Season 1
Ep 1 - Welcome to the Jungle
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The challenge is to create a new human/animal hybrid based from 3 exotic animals that are brought into lab.
Ep 2 - Naked Ambition
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A full-body makeup challenge for the contestants.
Ep 3 - Out of this World
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Makeup artist Michael Westmore meets the contestants at Vasquez Rocks in Southern California, where episodes of "Star Trek" were shot, and the competitors learn that they must create an alien for a newly discovered world
Ep 4 - Bad to the Bone
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"Friday the 13th" director Sean Cunningham serves as a guest judge for a challenge that has the contestants creating an original horror-movie villain along with an accompanying movie poster, title and tagline.
Ep 5 - Switched and Hitched
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In teams of two, the contestants turn brides into grooms and grooms into brides.
Ep 6 - Dancing Dead
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Zombies take over as the seven remaining special effects artists must create an original zombie to avoid the dreaded double elimination on “Dancing Dead”.
Ep 7 - Family Plot
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The five remaining contestants must disguise themselves to fool their own family members at a Los Angeles wig shop.
Ep 8 - Twisted Tales
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The last challenge has the three remaining contestants creating fairy-tale characters derived from "The Three Little Pigs," "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Hansel and Gretel" for a cocktail-party setting in the first-season finale.
Season 2
Ep 1 - Return to Oz
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Fourteen aspiring makeup artists face off in the Season 2 premiere, which has them re-imagining characters from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
Ep 2 - Water World
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The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is visited ahead of a challenge in which the contestants must make waterproof creature makeup.
Ep 3 - Rock Your Body
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A nude body painting challenge unfolds as the contestants try to make an album cover for hip-hop star (and guest judge) Asher Roth.
Ep 4 - Night Terrors
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A late-night call summons the contestants to an abandoned hospital in Los Angeles. When they arrive they each get to choose an obscure phobia to use as the basis for creating a monster.
Ep 5 - Dangerous Beauty
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The team competes in a trauma wound foundation contest then return to the lab, which has been transformed into a jungle, and discover they'll be studying live animals to create something beautiful but deadly.
Ep 6 - Triple Threat
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For the foundation challenge, the contestants must debeautify attractive models,.make triplets appear to be at different stages of their elderly lives.
Ep 7 - Alien Interpreters
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This week, aliens are the artists' focus and guest judge Star Trek Next Generation's LeVar Burton helps out.
Ep 8 - Burtonesque
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Creating a new character from an ordinary occupation for a Tim Burton film.
Ep 9 - Dinoplasty
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The five remaining contestants participate in a double-elimination event to create a human-dinosaur hybrid to determine which of them will go to the finale.
Ep 10 - The Ultimate Spotlight Challenge
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The finalists must each create three original characters from a specific movie genre who will perform a choreographed-dance routine at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA.
Season 3
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Season 6
Ep 1 - Sexy Beasts
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Season 6 begins with 15 contestants taking on the task of creating beasts to be paired with beauties.
Ep 2 - Cosmic Conspiracy
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The challenge is to create out-of-this-world alien creatures that are afflicted with interplanetary ailments.
Ep 3 - Dragon's Breath
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Dragon makeups are created by the 13 remaining artists for the season's first individual Spotlight Challenge.
Ep 4 - Guitar Gods
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The artists work in teams to create rockers who are literally at one with their electric guitars.
Ep 5 - In The Shadows
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The contestants create monsters based on silhouettes given to them by the producers.
Ep 6 - Cryptic Creatures
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Today the artists take inspiration from a swamp and make cryptids.
Ep 7 - Open Sesame
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The remaining contestants have to create a wizard inspired look with wands on hand to provide further inspiration.
Ep 8 - Ego Trip Abroad
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The lucky contestants arrive in Tokyo and dive into the beauty, excitement, and magic of the city in places like the hectic Shibuya district, sensual fish markets, and serene city gardens. In one of these, Rikugien Garden, they meet their Foundation Challenge, as well as one of the makeup industry's heroes, Kazuhiro Tsuji.
Ep 9 - Mad Science
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When the contestants walk into the lab, it's completely transformed into a different kind of lab, one that a mad scientist might use to transform a human guinea pig into a grotesque monster. McKenzie allows them to choose an antique medical (torture) device to best create their "experiment", from a trephine to an embalming pump.
Ep 10 - What a Dahl
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To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the artists will be creating their very own visions of Roald Dahl creatures that have never before been seen onscreen: Hornswogglers, Snozzwangers, Vermicious Knids, and Whangdoodles - all predators of the dear, sweet, oompa-loompa. Filmmaker (and daughter of Roald Dahl) Lucy Dahl gives the artists some key thoughts on how to make a creature that would survive and thrive in her father's world: Make them whimsical, scary, and the extreme expression of whatever characteristic they embody. She'll be back to see their final creations at the reveal stage!
Ep 11 - Freaks of Nature
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The artists must create original mutants.
Ep 12 - Industrial Revolution
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Los Angeles Union Station inspires the artists before they create futuristic robots tailored to specific professions.
Ep 13 - Bloodsuckers
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Who's the best monster in the world? The vampire, of course! And that's exactly who the artists get to make this week. And since this is Face Off, it's not going to be easy: each artist chooses, at random, the name of a vampiric character from another culture. They must create their interpretation of these worldwide myths, as well as add an extra killing feature not usually associated with vampires.
Ep 14 - Cry Wolf
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The four remaining artists compete for a spot in the finale by creating werewolf rivals for their vampire characters.
Ep 15 - Heavenly Bodies
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The remaining contestants have to create two dancing aliens who are able to perform without breaking.
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Season 8
Ep 1 - Return of the Champions
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Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches.
