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Skin Wars

{{short description|Television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| genre = Reality competition

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| presenter = Rebecca Romijn

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| num_episodes = 28

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| producer = Robin Barcus Slonina

| editor = Jacob McCampbell

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| company = Michael Levitt Productions

| channel = Game Show Network

| first_aired = {{Start date|2014|8|6}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2016|8|10}}

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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.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2013/09/gsn-skin-wars-body-painting-competition-series-585305/ |title=GSN Orders Body-Painting Competition Series 'Skin Wars' |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=PMC |date=September 12, 2013 |access-date=September 13, 2013|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917030738/http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/gsn-skin-wars-body-painting-competition-series/|archive-date=September 17, 2013 }} 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."{{cite press release|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/12/gsn-paints-the-town-with-skin-wars-as-network-orders-8-episodes-of-new-original-series/202427/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917215314/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/12/gsn-paints-the-town-with-skin-wars-as-network-orders-8-episodes-of-new-original-series/202427/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2013 |title=GSN Paints the Town With 'Skin Wars' as Network Orders 8 Episodes of New Original Series |last=Kondology |first=Amanda |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Zap2it |date=September 12, 2013 |access-date=September 13, 2013 }}

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.{{cite press release |url=http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/gsn-announces-rebecca-romijn-host-new-original-series-skin-wars |title=GSN Announces Rebecca Romijn as Host of New Original Series "Skin Wars" |publisher=GSN Corporate |date=February 4, 2014 |access-date=February 8, 2014 }}

The series premiered on GSN August 6, 2014.{{cite press release|url=http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/gsn-announces-premiere-dates-new-original-summer-series-skin-wars-and-idiotest|title=GSN Announces Premiere Dates for New Original Summer Series Skin Wars and Idiotest|publisher=GSN Corporate|date=June 19, 2014|access-date=June 26, 2014|url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714013456/http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/gsn-announces-premiere-dates-new-original-summer-series-skin-wars-and-idiotest|archive-date=July 14, 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.{{cite press release |url= http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/gsn-launch-online-series-skin-wars-naked-truth-with-kandee-johnson-debuting-door3-you| title=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|publisher=GSN Corporate|date= August 5, 2014|access-date=August 9, 2014}}

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.{{cite web|author=The Deadline Team| url= https://deadline.com/2014/09/skin-wars-renewed-season-2-gsn-rebecca-romijn-843706/|title=Skin Wars Renewed for Season 2 on GSN| website= Deadline Hollywood| publisher= PMC|date=September 30, 2014|access-date=September 30, 2014}} The second season premiered June 10, 2015.{{cite press release| url= http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/gsn-s-groundbreaking-hit-series-skin-wars-returns-its-second-season-wednesday-june-10|title=GSN's Groundbreaking Hit Series Skin Wars Returns for Its Second Season on Wednesday, June 10 at 9PM ET/PT|publisher= | website= GSN.com | date=April 13, 2015|access-date=April 15, 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.{{cite web| url= http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-100-wednesday-cable-originals-8-26-2015.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150829001023/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-100-wednesday-cable-originals-8-26-2015.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 29, 2015 |title= SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.26.2015| work= ShowBuzzDaily |first=Mitch| last= Metcalf|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=August 28, 2015}} Later, it became a series itself, premiering on June 15, 2016.{{cite web| url= http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/GSN-to-Premiere-Spinoff-Series-SKIN-WARS-FRESH-PAINT-Today-20160614|title=GSN Debuts Spinoff Series SKIN WARS: FRESH PAINT Today|publisher= | website= BroadwayWorld.com |date=June 15, 2016|access-date=June 15, 2015}}

On August 27, 2015, GSN renewed the series for a third season.{{cite press release| url= http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/gsn-announces-season-three-pick-groundbreaking-original-hit-series-skin-wars|title=GSN Announces Season Three Pick-up of Groundbreaking Original Hit Series Skin Wars| publisher= | website= GSN.com| date= August 27, 2015|access-date=August 28, 2015}}

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:{{cite web |url=http://skinwars.gsntv.com/ |title=GSNTV / Skin Wars |website=skinwars.gsntv.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129110843/http://skinwars.gsntv.com/ |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Contestant

! Age

!Home-State

! Outcome

Natalie Fletcher

| 28

|Oregon

|1st (Winner)

Shannon Holt

| 38

|Pennsylvania

| 2nd (Runner-up)

Dutch Bihary

| 41

|Washington

| 3rd Place

Nicole Hays

| 29

|Texas

| 4th Place

Lawrence "Gear" Duran

| 35

|Nevada

| 5th Place

Felle Kelsaw

| 41

|Michigan

| 6th Place

Mythica Von Griffyn

|43

|Colorado

| 7th Place

Angela Roberts

| 22

|Louisiana

| 8th Place

Sean Avram

| 39

|Vermont (originally Canada)

| 9th Place

Alan Anderson

| 38

|Alabama

| 10th Place

==Contestant progress==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60%"

|+Elimination Chart

Artists12345678
Natalie

||SAFE ||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN ||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN ||SAFE ||style="background:orange;"|BTM2‡ ||style="background:teal;"|F/O ||style="background:orange;"|BTM2‡ || style="background:gold;"|WINNER

