Face Off (season 3)

Face Off Season 3
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 12
Broadcast
Original channel Syfy
Original run August 21, 2012 – October 31, 2012

The third season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off premiered on August 21, 2012[1] and ended October 31, 2012. The season featured twelve prosthetic makeup artists competing against each other to create makeup effects. In the finale, they were voted on by the public in a live broadcast on Halloween.[2] The grand prize for the third season was a position as a guest lecturer at the Make Up for Ever Academies in New York and Paris, a 2012 Toyota Prius v, and US$100,000.

It was won by Nicole Chilelli of Sacramento, California, who holds two Face Off records for being the first female to win and the first and only contestant to be eliminated and come back in the same season (then win).

Judges

Contestants

Production

Season 1 and 2 judge Patrick Tatopoulos stepped down from his position after the first episode in order to work on 300: Rise of an Empire, but later returned as a guest judge for the foundation challenge in episode 7 and in the final two episodes of the season. He is replaced by concept designer Neville Page, who has previously worked on Avatar as lead creature designer, Prometheus as character designer and Star Trek as lead creature and character designer.[3] Ve Neill and Glenn Hetrick remain as judges, with McKenzie Westmore remaining as the show's host. A pair of fraternal twins will compete against each other this season.

Guests that appeared this season include Sean Astin, Brian Grazer, Kevin Smith, Gale Anne Hurd, Matthew Wood, Paul W. S. Anderson, Laila Ali and Barney Burman.[4][5][6]

Contestant progress

Contestant[7] Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11/12
Nicole IN IN IN OUT IN‡ WIN WIN IN WINNER
Laura HIGH HIGH IN HIGH HIGH IN WIN HIGH IN WIN RUNNER-UP
Derek LOW IN WIN HIGH LOW WIN LOW LOW HIGH IN RUNNER-UP
Roy HIGH HIGH IN WIN HIGH IN‡ HIGH HIGH IN OUT
Sarah HIGH WIN LOW IN LOW LOW IN LOW OUT
Alana IN IN IN IN WIN IN LOW OUT
Rod WIN IN IN LOW LOW HIGH OUT
Tommy LOW IN HIGH LOW HIGH OUT
Jason IN LOW IN IN‡ OUT
Eric IN‡ LOW OUT
C.C. LOW OUT
Joe DQ
     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 was disqualified from the competition.
     The contestant returned to the competition.
‡ The contestant won the Foundation Challenge.

Episodes

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)		 18-49
Rating
191"A Force to Be Reckoned With"August 21, 20121.837[8]0.8[8]
  • Foundation Challenge: Using at least one item from the roof-top pool party, artists must create an original face make-up to display their personality and originality.
Guest Judge: Sean Astin
Reward: Immunity
Winner: Eric
  • Spotlight Challenge: Working in teams of two, artists must create an original alien character that would fit in the Mos Eisley Cantina scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Guest Judge: Matthew Wood
Reward: The winning character will be featured on the Star Wars website in its original form and stylized for the The Clone Wars animated series.
Top Looks:
Laura & Sarah - (Bounty hunter from Dagobah)
Roy & Rod - (Robotic Exoskeleton)
Safe:
Alana & Nicole - (Waitress)
Eric & Jason - (Mercenary / Assassin)
Bottom Looks:
Derek & C.C. - (Jazz saxophone player)
Joe & Tommy - (Female bodyguard)
Winner: Rod
Disqualified: Joea

 

202"Pirate Treasure"August 28, 20121.583[9]0.7[9]
  • Spotlight Challenge: After picking a key from a chest left in the contestant house, artists travelled to San Diego where they met McKenzie at the HMS Surprise. On the ship were 11 treasure chests that their keys could open up, revealing an inspiration the artist had to use in their creation of an original pirate character "who has become one with the sea".[10]
Reward: US$5000
Top Looks:
Roy - (Dagger)
Sarah - (Sea urchins)
Laura - (Shells)
Safe:
Nicole - (Ship in a bottle)
Rod - (Seahorses)
Derek - (Netting)
Alana - (Crabs)
Tommy - (Kelp)
Bottom Looks:
Eric - (Spyglass)
C.C. - (Barnacles)
Jason - (Jewels)
Winner: Sarah
Eliminated: C.C.

