Random Best Seasons of 'Ink Master' (14 items)

• 

  (#1) Ink Master - Season 4

  The fourth season of Ink Master premiered on February 25, 2014 and contains 13 episodes. This season presents such challenges as tattooing bugs and doing zombie-themed tattoos.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Tatt Ganged," "Artist Slaughter," and "Ink Master Explosion." 
  
  Memorable moments from Season 4 include:

  • One artist goes to the emergency room.
  • One human canvas passes out during a session.
  • One artist is accused of plagiarism.

  Winner: Scott Marshall
• 

  (#2) Ink Master - Season 8

  The eighth season of Ink Master premiered on August 23, 2016 and contains 16 episodes. This season presents such challenges as a tattoo marathon, tattooing armor, and creating tattoos from viewer assignments.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Sparks Fly," "Bent Out of Shape," and "No One is Safe."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 8 include:

  • Sketchylawyer walks out.
  • The artists create tattoos to cover up old scars.
  • The teams tattoo the palms of the hand.

  Winner: Ryan Ashley Malarkey
• 

  (#3) Ink Master - Season 7

  The seventh season of Ink Master premiered on March 1, 2016 and contains 13 episodes. This season presents such challenges as creating shadows, tattooing fingerprints, and forehead designs.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Sink or Soar," "Turning the Tables," and "Revenge Live."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 7 include:

  • Returning artists join the competition.
  • The artists visit Coney Island Freak Show.
  • The artists must tattoo a black & gray portrait of a political figure.

  Winner: Anthony Michaels
• 

  (#4) Ink Master - Season 3

  The third season of Ink Master premiered on July 16, 2013 and contains 13 episodes. This season presents such challenges as artists assembling their own tattoo machines and a Day of the Dead theme.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Tattoos and Lace," "Animal Instinct," and "Eyes of the Beholder."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 3 include:

  • Dave Navarro making himself a human canvas.
  • Artists tattoo each other.
  • The challenge to cover scars.

  Winner: Joey Hamilton
• 

  (#5) Ink Master - Season 6

  The sixth season of Ink Master premiered on June 23, 2015 and contains 16 episodes. This season presents such challenges as tattooing on fingernails and throats.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Problem Parts," "Predator/Prey," and "Hail Mani."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 6 include:

  • Apprentice versus mentor contest.
  • Halloween special.
  • One artist is found to be lying.

  Winner: Dave Kruseman
• 

  (#6) Ink Master - Season 9

  The ninth season of Ink Master premiered on June 6, 2017 and contains 16 episodes. This season presents such challenges as creating ice sculptures, micro tattoos, and pin-up tattoos.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Pin-Up Panic Attack," "Pin-Up Panic Attack," and "Shop Wars Finale."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 9 include:

  • The shops create natural disaster tattoos.
  • Classic Trilogy Tattoo's canvas passes out.
  • The shops swap armpit tattoos.

  Winner: Old Town Ink (Bubba Irwin & DJ Tambe)
• 

  (#7) Ink Master - Season 2

  The second season of Ink Master premiered on October 9, 2012 and contains 13 episodes. This season presents such challenges as carving guns and in-the-mouth tattooing.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Tattooing the Dead," "The 80 Year Old Virgin," and "Half Naked and Fully Loaded."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 2 include:

  • A canvas wants a tattoo on her genitals.
  • The Star Wars special episode.
  • Several contestants are criticized for their pin-up girls.

  Winner: Steve Tefft
• 

  (#8) Ink Master - Season 13

  The thirteenth season of Ink Master premiered on January 7, 2020, and contains 14 episodes. This splits the contestants into teams based on their home towns and gives them creative artistic challenges beyond tattooing.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Battle Lines," "From Toast To Toast," and "Last Draw."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 13 include:

  • Contestants had to tattoo designs by the person they'd called out.
  • Andrew feels the judgest are giving him too much criticism.
  • Contestants had to show color theory using candy.

  Winner: Due to the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic, Ink Master and Paramount Network did not hold a finale and gave a monetary reward to the three finalists; Bob Jones, Angel Rose, and Jimmy Snaz.
• 

  (#9) Ink Master - Season 11

  The eleventh season of Ink Master premiered on August 28, 2018 and contains 16 episodes. This season presents such challenges as tattooing a clock, completing difficult cover-ups, and drawing with sidewalk chalk.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Not on My Watch," "Fight Your Own Battles," and "In Deep Waters."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 11 include:

  • Tiffer takes a breather after an intense argument.
  • Naturescapes present a challenge.
  • Cleen and Christian go head-to-head.

  Winner: Tony Medellin
• 

  (#10) Ink Master - Season 12

  The twelfth season of Ink Master premiered on June 11, 2019 and contains 16 episodes. This season finds teams being divided by gender.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "A Storm is Brewin'," "Sabotage," and "Battle of the Sexes Finale."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 12 include:

  • Elva makes an admission.
  • The teams create sculptures with toothpicks.
  • The final five create illustrative portrait tattoos.

  Winner: Laura Marie
• 

  (#11) Ink Master - Season 10

  The tenth season of Ink Master premiered on January 9, 2018 and contains 16 episodes. This season presents such challenges as creating art from cups, designing pixilated tattoos, and teaming-up to make octopus tattoos.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Pick Your Side," "Ink On the Dotted Line," and "Monkey See, Monkey Do."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 10 include:

  • The coaches freehand tattoos.
  • The teams work with wax.
  • The final contestants create epic chest pieces.

  Winner: Josh Payne & DJ Tambe
• 

  (#12) Ink Master - Season 1

  The first season of Ink Master premiered on January 17, 2012 and contains eight episodes. This season presents such challenges as a task that makes uses of tattooing skills, but is not about tattoos.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Fresh Meat," "Pasties and a Camel Toe," and "Ink Master Revealed." 
  
  Memorable moments from Season 1 include:

  • A head tattoo becomes a medical emergency.
  • Bill Vegas's excuses.
  • The 18-hour marathon tattooing finale.

  Winner: Shane O'Neill
• 

  (#13) Ink Master - Season 5

  The fifth season of Ink Master premiered on September 2, 2014 and contains 16 episodes. This season presents such challenges as sand blasting, a 12-hour task and working on walrus penises.
  
  This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Pin Up Pitfalls," "Glass on Blast," and "Cold Blooded."
  
  Memorable moments from Season 5 include:

  • Jason's anxiety attack.
  • Josh causing controversy.
  • Two artists' advantage puts pressure on the others.

  Winner: Jason Clay Dunn

New Random Displays    Display All By Ranking