Skin Wars
Skin Wars | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Presented by | Rebecca Romijn |
Judges |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 43 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) | Robin Barcus Slonina |
Editor(s) | Jacob McCampbell |
Camera setup | Johna Great |
Production company(s) | Michael Levitt Productions |
Distributor | Passion Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | Game Show Network |
Original release | August 6, 2014 – August 10, 2016 |
External links | |
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Skin Wars is a body painting reality competition hosted by Rebecca Romijn that premiered on Game Show Network on August 6, 2014.[1]
Skin Wars Contestants on the series perform challenges containing body painting each episode. At the end of each episode, one contestant is eliminated and told "It's time to wash off your canvas."[2]
Production
On September 12, 2013, GSN ordered eight episodes of the series,[1][2] making it GSN's first television show devoted to body art.[2] On February 4, 2014, GSN announced Rebecca Romijn as host of Skin Wars, with RuPaul Charles, Craig Tracy and Robin Slonina serving as judges.[3]
The series premiered on GSN August 6, 2014.[4] That same night, the network also began airing an online series entitled Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson airing immediately after Skin Wars on DOOR3, GSN's YouTube channel targeted toward 18- to 25-year-olds. The series features commentary from Johnson as well as highlights from that night's episode and a "Skinterview" with one of the contestants.[5]
On September 30, 2014, GSN announced plans to air a ten-episode second season of Skin Wars with Romijn and all three judges returning to reprise their respective roles.[6] The second season premiered June 10, 2015.[7]
A spinoff called Skin Wars: Fresh Paint hosted by RuPaul aired as a special on August 26, 2015. It featured six highly accomplished artists, each at the top of their game, as they leave their comfort zones to compete in body painting for the first time. The artists must conquer three difficult challenges as they are mentored by three top artists from the first season, Dutch Bihary, Lawrence "Gear" Duran and Season One champion, Natalie Fletcher. As the artists work closely with their body painting mentors they try to quickly master the craft and win the $10,000 prize and become champion. It premiered to 456,000 viewers.[8] Later, it became a series itself, premiering on June 15, 2016.[9]
On August 27, 2015, GSN renewed the series for a third season.[10]
Season 1
Contestants
The 10 body painters competing in the first season were:[11]
Contestant | Outcome |
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Alan Anderson, 38 | 10th |
Sean Avram, 39 | 9th |
Angela Roberts, 22 | 8th |
Mythica Von Griffyn, 43 | 7th |
Felle Kelsaw, 41 | 6th |
Lawrence "Gear" Duran, 35 | 5th |
Nicole Hays, 29 | 4th |
Dutch Bihary, 41 | 3rd |
Shannon Holt, 38 | Runner-Up |
Natalie Fletcher, 28 | Winner |
Contestant Progress
Artists | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Natalie | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | LOW‡ | F/O | LOW‡ | WINNER |
Shannon | WIN | SAFE | LOW‡ | LOW‡ | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | RUNNER-UP |
Dutch | HIGH‡ | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW‡ | SAFE | WIN | 3RD PLACE‡ |
Nicole | SAFE | SAFE‡ | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | |
Gear | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WIN | OUT‡ | ||
Felle | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH‡ | WIN | OUT | |||
Mythica | LOW | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||
Angela | SAFE | LOW | OUT | |||||
Sean | LOW | OUT | ||||||
Alan | OUT |
- The contestant won Skin Wars.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was in 3rd Place.
- The contestant won the challenge that week.
- The contestant was in the top in the challenge that week.
- The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.
- The contestant was in the bottom, but not in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.
- ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.
Season 2
Contestants
The 12 body painters competing in the second season were:[12]
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Place Finished |
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Marcio Karam | 43 | Miami, Florida | 12th |
Rudy Zanzibar Campos | 30 | Houston, Texas | 11th |
Rachel Deboer | 40 | Maui, Hawaii | 10th |
Fernello Nelson | 30 | Queens, New York | 9th |
Sammie Bartko | 38 | Heber City, Utah | 8th |
Dawn Marie Svanoe | 44 | Madison, Wisconsin | 7th |
Kyle Vest | 25 | Orlando, Florida | 6th |
Rio Sirah | 33 | Atlanta, Georgia | 5th |
Cheryl Ann Lipstreu | 37 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 4th |
Aryn Fox | 27 | Newport, Kentucky | 3rd |
Avi Ram | 28 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 2nd |
Lana Chromium | 29 | San Diego, California | 1st |
Contestant Progress
Artists | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Lana | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH‡ | WIN | HIGH | F/O | WINNER |
Avi | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | HIGH‡ | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP‡ |
Aryn | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW‡ | LOW | HIGH‡ | 3RD PLACE |
Cheryl Ann | HIGH | HIGH‡ | LOW | LOW | LOW | SAFE | LOW | LOW‡ | OUT | |
Rio | SAFE | SAFE | WIN‡ | LOW | HIGH‡ | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||
Kyle | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | LOW | OUT | |||
Dawn Marie | SAFE | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||
Sammie | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | OUT | |||||
Fernello | LOW‡ | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
Rachel | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||
Rudy | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
Marcio | OUT | |||||||||
- The contestant won Skin Wars.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was in 3rd Place.