 

213"Year of the Dragon"September 4, 20121.759[11]0.8[11]
  • Spotlight Challenge: After visiting the Thien Hau Temple, the artists working in teams of two must create a Chinese New Year dragon makeup that can withstand the elaborate movements of an acrobatic dance routine. The team members' must also incorporate their own Chinese zodiac symbols in the dragon makeup.
Top Looks:
Derek & Tommy - (Monkey & Ox)
Safe:
Rod & Nicole - (Snake & Rat)
Jason & Roy - (Rabbit & Snake)
Bottom Looks:
Eric & Sarah - (Monkey & Pig)
Winner: Derek
Eliminated: Eric

 

224"Alice in Zombieland"September 11, 20121.410[12]0.7[12]
  • Foundation Challenge: Create a realistic trauma make-up to make it appear that the model withstood a 10-round boxing match.
Guest Judge: Laila Ali
Reward: Immunity
Winner: Jason
Guest Judge: Paul W. S. Anderson
Reward:
Top Looks:
Laura - (The Hatter)
Roy - (Queen of Hearts)
Derek - (Cheshire Cat)
Safe:
Sarah - (Cheshire Cat)
Jason - (The Hatter)
Alana - (The White Rabbit)
Bottom Looks:
Tommy - (The White Rabbit)
Nicole - (Alice)
Rod - (Queen of Hearts)
Winner: Roy
Eliminated: Nicole

 

235"Supermobile"September 18, 20121.799[14]0.9[14]
  • Spotlight Challenge: After visiting the Bronson Caves and meeting with season 2 winner Rayce, teams of two must create an original superhero and sidekick characters that ties in with a specific vehicleb.[15]
Guest Judge: Kevin Smith
Top Looks:
Laura & Tommy - (Humber Pig)
Alana & Roy - (Dodge Charger)
Bottom Looks:
Jason & Rod - (Tatra T87)
Derek & Sarah - (AJS Motorcycle and Sidecar)
Winner: Alana
Eliminated: Jason

 

246"Dishonorable Proportions"September 25, 20121.491[16]0.7[16]
  • Foundation Challenge: Create an avant-garde beauty makeup that complements the dress the model is wearing.
Guest Judge: Lijha Stewart
Reward: Immunity
Winner: Roy
  • Spotlight Challenge: After visiting The Edison, where they viewed the City Watch, Aristocrate, Thug, and Weeper characters from the video game Dishonored, contestants are to create an original take on their selected character. Their final designs not only need to fit in that world, they must also have exaggerated proportions.[17]
Guest Judge: Lijha Stewart
Top Looks:
Derek - (Thug)
Rod - (Aristocrat)
Safe:
Alana - (Weeper)
Roy - (City Watch)
Laura - (Weeper)
Bottom Looks:
Sarah - (Aristocrat)
Tommy - (Thug)
Winner: Derek
Eliminated: Tommy

 

257"Monster Twist"October 2, 20121.668[18]0.8[18]
Guest Judge: Patrick Tatopoulos
Reward: Returning to the show as a contestant
Winner: Nicole
  • Spotlight Challenge: Working with children from the non-profit group City Hearts, Kids Say Yes to the Arts, contestants are to create an original movie monster using a child's sketch as inspiration[19]
Reward: Art supplies will be donated to City Hearts, Kids Say Yes to the Arts in the winner's honor
Top Looks:
Roy - (Tickle monster, blinking eyes)
Laura - (Vampire-dragon baby)
Safe:
Nicole - (Cave-dwelling demon)
Sarah - (Sweetie Stealer)
Bottom Looks:
Derek - (People-eating alien)
Alana - (Big eye, many nostrils)
Rod - (Big-headed alien that blinks when it sleeps)
Winner: Laura
Eliminated: Rod

 

268"Who's the New Who?"October 9, 20121.799[20]0.8[20]
Guest Judge: Brian Grazer
Top Looks:
Nicole - (Bumble Tub)
Laura - (Chippendale Mupp)
Roy - (Foona Lagoona Baboona)
Bottom Looks:
Alana - (Offt)
Derek - (Snorter McPhail)
Sarah - (Hinkle Horn Honker)
Winner: Nicole
Eliminated: Alana

 

279"Junkyard Cyborg"October 16, 20121.792[21]0.9[21]
  • Spotlight Challenge: After being given a half-hour to source parts from a junkyard, the contestants must incorporate the pieces they scavenged into an original cyborg makeup.
Guest Judge: Gale Ann Hurd
Top Looks:
Nicole - (Princess from another planet)
Derek - (Future soldier with injuries)
Safe:
Laura - (Intercity post-apocalyptic soldier)
Roy - (Zombie)
Bottom Looks:
Sarah - (Military experiment)
Winner: Nicole
Eliminated: Sarah

 

2810"Scene of the Crime"October 23, 20121.715[22]0.8[22]
  • Spotlight Challenge: Choosing one of four mock crime scenes in the woods, the artists will need to create an original wesen character (based on the TV show Grimm) that would have most likely committed the crime.
Guests: Silas Weir Mitchell and Barney Burman
Guest Judge: Richard Hatem
Reward:
Top Looks:
Laura - Botanist attacked by an insectoid Wesen
Safe:
Derek - Cyclist attacked by a raptor-like creature
Nicole - Mother and Baby on a picnic attacked by a werewolf
Bottom Looks:
Roy - Camper attacked by a Königschlange
Winner: Laura
Eliminated: Roy

 

2911"Immortal Enemies"October 30, 20122.096[23]1.2[23]
  • Spotlight Challenge: Create two Halloween-themed characters, an evil demon and a good witch, that will perform in a choreographed stunt show.d
Guest: Michael Westmore
Guest Judge: Patrick Tatopoulos
Derek - assisted by Eric & Jason chose the Fire theme
Laura - assisted by Rod & Tommy chose the Earth theme
Nicole - assisted by Roy & Sarah chose the Water theme

 

3012"Live Finale"October 31, 20121.613[24]0.8[24]

A live reunion of the contestants with a review of the current season and preview of the next before the winner of Face Off as voted by the fans is announced. Judge Ve Neil made an appearance via satellite in a pre-recorded message to the final three by wishing them good luck as she is busy working on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. After winning the season, Nicole is the first Face Off winner to have been eliminated, come back, and win.

