Ink Master (season 1)

Ink Master (season 1)
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 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.

Contestants

Contestant Age Hometown
Al Fliction 42 Brooklyn, New York
Tommy Helm 38 Brentwood, New York
Jeremy Miller 27 Austin, Texas
Shane O'Neill 39 Middletown, Delaware
Brian "B-TAT" Robinson 30 East Orange, New Jersey
Heather Sinn 41 Los Angeles, California
James Vaughn 38 Asheboro, North Carolina
Bili Vegas 29 New York, New York
Léa Vendetta 40 Boca Raton, Florida
Josh Woods 30 Nashville, Tennessee

Contestant Progress

No. Contestants 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Shane O'Neil HIGH IN WIN HIGH IN WIN WIN WINNER
2 Tommy Helm WIN IN IN IN IN LOW HIGH RUNNER-UP
3 James Vaughn IN WIN IN IN HIGH LOW LOW 3RD PLACE
4 Josh Woods IN IN LOW LOW WIN HIGH OUT
5 Léa Vendetta IN LOW HIGH WIN LOW OUT
6 Bili Vegas IN IN LOW LOW OUT
7 Heather Sinn IN IN IN OUT
8 Al Fliction IN LOW OUT
9 Jeremy Miller LOW OUT
10 B-TAT OUT
     The contestant won the competition and was named Ink Master.
     The contestant was the runner-up.
     The contestant finished third in the competition.
     The contestant won best tattoo of the week.
     The contestant was given an honorable mention by the judges.
     The contestant was considered to be among the top.
     The contestant was among the bottom group in the judges recall.
     The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
     The contestant won the flash challenge but was eliminated from the competition.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
11"Fresh Meat"January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)N/A

  • Skill of the Week: Raw Talent
  • Flash Challenge: The artists head inside the slaughterhouse where they have 90 minutes to tattoo a skull in the style of their choice on a pig.
  • Winner: Josh
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artists cover up their canvases' tattoo they regret getting.
  • Best Tattoo: Tommy Helm
  • Bottom: B-TAT and Jeremy Miller
  • Eliminated: B-TAT
22"Botched Head Tattoo"January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24)N/A

  • Skill of the Week: Line
  • Flash Challenge: The artists must show their line work on a car. Each artist picks a key that contains a number to their assigned car.
  • Guest Judge: Ton Jones
  • Winner: Bili
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artists tattoo a tribal design. Problems occurred during the elimination tattoo. Due to his canvas' condition with psoriasis, Shane ended up tattooing Flash Challenge guest judge Ton as the only option for him. Billi struggled tattooing his canvases whose blood pressure started to go down while getting his head tattoo. Therefore, he was unable to finish it.
  • Best Tattoo: James
  • Bottom: Al Fliction, Léa and Jeremy
  • Eliminated: Jeremy
33"Pasties and a Camel Toe"January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)N/A

  • Skill of the Week: Shading
  • Flash Challenge: The artists paint their model into a 3D design.
  • Winner: Al Fliction
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artists must design a black and grey tattoo.
  • Best Tattoo: Shane O'Neil
  • Bottom: Al Fliction, Bili Vegas and Josh Woods
  • Eliminated: Al Fliction
44"Ink Disaster Piece"February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07)N/A

  • Skill of the Week: Technical Precision
  • Guest Judge: Todd Weinberger
  • Flash Challenge: The artists carefully placed a bevel star on the client's choice spot in either the knee or elbow. Instead of skulls, each canvas picked a bevel star with the artist's name on the back.
  • Winner: Josh Woods
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artist must tattoo photo realism.
  • Best Tattoo: Léa Vendetta
  • Bottom: Bili Vegas, Heather Sinn and Josh Woods
  • Eliminated: Heather Sinn
55"Game On"February 14, 2012 (2012-02-14)N/A

  • Skill of the Week: Color
  • Flash challenge: The artists have two hours to paint prosthetics that reflect their amputated canvas' personality.
  • Winner: Shane O'Neil
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artists must create a colorful American Traditional.
  • Best Tattoo: Josh Woods
  • Bottom: Bili Vegas and Léa Vendetta
  • Eliminated: Bili Vegas
66"Permanent Mistakes"February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)N/A

  • Skill of the Week: Proportion
  • Flash Challenge: The artists meet Dave at the church that serves as inspiration behind their next challenge. They each have 45 minutes to tattoo prayer hands.
  • Winner: Tommy Helm
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artists tattoo a pin-up that shows proportion.
  • Best Tattoo: Shane O'Neil
  • Bottom: James Vaughn, Léa Vendetta and Tommy Helm
  • Eliminated: Léa Vendetta
77"Picture Imperfect"February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)N/A

  • Skill of the Week: Lettering
  • Flash Challenge: The artists spray painted a graffiti design.
  • Winner: Shane O'Neil
  • Elimination Tattoo: Portrait tattoos highlight the elimination tattoo but some artists felt uncomfortable with the subject because they also need to include lettering in their portrait while capturing the likeness.
  • Best Tattoo: Shane O'Neil
  • Bottom: James Vaughn and Josh Woods
  • Eliminated: Josh Woods
88"Ink Master Revealed"March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)1.1[1]

  • Final Elimination Tattoo: The judges pick a random design for each artist that is based on their portfolio and their work on the show. Peck assigned James with the Japanese calf sleeve. Tommy got the dark and heavy tattoo. And Nunez picked another Japanese tattoo for Shane, but bigger. The artists have 12 hours to tattoo. However, that is not the only part of the elimination tattoo as they also have to create a 6 hour tattoo in the style of their choice.
  • 3rd Place: James Vaughn
  • Winner: Shane O'Neil

References

  1. ↑ "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Tosh.0' on Top + 'The Game', 'Storage Wars Texas', 'Southland' & More". TVBytheNumbers. March 7, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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