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.[1]
| Top Model | |
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| 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 2-6) Wojciech Kilar - "Trędowata" (Season 8) |
| Country of origin | Poland |
| Original language | Polish |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Rinke Rooyens Ewa Leja |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production companies | Rochstar TVN |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVN |
| Picture format | SD: 576i, HD: 1080i 16:9 |
| Original release | September 8, 2010 – present |
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| Website | |
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.[2] Model Anja Rubik has made several guest appearances throughout the show's run.[3]
Judges
| Judges | Seasons | ||||||||||
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| 1 (2010) |
2 (2011) |
3 (2013) |
4 (2014) |
5 (2015) |
6 (2016) |
7 (2018) |
8 (2019) |
9 (2020) | |||
| Hosts | |||||||||||
| Joanna Krupa | Head Judge | ||||||||||
| Judging Panelists | |||||||||||
| Karolina Korwin Piotrowska | Main | ||||||||||
| Marcin Tyszka | Main | ||||||||||
| Dawid Woliński | Main | ||||||||||
| Magda Mielcarz | Mentor | ||||||||||
| Michał Piróg | Mentor | ||||||||||
| Weronika Lewicka | Mentor | ||||||||||
| Kasia Sokołowska | Main | ||||||||||
Format
Challenges
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 eliminations and non-eliminations by consensus of the judging panel.
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. 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 Destination(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[4] |  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, Ania Piechowiak, Ania Koryto, Marta Zimlińska, Ola Krysiak, Asia Zaremska, Ania Cybulska, Justyna Pawlicka, Tamara Subbotko, Renata Kurczab, Klaudia Strzyżewska | 14 |  Mumbai  Madeira |
| 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  Fuerteventura |
| 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 Lanzarote |
| 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, Franek Strąkowski & Sophie Reich, 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, Kinga Dębska & Rafał Torkowski, Marcin Chowaniak, Klaudia Chojnacka, Ania Jaroszewska & Michał Gała, Kinga Wawrzyniak, Klaudia El Dursi, Sandra Dorsz, Staszek Obolewicz | 16[5] |  London  Moscow Tel Aviv Jerusalem  Istanbul  Havana |
| 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 |
References
- - TVN: ruszają castingi do programu top model Archived 2010-06-26 at Archive.today
- - TVN: anja rubik w programie top model. zostań modelką Archived 2010-06-28 at Archive.today
- - Modelka Anja Rubik z Rzeszowa wystapi w "Top Model. Zostań Modelką” - 27 sierpnia 2010
- The original number of contestants was 13. This increased to 14 when Magda Swat, who was originally eliminated in the semi-finals, entered the competition as a replacement for Nicole Rosłoniec, who withdrew from the competition due to injury.
- The original number of contestants was 15. This increased to 16 when Kinga Dębska, who was originally eliminated in the semi-finals, entered the competition as a replacement for Nikola Furman, who withdrew from the competition due to health problems.