Face Off (season 1)

Face Off Season 1
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 8
Broadcast
Original channel Syfy
Original run January 26, 2011 – March 16, 2011

The first season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off featured twelve prosthetic makeup artists competing in a series of challenges to create makeup effects. The winner received US$100,000 and a year's supply of makeup. The season premiered on January 26, 2011. Conor McCullagh of Mississauga, Ontario was the winner of Face Off season one.

Judges

Contestants

Contestant progress

Contestant[1] Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conor WIN LOW WIN IN HIGH HIGH IN WINNER
Gage LOW‡ IN HIGH HIGH IN IN HIGH RUNNER-UP
Tate HIGH LOW‡ IN HIGH HIGH‡WININ RUNNER-UP
Sam IN IN IN IN IN IN WIN OUT
Megan IN IN LOW LOW WIN LOW OUT
Tom HIGH HIGH LOW WIN LOW OUT‡
Anthony IN WIN LOW LOW HIGH OUT
Jo LOW HIGH HIGH IN OUT
Marcel IN IN HIGH OUT
Frank HIGH IN OUT
Sergio LOW OUT
Jessica OUT
     The contestant won Face Off.
     The contestant was a runner-up.
     The contestant won a Spotlight Challenge.
     The contestant was part of a team that won the Spotlight Challenge.
     The contestant was in the top in the Spotlight Challenge.
     The contestant was in the bottom in the Spotlight Challenge.
     The contestant was eliminated.
‡ The contestant won the Foundation Challenge.

Episodes

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)		 18-49
Rating
11"Welcome to the Jungle"January 26, 20111.440[2]0.7/2[2]
  • Foundation Challenge: Create an original face makeup incorporating at least one item from the introductory reception room. Gage won the challenge, gaining Immunity for the Spotlight Challenge.
  • Spotlight Challenge: In teams of two, create a human-animal hybrid based on either a black beetle, ostrich, or elephant. As the winner of the spotlight challenge, the winner of the spotlight challenge (as well as every subsequent spotlight challenge winner) was allowed to recommend who they believed should be eliminated.
Top Looks:
Frank & Tate (Black Beetle)
Conor & Tom (Elephant)
Safe:
Megan & Anthony (Ostrich)
Sam & Marcel (Black Beetle)
Bottom Looks:
Jessica & Jo (Ostrich)
Sergio & Gage (Elephant)
Winner: Conor
Recommended for Elimination: Jessica
Eliminated: Jessica

 

22"Naked Ambition"February 2, 20111.041[3]0.5/1[3]
  • Foundation Challenge: Being their own models, the contestants will have to design an original tattoo that has a special meaning for them.
Guest Judge: Thomas Pendleton
Reward: First choice for Spotlight Challenge
Winner: Tate
  • Spotlight Challenge: Using one of the backdrops mentioned above, Body paint a nude model for a magazine cover photo shoot.
Guest Judge: Filippo Ioco
Top Looks:
Tom (Stairway)
Jo (Ocean)
Anthony (Petrified wood)
Bottom Looks:
Sergio (Tornado)
Conor (New Orleans)
Tate (Rainforest)
Winner: Anthony
Recommended for Elimination: Sergio
Eliminated: Sergio

 

33"Out of This World"February 9, 20111.286[4]0.6/2[4]
  • Spotlight Challenge: Create an alien inspired by the environmental conditions speculated to exist on extrasolar planet Gliese 581 g.
Guest Judge: Michael Westmore
Top Looks:
Conor & Jo (Royal Gliesan)
Gage & Marcel (Dark Side albino creature)
Bottom Looks:
Anthony & Frank (Exo-skeletal creature)
Tom & Megan (volcano dweller)
Winner: Conor
Recommended for Elimination: Tom
Eliminated: Frank

 

