021
This week, the final 20 contestants from the previous weeks were narrowed down to the final top 14.
- Eliminated semifinalists: Anastasiya Chervyakova, Anastasiya Voznyuk, Angelina Andrianova, Elena Sarattseva, Kristina Bridan & Sofia Tuzovskaya
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 4
editOriginal airdate: April 11, 2021
- Bottom three: Aleksandra Kosygina, Nika Kraush & Polina Chernysheva
- Eliminated: Aleksandra Kosygina & Polina Chernysheva
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 5
editOriginal airdate: April 18, 2021
- Bottom three: Katya Pan, Anastasiya Chernobaeva & Nika Kraush
- Eliminated: Katya Pan & Anastasiya Chernobaeva
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests: Lyasan Utiasheva
Episode 6
editOriginal airdate: April 25, 2021
- Quit: Nika Kraush
- Bottom three: Eva Evans, Liza Vdovina & Sabina Rabaia
- Eliminated: Liza Vdovina
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 7
editOriginal airdate: May 2, 2021
- Bottom three: Eva Evans, Polina Zasimenkova & Sabina Rabaia
- Eliminated: Eva Evans & Polina Zasimenkova
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 8
editOriginal airdate: May 10, 2021
- Returned: Anastasiya Chernobaeva & Katya Pan
- Bottom three: Katya Pan, Sabina Rabaia & Tina Tova
- Eliminated: Sabina Rabaia & Tina Tova
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests: Ksenia Sobchak
Episode 9
editOriginal airdate: May 16, 2021
- Returned: Tina Tova
- Bottom three: Anna Tregub, Katya Pan, & Tina Tova
- Eliminated: Katya Pan
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 10
editOriginal airdate: May 23, 2021
- Bottom three: Anastasiya Chernobaeva, Roma Milova & Tina Tova
- Eliminated: Anastasiya Chernobaeva & Roma Milova
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 11
editOriginal airdate: May 30, 2021
- Bottom two: Anna Tregub & Vika Kuznetsova
- Eliminated: Anna Tregub
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Episode 12
editOriginal airdate: June 6, 2021
- Final three: Vika Kuznetsova, Tina Tova, & Yana Dobroliubova
- Eliminated: Yana Dobroliubova
- Final two: Tina Tova & Vika Kuznetsova
- Ty - Topmodel: Tina Tova
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
Results table
edit| Place | Model | Episodes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| 1 | Tina | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | LOW | LOW | SAFE | WIN | |||
| 2 | Vika | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | |||
| 3 | Yana | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
| 4 | Anna | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||
| 5 | Anastasiya | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| 6 | Roma | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | OUT | |||||
| 7 | Katya | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| 8 | Sabina | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| 9-10 | Eva | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| Polina Z. | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| 11 | Liza | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| 12 | Nika | SAFE | LOW | LOW | QUIT | |||||||||
| 13-14 | Aleksandra | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
| Polina C. | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||
- The contestant won best performance
- The contestant withdrew from the competition
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was in danger of elimination
- The contestant won the competition
- Episodes 1, 2 & 3 are casting episodes. In episodes 1 & 2 the number of semi-finalists was reduced from 70 to 20.
- In episode 3, the remaining 20 semifinalists were reduced to 14 finalists.
- In episode 8, Anastasia and Katya were brought back into the competition
- In episode 9, Tina was brought back into the competition
Photo shoots
edit- Episode 1: Divas (Casting)
- Episode 2: B&W vogue dancing (Casting)
- Episode 3: Trust jump into the male crowd (Casting)
- Episode 4: Portret photos with reptiles
- Episode 5: Fashion athletes
- Episode 6: Fashion video in underwear
- Episode 7: Catwalk in train
- Episode 8: Underwater photoshoot
- Episode 9: Natural Beauty Shoot
- Episode 10: Catherine the Great
- Episode 11: Duel in the ring
- Episode 12: Artistic statue
Criticism
editThe show was criticized by Russian stylist Mikhail Baryshnikov, who accused the jury of being unprofessional.[4]
References
edit- ^ Adey, Oliver (2021-04-10). "The show's hosts are model Anastasia Reshetova and famous designer Philippe Plein".
- ^ "Кастинг, вакансия: Канал ТНТ объявляет кастинг в реалити-шоу «Ты – на kto.tv - по договоренности".
- ^ Adey, Oliver (2021-03-29). "Philipp Plein said "Yes" and Nastya Reshetova - "No": model from Novorossiysk about participation in the show "You are a top model on TNT"".
- ^ Бец, Денис (2021-04-02). "«Полный провал»: Барышников обвинил шоу «Ты топ-модель» в лицемерии". Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-11.