Skin Wars


Skin Wars is a body painting reality competition hosted by Rebecca Romijn that premiered on the American pay-television channel Game Show Network on August 6, 2014. 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."

Production

On September 12, 2013, GSN ordered eight episodes of the series, making it GSN's first television show devoted to body art. On February 4, 2014, GSN announced Rebecca Romijn as host of Skin Wars, with RuPaul Charles, Craig Tracy and Robin Slonina serving as judges.
The series premiered on GSN August 6, 2014. That same night, the network released an online series, Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson which began immediately after Skin Wars on DOOR3, GSN's YouTube channel and 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.
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. The second season premiered June 10, 2015.
A spinoff, Skin Wars: Fresh Paint hosted by RuPaul, aired as a special on August 26, 2015. It featured six highly accomplished artists, each at the top of their game, as they leave their comfort zones to compete in body painting for the first time. The artists must conquer three difficult challenges as they are mentored by three top artists from the first season, Dutch Bihary, Lawrence "Gear" Duran and Season One champion, Natalie Fletcher. As the artists worked closely with their body painting mentors, they attempted to quickly master the craft and win the $10,000 prize and become champion. It premiered to 456,000 viewers. Later, it became a series itself, premiering on June 15, 2016.
On August 27, 2015, GSN renewed the series for a third season.
The winners of the program in chronological order are as follows: Natalie Fletcher, Lana Chronium and Rick Uribe.

Series overview

Season 1 (2014)

Contestants

The 10 body painters competing in the first season were:
ContestantAgeHome-StateOutcome
Natalie Fletcher28Oregon1st
Shannon Holt38Pennsylvania2nd
Dutch Bihary41Washington3rd Place
Nicole Hays29Texas4th Place
Lawrence "Gear" Duran35Nevada5th Place
Felle Kelsaw41Michigan6th Place
Mythica Von Griffyn43Colorado7th Place
Angela Roberts22Louisiana8th Place
Sean Avram39Vermont 9th Place
Alan Anderson38Alabama10th Place

Season 2 (2015)

Contestants

The 12 body painters competing in the second season were:
ContestantAgeHometownOutcome
Lana Chromium29San Diego, CaliforniaWinner
Avi Ram28Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Aryn Fox27Newport, Kentucky3rd Place
374th Place
Rio Sirah33Atlanta, Georgia5th Place
Kyle Vest25Orlando, Florida6th Place
Dawn Marie Svanoe44Madison, Wisconsin7th Place
Sammie Bartko38Heber City, Utah8th Place
Fernello Nelson30Queens, New York9th Place
Rachel Deboer40Maui, Hawaii10th Place
30Houston, Texas11th Place
Marcio Karam43Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Season 3 (2016)

Contestants

The 12 body painters competing in the third season were:
ContestantAgeHometownOutcome
Rick Uribe20El Paso, TexasWinner
Alison Kenyon44Runner-up
Brittney Pelloquin28Broussard, Louisiana3rd Place
Michael Mejia25Queens, New York4th Place
Tiffany Beckler265th Place
Luis Martinez21Atlanta, Georgia6th Place
Joseph "Otto" Ott387th Place
Hans Haveron36Los Angeles, California8th Place
24Sydney, Australia9th Place
Kyera Dalesandro24Virginia Beach, Virginia10th Place
Shelley Wapniak33Brooklyn, New York11th Place
Jermaze Wade36Decatur, Georgia

Contestant progress

  • In Episode 5, Hans quit the competition at panel after a fall out with the judges.