Face Off (Season 4)

the contestants of Season 4

The forth season of Face Off features 14 prosthetic makeup artists competing against each other to create makeup effects. The grand prize for the fourth season is a position as a guest lecturer at the Make Up for Ever Academies in New York and Paris, a 2013 Fiat 500, and US$100,000.

Judges

• Ve Neill
• Glenn Hetrick
• Neville Page
• Michael Westmore (mentor)
• McKenzie Westmore (hostess)

Contestants

• Alam Park, 25 – Seattle, Washington
• Alex McCoy, 31 – Orlando, Florida
• Anthony Kosar, 26 – Lisle, Illinois
• Autumn Cook, 35 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• David “House” Greathouse, 41 – Cleveland, Ohio
• Eric Fox, 37 – Riverside, California
• Eric Zapata, 22 – Victoria, Texas
• Jenna Green, 40 – Austin, Texas
• Kristian "Kris" Kobzina, 41 – El Segundo, California
• Meagan Hester, 29 – Ossining, New York
• Wayne Anderson, 27 – Fort Myers, Florida
• Katie Machaiek, 26 – Owls Head, Maine
• Michael Faust, 31 - Austin, Texas
• Troy Rivers, 34 – Indianapolis, Indiana

Contestant Progress

Contestant	Episode
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Anthony	WIN‡	WIN	WIN	IN	HIGH	LOW	LOW	WIN	LOW	WIN	WIN
Wayne	LOW	IN	HIGH	IN	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	IN	FINALIST
Kris	IN	IN	IN	WIN	HIGH	WIN	WIN	IN	WIN	IN	FINALIST
Eric F.	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	IN	WIN	IN‡	LOW	IN	HIGH	OUT
House	IN	HIGH	IN	HIGH	HIGH	IN	HIGH	LOW	OUT
Eric Z.	HIGH	IN	IN	IN‡	LOW	IN	LOW	OUT
Meagan	HIGH	LOW	IN	IN	LOW	LOW	HIGH‡	OUT
Autumn	HIGH	IN	LOW	LOW	HIGH	IN	OUT
Alam	IN	IN	HIGH	HIGH	LOW	OUT
Jenna	HIGH	IN	LOW	LOW	OUT
Alexandra	LOW	IN	LOW	OUT
Katie	IN	LOW	OUT
Michael	LOW	OUT
Troy	OUT

Episodes

Episode 1: "Make it Reign"

Main article: Make It Reign

Teams	Goblin King concept
Alam & Kristian	Forest
Alex & Wayne	Swamp
Anthony & Meagan	Mountain
Autumn & Eric Z.	Jungle
Eric F. & Jenna	Desert
House & Katie	Arctic
Michael & Troy	Volcano

• Airdate: January 15, 2013
• Foundation Challenge: On the Queen Mary, the contestants must use a crown as inspiration for an original queen make-up that represents them as an artist.
  • Guest Judge: Michael Westmore
  • Reward: Immunity
    • Winner: Anthony
• Spotlight Challenge: Working in teams of two, the artists must create believable fantasy goblin kings based on one of seven terrains.
  • Guest Judge: John Rhys-Davies
  • Top Looks: Anthony & Meagan, Eric F. & Jenna and Eric Z. & Autumn
  • Bottom Looks: Michael & Troy and Wayne & Alexandra
    • Winner: Anthony
    • Eliminated: Troy

Episode 2: "Heroic Proportions"

Main article: Heroic Proportions

Contestant	Hero
Alam	Dark Shard
Alex	H2Ophelia
Anthony	The Infernal Core
Autumn	Mercury Ray
Eric F.	Dick Gritty
Eric Z.	Contagion
House	Robot Girl
Jenna	Silversight
Katie	ReVolt
Kris	Orion X
Meagan	Freedom Fighter
Michael	Elijah: Bringer of the Plagues
Wayne	Solorian

• Airdate: January 22, 2013
• Spotlight Challenge: While visiting the 2012 San Diego Comic Con, the remaining artisits must create an original DC Comics superhero as well as working on their concept with several DC artists.
  • Reward: The winning superhero will be featured in the Justice League Dark issue #16.
  • Guest(s): Dan DiDio, Jim Lee, Nicola Scott, Mark Buckingham, Cliff Chiang, Tony S. Daniel, David Finch and J.H. Williams III
  • Top Looks: House, Eric F. and Anthony
  • Bottom Looks: Meagan, Michael and Katie
    • Winner: Anthony
    • Eliminated: Michael

Episode 3: "When Hell Freezes Over"

Main article: When Hell Freezes Over

Teams	Demon concept
Alam & Anthony	Demus
Alex & Autumn	Pazuzu
Eric F. & Wayne	Chort
Eric Z. & Kristian	Abraxas
House & Meagan	Azi Dahaka
Katie & Jenna	Eurynomos

• Airdate: January 29, 2013
• Spotlight Challenge: Working in teams of two, the artists must each create their own take on one of the mentioned demons above. While at the desert, the heat put them in right frame of mind creating their hellish demons. But back at the lab they were given the script-note that "Hell has frozen over", thus the teams then must work this detail into their designs.
  • Top Looks: Anthony & Alam and Wayne & Eric F.
  • Bottom Looks: Alexandra & Autumn and Jenna & Katie
    • Winner: Anthony
    • Eliminated: Katie

Episode 4: "Eye Candy"

