Skin Wars (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Episode #1.6 - full transcript
[electronic music]
- BODY PAINTING IS EVERYWHERE
FROM HIGH-FASHION MAGAZINES,
TO CHART-TOPPING MUSIC VIDEOS.
EACH WEEK, THE MOST TALENTED
BODY PAINTERS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WILL PUSH THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE NAKED CANVAS.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION HERE
IS EVERYONE.
- SOME WILL HIT
NEW CREATIVE HEIGHTS.
- MIND BLOWN.
- [laughs]
- 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.
[upbeat rock music]
- [laughs]
- OH, MY GOD.
WE SEE A WRESTLING RING.
I'M EXCITED.
LET'S GET DOWN AND DIRTY TODAY.
- GOOD MORNING, PAINTERS.
all: GOOD MORNING.
- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
- WE ALL GET TO PUT ON GLOVES
AND HIT EACH OTHER?
- DO YOU FEEL LIKE
DOING THAT?
- JUST WITH DUTCH.
- [laughs]
- THAT'S FOR THROWING ME
UNDER THE BUS!
- WE'RE DOWN
TO THE FINAL FIVE.
- THERE IS
RIDICULOUS TALENT HERE.
IT'S A TOSS-UP
WHO GOES HOME NEXT.
- HERE TO JUDGE
TODAY'S CHALLENGE
IS CRAIG TRACY
AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
- HELLO!
[laughter]
- SINCE DAY ONE,
YOU'VE ALL FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL
TO STAY IN THIS COMPETITION.
- I WON THE LAST CHALLENGE,
SO I'M FINALLY GETTING
SOME RECOGNITION.
I'M FEELING PRETTY ON POINT
TO TACKLE THIS NEXT ONE.
- FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGE,
YOU'LL BE WRESTLING YOUR WAY
TO THE TOP.
BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU WON'T
LITERALLY BE WRESTLING.
WE BROUGHT IN PROFESSIONALS
FOR THAT.
[dramatic music]
- THESE SILHOUETTES POP UP,
AND THEY ALL LOOK LIKE BIG,
BURLY WRESTLERS.
THIS IS GONNA BE INSANE.
- FIRST WE HAVE,
MIGHTY MIKE.
- [growling]
- [laughs]
[applause]
- WHAT? NO WAY!
- THE SHOWBOAT.
- OH, MY GOD.
I AM SO EXCITED
ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE.
- HIGH VOLTAGE.
[cheers and applause]
- THEY'RE 3 FEET TALL.
- [growls]
- THEY'RE GROWLING AND SNORTING.
- EL MATADOR.
[cheers and applause]
AND THE DARK SPAWN.
- WHOO!
- THE CHALLENGES JUST KEEP
GETTING CRAZIER AND CRAZIER.
- EACH OF YOU
HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY PAIRED
WITH ONE OF THE WRESTLERS.
YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY
WILL BE TO CREATE A PAINTING
THAT EMBODIES THEIR IMPOSING
WRESTLING PERSONAS.
YOU WILL HAVE TWO HOURS TO PAINT
A LOOK FROM THE WAIST UP
ON YOUR NEW MODEL.
- THIS IS SOMETHING
I'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING.
IT'S AMAZING.
- PAINTERS,
YOUR TIME STARTS...
NOW!
- HIGH VOLTAGE, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE
REALLY HOT, LIKE,
BLUE LIGHTNING BOLTS, LIKE...
[mimics electric crackling]
KIND OF COMING UP.
- FIRE.
- OOH, OKAY.
- WE COULD DO
A LARGE SKULL
AND PUT, LIKE, A HOOD ON IT.
- NICE.
- SO WHAT IF WE DO, LIKE,
A GOLD BODY?
- YEAH.
- OKAY.
- I'M JUST GONNA
SIZE IT FOR YOU NOW.
- MY WRESTLER
IS HIGH VOLTAGE.
I WANT IT TO BE LIGHTNING BOLTS
[imitates electricity]
DISPERSING FROM HIS BACK
AND GOING INTO HIS ARMS.
I'VE NEVER PAINTED
A SMALL WRESTLER BEFORE,
SO FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
IN THIS COMPETITION.
- OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
MY WRESTLER IS EL MATADOR.
HE IS A BULLFIGHTER.
MAYBE THE "M"
WITH FIRE AROUND IT.
I WANT HIM TO HAVE
A GREAT LOGO
AND ALSO DO A MASK BASED ON HIS
ORIGINAL MASK HE WAS WEARING.
- IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
COMPLETELY SEPARATES YOU
FROM ANY OTHER WRESTLER
ON THE PLANET?
- WELL, I LIKE TO SING ELVIS.
- YOU LIKE TO SING ELVIS?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
MY CONCEPT IS FIND OUT
FROM MY WRESTLER WHAT HE WANTS.
- MIGHTY MIKE
HAS SO MANY IDEAS.
- I WANT A GRENADE.
LET'S MAKE IT LIKE
I CAME OUT OF A SWAMP.
- HE KEEPS THROWING THINGS
AT ME.
SO I FEEL LIKE NOW
I'M STARTING TO RUN OUT OF TIME.
YOU GOT SOME BIG IDEAS.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS,
MIGHTY MIKE.
- OH, WE GOT IT.
- I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, LIKE,
A DEVIL BEARD,
AND I'M GONNA PAINT HORNS
ON YOU.
MY WRESTLER
IS THE DARK SPAWN.
THIS IS GONNA LOOK REALLY BADASS
BACK HERE.
IN THE LAST CHALLENGE,
MY PIECE WAS THE WEAKEST PIECE.
I'VE GOTTA FIND MY VOICE
AS A PAINTER.
I'M GONNA MAKE THIS HAVE GLOWING
EYES LIKE YOU DO RIGHT NOW.
- OH, BEAUTIFUL.
- HE'S THE RICH GUY. HE'S KINDA
LIKE "NATURE BOY" RIC FLAIR.
MY WRESTLER'S SHOWBOAT.
I'M WANTING VERY STRONG
OBVIOUS WRESTLING CUES.
CLOSE YOUR EYES
JUST FOR SAFETY.
IT NEEDS TO BE FLASHY,
SO I'M THINKING LOTS OF GLITTER
ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS
A BIGGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTER
SO I'M THINKING DIAMONDS,
GOLD, AND MONEY.
THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME.
[upbeat music]
- LIKE, DIT-DIT-DIT-DIT-DIT,
LIKE [cracking tongue].
- GEAR'S SOUND EFFECTS
ARE SO FUNNY.
- [high-pitched beeping]
[imitating gunfire, explosions]
AW. SHEE.
- YA-WOW!
I CAN'T DO IT, REALLY.
- OH, THIS IS BACKWARDS.
SO WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS?
- I WANT IT BACKWARDS, YEAH.
I LOVE IT.
IT'S CRAZY.
OH, MY GOD!
HE LOOKS HORRIFYING.
NO.
- MORE BLOOD.
- HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE
THE GOOD GUY.
HE WANTS TO BE MORE
SERIAL KILLER.
MAYBE I LISTENED TO MIGHTY MIKE
A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
- [growls]
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS, CHECK IT OUT.
WE GOT FIVE MINUTES!
- THE LAST FIVE MINUTES
OF THE CHALLENGE
I NOTICED
THAT MY LETTERS GET SMALLER
AS THEY GO ACROSS THE BACK,
SO I'M FREAKING OUT.
- I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BECAUSE
I GOT A LOT OF LITTLE DETAILS
THAT I GOTTA TIDY UP
TO MAKE THIS WORK.
- ONE MINUTE!
- AAH!
- OKAY, PAINTERS,
THAT'S IT.
TIME'S UP.
PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN.
- THIS IS GONNA BE
A HARD COMPETITION TODAY.
ALL THESE WRESTLERS
LOOK AMAZING.
- COME ON,
LET'S GET YOUR FIGHT ON!
FOLLOW ME.
[cheers and applause]
- AWESOME.
- SO YOU READY FOR A BEATDOWN?
- YEAH.
IT'S WAR!
[bell dings]
- UP FIRST,
HE'S LIGHTNING FAST.
HE'S HIGH VOLTAGE!
[electricity crackles]
[cheers and applause]
- HIS MUSCLES ARE MIGHTY,
AND HIS SWINGING DUMBBELLS
PACK A PUNCH.
MIGHTY MIKE!
[cheers and applause]
- [growls]
- HE CAN DANCE CIRCLES
AROUND ANY OPPONENT.
HE'S EL MATADOR!
[bull moos]
[cheers and applause]
both: [grunt]
- BENEATH THAT CHARM
LIVES A VICIOUS FIGHTER.
IT'S THE SHOWBOAT!
[cheers and applause]
- HE'S THE GRIM REAPER
OF THE RING.
IT'S THE DARK SPAWN!
[cheers and applause]
both: [growl]
- [laughs]
- LOOKING AROUND,
PEOPLE'S PIECES NEEDED, LIKE,
15 TO 20 MORE MINUTES TO REALLY
BRING THIS THING UP TO SNUFF.
SO I'M FEELING PRETTY SOLID
ABOUT THIS.
- HI, SHANNON.
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR WRESTLER.
- THIS IS THE DARK SPAWN.
HIS CHARACTER
IS THE GRIM REAPER.
ON THE BACK,
YOU CAN SEE THE WINGSPAN
OF THE DEVIL.
- I LOVE THE WINGS.
- REALLY GOOD RENDERING.
- THANK YOU.
- MY WRESTLER IS SHOWBOAT.
- I LOVE THAT GRADATION
OF THE GLITTER, VERY NICE.
- YEAH, AND I THOUGHT, IF
ANYTHING WAS GONNA BE FLASHY,
IT WOULD BE
A BIG-TIME WRESTLER.
- DUTCH HAS DEFINITELY CAUGHT
THE GLITTER BUG.
I'M GONNA TAKE CREDIT
FOR THAT.
- SO YOU GOT EL MATADOR.
- YOUR LETTERING, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT STARTED OUT ONE SIZE
AND FINISHED ANOTHER.
- WITH THE TIME CRUNCH,
YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GO WITH IT.
- THAT'S NOT GONNA FLY WITH ME.
- HI, GUYS. NOT TOO CLOSE.
HE'S CRAZY.
- OH, OH.
- THIS IS MIGHTY MIKE.
HE SLEEPS IN A SWAMP
AND WRESTLES AN ALLIGATOR
FOR BREAKFAST.
- AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT
OF ELVIS GOING ON HERE.
- ARE YOU A BIG ELVIS FAN?
- [as Elvis Presley] YEAH, BABE.
VERY MUCH.
- HMM.
- YEAH, BABY.
- IT'S ELECTRIFIED.
- THIS IS HIGH VOLTAGE.
- YOU KNOW IT.
- MY FAVORITE PART, THE HANDS...
- MM-HMM.
- WORKING THEIR WAY UP THE ARMS.
- CAN WE SEE YOUR BACK?
- YEAH.
- WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S LIKE LAVA AND THE OCEAN
COMING TOGETHER.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
- OKAY, GUYS,
THE JUDGES ARE GONNA MEET,
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK
AND ANNOUNCE THE WINNER.
- GREAT.
- AWESOME.
- SO, JUDGES, WHAT DID YOU THINK
ABOUT SHANNON'S WRESTLER?
- I THOUGHT THE SKULL
WAS LOVELY.
IT'S JUST THE POSITION OF IT.
- PLACEMENT.
THE CHEST PIECE IS A MUCH
STRONGER PLACE TO PUT SOMETHING
THAN THE TUMMY.
- YOU LIKE THE BACK OF IT.
- LOVE THE BACK, THE WINGS.
- HOW ABOUT GEAR?
- IT FELT LIKE
A THEATRICAL PIECE.
- THERE IS A CERTAIN AESTHETIC
THAT REMINDS ME OF HIGH FASHION.
- STYLE.
- AND STYLE.
- HE UNDERSTANDS STYLE.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- WHAT ABOUT DUTCH?
- GLITTER.
- GLITTER.
- DUTCH USED GLITTER.
- THE SILHOUETTE, TO ME,
FELT LIKE A WRESTLER.
DUTCH WAS VERY, VERY SMART
IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
- ALL RIGHT, SHOULD WE GO
TALK TO THE PAINTERS?
- LET'S GET BACK IN THE RING.
- [clicks tongue]
- GREAT JOB TODAY.
- THANK YOU.
- GEAR.
AND DUTCH.
CONGRATULATIONS,
YOU ARE THE TOP TWO.
both: THANK YOU.
- DUTCH HAS GOT SOME GOOD STUFF,
BUT I'M SORRY, DUTCH.
MY WRESTLER'S DEFINITELY
GONNA OWN THIS ONE.
