Cosplay Melee

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| judges = {{Plainlist|

Yvette Nicole Brown
LeeAnna Vamp
Christian Beckman

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 6

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| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

Jay Peterson
Todd Lubin

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| runtime = 42 minutes

| company = Matador Content

| network = Syfy

| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|3|21}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2017|4|25}}

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Cosplay Melee is a Syfy channel reality television show executive produced by Jay Peterson and Todd Lubin, which was announced in February 2017 and premiered its first season of six episodes on March 21, 2017. The series is hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown, and follows cosplayers as they put their skills to the test. Cosplay Melee is Syfy's second cosplay-competition series, after the two-season series Heroes of Cosplay in 2013.

Premise

The series is hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown, and follows four cosplayers each week as they put their skills to the test as they create innovative cosplays, having to not only create the costume, but also act the part of the character for a realistic performance. Guiding and critiquing the contestants are international cosplayer LeeAnna Vamp, and Christian Beckman, the costume creator for The Hunger Games and Tron: Legacy. At the end of every episode each week, the winner of that particular competition is awarded with $10,000.{{cite web |title=Cosplayers Put Their Skills to the Test in Syfy's Newest Competition Series, "Cosplay Melee" |url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2017/02/16/cosplayers-put-their-skills-to-the-test-in-syfys-newest-competition-series-cosplay-melee-39110/20170216syfy01/ |website=The Futon Critic |date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=March 23, 2017}}

Contestants

In each episode, there are two rounds. The first requires the contestants to make a small test piece, and one is eliminated and one receives a bonus for the second round, where they create their full characters, and a contestant is selected as the winner of the episode.

# ! Name ! Occupation ! Cosplay source ! Result
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rowspan="4" \| 1{{cite web \|url=http://www.syfy.com/cosplaymelee/photos/episode-1-contestants-personal-portfolios \|title=Episode 1: Contestants Personal Portfolios \|publisher=Syfy \|access-date=March 26, 2017 \|archive-date=March 26, 2017 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170326155025/http://www.syfy.com/cosplaymelee/photos/episode-1-contestants-personal-portfolios \|url-status=live \|at=Accessing archiving of the slides requires scrolling to "Next" and clicking through individual slides. }} \| Alicia Bellamy \|\| Costume Designer \|\| Chronicles of Riddick \|\| {{no\|Eliminated}}
Xavier Conley	Chef and Prop Builder	Star Wars	{{yes\|Won both rounds}}
Grace Herbert	Police Officer	Guardians of the Galaxy	{{n/a

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| Fred Reed || Miniatures Painter || Star Trek || {{n/a|}}