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 | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 28 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Robin Barcus Slonina |
Editor | Jacob McCampbell |
Camera setup | Johna Great |
Production company | Michael Levitt Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Game Show Network |
Release | August 6, 2014 – August 10, 2016 |
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]
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.
The 10 body painters competing in the first season were: [11]
Contestant | Age | Home-State | Outcome |
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Natalie Fletcher | 28 | Oregon | 1st (Winner) |
Shannon Holt | 38 | Pennsylvania | 2nd (Runner-up) |
Dutch Bihary | 41 | Washington | 3rd Place |
Nicole Hays | 29 | Texas | 4th Place |
Lawrence "Gear" Duran | 35 | Nevada | 5th Place |
Felle Kelsaw | 41 | Michigan | 6th Place |
Mythica Von Griffyn | 43 | Colorado | 7th Place |
Angela Roberts | 22 | Louisiana | 8th Place |
Sean Avram | 39 | Vermont (originally Canada) | 9th Place |
Alan Anderson | 38 | Alabama | 10th Place |
Artists | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Natalie | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | BTM2‡ | F/O | BTM2‡ | WINNER |
Shannon | WIN | SAFE | LOW‡ | BTM2‡ | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | RUNNER-UP |
Dutch | HIGH‡ | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW‡ | SAFE | WIN | 3RD PLACE‡ |
Nicole | SAFE | SAFE‡ | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | ELIM | |
Gear | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | HIGH | WIN | ELIM‡ | ||
Felle | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH‡ | WIN | ELIM | |||
Mythica | BTM2 | LOW | HIGH | ELIM | ||||
Angela | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | |||||
Sean | LOW | ELIM | ||||||
Alan | ELIM |
The 12 body painters competing in the second season were: [12]
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Lana Chromium | 29 | San Diego, California | Winner |
Avi Ram | 28 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Runner-up |
Aryn Fox | 27 | Newport, Kentucky | 3rd Place |
Cheryl Ann Lipstreu | 37 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 4th Place |
Rio Sirah | 33 | Atlanta, Georgia | 5th Place |
Kyle Vest | 25 | Orlando, Florida | 6th Place |
Dawn Marie Svanoe | 44 | Madison, Wisconsin | 7th Place |
Sammie Bartko | 38 | Heber City, Utah | 8th Place |
Fernello Nelson | 30 | Queens, New York | 9th Place |
Rachel Deboer | 40 | Maui, Hawaii | 10th Place |
Rudy Zanzibar Campos | 30 | Houston, Texas | 11th Place |
Marcio Karam | 43 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12th Place |
Artists | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Lana | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | BTM2 | 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‡ | BTM2 | HIGH‡ | 3RD PLACE |
Cheryl Ann | HIGH | HIGH‡ | LOW | LOW | LOW | SAFE | BTM2 | LOW‡ | ELIM | |
Rio | SAFE | SAFE | WIN‡ | LOW | HIGH‡ | BTM2 | HIGH | ELIM | ||
Kyle | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | LOW | ELIM | |||
Dawn Marie | SAFE | BTM2 | LOW | HIGH | LOW | ELIM | ||||
Sammie | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
Fernello | LOW‡ | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
Rachel | BTM2 | LOW | ELIM | |||||||
Rudy | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||
Marcio | ELIM | |||||||||
The 12 body painters competing in the third season were: [13]
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Rick Uribe | 20 | El Paso, Texas | Winner |
Alison Kenyon | 44 | Grass Valley, California | Runner-up |
Brittney Pelloquin | 28 | Broussard, Louisiana | 3rd Place |
Michael Mejia | 25 | Queens, New York | 4th Place |
Tiffany Beckler | 26 | Rock Hill, South Carolina | 5th Place |
Luis Martinez | 21 | Atlanta, Georgia | 6th Place |
Joseph "Otto" Ott | 38 | Winneconne, Wisconsin | 7th Place |
Hans Haveron | 36 | Los Angeles, California | 8th Place (Quit) |
Jessica "Jess" Watson Miller | 24 | Sydney, Australia | 9th Place |
Kyera Dalesandro | 24 | Virginia Beach, Virginia | 10th Place |
Shelley Wapniak | 33 | Brooklyn, New York | 11th Place |
Jermaze Wade | 36 | Decatur, Georgia | 12th Place |
Artists | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
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Rick | SAFE | WIN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | BTM2 | HIGH‡ | BTM2 | WINNER | ||||
Alison | SAFE‡ | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH‡ | HIGH | WIN | RUNNER-UP‡ | ||||
Brittney | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | WIN | HIGH‡ | 3RD PLACE | ||||
Michael | HIGH | BTM2 | LOW | HIGH‡ | WIN | BTM2‡ | WIN | BTM2 | ELIM | |||||
Tiffany | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | ELIM | ||||||
Luis | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE‡ | BTM2 | BTM2‡ | ELIM | ||||||||
Otto | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||||
Hans | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | QUIT | |||||||||
Jess | SAFE | SAFE‡ | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||||
Kyera | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||||||
Shelley | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||||||
Jermaze | ELIM | |||||||||||||
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