Country of origin United States Original network History | No. of episodes 12 | |
Original release May 29 (2013-05-29) – August 28, 2013 | ||
The fifth season of the History Channel television series Top Shot premiered on May 29, 2013. It is an all-star season with all competitors returning from prior seasons.
Contents
- Contestants progress
- Episode 1 Best of the Best
- Episode 2 Tricks of the Trade
- Episode 3 Pick Your Poison
- Episode 4 Crank Trigger
- Episode 5 Shooting Dice
- Episode 6 The Mile Shot
- Episode 7 Thread the Needle
- Episode 8 Familiar Foes
- Episode 9 Big Boom
- Episode 10 Zip or Ship
- Episode 11 A Game of Horse
- Episode 12 Last Man Standing
- References
Unlike past seasons, the players are not assigned to teams, but compete on an individual basis throughout the season. Also, the process of nominating players for elimination is not used. Instead, the lowest-performing players from an individual challenge take part in a "Proving Ground" challenge; the two lowest performers from this step then compete head-to-head in an elimination challenge.
The season was filmed in Santa Clarita, California.
Contestants progress
The player(s) either won an individual challenge or performed well enough to earn immunity from elimination for the current round. The player(s) lost an individual challenge, but did not lose a Proving Ground challenge. The player lost a Proving Ground challenge, but won an elimination challenge. The player lost an elimination challenge and was eliminated. The player voluntarily withdrew from the competition. The player won the $100,000 grand prize, the title of Top Shot, and a Q5i speedboat.Episode 1: "Best of the Best"
No practice session was held for the individual challenge. The trainer for the elimination challenge was Craig "Sawman" Sawyer, Navy SEALs instructor and former sniper.
Episode 2: "Tricks of the Trade"
The trainer for the squad and elimination challenges was Taran Butler, national/world shotgun champion.
Episode 3: "Pick Your Poison"
The players practiced without a trainer for the individual and elimination challenges.
Episode 4: "Crank Trigger"
The trainer for the individual challenge was Chris Palmer, longbow and traditional archery expert. The trainer for the elimination challenge was Garry James, former Army ordnance officer.
Episode 5: "Shooting Dice"
The players practiced without a trainer for the squad and elimination challenges.
Episode 6: "The Mile Shot"
The trainers for the individual challenge were George Reinas, season 2 contestant, and Craig "Sawman" Sawyer, Navy SEALs instructor and former sniper. The trainer for the elimination challenge was Jack Dagger, primitive weapons expert.
Episode 7: "Thread the Needle"
The players practiced without a trainer for the individual and elimination challenges.
Episode 8: "Familiar Foes"
The trainer for the squad challenge was Taran Butler, national/world shotgun champion. The trainer for the elimination challenge was Rick Pohlers, cannon expert.
Episode 9: "Big Boom"
The players practiced without a trainer for the squad challenge. The trainer for the elimination challenge was Chris Brackett, archery expert.
Episode 10: "Zip or Ship"
The players practiced without a trainer for the individual and elimination challenges.
Episode 11: "A Game of Horse"
The trainer for the individual challenge was Craig "Sawman" Sawyer, Navy SEALs instructor and former sniper. Instead of returning to the house for a celebratory dinner as in past seasons, the four finalists hiked into a nearby valley for a meal of MRE rations and spent the night camping in a tent.
Episode 12: "Last Man Standing"
No practice sessions were held in this episode. The winners from all four previous seasons returned to watch the final challenge.