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

## 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, 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Lisbon Málaga |
| 14 | September 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |