

Notably, two of the contestants had previously competed on other versions of Top Model: Juste Juozapaityte, who finished in second place on cycle 7 of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model and Kristine Smirnova, who finished in second place on cycle 2 of Eesti tippmodell. 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 cycle aired from October to December 2014.

The host of the cycle was Natasha Stefanenko, who previously hosted Italia's Next Top Model during its four-year run. This cycle featured returning panel members of previous cycles, including Vlad Lisovets (cycles 2 and 3), and Ksenia Sobchak (host, cycles 1-3), as well as a new judge, Denis Simachev. 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. Top Model po-russki, cycle 5 (subtitled as Топ-модель по-русски: Международный cезон) (English: Top Model in Russian: International season) was the fifth and final installment of the Russian adaptation of Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model.
