[1] The season was won by tile setter Ben Dempsey, with toolmaker Todd Anderson finishing second, and jack of all trades Kenji Ngo placing third.
[6][7] Actor and Hamilton native Martin Short made a cameo appearance during the first episode.
[8] Individual Challenge: Contestants had to cut up 500 pounds of scrap metal, with each piece no longer than 20 inches.
The pairs were Carly & Yesi, Dustin & Ben, Carolina & Jessica, Todd & Paul, Kenji & Akeela, and Cheryl & Marcus.
Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to assemble a floating surface aerator and install it in the middle of a pond using a leaking canoe.
Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to grind and press apples until they filled four jugs with juice.
The pairs that lost each heat raced one last time, with the members of the losing team competing against each other in the Overtime Challenge.
The pairs were Kenji and Dustin, Todd and Jessica, Paul and Ben, and Akeela and Cheryl.
Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to carry buckets of concrete through an obstacle course until they reach a tube.
Individual Challenge: Contestants had to set up and fill twenty blasting holes for explosion.
Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to fill a hibernaculum with logs and rocks before covering it with sod.
Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to cut logs into eight 2x4s and four 2x8s using a portable milling machine.
Individual Challenge: Contestants had to reverse a flatbed truck through a slalom course, picking up loads of tires, concrete blocks, and soil along the way.
Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to connect conduit and wire to four lights atop a metal structure.
As the winner of the final challenge, Ben became the Tough as Nails Champion, winning the $200,000 individual prize and a Ford Lightning truck.