Top Model (Polish TV series) season 8

*Top Model*
Top Model
Season 8
Release
Original network	TVN
Original release	September 2 –; November 25, 2019
Season chronology
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Top Model, cycle 8 is the eight cycle of an ongoing reality television series based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model that pits contestants from Poland against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win the title of the next Polish Top Model.

Joanna Krupa, who also serves as the lead judge, returned to host the eight cycle. Other judges included fashion designer Dawid Woliński, fashion show director Kasia Sokołowska and photographer Marcin Tyszka. This is the fifth season of the show to feature male contestants.

Among the prizes for the season are a contract with Models Plus Management, an appearance on the cover of the Polish issue of Glamour, and 100,000 złotys (US$30,000).

The international destinations this cycle were London, Moscow, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Morón. The winner of this competition was 20-year-old Dawid Woskanian from Kozy.

Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest) ^[1]

	Age	Height	Hometown	Finish	Place
Radosław 'Radek' Czekański	19	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Bielawa	Episode 4	16
Denis Chmielewski	25	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Groningen, The Netherlands	Episode 5	15 (DQ)
Nikola Furman	16	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Rzeszow	Episode 6	14 (quit)
Magdalena 'Magda' Karwacka	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Warsaw	Episode 6	13
Rafał Torkowski	27	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Gdańsk	Episode 7	12-11
Kinga Dębska	22	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Frankfurt, Germany	Episode 7	12-11
Marcin Chowaniak	19	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Ornatowice	Episode 8	10
Klaudia Chojnacka	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Gdańsk	Episode 9	9
Michał Gała	22	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Trzebiechow	Episode 10	8-7
Anna 'Ania' Jaroszewska	26	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Łódź	Episode 10	8-7
Kinga Wawrzyniak	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Kraków	Episode 11	6
Klaudia El Dursi	30	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Bydgoszcz	Episode 12	5
Sandra Dorsz	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Wysoczka	Episode 13	4
Stanisław 'Staszek' Obolewicz	26	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Donieck, Ukraine		3
Olga Kleczkowska	17	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Radom		2
Dawid Woskanian	20	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Kozy		1

Episodes

Episode 1

Original airdate: September 2, 2019

Auditions for the eight season of Top Model begin, and aspiring hopefuls are chosen for the semi-final round.

Episode 2

Original airdate: September 9, 2019

In the semi-finals, the judges begin to eliminate contestants to narrow the number of models who will battle it out for a place in the top model house.

Golden ticket recipient: Klaudia El Dursi

Episode 3

Original airdate: September 16, 2019

In the third and final casting episode of the season, the judges choose the finalists who will move onto the main competition out of the remaining pool of contestants.

Group	Models
Beach	Ania M., Lara, Michał G., Ola, Natalia N., Rafał
Beach	Bartosz, Matt, Michał S., Natalia P., Sara
Concert	Jack, Magda, Martyna, Mikolaj Ko., Mikolaj Kr., Natalia D.
Concert	Denis, Gley, Kuba, Sandra
Skate park	Antonina, Dawid, Olga, Pawel, Radek
Skate park	Jarek, Klaudia C., Kinga W., Marcin, Ola K., Yulia
Glamping	Ania J., Kamil, Krystian, Krzyszek, Nikola, Staszek
Glamping	Dominika, Eryk, Janek, Kinga D., Stanferd, Wanessa, Weronika

Names in bold represent eliminated semi-finalists

Episode 4

Original airdate: September 23, 2019

First call-out: Klaudia El Dursi
Bottom two: Nikola Furman & Radek Czekański
Eliminated: Radek Czekański
Guest judge: Magdalena Frackowiak
Featured photographer: Marcin Tyszka

Episode 5

Original airdate: September 30, 2019

First challenge winner: Kinga Wawrzyniak
Second challenge winners: Denis Chmielewski & Klaudia Chojnacka
First call-out: Ania Jaroszewska
Bottom three: Denis Chmielewski, Nikola Furman & Sandra Dorsz
Disqualified: Denis Chmielewski
Featured photographers: Łukasz Dziewic & Robert Wolanski
Special guests: Julia Kuczyńska, Wujaszek Liestyle, Karolina Pisarek
Guest judge: Kasia Struss

Episode 6

Original airdate: October 7, 2019

Challenge winner/Immune from elimination: Kinga Wawrzyniak
Quit: Nikola Furman
First call-out: Dawid Woskanian
Bottom two: Magda Karwacka & Marcin Chowaniak
Eliminated: Magda Karwacka
Featured photographer: Marta Wojtal
Guest judge: Anna Jagodzińska

Episode 7

Original airdate: October 14, 2019

Wildcard: Kinga Dębska
Challenge winner: Olga Kleczkowska
First call-out: Ania Jaroszewska & Staszek Obolewicz
Bottom three: Kinga Dębska, Michał Gała & Rafał Torkowski
Eliminated: Kinga Dębska & Rafał Torkowski
Featured photographer: Magdalena Luniewska
Featured directors: Piotr Książek & Szymon Dudka
Special guests: Roksana Węgiel
Guest judge: Michał Koterski, Natasza Urbańska

