# Top Model (Polish TV series) season 12

Top Model, cycle 12 is the twelfth 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, reprised her role as host for the twelfth season. Other judges included fashion designer Dawid Woliński, fashion show director Kasia Sokołowska and photographer Marcin Tyszka. This is the ninth season of the show to feature male contestants.
Among the new prizes for the season are a contract with Selective Management, an appearance on the cover of the Polish issue of Glamour, and 200,000 złotys (US$45,000).
The international destination this cycle was Paris, Split, Copenhagen and Salvador.
The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Dominik Szymański from Siedlce.

## Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
| Zoja Sinitchine | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Łódź | Episode 4 | 15 |
| Oliwier Sobczyk | 22 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Kielce | Episode 5 | 14-13 |
| Noemi Penczylo | 19 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Gdynia | Episode 5 | 14-13 |
| Mateusz Dziedzic | 24 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Chełm | Episode 7 | 12 |
| Wiktoria Burejza | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Kozy | Episode 8 | 11 |
| Wiktoria 'Róża' Różańska | 18 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Toruń | Episode 9 | 10 |
| Tadeusz Mikołajczak | 25 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Warsaw | Episode 10 | 9-8 |
| Marta Szatańska | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Warsaw | Episode 10 | 9-8 |
| Filip Krogulski | 27 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Copenhagen, Denmark | Episode 11 | 7 |
| Amelia Wnęk | 22 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Warsaw | Episode 12 | 6-5 |
| Aleksandr 'Aleks' Szynkariow | 22 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Warsaw | Episode 12 | 6-5 |
| Natalia Węgrzynowska | 23 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Rawa Mazowiecka | Episode 13 | 4 |
| Wiktoria Darda | 17 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Derby, England | Episode 13 | 3 |
| Sofia Konecka-Menescal | 17 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Osowiec | Episode 13 | 2 |
| Dominik Szymański | 21 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Siedlce | Episode 13 | 1 |

