Top Model (Polish TV series) season 9

Top Model, cycle 9 is the ninth 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 ninth cycle. Other judges included fashion designer Dawid Woliński, fashion show director Kasia Sokołowska and photographer Marcin Tyszka. This is the sixth season of the show to feature male contestants.

Among the prizes for the season were 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 destination for this cycle was Athens, Vouliagmeni & Hydra. The winner of the competition was 19 year-old Mikołaj Śmieszek, from Rabka Zdrój.

Contestants
(Ages stated are at start of contest)

Episode 1
Original airdate: 2020-09-02

Auditions for the ninth season of Top Model begin, and aspiring hopefuls are chosen for the semi-final round.


 * Silver ticket winner: Dominik Bereżański

Episode 2
Original airdate: 2020-09-9

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: Weronika Kaniewska

Episode 3
Original airdate: 2020-09-16

In the third and final casting episode of the season, the judges chose the finalists who will move onto the main competition out of the remaining pool of contestants.


 * Names in bold represent eliminated semi-finalists

Episode 4
Original airdate: 2020-09-23


 * Challenge winners: Gracja Kalibabka & Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * Immune from elimination: Agnieszka Skrzeczkowska, Dominic D'Angelica, Dominik Bereżański, Karolina Kuczyńska, Mikołaj Śmieszek, Patrycja Sobolewska & Weronika Kaniewska
 * First call-out: Ernest Morawski
 * Bottom three: Gracja Kalibabka, Maja Siwik & Wiktoria Chorążak
 * Eliminated: Wiktoria Chorążak
 * Featured photographer: Zosia Prominska
 * Special guests: Łukasz Urbański, Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Mariusz Brzozowksi, Marcin Paprocki & Marta Wojtal
 * Guest judge: Julia Banas

Episode 5
Original airdate: 2020-09-30


 * First challenge winners: Dominik Bereżański, Karolina Kuczyńska, Karolina Płocka, Mikołaj Śmieszek & Weronika Kaniewska
 * Second challenge winner: Weronika Kaniewska
 * First call-out: Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Bottom two: Dominik Bereżański & Mariusz Jakubowski
 * Eliminated: Dominik Bereżański
 * Featured photographer: Marcin Tyszka
 * Special guests: Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Marianna Kowalewska, Anna Gacek, Ralph Kaminski & Ola Kowal
 * Guest judge: Julia Wieniawa

Episode 6
Original airdate: 2020-10-07


 * Challenge winners: Dominic D'Angelica, Gracja Kalibabka, Maja Siwik & Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * Booked for a job: Dominic D'Angelica & Patrycja Sobolewska (APART), Mariusz Jakubowski & Weronika Kaniewska (Elle Poland), Maja Siwik & Mariusz Jakubowski (PARS)
 * First call-out: Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * Bottom three: Agnieszka Skrzeczkowska, Karolina Płocka & Łukasz Bogusławski
 * Eliminated: Agnieszka Skrzeczkowska
 * Featured photographer: Łukasz Ziętek
 * Special guests: Klaudia Halejcio, Ola Nowak, Nina Nurzyńska-Mazurek, Marta Rudowicz-Drożdż, Karolina Limbbach & Peyman Amin
 * Guest judge: Patrycja Markowska

Episode 7
Original airdate: 2020-10-14


 * First challenge winners: Mikołaj Śmieszek & Weronika Kaniewska
 * Second challenge winner/Immune from elimination: Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Booked for a job: Ernest Morawski, Gracja Kalibabka & Weronika Kaniewska
 * First call-out: Dominic D'Angelica
 * Bottom three: Gracja Kalibabka, Karolina Kuczyńska & Łukasz Bogusławski
 * Eliminated: Gracja Kalibabka
 * Featured photographer: Szymon Brodziak
 * Featured cinematographer: Andrzej Belina Brzozowski
 * Special guests: Patrycja Piekarska, Bartek Bednorz & Joanna Jędrzejczyk
 * Guest judges: Anna Jagodzińska, Katarzyna Dąbrowska

Episode 8
Original airdate: 2020-10-21


 * First challenge winners: Mariusz Jakubowski & Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Second challenge winners: Karolina Kuczyńska & Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * First call-out: Mariusz Jakubowski
 * Bottom three: Karolina Płocka, Łukasz Bogusławski & Maja Siwik
 * Eliminated: Łukasz Bogusławski
 * Featured photographer: Marcin Tyszka, Adam Plucinski, Aga Wojtun
 * Special guests: Ania Jaroszewska, Ania Markowska, Dawid Woskanian, Franek Strąkowski, Hubert Gromadzki, Kasia Szklarczyk, Klaudia El Dursi, Olga Kleczkowska, Rafał Torkowski, Staszek Obolewicz, Ewa Zgrabczyńska & Magdalena Jasek
 * Guest judges: Małgorzata Rozenek-Majdan & Radosław Majdan

