| Season Number: | 2 |
| Network: | Syfy |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| Prev Season: | Season 1 |
| Next Season: | Season 3 |
| Episode List: | List of Face Off episodes |
The second season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off premiered on January 11, 2012 and ended on March 14, 2012. The season featured 14 prosthetic makeup artists competing in a series of challenges to create makeup effects.[1] [2] The winner of this season, Rayce Bird of Shelley, Idaho, received cash, worth of makeup from Alcone, and the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid.
The season 2 premiere episode posted the best ratings performance for any Syfy original series since November 2009.[3]
| Name | Age | Hometown | Place finished | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Lightner | 35 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 14th | |
| Nicholas "Nix" Herrera | 31 | Orlando, Florida | 13th | |
| Miranda Jory | 21 | Seattle, Washington | 12th | |
| Brea Joseph | 32 | San Diego, California | 11th | |
| Athena Zhe | 25 | New York City, New York | 10th | |
| Heather Henry | 33 | Dallas, Texas | 9th | |
| Tara Lang | 27 | Littleton, Colorado | 8th | |
| Jerry Macaluso | 43 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 7th | |
| Beki Ingram | 30 | Hibbing, Minnesota | 6th | |
| Sue Lee | 26 | New York City, New York | 5th/4th | |
| Matt Valentine | 33 | Austin, Texas | 5th/4th | |
| Robert "RJ" Haddy | 36 | Charleston, West Virginia | Runner-Up | |
| Ian Cromer | 22 | Tampa, Florida | Runner-up | |
| Rayce Bird | 29 | Shelley, Idaho | Winner |
Guest judges for the season include Asher Roth,[4] Tom Savini,[5] Catherine O'Hara, Sam Huntington, Vivica A. Fox and LeVar Burton.[6]
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Rayce | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN‡ | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WINNER |
| Ian | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | LOW | IN | |
| RJ | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | RUNNER-UP |
| Matt | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | |
| Sue | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | OUT | |
| Beki | HIGH | IN | HIGH‡ | HIGH | LOW‡ | LOW | IN | OUT | ||
| Jerry | IN‡ | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||
| Tara | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | |||
| Heather | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||
| Athena | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||
| Brea | WIN | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||
| Miranda | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||||
| Nix | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| Greg | OUT | |||||||||
The contestant won Face Off.
The contestant was a runner-up.
The contestant won a Spotlight Challenge.
The contestant was part of a team that won the Spotlight Challenge.
The contestant was in the top in the Spotlight Challenge.
The contestant was declared one of the best in the Spotlight Challenge but was not in the running for the win.
The contestant was in the bottom in the Spotlight Challenge.
The contestant was a teammate of the eliminated contestant in the Spotlight Challenge.
The contestant was eliminated.
‡ The contestant won the Foundation Challenge.
See also: List of Face Off episodes.
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) | 18-49 Rating |
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