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 – December 18, 2012 |
| Host(s) | Dave Navarro |
| Judges | Oliver Peck Chris Núñez |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Steve Tefft |
| Season chronology | |
October 9 – December 18, 2012
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 2 follows sixteen tattoo artists competing against each other in an elimination-style competition leaving the last person standing with a $100,000 grand prize, a feature in Inked Magazine and the title of Ink Master. Dave Navarro returned as host while Chris Núñez and Oliver Peck also returned to co-judge the competition. The double episode finale included the live season finale that was filmed in front of a studio audience.
† Indicates that the contestant died after filming ended
^Note c1 : Tray was not present for his elimination since he was at the hospital handling a preexisting condition.
Dave welcomes the audience to the very first live Ink Master finale. He, Peck and Nunez then chat with the eliminated artists. Nick's canvas calls him out for tattooing her the design she despised. Dave also got to chat with Clint's canvas who dislikes the pin-up tattoo. Fortunately, he plans of getting it covered by Season 1 runner-up and star of Tattoo Nightmares Tommy Helm who appeared alongside his co-stars. During the show, the audience voted online to give one of the eliminated artists a chance to compete in Season 3.
Tatu Baby competed in Season 3 where she also competed in the finale and finished third. That season, Mark Matthews, TJ Hal, Ron Givens, Kay Kutta, Cee Jay Jones, Clint Cummings, Nick D'Angelo and Sarah Miller appeared as guest human canvases in the eighth episode's elimination tattoo.
Clint Cummings starred in the Tattoo Nightmares spin-off Tattoo Nightmares: Miami. He also competed in the Hallowink special and finished fourth.
Tatu Baby competed in the special Merry Ink and became the first artist eliminated.
Cee Jay Jones finished third in the New Year's Ink special.
Nick D'Angelo would go on to win the Cupid's Ink special.
Steve Tefft finished second in the Master Vs. Master special.
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