Skin Wars
Television series
Skin Wars Genre Reality competition Presented by Rebecca Romijn Judges Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons3 No. of episodes28 Executive producers Producer Robin Barcus Slonina Editor Jacob McCampbell Camera setup Johna Great Production company Michael Levitt Productions Network Game Show Network Release August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06 ) – (2016-08-10 )
Skin Wars body painting reality competition hosted by Rebecca Romijn that premiered on the American pay-television channel Game Show Network on August 6, 2014.[ 1] body painting each episode. At the end of each episode, one contestant is eliminated and told "It's time to wash off your canvas."[ 2]
Production
On September 12, 2013, GSN ordered eight episodes of the series,[ 1] [ 2] [ 2] Skin Wars , with RuPaul Charles , Craig Tracy and Robin Slonina serving as judges.[ 3]
The series premiered on GSN August 6, 2014.[ 4] Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson which began immediately after Skin Wars on DOOR3, GSN's YouTube channel and targeted toward 18- to 25-year-olds. The series features commentary from Johnson as well as highlights from that night's episode and a "Skinterview" with one of the contestants.[ 5]
On September 30, 2014, GSN announced plans to air a ten-episode second season of Skin Wars with Romijn and all three judges returning to reprise their respective roles.[ 6] [ 7]
A spinoff, Skin Wars: Fresh Paint hosted by RuPaul , aired as a special on August 26, 2015. It featured six highly accomplished artists, each at the top of their game, as they leave their comfort zones to compete in body painting for the first time. The artists must conquer three difficult challenges as they are mentored by three top artists from the first season, Dutch Bihary, Lawrence "Gear" Duran and Season One champion, Natalie Fletcher. As the artists worked closely with their body painting mentors, they attempted to quickly master the craft and win the $10,000 prize and become champion. It premiered to 456,000 viewers.[ 8] [ 9]
On August 27, 2015, GSN renewed the series for a third season.[ 10]
The winners of the program in chronological order are as follows: Natalie Fletcher, Lana Chronium and Rick Uribe.
Series overview
Contestants
The 10 body painters competing in the first season were:[ 11]
Contestant
Age
Home-State
Outcome
Natalie Fletcher
28
Oregon
1st (Winner)
Shannon Holt
38
Pennsylvania
2nd (Runner-up)
Dutch Bihary
41
Washington
3rd Place
Nicole Hays
29
Texas
4th Place
Lawrence "Gear" Duran
35
Nevada
5th Place
Felle Kelsaw
41
Michigan
6th Place
Mythica Von Griffyn
43
Colorado
7th Place
Angela Roberts
22
Louisiana
8th Place
Sean Avram
39
Vermont (originally Canada)
9th Place
Alan Anderson
38
Alabama
10th Place
Contestant progress
Elimination Chart
Artists
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Natalie
SAFE WIN WIN SAFE BTM2‡ F/O BTM2‡ WINNER
Shannon
WIN SAFE LOW‡ BTM2‡ HIGH WIN HIGH RUNNER-UP
Dutch
HIGH‡ HIGH LOW HIGH LOW‡ SAFE WIN 3RD PLACE‡
Nicole
SAFE SAFE‡ HIGH LOW HIGH HIGH ELIM
Gear
SAFE HIGH BTM2 HIGH WIN ELIM‡
Felle
HIGH SAFE HIGH‡ WIN ELIM
Mythica
BTM2 LOW HIGH ELIM
Angela
SAFE BTM2 ELIM
Sean
LOW ELIM
Alan
ELIM
The contestant won Skin Wars . The contestant was the runner-up. The contestant placed 3rd overall. The contestant won the weekly challenge. The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge. The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination. The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination. The contestant was eliminated. The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won. The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.‡ The contestant won the mini challenge
