Face Off

We are live from Los Angeles on Halloween.

SyFy's biggest night of the year.

Tonight for the first time in "Face Off" history, your votes

will crown our champion.

It's a night filled with exclusive behind-the-scenes

footage and never-before-seen moments.

Plus, a sneak peek at what's in store for next season.

The live season finale of "Face Off" starts now!

- 11 weeks ago on the biggest season of "Face Off"-- - I'm freaking out.

This is stunning.

The challenges were bigger and bolder.

Took my breath away.

The competition was fierce.

My mold just starts cracking.

Fuck. It's a disaster.

There is a lot of blood.

I'm bleeding like a maniac.

You are incredibly ambitious and the huge risk really paid off.

I don't know what to say.

I love it.

- The design is vey exquisite. - And now just three remain-- Derek--

I definitely want to win this.

Laura.

I will try to knock it out of the park.

Nicole.

I just want to win this.

Really bad. Really, really bad.

But only one will win.

Good evening, everybody, and happy Halloween.

I'm McKenzie Westmore.

Welcome to SyFy's biggest night of the year and the first ever live "Face Off" season finale.

Oh, yeah.

Last night, you witnessed an incredible stunt routine

featuring witches and demons created by our three finalists.

Then we asked you to determine the winner.

You rocked.

Well over a million votes.

Tonight, a brand new "Face Off"

champion will be crowned.

Plus, the cast and judges will be answering your questions

throughout the evening.

Joining us tonight is our expert panel of judges-- owner of

Optic Nerve Makeup Effects Studio, Glenn Hetrick.

Creature and concept designer Neville Page.

Production designer and director Patrick Tatopoulos.

Thank you so much for being here tonight.

Thanks for joining us.

As you can see, we are missing a familiar face on our panel here.

Our three-time Oscar-winning makeup artist Ve Neill, she is currently on set

for The Hunger Games sequel "Catching Fire" but she sent a

message to our finalists which we'll show you later in the show.

Now... let's say hi to the cast for the season.

Hey, guys.

I have some questions for you.

Before we do that let's bring out our finalists.

First up, from Florida, we have Laura.

You look beautiful!

Next up from Miami, Florida, we have Derek.

And finally from Sacramento, California, we have Nicole.

All right.

So there is a huge grand prize package on the line here tonight

for one of these three very talented artists.

The opportunity to become a guest lecturer at Makeup Forever's

academies at New York and Paris, the 2012 Toyota Prius V, and

$100,000.

It's great to see you guys again.

Nice to see you as regular human beings.

We're like on a stage here.

I heard that you have all been up to some amazing things,

really working hard since we wrapped up.

Jason, I hear you have a new gig.

What's going on?

I do. I work at "Saturday Night Live."

I have been assisting in the shop.

It's been awesome.

It was a nice transition to go from this crazy show to another

crazy show.

Just the wealth of knowledge there.

They have so much experience.

It's awesome to work there.

I'm sure this was a great training ground to head over there.

Same turn around.

Two days and the show.

That's fantastic. I love "SNL".

Tommy, what's going on with you?

"Face off" hasn't ended for me.

I hit the ground running, packed up the car in Ohio and me and my

girlfriend took the long drive to California, moved out here.

Welcome to LA.

Thank you.

Just to pursue my career as a makeup artist, special effects artist.

As soon as I landed I was welcomed by the "Face Off"

family from the previous cast.

Here we go! I love that picture!

They have been helping me out.

They have been showing me how to handle the new life I have

and how to be more professional.

I live with Gage from season 1 and Greg from season 2.

- It's like some Face Off's fart house there. - It's like that every week.

We all watch the episodes together and take care of each other.

We're like a family.

Very cool.

I couldn't have done it without them.

That's awesome.

Rod.

Yeah?

My heart went out to you through the season with your wrist.

How are you doing?

The wrist is much better.

I have to thank the viewers that have written in and asked.

It's much, much better.

I had great physical therapy on it.

It's stronger.

Now I can sculpt and do everything I need to do.

Thank God.

CC, I hear you have a new business venture.

Tell us about it.

I got a great opportunity to start my own makeup brush line.

It's been really amazing.

You can see there.

Check them out and find them online.

Go, CC!

Congratulations.

You'll hook me up with some, right?

Of course!

It's great to hear how well you're doing.

You all did amazing makeups and creations this season.

What we didn't always get to see is what you thought of each

other's makeups.

Let's take a look.

- The winner of this challenge is-- - The first spotlight challenge

and we're doing "Star Wars."

All of us start freaking out.

Rod and Roy's was unlike any other makeup.

Really, really cool.

Awesome!

I have never seen anything like that before.

The sheer concept is unbelievable.

Thank you.

I'm extremely impressed.

Oh!

We have to do it.

I love her.

I knew you were going to kill it.

I'm in love with Sarah's.

I want to rock the sea urchin dress.

It's perfect.

Oh, God.

They love my ooze trick.

I'm happy I did it.

That is great.

Awesome!

I'm looking at Tommy and Derek's makeup.

They nailed it.

What they incorporated, if you look at the detail work, it

is phenomenal.

One of the strongest collaborations I have seen on the show.

Thanks.

I'm pretty thrilled with this thing.

Laura, I look at her sculpt and it's incredible.

I'm happy with it.

She's going with a longer chin and it's really, really creepy.

The tubing around the head so it bleeds from the eyes, it's a

sick, solid design.

Can you stick your tongue out of the mouth hole?

Ooh!

Welcome to the junkward.

I like this one.

Nicole, you suck.

That's amazing.

She had a really elegant cyborg princess thing.

It's the coolest thing I have ever done.

You could put her in front of a camera right now.

Your final spotlight challenge.

We have to do good witch and demon.

This is a toughy tonight, guys.

We like them all.

It's a difficult decision.

I'm glad we don't have to make it tonight.

Okay.

Well, you guys have been sending us great questions about this

season's makeups and challenges.

We're going to answer some of them throughout tonight's show.

If you have a question for us, post it on Twitter now using

Let's get started.

The first question is for Sarah.

What was your favorite challenge this season?

I loved the pirate.

But I think my favorite challenge was probably the kid challenge.

It was really fun to work with the kids.

They have such creativity and haven't learned to hold back yet.

It's inspiring to work with them.

Kind of like working with a client-- that's a lot younger.

A 7-year-old client.

Yes.

It was fun.

That was my favorite, too.

I loved that with the kids.

Derek, what was your favorite?

Definitely the dragon challenge was one of my favorites.