About this season
In this competition/elimination series, special effects make-up artists participate in elaborate challenges for a grand prize and the honor of being Hollywood's next great effects artist.
Episodes (14)
1. Wanted Dead or Alive
Aired 13 January 2016 • 40 min
Season 10 begins with the 14 competing artists working in teams of two to create alien bounty hunters.
2. Child's Play
Aired 20 January 2016 • 40 min
Paul Reubens appears when the artists work in teams to create a whimsical makeup based on an oversized toy.
3. Lost Languages
Aired 27 January 2016 • 40 min
The remaining 12 artists team up to create a member of a long-lost race inspired by unique languages created by "Game of Thrones" linguist David Peterson.
4. Covert Characters
Aired 3 February 2016 • 40 min
For their first individual challenge, the artists must create realistic disguise makeups for "secret agents".
5. Foreign Bodies
Aired 10 February 2016 • 40 min
Working in teams of two, the artists must create slime as inspiration for the spotlight challenge. The winning team receives immunity.
6. Death's Doorstep
Aired 17 February 2016 • 40 min
The artists must create whimsical ghost characters based on unique obituaries.
7. The Gauntlet II
Aired 24 February 2016 • 40 min
It's back. Three rounds of foundation challenges. Who will survive?
8. Smoke and Mirrors
Aired 2 March 2016 • 40 min
The artists must transform beautiful, yet evil sorceresses into their hideous true self.
9. Bottled Up
Aired 9 March 2016 • 40 min
Unique vessels provide the inspiration when the artists face the challenge of creating mischievous genie characters.
10. Keep One Eye Open
Aired 16 March 2016 • 40 min
The artists create unique Cyclops characters in the Focus Challenge; guest judge Douglas Smith.
11. The Art of Warcraft
Aired 23 March 2016 • 40 min
Characters from the World of Warcraft game come to life by the remaining artists who create realistic characters for the 2016 film adaptation, which stars guest judge Robert Kazinsky.
12. Skull Island: Reign of Kong
Aired 30 March 2016 • 40 min
Artists create an indigenous species that would live on King Kong's Skull Island.
13. Sinister Showdown: Part 1
Aired 6 April 2016 • 40 min
The artists must create two characters that would be part of a horror film: one demonic character and one possessed character. Three different directors with different scripts of the film named "Hell Hole" will work with each artist. Eliminated contestants will also aid the finalists during the challenge. On the first part of the challenge, the artists create their characters to later get feedback from their directors on what to improve on during a lighting test.
14. Sinister Showdown: Part 2
Aired 13 April 2016 • 40 min
After revising their makeups with their directors, the artists improve their characters in order to get them ready for filming.