Show Me the Money 5
The fifth season of the series Show Me the Money, known as Show Me the Money 5 (also referred to as SMTM5), premiered on May 6, 2016 and ended July 15, 2016. It is on broadcast every Friday at 23:00 KST on Mnet. Mnet's fifth season of SMTM features YG Entertainment judges Kush and Zion.T, Dok2 and The Quiett from Illionaire Records, AOMG co-CEO Simon Dominic and producer Gray, and judges Mad Clown and Gill of Leessang. A record-breaking number of 9,000 contestants auditioned this season. The process of SMTM5 was  similar to that of "Show Me the Money 4" with open auditions where contestants were asked for an a cappella rap, but for the first time LA auditions were also held in addition to the traditional audition in Seoul. American rapper Timbaland was a guest judge during Round 2 of the LA auditions. Judges. Team YG: Team AOMG: Team Illionaire: Team Mad Clown & Gill: Teams. Team YG Team AOMG Team Mad Clown & Gill Team Illionaire Rounds. Round One: Contestants must rap a cappella in front of a judge. The contestants are given a necklace if they pass. Round Two: Contestants  prepare a one-minute rap using the beat of their choice and rap in front of all the judges. In order to pass onto the next round, they must receive at least one pass. Notable Rappers at the One-Minute Rap Round Round Three: Contestants pair up for a 1v1 rap battle. Prior to this round, all the rappers participate in a cypher in order to assess each other's skills. Only one person can win the battle and move onto the next round. Unlike previous seasons, there was no revival round in SMTM5. Round Four: Contestants and judges must  choose each other for the contestant to become part of the Top 16. If the contestant fails to get a match with one of the judging teams, they are eliminated. This round deviates from the typical SMTM team selection process. Round Five: The new teams participate in a team song mission to assess their rapping and teamwork skills. The worst rapper in the team is eliminated by their team's producers. Round Six: Team diss battles. Round Seven: Following the results of the team diss battles, losing teams face against each other and winning teams face against each other at  the live performances. Losing team producers choose one rapper to perform during the live show. The two remaining rappers write verses for a collaboration song written by their producers. Prior to the live show, the two rappers go through a mic-selection, where the producers choose one rapper to perform with them. The other rapper is eliminated from the show. Meanwhile, the winning teams choose one rapper to perform on their own and the remaining two rappers perform a song together. Round Eight: Semi-finals. - The remaining six contestants will have solo performances with a special guest performer(s) with each  of them matched-up against another contestant. The contestant who earned more amount of money during their match-up will advance to the final round, while the other gets eliminated. Round Nine: Finals – The final round is televised live with 50% of the votes from the TV audience and the remaining 50% from the live audience. In the first part of the finals, all three remaining finalists will perform live on stage with their producers. The finalist who receives the least amount of money through audience votes in the first part of the finals will be eliminated. In the second  part of the finals, the final two contestants will have one last performance alone or with a special guest featuring. The contestant who earned the most amount of money will be this season's champion.