The challenge is to create a new human/animal hybrid based from 3 exotic animals that are brought into lab.

Welcome to the Jungle

A full-body makeup challenge for the contestants.

Naked Ambition

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

Out of this World

"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.

Bad to the Bone

In teams of two, the contestants turn brides into grooms and grooms into brides.

Switched and Hitched

Zombies take over as the seven remaining special effects artists must create an original zombie to avoid the dreaded double elimination on “Dancing Dead”.

Dancing Dead

The five remaining contestants must disguise themselves to fool their own family members at a Los Angeles wig shop.

Family Plot

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.

Twisted Tales

Fourteen aspiring makeup artists face off in the Season 2 premiere, which has them re-imagining characters from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

Return to Oz

The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is visited ahead of a challenge in which the contestants must make waterproof creature makeup.

Water World

A nude body painting challenge unfolds as the contestants try to make an album cover for hip-hop star (and guest judge) Asher Roth.

Rock Your Body

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.

Night Terrors

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.

Dangerous Beauty

For the foundation challenge, the contestants must debeautify attractive models,.make triplets appear to be at different stages of their elderly lives.

Triple Threat

This week, aliens are the artists' focus and guest judge Star Trek Next Generation's LeVar Burton helps out.

Alien Interpreters

Creating a new character from an ordinary occupation for a Tim Burton film.

Burtonesque

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.

Dinoplasty

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.

The Ultimate Spotlight Challenge

Sean Astin greets the contestants, who are challenged to create original aliens for the “Star Wars” cantina scene in the Season 3 opener.

A Force to Be Reckoned With

The contestants must create an original pirate character "who has become one with the sea".

Pirate Treasure

The Chinese New Year is the theme as the contestants create dragon makeup for performers doing an acrobatic dance routine.

Year Of The Dragon

The contestants create zombie makeup for characters from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Director Paul W.S. Anderson serves as a guest judge.

Alice In Zombieland

The contestants create makeup for superheroes and their sidekicks after getting inspiration from some astonishing vehicles. Kevin Smith is a guest judge.

Supermobile

The artists take inspiration from the video game Dishonored when creating characters with exaggerated features for the challenge.

Dishonorable Proportions

The competing artists are tasked with creating original movie monsters based on sketches done by children.

Monster Twist

The competing artists use makeup to create looks inspired by Dr. Seuss' "Sleep Book," which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Who's the New Who?

Material from a junkyard must be used in a cyborg challenge.

Junkyard Cyborg

The NBC series "Grimm" inspires the makeup created by the competing artists.

Scene of the Crime

The remaining three artists are tasked with creating Halloween-themed characters, which they then must have perform in a choreographed stunt show.

Immortal Enemies

Viewers choose the Season 3 winner, who will be announced during the finale in Los Angeles. Also: The eliminated artists reunite.

Finale

The artists create goblin kings and are judged by actor John Rhys-Davies.

Make It Reign

The artists compete for the chance to have their design featured in a DC Comic book; the contestants must create an original superhero.

Heroic Proportions

Contestants must create a sinister demon.

When Hell Freezes Over

The contestants must create a creature using candy that is found throughout the lab.

Eye Candy

The artists try to create a larger-than-life giant character based on an ancient fable.

Two Heads Are Better Than One

The contestants will choose images to be used for a creepy-crawly bug-themed challenge.

Bugging Out

The contestants must create planet-inspired alien werewolves.

Howl at the Moon

The artists must create a never-before-seen creature that glows in the dark.

It's Better in the Dark

The artists must create an Egyptian god mummy inspired by the Evil Dead franchise.

Mummy Mayhem

The artists visit the set of the new Syfy series "Defiance" to inspire original alien creations.

Alien Apocalypse

The three finalists must create a waterproof makeup for the show "Le Reve: The Dream" at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.

Living the Dream

Eight newcomers take on eight former contestants as each team creates a series of hyper-stylized fantasy characters.

Going for Gold

The contestants must make a far-future monster.

Future Frankenstein

After a demon-based foundation challenge with guest judges James Wan and Lin Shaye, the remaining contestants take on classic Mother Goose characters for a double-elimination with instructions to put a modern spin on them.

Gettin' Goosed

Artists explore tunnels in search of clues.

Subterranean Terror

Artists use elements from an arboretum and their own mothers to create Mother Nature goddesses.

Mother Earth Goddess

The artists are asked to incorporate a gag element to their designs.

Trick or Treat

The artists must create characters that could live within iconic art movements.

Living Art

Artists are faced with creating dark and sexy alien circus characters for an out-of-this-world performance.

Cosmic Circus

The artists learn they must each create a character that embodies one of the seven deadly sins.

Mortal Sins

Arriving at the famous Laugh Factory comedy club, the artists are tasked with creating an original ghost character that is funny and scary.

The Laughing Dead

At Kenneth Hahn Park, the artists are asked to choose magical Norse runes to inspire a dark elf warrior character.

Dark Magic

The contestants create original human-bird hybrids for the penultimate Spotlight Challenge.

Flights of Fantasy

The artists must create a sorcerer and swan for a special performance.

Swan Song

Judges Ve Neill, Glenn Hetrick and Neville Page recall the best creations from five seasons of "Face Off" as they count down the Top 20 make ups from the show, as well as reveal their picks for the funniest, most surprising and ambitious designs.

Top 20 Countdown - Judges' Favorites

The art of body painting is demonstrated and explored during an hour hosted by McKenzie Westmore and featuring commentary by the cast of "Naked Vegas" and former "Face Off" contestants.

