Episodes
1. Return of the Champions
January 13, 2015
40 min
Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches.
2. Monkey Business
January 20, 2015
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.
3. Let the Games Begin
January 27, 2015
40 min
The remaining 14 artists take part in a deadly predator challenge featuring guest judge Josh Hutcherson ("The Hunger Games").
4. Royal Flush
February 3, 2015
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
5. Sounding Off
February 10, 2015
40 min
The artists have to design creatures based on unique sound effects created by sound designer Erik Aadahl.
6. Troll Bridge
February 17, 2015
40 min
The remaining artists and their coaches feel the stress of a challenge where they must create trolls inspired by iconic bridges.
7. Queen Bees
February 24, 2015
40 min
The artists learn that for their challenge, they will be body-painting nude models in the middle of the woods.
8. Dressed To Kill
March 3, 2015
40 min
The artists create their own stylish horror villain inspired by the work of Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed).
9. Miss Intergalactic
March 10, 2015
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.
11. Imaginary Friends
March 24, 2015
40 min
The Artists must make their Imaginary Friends from their childhood as a film character or creature.
13. Full Steam Ahead
April 7, 2015
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.