Contestants
The 12 body painters competing in the second season were:[ 12]
Contestant
Age
Hometown
Outcome
Lana Chromium
29
San Diego, California
Winner
Avi Ram
28
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Runner-up
Aryn Fox
27
Newport, Kentucky
3rd Place
Cheryl Ann Lipstreu
37
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 4th Place
Rio Sirah
33
Atlanta, Georgia
5th Place
Kyle Vest
25
Orlando, Florida
6th Place
Dawn Marie Svanoe
44
Madison, Wisconsin
7th Place
Sammie Bartko
38
Heber City, Utah
8th Place
Fernello Nelson
30
Queens, New York
9th Place
Rachel Deboer
40
Maui, Hawaii
10th Place
Rudy Zanzibar Campos
30
Houston, Texas
11th Place
Marcio Karam
43
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12th Place
Contestant progress
Elimination Chart
Artists
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Lana
WIN SAFE HIGH BTM2 BTM2 HIGH‡ WIN HIGH F/O WINNER
Avi
SAFE WIN HIGH HIGH‡ HIGH WIN LOW WIN WIN RUNNER-UP‡
Aryn
SAFE HIGH SAFE WIN HIGH HIGH LOW‡ BTM2 HIGH‡ 3RD PLACE
Cheryl Ann
HIGH HIGH‡ LOW LOW LOW SAFE BTM2 LOW‡ ELIM
Rio
SAFE SAFE WIN‡ LOW HIGH‡ BTM2 HIGH ELIM
Kyle
HIGH SAFE HIGH SAFE WIN LOW ELIM
Dawn Marie
SAFE BTM2 LOW HIGH LOW ELIM
Sammie
SAFE SAFE BTM2 SAFE ELIM
Fernello
LOW‡ SAFE SAFE ELIM
Rachel
BTM2 LOW ELIM
Rudy
SAFE ELIM
Marcio
ELIM
The contestant won Skin Wars . The contestant was the runner-up. The contestant placed 3rd overall. The contestant won the weekly challenge. The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge. The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination. The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination. The contestant was eliminated. The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won. The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.
Contestants
The 12 body painters competing in the third season were:[ 13]
Contestant
Age
Hometown
Outcome
Rick Uribe
20
El Paso, Texas
Winner
Alison Kenyon
44
Grass Valley, California Runner-up
Brittney Pelloquin
28
Broussard, Louisiana
3rd Place
Michael Mejia
25
Queens, New York
4th Place
Tiffany Beckler
26
Rock Hill, South Carolina 5th Place
Luis Martinez
21
Atlanta, Georgia
6th Place
Joseph "Otto" Ott
38
Winneconne, Wisconsin 7th Place
Hans Haveron
36
Los Angeles, California
8th Place (Quit)
Jessica "Jess" Watson Miller
24
Sydney, Australia
9th Place
Kyera Dalesandro
24
Virginia Beach, Virginia
10th Place
Shelley Wapniak
33
Brooklyn, New York
11th Place
Jermaze Wade
36
Decatur, Georgia
12th Place
Contestant progress
Elimination Chart
Artists
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Rick
SAFE
WIN
WIN
LOW
HIGH
HIGH
BTM2
HIGH‡
BTM2
WINNER
Alison
SAFE‡
SAFE
BTM2
WIN
HIGH
SAFE
HIGH‡
HIGH
WIN
RUNNER-UP‡
Brittney
HIGH
HIGH
LOW
HIGH
SAFE
HIGH
BTM2
WIN
HIGH‡
3RD PLACE
Michael
HIGH
BTM2
LOW
HIGH‡
WIN
BTM2‡
WIN
BTM2
ELIM
Tiffany
WIN
SAFE
HIGH
SAFE
SAFE
WIN
HIGH
ELIM
Luis
SAFE
SAFE
SAFE‡
BTM2
BTM2‡
ELIM
Otto
SAFE
LOW
HIGH
SAFE
ELIM
Hans
LOW
HIGH
HIGH
SAFE
QUIT
Jess
SAFE
SAFE‡
SAFE
ELIM
Kyera
BTM2
SAFE
ELIM
Shelley
SAFE
ELIM
Jermaze
ELIM
The contestant won Skin Wars . The contestant was the runner-up. The contestant placed 3rd overall. The contestant won the weekly challenge. The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge. The contestant was in the bottom 2, but neither was eliminated. The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination. The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination. The contestant was eliminated. The contestant quit the competition.‡ The contestant won the mini challenge. In Episode 5, Hans quit the competition at panel after a fall out with the judges.
References
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