Cosplay Melee is a Syfy channel reality television show executive produced by Jay Peterson and Todd Lubin, which was announced in February 2017 and premiered its first season of six episodes on March 21, 2017. The series is hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown, and follows cosplayers as they put their skills to the test. Cosplay Melee is Syfy's second cosplay-competition series, after the two-season series Heroes of Cosplay in 2013.
Premise The series is hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown, and follows four cosplayers each week as they put their skills to the test as they create innovative cosplays, having to not only create the costume, but also act the part of the character for a realistic performance. Guiding and critiquing the contestants are international cosplayer LeeAnna Vamp, and Christian Beckman, the costume creator for The Hunger Games and Tron: Legacy. At the end of every episode each week, the winner of that particular competition is awarded with $10,000.
Contestants In each episode, there are two rounds. The first requires the contestants to make a small test piece, and one is eliminated and one receives a bonus for the second round, where they create their full characters, and a contestant is selected as the winner of the episode.
# Name Occupation Cosplay source Result 1 Alicia Bellamy Costume Designer Chronicles of Riddick Xavier Conley Chef and Prop Builder Star Wars Grace Herbert Police Officer Guardians of the Galaxy Fred Reed Miniatures Painter Star Trek 2 Edgar Mayoral Blacksmith Jennifer Rose Professional cosplayer Baratheon Emily Schmidt Assisted living activities director Wildling Ruth Stetson Professional cosplayer White Walker 3 Garrick Backer Professional cosplayer Demon Marty LeGrow Children's entertainer Angel Lisa Rosenberg Professional cosplayer Demon Jesseca Thaxton Fashion designer Angel 4 Joshua Brown Professional cosplayer Fallout Caitlyn Culpepper Small boutique Overwatch Becka Noel Costume designer Star Trek Online Steven Smith Prop maker Destiny 5 Aaron Bowholtz Tattoo artist Ancient Egypt Tuwanda Chandler Seamstress Peace, love, positivity James Fipps Graphic designer Vigilante guardian Dhareza Maramis Creative director Military, cats 6 Paul Esquer Prop maker .hack Jacqueline Goehner Professional cosplayer Record of Lodoss War Meesha LeDoux Veterinarian assistant Monster Girl series Jessie Pridemore Professional seamstress Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
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Production The series was announced in February 2017 by Heather Olander, the senior Vice President of Syfy.
Christian Beckman, a judge on the series, has done costume work for Tron: Legacy, The Hunger Games, The Last Airbender, Star Trek, Where the Wild Things Are, War of the Worlds and I Am Legend, as well as having been part of the team that created the mechanical arms for Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2.
Broadcast Cosplay Melee premiered its first season of six episodes in the U.S. on March 21, 2017, at 10/9c on Syfy. The series premiered on June 13, 2017, in Canada on Space.
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