44"Bad to the Bone"February 16, 20111.165[5]0.6/2[5]
  • Spotlight Challenge: Design an original slasher movie villain, and a movie poster with title and tagline.
Guest Judge: Sean S. Cunningham
Top Looks:
Gage: Cautionary Point, an undead lighthouse keeper. Tagline: Heed The Warning
Tate: Him, a genetic anomaly. Tagline: Your Mind...His Playground
Tom: Teddy Told Me To, child-like killer with a yo-yo weapon. Tagline: It's All Fun And Games Till Someone Dies
Bottom Looks:
Marcel: Final Skate, a 70's era roller rink operator. Tagline: The Class Of '78 Is Going To Pieces
Megan: Chester's Photography, a deranged photographer. Tagline: A Picture Says A Thousand Words...His Victims Say None
Anthony: London Twilight, a mad doctor set in Victorian England. Tagline: The Doctor Is Out...Of His Mind
Winner: Tom
Recommended for Elimination: Megan
Eliminated: Marcel

 

55"Switched and Hitched"February 23, 20111.320[6]0.6/2[6]
  • Foundation Challenge: Create a realistic facial hair makeup that matches the model's costume.
Guest Judge: Steve la Porte
Reward: First choice of models for the Spotlight Challenge
Winner: Tate (Futuristic)
  • Spotlight Challenge: Take an engaged couple and make them up so their genders are switched.
Top Looks:
Conor & Megan (Formal wear - Willie & Cecily)
Tate & Anthony (Las Vegas wear - Peter & Kathleen)
Bottom Look:
Tom & Jo (1970's - Dean & Mirai)
Winner: Megan
Recommended for Elimination: Tom
Eliminated: Jo

 

66"The Dancing Dead"March 2, 20111.490[7]0.7/2[7]
  • Foundation Challenge: Make a gallon of stage blood using grocery items, and apply it to a mock crime scene.
Guest Judge: Bob Jacks
Reward: First choice of model for the Spotlight Challenge
Winner: Tom
  • Spotlight Challenge: Create a zombie character to work in a choreographed dance routine with the other contestants' creations, set to "Zombie" by Natalia Kills. Due to the double elimination, the winner of the spotlight challenge was allowed to recommend two people for elimination.
Guest Judge: Greg Nicotero
Top Looks:
Conor (Classic 80's style)
Tate (Home invasion)
Bottom Looks:
Anthony (Prostitute)
Tom (Roadkill)
Megan (Plastic surgery client)
Winner: Tate
Recommended for Elimination:
First Pick: Megan
Second Pick: (None)
Eliminated: Anthony, Tom

 

77"Family Plot"March 9, 20111.325[8]0.6/2[8]
  • Spotlight Challenge: Being their own models, contestants are to create a make-up to make themselves unrecognizable to a loved one. Due to one artist's particularly poor performance in the challenge, the judges announced that they would not need to hear the winner's recommendation for elimination.
Reward: First choice of fairy tale and theme for the next Spotlight Challenge
Top Looks:
Gage (Matt (boyfriend) Monique)
Sam (Brian (husband) Mark)
Winner: Sam
Eliminated: Megan

 

88"Twisted Tales"March 16, 20111.494[9]0.7/2[9]
  • Spotlight Challenge: Assisted by two eliminated contestants, the remaining competitors were to re-imagine two fairy tale characters in a different genre.
Eliminated:
Sam - assisted by Jo & Megan - reimagined a psychedelic version of The Little Mermaid
Winner:
Conor - assisted by Frank & Sergio - reimagined The Frog Prince as a ghost story

 

References

  1. ↑ "''Face Off'' cast". Poptower.com. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Seidman, Robert (January 27, 2011). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Storage Wars,' 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Top Cable; 'Hot In Cleveland' Sheds A Chunk of Viewers". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Seidman, Robert (February 24, 2011). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Top Chef' Leads Night; 'Justified,' 'Hot In Cleveland' Steady & More". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gorman, Bill (March 3, 2011). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Top Chef' Leads Night; 'Justified' Rises, 'Hot In Cleveland' Steady & More". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Seidman, Robert (March 10, 2011). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: "Top Chef" Slips, But Still Tops + "Justified," "Real World," "Hot in Cleveland" and More". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gorman, Bill (March 17, 2011). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Storage Wars,' 'Real World' Lead, Plus 'Top Chef,' 'Justified,' 'Hot in Cleveland' and More". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-06-09.

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