Top Model (Polish TV series)

Top Model (formerly Top Model. Zostań modelką (English: Top Model. Become a Model)) is a Polish reality television series based on Tyra Banks' "America's Next Top Model", which sees a number of aspiring models compete against each other in a variety of competitions to win the title of Top Model among other prizes in hopes of a successful career in the modeling business.

Top Model
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Directed by	Piotr Wawrzyniak
Presented by	Joanna Krupa
Opening theme	SheMoans - "Super Girl" (Season 1) SheMoans - "Super Girl" remix (Seasons 2-4) Wojciech Kilar - "Trędowata" (Season 8) Ted Griggs - "Supermodel" (Season 12)
Country of origin	Poland
Original language	Polish
No. of seasons	13
Production
Executive producers	Rinke Rooyens Ewa Leja
Running time	45 minutes (Season 1-7) 65 minutes (Season 8-)
Production companies	Rochstar TVN
Original release
Network	TVN
Release	September 8, 2010 (2010-09-08) – present

The competition is hosted by Polish American model Joanna Krupa, who serves as the lead judge. The other members of the judging panel are fashion designer Dawid Woliński, runway coach Kasia Sokołowska and photographer Marcin Tyszka. Model Anja Rubik has made several guest appearances throughout the show's run.

Judges

Judges	Season
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Hosts
Joanna Krupa	Head Judge
Judging Panelists
Karolina Korwin Piotrowska	Main
Marcin Tyszka	Main
Dawid Woliński	Main
Katarzyna Sokołowska			Main
Mentors
Magda Mielcarz	Mentor
Michał Piróg	Mentor
Weronika Lewicka		Mentor
Sylwia Butor												Mentor
Sofia Konecka-Menescal													Mentor

Format

Former Top Model. Zostań modelką logo (2010–2013)

Challenges

Judges (2023)

Challenges generally focus on elements important to modeling which will help the contestants improve for the week's photo shoot. A guest judge evaluates the contestants and decides the winner of each challenge. The winner of the challenge receives a prize for their victory, such as immunity from elimination for the week. Sometimes the challenge winner is permitted to choose a certain number of other contestants to share their reward, while the others receive no prize.

Judging and elimination

Once a week, based on the models' performance in the week's challenge, photo shoot, and general attitude, the judges are required to eliminate one contestant from the competition. During the elimination ceremony, the host calls out the names of the contestants who are still in the competition, handing them a copy of their best photo from the shoot. The two or three worst-performing models of the week are in danger of elimination, and one of them is eliminated. In some cases, the series sees double or triple eliminations and non-eliminations by consensus of the judging panel. From Cycle 5 onward, Michal Piróg has one opportunity during the entire cycle to save one originally eliminated person.

