The Face Season 1 is the first season of a British reality television modeling competition series, based upon the American version with the same format. This series follows three supermodel coaches, Caroline Winberg, Erin O'Connor, and Naomi Campbell as they compete with each other to find 'the face' of Max Factor, one of the leading beauty retailers in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on 30 September 2013, on Sky Living.
Aspiring contestants for the show had to pre-register themselves online and were encouraged to attend open casting calls or send in a video and application. The show required all contestants to be 18 years old and over at the time of auditioning in order to be eligible for the program. Contestants from any country around the world could apply, as long as they had all the required documentation in order to remain in the United Kingdom for the duration of the series. Those with experience as a model must not have been in any national campaign within the last five years.
(ages stated are at start of filming)
First aired 30 September 2013
Model mentors Caroline Winberg, Erin O'Connor, and Naomi Campbell size up the competition. After a series of challenges, the supermodels select the teams that they believe will lead them to victory. The winner of the competition will become the newest face of Max Factor.
First aired 7 October 2013
The final twelve models move into their new loft, and the girls are later tested in a posing challenge overseen by Naomi Campbell. For the final hurdle, they must pose with their teammates in a shoot photographed by Ellen von Unwerth for i-D magazine. The losing teams must each send one of their members up for elimination, and after one of her models is eliminated from the competition, one of the coaches promises that she will get even.
First aired 14 October 2013
The mentors put their models to the test with a catwalk challenge in which they must wear strange and outlandish headpieces. One model is reprimanded due to her overly theatrical performance. Later that week, each team battles to win the campaign that will keep them out of the elimination room: a runway show for TheOutnet.com. The mentors of the losing teams must once again nominate one of their members to be eliminated, and another hopeful is axed from the competition.
First aired 21 October 2013
For the master class, the models are challenged to deliver dynamic poses whilst jumping in the air. Each team must once again fight to ensure safety for all of their members in a Marks & Spencer shoot in lingerie. Guest judge Rosie Huntington-Whiteley decides who the winner of the campaign will be. After elimination, one of the mentors lashes out at her models for having allowed their bickering to cost them a team member.
First aired 28 October 2013
Erin O'Connor puts each girl's acting skills to the test during the master class. For the campaign, each mentor must style the girls in an advert for luxury car brand Maserati. Team Caroline's winning streak is finally broken by team Naomi after Emma and Racquel manage to set aside their differences to regain their team morale. During elimination, Caroline and Erin must leave the fate of one of their models in the hands of Naomi Campbell.
First aired 4 November 2013
The remaining models are challenged to put together an outfit in four minutes. The campaign requires them to take part in an interview conducted by Gordon Smart, journalist and editor of The Sun's celebrity column Bizarre. They are later sent to Harvey Nichols in London where they must choose outfits to wear at a red carpet event. The winner of the task is chosen by the interviewers based on their ability to answer tricky questions.
First aired 11 November 2013
It's off to France as the competition makes its way to Paris for a Longchamp campaign, where one of the hopefuls is sent home sooner than expected. After the campaign, one of the models secures her safety for another week. Back in Britain, all three of the mentors must each choose one girl who will move on to the finale.
First aired 18 November 2013