- The contestant won the challenge that week.
- The contestant was in the top in the challenge that week.
- The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.
- The contestant was in the bottom, but not in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.
- ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.
Season 3
Contestants
The 12 body painters competing in the third season are:[13]
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Place Finished |
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Jermaze Wade | 36 | Decatur, Georgia | 12th |
Shelley Wapniak | 33 | Brooklyn, New York | 11th |
Kyera Dalesandro | 22 | Virginia Beach, Virginia | 10th |
Jessica "Jess" Watson Miller | 24 | Sydney, Australia | 9th |
Hans Haveron | 36 | Los Angeles, California | 8th (Quit) |
Joseph "Otto" Ott | 38 | Winneconne, Wisconsin | 7th |
Luis Martinez | 21 | Atlanta, Georgia | 6th |
Tiffany Beckler | 26 | Rock Hill, South Carolina | 5th |
Michael Mejia | 25 | Queens, New York | 4th |
Brittney Pelloquin | 28 | Broussard, Louisiana | 3rd |
Alison Kenyon | 44 | Grass Valley, California | Runner-Up |
Rick Uribe | 20 | El Paso, Texas | Winner |
Contestant Progress
Artists | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Rick | SAFE | WIN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH‡ | LOW | WINNER |
Alison | SAFE‡ | SAFE | LOW | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH‡ | HIGH | WIN | RUNNER-UP‡ |
Brittney | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH‡ | 3RD PLACE |
Michael | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH‡ | WIN | LOW‡ | WIN | LOW | OUT | |
Tiffany | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||
Luis | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE‡ | LOW | LOW‡ | OUT | ||||
Otto | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | OUT | |||||
Hans | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | QUIT | |||||
Jessica | SAFE | SAFE‡ | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
Kyera | LOW | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
Shelley | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
Jermaze | OUT | |||||||||
- The contestant won Skin Wars.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was the 2nd runner-up.
- The contestant won the challenge that week.
- The contestant was in the top in the challenge that week.
- The contestant was in the bottom, but not in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant quit the competition.
- ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.
- In Episode 5, Hans quit the competition at panel after a fall out with the judges.
- In Episode 7, Brittney and Rick were in the bottom two but neither was eliminated.
International broadcast
In Australia, the series premiered on LifeStyle You on May 26, 2015.[14] The first two seasons are now available on Netflix.
In Canada, the series premiered on GameTV since 2015. It also airs on GSN on Cable/Satellite companies that air the channel.[15]
In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on TruTV since 2015.[16]
In Brazil, the show's first season has been broadcast on Multishow since February, 2016. In South Africa it broadcasts on Sony Max
References
- 1 2 "GSN Orders Body-Painting Competition Series 'Skin Wars'". Deadline Hollywood. PMC. September 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Kondology, Amanda (September 12, 2013). "GSN Paints the Town With 'Skin Wars' as Network Orders 8 Episodes of New Original Series". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Zap2it. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ↑ "GSN Announces Rebecca Romijn as Host of New Original Series "Skin Wars"" (Press release). GSN Corporate. February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ↑ "GSN Announces Premiere Dates for New Original Summer Series Skin Wars and Idiotest" (Press release). GSN Corporate. June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ↑ "GSN to Launch Online Series Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson, Debuting on DOOR3 YouTube Channel Wednesday, August 6 at 10:00PM ET/PM" (Press release). GSN Corporate. August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ The Deadline Team (September 30, 2014). "Skin Wars Renewed for Season 2 on GSN". Deadline. PMC. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ "GSN's Groundbreaking Hit Series Skin Wars Returns for Its Second Season on Wednesday, June 10 at 9PM ET/PT" (Press release). GSN Corporate. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (August 27, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.26.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ "GSN Debuts Spinoff Series SKIN WARS: FRESH PAINT Today". Broadway World. June 15, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ "GSN Announces Season Three Pick-up of Groundbreaking Original Hit Series Skin Wars" (Press release). GSN Corporate. August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20141129110843/http://skinwars.gsntv.com/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20150915100301/http://skinwars.gsntv.com/
- ↑ "Hit Series "Skin Wars," Hosted By Rebecca Romijn, Returns for Its Third Season on Wednesday, April 20 At 10PM ET/PT" (Press release). GSN. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Foxtel in May: 200+ new shows including Wayward Pines, Open Slather, Nashville and River Cottage Australia". The Green Room. Foxtel. April 29, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ↑ Skin Wars on Game TV
- ↑ http://www.trutv.co.uk/show/110/skin-wars