Ink Master (season 1)

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 is hosted and judged by Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, with accomplished tattoo artists Chris Núñez and Oliver Peck serving as series regular judges. The winner will receive a $100,000 prize, a feature in Inked Magazine and the title of Ink Master.

Ink Master
Season 1
Hosted byDave Navarro
JudgesChris Núñez
Oliver Peck
No. of contestants10
WinnerShane O'Neill
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkSpike
Original releaseJanuary 12 (2012-01-12) –
March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
Season chronology

The winner of the first season of Ink Master was Shane O'Neill, with Tommy Helm being the runner-up.

Contestants

Names, ages, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Contestant Age Hometown Outcome
Shane O'Neill 39 Middletown, Delaware Winner
Tommy Helm 38 Brentwood, New York Runner-up
James Vaughn 38 Asheboro, North Carolina 3rd place
Josh Woods 30 Nashville, Tennessee 4th place
Léa Vendetta 40 Boca Raton, Florida 5th place
Bili Vegas 29 New York, New York 6th place
Heather Sinn 41 Los Angeles, California 7th place
Al Fliction 42 Brooklyn, New York 8th place
Jeremy Miller 27 Austin, Texas 9th place
Brian "B-TAT" Robinson 30 East Orange, New Jersey 10th place

Contestant progress
Contestant Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Shane O'Neill TOP2 SAFE WIN HIGH SAFE WIN WIN Winner
Tommy Helm WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM3 TOP2 Runner-up
James Vaughn SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE TOP2 BTM3 BTM2 Eliminated
Josh Woods SAFE SAFE BTM3 BTM3 WIN TOP2 ELIM
Léa Vendetta SAFE BTM3 HIGH WIN BTM2 ELIM
Bili Vegas SAFE HIGH BTM3 BTM3 ELIM
Heather Sinn LOW SAFE SAFE ELIM
Al Fliction SAFE BTM3 ELIM
Jeremy Miller BTM2 ELIM
B-TAT ELIM
  The contestant won 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 among the top.
  The contestant received positive critiques.
  The contestant received negative critiques.
  The contestant was in the bottom.
  The contestant 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)1.4

  • 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. Jeremy's canvas had difficulty sitting through Jeremy's cover-up tattoo, which resulted in her tapping out. Jeremy was up for elimination, but B-TAT ended up getting eliminated.
  • Best Tattoo: Tommy Helm
  • Bottom: B-TAT and Jeremy Miller
  • Eliminated: B-TAT
22"Botched Head Tattoo"January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24)0.8

  • 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)0.6

  • 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)1.0

  • 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)0.9

  • 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)0.9

  • 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)1.3

  • 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. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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