Episode 9
Original airdate: 2020-10-28
 * First challenge winners: Mariusz Jakubowski, Mikołaj Śmieszek & Weronika Kaniewska
 * Second challenge winners: Ernest Morawski & Karolina Kuczyńska
 * First call-out: Maja Siwik & Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * Bottom three: Dominic D'Angelica, Karolina Kuczyńska & Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Eliminated: Karolina Kuczyńska & Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Saved: Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Featured photographer: Magda Łoniewska
 * Featured cinematographers: Anna Maliszewska, Natalia Jakubowska & Łukasz Gronowski
 * Special guests: Karolina Pisarek, Marta Zawiślańska & Anna Rosik
 * Guest judge: Anna Lewandowska

Episode 10
Original airdate: 2020-11-04
 * First challenge winners: Dominic D'Angelica & Weronika Kaniewska
 * Second challenge winner: Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Booked for a job: Mikołaj Śmieszek (Vogue Polska)
 * First call-out: Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * Bottom three: Ernest Morawski, Mariusz Jakubowski & Karolina Płocka
 * Eliminated: Mariusz Jakubowski & Karolina Płocka
 * Featured photographers: Łukasz Dziewic (challenge), Maciej Skwara (challenge)
 * Special guests: Marcin Klaban, Wilson Will, Karolina Gruszecka
 * Guest judges: Monika "Jac" Jagaciak, Filip Niedenthal

Episode 11
Original airdate: 2020-11-11
 * Withdrew: Dominic D'Angelica & Ernest Morawski & Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Returned: Karolina Kuczyńska & Mariusz Jakubowski
 * Challenge winners: Karolina Kuczyńska & Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * First call-out: Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * Bottom two: Karolina Kuczyńska & Weronika Kaniewska
 * Eliminated: None
 * Featured photographer: Dimitris Skoulos
 * Special guests: Paris Valtadoros, Yiannis Togo, Lakis Gavalas, Vassilis Emmanuel Zoulias
 * Guest judge: Dimitris Skoulos

Episode 12
Original airdate: 2020-11-18
 * First call-out: Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * Bottom four: Karolina Kuczyńska, Maja Siwik, Mariusz Jakubowski & Weronika Kaniewska
 * Eliminated: Karolina Kuczyńska, Maja Siwik & Mariusz Jakubowski
 * Returned: Dominic D'Angelica & Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Eliminated outside of judging panel: Ernest Morawski
 * Featured photographer: Marcin Tyszka
 * Special guests:
 * Guest judge: Tonia Fuseki

Episode 13
Original airdate: 2020-11-25


 * Disqualified: Dominic D'Angelica
 * Final three: Mikołaj Śmieszek, Patrycja Sobolewska & Weronika Kaniewska
 * Eliminated: Weronika Kaniewska
 * Final two: Mikołaj Śmieszek & Patrycja Sobolewska
 * Poland's Next Top Model: Mikołaj Śmieszek
 * Featured photographer: Filip Zwierzchowski
 * Special guests: Peyman Amin, Ralph Kaminski

Results

 * The contestant was immune from elimination.
 * The contestant was eliminated.
 * The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved.
 * The contestant had to withdraw due to medical reasons.
 * The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
 * The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel.
 * The contestant was disqualified.
 * The contestant won the competition.

Bottom Two/Three/Four

 * 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 was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom two
 * The contestant had to withdraw due to medical reasons
 * The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel
 * The contestant was disqualified
 * 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: Supermarket couture
 * Episode 5 photo shoot: Nude in a theater
 * Episode 6 photo shoot: Avant-garde designs on a scaffold
 * Episode 7 video shoot: Fitness
 * Episode 8 photo shoot: Posing with families
 * Episode 9 video shoot: Underwater romance
 * Episode 10 photo shoot: Recreating museum paintings for Vogue Polska
 * Episode 11 photo shoot: Posing on a ship
 * Episode 12 photo shoots: Posing in Hydra Island; Editorial motion shoot
 * Episode 13 photo shoots: Glamour covers, Apart Jewelry campaign

Controversy
Finalist Dominic D'Angelica was disqualified from the competition two days prior to the show's live finale due to his past criminal record of having pleaded no contest to sexual contact with a minor in the United States. Player.pl who serves as a steamer of TVN released a statement disqualifying D'Angelica from the competition.