| Season Number: | 3 | ||||||
| Bgcolour: | lavender | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 10 | ||||||
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| Prev Season: | Season 2 |
Shear Genius 3 is the third season of Bravo's Shear Genius. This season is hosted by Camila Alves, who took over hosting duties from Jaclyn Smith.
| Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Giacomo Forbes | 43 | Austin, TX |
| Matthew Morris | 38 | Denver, CO |
| April Barton | 42 | New York, NY |
| Adee Phelan | 36 | London, England |
| Jon Steinick | 38 | Nashville, TN |
| Faatemah Ampey | 36 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Brig Van Osten | 33 | Simi Valley, CA |
| Brian Buterbaugh | 37 | New York, NY |
| Amy Michleb | 25 | Toronto, Canada |
| Janine Jarman | 28 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Arzo Nazamy | 35 | San Francisco, CA |
| Joey Scandizzo | 29 | Melbourne, Australia |
| +Elimination Challenges | Shortcut Winner | Amy | Matthew | Matthew | Brian | Janine | Janine | Janine | Jon | Matthew | None |
| Stylists | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brig | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | WIN | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | WINNER | Shear Genius |
| Janine | WIN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | LOW | CUT | Cut: Finale Runner-Up |
| Matthew | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | WIN | HIGH | CUT | Cut: Finale 2nd-Runner Up |
| Jon | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | CUT | Cut: Bring It On, Bitches | |
| Brian | IN | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | CUT | Cut: Hotter Than a Gay Bar on Fire | |||
| April | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | LOW | CUT | Cut: It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Annoying | ||||
| Amy | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | CUT | Cut: For The First Time I'm Scared To Death | |||||
| Adee | LOW | IN | LOW | CUT | Cut: I'm Borderline Pissed Off About That Hair | ||||||
| Faatemah | IN | IN | CUT | Cut: The Spiral of My Emotion | |||||||
| Arzo | IN | CUT | Cut: I'm Totally Stealing Your Model | ||||||||
| Giacomo | IN | QUIT | Quit: I'm Totally Stealing Your Model | ||||||||
| Joey | CUT | Cut: A Risque Runway |
(WINNER) The stylist won the series and was crowned Shear Genius.
(WIN) The stylist won that episode's Elimination Challenge.
(HIGH) The stylist was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
(LOW) The stylist was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.
(LOW) The stylist was in the bottom two for the Elimination Challenge.
(CUT) The stylist lost this week's Elimination Challenge and was out of the competition.
(IN) The stylist neither won nor lost that week's Elimination Challenge.
First Aired: February 3, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: Give clients with punk rock hairstyles a new and sophisticated look
Elimination Challenge: Design a hairstyle that covers a models bare breasts for a swimsuit runway show
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Monica Wise
First Aired: February 10, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: To bring a client's stained "dead" hair back to life via color.
Elimination Challenge: The contestants had to make a hairstyle inspired by an entrée.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin
First Aired: February 17, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: Design a hairstyle for men using extensions.
Elimination Challenge: The contestants had to make a hairstyle for a romance novel cover. They worked in teams of two with one stylist forced to work solo.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Ken Paves
First Aired: February 24, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: Design a hairstyle featuring a variety of flowers.
Elimination Challenge: Style the hair of 8 bridesmaids for an Indian wedding.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Tabatha Coffey
First Aired: March 3, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: Use dry hair cutting technique on curly hair.
Elimination Challenge: Design 1940's hairstyles using pin curls and finger waves.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Robert Vetica
First Aired: March 10, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: Interpret geometric shapes into angular hairstyles on Asian clients.
Elimination Challenge: Create two different headshot looks on working actresses.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Kevin Mancuso
First Aired: March 17, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: Style African American hair from high school style to a sophisticated look.
Elimination Challenge: Style hair for a runway hosted by Estelle.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Estelle
First Aired: March 24, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: Competitors choose tools, styles and inspiration for each other.
Elimination Challenge: Make a classic, modern, Hollywood look.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Linda Wells
Brig and Jon were bottom two, and each dictated the reasons why each should stay. It was then revealed that no one would be eliminated.
First Aired: March 31, 2010
Short Cut Challenge: Style their first celebrity client.
Elimination Challenge: Develop two different looks for two different models.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Oribe
First Aired: April 7, 2010
Final Challenge: Each of the final three contestants must style six models for a fashion show.
Judges: Camila Alves, Kim Vo, Jonathan Antin, Linda Wells