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.- TVN: ruszają castingi do programu top model

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, photographer Marcin Tyszka and fashion stylist Ewelina Gralak.- TVN: anja rubik w programie top model. zostań modelką Model Anja Rubik has made several guest appearances throughout the show's run.- Modelka Anja Rubik z Rzeszowa wystapi w "Top Model. Zostań Modelką” - 27 sierpnia 2010

Judges Judges Season123456789101112131415 Hosts Joanna Krupa colspan="15" Judging Panelists colspan="2" colspan="13" Marcin Tyszka colspan="15" Dawid Woliński colspan="15" Katarzyna Sokołowska colspan="2" colspan="13" Ewelina Gralak colspan="14" colspan="1" Mentors Magda Mielcarz colspan="1" colspan="14" Michał Piróg colspan="14" colspan="1" Weronika Lewicka colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="13" Sylwia Butor colspan="11" colspan="1" colspan="3" Sofia Konecka-Menescal colspan="11" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" Klaudia El Dursi colspan="7" colspan="1" colspan="6" colspan="1"

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 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 and 14, the "bootcamp" was removed; instead 20 people were qualified to Top Model House, from which the final fourteen was chosen. In Cycle 15 open castings were introduced, after which the 30 selected people were divided into two Top Model Houses. In Cycles 8 to 13, the judges gave one contestant from the auditions a Golden Ticket, which granted an immediate access to the final cast. In Cycles 9 to 12 there was also a Silver Ticket for the one person selected from online auditions which advanced to the "bootcamp". 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 WinnerRunner-up Other contestants in order of eliminationNumber of contestantsInternational Destinations 1Paulina PapierskaOla 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 14Milan2Olga KaczyńskaAnia BałonKarolina Hennig, Gabrysia Pacholarz, Magda Roman, Natalia Piaskowska, Vera Suprunenko (disqualified), Viktoria Driuk, Oliwia & Dorota Trojanowska, Honorata Wojtkowska, Asia Kudzbalska, Michalina Manios 13ParisMombasa3Zuza KołodziejczykMarcela LeszczakKsenia Chlebicka, Ola Antas, Anna Piechowiak, Ania Koryto, Marta Zimlińska, Ola Krysiak, Asia Zaremska, Ania Cybulska, Justyna Pawlicka, Tamara Subbotko, Renata Kurczab, Klaudia Strzyżewska14MumbaiFunchal4Osi UgonohMichał BaryzaKarolina Kaczyńska, Michał Kaszyński, Ola Grzegorczyk, Adam Boguta, Mateusz Maga, Misza Czumaczenko, Ewelina Pachucka, Ola Żuraw, Michalina Strabel, Mateusz Jarzębiak, Marta Sędzicka13LisbonPuerto del Rosario5Radek PestkaKarolina PisarekJustyna Łopian, Jagoda Judzińska, Sebastian Zawiliński & Ola Ławnik-Sadkowska, Michael Mikołajczuk, Natalia Gulkowska (quit), Kamila Ibrom & Andre Whyte, Samuel Kowalski, Magda & Karolina Gilon, Jakob Kosel14Tel AvivHo Chi Minh CityCần ThơArrecife6Patryk GrudowiczEwa NiespodzianaKamil Popławski, Zuza Matysiak, Mariusz Tomczak, Sasza Muzheiko, Ola Zbinkowska, Mateusz Zapotocki, Kamila Warzecha, Mateusz Mil, Adam Niedźwiedź, Ada Daniel, Natalia Karabasz & Daniel Tracz, Daria Zhalina15MadridCampo de CriptanaEilat7Kasia SzklarczykHubert GromadzkiJulia Frankowicz, Natalia Gorączka, Sophie Reich & Franek Strąkowski, Żaklina Ta Dinh, Piotr Muszyński, Szymon Reich & Oliwia Zasada, Daria Dąbrowska, Michał Borzuchowski & Magda Przybielska, Ania Markowska14SöldenLos AngelesAntananarivoHamburg82 September 2019Dawid WoskanianOlga KleczkowskaRadek 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 Obolewicz16LondonMoscowTel AvivJerusalemIstanbulMorón9Mikołaj ŚmieszekPatrycja SobolewskaWiktoria Chorążak, Dominik Bereżański, Agnieszka Skrzeczkowska, Gracja Kalibabka, Łukasz Bogusławski, Karolina Płocka, Mariusz Jakubowski & Maja Siwik & Karolina Kuczyńska, Ernest Morawski, Dominic D'Angelica (disqualified), Weronika Kaniewska14AthensHydra10Dominika WysockaNicole AkonchongKacper 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 Sobczyńska15PragueMalé11Klaudia NieściorNatalia WośKarolina Kuracińska, Marcelina Zetler, Krystian Embradora, Filip Ferner, Martyna Kaczmarek, Weronika Pawelec & Adrian Nkwamu, Ola Helis, Maciej Skiba & Borys Barchan & Adriana Hyzopska, Michalina Wojciechowska14Cape TownJohannesburgPunta Cana12Dominik SzymańskiSofia 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 Darda15ParisSplitCopenhagenOdenseSalvador13Klaudia ZioberczykHubert WłodarczakMateusz 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 & Maja Słodzińska, Karolina Sobótka, Ada Podsiadała20LisbonMálagaTabernas143 September 2025Michał KotMateusz KrólJulia Szymulewska, Marta Grabowska & Rayan Hussain & Magda Ochman & Maciej Pupin & Przemek Migoń, Oliwier Przybylski, Robert Kaznowski, Oksana Metelna, Sara Anwar, Daniel Wieczorek, Madzia Czyżewska & Krzysiek Lib, Yaritza Reyes-Zmysłowska & Monika Antosz & Asia Madejska, Eva Pietruk, Emilia Weltrowska20DublinLough TaySalalah

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