# Top Model (Polish TV series) season 8

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)
| Contestant | 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 | Episode 13 | 3 |
| Olga Kleczkowska | 17 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Radom | Episode 13 | 2 |
| Dawid Woskanian | 20 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Kozy | Episode 13 | 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 :
| 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 | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Order | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 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 | Contestants | 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 | Dawid, Olga, Staszek, Sandra | Dawid, Olga, Staszek, Sandra | Sandra |
| 13 | Dawid | Olga | Staszek | Staszek |
| 13 | 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 | 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% |