Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge
Ten aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they build everything from mechanical characters to whimsical beasts, bringing high-end creature designs to life. The contestants compete for a prize worth up to $100,000 including the opportunity for the job of a lifetime - a contract working at the world-renowned Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™.
Cast
Brian Henson
Himself - Lead Judge
Gigi Edgley
Herself - Host
Beth Hathaway
Herself - Judge
Kirk R. Thatcher
Himself - Judge
Seasons
E1What Lies Beneath
Mar 25, 2014
Brian Henson welcomes 10 talented creature designers to Jim Henson Studios for their first Creature Brief: design and build an original underwater creature for a screen test on the Henson Soundstage.
E2Return of the Skeksis
Apr 1, 2014
The creature designers are given the chance to reimagine the fictional species Skeksis from "The Dark Crystal." Later, their characters appear in a screen test for the original 1982 film.
E3Assembly Inspired
Apr 8, 2014
Unconventional materials from a junkyard are used to create scrap-fantasy creatures that are trapped inside a hanging cage.
E4Heads Up!
Apr 15, 2014
A humor-filled challenge requires the designers to create mounted creature heads that magically come to life under the spell of a wizard played by Donald Faison.
E5Life in Motion
Apr 22, 2014
An appearance by Lady Gaga's unicorn inspires the creature designers to create a larger-than-life creation with realistic movement, performed on a blacklight soundstage.
E6Swamp Things
Apr 29, 2014
The designers make camouflaged creatures hiding in plain sight for a mystical swamp-theme challenge. Neville Page ("Face Off") serves as guest judge.
E7Alien Press Conference
May 6, 2014
Gigi brings her "Farscape" costar Rygel to the workshop to offer inspiration when the creature designers are given the task to build original alien species attending an intergalactic press conference. Director Barry Sonnenfeld is the guest judge.
E8Tavern at the Crossroads
May 13, 2014
The final three receive help from contestants who were previously eliminated as they face their toughest challenge, which is to design, build and perform a full-body mystical creature, complete with props and special effects, for the chance to win a job at Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Videos
Storyline
Ten aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they build everything from mechanical characters to whimsical beasts, bringing high-end creature designs to life. The contestants compete for a prize worth up to $100,000 including the opportunity for the job of a lifetime - a contract working at the world-renowned Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™.
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