It’s here! The tenth episode of Face Off! Can you believe we’re in season ten! A moment of congrats to everyone involved in making this show! What an amazing achievement! It feels like just yesterday I was watching the very first episode premiere! What an incredible nine seasons and what an incredible start to the big 1-0!
In the season ten premiere, we met the 14 artists who will be competing in all new challenges this season. Host McKenzie Westmore met the artists at Hotel Cortez, which many of you might be familiar with now due to it being the setting of American Horror Story: Hotel. Fun facts about this cast for a moment, the youngest contestant is 20 year old Rob and there are not one but two contestants from my home state of New Jersey, Mel and Anthony! Jersey represent!
Instead of starting off with a foundation challenge, McKenzie jumped right into their first spotlight challenge! This train is starting at full speed! The theme? Bounty hunters.
Each artist had to create their very own sci-fi bounty hunter on the run. With seven WANTED posters before them each featuring the name of a rogue bounty hunter, their last known whereabouts, and their ship, each pair of artists had to choose a poster for inspiration.
Greg & Yvonne chose Jinxx Barges Last Known Whereabouts: The Lower Quadrant of the Aurelian System. Anna & Melissa chose Tolo Ezulon, Last Known Whereabouts: Rim of the Taurian Cluster. Johnny & Anthony (known as “Ant”) chose Yorek Jess, Last Known Whereabouts: The Josephus System. Njoroge & Rob chose Sansar Ceptis Last Known Whereabouts: The Ithi Nebula. Katie & Robert chose Honorin Fallador Last Known Whereabouts: Pyrthen Prime’s Third Moon, Celedan. Jennifer & Mel chose Delta Indemna, Last Known Whereabouts: Verssa Minor. Kaleb & Walter chose Maas Rossi, Last Known Whereabouts: The Planet Nysuriat in the Soldaarion Galaxy.
Johnny & Anthony were going in very different directions and weren’t on one accord with where they were going, so it took awhile for them to get on the same page. When series mentor, Michael Westmore came into the lab, he provided some much needed guidance to every pair. Katie & Robert seemed to butt heads about her paint job and her ability to control what was happening… Last looks was quite chaotic it seemed for most everyone.
Ve Neill, Neville Page, and Glenn Hetrick are all back this season. Before judging began, McKenzie told the artists that the judges could give immunity to an eliminated pair one time this season. The season save so to speak. Good to know that this is still in play…
On the reveal stage, I liked Kaleb & Walter’s face but I wanted more from their creation as a whole. Still, great job. Njoroge & Rob’s alien was so much fun to see. I appreciate where Anna & Melissa were going with their creation but I didn’t click with it, although I can totally see why others would see differently. Johnny & Anthony’s creation was great but it’s clear it would have been a lot better had the two been on the same page. Katie & Robert’s alien was confusing. Greg & Yvonne rocked it with their concept but the execution could have been killer, could have been the winner of this entire challenge but instead was sadly not. Jennifer & Mel did a fantastic job, I think.
Jennifer & Mel, Njoroge & Rob, and Katie & Robert were safe. The judges’ top looks were Kaleb & Walter and Anna & Melissa with the ladies winning and Melissa coming away with bragging rights. The bottom looks were Johnny & Anthony and Greg & Yvonne with Greg being eliminated. It’s too early to be distraught over an elimination and it’s too early to say who I’m rooting for but the ladies are strong and I have a feeling one of us will win this season!
Stay tuned for a phenomenal season ten with special guest judges including actor Paul Reubens, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead, Syfy’s Hunters), Oscar nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer Jason Blum (The Normal Heart, Whiplash), and more!
Elimination Recap
Eliminated This Week: Greg
Total Eliminations: Anna, Jennifer, Anthony, Katie, Mel, Melissa, Yvonne, Greg, Johnny, Kaleb, Njoroge, Rob, Robert, Walter
Face Off airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Syfy.