- DUTCH, IT SPOKE TO ME
INSTANTLY.
YOU REALLY BROUGHT THE BLING
TO YOUR CHARACTER.
- GEAR, YOUR PIECE
REALLY EXEMPLIFIED HIGH VOLTAGE.
- [imitates electricity
crackling]
- THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE
IS...
GEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS.
- YAY!
- GOOD JOB.
- DUN, DUN, DUN!
[imitates crowd cheering]
I'M ON A WINNING STREAK HERE,
AND I'M FEELING PRETTY DAMN GOOD
ABOUT IT.
- I'M PERPLEXED.
GEAR'S GUY DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE A WRESTLER.
AND I'M JUST KINDA
TRYING TO BE COOL ABOUT IT
AND--AND NOT
GET AGGRAVATED.
- AS THE WINNER
OF THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU HAVE WON YOUR VERY OWN SET
OF AIRBRUSH GUNS
AND A COMPRESSOR FROM
ANEST IWATA AIRBRUSH COMPANY.
- YES!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- YEAH, GEAR. WHOO!
- YES!
- I'M FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE I ALWAYS SEEM TO BE
TAKING SECOND PLACE.
WHAT CAN I DO TO WIN?
- ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID,
NEVER A BRIDE.
- YOU CAN SAY GOOD-BYE
TO YOUR WRESTLERS.
THANKS, GUYS.
- BYE.
- SEE YA LATER.
- NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO,
YOU GUYS.
- YOU GUYS READY
FOR YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE?
all: YES.
- OH, YEAH.
- FOR THE LAST CHALLENGE,
YOU CAPTURED
LARGER-THAN-LIFE WRESTLING
PERSONAS ON A SMALLER CANVAS.
NOW, IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE
THE INNER STRENGTH
OF A CAPTIVATING WARRIOR
ON A MUCH GRANDER SCALE.
PAINTERS,
MEET YOUR MODELS.
- OH, MY GOD.
- WE ARE FREAKIN' SCREWED.
- YOU GUYS READY
FOR YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE?
all: YES.
- OH, YEAH.
- PAINTERS,
MEET YOUR MODELS.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
HIYA!
- SUMO!
- YEAH!
[cheers and applause]
- SUMO.
MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE.
- THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?
- YEAH! WHOO!
- YEAH!
- I'VE NEVER SEEN
A SUMO WRESTLER IN REAL LIFE.
THIS IS AMAZING.
- HERE WE GO FROM PAINTING
A SUPER-SMALL DUDE
TO, LIKE,
A FREAKIN' MAMMOTH.
- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH ALL THAT CANVAS?
- [laughs]
- CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
- SUMO IS A 2,000-YEAR-OLD
JAPANESE MARTIAL ART
THAT WAS CREATED AS
ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE GODS.
FOR THIS CONCEPT CHALLENGE,
YOU'LL BE TURNING YOUR MODEL
INTO A BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR.
- I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF CANVAS
TO WORK ON.
THIS IS GONNA BE
AN AMAZING CHALLENGE.
- YOUR MODELS HAVE BEEN
RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE FOUR HOURS
TO COMPLETE
THIS HEAD-TO-TOE,
FRONT AND BACK LOOK.
- I GOTTA PAINT A FREAKIN' GIANT
IN FOUR HOURS?
[sighs]
[bleep]
THERE'S JUST NO WAY.
- THAT'S FREAKIN' CRAZY.
- YEAH. [laughs]
- NO EXCUSES.
HONOR THE WARRIORS HERE.
- GOOD NIGHT, PAINTERS,
AND GOOD LUCK.
- GOOD LUCK.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
[upbeat dance music]
- I'LL TAKE IT
OFF THE RAIL,
AND THEN I'LL GET
A NICE BALANCE?
[whooshes]
OH, DAMN IT.
WE STARTED AT TEN,
AND WE'RE NOW FIVE.
THE HOUSE IS GETTING MORE EMPTY.
TENSION IS HIGHER.
THE CHALLENGES
ARE GETTING HARDER.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE STARVING
FOR A DISTRACTION RIGHT NOW,
SOMETHING TO KIND OF
TAKE THEIR MIND OFF OF IT.
- I REALLY WANT TO, LIKE,
TELL A STORY WITH THIS ONE.
- I GOT A PRETTY SOLID IDEA
OF WHERE YOU WANNA GO WITH IT.
NATALIE AND I ARE FRIENDS,
YOU KNOW,
AND ARTISTIC, YOU KNOW,
CREATIVE BUDDIES.
NATALIE'S SOMEONE
THAT I THINK HIGHLY OF HERE.
- I WANT THIS TO BE PERFECT,
AND THEN I--
SOMETIMES I'LL FORGET TO,
LIKE, THROW IN,
YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE TWISTS
THAT ARE--
THAT HAVE KEPT ME HERE.
GEAR IS PROBABLY MY BEST FRIEND
IN THE HOUSE.
WE BOTH JUST KIND OF LIKE
GET EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE
SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE
THAT YOU CAN JUST
GET REAL WITH,
INSTEAD OF BEING
SUPERCOMPETITIVE.
TO TOMORROW.
- HELL YEAH.
[upbeat electronic music]
- [sighs]
- I'M GONNA NEED
A BIGGER STATION THAN THIS.
THE IDEA OF PAINTING
A SUMO WRESTLER IS AWESOME.
I FEEL LIKE
I'M GOING INTO BATTLE.
BUT THESE CHALLENGES KEEP
GETTING HARDER AND HARDER
WITH LESS AND LESS TIME.
- WHOO!
- YEAH!
- WHEN THE SUMO WRESTLERS
COME OUT,
THE ATMOSPHERE
IN THE ENTIRE PLACE CHANGES.
- HI. NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HAMA.
- HAMA. HAMA.
- YOU CAN FEEL POWER.
YOU CAN FEEL HONOR
AS IF IT'S A REAL LIQUID THING
FLOATING IN THE ETHER.
- SAKE? NO.
[laughs]
- I'M EXCITED.
- ME, TOO.
- HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
BODY PAINTED?
- NO. FIRST TIME.
- NO?
- FREAKING MADNESS.
YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT,
LIKE, PRIMING A COMFORTER.
THAT'S HOW MUCH SKIN
WE'RE WORKING WITH.
THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE ANY LESS
THAN AN HOUR.
- I'M GONNA HAVE YOU LAY DOWN
ON THESE TOWELS.
DOES THAT SOUND OKAY
WITH YOU?
WITH FOUR HOURS, HOW AM I GONNA
PAINT THIS BASE COAT
ON THIS SUMO WRESTLER
IN UNDER 30 MINUTES?
I WANT TO PAINT YOUR CHEST,
SO LAY ON YOUR BACK.
- OKAY.
- OR WE'LL PAINT YOUR BACK
FIRST.
WHAT I REALLY WANNA DO
IS TO TRANSLATE
WHAT I DO WITH MY FINE ART
ON MY BODY PAINTINGS.
I THINK ABOUT WHAT I WOULD BE
DOING IN MY STUDIO.
WHEN I HAVE
A LARGE CANVAS,
I LAY IT ON THE GROUND
AND I DUMP PAINT ON IT.
HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO COVER
A SUMO IN ONE HOUR?
[upbeat dance music]
- MY MIND IS COVERAGE MODE.
I HAVE PAINTED
ONE REALLY LARGE GUY BEFORE.
AND IT TOOK ME OVER AN HOUR
JUST TO GET THE BASE COAT DOWN.
ALL RIGHT,
LEGS ARE GOOD ENOUGH.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN THIS COMPETITION,
I'M--I'M FEELING TIME PRESSURE.
- YOU NEED A BREAK? BATHROOM?
OKAY.
MY APPROACH TODAY
IS VERY DIFFERENT.
I DON'T NORMALLY GET THE CHANCE
TO GET THIS PERSONAL IN MY WORK.
MY CONCEPT TODAY
IS THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY.
WE ARE ALL WARRIORS
IN THIS FIGHT FOR EQUALITY.
MY GIRLFRIEND JENNIFER
AND I
HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO BATTLE
TO BE ACCEPTED.
THIS IS GOING TO BE
TWO DUELING DRAGONS,
SUPERBRIGHT COLORS.
I CHOOSE TO DO TWO DRAGONS
ON THE FRONT
REPRESENTING HOW
WE ARE ALL THE SAME
AND THAT WE ARE ALL EQUAL.
- RAINBOW SUMO FUN TIME.
- HE LOOKS LIKE
A MULTICOLORED OTTER POP.
- THE CONCEPT THAT
I WANNA BRING FORTH TODAY
IS BASED IN
THE SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS
OF THE JAPANESE WARRIOR
MYTHOLOGIES.
- [growls]
- YEAH!
- TURN AROUND.
MY CONCEPT FOR
THIS CHALLENGE IS
ANCIENT JAPANESE 16TH-CENTURY
SHOGUN WARRIOR.
KINDA LIKE ANYTHING
A LA LAST SAMURAI.
I SEE YOUR FIGHTING STYLE
IS KIND OF WEAK.
COMING OFF
A 2-TIME WINNING STREAK,
AND THIRD TIME'S A CHARM.
I'M DEFINITELY
GONNA TAKE THIS ONE.
- [growls]
- [laughs]
- I'VE ALWAYS ASSUMED
THAT MY BIGGEST COMPETITION
WAS GONNA BE GEAR.
BUT HE'S GETTING MAYBE
A LITTLE TOO COCKY.
- IT IS TRADITION.
both: [laugh]
[upbeat dance music]
- SO ARE YOU MARRIED
OR IS IT A GIRLFRIEND?
- MARRIED.
- MARRIED?
MY CONCEPT IS
THE SOFTER SIDE OF WAR.
WHAT I'M GOING FOR
IS BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR.
NOT NECESSARILY WAR ITSELF,
IT'S MORE WHAT THEY'RE MISSING
AT HOME.
HE'S MISSING HIS WIFE.
HE'S MISSING HIS HOME.
HE'S MISSING
HIS FAVORITE TREE.
AND IT KIND OF LIKE GIVES HIM
THIS WARM, BEAUTIFUL FEELING.
I WANT TO USE YOUR WOMAN
AS THAT, LIKE, CROSSOVER
ILLUSION SORT OF THING.
[laughter]
- WE GOT ONE HOUR.
GET CRACKIN'.
- THIS PIECE
IS THE WARRIORS
FIGHTING EACH OTHER,
NOT UNLIKE THIS COMPETITION.
MY CONCEPT
IS SKIN WARRIORS.
SO NICOLE AND NATALIE
ARE BEAUTIFUL GEISHAS
ON THE FRONT OF THE LEG.
GEAR'S KIND OF LIKE
LOOKING UP,
AND I PUT DUTCH
RIGHT ON THE BUTT
SO THAT
HE CAN GET SQUASHED.
- I DON'T USUALLY GET EXCITED
ABOUT MY OWN STUFF,
BUT THIS PIECE I'M DOING
ON YOUR BACK RIGHT NOW
IS REALLY FRICKIN' GORGEOUS.
I'M TAKING SOME TIME
TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE BACK,
INSTEAD OF THE FRONT,
BECAUSE I WANT THAT
TO BE THE FOCAL POINT.
I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE TRIED
THIS MUCH DETAIL.
THE BACK
IS GOOD VERSUS EVIL
WITH THE PHOENIX
BEING ON TOP
AND THE JAPANESE DEMONS
UNDERNEATH.
[upbeat dance music]
♪ ♪
- I WANT THAT FACE
TO REALLY WOW THE JUDGES.
I'M USING MY NEW SET OF SKILLS
THAT I'VE ACQUIRED
OVER THE COURSE
OF THIS COMPETITION.
I CHOOSE TO PAINT
MY EYES OPEN,
INDICATING OPEN-MINDEDNESS,
WHICH IS REALLY
WHAT THIS CONCEPT IS ABOUT.
- I DON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT
OF TIME WITH THE FACE
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO STAY
FOCUSED ON THE BATTLE ARMOR
AND TACTFULLY BE ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN THINGS
IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.
- GEAR'S PIECE IS NOT
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE.
I'M THINKING, GEAR,
LIKE, GUH!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
LOOKS LIKE A NINJA TURTLE.
- [laughing]
- MY SUMO, BYAMBA,
KEEPS LAUGHING,
WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE
TO PAINT HIM.
- [laughing]
- BUT THEN I REALIZED
THAT THE AIRBRUSH
IS ACTUALLY TICKLING HIM,
AND THAT'S WHY HE'S LAUGHING.
- [laughing]
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS, CHECK IT OUT.
WE GOT TEN MINUTES.
LET'S DO IT TO IT.