Shannon

|style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN ||SAFE ||style="background:pink;"|LOW‡ ||style="background:orange;"|BTM2‡ ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH || style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH || style="background:silver;"|{{nowrap|RUNNER-UP}}

Dutch

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡ ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH ||style="background:pink;"|LOW ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH ||style="background:pink;"|LOW‡ ||SAFE || style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN || style="background:tan;"|{{nowrap|3RD PLACE‡}}

Nicole

|SAFE ||SAFE‡ ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH ||style="background:pink;"|LOW ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH || style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH|| style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Gear

|SAFE ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH ||style="background:orange;"|BTM2 ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH ||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN || style="background:magenta;"|ELIM‡|| colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Felle

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH ||SAFE ||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN || style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Mythica

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2 ||style="background:pink;"|LOW || style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH|| style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Angela

|SAFE||style="background:orange;"|BTM2 || style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Sean

|style="background:pink;"|LOW || style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Alan

| style="background:tomato;"|ELIM || colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|

:{{Color box|gold|border=silver}} The contestant won Skin Wars.

:{{Color box|silver|border=silver}} The contestant was the runner-up.

:{{Color box|tan|border=silver}} The contestant placed 3rd overall.

:{{Color box|lightgreen|border=silver}} The contestant won the weekly challenge.

:{{Color box|lightblue|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge.

:{{Color box|pink|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination.

:{{Color box|orange|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination.

:{{Color box|tomato|border=silver}} The contestant was eliminated.

:{{Color box|teal|border=silver}} The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.

:{{Color box|magenta|border=silver}} The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.

: ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge

=Season 2 (2015)=

==Contestants==

The 12 body painters competing in the second season were:{{cite web |url=http://skinwars.gsntv.com/ |title=GSNTV / Skin Wars |website=skinwars.gsntv.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915100301/http://skinwars.gsntv.com/ |archive-date=15 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}

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Contestant

! Age

! Hometown

! Outcome

Lana Chromium

| 29

| San Diego, California

| Winner

Avi Ram

| 28

| Fort Lauderdale, Florida

| {{nowrap|Runner-up}}

Aryn Fox

| 27

| Newport, Kentucky

| 3rd Place

{{nowrap|Cheryl Ann Lipstreu}}

| 37

| {{nowrap|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}

| 4th Place

Rio Sirah

| 33

| Atlanta, Georgia

| 5th Place

Kyle Vest

| 25

| Orlando, Florida

| 6th Place

Dawn Marie Svanoe

| 44

| Madison, Wisconsin

| 7th Place

Sammie Bartko

| 38

| Heber City, Utah

| 8th Place

Fernello Nelson

| 30

| Queens, New York

| 9th Place

Rachel Deboer

| 40

| Maui, Hawaii

| 10th Place

{{nowrap|Rudy Zanzibar Campos}}

| 30

| Houston, Texas

| 11th Place

Marcio Karam

| 43

| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| {{nowrap|12th Place}}

==Contestant progress==

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|+Elimination Chart

Artists12345678910
Lana

|style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN||SAFE||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:orange;"|BTM2||style="background:orange;"|BTM2||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:teal;"|F/O||style="background:gold;"|WINNER

Avi

|SAFE||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN||style="background:pink;"|LOW|| style="background:lightgreen;" |WIN|| style="background:lightgreen;" |WIN|| style="background:silver;" |{{nowrap|RUNNER-UP‡}}

Aryn

|SAFE||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||SAFE||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:pink;"|LOW‡||style="background:orange;"|BTM2||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡||style="background:tan;"|3RD PLACE

{{nowrap|Cheryl Ann}}

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡||style="background:pink;"|LOW||style="background:pink;"|LOW||style="background:pink;"|LOW||SAFE||style="background:orange;"|BTM2||style="background:pink;"|LOW‡||style="background:magenta;"|ELIM|| colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Rio

|SAFE||SAFE||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN‡||style="background:pink;"|LOW||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡||style="background:orange;"|BTM2||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Kyle

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||SAFE||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||SAFE||style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN||style="background:pink;"|LOW||style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|

{{nowrap|Dawn Marie}}

|SAFE||style="background:orange;"|BTM2||style="background:pink;"|LOW||style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH||style="background:pink;"|LOW||style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Sammie

|SAFE||SAFE||style="background:orange;"|BTM2||SAFE||style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Fernello

|style="background:pink;"|LOW‡||SAFE||SAFE||style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Rachel

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2||style="background:pink;"|LOW||style="background:tomato;"|ELIM || colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Rudy

|SAFE||style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Marcio

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM|| colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|

:{{Color box|gold|border=silver}} The contestant won Skin Wars.

:{{Color box|silver|border=silver}} The contestant was the runner-up.

