Top Model po-russki

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Top Model po-russki
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Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Presented by	Kseniya Sobchak
Judges	Inna Zabova, Elena Suprun, Mikhail Korolev
No. of episodes	TBA
Production
Running time	TBA
Original release
Network	Muz-TV
Release	April 3, 2011

Top Model po-russki (Топ-модель по-русски - Russian for Top Model (in) Russia) is an upcoming reality documentary and the second Russian adaptation of Tyra Banks America's Next Top Model after You are a Supermodel which was aired from 2004 to 2007 and had four Cycles.
The show pits contestants from Russia against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win title of the next Russian Top Model and a lucrative modelling contract with a modelling agency in hopes of a successful future in the modeling business.
The competition is hosted by Russian TV Host Kseniya Sobchak. Model and former Miss Russia Inna Zabova, Fashion Designer Elena Suprun and photographer Mikhail Korolev serve as the panel of judges.
Auditions for the first Cycle started in December 2010. Casting director Aleksey Vasil'ev and his team scouted girls on auditions on several Russian cities. Girls between 18-26 and that are taller than 170 cm were allowed to audition.
It has been announced that Janice Dickinson will be a star guest on the first Cycle which will start airing on Muz-TV on April 3.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International Destination
1	April 3, 2011	TBD	TBD	Eliminated: Ekaterina Nikulina, Elena Domashniya, Alyona Prokopova (quit), Karmela Amadio, Kseniya Dmitrieva, Valeriya Chertok Still in the running: Anastasiya Zharinova, Arina Perchik, Elizaveta Ramuravelu, Evgeniya Frank, Evgeniya Timakova, Irina Adadurova, Kseniya Timofeeva, Kseniya Victorova, Mariya Lesovaya, Masha Minogarova, Olga Timofeeva.	17	New York City

Episode summaries

Episode 1 (School Girls, Sexy Girls and Teachers)

Original Airdate: April 3, 2011

Russian Supermodel Ksenia Sobchak is put as the host of the newest top model Russian franchise Топ-модель по-русски who will guide the girls to model stardom in just a few short weeks, along with her are her top model judges Inna Zabova, Elena Suprun and Mikhail Korolev. After 3 long months of castings, 16 Russian cities visited, the judges narrowed down their selection to only 34 semi-finalists who where to take part in castings in Moscow. The girls have no idea of who would be the host, when they all met Ksenia, they where starstruck. She announced that the final 34 girls would take part in a runway challenge involving 3 different styles of clothing to choose from (School girl, sexy girl or a strict teacher.) After the challenge, Ksenia was most unimpressed that most of the girls where too sexy while walking, but 3 girls where announced to be eliminated and would not make it to the next round. Then there was breakfast with the host, a meeting with the judges and the girls first photoshoot to determine would make the cut of 17 girls.

Episode 2 (The Freezing Cold Twist)

Original Airdate: April 3, 2011

After the final 17 where determined, Ksenia gave them their keys to their new house. Elizaveta had high expectations while Mariya didnt seem to have any at all while all the other girls kept on guessing. As the Top Model bus pulled up, the girls entered their 25 story penthouse suite. All the girls loved the theme of the house which was colour. All the girls where stunned with complimentary products from Venus Embrace and Max Factor. Masha phoned home and told her folks that she was one of the lucky girls to make it to this round, she was very surprised to have made it this far. Things got even better for the girls when Mariya came upon Kseniya Mail, but unfortunately the mood was let down a little since the girls had to share bunk beds and 17 was an odd number, one of the girls had to sleep on the floor. The very next day, the girls where in for a surprise when a stranger Oksana woke up the girls to take height, weight and measurements, all the girls had received bikini waxes and met with a top dermatologist. The girls got another Kseniya mail and the girls got ready for their first surprisingly "hot" shoot, the surprise was to choose in bikinis out in negative temperatures to say the least. A lot of the girls struggled at the photoshoot, only Evgenia T and Kseniya D excelled. After the shoot, Valeria got an additional surprise, she was proposed to and is now happily engaged. After the shoot the girls arrived to their very first meeting with the judges. The judges were really harsh on the girls this time, they were quite disappointed with the results of the shoot. But Kseniya T was declared as the best, while Elena and Ekaterina landed in the bottom two, Elena for not being completely opened in front of the camera while having a lot of potential and Ekaterina, who just struggled to find good body positions and couldn't master her face. In the end, Elena's potential saved her and Ekaterina was sent home. After elimination Ekaterina told that she was actually pregnant and was happy to return to her family and friends.

