Face Off season 2
Season of television series
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The second season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off premiered on January 11, 2012 and ended on March 14, 2012. The season featured 14 prosthetic makeup artists competing in a series of challenges to create makeup effects.[1][2] The winner of this season, Rayce Bird of Shelley, Idaho, received US$100,000 cash, US$25,000 worth of makeup from Alcone, and the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid.
| Face Off | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syfy |
| Original release | January 11 – March 14, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
The season 2 premiere episode posted the best ratings performance for any Syfy original series since November 2009.[3]
Judges
Contestants
| Name | Age | Hometown | Place finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Lightner | 35 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 14th |
| Nicholas "Nix" Herrera | 31 | Orlando, Florida | 13th |
| Miranda Jory | 21 | Seattle, Washington | 12th |
| Brea Joseph | 32 | San Diego, California | 11th |
| Athena Zhe | 25 | New York City, New York | 10th |
| Heather Henry | 33 | Dallas, Texas | 9th |
| Tara Lang | 27 | Littleton, Colorado | 8th |
| Jerry Macaluso | 43 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 7th |
| Beki Ingram | 30 | Hibbing, Minnesota | 6th |
| Sue Lee | 26 | New York City, New York | 5th/4th |
| Matt Valentine | 33 | Austin, Texas | 5th/4th |
| Robert "RJ" Haddy | 36 | Charleston, West Virginia | Runner-Up |
| Ian Cromer | 22 | Tampa, Florida | Runner-up |
| Rayce Bird | 29 | Shelley, Idaho | Winner |
Production
Guest judges for the season include Asher Roth,[4] Tom Savini,[5] Catherine O'Hara, Sam Huntington, Vivica A. Fox and LeVar Burton.[6]
Contestant progress
| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 1 | Rayce | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN‡ | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WINNER |
| 2 | Ian | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | LOW | IN | RUNNER-UP |
| RJ | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | RUNNER-UP | |
| 4 | Matt | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | |
| Sue | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||
| 6 | Beki | HIGH | IN | HIGH‡ | HIGH | LOW‡ | LOW | IN | OUT | ||
| 7 | Jerry | IN‡ | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||
| 8 | Tara | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | |||
| 9 | Heather | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||
| 10 | Athena | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||
| 11 | Brea | WIN | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||
| 12 | Miranda | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||||
| 13 | Nix | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| 14 | Greg | OUT | |||||||||
- The contestant won Face Off.
- The contestant was a runner-up.
- The contestant won a Spotlight Challenge.
- The contestant was part of a team that won the Spotlight Challenge.
- The contestant was in the top in the Spotlight Challenge.
- The contestant was declared one of the best in the Spotlight Challenge but was not in the running for the win.
- The contestant was in the bottom in the Spotlight Challenge but was exempt from being eliminated.
- The contestant was in the bottom in the Spotlight Challenge.
- The contestant was a teammate of the eliminated contestant in the Spotlight Challenge.
- The contestant was deemed the least successful in the Spotlight Challenge and was eliminated..
- The contestant was deemed the second least successful in the Spotlight Challenge and was eliminated alongside another contestant.
- ‡ The contestant won the Foundation Challenge.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Viewers (millions) | Rating (18-49) | |
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| 9 | 1 | "Return to Oz" | January 11, 2012 | 1.972[7] | 0.9[7] | |
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| 10 | 2 | "Water World" | January 18, 2012 | 1.808[8] | 0.8[8] | |
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| 11 | 3 | "Rock Your Body" | January 25, 2012 | 1.690[9] | 0.8[9] | |
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| 12 | 4 | "Night Terrors" | February 1, 2012 | 2.144[10] | 0.9[10] | |
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| 13 | 5 | "Dangerous Beauty" | February 8, 2012 | 2.198[11] | 1.0[11] | |
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| 14 | 6 | "Triple Threat" | February 15, 2012 | 2.036[12] | 0.9[12] | |
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| 15 | 7 | "Alien Interpreters" | February 22, 2012 | 1.729[13] | 0.8[13] | |
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| 16 | 8 | "Burtonesque" | February 29, 2012 | 1.781[14] | 0.9[14] | |
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| 17 | 9 | "Dinoplasty" | March 7, 2012 | 2.266[15] | 1.0[15] | |
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| 18 | 10 | "The Ultimate Spotlight Challenge" | March 14, 2012 | 2.465[16] | 1.1[16] | |
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Footnotes
- ^ Brea's model for the Spotlight Challenge passed out and was taken to the hospital. She was given a new model to work with and was allowed to perform the same body painting on the new model. He was later superimposed over the photo taken of Matt's model and their backdrop.
- ^ Ian's model had a bad reaction to the makeup and left the reveal stage after judging.
- ^ Other animals provided to the contestants included a white rhinoceros and gray wolves
- ^ RJ's model had a bad reaction to the makeup and was replaced with a model who was unrelated to the models on his team.
- ^ One of the Greens was a fraternal triplet to the other two identicals.
- ^ Rayce's trio of makeups was the audience favorite, something that would be taken into consideration when the judges made their final decision.