Ty - supermodel (cycle 1)

File:YAAS1.jpg Cycle 1 cast of Ty - supermodel
Country of origin	Russia
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	STS
Original release	January 25, 2004 – April 4, 2004

Ty - supermodel, Cycle 1 (Russian: "Ты - супермодель 1") was the first cycle of the Russian reality show on the STS TV channel, a competition of non-professional aspiring models for a contract with an international modeling agency, and a prize of $250.000. Fyodor Bondarchuk was the host of the show.

Each episode the 13 chosen finalists, who lived together in the Novohotel in Moscow, faced different competitions in modeling, sports and entertainment with an elimination round at the end of each episode where one or more of them were sent home.

When judges' favorite Sasha Oleynik placed in the bottom two in episode 4, she asked to be eliminated to free her to compete in a beauty pageant held at the same time - she was the reigning Miss Ukraine at that time - however when she was saved, Oleynik decided to quit anyway making room for Barbara Serova, who was not among the semi-finalists from episode 1. After the beauty pageant was over, Oleynik was allowed to re-enter the competition when her replacement was eliminated. Oleynik went on to achieve the second runner-up position on the show.

The winner of the competition was 17-year-old Ksenia Kahnovich who has since gained a great deal of success as a model; she walked for big names such as Versace, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Dolce & Gabbana in New York, Paris and Milan fashion shows.

Episode Guide

Episode 1

After casting calls all over Russia, the 20 semifinals arrive in the Novohotel in Moscow for their final audition in hopes of being one of the 13 finalists for the competition. After all the cellphones are removed, the girls prepare for the first test shooting in swimsuits with natural make-up and simple hair styling.

After a brief individual interview, the girls await their verdict at the very first judging panel where the general consensus is that many girls proved to have a lot of potential and seem to be able to learn what it takes to survive in the modeling business.

Olga Shekhereva is praised for the expressiveness of the mimicry of her face while Elena Umnova remains doubtful about her future in the competition due to her comparatively advanced age of 22 but sees a supporter in judge Tatiana Mikhalkova, president of the charitable foundation "Russian silhouette" who states that Umnova fits the two main things for her to be a professional model: face and figure.

Both girls are sent into the next round along with 11 others to move into the model apartment in the Novohotel while seven hopefuls are eliminated.

• Eliminated: Zarina Solovova, Olga Kashina, Anastasia Kharchenko, Ekaterina Oskina, Ekaterina Zaryvina, Nadezhda Pimenova & Elena Malchikhina

Episode 2

• First call-out: Sasha Oleynik
• Bottom two: Olga Sandrakova & Veronika Nedorub
• Eliminated: Olga Sandrakova

Episode 3

• First call-out: Ksenia Pirozhkova
• Bottom two: Elena Umnova & Nastya Polunina
• Eliminated: Elena Umnova

Episode 4

• First call-out: Olga Shekhereva
• Bottom two: Sasha Oleynik & Nastya Polunina
• Eliminated: Nastya Polunina
• Quit: Sasha Oleynik

Episode 5

• Entered: Barbara Serova
• First call-out: Barbara Serova
• Bottom two: Ksenia Pirozhkova & Natalia Churayeva
• Eliminated: Natalia Churayeva

Episode 6

• First call-out: Ksenia Kahnovich
• Bottom two: Nastya Salozubova & Olga Shekhereva
• Eliminated: Olga Shekhereva

Episode 7

• First call-out: Ksenia Kahnovich
• Bottom two: Ksenia Pirozhkova & Veronika Nedorub
• Eliminated: Veronika Nedorub

Episode 8

• Eliminated outside of judging panel: Barbara Serova
• Returned: Sasha Oleynik
• First call-out: Sasha Oleynik
• Bottom two: Ksenia Pirozhkova & Nastya Salozubova
• Eliminated: Ksenia Pirozhkova

Episode 9

• First call-out: Sasha Oleynik
• Bottom two: Evgenia Tolstikova & Nastya Salozubova
• Eliminated: Evgenia Tolstikova & Nastya Salozubova

Episode 10

• First call-out: Ksenia Kahnovich
• Bottom two: Yulia Oleynik & Yulia Vorobyeva
• Originally eliminated: Yulia Oleynik

