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Foundation Challenge: Create a character representing yourself using items from three trailers on the Universal Studios backlot
Reward: Immunity
Winner: Jerry
Spotlight Challenge: In teams of men against women and using a cohesive theme, reimagine the iconic characters from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and the Wicked Witch of the West
Reward: Choice of team in next week's Spotlight Challenge
Top Looks: Brea & Beki
Bottom Looks: Greg & Nix
Winner: Brea
Eliminated: Greg
Episode 2: Water Works[]
Main Article: Water Works (Face Off episode)
Teams
Animal Inspiration
Sue, Rayce, & Brea
Leafy sea dragon
Jerry & Nix
Ridley sea turtle
Miranda & Beki
Leafy sea dragon
Ian & RJ
Zebra shark
Matt & Tara
Lyretail fairy basslet
Heather & Athena
Lionfish
Airdate: January 18, 2012
Spotlight Challenge: In teams of 2 (and one team of 3), use animals from the Aquarium of the Pacific as inspiration for a make-up that will have to go underwater
Top Looks: Matt & Tara, Heather & Athena
Bottom Looks: Jerry & Nix, Ian & RJ
Winner: Matt
Eliminated: Nix
Episode 3: Rock Your Body[]
Main Article: Rock Your Body (Face Off episode)
Foundation Challenge
Teams
Concept
Jerry, Miranda, Sue
Demon
Brea, Heather, Tara
Star Princess
Rayce, Beki, Ian
Alien
Matt, RJ, Athena
Zombie
Spotlight Challenge
Teams
Background
Jerry & Tara
Brick Wall
Rayce & Beki
Farm With Noose
Ian & Miranda
Picnic Table
Sue & Heather
Elephant Skateboarding
RJ & Athena
Swimming Pool
Brea & Matt
Wall of Sneakers
Airdate: January 25, 2012
Foundation Challenge: In teams of 3, create a make-up based only on the contact lenses of the model. Only one artist works on the model at a time, and the others do not see the work until they have their turn in a relay race-like switch.
Guest Judge: Jennifer Aspinall
Reward: Immunity
Winner: Beki
Spotlight Challenge: In teams of 2, do a nude body painting to be used as the cover for hip hop musician and guest judge Asher Roth's upcoming album Is This Too Orange?; one model has to blend in with the background, while the other is a character interacting with the background, and each artist can only work one model.
Guest Judge: Asher Roth
Top Looks: Rayce & Beki, Brea & Matt
Low Teams: Jerry & Tara, Ian & Miranda
Winner: Matt
Eliminated: Miranda
Episode 4: Night Terrors[]
Main Article: (Night Terrors (Face Off episode)
Contestant
Phobia
Rayce
Cryophobia: fear of ice and frost
Ian
Odontophobia: fear of teeth
RJ
Xyrophobia: fear of razors
Heather
Ornithophobia: fear of birds
Beki
Parasitophobia: fear of parasites
Brea
Chemophobia: fear of chemicals
Tara
Ommetaphobia: fear of eyes
Sue
Hadephobia: fear of Hell
Jerry
Electrophobia: fear of electricity
Matt
Xerophobia: fear of dryness
Athena
Merinthophobia: fear of being bound
Not chosen
Mechanophobia: fear of machines
Airdate: February 1, 2012
Spotlight Challenge: Create a horror movie villain based on a phobia, after having 30 minutes to sketch the design in complete darkness at Linda Vista Community Hospital in the middle of the night
Guest Judge: Tom Savini
Top Looks: Ian, Beki, and Rayce
Bottom Looks: Athena, Jerry, and Brea
Winner: Ian
Eliminated: Brea
Episode 5: Dangerous Beauty[]
Main Article: Dangerous Beauty (Face Off episode)
Teams
Inspiration
Plant
Animal
