Ink Master (TV series)
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Presented by | Dave Navarro |
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| Theme music composer | Vanacore Music, Inc |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 115 |
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| Location(s) | New York City |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera |
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| Original network | Paramount Network |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | January 17, 2012 – present |
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Ink Master is an American reality competition television series airing on Paramount Network. The show, which premiered on January 17, 2012 (when the channel was called Spike), features tattoo artists who compete in various challenges assessing their tattoo and other related artistic skills. They are judged by renowned tattoo artists and enthusiasts, with one or more contestants being eliminated each episode. The last contestant standing each season receives a $100,000 prize and the title of Ink Master. The series is produced by Original Media, which also produced the reality show Miami Ink.
Two spin-off shows, titled Ink Master: Redemption and Ink Master: Angels, have also been released. The series has also released a number of special standalone episodes generally themed around an upcoming event or holiday such as Halloween.
The tenth season (titled as Ink Master: Return of the Masters) premiered on January 9, 2018, and aired its first two episodes on Spike before the network rebranded as the Paramount Network. On April 24, 2018, it was announced that Paramount Network had renewed the series for an eleventh season.
Ink Master airs on the Australian TV channel, 7mate. In the UK, Ink Master airs on truTV, also available in Ireland. In The Netherlands and Flanders both Ink Master and their Dutch-speaking adaptation Ink Master: Meesters van de Lage Landen (Ink Master: Masters of the Low Lands) are being aired on Spike Netherlands.
All episodes aside from the finales have the following format, with some minor variations to the application of the format:
First, there is a Flash Challenge that will be evaluated based on how well an artist met the skill of the week. Some Flash Challenges involve tattooing, but typically, flash challenges do not incorporate the act of tattooing; but, instead, will require a non-related artistic skill (i.e. painting, hair cutting, etching, burning, etc.) The winner of the flash challenge wins the right to select their own human canvas in the elimination challenge, and, as of season two, pair up the other contestants with their human canvases.
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