Runtime: | Approx. 43 minutes |
Creator: | Eli Holzman |
Starring: | (season 1) Anssi Tuupainen (season 1) (season 2) Janne Renvall (season 2) (season 3)[1] Sofia Järnefelt (season 3)[2] |
Num Seasons: | 4 |
Country: | Finland |
Network: | MTV3 |
Last Aired: | present |
Num Episodes: | 47 |
(Finnish, "To the Top of Fashion") is Finland's version of the American reality television series Project Runway. The show aired on Finland's MTV3 from 2009 to 2011. In February 2023, over a decade after its second season, the series returned for a third season with a new judging panel and mentor.
The show began airing in October 2009 at 20.00. In addition, started airing on MTV3's daughter channel Sub on 24 September at 21.00. The first season was hosted by fashion designer and entrepreneur [3] in Heidi Klum's role and fashion editor and host filled Tim Gunn's role as fashion mentor. The second season's host was model and mentor was designer Janne Renvall. Janne Kataja, who is well known for working on MTV3 and Sub programs, hosted .[4]
The first season's winner, Katri Niskanen, received a one-year contract with Spalt PR, one year cooperation with L'Oreal Paris hair and makeup, and a Bernina Sewing Machine worth €6,000. In addition to this, the winner's collection was featured in the February 2010 issue of Finnish fashion magazine .
Season | Premiere date | width=15% | Winner | width=15% | Runner(s)-up | Other contestants (In order of elimination) | No. of contestants |
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1 | 1 October 2009 | Katri Niskanen | Maria Jokela | Hanna-Maaria Sinkkonen, Silja Jeskanen-Wehber, Achilles Ion Gabriel, Hely Seppänen, Antti Putkonen, Laura Korhonen, Olga Sjöroos, Antti Asplund, Mirkka Metsola, Jarno Viitala, Mert Otsamo | 13 | ||
2 | 22 February 2011 | Linda Sipilä | Leni Lauretsalo | Paula Karsurien, Jarna Papinniemi, Caterina Montagni, Ville Lipponen, Anne-Mari Pahkala, Tuomas Kantola, Mari Koppanen, Essi Karell, Suvi Jaskari-Marchesi, Harriet Kjellman, Reta Raven, Jussi Salminen | 14 | ||
3 | 2 February 2023 | Pali Albin | Jarkko Karppinen, Sakari Säämäki[5] | Lauri Järvinen, Kaisa Turtiainen, Krista Virtanen, Markus Aejmelaeus, Riikka Manni, Antèro Kabongo, Anna Palmén | 10 | ||
4 | 8 February 2024 | Miro Hämäläinen | Carla Norldund Katariina Kekoni | Pinja Antikainen, Aleksi Peräkylä, Elias Pitkänen, Suvi Hänninen, Jutta Virtanen, Mauro Severino, Reetta Hellgren | 10 |