The Great Christmas Light Fight

The Great Christmas Light Fight (originally titled Lights, Camera, Christmas!^[1] in development) is an American reality television competition show that premiered on December 9, 2013 on ABC. The seasonal miniseries is traditionally scheduled in a double-run of two hour-long episodes, all airing Mondays in the first three weeks of December annually as part of ABC's seasonal programming lineup (now branded since 2017 as 25 Days of Christmas).^[2]

The Great Christmas Light Fight
Genre	Competition Reality television
Judges	Michael Moloney Sabrina Soto Carter Oosterhouse Taniya Nayak
Narrated by	Brian Fairlee
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	74
Production
Executive producers	Brady Connell Max Swedlow Thom Beers (2013–2014) Jennifer Mullin
Production location	Various Locations
Running time	42–44 minutes
Production companies	Base Camp Films Fremantle North America
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	December 9, 2013 (2013-12-09) – present

On November 2, 2023, the series was renewed for a twelfth season,^[3] which premiered on December 5, 2024, with a thirteenth season already confirmed.^[4]

Synopsis

Each episode of The Great Christmas Light Fight features a series of families or groups that create elaborate Christmas light displays. The contestants are chosen in advance by producers. The displays are judged on three categories: use of lights, overall design, and Christmas spirit. Each display is first individually featured, then the judge or judges review the display and its specific details. Once all contestants have been reviewed, a winner is chosen, and the judges return to the winner to congratulate them. The winner of each week's episode wins $50,000 and a holiday-themed trophy.

The series had its first Halloween-themed special episode entitled The Great Halloween Fright Fight which aired on October 28, 2014.^[5] The judging criteria for these specials is similar to the regular Christmas episodes, with three factors: overall design, Halloween spirit, and creativity. On October 2, 2023, two more of these special episodes were announced for the 2023 season.^[6]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	5		December 9, 2013 (2013-12-09)	December 23, 2013 (2013-12-23)
Special			October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)
2	6		December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)	December 22, 2014 (2014-12-22)
3	6		December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)	December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21)
4	6		December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)	December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)
5	6		December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)	December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)
6	7		November 26, 2018 (2018-11-26)	December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17)
7	6		December 2, 2019 (2019-12-02)	December 16, 2019 (2019-12-16)
8	6		December 9, 2020 (2020-12-09)	December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23)
9	6		November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)
10	6		November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28)	December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12)
Specials	2		October 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)	October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)
11	7		November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26)	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)
12	6[7]		December 5, 2024 (2024-12-05)	December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19)[7]

Season 1 (2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Episode One"	December 9, 2013 (2013-12-09)	101	5.50[8]
2	2	"Episode Two"	December 16, 2013 (2013-12-16)	102	4.04[9]
3	3	"Episode Three"	December 16, 2013 (2013-12-16)	103	4.04[9]
4	4	"Episode Four"	December 23, 2013 (2013-12-23)	104	4.95[10]
5	5	"Episode Five"	December 23, 2013 (2013-12-23)	105	4.95[10]

Special (2014)

No. overall	Title	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
6	"SPECIAL: The Great Halloween Fright Fight"	October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)	3.75[11]

Season 2 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
7	1	"Episode 1"	December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)	201	6.83[12]
8	2	"Episode 2"	December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)	202	6.83[12]
9	3	"Episode 3"	December 15, 2014 (2014-12-15)	203	5.30[13]
10	4	"Episode 4"	December 15, 2014 (2014-12-15)	204	5.30[13]
11	5	"Episode 5"	December 22, 2014 (2014-12-22)	206	5.88[14]
12	6	"Episode 6: The Season Finale"	December 22, 2014 (2014-12-22)	205	5.88[14]

Season 3 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
13	1	"Season Premiere: Episode 1"	December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)	301	5.14[15]
14	2	"Episode 2"	December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)	302	5.14[15]
15	3	"Episode 3: Neighborhood Edition"	December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)	304	4.39[16]
16	4	"Episode 4"	December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)	303	4.39[16]
17	5	"Episode 5"	December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21)	305	5.64[17]
18	6	"Episode 6: The Season Finale"	December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21)	306	5.64[17]

Season 4 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
19	1	"Season Premiere: Episode 1"	December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)	401	5.43[18]
20	2	"Episode 2"	December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)	402	5.43[18]
21	3	"Episode 3"	December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)	403	4.64[19]
22	4	"Episode 4"	December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)	404	4.64[19]
23	5	"Episode 5"	December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)	406	4.51[20]
24	6	"Episode 6"	December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)	405	4.51[20]