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 147 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 2 September 2023 (2023-09-02) |
| Auditions for the twelfth season of Top Model begin, and aspiring hopefuls are chosen for the semi-final round. Silver ticket winner: Lena Gruczka ||||
| 148 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) |
| 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 winner: Tadeusz Mikołajczak ||||
| 149 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 16 September 2023 (2023-09-16) |
| In the season's third and final casting episode, the judges chose the finalists who will move on to the main competition out of the remaining pool of contestants. Featured photographer: Marcin Tyszka Guest judge: Selina Popp ||||
| 150 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) |
| Challenge winner: Amelia Wnęk First call-out: Aleks Szynkariow & Natalia Węgrzynowska Bottom three: Marta Szatańska, Noemi Penczyło & Zoja Sinitchine Eliminated: Zoja Sinitchine Featured photographer: Guest judge: Daniela Peštová Special guests: Mariusz Przybylski ||||
| 151 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 30 September 2023 (2023-09-30) |
| Challenge winner: Róża Różańska & Sofia Konecka-Menescal First call-out: Dominik Symański & Róża Różańska Bottom four: Mateusz Dziedzic, Noemi Penczyło, Oliwier Sobczyk & Wiktoria Darda Eliminated: Noemi Penczyło & Oliwier Sobczyk Featured photographer: Guest judges: Katarzyna Dąbrowska & Ralph Kamiński Special guests: Sylwia Butor ||||
| 152 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 7 October 2023 (2023-10-07) |
| Booked for a job: Dominik Symański, Marta Szatańska, Natalia Węgrzynowska, Sofia Konecka-Menescal, Tadeusz Mikołajczak & Wiktoria Darda Challenge winner: Aleks Szynkariow & Wiktoria Burejza First call-out: Natalia Węgrzynowska Bottom three: Aleks Szynkariow, Filip Krogulski & Mateusz Dziedzic Saved: Aleks Szynkariow Featured photographer: Jakub Pleśniarski (Challenge Shoot) & Weronika Kosińska Guest judges: Zuza Kołodziejczyk (Winner, Cycle 3) Special guests: Łukasz Jemioł, Asia Piwka, Alicja Sobczak, Marta Łachacz ||||
| 153 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) |
| Booked for a job: Wiktoria Darda Challenge winner: Amelia Wnęk, Dominik Szymański, Wiktoria Darda & Sofia Konecka-Menescal First call-out: Wiktoria Darda Bottom three: Mateusz Dziedzic, Róża Różańska & Wiktoria Burejza Eliminated: Mateusz Dziedzic Featured photographer: Kevin Ostajewski (Challenge Shoot) & Marcin Tyszka (Marie Claire) Guest judges: Sabina Jakubowicz Special guests: Maja Sieroń, Magdalena Fraj, & Paris Hilton (Video message) ||||
| 154 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 21 October 2023 (2023-10-21) |
| Booked for a job: Wiktoria Darda, Sofia Konecka-Menescal & Dominik Szymański Challenge winner: Natalia Węgrzynowska First call-out: Sofia Konecka-Menescal Bottom three: Wiktoria Darda, Róża Różańska & Wiktoria Burejza Eliminated: Wiktoria Burejza Featured photographer: Marcin Tyszka (Challenge Shoot) & Paweł Kocan Guest judges: Magdalena Boczarska Special guests: Helena Englert, Ofelia, Ewa Chodakowska ||||
| 155 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) |
| Challenge winner: Filip Krogulski First call-out: Wiktoria Darda Bottom three: Marta Szatańska, Róża Różańska & Tadeusz Mikołajczak Eliminated: Róża Różańska Featured photographer: Mateusz Stefanowski Guest judges: Maciej Musiał & Natalia Kaczmarek Special guests: Adrian Nkwamu (Cycle 11), Łukasz Bogusławski (Cycle 9), Ania Markowska (Cycle 7), Staszek Obolewicz (Cycle 8), Klaudia Nieścior (Winner, Cycle 11), Dominika Wysocka (Winner, Cycle 10), Maciej Skiba (Cycle 11), Nicole Akonchong (Cycle 10), Arek Pydych (Cycle 10), Natalia Woś (Cycle 11), Michael Zieliński & Tala Dołgowska ||||
| 156 | 10 | "Episode 10" | 4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) |
| Challenge winner: Amelia Wnęk, Domink Szymański, Filip Krogulski & Sofia Konecka-Menescal First call-out: Amelia Wnęk Bottom three: Aleks Szynkariow, Marta Szatańska & Tadeusz Mikołajczak Eliminated: Marta Szatańska & Tadeusz Mikołajczak Featured photographer: Guest judges: Karla Gruszecka & Maja Zimnoch Special guests: Danil Vitkowski, Dominka Lubawa, Daniela Firmana, Karolina Malinowska & Macieja "Magic Mars" Marsa ||||
| 157 | 11 | "Episode 11" | 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) |
| Challenge winner: Aleks Szynkariow, Amelia Wnęk & Sofia Konecka-Menescal First call-out: Dominik Szymański Bottom three: Aleks Szynkariow, Amelia Wnęk & Filip Krogulski Eliminated: Filip Krogulski Featured photographer: Guest judges: Special guests: Genevieve Sztuk & Louise Mørck Mikkelsen ||||
| 158 | 12 | "Episode 12" | 18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) |
| Challenge winner: First call-out: Sofia Konecka-Menescal Bottom three: Aleks Szynkariow, Amelia Wnęk & Natalia Węgrzynowska Eliminated: Aleks Szynkariow & Amelia Wnęk Featured photographer: Marcin Tyszka Guest judges: Special guests: Henrik Vibskov, Soeren Le Schmidt, Birgitte Herskind & Gestuz ||||
| 159 | 13 | "Episode 13" | 25 November 2023 (2023-11-25) |
| Final four: Dominik Szymański, Natalia Węgrzynowska, Sofia Konecka-Menescal & Wiktoria Darda First Bottom two: Natalia Węgrzynowska & Wiktoria Darda Eliminated: Natalia Węgrzynowska Second Bottom two: Sofia Konecka-Menescal & Wiktoria Darda Eliminated: Wiktoria Darda Final two: Dominik Szymański & Sofia Konecka-Menescal Runner-up: Sofia Konecka-Menescal Poland’s Next Top Model: Dominik Szymański Featured photographer: Guest judges: Gosia Baczyńska Special guests: Julia Rocka, Natalia Nykiel, Sorry Boys ||||

