Season One

Season One
General information
Host	Colby Donaldson
Country	United States
Language	English
Season information
Number of contestants	16
Teams	Blue Team Green Team Red Team
Winner	Iain Harrison
Production and broadcasting
Production company	Pilgrim Films & Television
Channel	History Channel
Number of episodes	10
Run	June 6–August 15, 2010
Status	Concluded

Season One of Top Shot premiered on June 6, 2010, and concluded on August 15, 2010. The season contained ten episodes and was filmed over 33 days during the spring in Santa Clarita, California.

Production

History Channel requested auditions for a reality show about competitive shooting. Potential contestants were required to fill an application form and send an audition video. After the audition process, 50 contestants were selected and auditioned personally. Finally, the sixteen contestants were selected.

The first season of Top Shot was filmed over the course of 33 days from March to April of 2010, in Santa Clarita, California. The season premiered on June 6, and concluded on August 15, 2010.

Rules

During their time living in the house, contestants were not allowed to have cell phones, e-mail, newspapers, books, TV or music. Also, they weren't allowed to leave the house grounds.

Every third day, teams would have a practice to prepare them for a Team Challenge. The team that loses the Team Challenge has to go to the Nomination Range the next morning. There, the losing team has to nominate two contestants to face off in an Elimination Challenge. After a practice for that challenge, the nominated contestants compete. The loser of the Elimination Challenge must leave the competition.

Contestants

Contestant		Original Team	Merged Team	Eliminated
	Mike Seeklander 38, Owasso, OK	Red Team		16th Place
	Frank Campana 47, Yonkers, NY	Red Team		15th Place
	Bill Carns 40, Pahrump, NV	Red Team		14th Place
	James "Jim" Sinclair 48, Dover, NH	Blue Team		13th Place
	Caleb Giddings 27, Fishers, IN	Blue Team		12th Place
	Andre Robinson 28, Pittsburgh, PA	Red Team		11th Place
	Brad Engmann 26, San Francisco, CA	Red Team		10th Place
	Tara Poremba 36, Chicago, IL	Blue Team		9th Place
	Denny Chapman 41, Ocala, FL	Red Team		8th Place
	Blake Miguez 28, New Iberia, LA	Blue Team	Green Team	7th Place
	Adam Benson 44, Baltimore, MD	Blue Team		6th Place
	Kelly Bachand 22, Kent, WA	Red Team		5th Place
	Peter Palma 29, Norristown, PA	Red Team		4th Place
	Simon "J.J." Racaza 29, New Milford, NJ	Blue Team		3rd Place
	Chris Cerino 40, Wadsworth, OH	Blue Team		2nd place
	Iain Harrison 42, Sherwood, OR	Blue Team		Winner

Episodes

Image	Number	Name	Weapons	Experts	Eliminated
	1	The Long Shot	M1903 Springield SVT-40 Mosin-Nagant M14 rifle Scoped Remington 700	Craig Sawyer	Mike Seeklander
	2	Zipline of Fire	Beretta 92F	Ben Stoeger Matt Burkett	Frank Campana
	3	Archer Enemies	English longbow Scoped crossbow	Chris Palmer Bill Troubridge	Bill Carns
	4	Friend or Foe?	AR-15 TZ99	Craig Sawyer	Jim Sinclair
	5	The Good, the Rat and the Ugly	Kentucky rifle Winchester Model 1873	Garry James	Caleb Giddings
	6	Wild, Wild West	Colt Peacemaker	Spencer Hoglund	Andre Robinson
	7	Trick Shot Showdown	Winchester Model 1873 Smith & Wesson M&P revolver Schofield revolver Beretta Xtrema2	Spencer Hoglund	Andre Robinson
	8	The Razor's Edge	Throwing knife Modern slingshot	Todd Abrams	Tara Poremba
					Denny Chapman
	9	The Shortest Fuse	Beretta 92F TZ99 Heckler and Koch HK93 Mosin-Nagant SVT-40	Craig Sawyer	Blake Miguez
					Adam Benson
					Kelly Bachand
	10	Season Finale	Beretta 92F Mosin-Nagant 91/30 SVT-40 HK93 TZ99 Schofield Revolver Smith & Wesson M&P Revolver Throwing knife English longbow Colt Peacemaker Winchester Model 1873 AR-15 M14 rifle	none	Peter Palma
					J.J. Racaza
					Chris Cerino
					Winner
					Iain Harrison