Face Off — Season 2
The artistry intensified when Syfy’s *Face Off* returned for its second season in January 2012. Fourteen incredibly talented prosthetic makeup artists plunged into a demanding competition, facing off week after week to conjure breathtaking illusions through their skills. Each challenge pushed them to the limit as they crafted increasingly complex and imaginative effects. Ultimately, Rayce Bird, hailing from Shelley, Idaho, emerged victorious, claiming the grand prize: a $100,000 cash reward, a generous $25,000 credit towards makeup supplies from Alcone, and a brand new 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid.
In the second season's opening episode, fourteen hopeful makeup artists are challenged to reimagine figures from L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
Before facing a demanding task – crafting waterproof creature makeup – the participants sought inspiration at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
The challenge demanded a nude body painting, the contestants striving to create an album cover worthy of hip-hop artist Asher Roth, who served as a guest judge.
The phone call came late, pulling the contestants from sleep and directing them to a derelict hospital in Los Angeles. Upon arrival, they were each given the task of selecting a peculiar phobia – a hidden fear – to serve as the inspiration …
Following their participation in a competition focused on trauma wound foundations, the team returned to the laboratory. The space had undergone a dramatic transformation, now resembling a dense jungle. There, they discovered their upcoming…
The initial challenge requires contestants to subtly diminish the attractiveness of models, and to manipulate triplets to suggest they represent distinct phases of old age.
The current week’s exhibition turns its attention to extraterrestrial themes, with the esteemed LeVar Burton, known to many from *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, lending his expertise as a guest judge.
The process of crafting a fresh character rooted in a commonplace profession for a Tim Burton film.
Only five contestants remain, now vying in a double-elimination competition. The ultimate prize: the creation of a human-dinosaur hybrid, and the chance to advance to the final round.
The competition requires each finalist to devise three original characters drawn from a particular film genre. These characters will then perform a choreographed dance routine at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California.
