Ink Master (season 1)

Ink Master (season 2)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 8
Release
Original network Spike
Original release

January 12 (2012-01-12) – March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)

Additional information
Host(s) Dave Navarro
Judges Oliver Peck
Chris Núñez
No. of contestants 10
Winner Shane O'Neill
Season chronology

The first season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master debuted on Spike on January 17, 2012 and concluded on March 6, 2012 with a total of 8 episodes. The show follows the lives of ten tattoo artists competing against each other in an elimination-style competition leaving the last person standing with the title of Ink Master and a $100,000 grand prize. The show is hosted and judged by Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro. Other judges include former Miami Ink cast member Chris Núñez, and accomplished tattoo artist Oliver Peck. The winner was Shane O'Neill of Middletown, Delaware.

Second Runner-Up James Vaughn returned to the show for Ink Master Revenge. He was the last veteran artist to come to the competition, arriving in episode 8. He was then eliminated in episode 12, right before the season finale.

Judges

Guest judges

Contestants and Progress

Flash Challenge Progress

Episode Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Most wins
Flash Challenge
Winner		 Josh Bili Al Josh Shane Tommy Shane Josh
Shane
2 wins

Elimination Challenge Progress

Artist Name [1] Age Hometown 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Shane O'Neill 39 Middletown, Delaware HIGH IN WIN HIGH IN WIN WIN INK MASTER
Tommy Helm 38 Brentwood, New York WIN IN IN IN IN LOW HIGH RUNNER UP
James Vaughn 38 Asheboro, North Carolina IN WIN IN IN HIGH LOW LOW 3RD PLACE
Josh Woods 30 Nashville, Tennessee IN IN LOW LOW WIN HIGH OUT
Léa Vendetta 40 Boca Raton, Florida IN LOW HIGH WIN LOW OUT
Bili Vegas 29 New York, New York IN IN LOW LOW OUT
Heather Sinn 41 Los Angeles, California IN IN IN OUT
Al Fliction 42 Brooklyn, New York IN LOW OUT
Jeremy Miller 27 Austin, Texas LOW OUT
Brian "B-TAT" Robinson 30 East Orange, New Jersey OUT

Credit Order: Shane, Al, Léa, James, B-TAT, Josh, Tommy, Jeremy, Heather, Bili

<span style="background-color:white "legend"; color:; border:1px solid darkgray; text-align:center;">    Legend
 INKMASTER  The contestant won the competition and was named Ink Master.
 RUNNER UP  The contestant was the runner-up on Ink Master.
 3RD PLACE  The contestant was 3rd place on Ink Master.
 WIN  The contestant won best tattoo of the week.
 HIGH  The contestant was given an honorable mention in the judges recall.
 HIGH  The contestant was considered to be among the top.
 LOW  The contestant was among the bottom group in the judges recall.
 OUT  The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
 OUT  The contestant won the flash challenge but was eliminated from the competition.

Episodes

Episode 1: Fresh Meat

First aired January 17, 2012

Episode 2: Botched Head Tattoo

"First aired January 24, 2012"

Episode 3: Pasties and a Camel Toe

First aired January 31, 2012

Episode 4: Ink Disaster Piece

First aired February 7, 2012

Episode 5: Game On

First aired February 14, 2012

Episode 6: Permanent Mistakes

First aired February 21, 2012

Episode 7: Picture Imperfect

First aired February 28, 2012

Episode 8: Ink Master Revealed

First aired March 6, 2012

The final three compete in an 18-hour tattoo marathon. The winner of Ink Master is revealed.

Chris Nuñez stated that Tommy Helm's pin-up girl was the best tattoo all season. Tommy chose a pin-up to show the panel he was capable of doing a gorgeous pin-up with perfect hands and a perfect face. Oliver Peck also mentioned that he felt that Tommy's 12-hour tattoo of a grim reaper was his most "bad ass" tattoo.

Spinoffs

References

  1. ↑ Ink Master (7 December 2011). "Ink Master To Premiere Tuesday, January 17 On Spike". Spike. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Spike. "Tattoo Nightmares: Bios - Tommy Helm". Spike. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
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