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 prosthetic makeup 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 Toyota Prius v, and .
The season was won by Nicole Chilelli of Stayton, Oregon, 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 Ve Neill Patrick Tatopoulos (three episodes) Neville Page McKenzie Westmore (host)
Contestants Name Age Hometown Place finished Joe Castro 41 Helotes, Texas 12th (disqualified) Carpucine "C.C." Childs 30 Atlanta, Georgia 11th Eric Garcia 31 Miami, Florida 10th Jason Milani 25 Hopewell Junction, New York 9th Tommy Pietch 27 Columbus, Ohio 8th Rod Maxwell 46 West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 7th Alana Rose Schiro 20 Staten Island, New York City, New York 6th Sarah Elizabeth Miller 29 Goshen, Indiana 5th Roy Wooley 46 Tucker, Georgia 4th Derek Garcia 31 Miami, Florida Runner-up Laura Dandridge 27 Orlando, Florida Runner-up Nicole Chilelli 28 Stayton, Oregon Winner (Eliminated in Episode 4; Brought back in Episode 7)
Production Season 1 and 2 judge Patrick Tatopoulos 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 Avatar as lead creature designer, Prometheus as character designer and Star Trek as lead creature and character designer. Ve Neill and Glenn Hetrick remain as judges, with McKenzie Westmore remaining as the show's host. A pair of fraternal twins will compete against each other this season.
Guests that appeared this season include Sean Astin, Brian Grazer, Kevin Smith, Gale Anne Hurd, Matthew Wood, Paul W. S. Anderson, Laila Ali and Barney Burman.
Contestant progress Contestant Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11/121 Nicole IN IN IN OUTIN‡WINWININWINNER2 LauraHIGHHIGH INHIGHHIGH INWINHIGHINWIN DerekLOW INWINHIGHLOWWINLOWLOWHIGHINRUNNER-UP4 RoyHIGHHIGH INWINHIGH IN‡HIGHHIGHINOUT5 SarahHIGHWINLOW INLOWLOW INLOWOUT6 Alana IN IN IN INWIN INLOWOUT7 RodWIN IN INLOWLOWHIGHOUT8 TommyLOW INHIGHLOWHIGHOUT9 Jason INLOW IN IN‡OUT10 Eric IN‡LOWOUT11 C.C.LOWOUT12 Joe
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.
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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: Lamborghini Gallardo 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.
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