Skin Wars (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript
[electronic music]
- BODY PAINTING IS EVERYWHERE,
FROM HIGH-FASHION MAGAZINES
TO CHART-TOPPING MUSIC VIDEOS.
TEN OF THE MOST TALENTED
BODY PAINTERS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WILL PUSH THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE NAKED CANVAS.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION HERE
IS, UM, EVERYONE.
- EACH WEEK, THEY WILL COMPETE
IN TWO CHALLENGES.
GO, GO, GO!
THE WINNER
OF THE FIRST CHALLENGE
WILL RECEIVE AN ADVANTAGE
IN THE CONCEPT CHALLENGE...
- OH, MY GOD!
- WHERE SOMEONE
WILL BE SENT HOME.
- THE WEAKEST THING YOU'VE
PAINTED IN THIS COMPETITION.
- SOME WILL HIT
NEW CREATIVE HEIGHTS...
- MIND BLOWN.
- [cackles]
- WHILE OTHERS WILL WATCH
THEIR DREAMS GO DOWN THE DRAIN.
IT'S TIME TO WASH OFF
YOUR CANVAS.
ULTIMATELY, ONLY ONE WILL WIN
THE GRAND PRIZE OF $100,000,
AND THE TITLE
OF SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD.
♪ ♪
WELCOME TO SKIN WARS.
- I'M GEAR. I'M 35.
AND I LIVE IN LAS VEGAS.
MY REAL NAME'S LAURENCE,
BUT NO ONE CALLS ME LAURENCE.
I'M A FULL-TIME ARTIST.
I DO GRAFFITI, OILS,
ACRYLICS, AIRBRUSH.
MY BIGGEST WEAKNESS
AS A PAINTER...
NO, SCREW THAT,
I GOT NO WEAKNESSES. NEXT.
HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- HEY! NICOLE.
- HEY, I'M GEAR.
- I LIVE IN RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA.
I AM A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES.
I DO STILT-WALKING,
ROLLER DERBY,
AND WHEN IT COMES
TO BODY PAINTING,
I'M HERE TO COMPETE.
- MY NAME IS FELLE.
I'M FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
I'VE BEEN PAINTING
FOR 26 YEARS NOW.
I'VE DONE WORK
FOR A LOT OF HIP-HOP ARTISTS.
WHAT SEPARATES ME
FROM OTHER ARTISTS
IS MY EYE FOR DETAIL.
WE CAN LOVE ON EACH OTHER NOW.
MAYBE A LITTLE LATER WE'RE GONNA
END UP HATING EACH OTHER.
- RIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE HARD.
- NO!
- HI.
- HELLO.
- HI. NATALIE.
both: NICE TO MEET YOU.
- MY NAME IS NATALIE.
I'M 28 YEARS OLD.
I'M KNOWN FOR
CAMOUFLAGE LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS--
KIND OF MY THING, BECAUSE
I LIVE IN A FREAKING POSTCARD,
BEND, OREGON.
I'M DOING THIS TO SHOW THE WORLD
THE ART FORM
AND TO SHOW PEOPLE
WHAT I CAN DO.
- HEY.
all: HI.
- HEY, I'M ALAN.
I'M 38 YEARS OLD.
I'M FROM DENVER, COLORADO.
I'M A FIREFIGHTER BY DAY,
BODY PAINTER BY NIGHT.
I'M NEW TO THE BODY-ART WORLD.
I THINK
I COULD BE UNDERESTIMATED
IN THIS COMPETITION, BUT I CAN
GET IN HERE AND WIN THIS.
- HERE'S A BADASS.
all: HEY.
- THIS GUY LOOKS TOUGH.
- I DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE DUTCH.
HE'S PRETTY GENIUS WITH
THE AIRBRUSH AND THE PAINTBRUSH.
- AS SOON AS I COULD PICK UP
A PENCIL, I WAS ABLE TO DRAW--
GOD-GIVEN TALENT.
I AM THE COMPLETE EMBODIMENT
OF AN ARTIST.
I'M KIND OF KNOWN
FOR MY TRANSFORMATIONS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE DOUBLE TAKES.
WHAT AM I LOOKING AT?
PUTTING SOMEONE'S PIECE
NEXT TO MY PIECE,
THERE'S SOME INTIMIDATION THERE.
I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE.
YEAH.
[all laugh]
- I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO'S GONNA BE
THE FIRST PERSON TO CRY.
- [imitates crying]
I'M ANGELA. I'M 22 YEARS OLD.
I'M FROM LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA.
I HAD NO IDEA
THAT BODY PAINTING EXISTED.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED CATHOLIC,
SO NUDITY WAS, LIKE, A NO-NO.
BUT THEN I MODELED A COUPLE
OF BODY PAINTS,
AND NOW MY WHOLE LIFE
IS ABOUT BODY PAINTING.
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
all: HEY.
- I'M SHANNON.
I'M 38,
AND I'M FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
I'M REALLY CONFIDENT
ABOUT MY ARTWORK.
I ALWAYS KIND OF HAD
THIS FEELING
LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE
A FAMOUS ARTIST.
I DO THINK I CAN WIN.
- HI!
all: HEY.
- WHOA. SHE'S COLORFUL.
- HI, I'M ALAN.
- HEY.
both: AW.
- SHE'S A HUGGER.
- SHE'S A HUGGER.
- I TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD
AND TEACH WORKSHOPS,
AND MYTHICA HAS TAKEN
NUMEROUS CLASSES FROM ME.
SHE'S A CHARACTER.
- HUGS ALL AROUND.
- COOL.
- I HAVE SEARCHED MY WHOLE LIFE,
TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT MARRIES MY SPIRITUALITY
AND MY ART TOGETHER,
AND BODY PAINTING IS IT.
I'LL WIN SKIN WARS
BECAUSE I'M TALENTED.
I'M [bleep] ADORABLE.
- HOW'S IT GOING, EVERYBODY?
I'M SEAN.
- OH, WAIT, WAIT, TWINS!
- HEY!
[both laugh]
THAT'S AWESOME.
- MY NAME'S SEAN.
I'M 39 YEARS OLD.
AND I'M FROM CANADA ORIGINALLY,
AND I LIVE IN VERMONT NOW.
BODY PAINTING
IS THE GREATEST ART FORM
ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET.
BODY PAINTING IN VERMONT
HASN'T CAUGHT ON QUITE YET.
LUCKILY, I MARRIED A MODEL,
MY WIFE, JANNA.
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST AIRBRUSH.
[laughter]
[gasps and cheers]
- WOW.
IS THAT MYSTIQUE?
[all cheering]
- HELLO, PAINTERS!
- YOU'RE THE BEST!
IT'S FREAKING REBECCA ROMIJN.
[cheering]
- THANK YOU.
- WELCOME TO THE FIRST-EVER
SEASON OF SKIN WARS.
[cheering]
- YEAH!
- WOW!
- I'M YOUR HOST, REBECCA ROMIJN,
AND I'LL BE WITH YOU
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
[cheering]
RIGHT NOW I WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO YOUR ESTEEMED JUDGES.
[cheering]
- YEAH!
- SO NOT WORTHY.
[laughter]
SO...
CRAIG TRACY--OH, MY GOD,
LIKE, THIS IS MY HERO.
[sighs] OH, MY GOSH.
- AH.
- OUR FIRST JUDGE IS
THE GURU OF BODY PAINTING
AND WORLD CHAMPION
MASTER BODY PAINTER,
ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE,
CRAIG TRACY.
- HELLO.
[cheering]
- CRAIG TRACY IS THE GODFATHER
OF BODY PAINTING.
- SHE IS A TRUE INNOVATOR
IN THE WORLD OF BODY PAINTING
AND THE OWNER
OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS
SKIN CITY BODY PAINTING
IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,
ROBIN SLONINA.
- HI, GUYS!
[cheering]
- ROBIN, HER WORK
IS REALLY SICK,
HER BUSINESS IS REALLY AMAZING,
AND SHE'S DEFINITELY
A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
WHEN IT COMES
TO BODY PAINTING.
- I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE.
- WHOO-HOO!
[laughs]
- AND FINALLY, PLEASE WELCOME
ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ICONS
IN MUSIC AND TELEVISION.
NO ONE HAS MASTERED
THE ART OF TRANSFORMATION
BETTER THAN THE FABULOUS RU.
HE'S OUTRAGEOUS, OUTSPOKEN.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM BEST
AS THE HOST
OF RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE.
RUPAUL CHARLES.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
[laughs]
[cheering]
- WE ALL JUST DRAG RACING, RU.
WE ALL JUST DRAG RACING.
- THAT'S RIGHT, HONEY.
- I NEVER THOUGHT
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE
THAT I'D EVER GET TO MEET RUPAUL
AND REBECCA ROMIJN, EVER.
- WE SEARCHED
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
TO FIND THE BEST OF THE BEST.
THE WINNER OF SKIN WARS
WILL RECEIVE
A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF PAINT
AND BE A FEATURED GUEST ARTIST
AT IMATS,
THE PREMIER BODY PAINTING
TRADE SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY,
COURTESY OF MEHRON PAINT.
- WHOO!
[cheering]
- THE WINNER WILL ALSO RECEIVE
THE $100,000 CASH PRIZE.
- [gasps]
- THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?
- OH-HO-HO!
- WHAT?
[laughs]
[cheering]
I NEED TO, LIKE, WORK AS HARD
AS I CAN TO WIN THIS.
I ONLY HAVE $60 IN THE BANK.
- FOR YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE,
WE WANT YOU TO BE INSPIRED
BY YOUR NEW HOME,
LOS ANGELES,
THE STAR-STUDDED LIGHTS, CAMERA,
ACTION LAND OF HOLLYWOOD.
YOU WILL TAKE
A ONE-HOUR HOLLYWOOD TOUR,
AND YOU WILL HAVE TWO HOURS
TO CREATE YOUR MASTERPIECE.
- WHAT? WAIT. HOW MANY HOURS?
- TWO.
- LUCKILY, YOU WILL ONLY HAVE
TO PAINT YOUR MODELS
FROM THE WAIST UP.
- COOL.
- OKAY.
- COOL.
- THE JUDGES
WILL CHOOSE A WINNER
BASED ON CREATIVITY
AND DESIGN CONCEPT,
AS WELL AS TECHNIQUE AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHALLENGE.
AND THE WINNER
OF THIS FIRST CHALLENGE
WILL RECEIVE A HUGE ADVANTAGE
FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
- LET'S ALL RAISE OUR GLASSES
TO THE VERY FIRST SEASON
OF SKIN WARS.
[cheering]
- SKIN WARS!
- WELCOME, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD!
[cheering]
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!
- I HAVE NEVER BEEN
ON A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS,
AND I'VE NEVER TAKEN A TOUR.
- THIS IS EARLY HOLLYWOOD.
THIS IS WHERE HOLLYWOOD BEGAN.
- LOS ANGELES IS REALLY NEAT.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE--
THE LAND OF MOVIE STARS.
- [laughs]
- HOLLYWOOD HISTORY EVERYWHERE
AROUND HERE!
- NOBODY MAKES ANY REAL MOVIES
OR TELEVISION SHOWS
ABOUT SASKATOON,
SASKATCHEWAN.
- AND ON THE LEFT,
LOOK, THE SUNSET TOWERS--
A BEAUTIFUL ART DECO BUILDING
FROM THE EARLY 1930s.
- ALL OF THE ART DECO BUILDINGS
ARE REALLY CATCHING MY EYE.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE GLITTER,
AND I DECIDE TO DO
AN ART DECO BUILDING
COMPLETELY OUT OF GLITTER.
- WE'LL TURN RIGHT
AND GO UP SUNSET BOULEVARD.
- IT'S VERY INTIMIDATING
TO LOOK AROUND
AND SEE EVERYONE ELSE
JUST DRAWING AWAY, DRAWING AWAY.
I DON'T FEEL VERY ARTSY
AROUND THE OTHER COMPETITORS.
BEING THAT I DON'T
DO THIS FULL-TIME,
I DO FEEL LIKE I'M JUST NOT
GRABBING A HOLD OF ANYTHING.
- [squeals]
- OH, MY GOD, YES.
- WOW.
- OOH.
- OH, NICE.
- GREAT.
- AWESOME.
- SHUT UP.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS AWESOME.
- YEAH.
- LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
- WHOO!
- AW.
- OH, MY GOSH.
- THAT'S SO COOL!
- I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MANY
BODY-PAINTING SUPPLIES
IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
- LOOK.
- OH, THAT'S BADASS.
IT'S A DREAM CORNUCOPIA
OF BEAUTIFUL SUPPLIES.
- HI!
- HI.
- HAVE YOU EVER
DONE THIS BEFORE?
[laughs]
BODY PAINTING IS GREAT.
COME ON, I GET
TO PAINT A NAKED GIRL.
[both laugh]
SWEET DEAL.
YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.
- YOU MIGHT AS WELL
JUST TAKE IT OFF.
LET'S GET STARTED.
- CAN YOU HOLD THOSE ON FOR ME
JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
WHILE THOSE DRY?
- YOU CAN ACTUALLY
LIFT THE PASTY UP,
PUT THE BOTTOM EDGE ON FIRST,
AND THEN ADHERE THE EDGES,
AND IT'LL ACTUALLY PRODUCE
A VISUAL LIFT FOR THE BREAST.
- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
- WE'RE GOOD. [laughs]
MY MODEL IS TAJ, AND SHE'S GOT
A GREAT BODY FOR BODY PAINTING,
BUT IT IS WEIRD
NOT PAINTING MY WIFE.
YOU GOT TO CLICK
WITH YOUR MODEL.
YOU GOT TO MAKE 'EM
FEEL COMFORTABLE.
FORGET THAT
I JUST SAID "AWESOME."
[both laugh]
- UM...
SO, IF WE DO THAT...
I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT
WITH THIS MODEL.
MY STYLE IS CREATING
A CHARACTER.
TO TAKE BUILDINGS
AND PUT THEM ON THIS CANVAS,
I'M FEELING A LITTLE
IN OVER MY HEAD.
HMM.
- YEAH.
- YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ME.
- I, UM--
I LOVE AIRBRUSHING.
TO USE AN AIRBRUSH
FOR BODY PAINTING,
I BELIEVE,
IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL,
FOR MAKING YOUR DEPTH
AND YOUR TEXTURE.
THERE MIGHT A COUPLE
OF THE PAINTERS
THAT ARE A LITTLE
OVER THEIR HEAD.
- OOPS. SORRY.
- [laughs]
- I'LL HAVE TO GLUE THAT.
THIS COMPETITION
SEEMS LIKE IT'S DOMINATED
BY AIRBRUSH ARTISTS,
AND I AM AIRBRUSH-CHALLENGED.
OH, MY GOSH.
WHAT THE HELL
DID I GET MYSELF INTO?
- ONE THING THAT REALLY
GRIPPED ME WAS THE ARCHITECTURE,
ART DECO KIND OF LOOK.
- I'M JUST SO AMAZED
TO BE HERE.
- A LOT OF SUNSET BOULEVARD
AND ALL THE NEON SIGNS.
- SO I WANT TO DO, LIKE,
A FORTUNE TELLER
WITH A CRYSTAL BALL.
FOR THE FIRST CHALLENGE,
THE THEME IS HOLLYWOOD.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS
FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW THIS IS GONNA TURN OUT.
- OH, HONEY,
I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO,
LOT OF WORK TO DO.
- GET TO 'EM!
- I'M THE QUEEN OF GLITTER.
[laughs]
- THESE CLOUDS ARE LOOKING
ALL OFF THE CHIZZ-AIN!
- REBECCA WALKS IN.
I'M LIKE, A FEW MINUTES TO GO...
IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME.
- HELLO.
- JUST TAKING
A QUICK LOOK AROUND.
- ALL RIGHT.
- JUST--
- GLITTER!
- [laughs]
I WENT A LITTLE
GLITTER-WILD TODAY,
WHICH IS SORT OF WHAT
I'M KNOWN FOR.
- [laughs]
- THERE'S NO WAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO COVER
AN ENTIRE BODY WITH GLITTER.
I'M A PURIST.
I THINK THAT THE PAINTING
SHOULD SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
I'VE GOT EVERYTHING
FROM SCI-FI TO WESTERNS
TO FANTASY, ADVENTURE,
AND THEN I WANTED
THE CAMERA LENS
TO BE THE FOCAL POINT.
SO I WENT
TO SORT OF A TECHNIQUE.
I CALL IT "BLOBOLOGY."
- "BLOBOLOGY."
- AND IT'S JUST USING THE BRUSH
TO LAY DOWN THICK AND THIN LINES
VERY RAPIDLY.
- WELL, HELLO, FELLE.
- HELLO.
- THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN
IS BACKWARDS.
- YEAH, YES, WE'RE ACTUALLY
ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN,
BEHIND THE LETTERS,
LOOKING DOWN INTO THE CITY,
WITH THE CITY LIGHTS
AT NIGHTTIME.
- FANTASTIC.
- THANK YOU.
- SO CAN I ASSUME
THAT'S A POLICE HELICOPTER?
- YEAH, THAT WOULD BE
A SAFE ASSUMPTION.
SEEING AS HOW I'VE LIVED
OUT HERE IN HOLLYWOOD
FOR A GOOD PART
OF MY ADOLESCENT OUTLAW YEARS,
IF YOU WILL--
GOING OUT AT NIGHT,
GRAFFITIING THE TOPS
OF, LIKE, BILLBOARDS OR WHATNOT,
YOU GOT TO ACTUALLY
KIND OF BLEND IN,
SO, LIKE, THE COPS
DON'T SEE YA.
YOU WANT TO AVOID THOSE GUYS
AT ALL COSTS.
- OKAY.
- [laughs]
- ALL THROUGH THE CITY,
I KEPT SEEING PSYCHIC SHOPS.
THIS IS THE BROKEN CRYSTAL BALL,
AND I COULD JUST IMAGINE
YOUNG ACTRESSES GOING IN THERE
AND SAYING, YOU KNOW,
"WHAT DOES MY FUTURE HOLD?"
- THANK YOU, SHANNON.
- SURE.
- GET BACK TO WORK.
- TURN TO ME, PLEASE?
THANK YOU.
- PUT THE RUSH ON IT, ALL RIGHT?
CHOP-CHOP!
- OVER HERE.
- OKAY, EVERYONE!
TIME'S UP.
PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN.
THAT'S IT.
[cheering]
- YEAH!
[applause]
- I'M ACTUALLY FEELING
KIND OF CONFIDENT ABOUT MY WORK,
BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK
AROUND THE ROOM,
I SEE A LOT
OF CRAZY-LOOKING STUFF.
SO IT'S FEELING GOOD,
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START
TO THIS COMPETITION.
- I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED
BY SOME OF THE DESIGN.
THERE'S SOME REALLY
INTERESTING ELEMENTS
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BUSY THINGS
GOING ON.
- YOU KNOW, I THINK STANDING
THERE AMONGST ALL THE STYLE
AND ART IN THE ROOM, IT'S JUST
SO IMPRESSIVE TO BE RIGHT THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING
COMPETING
AGAINST THAT KIND OF TALENT.
- WHAT DO WE THINK
ABOUT THE WORK SO FAR?
- I LOVED DUTCH.
I LOVE THE CONCEPT
AND THAT LENS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO BRILLIANT.
- RU, YOU CAN'T HELP IT.
YOU JUST LOVE A CAMERA LENS.
- I DO. YOU FOUND ME OUT.
- PERSONALLY, I WAS
REALLY STRUCK BY GEAR'S WORK.
- OH, YEAH.
- THE TECHNIQUE ON THAT?
SUNSET WAS
SO BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED.
- SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO INFUSE
HIS OWN PERSONALITY...
- MM-HMM.
- INTO THE PIECE.
- ABSOLUTELY ENJOYED
FELLE'S WORK.
THE WAY HE USED
THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN BACKWARDS...
- THAT WAS VERY SMART.
- MM-HMM.
- I LIKED
SHANNON'S DESIGN.
MAYBE IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY
AS STRONG AS THE OTHERS,
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
REALLY WHIMSICAL ABOUT IT.
LIKE, IT MADE ME SMILE.
- THE ART TOOK ON A--
MORE DIMENSION
AS SHE TOLD THE STORY,
A BROKEN CRYSTAL BALL.
- THESE ARTISTS OVERALL--
POWERFUL, STRONG.
- IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO DECIDE.
- PAINTERS, WE'RE SO IMPRESSED
WITH YOUR WORK.
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD
OF YOURSELVES.
DUTCH, FELLE,
AND, GEAR,
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
YOU WERE
THE TOP THREE PAINTERS,
AND ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE WINNER.
- HELL, YEAH,
WE'RE OFF TO A DAMN GOOD START.
- FELLE, PAPARAZZI, BABY.
[laughter]
YOU REALLY NAILED
THAT HOLLYWOOD VIBE.
- APPRECIATE IT,
APPRECIATE IT.
- GEAR, WE LOVED
HOW YOU WERE SO INSPIRED
BY THIS CITY
THAT YOU ONCE CALLED HOME.
AND YOUR TECHNIQUE
IS FLAWLESS.
- GRAZIE.
[laughs]
- DUTCH,
THE EXECUTION OF COLOR
AND THAT ADDED TOUCH
OF THE CAMERA LENS
SAYS ALL I NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT LOS ANGELES.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION.
THE WINNER
OF THIS CHALLENGE IS...
DUTCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[applause]
YOU HAVE EARNED A HUGE ADVANTAGE
FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE,
AND YOU'LL FIND OUT LATER
WHAT THAT IS.
- I'M NOT REALLY SURPRISED
THAT I WON THE FIRST ROUND.
I CAME HERE TO WIN SKIN WARS.
I'M GONNA BLOW IT UP.
GO HOME,
GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP,
SO YOU CAN BLOW US AWAY
TOMORROW.
[cheers and applause]
- LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.
YES.
MAN, THIS PLACE IS PIMP.
THIS IS GOOD FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF R&R AFTER A HARD DAY'S
WORTH OF WORK.
THIS IS LEVEL ONE, MAN.
- RIGHT.
IT ONLY GETS HARDER.
- A LOT OF STRESS.
- GET PREPARED, PEOPLE.
- I'M SHAKING GLITTER
OUT OF MY CLOTHES.
THAT'S COMPETITION.
IT'S WAY HARDER
THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
MAKE A TOAST TO DUTCH.
all: SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH.
SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH.
- I JUST WENT
WITH THE FORMULA.
LET'S GET
ALL THE COLORS IN THERE,
LET'S GET
ALL THE MOVIES IN THERE.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS CONCEPTS GO,
KIND OF WEAK,
BUT, HEY, RUPAUL LIKED IT.
- SHUT UP, DUTCH.
- GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
- YEAH.
- OOH.
- TIME TO ROCK AND ROLL.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
WE'LL BE DOING TODAY?
- PAINTING PROBABLY?
[laughter]
- HELLO. GOOD MORNING, PAINTERS.
[indistinct greetings]
FOR YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE,
YOU TOOK A TOUR OF LOS ANGELES.
IN THIS NEXT CHALLENGE,
YOU HAVE FIVE HOURS TO TAKE US
ON A TOUR OF YOUR HOMETOWN
THROUGH YOUR ARTWORK.
- OH, AWESOME. SWEET.
- WE CAN DO THAT.
- I HAVE A KILLER HOMETOWN.
- IT'LL BE A FULL-BODY,
HEAD-TO-TOE PAINTING.
YOU WILL BE JUDGED
ON THE CREATIVE CONCEPT,
TECHNIQUE, AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE CHALLENGE.
- I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT
TO GO HOME FIRST.
I'M GONNA FIGHT
TOOTH AND NAIL.
- GAME ON.
- DUTCH?
YOU WON THE FIRST CHALLENGE,
AND AS YOUR REWARD,
YOU GET 30 EXTRA MINUTES
TO PAINT.
- OOH, NICE.
- OH.
- OHH, YES!
- LUCKY.
- DUTCH DOESN'T EVEN NEED
30 MINUTES!
I MEAN, LIKE, REALLY!
WHAT THE HE--
- GOOD LUCK,
AND YOUR TIME STARTS...
NOW.
[excited chatter]
- MY INSPIRATION IS FLORIDA.
- YOU KNOW, I'M DOING VERMONT.
- NO RETREAT, NO MERCY.
IT'S GO TIME.
IT'S YOU, THE MODEL, THE PAINT.
EVEN THOUGH I AM FROM HOLLYWOOD,
I WANT TO PAY HOMAGE
TO WHERE I LIVE RIGHT NOW,
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY LAS VEGAS.
- HEY, SEAN, I'M GONNA TEACH YOU
A NEW LANGUAGE,
STRAIGHT FROM DETROIT.
IT'S CALLED HOOD RAT.
- [laughs]
- AND I'M FROM ONE
OF THE GREATEST CITIES
IN THE WORLD--DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
I THINK I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING
IN BLUE TONES,
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW MY CITY
IS GOING THROUGH THE BLUES.
DETROIT IS NOT ALL ABOUT
ABANDONED HOMES AND CRIME.
I WANT TO TAKE
THE PEOPLE ON A TRIP,
I WANT TO TAKE THEM BACK
TO THE '60s AND '70s.
REPRESENT THE MOTOWN SOUND.
WE GONNA TAKE EVERYBODY
TO A CONCERT,
SO THEY CAN HEAR
MARVIN GAYE AND THE SUPREMES.
- FOUR HOURS LEFT.
- UM...
[laugh]
OH, THAT WAS FUNNY.
I JUST SEE SOMETHING IN MY HEAD,
AND I'M LIKE,
"MM, OKAY, THAT LOOKS GOOD."
- [laughs]
- SO I JUST SAW SOMETHING
IN MY HEAD.
- REALLY?
- OKAY.
- UM...
I'M TOTALLY FREAKED OUT.
I COULD DO THIS, I COULD
DO THIS, I COULD DO THIS,
BUT MY BODY'S FROZEN,
AND I'M NOT ACTUALLY PAINTING.
[laughs]
YEAH, IT'S STILL FUNNY, OKAY.
- [laughs]
THAT'S AWESOME.
- I HAVEN'T DONE
A LOT OF COMPETITIONS.