- [bleep]
- AAH!
- WAH!
- [laughs] YEAH.
- I AM LOOKING DOWN
AT THIS BEAUTIFUL MAWASHI.
I DON'T WANNA TOUCH IT.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
I LOOK AROUND,
AND I SEE EVERYONE ELSE
PAINTING THEIR MAWASHIS,
BUT I MAKE THE CONSCIOUS
DECISION NOT TO PAINT IT.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- OKAY, PAINTERS.
TIME'S UP!
PLEASE PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN!
- WHOO!
- I'M WORRIED BECAUSE THE JUDGES
MIGHT THINK IT'S TOO SIMPLE.
AND I THINK
THAT THEY MIGHT THINK
THAT I DIDN'T TIME MANAGE
WELL ENOUGH.
BUT IT'S TOO LATE.
I CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING NOW.
- WELCOME, PAINTERS.
- HELLO.
- HEY.
- FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU HAD FOUR HOURS
TO TURN YOUR WRESTLER
INTO A BEAUTIFUL
AND HEROIC WARRIOR.
YOU ALL KNOW
OUR ESTEEMED JUDGES--
CRAIG TRACY...
- HELLO, PAINTERS.
- ROBIN SLONINA...
- HI, GUYS.
- AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
- HEY!
- HI.
- HEY.
- LET THE GRAND SHOW BEGIN.
[samisen music]
♪ ♪
- I COULD NOT BE
MORE PROUD.
THE PIECE JUST POPS ONSTAGE,
AND THAT FACE.
I AM SO HAPPY
ABOUT WHAT I DID TODAY.
[upbeat rock music]
- I'M JUST ELATED.
HE'S FOCUSED,
AND THE COLORS ARE JUST VIBRANT
AND POPPING STILL.
HIS FACE IS PERFECT.
[somber music]
- THE GUYS LOOKS FREAKING COOL.
I MEAN, I'M FEELING IT.
THIS ONE'S REALLY WORKING.
♪ ♪
I DID THESE COOL, LIKE,
BATTLE WARRIOR SHOGUN FEATHERS.
HE'S JUST EXPLODING
ON THE STAGE.
[electronic music]
- HE'S FANTASTIC,
AND HE'S COVERED
WITH THIS SICK PAINT JOB.
THIS TIME, I REALLY DID
INCORPORATE MY FINE ART
INTO MY BODY PAINTING.
THIS GREAT POURING AND DRIPPING
AND SPILLING TECHNIQUE,
I FORESEE ME USING THAT
IN ALL OF MY UPCOMING WORK.
I'M SUPER HAPPY.
[upbeat rock music]
- I'M WORRIED,
YEAH, FOR SURE.
THIS IS NOT MY BEST, BUT YOU
KNOW, THE MORE I LOOK AT IT,
I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY
THAT MINE LOOKS.
♪ ♪
YES, MY PIECE
IS THE MOST SIMPLE,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
I'M STILL HAPPY
WITH THE WAY TODAY WENT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHOO!
- NICOLE, COME ON UP.
- HI, BYAMBA.
- THE FACE ON YOUR MODEL
IS OUTSTANDING.
- YOUR MODEL IS SO EFFECTIVE AT
CHANGING THE EXPRESSION OF IT,
OH, YEAH. YOU TOOK
YOUR TECHNIQUE TO A NEW LEVEL.
WHY DIDN'T YOU PAINT
THE MAWASHI
YOUR MODEL'S WEARING?
- I THINK IT HAS A BEAUTY
IN ITSELF.
AND I REALLY WANTED
TO LEAVE THAT UNTOUCHED.
- YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE BROTHERS
FROM ANOTHER MOTHER...
- YEAH.
- FOR SOME REASON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS BACK IS PHENOMENAL.
THE DETAIL AND HIGHLIGHTS
AND SHADOWS,
IT'S JUST BLOWING MY MIND.
I ALMOST WISH THERE WAS MORE
DETAIL LIKE THAT ON THE FRONT.
- WELL, GIVEN WE HAD
THE FOUR HOURS,
I DID WANT A GOOD,
STRONG FOCAL POINT.
- I WANTED TO PORTRAY
MY TEAMMATES.
THIS IS GEAR.
THIS IS DUTCH
ON THE BUTT.
[laughter and applause]
AND THIS IS NATALIE
AND NICOLE.
- THE FINE ART ELEMENT
TO THIS MASTERPIECE
IS SO REFRESHING.
- THANK YOU.
- THE BACK PIECE--BOOM!
- I WASN'T SO SURE
ABOUT THE DARKNESS OF THE FACE.
I WOULD'VE BROUGHT
SOME MORE LIGHT IN THERE.
BUT EVERY LITTLE BIT OF IT
IS TELLING MORE OF A STORY.
TOTALLY RAD.
SHANNON, MAMA, WELL DID.
- THANK YOU.
- WHAT'S UP, MAN?
- HE HAS A GREAT SILHOUETTE.
I LOVE THE FEATHERS.
- I LOVE THOSE SCALES.
- AND I ALSO WAS ABLE
TO BUILD UP THE ARMOR
ON HIS PIECE RIGHT THERE.
- I WASN'T SUPER SATISFIED
ON THE FACE.
- MM.
- IT LOOKED TO ME
LIKE YOU RAN OUT OF TIME
OR SOMETHING.
- YOU KNOW, THE CLOCK GOES,
DO-DO-DO-DO, YOU KNOW,
GOING DOWN AND JUST
RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK.
- I DECIDED TO KIND OF PORTRAY
THE SOFT WARRIOR,
THE THINGS
THAT THEY'RE MISSING.
- SHE BROUGHT THE SOFT,
TENDER SIDE.
- AW.
- [laughs]
- I LOVE THESE COLORS.
SOMETIMES YOU REMEMBER A PLACE
IN THOSE SOFTER TONES LIKE THAT.
- THE LITTLE SURPRISE
WITH THE ARMS,
REALLY SMART,
BUT ALL OF THE TECHNICAL THINGS
ARE FRUSTRATING.
I FEEL YOU CAN DO BETTER.
- I LOVE YOUR STORY,
BUT IT'S--IT IS SIMPLE.
- "SIMPLE," I KNOW, IS
JUST, LIKE, A CURSED WORD HERE,
AND I WASN'T REALLY GOING FOR,
LIKE, SIMPLE.
I WAS GOING FOR,
LIKE, SUBTLE.
YOU KNOW, I USED
EVERY LAST SECOND OF TIME.
- THANK YOU, NATALIE.
- THANKS.
- THANK YOU, PAINTERS.
THE JUDGES HAVE A LOT
TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU CAN HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- BYE, GUYS.
[whistles]
- I THINK WE ALL PULLED
SOME MIRACLES TODAY, GUYS.
- AND I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS.
I'M LIKE, I SHOULD HAVE POURED
[bleep] ALL OVER MINE.
I LIKE MY DESIGN,
BUT IT MIGHT BE TOO SIMPLE
FOR WHAT THE JUDGES
ARE LOOKING FOR.
I'M REALLY WORRIED.
- SO, JUDGES, WHAT'D YOU THINK
OF THE WORK?
- NICOLE--I DIDN'T KNOW
SHE HAD THAT IN HER.
- AND THAT FACE.
- OH, MY GOODNESS.
- MAGIC.
- BY FAR, THE BEST FACE.
- NOW, SHE MADE THE CHOICE
TO NOT PAINT THE--
- MAWASHI.
- MM-HMM.
YEAH, VISUALLY,
MAYBE IT WASN'T AS STRONG
AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
- DUTCH--THE BACK OF HIS
PAINTING, [imitates explosion].
- YEAH.
- YEAH, WHEN HE TURNED,
WHAT WAS MY "WOW" MOMENT.
- YES.
- I ALMOST WISH THE BACK
WAS ON THE FRONT.
- LOCATION, LOCATION,
LOCATION.
- SHANNON.
- SHE TOOK A BIG CHANCE
WITH THIS TECHNIQUE.
- BUT THE RISK REALLY PAID OFF,
AND IT CREATED
THIS BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND...
- DREAMY.
- FOR, THEN, THIS REALLY STRONG
GRAPHIC STYLE ON TOP OF IT.
- YEAH.
- IT MADE YOUR EYES DANCE.
WHICH LEAVES GEAR AND NATALIE
DOWN BELOW.
NOW, GEAR'S PIECE,
HE PAINTED THE MAWASHI
TO FIT WITH THE ARMOR.
- MY FAVORITE
WAS THE SCALES,
BUT IT WAS OVER TO THE SIDE SO
YOU COULDN'T EVEN REALLY SEE IT.
UNLESS THE MODEL CONTORTED.
- RIGHT.
- THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A FOCAL POINT.
THAT STUFF SHOULD HAVE BEEN
SHIFTED.
- THE FACE WAS
HEAVILY UNDERPAINTED.
- IT ALMOST SEEMED TO ME
LIKE HE DIDN'T FINISH IT.
- NATALIE'S PIECE.
- MM-HMM.
- SHE APPROACHED HER WARRIOR
FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
ANGLE,
AND THAT WAS REALLY REFRESHING.
- BUT THERE WAS A SIMPLICITY
COMPARED TO THE OTHERS.
- LESS IS MORE HERE.
I'M NOT BUYING IT.
SHE COULD MAKE THAT PAINTING
BETTER.
- GEAR AND NATALIE.
- THERE'S TWO WEAK LINKS,
AND I FEEL LIKE
THEY DIDN'T FINISH SOMEHOW.
I--SO I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO JUDGE IT.
- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
- THIS WAS, BY FAR,
YOUR STRONGEST CHALLENGE YET.
YOU'VE PROVEN
WITH YOUR IMPECCABLE WORK
THAT THERE'S A REASON
THAT YOU ARE THE FINAL FIVE.
BUT AT THE END OF TONIGHT,
FIVE WILL BECOME FOUR.
DUTCH.
YOU ARE SAFE.
YOU MAY HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
SHANNON, NICOLE,
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU'RE THE TOP TWO.
- IT FEELS SO GOOD
TO BE IN THE TOP TWO.
I FEEL LIKE
I HONORED MY SUMO
AND ALSO HONORED MY STATEMENT
TODAY.
I HAVEN'T WON A BIG CHALLENGE
YET, AND I'M SO READY.
NICOLE, SHANNON,
THIS WAS
THE CLOSEST RACE YET.
SHANNON.
CONGRATULATIONS,
YOU'RE THE WINNER.
- THANK YOU.
- I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.
- SHANNON,
YOU TOOK A HUGE RISK
USING SUCH AN UNCONVENTIONAL
TECHNIQUE
IN LAYING DOWN
YOUR BASE COAT.
BUT THE RISK PAID OFF, BECAUSE
YOUR PAINTING WAS FIERCE.
- THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
I'M SUPER HONORED.
IT FEELS AWESOME.
- CONGRATULATIONS
TO YOU BOTH.
YOU MAY HEAD BACK TO THE LOUNGE.
- THANK YOU.
- I KNOW...
AWESOME!
THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST
DIFFICULT SKIN WARS CHALLENGE
THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE,
AND I WON IT.
[suspenseful music]
- NATALIE, GEAR,
YOU ARE THE BOTTOM TWO.
- I'M PRETTY SHOCKED.
I'M A LITTLE PISSED.
I FEEL LIKE I DID
A STRONG PIECE.
WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT,
I KNOW I DID A STRONG PIECE.
- OH, I WANNA TAKE THEM BOTH
HOME WITH ME.
- I KNOW.
- THIS WAS, BY FAR,
THE MOST DIFFICULT
DELIBERATION
THE JUDGES HAVE EVER HAD,
SO MUCH SO,
THE JUDGES WERE DIVIDED.
THEY COULD NOT COME
TO AN AGREEMENT
ON WHO SHOULD GO HOME.
- WHAT THE HELL
IS GONNA HAPPEN?
- THIS WAS, BY FAR,
THE MOST DIFFICULT DELIBERATION
THE JUDGES HAVE EVER HAD,
SO MUCH SO,
THAT THEY COULD NOT COME
TO AN AGREEMENT
ON WHO SHOULD GO HOME.
THE JUDGES HAVE DECIDED
TO HOLD A PAINT OFF.
- [gasps]
- OH, MY GOSH.
- RIGHT NOW?
- RIGHT NOW.
YOU WILL GET
ONE LAST CHANCE
TO PROVE YOU ARE THE ONE
WHO DESERVES TO STAY.
YOU WILL HAVE 30 MINUTES
TO PAINT YOUR MODELS
RIGHT HERE
IN FRONT OF THE JUDGES.
GEAR, YOUR MODEL'S FACE
LOOKED UNFINISHED.
