8x1 - Return of the Champions

January 13, 2015

Season 8 begins with three returning champions joining the competition as coaches.

8x2 - Monkey Business

January 20, 2015

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.

8x3 - Let the Games Begin

January 27, 2015

The remaining 14 artists take part in a deadly predator challenge featuring guest judge Josh Hutcherson ("The Hunger Games").

8x4 - Royal Flush

February 3, 2015

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

8x5 - Sounding Off

February 10, 2015

The artists have to design creatures based on unique sound effects created by sound designer Erik Aadahl.

8x6 - Troll Bridge

February 17, 2015

The remaining artists and their coaches feel the stress of a challenge where they must create trolls inspired by iconic bridges.

8x7 - Queen Bees

February 24, 2015

The artists learn that for their challenge, they will be body-painting nude models in the middle of the woods.

8x8 - Dressed To Kill

March 3, 2015

The artists create their own stylish horror villain inspired by the work of Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed).

8x9 - Miss Intergalactic

March 10, 2015

The contestants must take inspiration from the planets in the solar system to create alien queens who compete in a intergalactic beauty pageant.

8x10 - Super Selfies

March 17, 2015

8x11 - Imaginary Friends

March 24, 2015

The Artists must make their Imaginary Friends from their childhood as a film character or creature.

8x12 - Deadly Dolls

March 31, 2015

The artists must create serial killer doll characters

8x14 - The Dream Team

April 14, 2015

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.