## Results

| Order | Episodes | 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 | 13 |
| 1 | Amelia | Aleks Natalia | Dominik Róża | Natalia | Wiktoria D. | Sofia | Wiktoria D. | Amelia | Dominik | Sofia | Sofia | Dominik | Dominik |
| 2 | Dominik | Aleks Natalia | Dominik Róża | Wiktoria D. | Sofia | Natalia | Sofia | Dominik | Wiktoria D. | Dominik | Dominik | Sofia | Sofia |
| 3 | Zoja | Tadeusz | Amelia Natalia | Amelia | Dominik | Dominik | Natalia | Natalia | Natalia | Wiktoria D. | Wiktoria D. | Wiktoria D. | |
| 4 | Róża | Filip | Amelia Natalia | Sofia | Natalia | Amelia | Filip | Wiktoria D. | Sofia | Natalia | Natalia | | |
| 5 | Filip | Amelia | Tadeusz Wiktoria B. | Marta | Aleks | Tadeusz | Amelia | Filip | Aleks | Aleks Amelia | | | |
| 6 | Sofia | Sofia | Tadeusz Wiktoria B. | Dominik | Amelia | Aleks | Dominik | Sofia | Amelia | Aleks Amelia | | | |
| 7 | Wiktoria D. | Dominik | Aleks Marta | Wiktoria B. | Filip | Marta | Aleks | Aleks | Filip | | | | |
| 8 | Noemi | Mateusz | Aleks Marta | Róża | Marta | Filip | Tadeusz | Marta Tadeusz | | | | | |
| 9 | Wiktoria B. | Wiktoria B. | Filip Sofia | Tadeusz | Tadeusz | Wiktoria D. | Marta | Marta Tadeusz | | | | | |
| 10 | Natalia | Róża | Filip Sofia | Mateusz | Róża | Róża | Róża | | | | | | |
| 11 | Mateusz | Oliwier | Wiktoria D. | Filip | Wiktoria B. | Wiktoria B. | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Oliwier | Wiktoria D. | Mateusz | Aleks | Mateusz | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Aleks | Noemi | Noemi Oliwier | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Marta | Marta | Noemi Oliwier | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | | Zoja | | | | | | | | | | | |
    The contestant was immune from elimination.
    The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved.
    The contestant was eliminated.
* ↑ Episodes 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.
* ↑ Tadeusz had been granted a 'Golden Ticket' during the show's auditions, and was therefore automatically granted a spot in the final cast.
* ↑ In episode 6, Aleks was originally eliminated, but mentor Michał Piróg, who'd been granted the opportunity of bringing one eliminated contestant back into the competition, decided to save him.
* ↑ In episode 7, Sofia was granted immunity as a prize for winning the second challenge.

### Bottom Two/Three/Four

| Episode | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Eliminated |
| 4 | Marta | Noemi | Noemi | Zoja | Zoja |
| 5 | Mateusz | Noemi | Oliwier | Wiktoria D. | Noemi |
| 5 | Mateusz | Noemi | Oliwier | Wiktoria D. | Oliwier |
| 6 | Aleks | Filip | Filip | Mateusz | None |
| 7 | Mateusz | Róża | Róża | Wiktoria B. | Mateusz |
| 8 | Wiktoria D. | Róża | Róża | Wiktoria B. | Wiktoria B. |
| 9 | Marta | Róża | Róża | Tadeusz | Róza |
| 10 | Aleks | Marta | Marta | Tadeusz | Marta |
| 10 | Aleks | Marta | Marta | Tadeusz | Tadeusz |
| 11 | Aleks | Amelia | Amelia | Filip | Filip |
| 12 | Aleks | Amelia | Amelia | Natalia | Aleks |
| 12 | Aleks | Amelia | Amelia | Natalia | Amelia |
| 13 | Dominik | Natalia | Sofia | Wiktoria D. | Natalia |
| 13 | Dominik | Sofia | Sofia | Wiktoria D. | Wiktoria D. |
| 13 | Dominik | & | & | Sofia | Sofia |
    The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
    The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.
    The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom.
    The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom.
    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: Polaroids (semifinals)
* Episode 4 photo shoot: Hanging mid-air in the center of Warsaw
* Episode 5 video shoot: Fashion film by Ralph Kamiński
* Episode 6 photo shoot: Artistic naked
* Episode 7 photo shoot: Marie Claire magazine
* Episode 8 photo shoot: Posing with families in Wonderland
* Episode 9 video shoot: Sports fashion film
* Episode 10 photo shoot: Daniel Firman's sculptures
* Episode 11 photo shoot: Posing in Odense
* Episode 12 photo shoot: Posing in Gisselfeld Castle Gardens