Top Elf

Top Elf is an American reality competition television program that aired on Nickelodeon from November 29, 2019 to December 17, 2020.

Top Elf
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	Mike Duffy Tim Duffy
Directed by	Michael Pearlman (2019) Gary Shaffer (2020)
Starring	Tommy Snider Samantha Turret
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Mike Duffy Tim Duffy Jimmy Fox Bob Schermerhorn (2019) Lisa Fletcher Paul J. Medford Mandel Ilagan Rob Bagshaw (2020) Stacey Carr (2020)
Running time	43–45 minutes
Production companies	Main Event Media Ugly Brother Studios Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29) – December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)

Premise

In Top Elf, Santa (Tommy Snider) and Ms. Jingles (Samantha Turret) invite seven civilian "Elf-testants" to the North Pole in a competition to test their skills in a series of holiday-themed challenges. Demonstrating the true spirit of the holidays, the Elf-testants compete to have their wish lists granted—not for themselves, but for someone in their community.

Production

On August 28, 2019, it was announced that Nickelodeon ordered the series from Mike and Tim Duffy of Ugly Brother Studios.^[1] On November 18, 2019, it was announced that the program would premiere on November 29, 2019, and would feature Frankie Grande, Amirah Kassem, Peyton List, Alex Wassabi and Pete Wentz as guest judges.^[2]

On February 19, 2020, it was announced that Nickelodeon renewed the series for a second season.^[3] On November 12, 2020, it was announced that the second season would premiere on November 19, 2020, and would feature Addison Rae, Jay Pharoah, Tori Kelly, Guava Juice and JoJo Siwa as guest judges.^[4]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	5		November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)	December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)
2	5		November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19)	December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)

Season 1 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [5][6]	Original release date [5][6]	Prod. code [5]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Season's Greetings"	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)	101	0.45[7]
2	2	"Unwrapped"	December 6, 2019 (2019-12-06)	102	0.60[8]
3	3	"Teamwork Makes the Tree Work"	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)	103	0.59[9]
4	4	"Gingerbread House Party"	December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20)	104	0.46[10]
5	5	"The Grand Finale"	December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)	105	0.47[11]

Season 2 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [5][12]	Original release date [5][12]	Prod. code [5]	U.S. viewers (millions)
6	1	"'Tis the Season to Be Top Elf"	November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19)	201	0.23[13]
7	2	"Goody, Goody Gum Drops"	November 26, 2020 (2020-11-26)	202	0.20[14]
8	3	"Super Vest to Impress"	December 3, 2020 (2020-12-03)	203	0.41[15]
9	4	"Elfies and Selfies"	December 10, 2020 (2020-12-10)	204	0.32[16]
10	5	"Who Will Be Top Elf?"	December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)	205	0.32[17]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Top Elf

Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
		Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	5	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)	0.45[7]	December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)	0.47[11]	0.51
2	5	November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19)	0.23[13]	December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)	0.32[17]	0.29