Naked And Painted

An extreme new season of Face Off starts with a bang as 15 new artists work in teams of two to reinvent one of the most classic fairy tale characters of all time - Beast from Beauty and the Beast.

Sexy Beasts

The 14 remaining artists create out-of-this-world alien creatures suffering from an array of interplanetary ailments.

Cosmic Conspiracy

For their first individual Spotlight Challenge, the 13 remaining artists face the monumental task of creating original dragon makeups.

Dragon's Breath

The artists get ready to roll 'n rock as they team together to build an original rock star character who has truly become one with an electric guitar.

Guitar Gods

The remaining artists take a walk on the dark side as they're tasked with creating supernatural entities based on mysterious silhouettes.

In the Shadows

The artists arrive at a beautiful yet mysterious swamp and learn that they'll be making some famously fabled creatures unknown to science - Cryptids.

Cryptic Creatures

The artists arrive at the mysterious Magic Castle in Hollywood where they learn they'll create unique wizards characters.

Open Sesame

The artists embark on a trip of a lifetime to Tokyo where they'll gather inspiration for two extreme challenges inspired by the ancient culture of Japan.

Ego Trip Abroad

Things take a dark turn as the artists play the part of mad scientist and create human guinea pig makeups inspired by bizarre medical devices.

Mad Science

The artists delve into the whimsical world of children's author Roald Dahl and must create never before seen characters. Screenwriter, author, and Roald Dahl's daughter Lucy Dahl guest judges.

What a Dahl

The six remaining artists head to the prestigious Gnomon School of Visual Effects and learn that they will be working with visual effects artists to create original mutants.

Freaks of Nature

The artists head to Union Station and discover that they'll be heading into the future to create original robots tailored to a specific profession.

Industrial Revolution

Pressure mounts as the four remaining artists create legendary vampires from around the world in order to earn a spot in the finale.

Bloodsuckers

In the dramatic conclusion to Face Off's first ever two-part challenge, the four remaining artists compete for their spot in the finale by creating werewolf rivals for the legendary vampires they created in the prior episode.

Cry Wolf

After a season-long battle, the final three artists must create two rival aliens that can survive a rigorous dance performance.

Heavenly Bodies

Sixteen new contestants learn they aren't officially on the show until they survive one final audition.

Life and Death

The artists must create over-the-top makeup for crime bosses in the world of Dick Tracy.

American Gangster

The artists explore the world's wonders and ancient aliens who may have contributed to their creation.

Ancient Aliens

A superhero foundation challenge; the artists must create twisted tree characters after becoming one with nature.

Twisted Trees

The artists have to successfully mash-up two animals to create a new species in an individual challenge.

Animal Attraction

Teams must re-imagine characters from "The Wonderful World of Oz," as if they were in "Alice's Wonderland."

Wizard of Wonderland

The judges pair up with two team members, a former all-star contestant and former champion, to create a pair of living chess pieces in a special competition for charity.

Judge Match

In partnership with Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights, the artists' mission is to create a horror villain inspired by original movie posters and their tag lines.

Killer Instinct

Working for the G.I. Joe franchise, the artists use their talents to create snake-inspired super soldiers.

Serpent Soldiers

The artists turn their worst childhood fears into terrifying evil clowns who will perform a nightmarish circus routine.

Scared Silly

It's back to high school for the remaining artists as they are tasked with creating fun mythical fantasy characters based on classic high school stereotypes.

Teacher's Pets

The artists are faced with the challenge of creating a Greek God and also the severed head of a beast they have slain.

Off With Their Heads

With the semifinals around the corner, the artists must take inspiration from disaster scenarios and craft elemental fairies born from each one.

Beautiful Disaster

The four semifinalists conquer giant city-crushing monstrosities in order to crush their way straight into the finale.

Creature Carnage

The season of life and death concludes as the artists tackle the fantastical world of knights in an effort to win the crown.

One Knight Only

Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches. 

Return of the Champions

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. 

Monkey Business

The remaining 14 artists take part in a deadly predator challenge featuring guest judge Josh Hutcherson ("The Hunger Games").

Let the Games Begin

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

Royal Flush

The artists have to design creatures based on unique sound effects created by sound designer Erik Aadahl.

Sounding Off

The remaining artists and their coaches feel the stress of a challenge where they must create trolls inspired by iconic bridges.

Troll Bridge

The artists learn that for their challenge, they will be body-painting nude models in the middle of the woods.

Queen Bees

The artists create their own stylish horror villain inspired by the work of Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed).

Dressed To Kill

The contestants must take inspiration from the planets in the solar system to create alien queens who compete in a intergalactic beauty pageant.

Miss Intergalactic

Super Selfies

The Artists must make their Imaginary Friends from their childhood as a film character or creature.

Imaginary Friends

The artists must create serial killer doll characters

Deadly Dolls

The artists must create western steampunk cyborgs, in order to make it into the finals at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Full Steam Ahead

The final three artists must each create four original characters worthy of starring in their own film franchise, at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

The Dream Team

In this competition/elimination series, special effects make-up artists participate in elaborate challenges for a grand prize and the honor of being Hollywood's next great effects artist.

All Episodes of Face Off

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Season 1

Welcome to the Jungle

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2011

Naked Ambition

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/2011

Out of this World

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/9/2011

Bad to the Bone

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/2011

Switched and Hitched

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/23/2011

Dancing Dead

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/2011

Family Plot

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/9/2011

Twisted Tales

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/16/2011