The fourth season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off premiered on January 15, 2013 and ended on March 26, 2013. The season featured 14 prosthetic makeup artists competing against each other to create makeup effects. Anthony Kosar of Chicago, Illinois, was the winner of the season. The grand prize for the fourth season was a position as a guest lecturer at the Make Up For Ever Academies in New York and Paris, a 2013 Fiat 500, and $100,000.
The finals venue for this season was Wynn in Paradise, Nevada.
Judges Ve Neill Glenn Hetrick Neville Page Michael Westmore (mentor) McKenzie Westmore (hostess)
Contestants
Name Age Hometown Place finished Troy Rivers 34 Indianapolis, Indiana 14th Michael Faust 31 Austin, Texas 13th Katie Machaiek 26 Owls Head, Maine 12th Alex McCoy 30 Orlando, Florida 11th Jenna Green 40 Austin, Texas 10th Alam Park 24 Seattle, Washington 9th Autumn Cook 35 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 8th Meagan Hester 29 Ossining, New York 7th Eric Zapata 22 Austin, Texas 6th David "House" Greathouse 41 Cleveland, Ohio 5th Eric Fox 37 Riverside, California 4th Kris Kobzina 41 El Segundo, California Runner-up Wayne Anderson 27 Fort Myers, Florida Runner-up Anthony Kosar 26 Chicago, Illinois Winner
Production Syfy picked up Face Off for a fourth season on October 9, 2012, which premiered on January 15, 2013 after the third season became one of the network's highest rated programs along with its strong performance. A sneak peek of the upcoming season premiered during the live season 3 finale. Season 4 was the first season to create full on creature suites. Large fabrications and massive sculpting designs with crazy out of the box thinking.
Guests slated to appear are Bryan Singer, John Rhys-Davies, Jon Landau, Michael Nankin and Gale Anne Hurd, who previously served as a guest judge in season 3. McKenzie Westmore's father Michael Westmore joins this season as a mentor.
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The contestant won Face Off. The contestant was a runner-up. The contestant won a Spotlight Challenge. The contestant won a Spotlight Challenge by default. 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 deemed the best in the Spotlight Challenge but was not eligible for the win due to not completing the 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 won the Foundation Challenge.
Episodes
Face Off Redemption Face Off Redemption is a web miniseries hosted by judge Glenn Hetrick in conjunction with season 4. It puts the eliminated artists against each other with the winner getting a spot in Face Offs upcoming fifth season. This show reveals that Face Off will have a 5th season.
Webisode 1 Artists Troy, Alex, Michael, and Katie must each create an alien emissary. Winner: Katie
Webisode 2 Artists Katie, Jenna, Alam, and Autumn must each create a glam rock vampire. Winner: Jenna
Webisode 3 Artists Jenna, Meagan, and Eric Z. must each create a nightmare clown. Winner: Eric Z.
Webisode 4 In the final redemption challenge, artists Eric Z., Eric F., and House must each create an original mutant. Winner: Eric Z .
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