The third season of the Syfy reality television series '' Face Off'' premiered on August 21, 2012 and ended October 31, 2012. The season featured twelve

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artists competing against each other to create makeup effects. In the finale, they were voted on by the public in a live broadcast on Halloween. The grand prize for the third season was a position as a guest lecturer at the Make Up for Ever Academies in New York and Paris, a 2012

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, and . The season was won by Nicole Chilelli of Stayton,

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, who holds four ''Face Off'' records for being the first female to win, the first contestant to be eliminated and then come back in the same season, the first returning contestant to win the season, and being the only champion chosen by the audience.

Judges

Glenn Hetrick Glenn Hetrick is a special make-up effects artist/designer, actor and producer. Hetrick is CEO of Alchemy FX Studios, a special effects studio which has worked on over 100 film and TV credits, such as '' Star Trek: Discovery'', ''Hunger Games'', ...

Ve Neill Ve Neill (born Mary Flores; 1951) is an American makeup artist. She has won three Academy Awards, for the films ''Beetlejuice'', '' Mrs. Doubtfire'' and ''Ed Wood''. She has been nominated for eight Oscars in total. Early life Neill recounts t ...

Patrick Tatopoulos Patrick Tatopoulos (born September 25, 1957) is a Greek- French production designer and director who lives and works in the United States. His designs have appeared in numerous motion pictures, including '' Pitch Black'', ''Underworld'', ''I, Ro ...

(three episodes) *

Neville Page Neville Page is a British-American film and television creature and concept designer. Born in England, he was raised in Manchester, and Chicago, Illinois. He was inspired by science fiction, including '' Star Wars'', and makeup artist Rick Baker ...

McKenzie Westmore McKenzie Kate Westmore (born April 26, 1977) is an American actress and singer most popular for having played the role of Sheridan Crane Lopez-Fitzgerald on the television soap opera ''Passions'' from 1999 to 2008. Early life Westmore was born A ...

(host)

Contestants

Production

Season 1 and 2 judge

stepped down from his position after the first episode in order to work on '' 300: Rise of an Empire'', but later returned as a guest judge for the foundation challenge in episode 7 and in the final two episodes of the season. He is replaced by concept designer Neville Page, who has previously worked on ''

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'' as lead creature designer, ''

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'' as character designer and '' Star Trek'' as lead creature and character designer.

and

remain as judges, with

remaining as the show's host. A pair of fraternal twins will compete against each other this season. Guests that appeared this season include

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Brian Grazer Brian Thomas Grazer (born July 12, 1951) is an American film and television producer and writer. He founded Imagine Entertainment in 1986 with Ron Howard. The films they produced have grossed over $15 billion. Grazer was personally nominated f ...

Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film '' Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, ...

Gale Anne Hurd Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla Entertainment (formerly Pacific Western Productions), and a former recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America. Early life Hu ...

, Matthew Wood,

Paul W. S. Anderson Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English filmmaker who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations. Anderson made his feature film debut with the British independent film '' Shopping'' (1994), a ...

Laila Ali Laila Amaria Ali (born December 30, 1977) is an American television personality and retired professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007. During her career, from which she retired undefeated, she held the WBC, WIBA, IWBF and IBA female sup ...

and

Barney Burman Barney Burman is an American makeup artist and character actor. He was part of the team that won an Academy Award in 2009 for Best Make-up, on the film '' Star Trek''. Career After being introduced to Hollywood make-up through his parents, Burman ...

Contestant progress

: The contestant won ''Face Off''. : The contestant was a runner-up. : The contestant won a Spotlight Challenge. : The contestant was part of a team that won the Spotlight Challenge. : The contestant was in the top in the Spotlight Challenge. : The contestant was in the bottom in the Spotlight Challenge. : The contestant was a teammate of the eliminated contestant in the Spotlight Challenge. : The contestant was eliminated. : The contestant was disqualified from the competition. : The contestant returned to the competition. :‡ The contestant won the Foundation Challenge.

Episodes

Footnotes

Following the judging on the ''Face Off'' Reveal Stage, Joe left the set entirely before the Spotlight Challenge's final results were announced. As a result, he was disqualified from the competition with the elimination of the remaining bottom three not needed. Since then, Joe made no return appearances in the season, including for the Foundation Challenge to bring somebody back to the competition.
Not chosen:
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or Space Mole
Not chosen: Biffer-Baum Bird or Hoop-Soup-Snoop
First of a two-part finale. The winner was chosen in the second half.

References

External links

* * {{FaceOff series 2012 American television seasons Face Off (TV series)