Season 5
12 episodes · Oct 26, 2014
Top Model po-russki, cycle 5 was the fifth and final installment of the Russian adaptation of Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model. Two years after the shows initial cancellation following the conclusion of cycle 4, it was announced that the show would be returning with a fifth cycle. This cycle featured returning panel members of previous cycles, including Vlad Lisovets and Ksenia Sobchak, as well as a new judge, Denis Simachev. The host of the cycle was Natasha Stefanenko. It featured contestants from several different countries (namely Angola, Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Israel, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States) as well as Russia, all of whom had Russian roots. The prize package for this cycle included a fashion spread in Glamour magazine, a campaign for s.Oliver, a cash prize of 1,000,000 rubles, and a modelling contract with Point Model Management.
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S5E1Episode 1
Oct 26, 201457mThe twenty semi-finalists converged in front of the Bolshoi Theatre for a public introduction with the judges. They later took on their first photo shoot, which involved posing for promotional stills and filming segments for the show's opening sequence. At the end of the episode, the judges reviewed the material and selected the final fourteen contestants.
S5E2Episode 2
Oct 26, 201458mThe finalists moved into their new home. They later had a runway lesson while wearing a blindfold and practiced their walks at an ice rink, where the best performer during the lesson was granted immunity from elimination. After having their measurements taken and analyzed, the models were taken to the Moscow Metro for their first photo shoot.
S5E3Episode 3
Nov 2, 201461mThe remaining contestants received makeovers, and later posed nude in a photo shoot against bullying.
S5E4Episode 4
Nov 9, 201460mThe contestants received a fitness lesson, and had their eating habits monitored and reviewed. After an extreme session of runway practice with judge Denis Simachev, the models were photographed in the woods while posing with wild animals.
S5E5Episode 5
Nov 16, 201461mThe remaining models had a posing and endurance challenge in which they had to pose as celebrity icons, and had to stay in character as their friends and family members attempted to break their concentration. At the shoot, the contestants had to star in a music video with Russian singer Elka for an alternative version of the song "Do You Know", featured in the opening sequence.
S5E6Episode 6
Nov 23, 201461mThe contestants received circus and balance training from gymnast Anastasia Burdin, and later had their photos taken in a lookbook photo shoot for s.Oliver.
S5E7Episode 7
Nov 30, 201461mThe contestants had an acting lesson with director Valeriya Gai Germanika, in which they had to portray different emotions. Later at the photo shoot, each model was assigned a different Russian fairy tale to portray.
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Episode 8
Dec 7, 201470mThe contestants took part in a vertical runway show, and later had a boxing photo shoot that doubled as a campaign against domestic abuse.
S5E9Episode 9
Dec 14, 201465mThe remaining contestants took part in a challenge where they had to style one another, and later attended an interview in which they had to impress several guests to receive their business card. For the photo shoot, the models were photographed wearing jewelry in a beauty campaign for Pantene Pro-v.