:{{Color box|tan|border=silver}} The contestant placed 3rd overall.

:{{Color box|lightgreen|border=silver}} The contestant won the weekly challenge.

:{{Color box|lightblue|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge.

:{{Color box|pink|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination.

:{{Color box|orange|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination.

:{{Color box|tomato|border=silver}} The contestant was eliminated.

:{{Color box|teal|border=silver}} The contestant went into a face off against another contestant and won.

:{{Color box|magenta|border=silver}} The contestant was eliminated after a face off against another contestant.

: ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.

=Season 3 (2016)=

==Contestants==

The 12 body painters competing in the third season were:{{cite press release| url= http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/hit-series-skin-wars-hosted-rebecca-romijn-returns-its-third-season-wednesday-april-2 | title=Hit Series "Skin Wars," Hosted By Trish Romijn, Returns for Its Third Season on Wednesday, April 20 At 10PM ET/PT| publisher=GSN| date= March 8, 2016|access-date= May 8, 2016| archive-date= May 8, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160508195340/http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/hit-series-skin-wars-hosted-rebecca-romijn-returns-its-third-season-wednesday-april-2 | url-status=live}}

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Contestant

!Age

! Hometown

! Outcome

Rick Uribe

| 20

| El Paso, Texas

| Winner

Alison Kenyon

| 44

| {{nowrap|Grass Valley, California}}

| Runner-up

Brittney Pelloquin

| 28

| Broussard, Louisiana

| 3rd Place

Michael Mejia

| 25

| Queens, New York

| 4th Place

Tiffany Beckler

| 26

| {{nowrap|Rock Hill, South Carolina}}

| 5th Place

Luis Martinez

| 21

| Atlanta, Georgia

| 6th Place

Joseph "Otto" Ott

| 38

| {{nowrap|Winneconne, Wisconsin}}

| 7th Place

Hans Haveron

|36

| Los Angeles, California

| 8th Place (Quit)

{{nowrap|Jessica "Jess" Watson Miller}}

| 24

| Sydney, Australia

| 9th Place

Kyera Dalesandro

| 24

| Virginia Beach, Virginia

| 10th Place

Shelley Wapniak

| 33

| Brooklyn, New York

| 11th Place

Jermaze Wade

| 36

| Decatur, Georgia

| {{nowrap|12th Place}}

==Contestant progress==

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|+Elimination Chart

Artists12345678910
Rick

|SAFE

|style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN

|style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN

|style="background:pink;"|LOW

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:orchid;"|BTM2

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2

|style="background:gold;"|WINNER

Alison

|SAFE‡

|SAFE

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2

|style="background:lightgreen;"|WIN

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|SAFE

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:Lightgreen;"|WIN

|style="background:silver;"|{{nowrap|RUNNER-UP‡}}

Brittney

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:pink;"|LOW

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|SAFE

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:orchid;"|BTM2

|style="background:Lightgreen;"|WIN

|style="background:LIGHTBLUE;"|HIGH‡

|style="background:tan;"|{{nowrap|3RD PLACE}}

Michael

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2

|style="background:pink;"|LOW

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH‡

|style="background:LIGHTGREEN;"|WIN

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2‡

|style="background:LIGHTGREEN;"|WIN

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM

! colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Tiffany

|style="background:LIGHTGREEN;"|WIN

|SAFE

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|SAFE

|SAFE

|style="background:LIGHTGREEN;"|WIN

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM

! colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Luis

|SAFE

|SAFE

|SAFE‡

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2‡

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM

! colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Otto

|SAFE

|style="background:pink;"|LOW

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|SAFE

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM

! colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Hans

|style="background:pink;"|LOW

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|style="background:lightblue;"|HIGH

|SAFE

|style="background:darkred;"|{{color|white|QUIT}}

! colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Jess

|SAFE

|SAFE‡

|SAFE

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM

! colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|

Kyera

|style="background:orange;"|BTM2

|SAFE

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM

! colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;" |

Shelley

|SAFE

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM

| colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;" |

Jermaze

|style="background:tomato;"|ELIM

|colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;" |

:{{Color box|gold|border=silver}} The contestant won Skin Wars.

:{{Color box|silver|border=silver}} The contestant was the runner-up.

:{{Color box|tan|border=silver}} The contestant placed 3rd overall.

:{{Color box|lightgreen|border=silver}} The contestant won the weekly challenge.

:{{Color box|lightblue|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the top, but did not win the challenge.

:{{Color box|orchid|border=silver}} The contestant was in the bottom 2, but neither was eliminated.

:{{Color box|pink|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the bottom, but was not up for elimination.

:{{Color box|orange|border=silver}} The contestant placed in the bottom 2 and up for elimination.

:{{Color box|tomato|border=silver}} The contestant was eliminated.

:{{Color box|darkred|border=silver}} The contestant quit the competition.

: ‡ The contestant won the mini challenge.

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

References

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Category:2010s American reality television series

Category:Body painting