Episode 8

Original airdate: October 21, 2019

First challenge winners: Klaudia El Dursi & Sandra Dorsz
Second challenge winners: Ania Jaroszewska, Kinga Wawrzyniak, Michał Gała & Staszek Obolewicz
First call-out: Sandra Dorsz
Bottom two: Marcin Chowaniak & Michał Gała
Eliminated: Marcin Chowaniak
Featured photographer: Iddo Lavie
Guest judge: Ranita Sobanska

Episode 9

Original airdate: October 28, 2019

First challenge winner: Olga Kleczkowska
Second challenge winners: Dawid Woskanian, Klaudia Chojnacka & Klaudia El Dursi
First call-out: Kinga Wawrzyniak
Bottom two: Klaudia Chojnacka & Olga Kleczkowska
Eliminated: Klaudia Chojnacka
Featured director: Piotr Onopa
Featured photographer: Adam Plucinski
Special guests: Daria Zawiałow

Episode 10

Original airdate: November 4, 2019

First challenge winners: Kinga Wawrzyniak & Staszek Obolewicz
Second challenge winners: Ania Jaroszewska, Olga Kleczkowska & Staszek Obolewicz
Booked for a job: Kinga Wawrzyniak (Vogue Polska)
First call-out: Staszek Obolewicz
Bottom three: Ania Jaroszewska, Klaudia El Dursi & Michał Gała
Eliminated: Ania Jaroszewska & Michał Gała
Featured photographers: Marcin Tyszka, Zuza Krajewska
Special guests: Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Adam Boguta, Adam Niedźwiedź, Ania Markowska, Franek Strąkowski, Hubert Gromadzki, Kasia Szklarczyk, Patryk Grudowicz, Żaklina Ta Dinh

Episode 11

Original airdate: November 11, 2019

Challenge winners: Klaudia El Dursi & Staszek Obolewicz
First call-out: Sandra Dorsz
Bottom two: Kinga Wawrzyniak & Klaudia El Dursi
Eliminated: Kinga Wawrzyniak
Featured photographer: Osman Ozel

Episode 12

Original airdate: November 18, 2019

First call-out: Olga Kleczkowska
Bottom three: Dawid Woskanian, Klaudia El Dursi & Staszek Obolewicz
Eliminated: Klaudia El Dursi & Staszek Obolewicz
Saved: Staszek Obolewicz
Featured photographer: Mehmet Erzincan

Episode 13

Original airdate: November 25, 2019

Scores^[a]^[2]
Nº	Model	Jury	Viewers	Total
1	Dawid	2	3	5
2	Olga	3	2	5
3	Staszek	1	1	2

Final four: Dawid Woskanian, Olga Kleczkowska, Sandra Dorsz & Staszek Obolewicz
Eliminated: Sandra Dorsz
Final three: Dawid Woskanian, Olga Kleczkowska & Staszek Obolewicz
Poland's Next Top Model: Dawid Woskanian
Featured photographers: Marcin Klaban, Jacek Bonecki, Łukasz Pęcak
Finale host: Magda Mołek

Results

Order	Episodes
Order	3^[b]	4^[c]	5^[d]	6	7^[e]	8	9	10	11	12^[f]	13
1	Sandra	Klaudia E.	Ania	Dawid	Ania Staszek	Sandra	Kinga W.	Staszek	Sandra	Olga	Dawid	Dawid
2	Ania	Kinga W.	Dawid	Sandra	Ania Staszek	Ania	Klaudia E.	Kinga W.	Olga	Sandra	Olga	Olga
3	Dawid	Marcin	Klaudia C.	Michał	Olga	Klaudia E.	Staszek	Sandra	Dawid	Dawid	Staszek	Staszek
4	Denis	Olga	Marcin	Ania	Klaudia E.	Dawid	Dawid	Olga	Staszek	Staszek	Sandra
5	Magda	Staszek	Olga	Staszek	Sandra	Klaudia C.	Michał	Dawid	Klaudia E.	Klaudia E.
6	Olga	Dawid	Rafał	Kinga W.	Klaudia C.	Kinga W.	Ania	Klaudia E.	Kinga W.
7	Radek	Klaudia C.	Klaudia E.	Olga	Kinga W.	Staszek	Sandra	Ania Michał
8	Marcin	Magda	Staszek	Klaudia C.	Dawid	Olga	Olga	Ania Michał
9	Klaudia C.	Denis	Michał	Klaudia E.	Marcin	Michał	Klaudia C.
10	Rafał	Sandra	Kinga W.	Rafał	Michał	Marcin
11	Staszek	Rafał	Magda	Marcin	Kinga D. Rafał
12	Michał	Ania	Sandra	Magda	Kinga D. Rafał
13	Kinga W.	Michal	Nikola	Nikola
14	Nikola	Nikola	Denis
15		Radek

The contestant was immune from elimination

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant was disqualified

The contestant quit the competition

The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved.