Winner: Nicole
 

Footnotes

  1. ^ Following the judging on the Face Off Reveal Stage, Joe left the set entirely before the Spotlight Challenge's final results were announced. As a result, he was disqualified from the competition with the elimination of the remaining bottom three not needed. Since then, Joe made no return appearances in the season, including for the Foundation Challenge to bring somebody back to the competition.
  2. ^ Not chosen: Lamborghini Gallardo or Space Mole
  3. ^ Not chosen: Biffer-Baum Bird or Hoop-Soup-Snoop
  4. ^ First of a two-part finale. The winner was chosen in the second half.

References

  1. ↑ "Syfy Renews Hit Competition Series "Face Off" for a Third Season". Futon Critic. February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 15, 2012). "Season 3 Finale of Syfy's 'Face Off' to be Broadcast Live From Los Angeles, CA on Halloween Night". TV by the Numbers. SyFy press release. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ Jon Lachonis (June 27, 2012). "Face Off Season 3 Premiere Date and New Judge Announced". TVOvermind.
  4. ↑ "Face Off Press Release". Nbcumv.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  5. ↑ Amy and Nancy Harrington, Pop Culture Passionistas (2012-08-20). "‘Face Off’ Season 3: What to expect - Yahoo! TV". Tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  6. ↑ "Daily Mountain Eagle - Walker County native in reality show competition about special effects makeup". Mountaineagle.com. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  7. ↑ Season 3 contestants
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Storage Wars' Wins Night, 'Teen Mom', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'White Collar','Dance Moms', 'Face Off' & More". Tvbythenumbers. 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Daily Preliminary Broadcast Cable Finals Broadcast Finals (2012-08-13). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: ‘Teen Mom’ Wins Night + ‘Storage Wars’, ‘Pretty Little Liars’, ‘White Collar’, ‘Hardcore Pawn’ & More - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  10. ↑ "Face Off Episode Guide 2012 Season 3 - Pirate Treasure, Episode 2". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Tuesday's Cable Ratings: MSNBC Tops Viewers with DNC; "Counting Cars" Wins Demos for History". Thefutoncritic.com. 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Sons of Anarchy' Rides to First Place, + 'Teen Mom', 'White Collar', 'Hardcore Pawn', 'Time Machine', 'Covert Affairs' & More". Tvbythenumbers. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  13. ↑ "Face Off Episode Guide 2012 Season 3 - Alice in Zombieland, Episode 4". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Bibel, Sara (19 September 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Sons of Anarchy' Wins Night, 'Counting Cars', 'White Collar', 'Covert Affairs', 'Face Off', 'Dance Moms' & More". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Face Off Episode Guide 2012 Season 3 - Supermobile, Episode 5". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Kondolojy, Amanda (26 September 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Sons of Anarchy' Rides to Victory + 'Tosh.0', 'Counting Cars', 'Brickleberry', 'Daily Show' & More". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  17. ↑ "Face Off Episode Guide 2012 Season 3 - Dishonorable Proportions, Episode 6". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Bibel, Sara (3 October 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: Tuesday Cable Ratings:'Sons of Anarchy' Wins Night, 'Tosh.0', 'Brickleberry', 'Face Off', 'Shipping Wars', 'Teen Mom Farewell' & More". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  19. ↑ "Face Off Episode Guide 2012 Season 3 - Monster Twist, Episode 7". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Kondolojy, Sara (17 October 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Sons of Anarchy' Wins Night + 'BET Hip Hop Awards', 'Keyshia & Daniel', MLB, 'Tosh.0', 'The Soul Man' & More". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Bibel, Sara (10 October 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Sons of Anarchy' & Presidential Debate Win Night, Baseball,'Tosh.0', 'Face Off', 'Covert Affairs' & More". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Kondolojy, Amanda (24 October 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Sons of Anarchy' & Basketball Win Night, 'Tosh.0', 'Face Off', 'Ink Master', 'Covert Affairs' & More". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Bibel, Sara (31 October 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Sons of Anarchy' Wins Night, + 'Tosh.0', 'The Daily Show', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'Ink Master' & More". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Bibel, Sara (1 November 2012). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'American Horror Story' Wins Night, 'South Park', 'Duck Dynasty', 'Face Off', 'Key & Peele', 'South Beach Tow' & More". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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