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Face Off: Season 1

8 episodes Premiered Jan 26, 2011 Updated Aug 1, 2026

Face Off is a reality television series that features special effects makeup artists competing in challenges to create makeup effects. The series premiered on January 26, 2011. The competition involves a series of challenges, and the winner receives a grand prize. Conor McCullagh was the winner of the first season. The winner also received a year's supply of makeup and a cash prize of US$100,000.

Season overview

Face Off is a reality television series that features special effects makeup artists competing in challenges to create makeup effects. The series premiered on January 26, 2011. The competition involves a series of challenges, and the winner receives a grand prize. Conor McCullagh was the winner of the first season. The winner also received a year's supply of makeup and a cash prize of US$100,000.

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Episodes

S1·E1

Welcome to the Jungle

Jan 26, 2011 · 40 min

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

S1·E2

Naked Ambition

Feb 2, 2011 · 40 min

A full-body makeup challenge for the contestants.

S1·E3

Out of this World

Feb 9, 2011 · 40 min

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 crea

S1·E4

Bad to the Bone

Feb 16, 2011 · 40 min

"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 mov

S1·E5

Switched and Hitched

Feb 23, 2011 · 40 min

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

S1·E6

Dancing Dead

Mar 2, 2011 · 40 min

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

S1·E7

Family Plot

Mar 9, 2011 · 40 min

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

S1·E8

Twisted Tales

Mar 16, 2011 · 40 min

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 c