Heather & Rayce
Firesticks
Harlequin water monitor
RJ & Ian
Lady slipper orchid
Panther chameleon
Jerry & Matt
Yellow iris
African leopard
Athena & Tara
Stargazer lily
Emerald tree boa
Beki & Sue
Bird of paradise
Cobalt blue tarantula
Airdate: February 8, 2012
Foundation Challenge: Create a trauma makeup that makes it appear that someone was attacked by a werewolf
Guest Judge: Sam Huntington
Reward: Immunity
Winner: Beki
Spotlight Challenge: Make an original creature that is both beautiful and deadly using one plant and one animal in the studio as inspiration
Guest Judge: Vivica A. Fox
Top Looks: RJ & Ian, Heather & Rayce
Bottom Looks: Athena & Tara, Beki & Sue
Winner: RJ
Eliminated: Athena
Episode 6: Triple Threat[]
Main Article: Triple Threat (Face Off episode)
Teams
Triplets
50
75
100
Beki
RJ
Heather
Greens
Matt
Tara
Sue
Tindals
Rayce
Ian
Jerry
Hornbecks
Airdate: February 15, 2012
Foundation Challenge: Take a runway model and turn her into a "plain Jane"
Guest Judge: Kim Greene
Reward: Immunity
Winner: Rayce
Spotlight Challenge: Make an old-age makeup to age a set of triplets, one to 50 years old, one to 75 years old, and another to 100 years old (initially shown as a set of twins)
Guest Judge: Greg Cannom
Top Looks: Sue, RJ, Jerry
Bottom Looks: Ian, Beki, Heather
Winner: Sue
Eliminated: Heather
Episode 7: Alien Interpreters[]
Main Article: Alien Interpreters (Face Off episode)
Contestant
Alien concept
Matt
Tara
Long-armed gremlin
Sue
Ian
Bat creature
Rayce
Beki
Insect with tubes
Jerry
RJ
Winged lizard
Airdate: February 22, 2012
Spotlight Challenge: Take one of Patrick Tatopoulos' conceptual sketches and create an original alien makeup
Guest Judge: LeVar Burton
Reward: Tickets to the premiere of Total Recall
Top Looks: Rayce, Ian, RJ
Bottom Looks: Sue, Jerry, Tara
Winner: Ian
Eliminated: Tara, Jerry
Episode 8: Burtonesque[]
Main Article: Burtonesque (Face Off episode)
Contestant
Occupation
Rayce
Cellist
Ian
Plumber
RJ
Bellhop
Beki
Chef/Baker
Sue
Toymaker
Matt
Ice Cream Man
Not chosen
Mailman
Farmer
Airdate: February 29, 2012
Spotlight Challenge: After visiting the Watts Towers, make a whimsical character worthy of a Tim Burton film using an ordinary occupation as inspiration
Guest Judge: Catherine O'Hara
Top Looks: Matt, Rayce, RJ
Bottom Looks: Sue, Beki, Ian
Winner: Rayce
Eliminated: Beki
Episode 9: Dinoplasty[]
Main Article: Dinoplasty (Face Off episode)
Contestant
Dinosaur
Rayce
Corythosaurus
Ian
Triceratops
RJ
Velociraptor
Sue
Tianyulong
Matt
Carnotaurus
Airdate: March 7, 2012
Spotlight Challenge: After visiting the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County for inspiration, make an original human-dinosaur hybrid
Guests: Cleve and Constance Hall from Monster Man
Winner: Rayce
Eliminated: Sue, Matt
Episode 10: The Ultimate Spotlight Challenge[]
Main Article: The Ultimate Spotlight Challange (Face Off episode)
Finalist
Assistants
Theme
Rayce
Jerry, Miranda, Heather
Sci-Fi
Ian
Matt, Sue, Tara
Horror
RJ
Beki, Athena, Brea
Fantasy
Not Chosen
Greg, Nix
Airdate: March 14, 2012
Spotlight Challenge: Create three original characters, from either horror, science fiction, or fantasy, that will perform a dance routine choreographed by Lindsey & Craig to the track "Cinema" by Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California