The contestant won the competition

^ In episode 13, Dawid and Olga are tied with a score of 5, and in the event that there's a tie the viewer's vote will be taken into consideration of a tie breaker making Dawid as the winner and Olga as the runner-up.
^ Episodes 1, 2 and 3 were casting episodes. In episode 3, the pool of semi-finalists was reduced to the final 14 models who moved on to the main competition.
^ In episode 2, Klaudia E. was granted a ' Golden Ticket' and was therefore automatically granted a spot in the final cast.
^ In episode 5, Denis was disqualified for not participating in the photo shoot.
^ In episode 7, Kinga D. was brought back after being eliminated from the boot camp as a wild card.
^ In episode 12, Staszek was originally eliminated along with Klaudia E., but mentor Michał Pirog, who'd been granted the opportunity of bringing one eliminated contestant back into the competition, decided to save him.

Bottom Two/Three/Four

Episode	Contestants			Eliminated
4	Nikola	&	Radek	Radek
5	Denis	Nikola	Sandra	Denis
6	Magda	&	Marcin	Nikola
6	Magda	&	Marcin	Magda
7	Kinga D.	Michał	Rafał	Kinga D.
7	Kinga D.	Michał	Rafał	Rafał
8	Marcin	&	Michał	Marcin
9	Klaudia C.	&	Olga	Klaudia C.
10	Ania	Klaudia E.	Michał	Ania
10	Ania	Klaudia E.	Michał	Michał
11	Kinga W.	&	Klaudia E.	Kinga W.
12	Dawid	Klaudia E.	Staszek	Klaudia E.
13	Dawid, Olga, Staszek, Sandra			Sandra
	Dawid	Olga	Staszek	Staszek
	Dawid	Olga	Staszek	Olga

The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two

The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two

The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two

The contestant quit the competition

The contestant was disqualified

The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed fourth.

The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed third.

The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed second.

Photo shoots

Episode 3 photo shoot: Group shots (semifinals)
Episode 4 photo shoot: Jumping on a trampoline
Episode 5 photo shoot: Nude in ice
Episode 6 photo shoot: Folk village
Episode 7 video shoot: Roller disco
Episode 8 photo shoot: Tourists in Israel
Episode 9 photo shoot: Photo shoot with family
Episode 10 photo shoot: Vogue Polska
Episode 11 photo shoot: Streets of Istanbul
Episode 12 photo shoot: Istanbul creek
Episode 13 photo shoots: Glamour covers, Apart Jewelry campaign, Peugeot car ads

Ratings

Episode^[3]	Date	Audience	Share 4+	Share 16-49
1	2 September	1 490 660	12.80%	19.12%
2	9 September	1 080 239	8.32%	12.10%
3	16 September	1 281 135	10.66%	16.47%
4	23 September	1 401 328	11.17%	17.55%
5	30 September	1 293 872	10.98%	17.05%
6	7 October	1 610 969	13.15%	21.15%
7	14 October	1 109 515	9.44%	16.76%
8	21 October	1 494 271	12.31%	19.29%
9	28 October	1 296 912	11.53%	17.49%
10	4 November	1 566 940	12.74%	18.98%
11	11 November	1 440 116	11.27%	15.92%
12	18 November	1 463 286	11.67%	17.43%
13	25 November	1 461 477	12.11%	18.12%
Average	2019	1 384 462	11.39%	17.46%

References

^ "Top Model, program - oficjalna strona stacji TVN". www.tvn.pl.
^ "Top Model Polska TVN on Instagram: "Podsumowanie finałowej punktacji: w głosowaniu jury Olga zdobyła najwięcej punktów. Dawid dostał największe wsparcie od widzów w głosowaniu…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
^ ""Top model 8" zdecydowanym liderem w 16-49. Duży wzrost wpływów reklamowych". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[2] In episode 13, Dawid and Olga are tied with a score of 5, and in the event that there's a tie the viewer's vote will be taken into consideration of a tie breaker making Dawid as the winner and Olga as the runner-up.

[4] Episodes 1, 2 and 3 were casting episodes. In episode 3, the pool of semi-finalists was reduced to the final 14 models who moved on to the main competition.

[5] In episode 2, Klaudia E. was granted a ' Golden Ticket' and was therefore automatically granted a spot in the final cast.

[6] In episode 5, Denis was disqualified for not participating in the photo shoot.

[7] In episode 7, Kinga D. was brought back after being eliminated from the boot camp as a wild card.

[8] In episode 12, Staszek was originally eliminated along with Klaudia E., but mentor Michał Pirog, who'd been granted the opportunity of bringing one eliminated contestant back into the competition, decided to save him.

[1] "Top Model, program - oficjalna strona stacji TVN". www.tvn.pl.

[3] "Top Model Polska TVN on Instagram: "Podsumowanie finałowej punktacji: w głosowaniu jury Olga zdobyła najwięcej punktów. Dawid dostał największe wsparcie od widzów w głosowaniu…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.

[series8-9] ""Top model 8" zdecydowanym liderem w 16-49. Duży wzrost wpływów reklamowych". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

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