Season 5 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
25	1	"Season 5 Premiere: Episode 1"	December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)	502	5.20[21]
26	2	"Episode 2"	December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)	503	5.20[21]
27	3	"Episode 3"	December 11, 2017 (2017-12-11)	504	4.31[22]
28	4	"Episode 4"	December 11, 2017 (2017-12-11)	505	4.31[22]
29	5	"Episode 5"	December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)	501	4.23[23]
30	6	"Episode 6: Season Finale"	December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)	506	4.23[23]

Season 6 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
31	1	"Season 6 Premiere: Episode 1"	November 26, 2018 (2018-11-26)	602	4.66[24]
32	2	"Episode 2"	November 26, 2018 (2018-11-26)	601	4.66[24]
33	3	"Episode 3"	December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)	603	5.01[25]
34	4	"Episode 4"	December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)	604	5.01[25]
35	5	"Episode 5: All Stars"	December 10, 2018 (2018-12-10)	607	3.34[26]
36	6	"Episode 6"	December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17)	605	3.85[27]
37	7	"Episode 7: Season Finale"	December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17)	606	3.85[27]

Season 7 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [7]	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
38	1	"Season 7 Premiere: Episode 1"	December 2, 2019 (2019-12-02)	701	3.79[28]
39	2	"Episode 2"	December 2, 2019 (2019-12-02)	704	3.79[28]
40	3	"Episode 3"	December 9, 2019 (2019-12-09)	703	3.82[29]
41	4	"Episode 4"	December 9, 2019 (2019-12-09)	706	3.82[29]
42	5	"Episode 5"	December 16, 2019 (2019-12-16)	702	3.27[30]
43	6	"Episode 6: Season Finale"	December 16, 2019 (2019-12-16)	705	3.27[30]

Season 8 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [7]	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
44	1	"Season 8 Premiere: Episode 1"	December 9, 2020 (2020-12-09)	802	4.02[31]
45	2	"Episode 2"	December 9, 2020 (2020-12-09)	805	4.02[31]
46	3	"Episode 3"	December 16, 2020 (2020-12-16)	803	3.69[32]
47	4	"Episode 4"	December 16, 2020 (2020-12-16)	804	3.69[32]
48	5	"Episode 5"	December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23)	806	2.73[33]
49	6	"Episode 6: Season Finale"	December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23)	801	2.70[33]

Season 9 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [7]	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
50	1	"Season 9 Premiere: Episode 1"	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)	901	2.39[34]
51	2	"Episode 2"	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)	902	2.39[34]
52	3	"Episode 3"	November 29, 2021 (2021-11-29)	906	2.23[35]
53	4	"Episode 4"	November 29, 2021 (2021-11-29)	903	2.23[35]
54	5	"Episode 5"	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)	904	1.82[36]
55	6	"Episode 6: Season Finale"	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)	905	1.82[36]

Season 10 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [7]	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
56	1	"Season 10 Premiere: Episode 1"	November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28)	1001	2.81[37]
57	2	"Episode 2"	November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28)	1004	2.81[37]
58	3	"Episode 3"	December 5, 2022 (2022-12-05)	1003	2.60[38]
59	4	"Episode 4"	December 5, 2022 (2022-12-05)	1002	2.60[38]
60	5	"Episode 5"	December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12)	1006	2.54[39]
61	6	"Episode 6: Season Finale"	December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12)	1005	2.54[39]

Specials (2023)

No. overall	Title	Original release date [40]	Prod. code [40]	U.S. viewers (millions)
62	"The Great Halloween Fright Fight: Episode 1"	October 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)	201	1.11[41]
63	"The Great Halloween Fright Fight: Episode 2"	October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)	202	1.73[42]

Season 11 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [7]	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
64	1	"Season 11 Premiere: Episode 1: All-Stars 2"	November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26)	1107	1.76[43]
65	2	"Episode 2"	December 3, 2023 (2023-12-03)	1105	1.90[44]
66	3	"Episode 3"	December 10, 2023 (2023-12-10)	1102	1.39[45]
67	4	"Episode 4: Heavyweights"	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	1106	2.05[46]
68	5	"Episode 5"	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	1103	2.05[46]
69	6	"Episode 6"	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)	1104	1.78[47]
70	7	"Episode 7: Season Finale"	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)	1101	1.78[47]

Season 12 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [7]	Prod. code [7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
71	1	"Season 12 Premiere: Episode 1"	December 5, 2024 (2024-12-05)	1203	2.35[48]
72	2	"Episode 2"	December 5, 2024 (2024-12-05)	1202	2.35[48]
73	3	"Episode 3"	December 12, 2024 (2024-12-12)	1204	2.34[49]
74	4	"Episode 4"	December 12, 2024 (2024-12-12)	1201	2.34[49]
75	5	"Episode 5"	December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19)	1205	2.12[50]
76	6	"Episode 6: Season Finale"	December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19)	1206	2.12[50]