Top Model (Polish TV series) season 12

*Top Model*
Top Model
Season 12
	Success is near, have no fear!
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	TVN
Original release	September 2 –; November 25, 2023
Season chronology

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, Odense and Salvador.

The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Dominik Szymański from Siedlce.

Cast

Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest)^[1]^[2]

	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, United Kingdom		3
Sofia Konecka-Menescal	17	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Osowiec		2
Dominik Szymański	21	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Siedlce		1

Judges

Joanna Krupa – Host and head judge
Dawid Woliński – Designer
Katarzyna Sokołowska – Fashion director
Marcin Tyszka – Photographer

Other cast members

Michał Piróg – Mentor

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
148	1^[3]	"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
149	2^[4]	"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
150	3^[5]	"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
151	4^[6]	"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: Pawel Fabjanski Guest judge: Daniela Peštová Special guests: Mariusz Przybylski
152	5^[7]	"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 director: Ralph Kamiński Guest judges: Katarzyna Dąbrowska & Ralph Kamiński Special guests: Sylwia Butor, Ewelina Adamska-Porczyk
153	6^[8]	"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
154	7^[9]	"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)
155	8^[10]	"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
156	9^[11]	"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
157	10^[12]	"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: Marcin Tyszka Guest judges: Karla Gruszecka & Maja Zimnoch Special guests: Danil Vitkowski, Dominka Lubawa, Daniela Firmana, Karolina Malinowska & Macieja "Magic Mars" Marsa
158	11^[13]	"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: Celine May Guest judges: Janka Polliani Special guests: Genevieve Sztuk & Louise Mørck Mikkelsen
159	12^[14]	"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: Birgitte Herskind Special guests: Henrik Vibskov, Soeren Le Schmidt, & Gestuz
160	13^[15]	"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: Kamil Kotarba Guest judges: Gosia Baczyńska Special guests: Julia Rocka, Natalia Nykiel, Sorry Boys

Results

Order	Episodes
Order	3^[a]	4^[b]	5	6^[c]	7^[d]	8	9	10	11	12	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 eliminated.

The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved.

The contestant was immune from elimination.

The contestant won the competition.

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

Notes

^ 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.

References

[16] 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.

[17] Tadeusz had been granted a 'Golden Ticket' during the show's auditions, and was therefore automatically granted a spot in the final cast.

[e-18] 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.

[d-19] In episode 7, Sofia was granted immunity as a prize for winning the second challenge.

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