• First Call-Out: Kseniya Timofeeva
• Bottom Two: Elena Domashniya & Ekaterina Nikulina
• Eliminated: Ekaterina Nikulina
• Featured Photographer:
• Special Guests: Maksim Rapoport

Episode 3 (The Heavenly Scent)

Original Airdate: April 10, 2011

The final 16 girls came back from a stressful elimination and weren’t surprised with the verdict that Ekaterina was sent home. Masha agreed with the elimination whilst Olga was in total shock to see her best friend go home. First call out last panel, Kseniya Timofeeva was greeted by her photo as digital art on the TV and got "Kseniya mail" congratulations; Masha was very jealous but happy for her. Then yet another "Kseniya mail" was delivered and Arina picked it up. Then the girls made their way to the judging panel: was there a second cut so soon? No, it was just one of the judges Inna Zobova and a guest judge Daniel Koccenkov who was the girls runway coach. The girls were all asked to walk in front of the 2 judges to help tweak each girls walks. Twins Kseniya and Olga were both terrified about runway, since their strong points are photos. Then the girls had to go backstage and change into outfits to do a better walk where Irina and Evgeniya Timakova got into some drama, Evgeniya picked up Irina's dress by mistake and Irina shoved it back saying it was hers which made Evgeniya upset with her. Elizaveta, Masha and Mariya excelled, But Anastasiya was proven to be the best and won the reward challenge and chose Irina and Alyona to come to a fashion house, get pampered and get their hair, makeup and nails done and Anastasiya won an addition item to her prize, an extravagant dress to keep. While most of the other girls back at the house described Anastasiya winning as a joke since she is very beauty pageant like. The next day, Valeriya proved to be the most likable with the guests in the house and was invited to Europa Plus radio station to have her conversation broadcasted live on Russian radio. The very next day the girls arrived to the shoot which was posing with a very attractive shirtless male model for Bruno Banani perfume. At panel, the judges were pleased that the results were better that 1st week's. But some girls again struggled to find a sexy pose. When Kseniya D was called to be evaluated, Kseniya asked her if she was honest with them, because they found out that she starred in the commercial for AlpenGold, so she already modeled and didn't tell them, Kseniya confessed and got really emotional. Elizaveta had the best photo, being 1st Call-out while Elena was in the bottom 2 once again with Kseniya Dmitrieva. In the end it was Kseniya D strong photos that saved her, so Elena was sent home, which was a total shock for Mariya, who was her BF.

• First Call-Out: Elizaveta Ramuravelu
• Bottom Two: Elena Domashniya & Kseniya Dmitrieva
• Eliminated: Elena Domashniya
• Featured Photographer:
• Special Guests: Daniel Kosenkov

Episode 4 (The Girl Who Doesn't Want To Be Here)

The episode starts with Mariya's angry comments about Lena, who was her BF in house, getting eliminated over some girls, that didn't deserve to stay over someone who really wants it. Next morning the girls confronted Anastasiya calling her fake and rude towards everyone else, but Anastasiya was shocked to her that, so she even didn't pay any attention to this confrontation. Then the girls were taken to the "Persona-Lab salone" to get their Makeover. Everybody was really nervous and somebody cried: Arina because she didn't want to get blond, Karmelina because she was afraid that her boyfriend wouldn't like it. But in the end everybody was happy with their MO. Except for Alyona, who didn't want to get a bang, so she refused and was left without any changes. Next day the girls were taught about Make-Up technique and Evegniya T won this challenge. The photoshoot this week was a Campaign for MaxFactor. At judging, the judges were pleasantly surprised with almost all the girls, they said that finally girls personalities were coming through. Kseniya T's photo was declared as the best, so she received her second FCO in 3 weeks. In the end Olga and Alyona landed in the Bottom 2, Olga for not owning her new hair-style and Alyona for unprofessional behavior at the Makeover time Shockingly, Kseniya Sobchak had 2 photos in her hands and she stated that it was up for Alyona to decide who would go home. She can accept her Makeover, get a bang and stay or she can choose Olga's photo and leave. Alyona chose Olga's photo and went home. She said that she was really unhappy in the house and wouldn't be able to work with her planned look. so that is why she made that chose.

Original Airdate: April 10, 2011

• First Call-Out: Kseniya Timofeeva
• Bottom Two: Olga Timofeeva & Alyona Prokopova
• Quit: Alyona Prokopova
• Featured Photographer: Mikhail Kharlamov
• Special Guests: Vladimir Kalinichev

Episode 5 (Experience To Learn)

Girls will be tough test. And not one. First, they need to demonstrate its plasticity, and evaluate the result will be the honored master of sport of rhythmic gymnastics Laysan Utiasheva. And the most rhythmic go take pictures with the snakes.

