Face Off season 1

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Face Off
Season 1
No. of episodes8
Release
Original network Syfy
Original releaseJanuary 26 (2011-01-26) 
March 16, 2011 (2011-03-16)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

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 Orlando, Florida was the winner of Face Off season one.

Judges

Contestants

NameAgeHometownPlace finished
Jessica Kramer26 Scottdale, Pennsylvania 12th
Sergio Guerra31 San Antonio, Texas 11th
Frank Ippolito32 Cleveland, Ohio 10th
Marcel Banks24 Tacoma, Washington 9th
Kayla "Jo" Holland21 Hilo, Hawaii 8th
Anthony Pepe35 Queens, New York City, New York 7th
Tom Devlin29 East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 6th
Megan Areford24 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5th
Samantha "Sam" Cobb32 Decatur, Georgia 4th
Tate Steinsiek 31 Brooklyn, New York City, New York Runner-Up
Gage Hubbard26 Willard, Utah Runner-Up
Conor McCullagh40 Orlando, Florida Winner

Contestant progress

ContestantEpisode
12345678
ConorWINLOWWININHIGHHIGHINWINNER
GageLOWINHIGHHIGHININHIGHRUNNER-UP
TateHIGHLOWINHIGHHIGHWININRUNNER-UP
SamININININININWINOUT
MeganININLOWLOW*WINLOW*OUT
TomHIGHHIGHLOW*WINLOW*OUT
AnthonyINWINLOWLOWHIGHOUT
JoLOWHIGHHIGHINOUT
MarcelININHIGHOUT
FrankHIGHINOUT
SergioLOWOUT*
JessicaOUT*
  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 a teammate of the eliminated contestant in the Spotlight Challenge.
  The contestant was eliminated.
‡ The contestant won the Foundation Challenge.
* The contestant was in the bottom in the Spotlight Challenge and was nominated by the winner

Episodes

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(million)
18-49
Rating
11"Welcome to the Jungle"January 26, 2011 (2011-01-26)1.440 [1] 0.7/2 [1]

  • Foundation Challenge: Create an original face makeup incorporating at least one item from the introductory reception room. The reward is the Immunity for the Spotlight Challenge.
Judge: Glenn Hetrick
Top Foundations:
Gage
Tom
Winner: Gage
  • 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, 2011 (2011-02-02)1.041 [2] 0.5/1 [2]

  • 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 Pendelton
Reward: First choice for Spotlight Challenge
Top Foundations:
Anthony
Sam
Tate
Bottom Foundations:
Frank
Sergio
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, 2011 (2011-02-09)1.286 [3] 0.6/2 [3]

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, 2011 (2011-02-16)1.165 [4] 0.6/2 [4]

  • 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, 2011 (2011-02-23)1.320 [5] 0.6/2 [5]

  • 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
Top Foundations
Tate (Futuristic)
Tom (Amish)
Winner: Tate
  • 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, 2011 (2011-03-02)1.490 [6] 0.7/2 [6]

  • 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
Top Foundations:
Tate
Tom
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, 2011 (2011-03-09)1.325 [7] 0.6/2 [7]

  • 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, 2011 (2011-03-16)1.494 [8] 0.7/2 [8]

  • 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
Runners-up :
Tate - assisted by Tom & Anthony - reimagined Little Red Riding Hood as a post-apocalyptic story
Gage - assisted by Marcel & Jessica - reimagined Hansel and Gretel as an industrial story
Winner:
Conor - assisted by Frank & Sergio - reimagined The Frog Prince as a ghost story

 

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