Ink Master (season 2)

Ink Master (season 2)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 13
Release
Original network Spike
Original release

October 9 (2012-10-09) – December 18, 2012 (2012-12-18)

Additional information
Host(s) Dave Navarro
Judges Oliver Peck
Chris Núñez
No. of contestants 16
Winner Steve Tefft
Season chronology

The second season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master premiered on Spike on October 9 and concluded December 18, 2012 with a total of 13 episodes.

Season two follows sixteen tattoo artists competing against each other in an elimination-style competition leaving the last person standing with the title of Ink Master, a $100,000 grand prize, and a feature in Inked Magazine. 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.

Season 2 contestants Sarah Miller and Jesse Smith returned for Ink Master: Revenge. Sarah Miller was introduced in episode 6. She was then eliminated in episode 7. Jesse Smith was introduced in episode 7 and was eliminated in episode 10.

Judges, guest judges and special appearances

Judges

Guest judges

Special Appearances

Contestants and Progress

Flash Challenge Progress

Episode Number 1 2 3 4 5 6f1 7 8f2 9 10 11 12 Most wins
Flash Challenge
Winner		 Jesse Kay Kutta Kay Kutta Tray Clint Steve Clint Jesse
Tatu Baby		 Jamie Jesse Steve None Jesse
3 wins

^Note f1 : Kay Kutta did not compete in this flash challenge due to terms of his probation regarding proximity to firearms.
^Note f2 : The flash challenge was a team challenge with multiple winners.

Elimination Challenge Progress

Artist Name Years
Experience 		Residence 1 2 3c2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Steve Tefft 17 Groton, Connecticut WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN LOW HIGH LOW WIN HIGH WIN INK MASTER
Sarah Miller 6 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania IN HIGH IN WIN IN IN HIGH LOW IN LOW WIN IN RUNNER UP
Sebastian Murphy 15 Detroit, Michigan HIGH IN IN IN IN LOW IN IN IN IN LOW IN 3RD PLACE
Katherine "Tatu Baby" Flores 6 Miami, Florida IN IN LOW IN IN IN WIN WIN LOW HIGH HIGH OUT
Jesse Smith 15 Richmond, Virginia IN WIN LOW HIGH HIGH LOW IN IN WIN HIGH OUT
Jamie Davies 17 Redding, California IN IN IN IN IN HIGH HIGH IN HIGH OUT
Clint Cummings 16 Dallas, Texas IN HIGH LOW IN IN IN IN LOW OUT
Mark Matthews 14 San Francisco, California IN IN IN LOW LOW LOW LOW OUT
Steven "Kay Kutta" Givens 3 Fayetteville, North Carolina LOW IN HIGH IN LOW LOW OUT
Lalo Yunda 20 Brooklyn, New York IN LOW LOW LOW IN OUT
"Big Daddy" Tray Benham 20 Brandenburg, Kentucky IN LOW LOW IN OUTc3
Nick D'Angelo 4 Buffalo, New York IN IN LOW OUT
La Ron "Ron" Givens 7 Dallas, Texas IN IN OUT
Mike Tacij 14 White Plains, New York IN OUT
Thomas "TJ" Halvorsen 7 Bronx, New York IN QUITc1
Cee Jay Jones 15 Detroit, Michigan OUT

Credit Order: Mark, Ron, Tatu Baby, Lalo, Kay Kutta, Steve, Jesse, Clint, Jamie, Sarah, TJ Hal, Sebastian, Nick, Mike, Tray, Cee Jay

<span style="background-color:white "legend"; color:; border:1px solid darkgray; text-align:center;">    Legend
 INKMASTER  The contestant won the competition and was named Ink Master.
 RUNNER UP  The contestant was the runner-up on Ink Master.
 3RD PLACE  The contestant was 3rd place on Ink Master.
 WIN  The contestant won best tattoo of the week.
 HIGH  The contestant was given a honorable mention in the judges recall.
 HIGH  The contestant was considered to be given an honorable mention.
 LOW  The contestant was among the bottom group in the judges recall.
 LOW  The contestant was considered to be in the bottom.
 OUT  The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
 QUIT  The contestant quit the competition.

^Note c1 : TJ quit the competition due to an aggravated injury.
^Note c2 : The judges were not impressed this week and did not choose a winner.
^Note c3 : Tray was not present for his elimination since he was at the hospital handling a preexisting condition.

Episodes

Episodes begin with a Flash Challenge, a simple task that usually does not deal with tattooing itself, but has contestants utilize skills related to tattooing in an unusual way. Most of the time the skills highlighted in the Flash Challenge will be needed to complete the Elimination Tattoo. The winner of the Flash Challenge gets to pick which human canvas they would like to tattoo during the elimination tattoo and, as a new twist from the first season, assign each contestant their canvas. The contestants are then given a chance to meet with their canvas before tattooing them the next day when they will be given a set amount of time to do the tattoo. A judging panel then commences where the best tattoos of the week are recognized, the weak tattoos are pointed out and one contestant is eliminated from the competition.[1]

Episode 1: Tattooing the Dead

First aired October 9, 2012

Episode 2: Semi Nude 911

First aired October 9, 2012

Episode 3: The 80 Year Old Virgin

First aired October 16, 2012

Episode 4: Tattoo Her What?

First aired October 23, 2012

The top contestant from each group, Tray and Sarah respectively, competed head-to-head tattooing a gypsy woman design.

Episode 5: Trick or Freak

First aired October 30, 2012

Episode 6: Half Naked and Fully Loaded

First aired November 6, 2012

Episode 7: Star Wars Forever

First aired November 13, 2012

Episode 8: Holy Ink

First aired November 20, 2012

For the elimination challenge, the pairs were:
  • Clint & Sarah
  • Jamie & Steve
  • Jesse & Tatu Baby
  • Mark & Sebastian

Episode 9: Buck Off

First aired November 27, 2012

Episode 10: Blowing Chunks

First aired December 4, 2012

Episode 11: Better Than Words?

First aired December 11, 2012

Episode 12: The Bigger They Are

First aired December 18, 2012

Episode 13: Ink Master Live

First aired December 18, 2012

Based on viewer votes, Tatu Baby was voted to return to season 3 of Ink Master.

References

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