AND YOUR PIECE LACKED
A FOCAL POINT ON THE FRONT.
NATALIE, YOU CREATED
AN ALLURING PIECE
THAT TOLD A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
BUT AT THIS POINT
IN THE COMPETITION,
THERE'S NO ROOM
FOR SUBTLETY.
- THINK OF IT AS YOUR REPRIEVE
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
- LOOK AT THIS 30 MINUTES
AS A GIFT
AND USE ALL OF IT WISELY.
- GEAR VERSUS NATALIE
RIGHT NOW.
- WELL, THIS IS BONKERS.
- THIS IS SO COOL.
- I'M STUCK IN
A REALLY HARD POSITION.
THEY'RE PUTTING ME
IN A RING
WITH A REALLY GOOD FRIEND.
HERE'S A KNIFE ON THE TABLE.
OKAY, GREAT.
YOU GUYS GOTTA STAB EACH OTHER
TO DEATH.
- THIS IS
THE WORST ELIMINATION SCENARIO,
BECAUSE GEAR IS MY BEST FRIEND
IN THE HOUSE.
- WHAT ARE YOU GUYS
TALKING ABOUT?
- WE'RE JUST GOOD FRIENDS.
IT FEELS WEIRD.
- YOU'RE PAINTING
TO STAY.
MAYBE THINK ABOUT THAT.
- OKAY, NATALIE AND GEAR,
THE PAINT OFF
AND YOUR 30 MINUTES STARTS
NOW.
- OH, MY GOSH.
- THIS IS NUTS.
- THIS IS SO JUICY
RIGHT NOW.
- GET IT, NAT.
- GO, GEAR.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ANOTHER CHANCE,
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
- THAT'S RIGHT...
I HATE
GOING UP AGAINST GEAR.
BUT I AM DEFINITELY
GONNA PAINT MY HARDEST.
MY CONCEPT, I'M CHANGING IT TO
THE MOMENT THE WARRIOR LEAVES.
- OH, GOOD.
- OKAY.
- OKAY.
- THAT IS ONE THING
I LOVE ABOUT NATALIE.
SHE'S WRITING THE STORY
WHILE SHE'S PAINTING.
- YEAH.
- I DON'T PAINT
AGAINST MY FRIENDS
OR THE PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT.
SO NOT ONLY AM I IN A BATTLE
WITHIN THE COMPETITION,
BUT NOW I'M IN A BATTLE WITHIN
MYSELF OF, WHAT DO I DO?
[whispers] I DON'T FIND
ANY HONOR IN THIS.
I WOULD RATHER
BE SENT HOME
THAN HAVE TO PAINT AGAINST
ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
- THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
- YOU'RE RIGHT.
- WE ARE HERE TO PAINT AGAINST
ONE ANOTHER.
THAT MEANS
THEY NEED TO BRING IT.
- WHAT IF IT WAS YOU AND I
UP THERE RIGHT NOW?
- YOU'RE GOING DOWN.
- EXACTLY.
- 15 MINUTES, GUYS.
15 MINUTES.
- MM-HMM.
- JUST TAKING MY TIME.
- HE'S JUST GONNA TOUCH UP
WHAT HE ALREADY DID.
OH, MY GOD.
I WANNA GRAB HIM BY THE SHIRT
AND SLAP HIM IN THE FACE
AND SAY, "DUDE, WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING?
IT'S A DISHONOR
TO NOT DO YOUR BEST."
PAINT!
- FIVE MINUTES, GUYS.
FIVE MINUTES LEFT.
- THAT'S GREAT.
- GO FOR IT.
- OKAY.
- [gasps]
OH, SHE MADE A KISS
ON HIS CHEEK.
- AW.
- YEAH, NATALIE'S TRYING
RIGHT NOW.
- YEAH, SHE IS.
- NATALIE AND GEAR,
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.
- THAT'S COOL BY ME.
- I KNEW IT WAS A MISTAKE FOR
GEAR TO GET TOO CLOSE TO HER.
- HOW MUCH LESS SENSITIVE
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
THAN SOMEONE LIKE GEAR?
- I AM SENSITIVE ON THE INSIDE,
BUT THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THAT
IN A COMPETITION.
- BUT YOU INTERNALIZE IT,
AND GEAR EXTERNALIZES IT.
- FANTASTIC.
HE'S LOSING.
I'M MAD.
I'M DISAPPOINTED.
HE IS THROWING IT,
AND IT'S KILLING ME TO WATCH IT.
- FIVE,
FOUR, THREE,
TWO,
ONE.
TIME'S UP.
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
NATALIE,
YOU CAN GO FIRST.
- I DECIDED TO CHANGE THE FEEL
OF MY PIECE
TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE SOLEMN.
THEY HAVE
JUST SAID GOOD-BYE,
AND HE'S ON HIS WAY
OFF TO BATTLE.
I ADDED A FEW TEARS
AND PUT THE RED LIPS KISS
ON HIS CHEEK,
BECAUSE SHE JUST SAID
GOOD-BYE.
AND INSTEAD OF THE SUN,
I CHANGED IT
TO A HOLE IN HIS CHEST,
'CAUSE WHEN YOU SAY GOOD-BYE
TO SOMEONE,
IT JUST FEELS LIKE
SOMEBODY JUST, LIKE,
RIPS YOUR CHEST OPEN.
YEAH, TURN AROUND.
AND A SMALL SILHOUETTE
OF HIS WIFE BY HERSELF.
SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.
- THANK YOU.
GEAR.
- [sighs]
I, UH...
[chuckles]
I ADDED THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS,
YOU KNOW, UM--
- AND WHAT ABOUT THE FACE?
- ASIDE FROM, OBVIOUSLY,
ADDING MORE DETAIL,
THAT'S ALL
I FELT LIKE DOING.
- SERIOUSLY, GEAR?
- THAT'S A TOWEL
THROWN INTO THE RING.
- DID HE NOT COME HERE
TO WIN?
- THERE IS NO HONOR FOR ME IN--
IN THIS PAINT OFF.
IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.
THE LAST THING I WANNA DO
IS CHALLENGE A FRIEND.
IT'S NOT THE WAY I FEEL
LIKE I NEED--
- OKAY. OKAY.
LET'S JUST BREAK IT DOWN, OKAY?
- TELL HIM, RUPAUL.
- LET'S JUST BREAK IT DOWN.
- HERE WE GO.
- THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET SPANKED.
- I'M ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BAD OR GOOD
OR RIGHT OR WRONG.
IT'S ABOUT THE COMPETITION.
IT'S THE GAME.
- YOU HAD 30 MINUTES TO MAKE
YOUR PAINTINGS BETTER.
THAT'S A GIFT,
AND I SAID THAT.
- EACH OF THESE SUMO WRESTLERS
COULD TELL YOU
THE EXACT SAME THING.
THERE IS HONOR IN DEFEAT.
THERE IS HONOR IN WINNING.
SO THIS MOPEY ARTIST THING
THAT YOU'RE DOING,
THAT'S VERY CUTE,
BUT THERE'S $100,000 AT STAKE.
YOU HAVE TO BUCK UP
AND BE A WARRIOR.
- ALL OF YOU ARE HONORING
EACH OTHER
BY BRINGING YOUR "A" GAME.
- PREACH.
- BECAUSE YOU'RE HONORING
EACH OTHER'S TALENT.
- THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.
HONOR TO YOURSELF
AND TO YOUR ART
AND TO YOUR TALENT.
DO THAT!
AND, GEAR, YOU KNOW THAT.
AND, LADY SCORPIO OVER HERE,
YOU KNOW IT, TOO.
SO DON'T BE ACTIN' UP IN HERE,
OKAY?
NOW, I CAN--I CAN SIT BACK HERE
AND--AND PLAY ALONG...
- [laughs]
- WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND EVERYBODY BACK HOME
WILL SAY,
"OH, THEY WERE SO SWEET
AND SO LOVELY."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THOSE PEOPLE DON'T WIN
COMPETITIONS.
PLAY THE GAME!
DO YOUR THING!
BE WHO YOU ARE!
THAT'S HONOR.
- WHY DID YOU GUYS SHOW UP HERE
IF YOU WEREN'T WILLING
TO GO FOR BLOOD?
YOU FEEL EMBARRASSED
ABOUT MAKING THE CHOICE
TO BE A WINNER?
A CONQUEROR?
GEAR, I CAN FEEL YOU
BUBBLING UNDER.
I'VE PRIMED YOU.
YOU'RE READY TO TALK.
TALK TO ME.
- [sighs]
I UNDERSTAND
WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM,
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE.
- YEAH.
- WE'RE NOT HERE
TO WASTE YOUR TIME OR MINE.
SO DO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO
AND MAKE A DECISION.
I GET IT. I GET IT, RU.
- OH, I GET IT, TOO.
I REALLY DO.
I LIKE THE CHANGES I MADE
TO MY PIECE.
IT GOT MORE REAL FOR ME.
I TAPPED INTO
THAT DARK SCORPIO SIDE.
IT'S FREAKIN' INTENSE.
I PUNCHED A HOLE
IN MY MODEL'S CHEST
BECAUSE OF THAT INTENSITY.
I GET IT.
- DO YOU WANNA BE HERE?
- YEAH!
I WANNA BE HERE SO BAD.
I'M HERE TO WIN.
THAT $100,000
WOULD CHANGE MY FREAKIN' LIFE.
- GEAR,
DO YOU WANNA BE HERE?
- ABSOLUTELY.
- [sighs]
- WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT,
I WONDER.
- WELL, WHO ARE YOU
GONNA CHOOSE NOW?
- NATALIE DID MORE THAN GEAR,
BUT THE THING IS,
LIKE, WHICH ONE
LOOKS BETTER?
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- SO, JUDGES,
ARE YOU ALL IN AGREEMENT?
- YES.
NATALIE.
WE FELT THAT WITH
THE EXTRA 30 MINUTES,
YOU ELEVATED
YOUR PIECE,
USING YOUR EMOTIONS
AND EXPRESSING
WHAT YOU WERE FEELING.
- THANK YOU.
- GEAR.
YOU DIDN'T USE
THE EXTRA 30 MINUTES
TO ENHANCE YOUR PAINTING,
AND YOU LET YOUR EMOTIONS
GET THE BEST OF YOU.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
AND FOR THAT REASON...
WE WILL SAY GOOD-BYE.
- IT'S OKAY.
- [crying]
- GO GET 'EM, TIGER.
KICK SOME ASS.
- WHOA.
THAT'S SUPER INTENSE.
- CONGRATULATIONS, NATALIE.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU CAN HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- I AM SO GRATEFUL
THAT I HAVE A SECOND CHANCE,
BUT...
[sniffles]
IT'S STILL SAD.
- WHAT IS THAT?
COME ON.
- [crying]
- IT'S OKAY.
- WHAT THE [bleep]?
- I KNOW, HONEY.
- GEAR,
YOUR ARTISTIC ABILITY
HAS ELEVATED EVERYONE
AROUND YOU.
- I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT ELSE
LIES IN STORE FOR YOU.
- YOU'VE GOT IT, KIDDO.
- [imitates guitar riff]
- THIS IS NOT THE END.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING.
- ABSOLUTELY.
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING,
AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL.
- GEAR, PLEASE GO WASH OFF
YOUR CANVAS.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- TONIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN
ANYBODY'S BALL GAME.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
STAY AND PLAY A LITTLE LONGER.
[upbeat music]
I WOULD RATHER HAVE SEEN
MYSELF GO THAN ANY OF THEM GO,
'CAUSE I JUST COULDN'T TAKE
THAT PAIN.
I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT
ANY DIFFERENT.
[upbeat music]
I ABSOLUTELY DID
EVERYTHING I MEANT TO DO.
AND WISH--DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN
OUT HERE AT SKIN WARS.
IT DOESN'T END HERE.
IT ONLY GOES UP FROM HERE.
- NEXT TIME ON SKIN WARS...
NATALIE, SOMETHING'S GOT YOU
EXTRA EXCITED TODAY?
- [sighs]
both: [gasp]
- THEY'RE GIVING US
CONTORTIONISTS.
I'M GONNA USE
CONTORTIONISTS.
- HOW LONG CAN YOUR MODELS STAY
IN THIS POSE?
- 30 MINUTES LEFT.
- I REALLY HAVE TO KNOCK IT
OUT OF THE PARK TODAY.
15 MINUTES LEFT!
- I AM GOING SUPER WEIRD
WITH MY CONCEPT.
- I DID NOT GET THIS AT ALL.
- THIS COULD BE REALLY BAD.
- I HATE THE FACT
THAT YOU BROUGHT IN
THAT ELEMENT.
