Face Off (Season 1)

Contestants

 * Megan Areford, 24 — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 * Marcel Banks, 24 — Tacoma, Washington
 * Samantha "Sam" Cobb, 32 — Decatur, Georgia
 * Sergio Guerra, 31 — San Antonio, Texas
 * Tom Devlin, 29 — East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
 * Kayla "Jo" Holland, 21 — Hilo, Hawaii
 * Gage Hubbard, 26 — Willard, Utah
 * Frank Ippolito, 32 — Cleveland, Ohio
 * Jessica Kramer, 26 — Scottdale, Pennsylvania
 * Conor McCullagh, 40 — Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
 * Anthony Pepe, 35 — Queens, New York
 * Tate Steinsiek, 31 — Henryetta, Oklahoma

Episode 1: Welcome to the Jungle
Main Article: Welcome to the Jungle (Face Off episode)


 * Airdate: January 26, 2011
 * Foundation Challenge: Create an original face makeup incorporating at least one item from the introductory reception room.
 * Reward: Immunity
 * Winner: Gage
 * Spotlight Challenge: In teams of two, make a animal-human hybrid based on either a black beetle, ostrich, or elephant.
 * Top Looks: Frank & Tate, Tom & Conor
 * Bottom Looks: Sergio & Gage, Jo & Jessica
 * Winner: Conor
 * Eliminated: Jessica

Episode 2: Naked Ambition
Main Article: Naked Ambition (Face Off episode)
 * Airdate: Febuary 2, 2011
 * Foundation Challenge: to create a original tattoo that has meaning to you.
 * Reward: first choice in Spotlight Challaenge.
 * Winner: Tate
 * Spotlight Challenge: body paint a nude model for a magazine cover shoot.
 * Top Looks: Tom, Anthony & Jo
 * Bottom Looks: Sergio, Tate & Conor
 * Winner: Anthony
 * Eliminated: Sergio

Episode 3: Out of This World
Main Article: Out of This World (Face Off episode)


 * Airdate: February 9, 2011
 * Spotlight Challange: Create an alien inspired by the environmental conditions speculated to exist on extrasolar planet Gliese 581 g.
 * Guest Judge: Michael Westmore
 * Top Looks: Conor & Jo, Gage & Marcel
 * Bottom Looks: Anthony & Frank, Tom & Megan
 * Winner: Conor
 * Eliminated: Frank

Episode 4: Bad to the Bone
Main Article: Bad to the Bone (Face Off episode)


 * Airdate: February 16, 2011
 * Spotlight Challenge: Create a concept for a horror movie with an iconic villain
 * Guest Judge: Sean S. Cunningham
 * Top Looks: Gage, Tate, and Tom
 * Bottom Looks: Marcel, Megan, and Anthony
 * Winner: Tom
 * Eliminated: Marcel

Episode 5: Switched and Hitched
Main Article: Switched and Hitched (Face Off episode)
 * Airdate: February 23, 2011
 * Foundation Challenge: Create a realistic facial hair makeup matching the model's costume
 * Reward: First choice of models for the Spotlight Challenge
 * Guest Judge: Steve la Porte
 * Winner: Tate
 * Spotlight Challenge: Take an engaged couple and make them up so their genders are switched
 * Top Looks: Conor & Megan, Tate & Anthony
 * Bottom Look: Tom & Jo
 * Winner: Megan
 * Eliminated: Jo

Episode 6: The Dancing Dead
Main Article: The Dancing Dead (Face Off episode)


 * Airdate: March 2, 2011
 * Foundation Challenge: Create stage blood using grocery items
 * Reward: First choice of model for the Spotlight Challenge
 * Winner: Tom
 * Spotlight Challenge: Create a zombie character to work in a choreographed dance routine with the other contestants' creations, set to "Zombie" by Natalia Kills. In the dance routine, 8 zombies can be counted, even though there were only 7 contestants left. The zombie was made by an unknown artist and does not appear for judging and is not judged. It was a zombie with a skeleton face, a suit and it was covered in moss.
 * Guest Judge: Greg Nicotero
 * Top Looks: Conor and Tate
 * Bottom Looks: Anthony, Tom, Megan
 * Winner: Tate
 * Eliminated: Anthony, Tom

Episode 7: Family Plot
Main Article: Family Plot (Face Off episode)
 * Airdate: March 9, 2011
 * Spotlight Challenge: Create a make-up to make yourself unrecognizable to a loved one
 * Reward: First choice of fairy tale and theme for the next Spotlight Challenge
 * Top Looks: Gage, Sam
 * Bottom Looks: Conor, Megan
 * Winner: Sam
 * Eliminated: Megan

Episode 8: Twisted Tales
Main Article: Twisted Tales (Face Off episode)


 * Airdate: March 16, 2011
 * Spotlight Challenge: Reimagine two fairy tale characters in a different genre
 * Eliminated: Sam
 * Winner: Conor