Retro-style alien characters created for a Foundation Challenge come into play when the artists receive their Spotlight Challenge.

The artists face the challenge of taking a male model and turning him into a female character from a classic Shakespearean play.

The remaining artists add their own twist to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

A “barbaric” Foundation Challenge is judged by Oscar-winning makeup artist Robin Matthews. That’s followed by a trip to the circus as the seven remaining artists compete to dazzle the judges…

Inspired by Syfy’s The Expanse, the artists must create a character that represents the next stage in human evolution.

Part 1 of 2. The finalists learn their last challenge is to work with a real-life Hollywood director and full production crew to create three stunning short films on location.

A winner is crowned in the conclusion of the two-part Season 9 finale. But first, the finalists finish work on their characters for the short films they’re making with director…

The challenge is to create a new human/animal hybrid based from 3 exotic animals that are brought into lab.

A full-body makeup challenge for the contestants.

Makeup artist Michael Westmore meets the contestants at Vasquez Rocks in Southern California, where episodes of “Star Trek” were shot, and the competitors learn that they must create an alien…

“Friday the 13th” director Sean Cunningham serves as a guest judge for a challenge that has the contestants creating an original horror-movie villain along with an accompanying movie poster, title…

In teams of two, the contestants turn brides into grooms and grooms into brides.

Zombies take over as the seven remaining special effects artists must create an original zombie to avoid the dreaded double elimination on “Dancing Dead”.

The five remaining contestants must disguise themselves to fool their own family members at a Los Angeles wig shop.

The last challenge has the three remaining contestants creating fairy-tale characters derived from “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Hansel and Gretel” for a cocktail-party setting in…

Season 9 begins with the 16 artists working in pairs to construct original alien animals that incorporate two models into one massive creation. Later, a surprise announcement from the judges…

The artists arrive at the Port of Long Beach and board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter U.S.S. George Cobb, which is where they learn they’ll be making beautiful but deadly…

Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches.

Oscar winner Rick Baker is the guest judge for the first Spotlight Challenge, which finds the artists working in teams to create two original alien characters, plus a primate leader.

The remaining 14 artists take part in a deadly predator challenge featuring guest judge Josh Hutcherson (“The Hunger Games”).

The thirteen remaining artists must make playing cards come to life in the whimsical style of Tim Burton for their first individual Spotlight Challenge of the competition

The artists have to design creatures based on unique sound effects created by sound designer Erik Aadahl.

The remaining artists and their coaches feel the stress of a challenge where they must create trolls inspired by iconic bridges.

The artists learn that for their challenge, they will be body-painting nude models in the middle of the woods.

The artists create their own stylish horror villain inspired by the work of Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed).

The contestants must take inspiration from the planets in the solar system to create alien queens who compete in a intergalactic beauty pageant.

The Artists must make their Imaginary Friends from their childhood as a film character or creature.

The artists must create serial killer doll characters

The artists must create western steampunk cyborgs, in order to make it into the finals at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

The final three artists must each create four original characters worthy of starring in their own film franchise, at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

The four semifinalists conquer giant city-crushing monstrosities in order to crush their way straight into the finale.

The season of life and death concludes as the artists tackle the fantastical world of knights in an effort to win the crown.

Sixteen new contestants learn they aren’t officially on the show until they survive one final audition.

The artists must create over-the-top makeup for crime bosses in the world of Dick Tracy.

The artists explore the world’s wonders and ancient aliens who may have contributed to their creation.

A superhero foundation challenge; the artists must create twisted tree characters after becoming one with nature.

The artists have to successfully mash-up two animals to create a new species in an individual challenge.