- TONIGHT,
FOUR BECOMES THREE.
- BODY PAINTING IS EVERYWHERE
FROM HIGH-FASHION MAGAZINES,
TO CHART-TOPPING MUSIC VIDEOS.
EACH WEEK, THE MOST TALENTED
BODY PAINTERS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WILL PUSH THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE NAKED CANVAS.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION HERE
IS EVERYONE.
- SOME WILL HIT
NEW CREATIVE HEIGHTS.
- MIND BLOWN.
- [laughs]
- 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.
[upbeat rock music]
- [laughs]
- OH, MY GOD.
WE SEE A WRESTLING RING.
I'M EXCITED.
LET'S GET DOWN AND DIRTY TODAY.
- GOOD MORNING, PAINTERS.
all: GOOD MORNING.
- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
- WE ALL GET TO PUT ON GLOVES
AND HIT EACH OTHER?
- DO YOU FEEL LIKE
DOING THAT?
- JUST WITH DUTCH.
- [laughs]
- THAT'S FOR THROWING ME
UNDER THE BUS!
- WE'RE DOWN
TO THE FINAL FIVE.
- THERE IS
RIDICULOUS TALENT HERE.
IT'S A TOSS-UP
WHO GOES HOME NEXT.
- HERE TO JUDGE
TODAY'S CHALLENGE
IS CRAIG TRACY
AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
- HELLO!
[laughter]
- SINCE DAY ONE,
YOU'VE ALL FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL
TO STAY IN THIS COMPETITION.
- I WON THE LAST CHALLENGE,
SO I'M FINALLY GETTING
SOME RECOGNITION.
I'M FEELING PRETTY ON POINT
TO TACKLE THIS NEXT ONE.
- FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGE,
YOU'LL BE WRESTLING YOUR WAY
TO THE TOP.
BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU WON'T
LITERALLY BE WRESTLING.
WE BROUGHT IN PROFESSIONALS
FOR THAT.
[dramatic music]
- THESE SILHOUETTES POP UP,
AND THEY ALL LOOK LIKE BIG,
BURLY WRESTLERS.
THIS IS GONNA BE INSANE.
- FIRST WE HAVE,
MIGHTY MIKE.
- [growling]
- [laughs]
[applause]
- WHAT? NO WAY!
- THE SHOWBOAT.
- OH, MY GOD.
I AM SO EXCITED
ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE.
- HIGH VOLTAGE.
[cheers and applause]
- THEY'RE 3 FEET TALL.
- [growls]
- THEY'RE GROWLING AND SNORTING.
- EL MATADOR.
[cheers and applause]
AND THE DARK SPAWN.
- WHOO!
- THE CHALLENGES JUST KEEP
GETTING CRAZIER AND CRAZIER.
- EACH OF YOU
HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY PAIRED
WITH ONE OF THE WRESTLERS.
YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY
WILL BE TO CREATE A PAINTING
THAT EMBODIES THEIR IMPOSING
WRESTLING PERSONAS.
YOU WILL HAVE TWO HOURS TO PAINT
A LOOK FROM THE WAIST UP
ON YOUR NEW MODEL.
- THIS IS SOMETHING
I'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING.
IT'S AMAZING.
- PAINTERS,
YOUR TIME STARTS...
NOW!
- HIGH VOLTAGE, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE
REALLY HOT, LIKE,
BLUE LIGHTNING BOLTS, LIKE...
[mimics electric crackling]
KIND OF COMING UP.
- FIRE.
- OOH, OKAY.
- WE COULD DO
A LARGE SKULL
AND PUT, LIKE, A HOOD ON IT.
- NICE.
- SO WHAT IF WE DO, LIKE,
A GOLD BODY?
- YEAH.
- OKAY.
- I'M JUST GONNA
SIZE IT FOR YOU NOW.
- MY WRESTLER
IS HIGH VOLTAGE.
I WANT IT TO BE LIGHTNING BOLTS
[imitates electricity]
DISPERSING FROM HIS BACK
AND GOING INTO HIS ARMS.
I'VE NEVER PAINTED
A SMALL WRESTLER BEFORE,
SO FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
IN THIS COMPETITION.
- OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
MY WRESTLER IS EL MATADOR.
HE IS A BULLFIGHTER.
MAYBE THE "M"
WITH FIRE AROUND IT.
I WANT HIM TO HAVE
A GREAT LOGO
AND ALSO DO A MASK BASED ON HIS
ORIGINAL MASK HE WAS WEARING.
- IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
COMPLETELY SEPARATES YOU
FROM ANY OTHER WRESTLER
ON THE PLANET?
- WELL, I LIKE TO SING ELVIS.
- YOU LIKE TO SING ELVIS?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
MY CONCEPT IS FIND OUT
FROM MY WRESTLER WHAT HE WANTS.
- MIGHTY MIKE
HAS SO MANY IDEAS.
- I WANT A GRENADE.
LET'S MAKE IT LIKE
I CAME OUT OF A SWAMP.
- HE KEEPS THROWING THINGS
AT ME.
SO I FEEL LIKE NOW
I'M STARTING TO RUN OUT OF TIME.
YOU GOT SOME BIG IDEAS.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS,
MIGHTY MIKE.
- OH, WE GOT IT.
- I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, LIKE,
A DEVIL BEARD,
AND I'M GONNA PAINT HORNS
ON YOU.
MY WRESTLER
IS THE DARK SPAWN.
THIS IS GONNA LOOK REALLY BADASS
BACK HERE.
IN THE LAST CHALLENGE,
MY PIECE WAS THE WEAKEST PIECE.
I'VE GOTTA FIND MY VOICE
AS A PAINTER.
I'M GONNA MAKE THIS HAVE GLOWING
EYES LIKE YOU DO RIGHT NOW.
- OH, BEAUTIFUL.
- HE'S THE RICH GUY. HE'S KINDA
LIKE "NATURE BOY" RIC FLAIR.
MY WRESTLER'S SHOWBOAT.
I'M WANTING VERY STRONG
OBVIOUS WRESTLING CUES.
CLOSE YOUR EYES
JUST FOR SAFETY.
IT NEEDS TO BE FLASHY,
SO I'M THINKING LOTS OF GLITTER
ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS
A BIGGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTER
SO I'M THINKING DIAMONDS,
GOLD, AND MONEY.
THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME.
[upbeat music]
- LIKE, DIT-DIT-DIT-DIT-DIT,
LIKE [cracking tongue].
- GEAR'S SOUND EFFECTS
ARE SO FUNNY.
- [high-pitched beeping]
[imitating gunfire, explosions]
AW. SHEE.
- YA-WOW!
I CAN'T DO IT, REALLY.
- OH, THIS IS BACKWARDS.
SO WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS?
- I WANT IT BACKWARDS, YEAH.
I LOVE IT.
IT'S CRAZY.
OH, MY GOD!
HE LOOKS HORRIFYING.
NO.
- MORE BLOOD.
- HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE
THE GOOD GUY.
HE WANTS TO BE MORE
SERIAL KILLER.
MAYBE I LISTENED TO MIGHTY MIKE
A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
- [growls]
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS, CHECK IT OUT.
WE GOT FIVE MINUTES!
- THE LAST FIVE MINUTES
OF THE CHALLENGE
I NOTICED
THAT MY LETTERS GET SMALLER
AS THEY GO ACROSS THE BACK,
SO I'M FREAKING OUT.
- I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BECAUSE
I GOT A LOT OF LITTLE DETAILS
THAT I GOTTA TIDY UP
TO MAKE THIS WORK.
- ONE MINUTE!
- AAH!
- OKAY, PAINTERS,
THAT'S IT.
TIME'S UP.
PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN.
- THIS IS GONNA BE
A HARD COMPETITION TODAY.
ALL THESE WRESTLERS
LOOK AMAZING.
- COME ON,
LET'S GET YOUR FIGHT ON!
FOLLOW ME.
[cheers and applause]
- AWESOME.
- SO YOU READY FOR A BEATDOWN?
- YEAH.
IT'S WAR!
[bell dings]
- UP FIRST,
HE'S LIGHTNING FAST.
HE'S HIGH VOLTAGE!
[electricity crackles]
[cheers and applause]
- HIS MUSCLES ARE MIGHTY,
AND HIS SWINGING DUMBBELLS
PACK A PUNCH.
MIGHTY MIKE!
[cheers and applause]
- [growls]
- HE CAN DANCE CIRCLES
AROUND ANY OPPONENT.
HE'S EL MATADOR!
[bull moos]
[cheers and applause]
both: [grunt]
- BENEATH THAT CHARM
LIVES A VICIOUS FIGHTER.
IT'S THE SHOWBOAT!
[cheers and applause]
- HE'S THE GRIM REAPER
OF THE RING.
IT'S THE DARK SPAWN!
[cheers and applause]
both: [growl]
- [laughs]
- LOOKING AROUND,
PEOPLE'S PIECES NEEDED, LIKE,
15 TO 20 MORE MINUTES TO REALLY
BRING THIS THING UP TO SNUFF.
SO I'M FEELING PRETTY SOLID
ABOUT THIS.
- HI, SHANNON.
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR WRESTLER.
- THIS IS THE DARK SPAWN.
HIS CHARACTER
IS THE GRIM REAPER.
ON THE BACK,
YOU CAN SEE THE WINGSPAN
OF THE DEVIL.
- I LOVE THE WINGS.
- REALLY GOOD RENDERING.
- THANK YOU.
- MY WRESTLER IS SHOWBOAT.
- I LOVE THAT GRADATION
OF THE GLITTER, VERY NICE.
- YEAH, AND I THOUGHT, IF
ANYTHING WAS GONNA BE FLASHY,
IT WOULD BE
A BIG-TIME WRESTLER.
- DUTCH HAS DEFINITELY CAUGHT
THE GLITTER BUG.
I'M GONNA TAKE CREDIT
FOR THAT.
- SO YOU GOT EL MATADOR.
- YOUR LETTERING, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT STARTED OUT ONE SIZE
AND FINISHED ANOTHER.
- WITH THE TIME CRUNCH,
YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GO WITH IT.
- THAT'S NOT GONNA FLY WITH ME.
- HI, GUYS. NOT TOO CLOSE.
HE'S CRAZY.
- OH, OH.
- THIS IS MIGHTY MIKE.
HE SLEEPS IN A SWAMP
AND WRESTLES AN ALLIGATOR
FOR BREAKFAST.
- AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT
OF ELVIS GOING ON HERE.
- ARE YOU A BIG ELVIS FAN?
- [as Elvis Presley] YEAH, BABE.
VERY MUCH.
- HMM.
- YEAH, BABY.
- IT'S ELECTRIFIED.
- THIS IS HIGH VOLTAGE.
- YOU KNOW IT.
- MY FAVORITE PART, THE HANDS...
- MM-HMM.
- WORKING THEIR WAY UP THE ARMS.
- CAN WE SEE YOUR BACK?
- YEAH.
- WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S LIKE LAVA AND THE OCEAN
COMING TOGETHER.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
- OKAY, GUYS,
THE JUDGES ARE GONNA MEET,
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK
AND ANNOUNCE THE WINNER.
- GREAT.
- AWESOME.
- SO, JUDGES, WHAT DID YOU THINK
ABOUT SHANNON'S WRESTLER?
- I THOUGHT THE SKULL
WAS LOVELY.
IT'S JUST THE POSITION OF IT.
- PLACEMENT.
THE CHEST PIECE IS A MUCH
STRONGER PLACE TO PUT SOMETHING
THAN THE TUMMY.
- YOU LIKE THE BACK OF IT.
- LOVE THE BACK, THE WINGS.
- HOW ABOUT GEAR?
- IT FELT LIKE
A THEATRICAL PIECE.
- THERE IS A CERTAIN AESTHETIC
THAT REMINDS ME OF HIGH FASHION.
- STYLE.
- AND STYLE.
- HE UNDERSTANDS STYLE.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- WHAT ABOUT DUTCH?
- GLITTER.
- GLITTER.
- DUTCH USED GLITTER.
- THE SILHOUETTE, TO ME,
FELT LIKE A WRESTLER.
DUTCH WAS VERY, VERY SMART
IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
- ALL RIGHT, SHOULD WE GO
TALK TO THE PAINTERS?
- LET'S GET BACK IN THE RING.
- [clicks tongue]
- GREAT JOB TODAY.
- THANK YOU.
- GEAR.
AND DUTCH.
CONGRATULATIONS,
YOU ARE THE TOP TWO.
both: THANK YOU.
- DUTCH HAS GOT SOME GOOD STUFF,
BUT I'M SORRY, DUTCH.
MY WRESTLER'S DEFINITELY
GONNA OWN THIS ONE.