Original Airdate: April 17, 2011

• First Call-Out: Kseniya Victorova
• Bottom Two: Mariya Lesovaya & Ksenia Dmitrieva
• Eliminated: Ksenia Dmitrieva
• Featured Photographer: Igor Vasiliadis
• Special Guests: Lyaisan Utyasheva

Episode 6 (Too Late, To Flood)

Our guest is Janice Dickinson! Janice oversees the photography, gives the participating professional advice and communicates with the girls. And later - on the council - decide who did not do the assignment ...

Original Airdate: April 17, 2011

• First Call-Out: Irina Adadurova
• Bottom Two: Elizaveta Ramuravelu & Valeria Chertock
• Eliminated: Valeria Chertock
• Featured Photographer: Igor Vasiliadis
• Featured Photographer: Janice Dickinson

Episode 7(...)

Original Airdate: April 24, 2011

• First Call-Out:
• Bottom Two:
• Eliminated:
• Featured Photographer:
• Featured Photographer:

Episode 8(...)

Original Airdate: April 24, 2011

• First Call-Out:
• Bottom Two:
• Eliminated:
• Featured Photographer:
• Featured Photographer:

Contestants

Still in the running

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Height	Rank
Anastasiya Zharinova	18	Bashkortostan	5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)
Arina Perchik	20	Togliatti	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Elizaveta Ramuravelu	23	Moscow	5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)
Evgeniya Frank	22	Schuchinsk	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Evgeniya Timakova	22	Samara	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Irina Adadurova	23	Bransk	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Kseniya Timofeeva	18	St. Petersburg	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Kseniya Victorova	20	Kazan	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Mariya Lesovaya	21	Ekaterinburg	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Mariya "Masha" Minogarova	21	Krasnodar	5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)
Olga Timofeeva	18	St. Petersburg	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)

Eliminated

(In order of elimination)

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Height	Rank
Ekaterina Nikulina	26	Saint-Petersburg	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	17th
Elena Domashniya	20	Saint-Petersburg	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	16th
Alyona Prokopova	19	Kursk	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)	15th (Quit)
Karmelina "Karmela" Amanda Amadio	19	Nalchik	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	14th
Kseniya Dmitrieva	24	Moscow	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)	13th
Valeriya Chertok	25	Norilsk	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	12th

Summaries

Call-out order

Ksenia’s Callout Order

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17
1	Karmela	Kseniya T.	Elizaveta	Kseniya T.	Kseniya V.	Irina
2	Alyona	Anastasiya	Karmela	Kseniya V.	Kseniya T.	Kseniya T.
3	Masha	Karmela	Masha	Mariya	Elizaveta	Olga
4	Kseniya V.	Evgeniya F.	Arina	Kseniya D.	Evgeniya T.	Mariya
5	Kseniya D.	Alyona	Evgeniya F.	Masha	Arina	Evgeniya T.
6	Arina	Evgeniya T.	Kseniya V.	Valeriya	Evgeniya F.	Anastasiya
7	Valeriya	Kseniya D.	Kseniya T.	Arina	Masha	Evgeniya F.
8	Evgeniya F.	Irina	Alyona	Evgeniya T.	Olga	Arina
9	Elena	Arina	Evgeniya T.	Anastasiya	Irina	Kseniya V.
10	Irina	Olga	Valeriya	Evgeniya F.	Anastasiya	Masha
11	Olga	Masha	Anastasiya	Elizaveta	Valeriya	Elizaveta
12	Evgeniya T.	Mariya	Mariya	Irina	Mariya	Valeriya
13	Ekaterina	Valeriya	Irina	Karmela	Kseniya D.
14	Elizaveta	Kseniya V.	Olga	Olga	Karmela
15	Anastasiya	Elizaveta	Kseniya D.	Alyona
16	Kseniya T.	Elena	Elena
17	Mariya	Ekaterina

  The contestant won the reward challenge

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant won the reward challenge and was eliminated

  The contestant quit the competition

  The contestant was the original eliminee but was saved

  The contestant was eliminated outside of the judging panel

  The contestant won the competition

• Episode 1 was the casting episode, and the call out does not affect their performance.

Photo shoot guide

• Episode 2 photo shoot: Bikinis on the rooftop
• Episode 3 photo shoot: Bruno Banani Ad Campaign
• Episode 4 photo shoot: MaxFactor Beauty Shoot
• Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing with a snake
• Episode 6 photo shoot: Impersonations of Zodiacs