Ep 2 - Monkey Business
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Oscar winner Rick Baker is the guest judge for the first Spotlight Challenge, which finds the artists working in teams to create two original alien characters, plus a primate leader.
Ep 3 - Let the Games Begin
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The remaining 14 artists take part in a deadly predator challenge featuring guest judge Josh Hutcherson ("The Hunger Games").
Ep 4 - Royal Flush
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The thirteen remaining artists must make playing cards come to life in the whimsical style of Tim Burton for their first individual Spotlight Challenge of the competition
Ep 5 - Sounding Off
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The artists compose a unique character inspired by the original sounds of two-time Oscar nominee Erik Aadahl (Godzilla, World War Z).
Ep 6 - Troll Bridge
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The artists create their own unique troll inspired by a real-world bridge with guest judge Doug Jones.
Ep 7 - Queen Bees
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The artists devise their own queen insect and companion character in a team body-painting challenge. Plus - the return of Lois Burwell!
Ep 8 - Dressed To Kill
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The artists create their own stylish horror villain inspired by the work of Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed).
Ep 9 - Miss Intergalactic
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The contestants must take inspiration from the planets in the solar system to create alien queens who compete in a intergalactic beauty pageant.
Ep 10 - Super Selfies
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Seven artists remain for the daunting challenge of having to create and apply superhero makeups to themselves.
Ep 11 - Imaginary Friends
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The artists bring a whimsical creature to life based on a child's description of their imaginary companion.
Ep 12 - Deadly Dolls
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The artists select from several different dolls at Bob Baker Marionette Theater to concoct the next Chucky or Annabelle.
Ep 13 - Full Steam Ahead
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The artists must create western steampunk cyborgs in order to make it into the finals.
Ep 14 - The Dream Team
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The final three artists must each create four original characters worthy of starring in their own film franchise, with help from the eliminated contestants. The characters will then be displayed at Universal Studios with audience members voting for their favorites.
Season 9
Ep 1 - Intergalactic Zoo
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Two teams of artists construct original alien animals that incorporate two models into one large creation.
Ep 2 - Siren Song
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The artists arrive at the Port of Long Beach and board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter U.S.S. George Cobb, which is where they learn they'll be making beautiful but deadly sirens based on unique sea creatures. Included: Working in teams of two, one group feels compelled to start from scratch on Day 2; at the same time, another duo struggles with streamlining different visions into one makeup.
Ep 3 - Surprise of the Century
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The artists turn engaged couples into whimsically undead duos; McKenzie Westmore performs wedding ceremonies.
Ep 4 - Frightful Fiction
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The artists have two days to create and apply a clean, detailed face makeup based upon literary mash-ups.
Ep 5 - The Gatekeepers
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The artists compete for immunity in a Foundation Challenge based on a classic Rorschach inkblot test. Later, they pair off and use a unique gateway as inspiration for two makeups.
Ep 6 - Extraterrestrial Enterprise
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Retro-style alien characters created for a Foundation Challenge come into play when the artists receive their Spotlight Challenge.
Ep 7 - All That Glitters
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The artists face the challenge of taking a male model and turning him into a female character from a classic Shakespearean play.
Ep 8 - The Gauntlet
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The nine remaining artists have their skills put to the ultimate test when faced with a grueling set of three increasingly difficult challenges called "The Gauntlet."
Ep 9 - Judgment Day
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The remaining artists add their own twist to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Ep 10 - Freak Show
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A "barbaric" Foundation Challenge is judged by Oscar-winning makeup artist Robin Matthews. That's followed by a trip to the circus as the seven remaining artists compete to dazzle the judges with their freak show-inspired makeups.
Ep 11 - Beyond the Expanse
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With inspiration from the show The Expanse, the artists must create a human that has evolved to adapt to an environment that has been affected by a catastrophic event.
Ep 12 - Death Becomes Them
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In a double elimination before the finale, the final five artists must create a macabre family member inspired by shows like The Munsters and The Addams Family.
Ep 13 - Movie Magic, Part 1
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Part 1 of 2. The finalists learn their last challenge is to work with a real-life Hollywood director and full production crew to create three stunning short films on location.
Ep 14 - Movie Magic, Part 2
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A winner is crowned in the conclusion of the two-part Season 9 finale. But first, the finalists finish work on their characters for the short films they're making with director and creature designer Patrick Tatopoulos.
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Season 13
Ep 1 - Face Your Fears
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Twelve most favorite artists return to the competition with a twist; they will battle head-to-head each week.
Ep 2 - Moonlight Monsters
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In the first elimination challenge of the season, the artists battle it out as they create fun and lighthearted monsters inspired by real life day jobs.
Ep 3 - Aztec Aliens
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The artists create ancient aliens that could have been the inspiration for Aztec gods.
Ep 4 - Haunted Hotel
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In this week's elimination challenge, the artists battle head-to-head as they create the quirky and ghostly staff of a haunted hotel.
Ep 5 - Death Dealers
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Fortune favors the bold this week, as the artists and their battle partners create makeups based on actual tarot card readings.
Ep 6 - Divine Dryads
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The artists battle it out as they create dryad protectors of real life forests in this week’s elimination challenge, with two more artists heading home.
Ep 7 - Maritime Monsters
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The competition intensifies as the six remaining artists create original sea monsters in this week's battles, with the help of an industry expert in next week's elimination challenge on the line.
Ep 8 - Immortals Interrupted
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It's the semifinals and the artists engage in an all out battle royale as they create vampires based on real life bats with just three finale spots on the line.
Ep 9 - Through the Looking Glass Part I
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It's part one of the finale, as the finalists learn that they will be creating characters for an original short film based on the book, "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There."
Ep 10 - Through the Looking Glass, Part 2
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The artists and their teams create their short film, and one is crowned champion, in part two of the finale.