Episode 1
Inking With The Enemy
42m7.5 / 10
18 Rival Artists enter for $100k and the Ink Master title. It's their worst nightmare as they're forced to ink with their enemy.
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Ink Master
2012TV-1417 seasons7.8 / 10
Which generation will conquer the competition?
A group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn't be higher with "living canvasses" donating their skin to be permanently marked in this adrenalized competition elimination.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
A group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn't be higher with "living canvasses" donating their skin to be permanently marked in this adrenalized competition elimination.
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Episode 2
Pin Up Pittfalls
42m5.0 / 10
Semi-nude models bring the heat and a game changing twist is revealed. Jacked pin ups make the critique a bloodbath & rivalries flare.
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Episode 3
Head to Headache
42m7.5 / 10
Josh ignites rivalries while two artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy has tension soaring.
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Episode 4
Geishas Gone Wrong
42m5.0 / 10
Vendettas have the artists at each others' throats. The skull pick gets personal and the pressure is on when the artists tattoo Nunez's specialty.
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Episode 5
Glass On Blast
42m5.0 / 10
The artists must make incredible art by sand blasting glass while trying to survive working in teams. Rivalries explode when they tattoo head to head.
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Episode 6
Cheek To Cheek
42m5.0 / 10
In one of the craziest challenges ever, the artists must ink 12 hour gluteus maximus tattoos. A medical emergency may cost one artist the competition.
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Episode 7
Three's A Crowd
42m5.0 / 10
The pressure is on when the artists take on Oliver's specialty - and it’s tripled when they have to work in teams.
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Episode 8
Ink My Oosik
42m5.0 / 10
The artists are taken out of their comfort zone when they must scrimshaw walrus penises. One artist totally loses their cool while another artist loses their shot at $100K.
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Episode 9
Virgin Blood
42m5.0 / 10
Picky virgin canvases get inked and Jason's anxiety threatens to take him out. The artists battle head to head and Josh plays dirty, putting his opponent on the chopping block.
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Episode 10
Cold Blooded
42m5.0 / 10
In the flash challenge, the artists use a different kind of ink to make art... blood. Then, they go head-to-head against guest judge Tommy Montoya while Emily goes over the edge.
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Episode 11
Up In Smoke
42m5.0 / 10
Josh causes a controversy that could get him kicked out of the competition for good. The Artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were.
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Episode 12
Heads Will Roll
42m5.0 / 10
The artists fight for an opportunity to ink NFL star DeAngelo Williams as he honors his mother who died of breast cancer. Head tattoos send one human canvas over the edge.
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Episode 13
Painstaking Portraits
42m5.0 / 10
Artists go head to head tattooing the same portrait on two family members. Some family members are left with jacked tattoos as the portrait subject overlooks.
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Episode 14
Firing Squad
42m5.0 / 10
It's down to the wire as the artists battle for a top 4 spot - to survive they must impress 3 tattoo heavyweights criticizing their every move.
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Episode 15
Fight To The Finale
42m5.0 / 10
Emotional outbursts, explosive fights, incredible tattoos and epic fails. It’s the end of the line and the sparks fly as the last 4 Artists standing battle it out for a spot in the Live Finale and a shot at $100K.
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Episode 16
Ink Live
42m5.0 / 10finale
The final 3 artists reveal their 35 hour back pieces and the sparks fly when all 18 rival artists return to give the lowdown on whose rivalries still burn.
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More about Ink Master
Cast
Dave NavarroSelf - Master of Chaos
Joel MaddenSelf - Host
Chris NúñezSelf - Judge
Ryan Ashley MalarkeySelf - Judge
Oliver PeckSelf - Judge
Nikko HurtadoSelf - Judge
Ami JamesSelf - Judge
DJ TambeSelf - JudgeProduction details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Reality
- Episodes
- 227
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
SpikeUnited States
Paramount NetworkUnited States
Paramount+United States- Original MediaUnited States
MTV Entertainment StudiosUnited States
Truly OriginalUnited States
Themes
tattootattoo artist
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