I AM TERRIFIED
OF BEING IN THE BOTTOM.
- YEAH.
- SOMEBODY'S GOING HOME, SO...
I NEED TO--I NEED TO DO
WHAT I KNOW HOW TO DO.
- IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
I CURRENTLY LIVE
IN DENVER, COLORADO.
BUT MYTHICA'S FROM DENVER
AS WELL.
I DON'T WANT TO RISK
PAINTING THE SAME THING.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM ALABAMA.
THAT'S THE ONE
I'M GONNA GO WITH.
I'M GOING TO PAINT
A FOOTBALL JERSEY ON YOU,
AND TIGHT, TIGHT
OBNOXIOUS BLUE JEANS.
- JEANS AND A JERSEY?
NOT AT THIS COMPETITION.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- TODAY'S CHALLENGE--
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT
OUR HOMETOWN.
I'M DEFINITELY TEARING UP
MY TICKET TODAY,
'CAUSE I'M NOT GOING HOME.
- ONE, TWO, THREE.
- [laughs]
MYTHICA'S CRAZY.
I AM VERY SCIENTIFIC,
AND I CAN TELL YOU,
THE RESPIRATOR
IS NOT NECESSARY.
- NO, JUST BREATHE NORMAL.
JUST BREATHE NORMAL.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION HERE
HAS GOT TO BE
THOSE THREE AIRBRUSH GODS--
GEAR, DUTCH, AND FELLE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A BRUSH
FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT DEFINITELY
NOT AN AIRBRUSH.
ALMOST JUST
SCREWED EVERYTHING UP.
[laughs]
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
SORRY.
- [humming]
ERASE.
I REALLY HOPE I'M GONNA HAVE
TIME TO REDO THIS.
- FROM MY COMPETITORS, I SEE
A LOT OF NOVICE TECHNIQUES.
MY SKILLS ARE IMPECCABLE,
SO I AM THE ONE TO BEAT.
- DUTCH,
I LOVE THOSE APPLES.
- YOU SHOULD SEE MY KIWIS.
- [laughs]
- [gasps]
- OH.
- SO WHAT'S YOUR INSPIRATION
FOR THIS?
- WOW.
- I LIVE IN THE GREAT
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
THIS IS CHIEF SEATTLE,
WHICH OUR CITY'S NAMED AFTER.
EVERY NAME
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST--
NOOKSACK, STILLAGUAMISH--
- WAIT, YOU SAID WHAT?
[laughter]
- NOOK--NOOKSACK.
- NOOKSACK.
- THEY'RE ALL INDIAN NAMES.
SO THIS IS AN ACTUAL
STILLAGUAMISH INDIAN FACE PAINT.
- MM.
- I'M GONNA BE DOING TOTEMS
DOWN THE ARMS.
- LOVE IT.
- CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR?
- SURE.
- YEAH.
OKAY.
OOH, OUCHY.
- [laughter]
- HEY, SHANNON.
- HI.
SO I WANTED TO SHOWCASE SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE
THE MOST ABOUT FLORIDA,
WHICH IS OUR WILDLIFE.
- WE'VE GOT FLAMINGOS.
WE'VE GOT ALLIGATORS.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
THE FIRST TIME I'VE AIRBRUSHED
ON A BODY
FOR A COMPETITION PIECE.
- YOUR CREATIVITY
IS BLOSSOMING.
- OH, THANK YOU.
- MYTHICA.
- SO WHAT'S YOUR INSPIRATION?
- I WAS LIKE, "OH, I'M GONNA DO
DENVER AND ALL THE CITY STUFF
AND DA-DA-DA-DA-DA."
- MM-HMM.
- AND NO MATTER WHAT I DID,
I COULDN'T GET THIS OUT
OF MY HEAD.
SO I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW
THAT I'VE PAINTED THE HORSE.
- YES, I'VE SEEN THAT
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT.
- YES, THE EVIL HORSE.
- YES.
- YES, IT ACTUALLY KILLED
ITS CREATOR.
DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE HORSE
ACTUALLY FELL ON ITS MAKER.
- IT'S A LITTLE DARK,
A LITTLE TWISTED, BUT--
- WOW.
- IT IS DARK,
AND I'M FEELING KIND OF DARK
AND STORMY.
ENERGY SHIFTED AND I'VE BEEN
TRYING TO GET BACK TO MY CENTER,
AND IT'S BEEN
REALLY DIFFICULT TODAY.
- MYTHICA'S ALLOWING THINGS
TO FLUSTER HER,
AND THEN SHE'S MAKING
EXCUSES.
THE JUDGES DON'T WANT
TO HEAR THAT.
- THERE'S STILL MAYBE
A LOT OF DETAIL
THAT NEEDS TO GO IN THERE.
- YEAH, THERE'S STILL A LOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL
THAT NEEDS TO GO IN.
- MAKE GOOD USE OF THE TIME
YOU HAVE LEFT.
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- HI, GUYS.
- I AM, UH, ORIGINALLY
FROM BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
IS LIFE THERE.
- IT'S A BIG OL' DEAL.
- THERE'S TWO TEAMS DOWN THERE
THAT KIND OF BUTT HEADS
A LITTLE BIT.
- RIGHT ON.
- DID THEIR COLORS
IN THEIR STYLE.
- WHO'S YOUR TEAM?
- MY TEAM WOULD BE IN THE FRONT.
- OKAY.
[laughter]
- IS THAT THE CRIMSON TIDE?
- THAT WOULD BE THAT.
- OKAY.
I GOT ONE, YAY!
[laughter]
- THOSE JEANS ARE TIGHT.
- THEY ARE A LITTLE TIGHT.
- THOSE ARE SOME TIGHT JEANS.
- HAD TO GO WITH THAT,
AND I KNOW IT'S LESS ELABORATE,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO KILL
WHAT I COULD DO.
THIS IS JUST LIKE
THE MINI CHALLENGE.
TAKE INSPIRATION AND APPLY IT
TO THE BODY.
AND I KNOW I STRUGGLE WITH THAT,
SO I'M HOPING MY WHOLE JEAN IDEA
WILL GIVE IT SOME DETAIL
AND BRING IT TO LIFE.
- WOW.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
- I'M ORIGINALLY
FROM ONTARIO, CANADA,
BUT I MARRIED A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
FROM VERMONT.
- AND DO YOU USUALLY PAINT
YOUR WIFE?
- SHE'S MY FAVORITE MODEL.
- OH, AND YOU HAVE A PICTURE
OF HER.
- THAT'S WHAT WE DO
FOR DATE NIGHT, YOU KNOW.
- THAT'S SWEET.
- SO I GOT
LAKE CHAMPLAIN GOING.
THERE IS A LEGEND
OF A SEA MONSTER THAT LIVES
INSIDE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
- EXPLAIN THAT.
- AND HIS NAME IS "CHAMP."
[laughter]
- THANK YOU, SEAN.
- VEGAS, BABY.
- YOU KNOW IT.
BLAM!
- YES.
- CRUSHIN' 'EM!
[laughs]
- NO FOUNTAINS?
- WELL, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE A
LITTLE PSH, PSH, PSH, PSH, PSH.
A LITTLE TSHHH.
- GEAR'S A WILD AND CRAZY GUY.
[laughs]
- PAH, PAH, PAH.
- I DON'T KNOW.
[chuckles]
- YOU GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT
FOR YOU.
- OH, YEAH, YOU KNOW IT.
READY TO ROCK.
[laughs]
- ALL RIGHT.
- OKAY, PAINTERS,
GOOD-BYE AND GOOD LUCK.
- ALL RIGHT.
- BYE.
- I'M IN PANIC MODE.
NOT HAVING MY WIFE WITH ME
IS THROWING ME OFF
BECAUSE SHE HELPS ME
WITH THE THINGS
THAT I HAVE
REAL DIFFICULTIES WITH--
THINGS LIKE STAYING ON TIME,
MAKING SURE I STICK TO MY PLAN.
I'VE KIND OF BITTEN OFF
A LITTLE MORE THAN I CAN CHEW.
- 50 SECONDS!
- FOR YOU.
[all booing]
- JERK.
- NO TAUNTING, NOW.
- I WOULDN'T CALL THAT
A TAUNT.
- OH...MY...GOD.
[indistinct chatter]
- I LOOK AROUND.
EVERYONE JUST HAS
SO MUCH EXPERIENCE.
AND I'M JUST LIKE,
I'M FREAKING OUT OF MY MIND.
[alarm beeps]
[all cheering]
- OKAY, PAINTERS.
THAT'S IT. TIME'S UP.
PLEASE PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN.
- DUTCH, YOU WILL HAVE
AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES TO PAINT.
- OH, MUST BE NICE.
- PAINTERS, TAKE A SEAT
IN THE LOUNGE.
AND, MODELS,
PLEASE FOLLOW ME.
- I CONTINUE TO HEAR
EVERYONE SAY THAT DUTCH
IS THEIR BIGGEST COMPETITION,
I MEAN, WHAT THE HELL AM I--
CHOPPED LIVER?
YOU'RE GONNA SEE ME
IN THE TOP THREE
AND YOU'RE DAMN SURE
GONNA SEE ME IN THE TOP ONE.
- WELL, YOU KNOW ONE OF US
IS LEAVING.
- WELL, LET'S NOT THINK
ABOUT THAT.
- I DON'T WANT TO THINK--
- I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.
THE STRESS OF COMPETING
WITH ALL THESE AMAZING ARTISTS
IS JUST PHYSICALLY
AND MENTALLY EXHAUSTING.
- STAY RIGHT THERE FOR ME,
PLEASE.
- WE'RE ALL HERE TO WIN.
- WELCOME BACK, PAINTERS.
WHAT AN INTENSE DAY.
- WHEW.
- FOR THIS FIRST CONCEPT
CHALLENGE,
YOU HAD FIVE HOURS
TO CREATE PAINTINGS
INSPIRED BY YOUR HOMETOWN.
I WANT TO WELCOME BACK
OUR ESTEEMED JUDGES...
CRAIG TRACY,
ROBIN SLONINA,
AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
- [neighs]
[laughter]
- OKAY,
LET THE SHOW BEGIN.
- HELL, YEAH,
I'M PROUD OF MY WORK.
I'M A SEASONED VET.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR A HOT MINUTE.
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE TOP DOG.
I'M OUT HERE TO GET IT.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION
IS GEAR.
HIS CONCEPT AND HIS SKILL SET
ARE VERY STRONG.
GEAR IS TOTALLY
LIKE A MINI ME.
- I'M REALLY NERVOUS.
THIS IS VERY OVERWHELMING.
I HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON,
SO, HOPEFULLY,
THE JUDGES WILL LIKE THAT.
HOPEFULLY, CRAIG LIKES IT,
BECAUSE HE'S FROM NEW ORLEANS.
- I FEEL CONFIDENT
ABOUT MY ARTWORK,
AND IT'S DEFINITELY
THE MOTOWN SOUND.
I THINK I'M REPRESENTING
THIS ONE.
- I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
I HAVE A REALLY AWESOME
SEA CREATURE ON THE BACK,
BUT I PAINT, USUALLY,
A LOT MORE DETAILED.
THAT'S NOT ME.
- MY JEANS ARE LOOKING
REALLY GOOD.
THEY LOOK HIGH DETAIL.
THEY LOOK REAL.
SHE COULD GO WALK DOWN
THE STREET TODAY,
AND NO ONE WOULD EVEN NOTICE
SHE HAD NO CLOTHES ON.
- I WENT AHEAD
AND PAINTED HER FEET,
AND TOLD HER
TO JUST GET SASSY
AND WALK DOWN THE RUNWAY
ON HER TOES.
- IT'S TERRIBLE,
AND I DON'T DESERVE TO BE HERE.
THE ONLY THING I REALLY LIKE IS
THE HORSE THAT'S ON HER BACK.
- I THINK I COULD HAVE DONE
A BETTER DENVER PIECE
THAN MYTHICA.
- AS MY MODEL'S WALKING
DOWN THE RUNWAY,
I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT MY PIECE
COMPLETELY CAME TOGETHER.
- I'M LOOKING AT MY PAINT JOB,
AND I SEE EVERY "T"
I DIDN'T CROSS
AND EVERY "I"
I DIDN'T DOT.
I FORGOT TO APPLY GEMS
TO THE NECKLINE OF THE FIGURE
THAT I PAINTED ON THE BACK.
AND I'M FEELING INSECURE
AND THAT I MIGHT BE GOING HOME.
- I HAVE TRIBALS.
I HAVE CRISP LINE WORK.
I HAVE FULL COVERAGE.
I HAVE CLEAN,
FULLY REALIZED IMAGERY.
ROBIN SEEMS A BIT GOBSMACKED.
[cheers and applause]
- JUDGES, YOU CAN GO UP
AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
- UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEBODY
HAS TO GO HOME TONIGHT.
- WHAT'S THIS SAY?
- WHAT DOES THAT SAY?
- I THINK
IT'S SPELLING SOMETHING.
I'M SEEING MAYBE A "D."
- LIKE A GRAFFITI.
- IT'S DENVER.
- I'M THINKING MAYBE MYTHICA
OR NATALIE.
