The sign on the entrance to Stage 7 at Hollywood’s Sunset
Gower Studios reads “Closed Set – No Photography”. Filming of the third season
of The Game Show Network’s popular SkinWars body painting contest is underway and the identity and progress of the
contestants is a closely guarded secret until the ten episodes are screened. All
the contestants are sequestered away during the six-week shoot without access
to the potential distractions of cell phones and television until they are
either eliminated or master the creative challenges to claim the $100,000 prize
money.
Robin
Slonina, Las Vegas-based artist and owner of Skin City Body Painting, has been
a producer and judge for each Skin Wars
series. She laughs, “We call it body paint boot camp, but we look after our
contestants. They stay together in a house with a pool, barbeque and pool table,
and the current group have been entertaining themselves by choreographing and
performing song and dance routines.”
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Taking a break from
filming, Slonina and fellow expert body painting judge, New Orleans-based artist
Craig Tracy describe what they will be looking for in the winning contestant.
“Our three main criteria are creativity, technique and the execution of the
challenge, and the artists must be able to work under pressure. It’s anyone’s
game right up to the last challenge. A contestant could be winning the whole
time, then make one mistake and they’re out”.
Transformation
icon Ru Paul completes the judging trio and X-Men
star Rebecca Romijn hosts. Skin Wars
season three is scheduled to screen early 2016.
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