The BEST episodes of The Great Christmas Light Fight season 5

Every episode of The Great Christmas Light Fight season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Great Christmas Light Fight season 5!

In the first Christmas lights competition of its kind for television, 4 families will compete each week to transform their homes for the holidays in just 21 days. These 20 families were chosen through an extensive nationwide search based on their previous elaborate Christmas light displays, incredible choreography and over-the-top designs.

Last Updated: 5/3/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Continuing
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Episode 5
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9.20
15 votes

#1 - Episode 5

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/18/2017

Four festive families from across the country showcase their spectacular displays, including the Birkett family, whose home includes a self-built mine shaft filled with holiday spectacles and surprises, along with a colossal 3-story castle in Scottsdale, Arizona; the Gress family, whose display features a blow mold overload in Union Beach, New Jersey; the Latchford family, whose 5-acre farm holds restored mechanical figures, repainted cut-outs, a tunnel of ornaments and more in Callao, Missouri; and the Shoaf family, whose display uses binder clips to keep their mix of 115,000 incandescent and LED lights in perfect position in Durham, North Carolina. Judge Carter Oosterhouse decides who will walk away with $50,000 and the coveted Light Fight trophy.

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Episode 6
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8.69
16 votes

#2 - Episode 6

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/2017

The festivities conclude in the final episode of the season, with the Tristan family and their winter wonderland full of nostalgic and whimsical characters for kids of all ages in Waco, Texas; the Cheslin-Laneaux family and their display inspired by The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Walt Disney World, complete with their own dancing light show in Longwood, Florida; the Smaragdis family and their house covered in over 200,000 lights and 13 large dollhouse-style buildings in Indian Trail, North Carolina; and the Athens family with their Christmas display including a mistletoe arbor, Santa's cottage and old-fashioned cutouts in Mt. Shasta, California. Judge Taniya Nayak decides who will walk away with $50,000 and the coveted Christmas Light trophy.

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Episode 4
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8.63
19 votes

#3 - Episode 4

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/11/2017

Christmas displays include: the Albrecht family and their massive display runs up a mountainside, inspired by the love of their son with Down Syndrome, in Glenwood, Utah; the Sussin family and their father-son duo who balance brains and brawn into their quarter-acre property in Saugerties, New York; the Robinson family and their decked-out sloping yard and brand-new 46-foot mega tree in Red Cross, North Carolina; and the Wright family with their holiday display that endured even in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Dayton, Texas. Judge Carter Oosterhouse decides who will walk away with $50,000 and the coveted Christmas Light trophy.

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Episode 3
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8.53
19 votes

#4 - Episode 3

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/11/2017

Christmas displays include: next-door neighbors, the Richards/Silver families, and their synchronized light show in Riverview, Florida; the Harhut family's combined properties of over 1,300 blow molds in Peckville, Pennsylvania; the Phifer family's display including an 80-foot tall real-life mega tree and Santa tracker in memory of their mother in Henrico, Virginia, and the Wilz family's patriotic display designed by military siblings in Bismarck, North Dakota. Judge Taniya Nayak decides who will walk away with $50,000 and the coveted Light Fight trophy.

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Episode 1
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7.97
31 votes

#5 - Episode 1

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/4/2017

Christmas displays include: the Waters family's high-tech, entirely wireless light show in DeSoto, Texas; the Tomasello family's life-sized, interactive gingerbread house complete with their driveway ice-skating rink in Ronkonkoma, New York; the Heindel family's magical home featuring fun figurines to giant lollipops in Raleigh, North Carolina; and the Amarante family's acre and a half property covered in lights, including 78 wrapped trees and a special memory garden for their father in Dayville, Connecticut. Judge Taniya Nayak awards $50,000 and the coveted Christmas Light trophy.

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Episode 2
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7.96
24 votes

#6 - Episode 2

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/4/2017

Christmas displays include: the Gaddy family and their drive-through, seven-acre display with a Ferris wheel made from old trampolines, DIY carousel and Cars characters made from old farm equipment in Fayetteville, Georgia; the Bachelor family and their completely blue-lighted display covering both their front and backyards in Cedar Hill, Texas; the Stewart family and their larger-than-life display featuring a 40-foot wall of lights, suspended inflatables and a super-sized toy train ride in Fayetteville, Arkansas; and the Richins family with their concert of lights, including a five-piece band and 30,000 programmed channels in Gilbert, Arizona. Judge Carter Oosterhouse decides who will walk away with $50,000 and the coveted Christmas Light trophy.

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