I FEEL BAD FOR THEM,
BUT THIS IS MAKE IT OR BREAK IT.
- GOOD USE OF STONES
AND GLITTER...
- RIGHT.
- WHERE IT'S NOT
OVERWHELMING THE PIECE.
- NEW MEANING TO THE TERM
"SKINNY JEANS."
- GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS.
- OH, MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD TIP YOU.
[laughter]
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE.
- YEAH, BUT THAT'S
NEW ORLEANS.
- OKAY, THIS IS TAKING
TOO LONG.
I JUST KIND OF WANT TO FIGURE
OUT WHO'S GOING HOME.
[sighs]
I'M TRYING TO HANG ON.
- THE CITY IS OUTLINED
ACROSS THE COLLARBONE THERE.
- EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEAUTIFUL,
A LITTLE FLAT.
COULD HAVE USED
A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGHLIGHT.
- WELL, SHE TOOK PAINTING
HEAD TO TOE
LITERALLY TO THE TOES.
- I CAN BARELY HEAR
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
I'M SHAKING,
AND I'M FREAKING OUT.
I'M GONNA THROW UP
ALL OVER THE PLACE,
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY IDOL.
I'M GONNA THROW UP
IN FRONT OF CRAIG TRACY.
AWESOME.
- PAINTERS, YOU ALL DID
INCREDIBLE WORK.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU
ON A JOB WELL DONE.
THE JUDGES HAVE EVALUATED
YOUR WORK
AND HAVE CHOSEN THE TOP THREE
AND THE BOTTOM THREE.
ANGELA...
NATALIE...
NICOLE...
GEAR...
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE SAFE.
YOU ARE ALL ONE STEP CLOSER
TO THE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE
AND THE TITLE AS FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
- THANKS.
- YOU MAY HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- WE DID IT.
- [laughs]
- FELLE, DUTCH, SHANNON...
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE ALL IN THE TOP.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- THIS MEANS MYTHICA,
ALAN, SEAN,
YOU ARE THE BOTTOM THREE,
AND ONE OF YOU
WILL BE GOING HOME TONIGHT.
BEFORE THE JUDGES
MAKE THEIR FINAL DECISION,
THEY WANT TO ASK YOU ALL
SOME QUESTIONS.
SHANNON,
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
- I THINK YOU'VE DONE
A REALLY GREAT JOB.
YOU REALLY EVOKE FLORIDA
FOR ME.
IT DOES VERGE ON GIMMICKY,
WITH THE BOSOM AND HER BOTTOM.
I MEAN, IF WE SAW
ANY MORE CRACK,
WE'D HAVE TO ARREST HER
FOR DEALING DRUGS.
- [laughs]
- I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED IT.
- THANK YOU.
- SEAN?
- YES, SIR.
- I REALLY LIKED YOUR MONSTER.
THERE WAS A FEW PROBLEMS
ON THE FRONT,
AS FAR AS
THE FOCAL POINT GOES.
AND I FELT THAT THE FACE
WAS A BIT DISTRACTING.
- THE FRONT--
TO ME, IT'S JUST BORING.
BUT I LOVE THAT CAT FACE.
- YEAH.
- DUTCH,
YOU'RE A TECHNIQUE MONSTER.
- [chuckles]
- I THINK YOU PLAYED IT
A LITTLE BIT SAFE.
YOU HAD A LITTLE EXTRA TIME.
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU PUSH IT
IN THE FUTURE.
- ALAN, YOU NAILED
THOSE JEANS.
THEY REALLY LOOK LIKE
SKIN-TIGHT JEANS,
BUT CRITERIA OF THE CHALLENGE
WAS HEAD-TO-TOE BODY PAINT,
AND I'M SEEING
A LOT OF BARE SKIN.
- I UNDERSTAND.
- FELLE, I JUST REALLY LOVE
THAT YOU PAINTED
A MOTOWN-INSPIRED THEME.
- IT WAS A REAL RISK
TO LIMIT YOUR PALETTE,
AND THIS RISK REALLY PAID OFF.
- THANK YOU.
- MYTHICA, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY.
IT FEELS MUDDY,
IT FEELS UNFOCUSED.
IT FEELS LIKE YOU HATE
DENVER, COLORADO.
- THE HORSE ALMOST SAVES IT.
I LIKE THE HORSE.
- DON'T YOU DARE CRY.
DO YOU WANT TO BE HERE?
- YES.
- PROVE IT. PAINT!
- ALL RIGHT.
I PROMISE YOU, I PROMISE YOU,
I PROMISE YOU,
I WILL BRING BETTER.
- THANK YOU, PAINTERS.
THE JUDGES HAVE
A LOT TO DISCUSS
AND A VERY HARD DECISION
TO MAKE.
PLEASE HEAD BACK
TO THE PAINTERS' LOUNGE.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- [sighs] THAT'S TOUGH.
- OH, MAN.
- [chuckles]
- I AM SURPRISED
THAT I'M IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
I KNEW I WASN'T THERE
AT THE TOP, BY ANY MEANS,
BUT BOTTOM THREE?
ME?
BORING?
- YEAH.
- IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE
I'VE DONE ANYTHING BORING.
- YEAH.
- WE'RE PLAYING FOR $100,000,
AND NOW
IT'S GETTING REAL.
- WE SAW THREE AMAZING PAINTINGS
FROM THOSE THREE ARTISTS.
- AND SO DIFFERENT.
- YEAH.
- FELLE'S PIECE REALLY
SOLIDIFIED DETROIT.
IT FELT MUSICAL.
IT FELT PERSONAL.
- AND THAT'S RISKY,
TO LIMIT YOURSELF
TO ONLY THREE COLORS.
- YEAH.
- AND HE PULLED IT OFF.
- ART, IN MY HOUSE,
IS IRREVERENT,
AND SHANNON FIT THE BILL--
VERY UNIQUE FLORIDA PALETTE.
- SHE HAS A SPIRIT, AND THAT
SPIRIT WENT INTO THAT PAINTING.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
- DUTCH HAS GOT TECHNIQUE DOWN.
- YEAH.
EACH OF THOSE PANELS
THAT HE DID
HAD A DIFFERENT
COLOR SCHEME TO THEM.
IT WAS LIKE A BROCHURE
FOR SEATTLE.
- I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE ALAN'S
HAD ANY SENSE OF PLACE TO IT.
IT FELT LIKE
A CLOTHING CHALLENGE
AND NOT LIKE
A HOMETOWN CHALLENGE.
- MYTHICA ALLOWED
HER INSECURITIES
TO TAKE OVER.
IT'S RARE FOR AN ARTIST
TO OVERCOME THAT.
THAT'S A TALL ORDER.
- SEAN?
- I DIDN'T REALLY ENJOY
THE PAINTING,
AND I FELT THAT THE FACE
WAS A BIT DISTRACTING.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- I LOVE THAT CAT FACE.
- DOES IT SAY "VERMONT" TO YOU?
- [laughs]
- OKAY, LET'S BRING THEM
BACK OUT.
PAINTERS, WE WERE ALL
VERY IMPRESSED
WITH YOUR ARTWORK TODAY.
SHANNON, DUTCH, FELLE,
ONLY ONE OF YOU CAN BE
THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE.
DUTCH, YOUR PAINTING
WAS FANTASTIC,
AND YOUR TECHNIQUE
IS AMAZING,
BUT THE JUDGES WOULD LIKE TO
SEE YOU PUSH IT IN THE FUTURE.
YOU'RE SAFE.
YOU CAN LEAVE
THE ELIMINATION STAGE.
- I'M DISMAYED.
OBVIOUSLY, THE RENDERING ALONE
WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET THE VOTE,
SO I'M GONNA DAZZLE
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
- FELLE, THE JUDGES REALLY LOVED
YOUR MOTOWN-INSPIRED THEME,
AND YOU POURED YOUR HEART
INTO THIS PIECE, AND IT SHOWED.
SHANNON, YOUR PAINTING WAS
SUPER CREATIVE,
AND YOU TOOK US ON A JOURNEY
OF YOUR HOMETOWN.
SHANNON...
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE THE WINNER.
- WHAT?
[applause]
THAT'S BANANAS.
THANK YOU.
I AM TOTALLY SHOCKED.
- YOU AND FELLE CAN GO
BACK TO THE PAINTERS' LOUNGE.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- I AM UTTERLY SPEECHLESS.
- WHO BROUGHT GOLD HOME TODAY?
- THAT WAS ME.
[cheers and applause]
- CONGRATULATIONS.
- OH, MY GOSH, GOOD.
- SHANNON--SHE'S A HAND PAINTER.
SO MAYBE, AS A HAND PAINTER,
I ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE
IN THIS COMPETITION.
- I GUESS I THOUGHT
IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE
ABOUT QUALITY OF WORK,
YOU KNOW.
- DUTCH IS PISSED,
BUT THE JUDGES KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
- SEAN, ALAN, MYTHICA...
ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING
HOME TONIGHT.
- I DID NOT COME ALL THIS WAY
FROM VERMONT
TO GO HOME ON THE FIRST DAY.
THERE'S--THERE'S NO WAY.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- SEAN, ALAN, MYTHICA...
ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING
HOME TONIGHT.
- [exhales sharply]
- SEAN, THE JUDGES LIKED
THE BACK OF YOUR PAINTING,
BUT THE FRONT
WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
SEAN...
YOU'RE SAFE.
YOU CAN LEAVE
THE ELIMINATION STAGE.
ALAN, YOU PLAYED IT TOO SAFE
IN THIS CHALLENGE.
WE ASKED YOU TO CREATE
A PAINTING
THAT SHOWED US YOUR HOMETOWN,
AND YOU SHOWED US
WHAT SOMEONE WOULD WEAR.
THE JUDGES WISH YOUR CONCEPT
WAS STRONGER.
MYTHICA, YOU HAD A BAD DAY,
AND IT SHOWED,
BUT WE SEE THE PASSION
AND CREATIVITY IN THERE.
THE JUDGES DON'T KNOW
IF YOU SHOULD BE
IN THE COMPETITION, THOUGH,
IF YOU LET YOUR FEARS
OVERCOME YOU
AND DON'T SHOW US
YOUR BEST WORK.
THE JUDGES HAD A HARD DECISION
TO MAKE.
DO THEY SEND SOMEONE HOME WHO
HAS TO OVERCOME THEIR FEARS,
OR DO THEY SEND SOMEONE HOME
WHO DIDN'T SHOW THEIR FULL
CREATIVITY IN THIS CHALLENGE?
♪ ♪
MYTHICA...
YOU'RE SAFE FOR NOW.
- THANK YOU.
I'LL KEEP MY PROMISE TO YOU.
I HAVE TO.
- YOU CAN LEAVE
THE ELIMINATION STAGE.
- CONGRATULATIONS.
- THANK YOU.
I'M NOT READY TO GO HOME.
YOU'RE TOTALLY GONNA SEE
A DIFFERENT MYTHICA
IN THIS NEXT CHALLENGE.
IT'S ON.
- ALAN, THAT MEANS IT'S TIME
FOR YOU TO GO HOME.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK
IN THE FUTURE,
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL
KEEP GROWING AS A PAINTER.
- IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE HERE
ON THE STAGE
WITH SUCH WONDERFUL TALENT
AND BE CONSIDERED ON THIS LEVEL.
- YOU'VE GOT THE SKILLS,
AND YOU'VE GOT THE IMAGINATION.
GOOD LUCK.
- PLEASE GO WASH OFF
YOUR CANVAS.
- THANK YOU.
I'M THE FIRST TO GO HOME.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE
THE FIRST ONE TO GO HOME.
I DIDN'T SHOW WHAT I CAN DO.
IT REALLY SUCKS TO WALK OUT
LIKE THAT.
SO, AS SOON AS I GET
BACK TO DENVER,
IT'S RIGHT BACK
TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE
PAINTING.
IF I EVER GET
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS,
I WON'T BE PLAYING IT SAFE.
- THIS SEASON
ON SKIN WARS...
- LET'S HIT IT!
- [screams]
- [laughs]
- I'M STILL
GETTING USED TO THE NUDE PEOPLE.
- THIS CHALLENGE IS
GOING TO LIVEN THINGS UP.
[cheering]
- PLEASE WELCOME
WONDER WOMAN HERSELF...
- [screams]
- LYNDA CARTER!
- ARE THEY ABSOLUTELY NUTS?
- [yells]
- WHOA.
- I CANNOT BE
IN THE BOTTOM THREE AGAIN.
- YOUR PIECE DID NOT LOOK LIKE
IT BELONGED ON THE TABLE.
- DUTCH
IS A STRAIGHT-UP [bleep].
- [bleep], SHUT UP.
- DON'T LET YOUR EMOTIONS
GET YOU SENT HOME.
- THIS MOPEY-ARTIST THING
THAT YOU'RE DOING--
IF YOU THINK THAT IS
A STRATEGY, IT IS NOT.
- THIS IS NOT
A REALLY GOOD PAINTING.
THIS IS A GREAT PAINTING.
- I CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THE $100,000 RIGHT NOW.
- I GOT CHILLS.
- WHOO.
- MY EYE'S ON THE PRIZE,
AND I'M HERE TO WIN.
- THE FIRST-EVER SKIN WARS
CHAMPION IS...
