Episode 1
Fire & Ice
38m
In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America’s best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.
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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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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.
Season 9 episodes
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Episode 2
Crossing the Line
38m
A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.
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Episode 3
Unnatural Disasters
38m
A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.
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Episode 4
Lend Me Your Ear
39m
The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.
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Episode 5
War and Ink
39m
Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.
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Episode 6
Get the Flock Outta Here
39m
Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.
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Episode 7
On the Bubble
38m
One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.
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Episode 8
Masterpiece Mayhem
38m
An emotional flash challenge brings the artists to tears, and the alliance becomes a target when a bullet-proof pair of veterans return to battle it out for the title.
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Episode 9
Pin-Up Panic Attack
39m
The Artists can't find any relief in a sculptural Flash Challenge. Things only get hairier during the Elimination Tattoo when the Artists are faced with the infamous Pin-Up challenge.
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Episode 10
Drill Baby, Drill
39m
The final veteran shop returns to fight for the title of Master Shop. Skull picks are key to the precision strike leveled at the opposing aliance.
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Episode 11
Grim Inker
38m
With no flash challenge, the artists think they've got it all figured out until a massive twist sends them reeling; Four Horsemen tattoos bring on the end of days for one pair of artists.
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Episode 12
Pit Fall
39m
A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.
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Episode 13
Sell Out
39m
The competition puts the old saying, "the customer is always right," to the test when the artists must sell themselves to their canvases for the chance to tattoo.
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Episode 14
Casting the First Stone
39m
With only 5 shops left, the fight for $200K and the title of Master Shop intensifies. In a deity Elimination Tattoo, some shops reach for the heavens while one is sent packing to hell.
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Episode 15
Marathon to the Finale
38m
The competition is more intense than ever as the top four shops battle it out in a tattoo marathon for the three spots in the live finale, $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.
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Episode 16
Shop Wars Finale
41mfinale
In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.
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More about Ink Master
Cast
Dave NavarroSelf - Host
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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