- DUTCH, IT SPOKE TO ME
INSTANTLY.
YOU REALLY BROUGHT THE BLING
TO YOUR CHARACTER.
- GEAR, YOUR PIECE
REALLY EXEMPLIFIED HIGH VOLTAGE.
- [imitates electricity
crackling]
- THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE
IS...
GEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS.
- YAY!
- GOOD JOB.
- DUN, DUN, DUN!
[imitates crowd cheering]
I'M ON A WINNING STREAK HERE,
AND I'M FEELING PRETTY DAMN GOOD
ABOUT IT.
- I'M PERPLEXED.
GEAR'S GUY DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE A WRESTLER.
AND I'M JUST KINDA
TRYING TO BE COOL ABOUT IT
AND--AND NOT
GET AGGRAVATED.
- AS THE WINNER
OF THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU HAVE WON YOUR VERY OWN SET
OF AIRBRUSH GUNS
AND A COMPRESSOR FROM
ANEST IWATA AIRBRUSH COMPANY.
- YES!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- YEAH, GEAR. WHOO!
- YES!
- I'M FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE I ALWAYS SEEM TO BE
TAKING SECOND PLACE.
WHAT CAN I DO TO WIN?
- ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID,
NEVER A BRIDE.
- YOU CAN SAY GOOD-BYE
TO YOUR WRESTLERS.
THANKS, GUYS.
- BYE.
- SEE YA LATER.
- NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO,
YOU GUYS.
- YOU GUYS READY
FOR YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE?
all: YES.
- OH, YEAH.
- FOR THE LAST CHALLENGE,
YOU CAPTURED
LARGER-THAN-LIFE WRESTLING
PERSONAS ON A SMALLER CANVAS.
NOW, IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE
THE INNER STRENGTH
OF A CAPTIVATING WARRIOR
ON A MUCH GRANDER SCALE.
PAINTERS,
MEET YOUR MODELS.
- OH, MY GOD.
- WE ARE FREAKIN' SCREWED.
- YOU GUYS READY
FOR YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE?
all: YES.
- OH, YEAH.
- PAINTERS,
MEET YOUR MODELS.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
HIYA!
- SUMO!
- YEAH!
[cheers and applause]
- SUMO.
MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE.
- THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?
- YEAH! WHOO!
- YEAH!
- I'VE NEVER SEEN
A SUMO WRESTLER IN REAL LIFE.
THIS IS AMAZING.
- HERE WE GO FROM PAINTING
A SUPER-SMALL DUDE
TO, LIKE,
A FREAKIN' MAMMOTH.
- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH ALL THAT CANVAS?
- [laughs]
- CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
- SUMO IS A 2,000-YEAR-OLD
JAPANESE MARTIAL ART
THAT WAS CREATED AS
ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE GODS.
FOR THIS CONCEPT CHALLENGE,
YOU'LL BE TURNING YOUR MODEL
INTO A BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR.
- I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF CANVAS
TO WORK ON.
THIS IS GONNA BE
AN AMAZING CHALLENGE.
- YOUR MODELS HAVE BEEN
RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE FOUR HOURS
TO COMPLETE
THIS HEAD-TO-TOE,
FRONT AND BACK LOOK.
- I GOTTA PAINT A FREAKIN' GIANT
IN FOUR HOURS?
[sighs]
[bleep]
THERE'S JUST NO WAY.
- THAT'S FREAKIN' CRAZY.
- YEAH. [laughs]
- NO EXCUSES.
HONOR THE WARRIORS HERE.
- GOOD NIGHT, PAINTERS,
AND GOOD LUCK.
- GOOD LUCK.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
[upbeat dance music]
- I'LL TAKE IT
OFF THE RAIL,
AND THEN I'LL GET
A NICE BALANCE?
[whooshes]
OH, DAMN IT.
WE STARTED AT TEN,
AND WE'RE NOW FIVE.
THE HOUSE IS GETTING MORE EMPTY.
TENSION IS HIGHER.
THE CHALLENGES
ARE GETTING HARDER.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE STARVING
FOR A DISTRACTION RIGHT NOW,
SOMETHING TO KIND OF
TAKE THEIR MIND OFF OF IT.
- I REALLY WANT TO, LIKE,
TELL A STORY WITH THIS ONE.
- I GOT A PRETTY SOLID IDEA
OF WHERE YOU WANNA GO WITH IT.
NATALIE AND I ARE FRIENDS,
YOU KNOW,
AND ARTISTIC, YOU KNOW,
CREATIVE BUDDIES.
NATALIE'S SOMEONE
THAT I THINK HIGHLY OF HERE.
- I WANT THIS TO BE PERFECT,
AND THEN I--
SOMETIMES I'LL FORGET TO,
LIKE, THROW IN,
YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE TWISTS
THAT ARE--
THAT HAVE KEPT ME HERE.
GEAR IS PROBABLY MY BEST FRIEND
IN THE HOUSE.
WE BOTH JUST KIND OF LIKE
GET EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE
SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE
THAT YOU CAN JUST
GET REAL WITH,
INSTEAD OF BEING
SUPERCOMPETITIVE.
TO TOMORROW.
- HELL YEAH.
[upbeat electronic music]
- [sighs]
- I'M GONNA NEED
A BIGGER STATION THAN THIS.
THE IDEA OF PAINTING
A SUMO WRESTLER IS AWESOME.
I FEEL LIKE
I'M GOING INTO BATTLE.
BUT THESE CHALLENGES KEEP
GETTING HARDER AND HARDER
WITH LESS AND LESS TIME.
- WHOO!
- YEAH!
- WHEN THE SUMO WRESTLERS
COME OUT,
THE ATMOSPHERE
IN THE ENTIRE PLACE CHANGES.
- HI. NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HAMA.
- HAMA. HAMA.
- YOU CAN FEEL POWER.
YOU CAN FEEL HONOR
AS IF IT'S A REAL LIQUID THING
FLOATING IN THE ETHER.
- SAKE? NO.
[laughs]
- I'M EXCITED.
- ME, TOO.
- HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
BODY PAINTED?
- NO. FIRST TIME.
- NO?
- FREAKING MADNESS.
YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT,
LIKE, PRIMING A COMFORTER.
THAT'S HOW MUCH SKIN
WE'RE WORKING WITH.
THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE ANY LESS
THAN AN HOUR.
- I'M GONNA HAVE YOU LAY DOWN
ON THESE TOWELS.
DOES THAT SOUND OKAY
WITH YOU?
WITH FOUR HOURS, HOW AM I GONNA
PAINT THIS BASE COAT
ON THIS SUMO WRESTLER
IN UNDER 30 MINUTES?
I WANT TO PAINT YOUR CHEST,
SO LAY ON YOUR BACK.
- OKAY.
- OR WE'LL PAINT YOUR BACK
FIRST.
WHAT I REALLY WANNA DO
IS TO TRANSLATE
WHAT I DO WITH MY FINE ART
ON MY BODY PAINTINGS.
I THINK ABOUT WHAT I WOULD BE
DOING IN MY STUDIO.
WHEN I HAVE
A LARGE CANVAS,
I LAY IT ON THE GROUND
AND I DUMP PAINT ON IT.
HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO COVER
A SUMO IN ONE HOUR?
[upbeat dance music]
- MY MIND IS COVERAGE MODE.
I HAVE PAINTED
ONE REALLY LARGE GUY BEFORE.
AND IT TOOK ME OVER AN HOUR
JUST TO GET THE BASE COAT DOWN.
ALL RIGHT,
LEGS ARE GOOD ENOUGH.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN THIS COMPETITION,
I'M--I'M FEELING TIME PRESSURE.
- YOU NEED A BREAK? BATHROOM?
OKAY.
MY APPROACH TODAY
IS VERY DIFFERENT.
I DON'T NORMALLY GET THE CHANCE
TO GET THIS PERSONAL IN MY WORK.
MY CONCEPT TODAY
IS THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY.
WE ARE ALL WARRIORS
IN THIS FIGHT FOR EQUALITY.
MY GIRLFRIEND JENNIFER
AND I
HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO BATTLE
TO BE ACCEPTED.
THIS IS GOING TO BE
TWO DUELING DRAGONS,
SUPERBRIGHT COLORS.
I CHOOSE TO DO TWO DRAGONS
ON THE FRONT
REPRESENTING HOW
WE ARE ALL THE SAME
AND THAT WE ARE ALL EQUAL.
- RAINBOW SUMO FUN TIME.
- HE LOOKS LIKE
A MULTICOLORED OTTER POP.
- THE CONCEPT THAT
I WANNA BRING FORTH TODAY
IS BASED IN
THE SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS
OF THE JAPANESE WARRIOR
MYTHOLOGIES.
- [growls]
- YEAH!
- TURN AROUND.
MY CONCEPT FOR
THIS CHALLENGE IS
ANCIENT JAPANESE 16TH-CENTURY
SHOGUN WARRIOR.
KINDA LIKE ANYTHING
A LA LAST SAMURAI.
I SEE YOUR FIGHTING STYLE
IS KIND OF WEAK.
COMING OFF
A 2-TIME WINNING STREAK,
AND THIRD TIME'S A CHARM.
I'M DEFINITELY
GONNA TAKE THIS ONE.
- [growls]
- [laughs]
- I'VE ALWAYS ASSUMED
THAT MY BIGGEST COMPETITION
WAS GONNA BE GEAR.
BUT HE'S GETTING MAYBE
A LITTLE TOO COCKY.
- IT IS TRADITION.
both: [laugh]
[upbeat dance music]
- SO ARE YOU MARRIED
OR IS IT A GIRLFRIEND?
- MARRIED.
- MARRIED?
MY CONCEPT IS
THE SOFTER SIDE OF WAR.
WHAT I'M GOING FOR
IS BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR.
NOT NECESSARILY WAR ITSELF,
IT'S MORE WHAT THEY'RE MISSING
AT HOME.
HE'S MISSING HIS WIFE.
HE'S MISSING HIS HOME.
HE'S MISSING
HIS FAVORITE TREE.
AND IT KIND OF LIKE GIVES HIM
THIS WARM, BEAUTIFUL FEELING.
I WANT TO USE YOUR WOMAN
AS THAT, LIKE, CROSSOVER
ILLUSION SORT OF THING.
[laughter]
- WE GOT ONE HOUR.
GET CRACKIN'.
- THIS PIECE
IS THE WARRIORS
FIGHTING EACH OTHER,
NOT UNLIKE THIS COMPETITION.
MY CONCEPT
IS SKIN WARRIORS.
SO NICOLE AND NATALIE
ARE BEAUTIFUL GEISHAS
ON THE FRONT OF THE LEG.
GEAR'S KIND OF LIKE
LOOKING UP,
AND I PUT DUTCH
RIGHT ON THE BUTT
SO THAT
HE CAN GET SQUASHED.
- I DON'T USUALLY GET EXCITED
ABOUT MY OWN STUFF,
BUT THIS PIECE I'M DOING
ON YOUR BACK RIGHT NOW
IS REALLY FRICKIN' GORGEOUS.
I'M TAKING SOME TIME
TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE BACK,
INSTEAD OF THE FRONT,
BECAUSE I WANT THAT
TO BE THE FOCAL POINT.
I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE TRIED
THIS MUCH DETAIL.
THE BACK
IS GOOD VERSUS EVIL
WITH THE PHOENIX
BEING ON TOP
AND THE JAPANESE DEMONS
UNDERNEATH.
[upbeat dance music]
♪ ♪
- I WANT THAT FACE
TO REALLY WOW THE JUDGES.
I'M USING MY NEW SET OF SKILLS
THAT I'VE ACQUIRED
OVER THE COURSE
OF THIS COMPETITION.
I CHOOSE TO PAINT
MY EYES OPEN,
INDICATING OPEN-MINDEDNESS,
WHICH IS REALLY
WHAT THIS CONCEPT IS ABOUT.
- I DON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT
OF TIME WITH THE FACE
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO STAY
FOCUSED ON THE BATTLE ARMOR
AND TACTFULLY BE ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN THINGS
IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.
- GEAR'S PIECE IS NOT
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE.
I'M THINKING, GEAR,
LIKE, GUH!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
LOOKS LIKE A NINJA TURTLE.
- [laughing]
- MY SUMO, BYAMBA,
KEEPS LAUGHING,
WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE
TO PAINT HIM.
- [laughing]
- BUT THEN I REALIZED
THAT THE AIRBRUSH
IS ACTUALLY TICKLING HIM,
AND THAT'S WHY HE'S LAUGHING.
- [laughing]
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS, CHECK IT OUT.
WE GOT TEN MINUTES.
LET'S DO IT TO IT.
- [bleep]
- AAH!