Main article: Eye Candy

Contestant	Concept
Alam	Anime inspired princess
Alex	Slasher pageant girl
Anthony	Colonel Candy
Autumn	Undead gummy bear
Eric F.	Gummy glutton
Eric Z.	Hansel and Gretel witch
House	Sweet Tooth Suzy
Jenna	Sinister tooth fairy
Kris	Halloween candy monster
Meagan	Sugar Plum Fairy
Wayne	Rock candy troll

• Airdate: February 5, 2013
• Foundation Challenge: The artists must create a realistic beard for their female models.
• Guest Judge: John Meyer
  • Reward: Immunity
    • Winner: Eric Z.
• Spotlight Challenge: The artists must create an original character or creature, while incorporating candy as part of their designs.
  • Guest Judge: Will Cotton
  • Top Looks: Alam, Kris and House
  • Bottom Looks: Alex, Jenna and Autumn
    • Winner: Kris
    • Eliminated: Alex

Episode 5: "Two Heads Are Better Than One"

Main article: Two Heads Are Better Than One

Teams	Concept	# of Heads
Anthony & Autumn	Contorted	3
Wayne & House	Tree Like, Puppet Head	2
Eric F. & Kris	Giant Holding Jack, 10 ft. Tall	2 (Not Including Jack Character)
Eric Z. & Alam	Axe Slayer, Feet Holding Heads	3
Jenna & Meagan	Ogre Like	2

• Airdate: February 12, 2013
• Spotlight Challenge: The artists work in teams of two to create a larger-than-life giant character based on Jack the Giant Killer. Their character should have 2 or more heads.
  • Guest Judge: Bryan Singer
  • Top Looks: Wayne & House, Anthony & Autumn, Eric F. & Kris
  • Bottom Looks: Alam & Eric Z., Jenna & Meagan
    • Winner: Eric F.
    • Eliminated: Jenna

Episode 6: "Bugging Out"

Main article: Bugging Out

Contestant	Bug Concept
Alam	Grasshopper
Anthony	Ant
Autumn	Beetle
Eric F.	Wolf Spider
Eric Z.	Mosquito
House	Honeybee
Kris	Butterfly
Meagan	Moth
Wayne	Firefly

• Airdate: February 19, 2013
• Foundation Challenge: The artists must create a badgirl based on a story.
• Guest Judge:
  • Reward: Immunity
    • Winner: Eric F.
• Spotlight Challenge: The artists will choose images to be used for a creepy-crawly bug-themed challenge.
  • Guest Judge: None
  • Top Looks: Kris, Wayne
  • Bottom Looks: Anthony,Megan,Alam
    • Winner: Kris
    • Eliminated: Alam

Episode 7: "Howl at the Moon"

Main article: Howl at the Moon

Teams	Planet
Eric F. & Anthony	Saturn
Eric Z. & Autumn	Jupiter
Kris & Wayne	Neptune
House & Meagan	Mars
Not chosen	Uranus

• Airdate: February 26, 2013
• Foundation Challenge: Working in teams of two, the artists must apply zombie makeups on twenty people.
• Guest Judge: Gale Anne Hurd
  • Reward: Immunity
    • Winner: Meagan
• Spotlight Challenge: Working in teams of two, the artists must create alien werewolves from one of the other planets from our solar system.
  • Top Looks: House & Meagan and Kris & Wayne
  • Bottom Looks: Eric F. & Anthony and Autumn & Eric Z.
    • Winner: Kris
    • Eliminated: Autumn

Episode 8: "It's Better in the Dark"

Main article: It's Better in the Dark

• Airdate: March 5, 2013
• Spotlight Challenge: The artists must create a never-before-seen creature that glows in the dark.
  • Guest Judge: Jon Landau
  • Top Looks: Anthony and Wayne
  • Bottom Looks: House, Meagan and Eric Z.
    • Winner: Anthony
    • Eliminated: Meagan and Eric Z.

Episode 9: "Mummy Mayhem"

Main article: Mummy Mayhem

Contestant	God
Eric F.	Ra
Anthony	Anubis
Kris	Khnum
House	Thoth
Wayne	Sobek

• Airdate: March 12, 2013
• Spotlight Challenge: The artists must create an Egyptian god mummy inspired by the Evil Dead franchise.
  • Top Looks: Wayne & Kris
  • Bottom Looks: Anthony & House
    • Winner: Kris

Episode 10: "Alien Apocalypse"

Main article: Alien Apocalypse

Contestant	Hybrid Votan
Eric F.	Sensoth + 99ner
Anthony	Liberata + Mutant
Kris	Bioman + Mutant
Wayne	Liberata + Bioman
Not chosen'	Volge

• Airdate: March 19, 2013
• Spotlight Challenge: The artists visit the set of the new Syfy television series Defiance where they are tasked to create an original make-up that puts forth a possible hybrid offspring of two of the show's alien races.
  • Winner: Anthony
  • Eliminated: Eric F.

Episode 11: "Living the Dream"

Main article: Living the Dream

Contestant	Inspiration	Team
Anthony	Sinister	Eric Z., Autumn
Kris	Ethereal	House, Alam
Wayne	Supernatural	Eric F., Megan
Not Chosen	Whimsical
Not Chosen	Gothic
Not Chosen	Cosmic

• Airdate: March 26, 2013
• Spotlight Challenge: The final three must create a waterproof makeup for a performance of Le Rêve at the Wynn in Paradise, Nevada.
  • Winner: Anthony

Trivia

This season, the eliminated artists had the opportunity to be on Season 5. This was achieved by webisodes called Face Off Redemption.