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.
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:September 9, 2020
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:September 16, 2020
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.
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.
^In episode 13, Weronika was eliminated prior to the reveal of the votes, she received 1 point from the judges. The final two's votes were revealed in the official instagram account of the show where Mikołaj received 2 points while Patrycja received 1 point.
^Episodes 1, 2 and 3 were casting episodes. In episode 3, the pool of semi-finalists was reduced to the final 13 models who moved on to the main competition.
^Weronika had been granted a 'Golden Ticket' during the show's auditions, and was therefore automatically granted a spot in the final cast.
^In episode 9, Patrycja was originally eliminated along with Karolina K., but mentor Michał Piróg, who'd been granted the opportunity of bringing one eliminated contestant back into the competition, decided to save her.
^In episode 11, Dominic, Ernest and Patrycja were barred from travelling abroad to Greece with the other remaining contestants due to having contracted COVID-19 during a filming break for the show. Karolina K. and Mariusz re-entered the competition as their replacements. Joanna informed the three contestants that they would be given a chance to return to the competition for the finale after completing a separate assignment during the semifinals.
^In episode 12, a separate elimination took place in Poland with the three contestants who were unable to travel overseas. Dominic and Patrycja were allowed to return for the finale, while Ernest was eliminated.
^Dominic was disqualified from the competition before the live finale in episode 13 after producers of the show were made aware of his criminal record.
Bottom Two/Three/Four
Episode
Contestants
Eliminated
4
Gracja
Maja
Wiktoria
Wiktoria
5
Dominik
&
Mariusz
Dominik
6
Agnieszka
Karolina P.
Łukasz
Agnieszka
7
Gracja
Karolina K.
Łukasz
Gracja
8
Karolina P.
Łukasz
Maja
Łukasz
9
Dominic
Karolina K.
Patrycja
Karolina K.
10
Ernest
Mariusz
Karolina P.
Mariusz
Karolina P.
11
Karolina K.
&
Weronika
Dominic
Ernest
Patrycja
None
12
Karolina K., Maja, Mariusz, Weronika
Mariusz
Maja
Karolina K.
Dominic, Ernest, Patrycja
Ernest
13
Mikołaj
Patrycja
Weronika
Dominic
Weronika
Mikołaj
&
Patrycja
Patrycja
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
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.[5]