- BODY PAINTING IS EVERYWHERE,
FROM HIGH-FASHION MAGAZINES
TO CHART-TOPPING MUSIC VIDEOS.
TEN OF THE MOST TALENTED
BODY PAINTERS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WILL PUSH THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE NAKED CANVAS.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION HERE
IS, UM, EVERYONE.
- EACH WEEK, THEY WILL COMPETE
IN TWO CHALLENGES.
GO, GO, GO!
THE WINNER
OF THE FIRST CHALLENGE
WILL RECEIVE AN ADVANTAGE
IN THE CONCEPT CHALLENGE...
- OH, MY GOD!
- WHERE SOMEONE
WILL BE SENT HOME.
- THE WEAKEST THING YOU'VE
PAINTED IN THIS COMPETITION.
- SOME WILL HIT
NEW CREATIVE HEIGHTS...
- MIND BLOWN.
- [cackles]
- WHILE OTHERS WILL WATCH
THEIR DREAMS GO DOWN THE DRAIN.
IT'S TIME TO WASH OFF
YOUR CANVAS.
ULTIMATELY, ONLY ONE WILL WIN
THE GRAND PRIZE OF $100,000,
AND THE TITLE
OF SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD.
♪ ♪
WELCOME TO SKIN WARS.
- I'M GEAR. I'M 35.
AND I LIVE IN LAS VEGAS.
MY REAL NAME'S LAURENCE,
BUT NO ONE CALLS ME LAURENCE.
I'M A FULL-TIME ARTIST.
I DO GRAFFITI, OILS,
ACRYLICS, AIRBRUSH.
MY BIGGEST WEAKNESS
AS A PAINTER...
NO, SCREW THAT,
I GOT NO WEAKNESSES. NEXT.
HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- HEY! NICOLE.
- HEY, I'M GEAR.
- I LIVE IN RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA.
I AM A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES.
I DO STILT-WALKING,
ROLLER DERBY,
AND WHEN IT COMES
TO BODY PAINTING,
I'M HERE TO COMPETE.
- MY NAME IS FELLE.
I'M FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
I'VE BEEN PAINTING
FOR 26 YEARS NOW.
I'VE DONE WORK
FOR A LOT OF HIP-HOP ARTISTS.
WHAT SEPARATES ME
FROM OTHER ARTISTS
IS MY EYE FOR DETAIL.
WE CAN LOVE ON EACH OTHER NOW.
MAYBE A LITTLE LATER WE'RE GONNA
END UP HATING EACH OTHER.
- RIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE HARD.
- NO!
- HI.
- HELLO.
- HI. NATALIE.
both: NICE TO MEET YOU.
- MY NAME IS NATALIE.
I'M 28 YEARS OLD.
I'M KNOWN FOR
CAMOUFLAGE LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS--
KIND OF MY THING, BECAUSE
I LIVE IN A FREAKING POSTCARD,
BEND, OREGON.
I'M DOING THIS TO SHOW THE WORLD
THE ART FORM
AND TO SHOW PEOPLE
WHAT I CAN DO.
- HEY.
all: HI.
- HEY, I'M ALAN.
I'M 38 YEARS OLD.
I'M FROM DENVER, COLORADO.
I'M A FIREFIGHTER BY DAY,
BODY PAINTER BY NIGHT.
I'M NEW TO THE BODY-ART WORLD.
I THINK
I COULD BE UNDERESTIMATED
IN THIS COMPETITION, BUT I CAN
GET IN HERE AND WIN THIS.
- HERE'S A BADASS.
all: HEY.
- THIS GUY LOOKS TOUGH.
- I DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE DUTCH.
HE'S PRETTY GENIUS WITH
THE AIRBRUSH AND THE PAINTBRUSH.
- AS SOON AS I COULD PICK UP
A PENCIL, I WAS ABLE TO DRAW--
GOD-GIVEN TALENT.
I AM THE COMPLETE EMBODIMENT
OF AN ARTIST.
I'M KIND OF KNOWN
FOR MY TRANSFORMATIONS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE DOUBLE TAKES.
WHAT AM I LOOKING AT?
PUTTING SOMEONE'S PIECE
NEXT TO MY PIECE,
THERE'S SOME INTIMIDATION THERE.
I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE.
YEAH.
[all laugh]
- I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO'S GONNA BE
THE FIRST PERSON TO CRY.
- [imitates crying]
I'M ANGELA. I'M 22 YEARS OLD.
I'M FROM LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA.
I HAD NO IDEA
THAT BODY PAINTING EXISTED.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED CATHOLIC,
SO NUDITY WAS, LIKE, A NO-NO.
BUT THEN I MODELED A COUPLE
OF BODY PAINTS,
AND NOW MY WHOLE LIFE
IS ABOUT BODY PAINTING.
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
all: HEY.
- I'M SHANNON.
I'M 38,
AND I'M FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
I'M REALLY CONFIDENT
ABOUT MY ARTWORK.
I ALWAYS KIND OF HAD
THIS FEELING
LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE
A FAMOUS ARTIST.
I DO THINK I CAN WIN.
- HI!
all: HEY.
- WHOA. SHE'S COLORFUL.
- HI, I'M ALAN.
- HEY.
both: AW.
- SHE'S A HUGGER.
- SHE'S A HUGGER.
- I TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD
AND TEACH WORKSHOPS,
AND MYTHICA HAS TAKEN
NUMEROUS CLASSES FROM ME.
SHE'S A CHARACTER.
- HUGS ALL AROUND.
- COOL.
- I HAVE SEARCHED MY WHOLE LIFE,
TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT MARRIES MY SPIRITUALITY
AND MY ART TOGETHER,
AND BODY PAINTING IS IT.
I'LL WIN SKIN WARS
BECAUSE I'M TALENTED.
I'M [bleep] ADORABLE.
- HOW'S IT GOING, EVERYBODY?
I'M SEAN.
- OH, WAIT, WAIT, TWINS!
- HEY!
[both laugh]
THAT'S AWESOME.
- MY NAME'S SEAN.
I'M 39 YEARS OLD.
AND I'M FROM CANADA ORIGINALLY,
AND I LIVE IN VERMONT NOW.
BODY PAINTING
IS THE GREATEST ART FORM
ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET.
BODY PAINTING IN VERMONT
HASN'T CAUGHT ON QUITE YET.
LUCKILY, I MARRIED A MODEL,
MY WIFE, JANNA.
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST AIRBRUSH.
[laughter]
[gasps and cheers]
- WOW.
IS THAT MYSTIQUE?
[all cheering]
- HELLO, PAINTERS!
- YOU'RE THE BEST!
IT'S FREAKING REBECCA ROMIJN.
[cheering]
- THANK YOU.
- WELCOME TO THE FIRST-EVER
SEASON OF SKIN WARS.
[cheering]
- YEAH!
- WOW!
- I'M YOUR HOST, REBECCA ROMIJN,
AND I'LL BE WITH YOU
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
[cheering]
RIGHT NOW I WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO YOUR ESTEEMED JUDGES.
[cheering]
- YEAH!
- SO NOT WORTHY.
[laughter]
SO...
CRAIG TRACY--OH, MY GOD,
LIKE, THIS IS MY HERO.
[sighs] OH, MY GOSH.
- AH.
- OUR FIRST JUDGE IS
THE GURU OF BODY PAINTING
AND WORLD CHAMPION
MASTER BODY PAINTER,
ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE,
CRAIG TRACY.
- HELLO.
[cheering]
- CRAIG TRACY IS THE GODFATHER
OF BODY PAINTING.
- SHE IS A TRUE INNOVATOR
IN THE WORLD OF BODY PAINTING
AND THE OWNER
OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS
SKIN CITY BODY PAINTING
IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,
ROBIN SLONINA.
- HI, GUYS!
[cheering]
- ROBIN, HER WORK
IS REALLY SICK,
HER BUSINESS IS REALLY AMAZING,
AND SHE'S DEFINITELY
A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
WHEN IT COMES
TO BODY PAINTING.
- I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE.
- WHOO-HOO!
[laughs]
- AND FINALLY, PLEASE WELCOME
ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ICONS
IN MUSIC AND TELEVISION.
NO ONE HAS MASTERED
THE ART OF TRANSFORMATION
BETTER THAN THE FABULOUS RU.
HE'S OUTRAGEOUS, OUTSPOKEN.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM BEST
AS THE HOST
OF RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE.
RUPAUL CHARLES.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
[laughs]
[cheering]
- WE ALL JUST DRAG RACING, RU.
WE ALL JUST DRAG RACING.
- THAT'S RIGHT, HONEY.
- I NEVER THOUGHT
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE
THAT I'D EVER GET TO MEET RUPAUL
AND REBECCA ROMIJN, EVER.
- WE SEARCHED
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
TO FIND THE BEST OF THE BEST.
THE WINNER OF SKIN WARS
WILL RECEIVE
A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF PAINT
AND BE A FEATURED GUEST ARTIST
AT IMATS,
THE PREMIER BODY PAINTING
TRADE SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY,
COURTESY OF MEHRON PAINT.
- WHOO!
[cheering]
- THE WINNER WILL ALSO RECEIVE
THE $100,000 CASH PRIZE.
- [gasps]
- THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?
- OH-HO-HO!
- WHAT?
[laughs]
[cheering]
I NEED TO, LIKE, WORK AS HARD
AS I CAN TO WIN THIS.
I ONLY HAVE $60 IN THE BANK.
- FOR YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE,
WE WANT YOU TO BE INSPIRED
BY YOUR NEW HOME,
LOS ANGELES,
THE STAR-STUDDED LIGHTS, CAMERA,
ACTION LAND OF HOLLYWOOD.
YOU WILL TAKE
A ONE-HOUR HOLLYWOOD TOUR,
AND YOU WILL HAVE TWO HOURS
TO CREATE YOUR MASTERPIECE.
- WHAT? WAIT. HOW MANY HOURS?
- TWO.
- LUCKILY, YOU WILL ONLY HAVE
TO PAINT YOUR MODELS
FROM THE WAIST UP.
- COOL.
- OKAY.
- COOL.
- THE JUDGES
WILL CHOOSE A WINNER
BASED ON CREATIVITY
AND DESIGN CONCEPT,
AS WELL AS TECHNIQUE AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHALLENGE.
AND THE WINNER
OF THIS FIRST CHALLENGE
WILL RECEIVE A HUGE ADVANTAGE
FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
- LET'S ALL RAISE OUR GLASSES
TO THE VERY FIRST SEASON
OF SKIN WARS.
[cheering]
- SKIN WARS!
- WELCOME, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD!
[cheering]
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!
- I HAVE NEVER BEEN
ON A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS,
AND I'VE NEVER TAKEN A TOUR.
- THIS IS EARLY HOLLYWOOD.
THIS IS WHERE HOLLYWOOD BEGAN.
- LOS ANGELES IS REALLY NEAT.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE--
THE LAND OF MOVIE STARS.
- [laughs]
- HOLLYWOOD HISTORY EVERYWHERE
AROUND HERE!
- NOBODY MAKES ANY REAL MOVIES
OR TELEVISION SHOWS
ABOUT SASKATOON,
SASKATCHEWAN.
- AND ON THE LEFT,
LOOK, THE SUNSET TOWERS--
A BEAUTIFUL ART DECO BUILDING
FROM THE EARLY 1930s.
- ALL OF THE ART DECO BUILDINGS
ARE REALLY CATCHING MY EYE.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE GLITTER,
AND I DECIDE TO DO
AN ART DECO BUILDING
COMPLETELY OUT OF GLITTER.
- WE'LL TURN RIGHT
AND GO UP SUNSET BOULEVARD.
- IT'S VERY INTIMIDATING
TO LOOK AROUND
AND SEE EVERYONE ELSE
JUST DRAWING AWAY, DRAWING AWAY.
I DON'T FEEL VERY ARTSY
AROUND THE OTHER COMPETITORS.
BEING THAT I DON'T
DO THIS FULL-TIME,
I DO FEEL LIKE I'M JUST NOT
GRABBING A HOLD OF ANYTHING.
- [squeals]
- OH, MY GOD, YES.
- WOW.
- OOH.
- OH, NICE.
- GREAT.
- AWESOME.
- SHUT UP.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS AWESOME.
- YEAH.
- LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
- WHOO!
- AW.
- OH, MY GOSH.
- THAT'S SO COOL!
- I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MANY
BODY-PAINTING SUPPLIES
IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
- LOOK.
- OH, THAT'S BADASS.
IT'S A DREAM CORNUCOPIA
OF BEAUTIFUL SUPPLIES.
- HI!
- HI.
- HAVE YOU EVER
DONE THIS BEFORE?
[laughs]
BODY PAINTING IS GREAT.
COME ON, I GET
TO PAINT A NAKED GIRL.
[both laugh]
SWEET DEAL.
YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.
- YOU MIGHT AS WELL
JUST TAKE IT OFF.
LET'S GET STARTED.
- CAN YOU HOLD THOSE ON FOR ME
JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
WHILE THOSE DRY?
- YOU CAN ACTUALLY
LIFT THE PASTY UP,
PUT THE BOTTOM EDGE ON FIRST,
AND THEN ADHERE THE EDGES,
AND IT'LL ACTUALLY PRODUCE
A VISUAL LIFT FOR THE BREAST.
- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
- WE'RE GOOD. [laughs]
MY MODEL IS TAJ, AND SHE'S GOT
A GREAT BODY FOR BODY PAINTING,
BUT IT IS WEIRD
NOT PAINTING MY WIFE.
YOU GOT TO CLICK
WITH YOUR MODEL.
YOU GOT TO MAKE 'EM
FEEL COMFORTABLE.
FORGET THAT
I JUST SAID "AWESOME."
[both laugh]
- UM...
SO, IF WE DO THAT...
I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT
WITH THIS MODEL.
MY STYLE IS CREATING
A CHARACTER.
TO TAKE BUILDINGS
AND PUT THEM ON THIS CANVAS,
I'M FEELING A LITTLE
IN OVER MY HEAD.
HMM.
- YEAH.
- YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ME.
- I, UM--
I LOVE AIRBRUSHING.
TO USE AN AIRBRUSH
FOR BODY PAINTING,
I BELIEVE,
IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL,
FOR MAKING YOUR DEPTH
AND YOUR TEXTURE.
THERE MIGHT A COUPLE
OF THE PAINTERS
THAT ARE A LITTLE
OVER THEIR HEAD.
- OOPS. SORRY.
- [laughs]
- I'LL HAVE TO GLUE THAT.
THIS COMPETITION
SEEMS LIKE IT'S DOMINATED
BY AIRBRUSH ARTISTS,
AND I AM AIRBRUSH-CHALLENGED.
OH, MY GOSH.
WHAT THE HELL
DID I GET MYSELF INTO?
- ONE THING THAT REALLY
GRIPPED ME WAS THE ARCHITECTURE,
ART DECO KIND OF LOOK.
- I'M JUST SO AMAZED
TO BE HERE.
- A LOT OF SUNSET BOULEVARD
AND ALL THE NEON SIGNS.
- SO I WANT TO DO, LIKE,
A FORTUNE TELLER
WITH A CRYSTAL BALL.
FOR THE FIRST CHALLENGE,
THE THEME IS HOLLYWOOD.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS
FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW THIS IS GONNA TURN OUT.
- OH, HONEY,
I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO,
LOT OF WORK TO DO.
- GET TO 'EM!
- I'M THE QUEEN OF GLITTER.
[laughs]
- THESE CLOUDS ARE LOOKING
ALL OFF THE CHIZZ-AIN!
- REBECCA WALKS IN.
I'M LIKE, A FEW MINUTES TO GO...
IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME.
- HELLO.
- JUST TAKING
A QUICK LOOK AROUND.
- ALL RIGHT.
- JUST--
- GLITTER!
- [laughs]
I WENT A LITTLE
GLITTER-WILD TODAY,
WHICH IS SORT OF WHAT
I'M KNOWN FOR.
- [laughs]
- THERE'S NO WAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO COVER
AN ENTIRE BODY WITH GLITTER.
I'M A PURIST.
I THINK THAT THE PAINTING
SHOULD SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
I'VE GOT EVERYTHING
FROM SCI-FI TO WESTERNS
TO FANTASY, ADVENTURE,
AND THEN I WANTED
THE CAMERA LENS
TO BE THE FOCAL POINT.
SO I WENT
TO SORT OF A TECHNIQUE.
I CALL IT "BLOBOLOGY."
- "BLOBOLOGY."
- AND IT'S JUST USING THE BRUSH
TO LAY DOWN THICK AND THIN LINES
VERY RAPIDLY.
- WELL, HELLO, FELLE.
- HELLO.
- THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN
IS BACKWARDS.
- YEAH, YES, WE'RE ACTUALLY
ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN,
BEHIND THE LETTERS,
LOOKING DOWN INTO THE CITY,
WITH THE CITY LIGHTS
AT NIGHTTIME.
- FANTASTIC.
- THANK YOU.
- SO CAN I ASSUME
THAT'S A POLICE HELICOPTER?
- YEAH, THAT WOULD BE
A SAFE ASSUMPTION.
SEEING AS HOW I'VE LIVED
OUT HERE IN HOLLYWOOD
FOR A GOOD PART
OF MY ADOLESCENT OUTLAW YEARS,
IF YOU WILL--
GOING OUT AT NIGHT,
GRAFFITIING THE TOPS
OF, LIKE, BILLBOARDS OR WHATNOT,
YOU GOT TO ACTUALLY
KIND OF BLEND IN,
SO, LIKE, THE COPS
DON'T SEE YA.
YOU WANT TO AVOID THOSE GUYS
AT ALL COSTS.
- OKAY.
- [laughs]
- ALL THROUGH THE CITY,
I KEPT SEEING PSYCHIC SHOPS.
THIS IS THE BROKEN CRYSTAL BALL,
AND I COULD JUST IMAGINE
YOUNG ACTRESSES GOING IN THERE
AND SAYING, YOU KNOW,
"WHAT DOES MY FUTURE HOLD?"
- THANK YOU, SHANNON.
- SURE.
- GET BACK TO WORK.
- TURN TO ME, PLEASE?
THANK YOU.
- PUT THE RUSH ON IT, ALL RIGHT?
CHOP-CHOP!
- OVER HERE.
- OKAY, EVERYONE!
TIME'S UP.
PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN.
THAT'S IT.
[cheering]
- YEAH!
[applause]
- I'M ACTUALLY FEELING
KIND OF CONFIDENT ABOUT MY WORK,
BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK
AROUND THE ROOM,
I SEE A LOT
OF CRAZY-LOOKING STUFF.
SO IT'S FEELING GOOD,
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START
TO THIS COMPETITION.
- I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED
BY SOME OF THE DESIGN.
THERE'S SOME REALLY
INTERESTING ELEMENTS
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BUSY THINGS
GOING ON.
- YOU KNOW, I THINK STANDING
THERE AMONGST ALL THE STYLE
AND ART IN THE ROOM, IT'S JUST
SO IMPRESSIVE TO BE RIGHT THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING
COMPETING
AGAINST THAT KIND OF TALENT.
- WHAT DO WE THINK
ABOUT THE WORK SO FAR?
- I LOVED DUTCH.
I LOVE THE CONCEPT
AND THAT LENS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO BRILLIANT.
- RU, YOU CAN'T HELP IT.
YOU JUST LOVE A CAMERA LENS.
- I DO. YOU FOUND ME OUT.
- PERSONALLY, I WAS
REALLY STRUCK BY GEAR'S WORK.
- OH, YEAH.
- THE TECHNIQUE ON THAT?
SUNSET WAS
SO BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED.
- SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO INFUSE
HIS OWN PERSONALITY...
- MM-HMM.
- INTO THE PIECE.
- ABSOLUTELY ENJOYED
FELLE'S WORK.
THE WAY HE USED
THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN BACKWARDS...
- THAT WAS VERY SMART.
- MM-HMM.
- I LIKED
SHANNON'S DESIGN.
MAYBE IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY
AS STRONG AS THE OTHERS,
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
REALLY WHIMSICAL ABOUT IT.
LIKE, IT MADE ME SMILE.
- THE ART TOOK ON A--
MORE DIMENSION
AS SHE TOLD THE STORY,
A BROKEN CRYSTAL BALL.
- THESE ARTISTS OVERALL--
POWERFUL, STRONG.
- IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO DECIDE.
- PAINTERS, WE'RE SO IMPRESSED
WITH YOUR WORK.
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD
OF YOURSELVES.
DUTCH, FELLE,
AND, GEAR,
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
YOU WERE
THE TOP THREE PAINTERS,
AND ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE WINNER.
- HELL, YEAH,
WE'RE OFF TO A DAMN GOOD START.
- FELLE, PAPARAZZI, BABY.
[laughter]
YOU REALLY NAILED
THAT HOLLYWOOD VIBE.
- APPRECIATE IT,
APPRECIATE IT.
- GEAR, WE LOVED
HOW YOU WERE SO INSPIRED
BY THIS CITY
THAT YOU ONCE CALLED HOME.
AND YOUR TECHNIQUE
IS FLAWLESS.
- GRAZIE.
[laughs]
- DUTCH,
THE EXECUTION OF COLOR
AND THAT ADDED TOUCH
OF THE CAMERA LENS
SAYS ALL I NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT LOS ANGELES.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION.
THE WINNER
OF THIS CHALLENGE IS...
DUTCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[applause]
YOU HAVE EARNED A HUGE ADVANTAGE
FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE,
AND YOU'LL FIND OUT LATER
WHAT THAT IS.
- I'M NOT REALLY SURPRISED
THAT I WON THE FIRST ROUND.
I CAME HERE TO WIN SKIN WARS.
I'M GONNA BLOW IT UP.
GO HOME,
GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP,
SO YOU CAN BLOW US AWAY
TOMORROW.
[cheers and applause]
- LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.
YES.
MAN, THIS PLACE IS PIMP.
THIS IS GOOD FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF R&R AFTER A HARD DAY'S
WORTH OF WORK.
THIS IS LEVEL ONE, MAN.
- RIGHT.
IT ONLY GETS HARDER.
- A LOT OF STRESS.
- GET PREPARED, PEOPLE.
- I'M SHAKING GLITTER
OUT OF MY CLOTHES.
THAT'S COMPETITION.
IT'S WAY HARDER
THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
MAKE A TOAST TO DUTCH.
all: SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH.
SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH.
- I JUST WENT
WITH THE FORMULA.
LET'S GET
ALL THE COLORS IN THERE,
LET'S GET
ALL THE MOVIES IN THERE.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS CONCEPTS GO,
KIND OF WEAK,
BUT, HEY, RUPAUL LIKED IT.
- SHUT UP, DUTCH.
- GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
- YEAH.
- OOH.
- TIME TO ROCK AND ROLL.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
WE'LL BE DOING TODAY?
- PAINTING PROBABLY?
[laughter]
- HELLO. GOOD MORNING, PAINTERS.
[indistinct greetings]
FOR YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE,
YOU TOOK A TOUR OF LOS ANGELES.
IN THIS NEXT CHALLENGE,
YOU HAVE FIVE HOURS TO TAKE US
ON A TOUR OF YOUR HOMETOWN
THROUGH YOUR ARTWORK.
- OH, AWESOME. SWEET.
- WE CAN DO THAT.
- I HAVE A KILLER HOMETOWN.
- IT'LL BE A FULL-BODY,
HEAD-TO-TOE PAINTING.
YOU WILL BE JUDGED
ON THE CREATIVE CONCEPT,
TECHNIQUE, AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE CHALLENGE.
- I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT
TO GO HOME FIRST.
I'M GONNA FIGHT
TOOTH AND NAIL.
- GAME ON.
- DUTCH?
YOU WON THE FIRST CHALLENGE,
AND AS YOUR REWARD,
YOU GET 30 EXTRA MINUTES
TO PAINT.
- OOH, NICE.
- OH.
- OHH, YES!
- LUCKY.
- DUTCH DOESN'T EVEN NEED
30 MINUTES!
I MEAN, LIKE, REALLY!
WHAT THE HE--
- GOOD LUCK,
AND YOUR TIME STARTS...
NOW.
[excited chatter]
- MY INSPIRATION IS FLORIDA.
- YOU KNOW, I'M DOING VERMONT.
- NO RETREAT, NO MERCY.
IT'S GO TIME.
IT'S YOU, THE MODEL, THE PAINT.
EVEN THOUGH I AM FROM HOLLYWOOD,
I WANT TO PAY HOMAGE
TO WHERE I LIVE RIGHT NOW,
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY LAS VEGAS.
- HEY, SEAN, I'M GONNA TEACH YOU
A NEW LANGUAGE,
STRAIGHT FROM DETROIT.
IT'S CALLED HOOD RAT.
- [laughs]
- AND I'M FROM ONE
OF THE GREATEST CITIES
IN THE WORLD--DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
I THINK I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING
IN BLUE TONES,
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW MY CITY
IS GOING THROUGH THE BLUES.
DETROIT IS NOT ALL ABOUT
ABANDONED HOMES AND CRIME.
I WANT TO TAKE
THE PEOPLE ON A TRIP,
I WANT TO TAKE THEM BACK
TO THE '60s AND '70s.
REPRESENT THE MOTOWN SOUND.
WE GONNA TAKE EVERYBODY
TO A CONCERT,
SO THEY CAN HEAR
MARVIN GAYE AND THE SUPREMES.
- FOUR HOURS LEFT.
- UM...
[laugh]
OH, THAT WAS FUNNY.
I JUST SEE SOMETHING IN MY HEAD,
AND I'M LIKE,
"MM, OKAY, THAT LOOKS GOOD."
- [laughs]
- SO I JUST SAW SOMETHING
IN MY HEAD.
- REALLY?
- OKAY.
- UM...
I'M TOTALLY FREAKED OUT.
I COULD DO THIS, I COULD
DO THIS, I COULD DO THIS,
BUT MY BODY'S FROZEN,
AND I'M NOT ACTUALLY PAINTING.
[laughs]
YEAH, IT'S STILL FUNNY, OKAY.
- [laughs]
THAT'S AWESOME.
- I HAVEN'T DONE
A LOT OF COMPETITIONS.
