Top Shot (season 5)
| Top Shot (season 5) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin |
 United States
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| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | History |
| Original release | May 29 – August 28, 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
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.
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.
Fastest time wins a pair of Oculus binoculars; the eight fastest times are safe from elimination.
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.
The players are split into three 5-person squads, with each squad member trying a different shot. Each member of the highest-scoring squad wins an Ascend backpacking tent; the lowest-scoring squad goes to the Proving Ground.
Higher total score wins.
^1 Blake and Kyle tied with 3 points each. The gumball shot was randomly chosen to be replayed as the tiebreaker, and Kyle won 1-0.
The trainer for the squad and elimination challenges was Taran Butler, national/world shotgun champion.
Shoot 3 targets at 30/50/75 feet. First player in each pair to hit all targets is safe from elimination; fastest time wins a sleeping bag.
The players practiced without a trainer for the individual and elimination challenges.
Highest score wins a Red Head compound bow; top nine scores are safe from elimination.
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.
Pairs of players (one per squad) go head-to-head at 6 stations, shooting at separate sets of targets arranged to resemble the 6 faces of a die. At each station, the revolver is pre-loaded with one round for every target; any additional rounds must be loaded by hand. A station ends when one player hits all of his/her targets.
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