- WAH!
- [laughs] YEAH.
- I AM LOOKING DOWN
AT THIS BEAUTIFUL MAWASHI.
I DON'T WANNA TOUCH IT.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
I LOOK AROUND,
AND I SEE EVERYONE ELSE
PAINTING THEIR MAWASHIS,
BUT I MAKE THE CONSCIOUS
DECISION NOT TO PAINT IT.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- OKAY, PAINTERS.
TIME'S UP!
PLEASE PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN!
- WHOO!
- I'M WORRIED BECAUSE THE JUDGES
MIGHT THINK IT'S TOO SIMPLE.
AND I THINK
THAT THEY MIGHT THINK
THAT I DIDN'T TIME MANAGE
WELL ENOUGH.
BUT IT'S TOO LATE.
I CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING NOW.
- WELCOME, PAINTERS.
- HELLO.
- HEY.
- FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU HAD FOUR HOURS
TO TURN YOUR WRESTLER
INTO A BEAUTIFUL
AND HEROIC WARRIOR.
YOU ALL KNOW
OUR ESTEEMED JUDGES--
CRAIG TRACY...
- HELLO, PAINTERS.
- ROBIN SLONINA...
- HI, GUYS.
- AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
- HEY!
- HI.
- HEY.
- LET THE GRAND SHOW BEGIN.
[samisen music]
♪ ♪
- I COULD NOT BE
MORE PROUD.
THE PIECE JUST POPS ONSTAGE,
AND THAT FACE.
I AM SO HAPPY
ABOUT WHAT I DID TODAY.
[upbeat rock music]
- I'M JUST ELATED.
HE'S FOCUSED,
AND THE COLORS ARE JUST VIBRANT
AND POPPING STILL.
HIS FACE IS PERFECT.
[somber music]
- THE GUYS LOOKS FREAKING COOL.
I MEAN, I'M FEELING IT.
THIS ONE'S REALLY WORKING.
♪ ♪
I DID THESE COOL, LIKE,
BATTLE WARRIOR SHOGUN FEATHERS.
HE'S JUST EXPLODING
ON THE STAGE.
[electronic music]
- HE'S FANTASTIC,
AND HE'S COVERED
WITH THIS SICK PAINT JOB.
THIS TIME, I REALLY DID
INCORPORATE MY FINE ART
INTO MY BODY PAINTING.
THIS GREAT POURING AND DRIPPING
AND SPILLING TECHNIQUE,
I FORESEE ME USING THAT
IN ALL OF MY UPCOMING WORK.
I'M SUPER HAPPY.
[upbeat rock music]
- I'M WORRIED,
YEAH, FOR SURE.
THIS IS NOT MY BEST, BUT YOU
KNOW, THE MORE I LOOK AT IT,
I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY
THAT MINE LOOKS.
♪ ♪
YES, MY PIECE
IS THE MOST SIMPLE,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
I'M STILL HAPPY
WITH THE WAY TODAY WENT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHOO!
- NICOLE, COME ON UP.
- HI, BYAMBA.
- THE FACE ON YOUR MODEL
IS OUTSTANDING.
- YOUR MODEL IS SO EFFECTIVE AT
CHANGING THE EXPRESSION OF IT,
OH, YEAH. YOU TOOK
YOUR TECHNIQUE TO A NEW LEVEL.
WHY DIDN'T YOU PAINT
THE MAWASHI
YOUR MODEL'S WEARING?
- I THINK IT HAS A BEAUTY
IN ITSELF.
AND I REALLY WANTED
TO LEAVE THAT UNTOUCHED.
- YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE BROTHERS
FROM ANOTHER MOTHER...
- YEAH.
- FOR SOME REASON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS BACK IS PHENOMENAL.
THE DETAIL AND HIGHLIGHTS
AND SHADOWS,
IT'S JUST BLOWING MY MIND.
I ALMOST WISH THERE WAS MORE
DETAIL LIKE THAT ON THE FRONT.
- WELL, GIVEN WE HAD
THE FOUR HOURS,
I DID WANT A GOOD,
STRONG FOCAL POINT.
- I WANTED TO PORTRAY
MY TEAMMATES.
THIS IS GEAR.
THIS IS DUTCH
ON THE BUTT.
[laughter and applause]
AND THIS IS NATALIE
AND NICOLE.
- THE FINE ART ELEMENT
TO THIS MASTERPIECE
IS SO REFRESHING.
- THANK YOU.
- THE BACK PIECE--BOOM!
- I WASN'T SO SURE
ABOUT THE DARKNESS OF THE FACE.
I WOULD'VE BROUGHT
SOME MORE LIGHT IN THERE.
BUT EVERY LITTLE BIT OF IT
IS TELLING MORE OF A STORY.
TOTALLY RAD.
SHANNON, MAMA, WELL DID.
- THANK YOU.
- WHAT'S UP, MAN?
- HE HAS A GREAT SILHOUETTE.
I LOVE THE FEATHERS.
- I LOVE THOSE SCALES.
- AND I ALSO WAS ABLE
TO BUILD UP THE ARMOR
ON HIS PIECE RIGHT THERE.
- I WASN'T SUPER SATISFIED
ON THE FACE.
- MM.
- IT LOOKED TO ME
LIKE YOU RAN OUT OF TIME
OR SOMETHING.
- YOU KNOW, THE CLOCK GOES,
DO-DO-DO-DO, YOU KNOW,
GOING DOWN AND JUST
RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK.
- I DECIDED TO KIND OF PORTRAY
THE SOFT WARRIOR,
THE THINGS
THAT THEY'RE MISSING.
- SHE BROUGHT THE SOFT,
TENDER SIDE.
- AW.
- [laughs]
- I LOVE THESE COLORS.
SOMETIMES YOU REMEMBER A PLACE
IN THOSE SOFTER TONES LIKE THAT.
- THE LITTLE SURPRISE
WITH THE ARMS,
REALLY SMART,
BUT ALL OF THE TECHNICAL THINGS
ARE FRUSTRATING.
I FEEL YOU CAN DO BETTER.
- I LOVE YOUR STORY,
BUT IT'S--IT IS SIMPLE.
- "SIMPLE," I KNOW, IS
JUST, LIKE, A CURSED WORD HERE,
AND I WASN'T REALLY GOING FOR,
LIKE, SIMPLE.
I WAS GOING FOR,
LIKE, SUBTLE.
YOU KNOW, I USED
EVERY LAST SECOND OF TIME.
- THANK YOU, NATALIE.
- THANKS.
- THANK YOU, PAINTERS.
THE JUDGES HAVE A LOT
TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU CAN HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- BYE, GUYS.
[whistles]
- I THINK WE ALL PULLED
SOME MIRACLES TODAY, GUYS.
- AND I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS.
I'M LIKE, I SHOULD HAVE POURED
[bleep] ALL OVER MINE.
I LIKE MY DESIGN,
BUT IT MIGHT BE TOO SIMPLE
FOR WHAT THE JUDGES
ARE LOOKING FOR.
I'M REALLY WORRIED.
- SO, JUDGES, WHAT'D YOU THINK
OF THE WORK?
- NICOLE--I DIDN'T KNOW
SHE HAD THAT IN HER.
- AND THAT FACE.
- OH, MY GOODNESS.
- MAGIC.
- BY FAR, THE BEST FACE.
- NOW, SHE MADE THE CHOICE
TO NOT PAINT THE--
- MAWASHI.
- MM-HMM.
YEAH, VISUALLY,
MAYBE IT WASN'T AS STRONG
AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
- DUTCH--THE BACK OF HIS
PAINTING, [imitates explosion].
- YEAH.
- YEAH, WHEN HE TURNED,
WHAT WAS MY "WOW" MOMENT.
- YES.
- I ALMOST WISH THE BACK
WAS ON THE FRONT.
- LOCATION, LOCATION,
LOCATION.
- SHANNON.
- SHE TOOK A BIG CHANCE
WITH THIS TECHNIQUE.
- BUT THE RISK REALLY PAID OFF,
AND IT CREATED
THIS BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND...
- DREAMY.
- FOR, THEN, THIS REALLY STRONG
GRAPHIC STYLE ON TOP OF IT.
- YEAH.
- IT MADE YOUR EYES DANCE.
WHICH LEAVES GEAR AND NATALIE
DOWN BELOW.
NOW, GEAR'S PIECE,
HE PAINTED THE MAWASHI
TO FIT WITH THE ARMOR.
- MY FAVORITE
WAS THE SCALES,
BUT IT WAS OVER TO THE SIDE SO
YOU COULDN'T EVEN REALLY SEE IT.
UNLESS THE MODEL CONTORTED.
- RIGHT.
- THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A FOCAL POINT.
THAT STUFF SHOULD HAVE BEEN
SHIFTED.
- THE FACE WAS
HEAVILY UNDERPAINTED.
- IT ALMOST SEEMED TO ME
LIKE HE DIDN'T FINISH IT.
- NATALIE'S PIECE.
- MM-HMM.
- SHE APPROACHED HER WARRIOR
FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
ANGLE,
AND THAT WAS REALLY REFRESHING.
- BUT THERE WAS A SIMPLICITY
COMPARED TO THE OTHERS.
- LESS IS MORE HERE.
I'M NOT BUYING IT.
SHE COULD MAKE THAT PAINTING
BETTER.
- GEAR AND NATALIE.
- THERE'S TWO WEAK LINKS,
AND I FEEL LIKE
THEY DIDN'T FINISH SOMEHOW.
I--SO I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO JUDGE IT.
- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
- THIS WAS, BY FAR,
YOUR STRONGEST CHALLENGE YET.
YOU'VE PROVEN
WITH YOUR IMPECCABLE WORK
THAT THERE'S A REASON
THAT YOU ARE THE FINAL FIVE.
BUT AT THE END OF TONIGHT,
FIVE WILL BECOME FOUR.
DUTCH.
YOU ARE SAFE.
YOU MAY HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
SHANNON, NICOLE,
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU'RE THE TOP TWO.
- IT FEELS SO GOOD
TO BE IN THE TOP TWO.
I FEEL LIKE
I HONORED MY SUMO
AND ALSO HONORED MY STATEMENT
TODAY.
I HAVEN'T WON A BIG CHALLENGE
YET, AND I'M SO READY.
NICOLE, SHANNON,
THIS WAS
THE CLOSEST RACE YET.
SHANNON.
CONGRATULATIONS,
YOU'RE THE WINNER.
- THANK YOU.
- I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.
- SHANNON,
YOU TOOK A HUGE RISK
USING SUCH AN UNCONVENTIONAL
TECHNIQUE
IN LAYING DOWN
YOUR BASE COAT.
BUT THE RISK PAID OFF, BECAUSE
YOUR PAINTING WAS FIERCE.
- THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
I'M SUPER HONORED.
IT FEELS AWESOME.
- CONGRATULATIONS
TO YOU BOTH.
YOU MAY HEAD BACK TO THE LOUNGE.
- THANK YOU.
- I KNOW...
AWESOME!
THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST
DIFFICULT SKIN WARS CHALLENGE
THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE,
AND I WON IT.
[suspenseful music]
- NATALIE, GEAR,
YOU ARE THE BOTTOM TWO.
- I'M PRETTY SHOCKED.
I'M A LITTLE PISSED.
I FEEL LIKE I DID
A STRONG PIECE.
WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT,
I KNOW I DID A STRONG PIECE.
- OH, I WANNA TAKE THEM BOTH
HOME WITH ME.
- I KNOW.
- THIS WAS, BY FAR,
THE MOST DIFFICULT
DELIBERATION
THE JUDGES HAVE EVER HAD,
SO MUCH SO,
THE JUDGES WERE DIVIDED.
THEY COULD NOT COME
TO AN AGREEMENT
ON WHO SHOULD GO HOME.
- WHAT THE HELL
IS GONNA HAPPEN?
- THIS WAS, BY FAR,
THE MOST DIFFICULT DELIBERATION
THE JUDGES HAVE EVER HAD,
SO MUCH SO,
THAT THEY COULD NOT COME
TO AN AGREEMENT
ON WHO SHOULD GO HOME.
THE JUDGES HAVE DECIDED
TO HOLD A PAINT OFF.
- [gasps]
- OH, MY GOSH.
- RIGHT NOW?
- RIGHT NOW.
YOU WILL GET
ONE LAST CHANCE
TO PROVE YOU ARE THE ONE
WHO DESERVES TO STAY.
YOU WILL HAVE 30 MINUTES
TO PAINT YOUR MODELS
RIGHT HERE
IN FRONT OF THE JUDGES.
GEAR, YOUR MODEL'S FACE
LOOKED UNFINISHED.