I AM TERRIFIED
OF BEING IN THE BOTTOM.
- YEAH.
- SOMEBODY'S GOING HOME, SO...
I NEED TO--I NEED TO DO
WHAT I KNOW HOW TO DO.
- IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
I CURRENTLY LIVE
IN DENVER, COLORADO.
BUT MYTHICA'S FROM DENVER
AS WELL.
I DON'T WANT TO RISK
PAINTING THE SAME THING.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM ALABAMA.
THAT'S THE ONE
I'M GONNA GO WITH.
I'M GOING TO PAINT
A FOOTBALL JERSEY ON YOU,
AND TIGHT, TIGHT
OBNOXIOUS BLUE JEANS.
- JEANS AND A JERSEY?
NOT AT THIS COMPETITION.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- TODAY'S CHALLENGE--
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT
OUR HOMETOWN.
I'M DEFINITELY TEARING UP
MY TICKET TODAY,
'CAUSE I'M NOT GOING HOME.
- ONE, TWO, THREE.
- [laughs]
MYTHICA'S CRAZY.
I AM VERY SCIENTIFIC,
AND I CAN TELL YOU,
THE RESPIRATOR
IS NOT NECESSARY.
- NO, JUST BREATHE NORMAL.
JUST BREATHE NORMAL.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION HERE
HAS GOT TO BE
THOSE THREE AIRBRUSH GODS--
GEAR, DUTCH, AND FELLE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A BRUSH
FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT DEFINITELY
NOT AN AIRBRUSH.
ALMOST JUST
SCREWED EVERYTHING UP.
[laughs]
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
SORRY.
- [humming]
ERASE.
I REALLY HOPE I'M GONNA HAVE
TIME TO REDO THIS.
- FROM MY COMPETITORS, I SEE
A LOT OF NOVICE TECHNIQUES.
MY SKILLS ARE IMPECCABLE,
SO I AM THE ONE TO BEAT.
- DUTCH,
I LOVE THOSE APPLES.
- YOU SHOULD SEE MY KIWIS.
- [laughs]
- [gasps]
- OH.
- SO WHAT'S YOUR INSPIRATION
FOR THIS?
- WOW.
- I LIVE IN THE GREAT
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
THIS IS CHIEF SEATTLE,
WHICH OUR CITY'S NAMED AFTER.
EVERY NAME
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST--
NOOKSACK, STILLAGUAMISH--
- WAIT, YOU SAID WHAT?
[laughter]
- NOOK--NOOKSACK.
- NOOKSACK.
- THEY'RE ALL INDIAN NAMES.
SO THIS IS AN ACTUAL
STILLAGUAMISH INDIAN FACE PAINT.
- MM.
- I'M GONNA BE DOING TOTEMS
DOWN THE ARMS.
- LOVE IT.
- CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR?
- SURE.
- YEAH.
OKAY.
OOH, OUCHY.
- [laughter]
- HEY, SHANNON.
- HI.
SO I WANTED TO SHOWCASE SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE
THE MOST ABOUT FLORIDA,
WHICH IS OUR WILDLIFE.
- WE'VE GOT FLAMINGOS.
WE'VE GOT ALLIGATORS.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
THE FIRST TIME I'VE AIRBRUSHED
ON A BODY
FOR A COMPETITION PIECE.
- YOUR CREATIVITY
IS BLOSSOMING.
- OH, THANK YOU.
- MYTHICA.
- SO WHAT'S YOUR INSPIRATION?
- I WAS LIKE, "OH, I'M GONNA DO
DENVER AND ALL THE CITY STUFF
AND DA-DA-DA-DA-DA."
- MM-HMM.
- AND NO MATTER WHAT I DID,
I COULDN'T GET THIS OUT
OF MY HEAD.
SO I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW
THAT I'VE PAINTED THE HORSE.
- YES, I'VE SEEN THAT
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT.
- YES, THE EVIL HORSE.
- YES.
- YES, IT ACTUALLY KILLED
ITS CREATOR.
DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE HORSE
ACTUALLY FELL ON ITS MAKER.
- IT'S A LITTLE DARK,
A LITTLE TWISTED, BUT--
- WOW.
- IT IS DARK,
AND I'M FEELING KIND OF DARK
AND STORMY.
ENERGY SHIFTED AND I'VE BEEN
TRYING TO GET BACK TO MY CENTER,
AND IT'S BEEN
REALLY DIFFICULT TODAY.
- MYTHICA'S ALLOWING THINGS
TO FLUSTER HER,
AND THEN SHE'S MAKING
EXCUSES.
THE JUDGES DON'T WANT
TO HEAR THAT.
- THERE'S STILL MAYBE
A LOT OF DETAIL
THAT NEEDS TO GO IN THERE.
- YEAH, THERE'S STILL A LOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL
THAT NEEDS TO GO IN.
- MAKE GOOD USE OF THE TIME
YOU HAVE LEFT.
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- HI, GUYS.
- I AM, UH, ORIGINALLY
FROM BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
IS LIFE THERE.
- IT'S A BIG OL' DEAL.
- THERE'S TWO TEAMS DOWN THERE
THAT KIND OF BUTT HEADS
A LITTLE BIT.
- RIGHT ON.
- DID THEIR COLORS
IN THEIR STYLE.
- WHO'S YOUR TEAM?
- MY TEAM WOULD BE IN THE FRONT.
- OKAY.
[laughter]
- IS THAT THE CRIMSON TIDE?
- THAT WOULD BE THAT.
- OKAY.
I GOT ONE, YAY!
[laughter]
- THOSE JEANS ARE TIGHT.
- THEY ARE A LITTLE TIGHT.
- THOSE ARE SOME TIGHT JEANS.
- HAD TO GO WITH THAT,
AND I KNOW IT'S LESS ELABORATE,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO KILL
WHAT I COULD DO.
THIS IS JUST LIKE
THE MINI CHALLENGE.
TAKE INSPIRATION AND APPLY IT
TO THE BODY.
AND I KNOW I STRUGGLE WITH THAT,
SO I'M HOPING MY WHOLE JEAN IDEA
WILL GIVE IT SOME DETAIL
AND BRING IT TO LIFE.
- WOW.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
- I'M ORIGINALLY
FROM ONTARIO, CANADA,
BUT I MARRIED A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
FROM VERMONT.
- AND DO YOU USUALLY PAINT
YOUR WIFE?
- SHE'S MY FAVORITE MODEL.
- OH, AND YOU HAVE A PICTURE
OF HER.
- THAT'S WHAT WE DO
FOR DATE NIGHT, YOU KNOW.
- THAT'S SWEET.
- SO I GOT
LAKE CHAMPLAIN GOING.
THERE IS A LEGEND
OF A SEA MONSTER THAT LIVES
INSIDE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
- EXPLAIN THAT.
- AND HIS NAME IS "CHAMP."
[laughter]
- THANK YOU, SEAN.
- VEGAS, BABY.
- YOU KNOW IT.
BLAM!
- YES.
- CRUSHIN' 'EM!
[laughs]
- NO FOUNTAINS?
- WELL, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE A
LITTLE PSH, PSH, PSH, PSH, PSH.
A LITTLE TSHHH.
- GEAR'S A WILD AND CRAZY GUY.
[laughs]
- PAH, PAH, PAH.
- I DON'T KNOW.
[chuckles]
- YOU GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT
FOR YOU.
- OH, YEAH, YOU KNOW IT.
READY TO ROCK.
[laughs]
- ALL RIGHT.
- OKAY, PAINTERS,
GOOD-BYE AND GOOD LUCK.
- ALL RIGHT.
- BYE.
- I'M IN PANIC MODE.
NOT HAVING MY WIFE WITH ME
IS THROWING ME OFF
BECAUSE SHE HELPS ME
WITH THE THINGS
THAT I HAVE
REAL DIFFICULTIES WITH--
THINGS LIKE STAYING ON TIME,
MAKING SURE I STICK TO MY PLAN.
I'VE KIND OF BITTEN OFF
A LITTLE MORE THAN I CAN CHEW.
- 50 SECONDS!
- FOR YOU.
[all booing]
- JERK.
- NO TAUNTING, NOW.
- I WOULDN'T CALL THAT
A TAUNT.
- OH...MY...GOD.
[indistinct chatter]
- I LOOK AROUND.
EVERYONE JUST HAS
SO MUCH EXPERIENCE.
AND I'M JUST LIKE,
I'M FREAKING OUT OF MY MIND.
[alarm beeps]
[all cheering]
- OKAY, PAINTERS.
THAT'S IT. TIME'S UP.
PLEASE PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN.
- DUTCH, YOU WILL HAVE
AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES TO PAINT.
- OH, MUST BE NICE.
- PAINTERS, TAKE A SEAT
IN THE LOUNGE.
AND, MODELS,
PLEASE FOLLOW ME.
- I CONTINUE TO HEAR
EVERYONE SAY THAT DUTCH
IS THEIR BIGGEST COMPETITION,
I MEAN, WHAT THE HELL AM I--
CHOPPED LIVER?
YOU'RE GONNA SEE ME
IN THE TOP THREE
AND YOU'RE DAMN SURE
GONNA SEE ME IN THE TOP ONE.
- WELL, YOU KNOW ONE OF US
IS LEAVING.
- WELL, LET'S NOT THINK
ABOUT THAT.
- I DON'T WANT TO THINK--
- I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.
THE STRESS OF COMPETING
WITH ALL THESE AMAZING ARTISTS
IS JUST PHYSICALLY
AND MENTALLY EXHAUSTING.
- STAY RIGHT THERE FOR ME,
PLEASE.
- WE'RE ALL HERE TO WIN.
- WELCOME BACK, PAINTERS.
WHAT AN INTENSE DAY.
- WHEW.
- FOR THIS FIRST CONCEPT
CHALLENGE,
YOU HAD FIVE HOURS
TO CREATE PAINTINGS
INSPIRED BY YOUR HOMETOWN.
I WANT TO WELCOME BACK
OUR ESTEEMED JUDGES...
CRAIG TRACY,
ROBIN SLONINA,
AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
- [neighs]
[laughter]
- OKAY,
LET THE SHOW BEGIN.
- HELL, YEAH,
I'M PROUD OF MY WORK.
I'M A SEASONED VET.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR A HOT MINUTE.
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE TOP DOG.
I'M OUT HERE TO GET IT.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION
IS GEAR.
HIS CONCEPT AND HIS SKILL SET
ARE VERY STRONG.
GEAR IS TOTALLY
LIKE A MINI ME.
- I'M REALLY NERVOUS.
THIS IS VERY OVERWHELMING.
I HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON,
SO, HOPEFULLY,
THE JUDGES WILL LIKE THAT.
HOPEFULLY, CRAIG LIKES IT,
BECAUSE HE'S FROM NEW ORLEANS.
- I FEEL CONFIDENT
ABOUT MY ARTWORK,
AND IT'S DEFINITELY
THE MOTOWN SOUND.
I THINK I'M REPRESENTING
THIS ONE.
- I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
I HAVE A REALLY AWESOME
SEA CREATURE ON THE BACK,
BUT I PAINT, USUALLY,
A LOT MORE DETAILED.
THAT'S NOT ME.
- MY JEANS ARE LOOKING
REALLY GOOD.
THEY LOOK HIGH DETAIL.
THEY LOOK REAL.
SHE COULD GO WALK DOWN
THE STREET TODAY,
AND NO ONE WOULD EVEN NOTICE
SHE HAD NO CLOTHES ON.
- I WENT AHEAD
AND PAINTED HER FEET,
AND TOLD HER
TO JUST GET SASSY
AND WALK DOWN THE RUNWAY
ON HER TOES.
- IT'S TERRIBLE,
AND I DON'T DESERVE TO BE HERE.
THE ONLY THING I REALLY LIKE IS
THE HORSE THAT'S ON HER BACK.
- I THINK I COULD HAVE DONE
A BETTER DENVER PIECE
THAN MYTHICA.
- AS MY MODEL'S WALKING
DOWN THE RUNWAY,
I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT MY PIECE
COMPLETELY CAME TOGETHER.
- I'M LOOKING AT MY PAINT JOB,
AND I SEE EVERY "T"
I DIDN'T CROSS
AND EVERY "I"
I DIDN'T DOT.
I FORGOT TO APPLY GEMS
TO THE NECKLINE OF THE FIGURE
THAT I PAINTED ON THE BACK.
AND I'M FEELING INSECURE
AND THAT I MIGHT BE GOING HOME.
- I HAVE TRIBALS.
I HAVE CRISP LINE WORK.
I HAVE FULL COVERAGE.
I HAVE CLEAN,
FULLY REALIZED IMAGERY.
ROBIN SEEMS A BIT GOBSMACKED.
[cheers and applause]
- JUDGES, YOU CAN GO UP
AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
- UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEBODY
HAS TO GO HOME TONIGHT.
- WHAT'S THIS SAY?
- WHAT DOES THAT SAY?
- I THINK
IT'S SPELLING SOMETHING.
I'M SEEING MAYBE A "D."
- LIKE A GRAFFITI.
- IT'S DENVER.
- I'M THINKING MAYBE MYTHICA
OR NATALIE.
