Face Off (season 4)


The fourth season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off premiered on January 15, 2013 and ended 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

NameAgeHometownPlace finished
Troy Rivers34Indianapolis, Indiana14th
Michael Faust31Austin, Texas13th
Katie Machaiek26Owls Head, Maine12th
Alexandra "Alex" McCoy30Orlando, Florida11th
Jenna Green40Austin, Texas10th
Alam Park24Seattle, Washington9th
Autumn Cook35Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania8th
Meagan Hester29Ossining, New York7th
Eric Zapata22Austin, Texas6th
David "House" Greathouse41Cleveland, Ohio5th
Eric Fox37Riverside, California4th
Kristian "Kris" Kobzina41El Segundo, CaliforniaRunner-up
Wayne Anderson27Fort Myers, FloridaRunner-up
Anthony Kosar26Chicago, IllinoisWinner

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.

Contestant progress

Episodes

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''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.
Artists Katie, Jenna, Alam, and Autumn must each create a glam rock vampire.
Artists Jenna, Meagan, and Eric Z. must each create a nightmare clown.
In the final redemption challenge, artists Eric Z., Eric F., and House must each create an original mutant.