AND YOUR PIECE LACKED
A FOCAL POINT ON THE FRONT.
NATALIE, YOU CREATED
AN ALLURING PIECE
THAT TOLD A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
BUT AT THIS POINT
IN THE COMPETITION,
THERE'S NO ROOM
FOR SUBTLETY.
- THINK OF IT AS YOUR REPRIEVE
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
- LOOK AT THIS 30 MINUTES
AS A GIFT
AND USE ALL OF IT WISELY.
- GEAR VERSUS NATALIE
RIGHT NOW.
- WELL, THIS IS BONKERS.
- THIS IS SO COOL.
- I'M STUCK IN
A REALLY HARD POSITION.
THEY'RE PUTTING ME
IN A RING
WITH A REALLY GOOD FRIEND.
HERE'S A KNIFE ON THE TABLE.
OKAY, GREAT.
YOU GUYS GOTTA STAB EACH OTHER
TO DEATH.
- THIS IS
THE WORST ELIMINATION SCENARIO,
BECAUSE GEAR IS MY BEST FRIEND
IN THE HOUSE.
- WHAT ARE YOU GUYS
TALKING ABOUT?
- WE'RE JUST GOOD FRIENDS.
IT FEELS WEIRD.
- YOU'RE PAINTING
TO STAY.
MAYBE THINK ABOUT THAT.
- OKAY, NATALIE AND GEAR,
THE PAINT OFF
AND YOUR 30 MINUTES STARTS
NOW.
- OH, MY GOSH.
- THIS IS NUTS.
- THIS IS SO JUICY
RIGHT NOW.
- GET IT, NAT.
- GO, GEAR.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ANOTHER CHANCE,
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
- THAT'S RIGHT...
I HATE
GOING UP AGAINST GEAR.
BUT I AM DEFINITELY
GONNA PAINT MY HARDEST.
MY CONCEPT, I'M CHANGING IT TO
THE MOMENT THE WARRIOR LEAVES.
- OH, GOOD.
- OKAY.
- OKAY.
- THAT IS ONE THING
I LOVE ABOUT NATALIE.
SHE'S WRITING THE STORY
WHILE SHE'S PAINTING.
- YEAH.
- I DON'T PAINT
AGAINST MY FRIENDS
OR THE PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT.
SO NOT ONLY AM I IN A BATTLE
WITHIN THE COMPETITION,
BUT NOW I'M IN A BATTLE WITHIN
MYSELF OF, WHAT DO I DO?
[whispers] I DON'T FIND
ANY HONOR IN THIS.
I WOULD RATHER
BE SENT HOME
THAN HAVE TO PAINT AGAINST
ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
- THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
- YOU'RE RIGHT.
- WE ARE HERE TO PAINT AGAINST
ONE ANOTHER.
THAT MEANS
THEY NEED TO BRING IT.
- WHAT IF IT WAS YOU AND I
UP THERE RIGHT NOW?
- YOU'RE GOING DOWN.
- EXACTLY.
- 15 MINUTES, GUYS.
15 MINUTES.
- MM-HMM.
- JUST TAKING MY TIME.
- HE'S JUST GONNA TOUCH UP
WHAT HE ALREADY DID.
OH, MY GOD.
I WANNA GRAB HIM BY THE SHIRT
AND SLAP HIM IN THE FACE
AND SAY, "DUDE, WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING?
IT'S A DISHONOR
TO NOT DO YOUR BEST."
PAINT!
- FIVE MINUTES, GUYS.
FIVE MINUTES LEFT.
- THAT'S GREAT.
- GO FOR IT.
- OKAY.
- [gasps]
OH, SHE MADE A KISS
ON HIS CHEEK.
- AW.
- YEAH, NATALIE'S TRYING
RIGHT NOW.
- YEAH, SHE IS.
- NATALIE AND GEAR,
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.
- THAT'S COOL BY ME.
- I KNEW IT WAS A MISTAKE FOR
GEAR TO GET TOO CLOSE TO HER.
- HOW MUCH LESS SENSITIVE
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
THAN SOMEONE LIKE GEAR?
- I AM SENSITIVE ON THE INSIDE,
BUT THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THAT
IN A COMPETITION.
- BUT YOU INTERNALIZE IT,
AND GEAR EXTERNALIZES IT.
- FANTASTIC.
HE'S LOSING.
I'M MAD.
I'M DISAPPOINTED.
HE IS THROWING IT,
AND IT'S KILLING ME TO WATCH IT.
- FIVE,
FOUR, THREE,
TWO,
ONE.
TIME'S UP.
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
NATALIE,
YOU CAN GO FIRST.
- I DECIDED TO CHANGE THE FEEL
OF MY PIECE
TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE SOLEMN.
THEY HAVE
JUST SAID GOOD-BYE,
AND HE'S ON HIS WAY
OFF TO BATTLE.
I ADDED A FEW TEARS
AND PUT THE RED LIPS KISS
ON HIS CHEEK,
BECAUSE SHE JUST SAID
GOOD-BYE.
AND INSTEAD OF THE SUN,
I CHANGED IT
TO A HOLE IN HIS CHEST,
'CAUSE WHEN YOU SAY GOOD-BYE
TO SOMEONE,
IT JUST FEELS LIKE
SOMEBODY JUST, LIKE,
RIPS YOUR CHEST OPEN.
YEAH, TURN AROUND.
AND A SMALL SILHOUETTE
OF HIS WIFE BY HERSELF.
SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.
- THANK YOU.
GEAR.
- [sighs]
I, UH...
[chuckles]
I ADDED THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS,
YOU KNOW, UM--
- AND WHAT ABOUT THE FACE?
- ASIDE FROM, OBVIOUSLY,
ADDING MORE DETAIL,
THAT'S ALL
I FELT LIKE DOING.
- SERIOUSLY, GEAR?
- THAT'S A TOWEL
THROWN INTO THE RING.
- DID HE NOT COME HERE
TO WIN?
- THERE IS NO HONOR FOR ME IN--
IN THIS PAINT OFF.
IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.
THE LAST THING I WANNA DO
IS CHALLENGE A FRIEND.
IT'S NOT THE WAY I FEEL
LIKE I NEED--
- OKAY. OKAY.
LET'S JUST BREAK IT DOWN, OKAY?
- TELL HIM, RUPAUL.
- LET'S JUST BREAK IT DOWN.
- HERE WE GO.
- THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET SPANKED.
- I'M ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BAD OR GOOD
OR RIGHT OR WRONG.
IT'S ABOUT THE COMPETITION.
IT'S THE GAME.
- YOU HAD 30 MINUTES TO MAKE
YOUR PAINTINGS BETTER.
THAT'S A GIFT,
AND I SAID THAT.
- EACH OF THESE SUMO WRESTLERS
COULD TELL YOU
THE EXACT SAME THING.
THERE IS HONOR IN DEFEAT.
THERE IS HONOR IN WINNING.
SO THIS MOPEY ARTIST THING
THAT YOU'RE DOING,
THAT'S VERY CUTE,
BUT THERE'S $100,000 AT STAKE.
YOU HAVE TO BUCK UP
AND BE A WARRIOR.
- ALL OF YOU ARE HONORING
EACH OTHER
BY BRINGING YOUR "A" GAME.
- PREACH.
- BECAUSE YOU'RE HONORING
EACH OTHER'S TALENT.
- THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.
HONOR TO YOURSELF
AND TO YOUR ART
AND TO YOUR TALENT.
DO THAT!
AND, GEAR, YOU KNOW THAT.
AND, LADY SCORPIO OVER HERE,
YOU KNOW IT, TOO.
SO DON'T BE ACTIN' UP IN HERE,
OKAY?
NOW, I CAN--I CAN SIT BACK HERE
AND--AND PLAY ALONG...
- [laughs]
- WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND EVERYBODY BACK HOME
WILL SAY,
"OH, THEY WERE SO SWEET
AND SO LOVELY."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THOSE PEOPLE DON'T WIN
COMPETITIONS.
PLAY THE GAME!
DO YOUR THING!
BE WHO YOU ARE!
THAT'S HONOR.
- WHY DID YOU GUYS SHOW UP HERE
IF YOU WEREN'T WILLING
TO GO FOR BLOOD?
YOU FEEL EMBARRASSED
ABOUT MAKING THE CHOICE
TO BE A WINNER?
A CONQUEROR?
GEAR, I CAN FEEL YOU
BUBBLING UNDER.
I'VE PRIMED YOU.
YOU'RE READY TO TALK.
TALK TO ME.
- [sighs]
I UNDERSTAND
WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM,
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE.
- YEAH.
- WE'RE NOT HERE
TO WASTE YOUR TIME OR MINE.
SO DO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO
AND MAKE A DECISION.
I GET IT. I GET IT, RU.
- OH, I GET IT, TOO.
I REALLY DO.
I LIKE THE CHANGES I MADE
TO MY PIECE.
IT GOT MORE REAL FOR ME.
I TAPPED INTO
THAT DARK SCORPIO SIDE.
IT'S FREAKIN' INTENSE.
I PUNCHED A HOLE
IN MY MODEL'S CHEST
BECAUSE OF THAT INTENSITY.
I GET IT.
- DO YOU WANNA BE HERE?
- YEAH!
I WANNA BE HERE SO BAD.
I'M HERE TO WIN.
THAT $100,000
WOULD CHANGE MY FREAKIN' LIFE.
- GEAR,
DO YOU WANNA BE HERE?
- ABSOLUTELY.
- [sighs]
- WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT,
I WONDER.
- WELL, WHO ARE YOU
GONNA CHOOSE NOW?
- NATALIE DID MORE THAN GEAR,
BUT THE THING IS,
LIKE, WHICH ONE
LOOKS BETTER?
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- SO, JUDGES,
ARE YOU ALL IN AGREEMENT?
- YES.
NATALIE.
WE FELT THAT WITH
THE EXTRA 30 MINUTES,
YOU ELEVATED
YOUR PIECE,
USING YOUR EMOTIONS
AND EXPRESSING
WHAT YOU WERE FEELING.
- THANK YOU.
- GEAR.
YOU DIDN'T USE
THE EXTRA 30 MINUTES
TO ENHANCE YOUR PAINTING,
AND YOU LET YOUR EMOTIONS
GET THE BEST OF YOU.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
AND FOR THAT REASON...
WE WILL SAY GOOD-BYE.
- IT'S OKAY.
- [crying]
- GO GET 'EM, TIGER.
KICK SOME ASS.
- WHOA.
THAT'S SUPER INTENSE.
- CONGRATULATIONS, NATALIE.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU CAN HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- I AM SO GRATEFUL
THAT I HAVE A SECOND CHANCE,
BUT...
[sniffles]
IT'S STILL SAD.
- WHAT IS THAT?
COME ON.
- [crying]
- IT'S OKAY.
- WHAT THE [bleep]?
- I KNOW, HONEY.
- GEAR,
YOUR ARTISTIC ABILITY
HAS ELEVATED EVERYONE
AROUND YOU.
- I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT ELSE
LIES IN STORE FOR YOU.
- YOU'VE GOT IT, KIDDO.
- [imitates guitar riff]
- THIS IS NOT THE END.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING.
- ABSOLUTELY.
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING,
AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL.
- GEAR, PLEASE GO WASH OFF
YOUR CANVAS.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- TONIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN
ANYBODY'S BALL GAME.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
STAY AND PLAY A LITTLE LONGER.
[upbeat music]
I WOULD RATHER HAVE SEEN
MYSELF GO THAN ANY OF THEM GO,
'CAUSE I JUST COULDN'T TAKE
THAT PAIN.
I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT
ANY DIFFERENT.
[upbeat music]
I ABSOLUTELY DID
EVERYTHING I MEANT TO DO.
AND WISH--DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN
OUT HERE AT SKIN WARS.
IT DOESN'T END HERE.
IT ONLY GOES UP FROM HERE.
- NEXT TIME ON SKIN WARS...
NATALIE, SOMETHING'S GOT YOU
EXTRA EXCITED TODAY?
- [sighs]
both: [gasp]
- THEY'RE GIVING US
CONTORTIONISTS.
I'M GONNA USE
CONTORTIONISTS.
- HOW LONG CAN YOUR MODELS STAY
IN THIS POSE?
- 30 MINUTES LEFT.
- I REALLY HAVE TO KNOCK IT
OUT OF THE PARK TODAY.
15 MINUTES LEFT!
- I AM GOING SUPER WEIRD
WITH MY CONCEPT.
- I DID NOT GET THIS AT ALL.
- THIS COULD BE REALLY BAD.
- I HATE THE FACT
THAT YOU BROUGHT IN
THAT ELEMENT.
- TONIGHT,
FOUR BECOMES THREE.