Air date: 2015-01-13

Runtime: 40 min

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

Air date: 2015-01-20

Runtime: 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.

Air date: 2015-01-27

Runtime: 40 min

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

Air date: 2015-02-03

Runtime: 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

Air date: 2015-02-10

Runtime: 40 min

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

Air date: 2015-02-17

Runtime: 40 min

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

Air date: 2015-02-24

Runtime: 40 min

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

Air date: 2015-03-03

Runtime: 40 min

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

Air date: 2015-03-10

Runtime: 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.

Air date: 2015-03-17

Runtime: 40 min

Air date: 2015-03-24

Runtime: 40 min

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

Air date: 2015-03-31

Runtime: 40 min

The artists must create serial killer doll characters

Air date: 2015-04-07

Runtime: 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.

Air date: 2015-04-14

Runtime: 40 min

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.