American reality television show
Cosplay Melee
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Genre
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Judges
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 1
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No.
of episodes
| 6
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list of episodes
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Executive producers
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Running time
| 42 minutes
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Production company
| Matador Content
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Network
| Syfy
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Release
| March 21
(
2017-03-21
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April 25, 2017
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2017-04-25
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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
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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.
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Contestants
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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.
Episodes
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Production
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The series was announced in February 2017 by Heather Olander, the senior Vice President of
Syfy
.
[1]
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
.
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Broadcast
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Cosplay Melee
premiered its first season of six episodes in the U.S. on March 21, 2017 at 10/9c on
Syfy
.
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The series premiered on June 13, 2017 in Canada on
Space
.
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References
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b
c
"Cosplayers Put Their Skills to the Test in Syfy's Newest Competition Series, "Cosplay Melee"
"
.
The Futon Critic
. February 16, 2017
. Retrieved
March 23,
2017
.
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"Episode 1: Contestants Personal Portfolios"
.
Syfy
. Accessing archiving of the slides requires scrolling to "Next" and clicking through individual slides.
Archived
from the original on March 26, 2017
. Retrieved
March 26,
2017
.
- ^
"Episode 2: Contestants Personal Portfolios"
.
Syfy
. Accessing archiving of the slides requires scrolling to "Next" and clicking through individual slides. Archived from
the original
on March 30, 2017
. Retrieved
March 30,
2017
.
- ^
"Episode 3: Contestants Personal Portfolios"
.
Syfy
. Accessing archiving of the slides requires scrolling to "Next" and clicking through individual slides. Archived from
the original
on April 9, 2017
. Retrieved
April 8,
2017
.
- ^
"Episode 4: Contestants Personal Portfolios"
.
Syfy
. Accessing archiving of the slides requires scrolling to "Next" and clicking through individual slides. Archived from
the original
on April 13, 2017
. Retrieved
April 13,
2017
.
- ^
"Episode 5: Contestants Personal Portfolios"
.
Syfy
. Accessing archiving of the slides requires scrolling to "Next" and clicking through individual slides. Archived from
the original
on April 20, 2017
. Retrieved
April 20,
2017
.
- ^
"Episode 6: Contestants Personal Portfolios"
.
Syfy
. Accessing archiving of the slides requires scrolling to "Next" and clicking through individual slides. Archived from
the original
on May 23, 2017
. Retrieved
April 27,
2017
.
- ^
Metcalf, Mitch (March 22, 2017).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.21.2017"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on March 22, 2017
. Retrieved
March 22,
2017
.
- ^
Metcalf, Mitch (March 29, 2017).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.28.2017"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on March 29, 2017
. Retrieved
March 29,
2017
.
- ^
Metcalf, Mitch (April 5, 2017).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.4.2017"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on April 5, 2017
. Retrieved
April 5,
2017
.
- ^
Metcalf, Mitch (April 12, 2017).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.11.2017"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on April 12, 2017
. Retrieved
April 12,
2017
.
- ^
Metcalf, Mitch (April 19, 2017).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.18.2017"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on April 19, 2017
. Retrieved
April 19,
2017
.
- ^
Metcalf, Mitch (April 26, 2017).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.25.2017"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on April 26, 2017
. Retrieved
April 26,
2017
.
- ^
Rosenfeld, Laura (March 22, 2017).
"Who Is Christian Beckman? The 'Cosplay Melee' Judge Has Made His Mark On Hollywood"
.
Bustle
. Retrieved
March 23,
2017
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"Shows A-Z - cosplay melee on syfy"
.
The Futon Critic
. Retrieved
April 20,
2017
.
- ^
"CTV Sci-Fi Channel"
.
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