The WORST episodes of Face Off
Every episode of Face Off ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Face Off!
Face Off is a competition/elimination series exploring the world of special-effects make-up artists and the unlimited imagination that allows them to create amazing works of living art. The contestants are tasked with elaborate feature challenges including executing full body paint make up on models and creating their own horror villain. Not only will the show incorporate effects make-up, it will include a wide range of skill sets including prosthetics, 3-D design, sculpting, eye enhancers, casting and molding. Each episode involves incredible reveals of the competitors' finished work, and the drama of one contestant being sent home by the panel of expert and celebrity judges. It all culminates in one winner and one grand prize that will launch a career. Face Off is a production of Mission Control Media with Michael Agbabian and Dwight Smith serving as executive producers.
#3 - Freaks of Nature
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/25/2014
The artists must create original mutants.
#5 - Serpent Soldiers
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/16/2014
Working for the G.I. Joe franchise, the artists use their talents to create snake-inspired super soldiers.
#6 - Guitar Gods
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/2014
The artists work in teams to create rockers who are literally at one with their electric guitars.
#7 - Scared Silly
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/2014
The artists turn their worst childhood fears into terrifying evil clowns who will perform a nightmarish circus routine.
#8 - Make It Reign
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2013
The artists create goblin kings and are judged by actor John Rhys-Davies.
#9 - Hive Mind
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/20/2017
Inspired by hive-minded insects, the artists must create queen, worker and drone aliens.
#10 - Covert Characters
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/3/2016
For their first individual challenge, the artists must create realistic disguise makeups for "secret agents".
#11 - Killer Instinct
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2014
In partnership with Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights, the artists' mission is to create a horror villain inspired by original movie posters and their tag lines.
#12 - Child's Play
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2016
Paul Reubens appears when the artists work in teams to create a whimsical makeup based on an oversized toy.
#13 - Bugging Out
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/19/2013
The contestants will choose images to be used for a creepy-crawly bug-themed challenge.
#14 - Foreign Bodies
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/2016
The artists work in teams of two to create their own parasitic aliens that burst out of their human hosts.
#15 - The Gatekeepers
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/25/2015
The artists compete for immunity in a Foundation Challenge based on a classic Rorschach inkblot test. Later, they pair off and use a unique gateway as inspiration for two makeups.
#16 - American Gangster
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/29/2014
The artists must create over-the-top makeup for crime bosses in the world of Dick Tracy.
#17 - Return of the Champions
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2015
Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches.
#19 - Miss Intergalactic
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2015
The contestants must take inspiration from the planets in the solar system to create alien queens who compete in a intergalactic beauty pageant.
#20 - What a Dahl
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/18/2014
To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the artists will be creating their very own visions of Roald Dahl creatures that have never before been seen onscreen: Hornswogglers, Snozzwangers, Vermicious Knids, and Whangdoodles - all predators of the dear, sweet, oompa-loompa. Filmmaker (and daughter of Roald Dahl) Lucy Dahl gives the artists some key thoughts on how to make a creature that would survive and thrive in her father's world: Make them whimsical, scary, and the extreme expression of whatever characteristic they embody. She'll be back to see their final creations at the reveal stage!
#21 - Death's Doorstep
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/2016
The artists create whimsical ghost characters based on unique and comical obituaries.
#22 - Feral Fungi
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/1/2017
The six remaining artists create victims of a fungal virus that turns people into zombies.
#23 - Lost Languages
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/27/2016
The remaining 12 artists team up to create a member of a long-lost race inspired by unique languages created by "Game of Thrones" linguist David Peterson.
#24 - Wanted Dead or Alive
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2016
Inspired by a wanted poster and spaceship, the artists must create their own intergalactic bounty hunter.
#25 - Siren Song
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/4/2015
The artists arrive at the Port of Long Beach and board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter U.S.S. George Cobb, which is where they learn they'll be making beautiful but deadly sirens based on unique sea creatures. Included: Working in teams of two, one group feels compelled to start from scratch on Day 2; at the same time, another duo struggles with streamlining different visions into one makeup.