Season 5

Season 5 of the Syfy reality television series Face Off premiered on August 13, 2013 and ended on November 5, 2013.

The 13-episode season featured 16 special effects makeup artists competing in a series of challenges for the chance to win $100,000, a VIP trip from Kryolan to one of their 85 locations, and a 2013 Fiat 500.

Laura Tyler was the winner of season 5, and the runner-ups were Tate Steinsiek and Roy Wooley.

Veterans

 * Tate Steinsiek, 35 - Brooklyn, New York (Season 1; Co-Runner Up)
 * Frank Ippolito, 35 - Burbank, California (Season 1; 10th)
 * Robert "RJ" Haddy, 37 - Charleston, West Virginia (Season 2; Co-Runner Up)
 * Miranda Jory, 23 - Los Angeles, California (Season 2; 12th)
 * Laura Tyler, 28 - Orlando, Florida (Season 3; Co-Runner Up)
 * Roy Wooley, 47 - Tucker, Georgia (Season 3; 4th)
 * Alana Rose Schiro, 22 - Hollywood, California (Season 3; 6th)
 * Eric Zapata, 23 - Austin, Texas (Season 4; 6th)

Newcomers

 * Adolfo Barreto Rivera, 32 - Las Vegas, Nevada
 * Eddie Holecko, 20 - Savannah, Georgia
 * Alaina 'Laney' Parkhurst, 24 - Hollywood, California
 * Lyma Millot, 33 - El Paso, Texas
 * Rick Prince, 38 - Nashville, Tennessee
 * Samantha "Sam" Allen, 27 - Bayville, New Jersey
 * Scott Ramp, 52 - Pasadena, California
 * Steve Tolin, 33 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Episodes
Additional: "Top 20 Countdown: Judges' Favorites" - November 12, 2013
 * 1) "Going for Gold" - August 13, 2013
 * 2) "Future Frankenstein" - August 20, 2013
 * 3) "Gettin' Goosed" - August 27, 2013
 * 4) "Subterranean Terror" - September 3, 2013
 * 5) "Mother Earth Goddess" - September 10, 2013
 * 6) "Trick or Treat" - September 17, 2013
 * 7) "Living Art" - September 24, 2013
 * 8) "Cosmic Circus" - October 1, 2013
 * 9) "Mortal Sins" - October 8, 2013
 * 10) "The Laughing Dead" - October 15, 2013
 * 11) "Dark Magic" - October 22, 2013
 * 12) "Flights of Fantasy" - October 29, 2013
 * 13) "Swan Song" - November 5, 2013

Judges

 * Ve Neill
 * Glenn Hetrick
 * Neville Page
 * Michael Westmore (Mentor)
 * McKenzie Westmore (Host)

Trivia

 * This is the first season to feature the return of eight prior contestants competing against eight new contestants.
 * This is the second season where a contestant voluntarily left the competition (Alaina 'Laney' Parkhurst), with the first being Season 3.
 * A rule violation occurred and is noted during the end credits of episode 5 - details are unknown.