Episode 1
Return of the Champions
2015-01-13 • 40 min
Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches.
TV season
2015-01-13
The theme this season is "Return of the Champions". Three former winners Season 2 - Rayce Bird, Season 4 - Anthony Kosar, and Season 5 - Laura Tyler will guide teams of five to victory.
Episode 1
2015-01-13 • 40 min
Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches.
Episode 2
2015-01-20 • 40 min
Oscar winner Rick Baker is the guest judge for the first Spotlight Challenge, which finds the artists working in teams to create two original alien characters, plus a primate leader.
Episode 3
2015-01-27 • 40 min
The remaining 14 artists take part in a deadly predator challenge featuring guest judge Josh Hutcherson ("The Hunger Games").
Episode 4
2015-02-03 • 40 min
The thirteen remaining artists must make playing cards come to life in the whimsical style of Tim Burton for their first individual Spotlight Challenge of the competition
Episode 5
2015-02-10 • 40 min
The artists have to design creatures based on unique sound effects created by sound designer Erik Aadahl.
Episode 6
2015-02-17 • 40 min
The remaining artists and their coaches feel the stress of a challenge where they must create trolls inspired by iconic bridges.
Episode 7
2015-02-24 • 40 min
The artists learn that for their challenge, they will be body-painting nude models in the middle of the woods.
Episode 8
2015-03-03 • 40 min
The artists create their own stylish horror villain inspired by the work of Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed).
Episode 9
2015-03-10 • 40 min
The contestants must take inspiration from the planets in the solar system to create alien queens who compete in a intergalactic beauty pageant.
Episode 10
2015-03-17 • 40 min
Episode 11
2015-03-24 • 40 min
The Artists must make their Imaginary Friends from their childhood as a film character or creature.
Episode 12
2015-03-31 • 40 min
The artists must create serial killer doll characters
Episode 13
2015-04-07 • 40 min
The artists must create western steampunk cyborgs, in order to make it into the finals at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Episode 14
2015-04-14 • 40 min
The final three artists must each create four original characters worthy of starring in their own film franchise, at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam.