Skin Wars
| Skin Wars | |
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| Genre | Game Show |
| Presented by | Rebecca Romijn |
| Judges |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Robin Barcus Slonina |
| Production company(s) | Michael Levitt Productions |
| Distributor | Passion Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | Game Show Network |
| Original release | August 6, 2014 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Skin Wars is a body painting reality competition hosted by Rebecca Romijn that premiered on Game Show Network on August 6, 2014.[1]
Skin Wars
Contestants on the series perform challenges containing body painting each episode. At the end of each episode, one contestant is eliminated and told "It's time to wash off your canvas."[2]
Production
On September 12, 2013, GSN ordered eight episodes of the series,[1][2] making it GSN's first television show devoted to body art.[2] On February 4, 2014, GSN announced Rebecca Romijn as host of Skin Wars, with RuPaul, Craig Tracy and Robin Slonina serving as judges.[3]
The series premiered on GSN August 6, 2014.[4] That same night, the network also began airing an online series entitled Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson airing immediately after Skin Wars on DOOR3, GSN's YouTube channel targeted toward 18- to 25-year-olds. The series features commentary from Johnson as well as highlights from that night's episode and a "Skinterview" with one of the contestants.[5]
On September 30, 2014, GSN announced plans to air a ten-episode second season of Skin Wars with Romijn and all three judges returning to reprise their respective roles.[6] The second season premiered June 10, 2015.[7]
A spinoff called Skin Wars: Fresh Paint hosted by RuPaul aired as a special on August 26, 2015. Where it features six highly accomplished artist, each at the top of their game, as they leave their comfort zones to compete in body painting for he first time. The artist must conquer three difficult challenges, as they are mentored by three top artist from the first season Bihary Dutch, Lawrence "Gear" Duran and season one champion, Natalie Fletcher where as the artist work closely with their body painting mentors as they try to quickly master the craft and win the $100,000 prize and become champion. It premiered to 456,000 viewers.[8]
On August 27, 2015, GSN renewed the series for a third season.[9]
Season 1
Contestants
The 10 body painters competing in the first season were:
| Contestant | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Alan Anderson | 10th |
| Sean Avram | 9th |
| Angela Roberts | 8th |
| Mythica Von Griffin | 7th |
| Felle Kelsaw | 6th |
| Lawrence "Gear" Duran | 5th |
| Nicole Hays | 4th |
| Dutch Bihary | 3rd |
| Shannon Holt | Runner-Up |
| Natalie Fletcher | Winner |
Contestant Progress
| Designers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | LOW‡ | F/O | LOW‡ | WINNER | ||
| Shannon | WIN | SAFE | LOW‡ | LOW‡ | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | RUNNER-UP | ||
| Dutch | HIGH‡ | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW‡ | SAFE | WIN | 3RD PLACE‡ | ||
| Nicole | SAFE | SAFE‡ | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | |||
| Gear | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WIN | OUT | ||||
| Felle | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH‡ | WIN | OUT | |||||
| Mythica | LOW | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||||
| Angela | SAFE | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| Sean | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| Alan | OUT | |||||||||
- The contestant won Skin Wars.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was in 3rd Place.
- The contestant won the challenge that week.
- The contestant was in the top in the challenge that week.
- The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.
- The contestant was in the bottom, but not in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.
- ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.
Season 2
Contestants
The 12 body painters competing in the second season were:
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Place Finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcio Karam | 43 | Miami, Florida | 12th |
| Rudy Zanzibar Campos | 30 | Houston, Texas | 11th |
| Rachel Deboer | 40 | Maui, Hawaii | 10th |
| Fernello Nelson | 30 | Queens, New York | 9th |
| Sammie Bartko | 38 | Heber City, Utah | 8th |
| Dawn Marie Svanoe | 44 | Madison, Wisconsin | 7th |
| Kyle Vest | 25 | Orlando, Florida | 6th |
| Rio Sirah | 33 | Atlanta, Georgia | 5th |
| Cheryl Ann Lipstreu | 37 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 4th |
| Aryn Fox | 27 | Newport, Kentucky | 3rd |
| Avi Ram | 28 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Runner-Up |
| Lana Chromium | 29 | San Diego, California | Winner |
Contestant Progress
| Designers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lana | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH‡ | WIN | HIGH | F/O | WINNER | ||
| Avi | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | HIGH‡ | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP‡ | ||
| Aryn | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW‡ | LOW | HIGH‡ | 3RD PLACE | ||
| Cheryl Ann | HIGH | HIGH‡ | LOW | LOW | LOW | SAFE | LOW | LOW‡ | OUT | |||
| Rio | SAFE | SAFE | WIN‡ | LOW | HIGH‡ | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||
| Kyle | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | LOW | OUT | |||||
| Dawn Marie | SAFE | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| Sammie | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Fernello | LOW‡ | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Rachel | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||
| Rudy | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
| Marcio | OUT | |||||||||||
- The contestant won Skin Wars.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was in 3rd Place.
