Skin Wars

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Skin Wars
Skin Wars logo.png
Genre Reality competition
Presented by Rebecca Romijn
Judges
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes28
Production
Executive producers
Producer Robin Barcus Slonina
EditorJacob McCampbell
Camera setupJohna Great
Production companyMichael Levitt Productions
Original release
Network Game Show Network
ReleaseAugust 6, 2014 (2014-08-06) 
August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)

Skin Wars is a body painting reality competition hosted by Rebecca Romijn that premiered on the American pay-television channel Game Show Network on August 6, 2014. [1] 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]

Contents

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 released an online series, Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson which began immediately after Skin Wars on DOOR3, GSN's YouTube channel and 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, 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 worked closely with their body painting mentors, they attempted 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]

The winners of the program in chronological order are as follows: Natalie Fletcher, Lana Chronium and Rick Uribe.

Series overview

Season 1 (2014)

Contestants

The 10 body painters competing in the first season were: [11]

ContestantAgeHome-StateOutcome
Natalie Fletcher28 Oregon 1st (Winner)
Shannon Holt38 Pennsylvania 2nd (Runner-up)
Dutch Bihary41 Washington 3rd Place
Nicole Hays29 Texas 4th Place
Lawrence "Gear" Duran35 Nevada 5th Place
Felle Kelsaw41 Michigan 6th Place
Mythica Von Griffyn43 Colorado 7th Place
Angela Roberts22 Louisiana 8th Place
Sean Avram39 Vermont (originally Canada)9th Place
Alan Anderson38 Alabama 10th Place

Contestant progress

Elimination Chart
Artists12345678
NatalieSAFEWINWINSAFEBTM2‡F/OBTM2‡WINNER
ShannonWINSAFELOW‡BTM2‡HIGHWINHIGHRUNNER-UP
DutchHIGH‡HIGHLOWHIGHLOW‡SAFEWIN3RD PLACE‡
NicoleSAFESAFE‡HIGHLOWHIGHHIGHELIM
GearSAFEHIGHBTM2HIGHWINELIM‡
FelleHIGHSAFEHIGH‡WINELIM
MythicaBTM2LOWHIGHELIM
AngelaSAFEBTM2ELIM
SeanLOWELIM
AlanELIM
  The contestant won Skin Wars.
  The contestant was the runner-up.
  The contestant placed 3rd overall.
  The contestant won the weekly challenge.
  The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge.
  The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination.
  The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.
  The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.
‡ The contestant won the mini challenge

Season 2 (2015)

Contestants

The 12 body painters competing in the second season were: [12]

ContestantAgeHometownOutcome
Lana Chromium29 San Diego, California Winner
Avi Ram28 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Runner-up
Aryn Fox27 Newport, Kentucky 3rd Place
Cheryl Ann Lipstreu37 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 4th Place
Rio Sirah33 Atlanta, Georgia 5th Place
Kyle Vest25 Orlando, Florida 6th Place
Dawn Marie Svanoe44 Madison, Wisconsin 7th Place
Sammie Bartko38 Heber City, Utah 8th Place
Fernello Nelson30 Queens, New York 9th Place
Rachel Deboer40 Maui, Hawaii 10th Place
Rudy Zanzibar Campos30 Houston, Texas 11th Place
Marcio Karam43 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12th Place

Contestant progress

Elimination Chart
Artists12345678910
LanaWINSAFEHIGHBTM2BTM2HIGH‡WINHIGHF/OWINNER
AviSAFEWINHIGHHIGH‡HIGHWINLOWWINWINRUNNER-UP‡
ArynSAFEHIGHSAFEWINHIGHHIGHLOW‡BTM2HIGH‡3RD PLACE
Cheryl AnnHIGHHIGH‡LOWLOWLOWSAFEBTM2LOW‡ELIM
RioSAFESAFEWIN‡LOWHIGH‡BTM2HIGHELIM
KyleHIGHSAFEHIGHSAFEWINLOWELIM
Dawn MarieSAFEBTM2LOWHIGHLOWELIM
SammieSAFESAFEBTM2SAFEELIM
FernelloLOW‡SAFESAFEELIM
RachelBTM2LOWELIM
RudySAFEELIM
MarcioELIM
  The contestant won Skin Wars.
  The contestant was the runner-up.
  The contestant placed 3rd overall.
  The contestant won the weekly challenge.
  The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge.
  The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination.
  The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.
  The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.
‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.

Season 3 (2016)

Contestants

The 12 body painters competing in the third season were: [13]

ContestantAgeHometownOutcome
Rick Uribe20 El Paso, Texas Winner
Alison Kenyon44 Grass Valley, California Runner-up
Brittney Pelloquin28 Broussard, Louisiana 3rd Place
Michael Mejia25 Queens, New York 4th Place
Tiffany Beckler26 Rock Hill, South Carolina 5th Place
Luis Martinez21 Atlanta, Georgia 6th Place
Joseph "Otto" Ott38 Winneconne, Wisconsin 7th Place
Hans Haveron36 Los Angeles, California 8th Place (Quit)
Jessica "Jess" Watson Miller24 Sydney, Australia 9th Place
Kyera Dalesandro24 Virginia Beach, Virginia 10th Place
Shelley Wapniak33 Brooklyn, New York 11th Place
Jermaze Wade36 Decatur, Georgia 12th Place

Contestant progress

Elimination Chart
Artists12345678910
RickSAFEWINWINLOWHIGHHIGHBTM2HIGH‡BTM2WINNER
AlisonSAFE‡SAFEBTM2WINHIGHSAFEHIGH‡HIGHWINRUNNER-UP‡
BrittneyHIGHHIGHLOWHIGHSAFEHIGHBTM2WINHIGH‡3RD PLACE
MichaelHIGHBTM2LOWHIGH‡WINBTM2‡WINBTM2ELIM
TiffanyWINSAFEHIGHSAFESAFEWINHIGHELIM
LuisSAFESAFESAFE‡BTM2BTM2‡ELIM
OttoSAFELOWHIGHSAFEELIM
HansLOWHIGHHIGHSAFEQUIT
JessSAFESAFE‡SAFEELIM
KyeraBTM2SAFEELIM
ShelleySAFEELIM
JermazeELIM
  The contestant won Skin Wars.
  The contestant was the runner-up.
  The contestant placed 3rd overall.
  The contestant won the weekly challenge.
  The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge.
  The contestant was in the bottom 2, but neither was eliminated.
  The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination.
  The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination.
  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.

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