Differences from America's Next Top Model

In contrast to America's Next Top Model, in which each cycle begins with preliminary rounds that span one or two episodes and around 30 pre-selected semi-finalists, Top Model begins with several rounds of open auditions held in cities across Poland, followed by a "bootcamp" which concludes with the selection of the final cast of 13 to 16, with the casting process spanning three or four episodes. In Cycle 13, the "bootcamp" was removed, which resulted in a larger final cast. Contestants are sometimes split into pairs for photo shoots, and the better-performing contestant from each pair is determined during the evaluation panel and granted immunity. Each cycle concludes with a live broadcast in which the final three or four contestants compete in front of a live audience, and a televote decides the winner of the competition.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International Destinations
1	8 September 2010	Paulina Papierska	Ola Kuligowska	Zuza Walkowiak, Sonia Wesołowska, Paulina Pszech, Nicole Rosłoniec (quit), Pamela Jedziniak, Marta Szulawiak, Emilia Pietras, Magda Swat, Beata Szarłowska, Weronika Lewicka, Kasia Smolińska, Ania Piszczałka	14	Milan
2	7 September 2011	Olga Kaczyńska	Ania Bałon	Karolina Hennig, Gabrysia Pacholarz, Magda Roman, Natalia Piaskowska, Vera Suprunenko (disqualified), Viktoria Driuk, Dorota Trojanowska & Oliwia Downar-Dukowicz, Honorata Wojtkowska, Asia Kudzbalska, Michalina Manios	13	Paris Mombasa
3	6 March 2013	Zuza Kołodziejczyk	Marcela Leszczak	Ksenia Chlebicka, Ola Antas, Anna Piechowiak, Ania Koryto, Marta Zimlińska, Ola Krysiak, Asia Zaremska, Ania Cybulska, Justyna Pawlicka, Tamara Subbotko, Renata Kurczab, Klaudia Strzyżewska	14	Mumbai Funchal
4	1 September 2014	Osi Ugonoh	Michał Baryza	Karolina Kaczyńska, Michał Kaszyński, Ola Grzegorczyk, Adam Boguta, Mateusz Maga, Misza Czumaczenko, Ewelina Pachucka, Ola Żuraw, Michalina Strabel, Mateusz Jarzębiak, Marta Sędzicka	13	Lisbon Puerto del Rosario
5	7 September 2015	Radek Pestka	Karolina Pisarek	Justyna Łopian, Jagoda Judzińska, Sebastian Zawiliński & Ola Ławnik-Sadkowska, Michael Mikołajczuk, Natalia Gulkowska (quit), Kamila Ibrom & Andre Whyte, Samuel Kowalski, Magda Stępień-Kolesnikow & Karolina Gilon, Jakob Kosel	14	Tel Aviv Ho Chi Minh City Cần Thơ Arrecife
6	6 September 2016	Patryk Grudowicz	Ewa Niespodziana	Kamil Popławski, Zuza Matysiak, Mariusz Tomczak, Sasza Muzheiko, Ola Zbinkowska, Mateusz Zapotocki, Kamila Warzecha, Mateusz Mil, Adam Niedźwiedź, Ada Daniel, Natalia Karabasz & Daniel Tracz, Daria Zhalina	15	Madrid Eilat
7	3 September 2018	Kasia Szklarczyk	Hubert Gromadzki	Julia Frankowicz, Natalia Gorączka, Sophie Reich & Franek Strąkowski, Żaklina Ta Dinh, Piotr Muszyński, Szymon Reich & Oliwia Zasada, Daria Dąbrowska, Michał Borzuchowski & Magda Przybielska, Ania Markowska	14	Sölden Los Angeles Antananarivo Hamburg
8	2 September 2019	Dawid Woskanian	Olga Kleczkowska	Radek Czekański, Denis Chmielewski (disqualified), Nikola Furman (quit), Magda Karwacka, Rafał Torkowski & Kinga Dębska, Marcin Chowaniak, Klaudia Chojnacka, Michał Gała & Ania Jaroszewska, Kinga Wawrzyniak, Klaudia El Dursi, Sandra Dorsz, Staszek Obolewicz	16	London Moscow Tel Aviv Jerusalem Istanbul Morón
9	2 September 2020	Mikołaj Śmieszek	Patrycja Sobolewska	Wiktoria Chorążak, Dominik Bereżański, Agnieszka Skrzeczkowska, Gracja Kalibabka, Łukasz Bogusławski, Karolina Płocka, Mariusz Jakubowski & Maja Siwik & Karolina Kuczyńska, Ernest Morawski, Dominic D'Angelica (disqualified), Weronika Kaniewska	14	Athens Hydra
10	1 September 2021	Dominika Wysocka	Nicole Akonchong	Kacper Orenkiewicz, Bartek Kloch, Wiktoria Pawliszewska, Olga Król, Łukasz Wasielewski, Sophia Mokhar (quit), Adam Lochyński, Ola Skubis & Arek Pydych, Weronika Zoń, Mikołaj Krawiecki & Kacper Jasiński, Julia Sobczyńska	15	Prague Malé
11	7 September 2022	Klaudia Nieścior	Natalia Woś	Karolina Kuracińska, Marcelina Zetler, Krystian Embradora, Filip Ferner, Martyna Kaczmarek, Weronika Pawelec & Adrian Nkwamu, Ola Helis, Maciej Skiba & Borys Barchan & Adriana Hyzopska, Michalina Wojciechowska	14	Cape Town Johannesburg Punta Cana
12	2 September 2023	Dominik Szymański	Sofia Konecka-Menescal	Zoja Sinitchine, Oliwier Sobczyk & Noemi Penczylo, Mateusz Dziedzic, Wiktoria Burejza, Róża Różańska, Tadeusz Mikołajczak & Marta Szatańska, Filip Krogulski, Amelia Wnęk & Aleks Synkariow, Natalia Węgrzynowska, Wiktoria Darda	15	Paris Split Copenhagen Salvador
13	4 September 2024	Klaudia Zioberczyk	Hubert Włodarczak	Mateusz Mamak & Filip Jędrachowicz, Martyna Dworak & Margo Przybysz & Emilia Strojny & Benhur Isiksal, Sara Stankiewicz, Masha Misevich (quit) & Mateusz Nowak, Ola Zyśk, Filip Blecharczyk, Tymek Zimny, Julia Knach & Grzegorz Gastman, Piotr Gabor-Koprowski & Maja Słodzińska, Karolina Sobótka, Ada Podsiadała	20	Paris Lisbon Málaga