Episode 11

Recap episode

Episode 12

• First eliminated: Yulia Oleynik
• Second eliminated: Sasha Oleynik
• Final two: Ksenia Kahnovich & Yulia Vorobyeva
• Russia's Next Top Model: Ksenia Kahnovich

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Finish
Olga Sandrakova	17		Perm	Eliminated in Episode 2
Elena Umnova	22		Nizhniy Novgorod	Eliminated in Episode 3
Anastasia "Nastya" Polunina	17		Tyumen	Eliminated in Episode 4
Natalia Churayeva	18		Togliatti	Eliminated in Episode 5
Olga Shekhereva	19		Krasnoyarsk	Eliminated in Episode 6
Veronika Nedorub	19		Rostov-on-Don	Eliminated in Episode 7
Barbara Serova	19		Moscow	Entered in Episode 5 Eliminated outside of judging panel in Episode 8
Ksenia Pirozhkova	17		Togliatti	Eliminated in Episode 8
Anastasia "Nastya" Salozubova	18		Rostov-on-Don	Eliminated in Episode 9
Evgenia Tolstikova	20		Moscow
Yulia Oleynik	16		Samara	Eliminated first in Episode 12
Aleksandra "Sasha" Oleynik	17		Poltava	Quit in Episode 4 Returned in Episode 8 Eliminated second in Episode 12
Yulia Vorobyeva	17		Moscow	Runner-up
Ksenia Kahnovich	17		Vladivostok	Winner

Summaries

Call-out order

Fyodor's call-out order

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12
1	Nastya P.	Sasha	Ksenia P.	Olga Sh.	Barbara	Ksenia K.	Ksenia K.	Sasha	Sasha	Ksenia K.	Ksenia K.
2	Yulia V.	Nastya S.	Ksenia K.	Yulia V.	Yulia O.	Yulia V.	Evgenia	Ksenia K.	Yulia O.	Sasha	Yulia V.
3	Ksenia P.	Yulia O.	Evgenia	Yulia O.	Veronika	Evgenia	Nastya S.	Yulia V.	Yulia V.	Yulia V.	Sasha
4	Natalia	Elena	Yulia V.	Nastya S.	Evgenia	Barbara	Yulia O.	Nastya S.	Ksenia K.	Yulia O.	Yulia O.
5	Ksenia K.	Ksenia P.	Olga Sh.	Ksenia K.	Olga Sh.	Yulia O.	Yulia V.	Evgenia	Evgenia
6	Veronika	Evgenia	Nastya S.	Evgenia	Yulia V.	Ksenia P.	Barbara	Yulia O.	Nastya S.
7	Yulia O.	Olga Sh.	Sasha	Veronika	Nastya S.	Veronika	Ksenia P.	Ksenia P.
8	Sasha	Ksenia K.	Veronika	Ksenia P.	Ksenia K.	Nastya S.	Veronika	Barbara
9	Olga Sa.	Nastya P.	Yulia O.	Natalia	Ksenia P.	Olga Sh.
10	Elena	Natalia	Natalia	Sasha	Natalia
11	Nastya S.	Yulia V.	Nastya P.	Nastya P.
12	Olga Sh.	Veronika	Elena
13	Evgenia	Olga Sa.

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant temporarily withdrew from the competition

     The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel

     The contestant was the original eliminee but was saved

     The contestant won the competition

• In episode 4, Sasha decided to withdraw from the show after Nastya's elimination to participate in Miss Ukraine. Barbara arrived to replace her the following episode.
• In episode 8, Barbara was eliminated outside of judging panel. Since the show was short of one contestant, Sasha was allowed to return to the competition.
• In episode 10, Yulia O. was originally eliminated, but the judges decided to keep her in the competition.
• Episode 11 was the recap episode.

Photo Shoot Guide

• Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Snap Shots
• Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Snow Queens in Swimsuits
• Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Russian jockeys in B&W
• Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Wildlife
• Episode 6 Photo Shoot: House of Couture
• Episode 7 Photo Shoot: In The Lake
• Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Cosmopolitan Covers
• Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Lingerie Shoot
• Episode 10 Photo Shoot: In the Streets of St. Petersburg

Judges

• Fyodor Bondarchuk (Host)
• Elena Myasnikova
• Tatiana Mikhalkova
• Ellen Verbeek
• Vladislav Loktev
• Gianluca Causa

References

• Official website though internet archive