- The contestant won the challenge that week.
- The contestant was in the top in the challenge that week.
- The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.
- The contestant was in the bottom, but not in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.
- ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.
Season 3
Contestants
The 12 body painters competing in the third season were:
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Place Finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jermaze Wade | 36 | Decatur, Georgia | 12th |
| Shelley Wapniak | 33 | Brooklyn, New York | 11th |
| Kyera Dalesandro | 24 | Virginia Beach, Virginia | 10th |
| Alison Kenyon | 44 | Grass Valley, California | |
| Brittney Pelloquin | 28 | Broussard, Louisiana | |
| Hans Haveron | 36 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Jessica "Jess" Watson Miller | 24 | Sydney, Australia | |
| Luis Martinez | 21 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Michael Mejia | 25 | Queens, New York | |
| Joseph "Otto" Ott | 38 | Winneconne, Wisconsin | |
| Rick Uribe | 20 | El Paso, Texas | |
| Tiffany Beckler | 26 | Rock Hill, South Carolina |
Contestant Progress
| Designers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison | SAFE‡ | SAFE | LOW | |
| Brittney | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | |
| Hans | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | |
| Jess | SAFE | SAFE‡ | SAFE | |
| Luis | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE‡ | |
| Michael | HIGH | LOW | LOW | |
| Otto | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | |
| Rick | SAFE | WIN | WIN | |
| Tiffany | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | |
| Kyera | LOW | SAFE | OUT | |
| Shelley | SAFE | OUT | ||
| Jermaze | OUT | |||
- The contestant won Skin Wars.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was the 2nd runner-up.
- The contestant won the challenge that week.
- The contestant was in the top in the challenge that week.
- The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.
- The contestant was in the bottom, but not in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was in the bottom 2.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.
- ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.
Ratings
The premiere episode of Skin Wars debuted to 697,000 viewers.[10] The show also posted a 0.2 rating among adults 18–49, making it the most watched original program on GSN since the season 2 finale of The Chase, which received 818,000 viewers.[11] The series has since climbed to a series high of 725,000 viewers.[12] In total, the first season earned over 11.3 million total viewers for GSN.[13]
The second episode of season 2, which aired June 17, 2015, attracted a series-high 776,000 viewers.[14]
International broadcast
In Australia, the series premiered on LifeStyle You on May 26, 2015.[15]
In Canada, the series premiered on GameTV since 2015. It also airs on GSN on Cable/Satellite companies that air the channel.[16]
In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on TruTV since 2015.[17]
In Brazil, the show's first season has been broadcast on Multishow since February, 2016.
References
- 1 2 "GSN Orders Body-Painting Competition Series 'Skin Wars'". Deadline Hollywood. PMC. September 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Kondology, Amanda (September 12, 2013). "GSN Paints the Town With 'Skin Wars' as Network Orders 8 Episodes of New Original Series". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Zap2it. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ↑ "GSN Announces Rebecca Romijn as Host of New Original Series "Skin Wars"" (Press release). GSN Corporate. February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ↑ "GSN Announces Premiere Dates for New Original Summer Series Skin Wars and Idiotest" (Press release). GSN Corporate. June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ↑ "GSN to Launch Online Series Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson, Debuting on DOOR3 YouTube Channel Wednesday, August 6 at 10:00PM ET/PM" (Press release). GSN Corporate. August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ The Deadline Team (September 30, 2014). "Skin Wars Renewed for Season 2 on GSN". Deadline. PMC. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ "GSN's Groundbreaking Hit Series Skin Wars Returns for Its Second Season on Wednesday, June 10 at 9PM ET/PT" (Press release). GSN Corporate. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (August 27, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.26.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ "GSN Announces Season Three Pick-up of Groundbreaking Original Hit Series Skin Wars" (Press release). GSN Corporate. August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ Bibel, Sara (August 7, 2014). "GSN's Skin Wars Delivers Network's Second-Highest Rated Original Series Premiere Ever". TV By the Numbers. Zap2it. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (August 7, 2014). "Solid Start for Skin Wars on GSN". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ↑ "GSN’S Third Episode of Body-Painting Competition Show, Skin Wars, Delivers Series-High Ratings" (Press release). GSN Corporate. August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
- ↑ Turnquist, Kristi (September 25, 2014). "Natalie Fletcher, of Bend, wins GSN's Skin Wars Season 1". The Oregonian. Oregon Live. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (June 18, 2015). "Wednesday Final Nationals: Skin Wars on GSN Rises to Series High". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Foxtel in May: 200+ new shows including Wayward Pines, Open Slather, Nashville and River Cottage Australia". The Green Room. Foxtel. April 29, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ↑ Skin Wars on Game TV
- ↑ http://www.trutv.co.uk/show/110/skin-wars