Series 5

Series 5 of Total Wipeout began airing on 27 August 2011 with two celebrity specials, with the rest of the series beginning a year later on 18 August 2012 and running weekly until 13 October. The series saw significant changes to the course, including a redesign of the Qualifier, the replacement of the Crash Mountain round with Double Cross and the Dizzy Dummies round with the Terror-Go-Round. It was the final normal series of the show, with the last episode aired on 31 December 2012.

Episode 1

 * 18 August 2012

Champion: 'Amateur' Adam Parker


 * 'Big Sis' Becky was the 1st person on Series 5 to cross the Big Red Balls. Later, 'Dr. Evil' Amanda crossed them also.
 * 'Tiny Bro' Tom was the 1st person on Series 5 to win the qualifier and not make it to Terror-Go-Round.
 * There was a tie in the Wipeout Zone between 'Ma Gonna' Cheryl and Gary 'Swayze, by the fractions of their runs on the wipeout zone, 'Ma Gonna' Cheryl was quicker than Gary 'Swayze' by 0.44 seconds.
 * 'Big Sis' Becky and 'Tiny Bro' Tom are sister and brother.

Episode 2

 * 25 August 2012

Champion: 'Arnie-ish' Ashley Collins


 * 'My Favourite' Alasdair was 1st person to cross the Shape Shifter.

Episode 3

 * 1 September 2012

Champion: 'High' Kia Bennett


 * This is the only episode on Total Wipeout with no men on the Wipeout Zone. This was also the only time in official Wipeout history (including original Wipeout, Total Wipeout, Wipeout Australia and Wipeout Canada) with only one man through to the 3rd round.
 * Charlene 'Chaz Van Damme’ was the only female to win Double Cross.
 * 'Dunking' Claire was the 1st female to win Terror-Go-round.
 * 'High' Kia was the 4th female to win the Wipeout Zone.
 * 'The Artist formerly known as' Lakan was the 1st person to cross the Flap Trap.

Episode 4

 * 8 September 2012

Champion: Tomasz 'The Tank Top' Wiczneski
 * 'Hairdo Ron' Ron set the fastest time in The Qualifier for series 5 until episode 7.

Episode 5: Last Chance Saloon

 * 15 September 2012

Champion: Riccardo 'Charlardo' La Torre
 * 'Iron Man' Mark became the first and only competitor to get injured twice.
 * 'Scary' Claire became the third person (after 'Jiggedy Biggedy' Ali and 'Olympic' Les) to compete in Total Wipeout for a third time and was the 5th person to win The Qualifier by 1 second ('Everest' Alice (Series 2 Episode 2), 'Couch Potato' Comrie (Series 2 Episode 3), 'Dr Monkey' Heloise (Series 3 Episode 9) and 'Chitty Chitty Luke' Luke (Series 4 Episode 6) were 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th.)
 * Charlotte 'Charlardo' was the 2nd person to run across the Sucker Punch (Jeff Braizer (Series 3 Episode 11) was 1st). She along with her boyfriend Riccardo 'Charlardo' and Jade 'With 1 Sock' crossed the Sucker Punch.

Episode 6

 * 22 September 2012

Champion: 'Bunny Boy' Daniel Levy
 * Leo 'The Leader' is the only deaf person to be on Total Wipeout. Only 'Silly' Phil can understand and speak for him. He was the 4th and final person to win the 1st 3 rounds but lose the Wipeout Zone. ('Knockout' Chris (Series 2 Episode 7), 'Near Perfect' Noel (Series 3 Episode 5) and 'Wheelie Wheelie' Dan (Winter Wipeout Series 1 Episode 4) were 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.)

Episode 7

 * 29 September 2012

Champion: 'Non Toff' William Parry


 * 'Non Toff' Will set the fastest qualifier time in series 5 & by a Non-Celebrity and was the 7th and final person to not get wet on the qualifier.
 * Beata was so close to qualify by 1 second

Episode 8

 * 6 October 2012

Champion: 'Jolly Hockey' Nicola "Nics" Cox
 * 'Jolly Hockey' Nics was the 5th and final woman to win the Wipeout Zone.
 * 'Crocodile' Ben-'dee' set the slowest time for a clean run on The Wipeout Zone (3'26").

Episode 9: The Final - Champion of Champions

 * 13 October 2012
 * N.B. Italics denote former champions

Champion: 'Non-Toff' William Parry


 * 'Arnie-ish' Ashley was the last person ever on Total Wipeout history to cross the Big Red Balls.
 * Leo 'The Leader' was the 6th and final person to lose the Wipeout Zone twice
 * 'Non Toff' Will set the fastest Wipeout Zone time by a Non-Celebrity (tied with 'Great' Scott Pryor). He also became the 3rd and final person on Total Wipeout and 4th in history to win the Wipeout Zone twice. The other ones are 'Drill Sergeant' James Scott, 'Alaka' Dan Allam, 'Tapping' Tony Lee and 'Retired Baby Model' Nick Santo who were the first 2 people to win twice on American Wipeout to do this
 * 'High' Kia was the only contestant in a Champion of Champions show to get injured.
 * Gary 'Swayze' of Episode 1, 'My Favourite' Alasdair of Episode 2, Both 'Nitro' Nathan and 'Second Class' Michael of Episode 4 and 'Mad Scientist' Maja of Episode 6 all chose not to return.
 * This was the only time that everyone finished in under 3 minutes in The Qualifier and the Wipeout Zone.
 * Riccardo 'The Italiano' (also known as Riccardo 'Charlado') finished the Wipeout Zone in the same time as the old Wipeout Zone record which was set by 'Drill Sergeant' James (Series 2 Episode 8 and Series 2 Episode 9)
 * 'Jolly Hockey' Nics and 'Amateur' Adam were the only 2 champions who failed to make the 2nd round.
 * Riccardo 'The Italiano' (formerly Riccardo 'Charlado'), 'Rock God' Jon and 'Just' Jade (formerly Jade 'with 1 sock') became the 4th, 5th and 6th people to compete in Total Wipeout 3 times, joining 'Jiggedy Biggedy' Ali (who competed 4 times), 'Olympic' Les and 'Scary' Claire.