I FEEL BAD FOR THEM,
BUT THIS IS MAKE IT OR BREAK IT.
- GOOD USE OF STONES
AND GLITTER...
- RIGHT.
- WHERE IT'S NOT
OVERWHELMING THE PIECE.
- NEW MEANING TO THE TERM
"SKINNY JEANS."
- GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS.
- OH, MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD TIP YOU.
[laughter]
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE.
- YEAH, BUT THAT'S
NEW ORLEANS.
- OKAY, THIS IS TAKING
TOO LONG.
I JUST KIND OF WANT TO FIGURE
OUT WHO'S GOING HOME.
[sighs]
I'M TRYING TO HANG ON.
- THE CITY IS OUTLINED
ACROSS THE COLLARBONE THERE.
- EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEAUTIFUL,
A LITTLE FLAT.
COULD HAVE USED
A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGHLIGHT.
- WELL, SHE TOOK PAINTING
HEAD TO TOE
LITERALLY TO THE TOES.
- I CAN BARELY HEAR
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
I'M SHAKING,
AND I'M FREAKING OUT.
I'M GONNA THROW UP
ALL OVER THE PLACE,
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY IDOL.
I'M GONNA THROW UP
IN FRONT OF CRAIG TRACY.
AWESOME.
- PAINTERS, YOU ALL DID
INCREDIBLE WORK.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU
ON A JOB WELL DONE.
THE JUDGES HAVE EVALUATED
YOUR WORK
AND HAVE CHOSEN THE TOP THREE
AND THE BOTTOM THREE.
ANGELA...
NATALIE...
NICOLE...
GEAR...
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE SAFE.
YOU ARE ALL ONE STEP CLOSER
TO THE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE
AND THE TITLE AS FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
- THANKS.
- YOU MAY HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- WE DID IT.
- [laughs]
- FELLE, DUTCH, SHANNON...
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE ALL IN THE TOP.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- THIS MEANS MYTHICA,
ALAN, SEAN,
YOU ARE THE BOTTOM THREE,
AND ONE OF YOU
WILL BE GOING HOME TONIGHT.
BEFORE THE JUDGES
MAKE THEIR FINAL DECISION,
THEY WANT TO ASK YOU ALL
SOME QUESTIONS.
SHANNON,
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
- I THINK YOU'VE DONE
A REALLY GREAT JOB.
YOU REALLY EVOKE FLORIDA
FOR ME.
IT DOES VERGE ON GIMMICKY,
WITH THE BOSOM AND HER BOTTOM.
I MEAN, IF WE SAW
ANY MORE CRACK,
WE'D HAVE TO ARREST HER
FOR DEALING DRUGS.
- [laughs]
- I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED IT.
- THANK YOU.
- SEAN?
- YES, SIR.
- I REALLY LIKED YOUR MONSTER.
THERE WAS A FEW PROBLEMS
ON THE FRONT,
AS FAR AS
THE FOCAL POINT GOES.
AND I FELT THAT THE FACE
WAS A BIT DISTRACTING.
- THE FRONT--
TO ME, IT'S JUST BORING.
BUT I LOVE THAT CAT FACE.
- YEAH.
- DUTCH,
YOU'RE A TECHNIQUE MONSTER.
- [chuckles]
- I THINK YOU PLAYED IT
A LITTLE BIT SAFE.
YOU HAD A LITTLE EXTRA TIME.
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU PUSH IT
IN THE FUTURE.
- ALAN, YOU NAILED
THOSE JEANS.
THEY REALLY LOOK LIKE
SKIN-TIGHT JEANS,
BUT CRITERIA OF THE CHALLENGE
WAS HEAD-TO-TOE BODY PAINT,
AND I'M SEEING
A LOT OF BARE SKIN.
- I UNDERSTAND.
- FELLE, I JUST REALLY LOVE
THAT YOU PAINTED
A MOTOWN-INSPIRED THEME.
- IT WAS A REAL RISK
TO LIMIT YOUR PALETTE,
AND THIS RISK REALLY PAID OFF.
- THANK YOU.
- MYTHICA, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY.
IT FEELS MUDDY,
IT FEELS UNFOCUSED.
IT FEELS LIKE YOU HATE
DENVER, COLORADO.
- THE HORSE ALMOST SAVES IT.
I LIKE THE HORSE.
- DON'T YOU DARE CRY.
DO YOU WANT TO BE HERE?
- YES.
- PROVE IT. PAINT!
- ALL RIGHT.
I PROMISE YOU, I PROMISE YOU,
I PROMISE YOU,
I WILL BRING BETTER.
- THANK YOU, PAINTERS.
THE JUDGES HAVE
A LOT TO DISCUSS
AND A VERY HARD DECISION
TO MAKE.
PLEASE HEAD BACK
TO THE PAINTERS' LOUNGE.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- [sighs] THAT'S TOUGH.
- OH, MAN.
- [chuckles]
- I AM SURPRISED
THAT I'M IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
I KNEW I WASN'T THERE
AT THE TOP, BY ANY MEANS,
BUT BOTTOM THREE?
ME?
BORING?
- YEAH.
- IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE
I'VE DONE ANYTHING BORING.
- YEAH.
- WE'RE PLAYING FOR $100,000,
AND NOW
IT'S GETTING REAL.
- WE SAW THREE AMAZING PAINTINGS
FROM THOSE THREE ARTISTS.
- AND SO DIFFERENT.
- YEAH.
- FELLE'S PIECE REALLY
SOLIDIFIED DETROIT.
IT FELT MUSICAL.
IT FELT PERSONAL.
- AND THAT'S RISKY,
TO LIMIT YOURSELF
TO ONLY THREE COLORS.
- YEAH.
- AND HE PULLED IT OFF.
- ART, IN MY HOUSE,
IS IRREVERENT,
AND SHANNON FIT THE BILL--
VERY UNIQUE FLORIDA PALETTE.
- SHE HAS A SPIRIT, AND THAT
SPIRIT WENT INTO THAT PAINTING.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
- DUTCH HAS GOT TECHNIQUE DOWN.
- YEAH.
EACH OF THOSE PANELS
THAT HE DID
HAD A DIFFERENT
COLOR SCHEME TO THEM.
IT WAS LIKE A BROCHURE
FOR SEATTLE.
- I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE ALAN'S
HAD ANY SENSE OF PLACE TO IT.
IT FELT LIKE
A CLOTHING CHALLENGE
AND NOT LIKE
A HOMETOWN CHALLENGE.
- MYTHICA ALLOWED
HER INSECURITIES
TO TAKE OVER.
IT'S RARE FOR AN ARTIST
TO OVERCOME THAT.
THAT'S A TALL ORDER.
- SEAN?
- I DIDN'T REALLY ENJOY
THE PAINTING,
AND I FELT THAT THE FACE
WAS A BIT DISTRACTING.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- I LOVE THAT CAT FACE.
- DOES IT SAY "VERMONT" TO YOU?
- [laughs]
- OKAY, LET'S BRING THEM
BACK OUT.
PAINTERS, WE WERE ALL
VERY IMPRESSED
WITH YOUR ARTWORK TODAY.
SHANNON, DUTCH, FELLE,
ONLY ONE OF YOU CAN BE
THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE.
DUTCH, YOUR PAINTING
WAS FANTASTIC,
AND YOUR TECHNIQUE
IS AMAZING,
BUT THE JUDGES WOULD LIKE TO
SEE YOU PUSH IT IN THE FUTURE.
YOU'RE SAFE.
YOU CAN LEAVE
THE ELIMINATION STAGE.
- I'M DISMAYED.
OBVIOUSLY, THE RENDERING ALONE
WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET THE VOTE,
SO I'M GONNA DAZZLE
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
- FELLE, THE JUDGES REALLY LOVED
YOUR MOTOWN-INSPIRED THEME,
AND YOU POURED YOUR HEART
INTO THIS PIECE, AND IT SHOWED.
SHANNON, YOUR PAINTING WAS
SUPER CREATIVE,
AND YOU TOOK US ON A JOURNEY
OF YOUR HOMETOWN.
SHANNON...
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE THE WINNER.
- WHAT?
[applause]
THAT'S BANANAS.
THANK YOU.
I AM TOTALLY SHOCKED.
- YOU AND FELLE CAN GO
BACK TO THE PAINTERS' LOUNGE.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- I AM UTTERLY SPEECHLESS.
- WHO BROUGHT GOLD HOME TODAY?
- THAT WAS ME.
[cheers and applause]
- CONGRATULATIONS.
- OH, MY GOSH, GOOD.
- SHANNON--SHE'S A HAND PAINTER.
SO MAYBE, AS A HAND PAINTER,
I ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE
IN THIS COMPETITION.
- I GUESS I THOUGHT
IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE
ABOUT QUALITY OF WORK,
YOU KNOW.
- DUTCH IS PISSED,
BUT THE JUDGES KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
- SEAN, ALAN, MYTHICA...
ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING
HOME TONIGHT.
- I DID NOT COME ALL THIS WAY
FROM VERMONT
TO GO HOME ON THE FIRST DAY.
THERE'S--THERE'S NO WAY.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- SEAN, ALAN, MYTHICA...
ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING
HOME TONIGHT.
- [exhales sharply]
- SEAN, THE JUDGES LIKED
THE BACK OF YOUR PAINTING,
BUT THE FRONT
WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
SEAN...
YOU'RE SAFE.
YOU CAN LEAVE
THE ELIMINATION STAGE.
ALAN, YOU PLAYED IT TOO SAFE
IN THIS CHALLENGE.
WE ASKED YOU TO CREATE
A PAINTING
THAT SHOWED US YOUR HOMETOWN,
AND YOU SHOWED US
WHAT SOMEONE WOULD WEAR.
THE JUDGES WISH YOUR CONCEPT
WAS STRONGER.
MYTHICA, YOU HAD A BAD DAY,
AND IT SHOWED,
BUT WE SEE THE PASSION
AND CREATIVITY IN THERE.
THE JUDGES DON'T KNOW
IF YOU SHOULD BE
IN THE COMPETITION, THOUGH,
IF YOU LET YOUR FEARS
OVERCOME YOU
AND DON'T SHOW US
YOUR BEST WORK.
THE JUDGES HAD A HARD DECISION
TO MAKE.
DO THEY SEND SOMEONE HOME WHO
HAS TO OVERCOME THEIR FEARS,
OR DO THEY SEND SOMEONE HOME
WHO DIDN'T SHOW THEIR FULL
CREATIVITY IN THIS CHALLENGE?
♪ ♪
MYTHICA...
YOU'RE SAFE FOR NOW.
- THANK YOU.
I'LL KEEP MY PROMISE TO YOU.
I HAVE TO.
- YOU CAN LEAVE
THE ELIMINATION STAGE.
- CONGRATULATIONS.
- THANK YOU.
I'M NOT READY TO GO HOME.
YOU'RE TOTALLY GONNA SEE
A DIFFERENT MYTHICA
IN THIS NEXT CHALLENGE.
IT'S ON.
- ALAN, THAT MEANS IT'S TIME
FOR YOU TO GO HOME.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK
IN THE FUTURE,
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL
KEEP GROWING AS A PAINTER.
- IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE HERE
ON THE STAGE
WITH SUCH WONDERFUL TALENT
AND BE CONSIDERED ON THIS LEVEL.
- YOU'VE GOT THE SKILLS,
AND YOU'VE GOT THE IMAGINATION.
GOOD LUCK.
- PLEASE GO WASH OFF
YOUR CANVAS.
- THANK YOU.
I'M THE FIRST TO GO HOME.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE
THE FIRST ONE TO GO HOME.
I DIDN'T SHOW WHAT I CAN DO.
IT REALLY SUCKS TO WALK OUT
LIKE THAT.
SO, AS SOON AS I GET
BACK TO DENVER,
IT'S RIGHT BACK
TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE
PAINTING.
IF I EVER GET
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS,
I WON'T BE PLAYING IT SAFE.
- THIS SEASON
ON SKIN WARS...
- LET'S HIT IT!
- [screams]
- [laughs]
- I'M STILL
GETTING USED TO THE NUDE PEOPLE.
- THIS CHALLENGE IS
GOING TO LIVEN THINGS UP.
[cheering]
- PLEASE WELCOME
WONDER WOMAN HERSELF...
- [screams]
- LYNDA CARTER!
- ARE THEY ABSOLUTELY NUTS?
- [yells]
- WHOA.
- I CANNOT BE
IN THE BOTTOM THREE AGAIN.
- YOUR PIECE DID NOT LOOK LIKE
IT BELONGED ON THE TABLE.
- DUTCH
IS A STRAIGHT-UP [bleep].
- [bleep], SHUT UP.
- DON'T LET YOUR EMOTIONS
GET YOU SENT HOME.
- THIS MOPEY-ARTIST THING
THAT YOU'RE DOING--
IF YOU THINK THAT IS
A STRATEGY, IT IS NOT.
- THIS IS NOT
A REALLY GOOD PAINTING.
THIS IS A GREAT PAINTING.
- I CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THE $100,000 RIGHT NOW.
- I GOT CHILLS.
- WHOO.
- MY EYE'S ON THE PRIZE,
AND I'M HERE TO WIN.
- THE FIRST-EVER SKIN WARS
CHAMPION IS...