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.

Last Updated: 11/15/2024Network: SYFYStatus: Ended

7.07

154 votes

#1 - Industrial Revolution

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/1/2014

Los Angeles Union Station inspires the artists before they create futuristic robots tailored to specific professions.

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7.12

448 votes

#2 - Welcome to the Jungle

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2011

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

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7.14

156 votes

#3 - Freaks of Nature

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/25/2014

The artists must create original mutants.

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7.17

197 votes

#4 - Cryptic Creatures

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2014

Today the artists take inspiration from a swamp and make cryptids.

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7.20

123 votes

#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.

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7.22

193 votes

#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.

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7.25

135 votes

#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.

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7.27

167 votes

#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.

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7.27

254 votes

#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.

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7.28

183 votes

#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".

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7.29

120 votes

#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.

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7.30

193 votes

#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.

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7.31

178 votes

#13 - 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.

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7.31

116 votes

#14 - 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.

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7.31

144 votes

#15 - 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.

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7.31

156 votes

#16 - 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.

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7.32

94 votes

#17 - Dressed To Kill

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2015

The artists create their own stylish horror villain inspired by the work of Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed).

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7.32

97 votes

#18 - 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.

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7.32

161 votes

#19 - 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!

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7.33

184 votes

#20 - Death's Doorstep

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/2016

The artists create whimsical ghost characters based on unique and comical obituaries.

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7.33

219 votes

#21 - 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.

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7.34

193 votes

#22 - 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.

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7.34

93 votes

#23 - Return of the Champions

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2015

Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches.

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7.35

229 votes

#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.

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7.36

138 votes

#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.

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