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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Ink Master Season 1 is the first season of Ink Master.
Contetants[]
(Biographical information stated from during time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Exit Episode | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shane O'Neill |
39 | Middletown, Delaware | Episode 8 | 1st |
 Tommy Helm |
38 | Brentwood, New York | Episode 8 | 2nd |
 James Vaughn |
38 | Asheboro, North Carolina | Episode 8 | 3rd |
 Josh Woods |
30 | Nashville, Tennessee | Episode 7 | 4th |
 Lea Vendetta |
40 | Boca Raton, Florida | Episode 6 | 5th |
 Bili Vegas |
29 | New York, New York | Episode 5 | 6th |
 Heather Sinn |
41 | Los Angeles, California | Episode 4 | 7th |
 Al Fliction |
42 | Brooklyn, New York | Episode 3 | 8th |
 Jeremy Miller |
27 | Austin, Texas | Episode 2 | 9th |
 B-TAT |
30 | East Orange, New Jersey | Episode 1 | 10th |
Contestants' progress[]
| Finish | Contestant | Episode | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1 | Shane O'Neill | TOP2 | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WINNER |
| 2 | Tommy Helm | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | TOP2 | RUNNER UP |
| 3 | James Vaughn | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | BTM3 | BTM2 | ELIM |
| 4 | Josh Woods | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | WIN | TOP2 | ELIM | |
| 5 | Lea Vendetta | SAFE | BTM3 | HIGH | WIN | BTM2 | ELIM | ||
| 6 | Bili Vegas | SAFE | HIGH | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | |||
| 7 | Heather Sinn | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||
| 8 | Al Fliction | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | |||||
| 9 | Jeremy Miller | BTM2 | ELIM | ||||||
| 10 | B-TAT | ELIM | |||||||
- █ The contestant won Ink Master.
- █ The contestant was the runner-up.
- █ The contestant was eliminated during the finale.
- █ The contestant won Best Tattoo of the Day.
- █ 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[]
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Season Overview[]
Season One of Ink Master featured ten tattoo artists: Al Fliction, Bili Vegas, B-Tat, Heather Sinn, James Vaughn, Jeremy Miller, Josh Woods, Lea Vendetta, Shane O'Neill and Tommy Helm.
Episode 1: Fresh Meat (aired January 17, 2012)[]
The subject of the elimination tattoos was cover-ups. Tommy won Best Tattoo, while B-Tat and Jeremy were in the bottom two. Although Jeremy did not finish his tattoo, it was technically solid. B-Tat's tattoo was too sketchy to demonstrate adequate technical skills to progress.
Episode 2 - Botched Head Tattoo (aired January 25, 2012)[]
The subject of the elimination tattoos was tribal. James won Best Tattoo, while Al, Lea and Jeremy were in the bottom three. Jeremy was eliminated for failing to do one clean pass tattoo, and making too many excuses for his poor tattoos.
Al Fliction
Bili
Heather
BEST TATTOO - James
Jeremy
Josh
Lea
Shane
Tommy[]
Episode 3 - Pasties and a Camel Toe (aired January 31, 2012)[]
The subject of the elimination tattoos was black and grey. Shane won Best Tattoo, while Al, Bili and Josh were in the bottom three. Al was eliminated - despite having a good concept and artistic skills - because the judges felt he lacked the technical skills needed to win.
Al
Bili
Heather
James
Josh
Lea
BEST TATTOO - Shane
Tommy[]
Episode 4 - Ink Diaster Piece (aired February 7, 2012)[]
The subject of the elimination tattoos was photo realism. Lea won Best Tattoo, while Bili, Heather and Josh were in the bottom three. Heather was eliminated for her poor execution, and for having overall mediocre performances.
Episode 5 - Game On (aired February 14, 2012)[]
The subject of the elimination tattoos was American traditional. Josh won Best Tattoo, while Bili and Lea were in the bottom two. Bili was eliminated for being in the bottom three times, making too many excuses for his poor American traditional style skills, and not accepting responsibility for his shortcomings.
Episode 6 - Permanent Mistakes (aired February 21, 2012)[]
The subject of the elimination tattoos was pin-ups. Shane won Best Tattoo, while James, Lea and Tommy were in the bottom three. Lea was eliminated for messing up her pin-up's hands, failing to control proportion, and not being as well-rounded as the other artists.
Episode 7 - Picture Imperfect (aired February 28, 2012)[]
The subject of the elimination tattoos was portraits. Shane won Best Tattoo, while James and Josh were in the bottom two. Josh was eliminated for not having adequate experience outside his favourite genre, and poor execution of his portrait tattoo - despite having an overall strong performance.
Episode 8 - Ink Master Revealed (aired March 6, 2012)[]
The final three competed in an 18-hour tattoo marathon.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Future Reappearances:
- James would later return for Season 7: Revenge
- Tommy would later return for Season 7: Revenge
References[]
| Ink Master | |
|---|---|
| Seasons | Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5: Rivals • Season 6: Master vs. Apprentice • Season 7: Revenge • Season 8: Peck vs Nuñez • Season 9: Shop Wars • Season 10: Return of the Masters • Season 11: Grudge Match – Cleen vs. Christian • Season 12: Battle of the Sexes • Season 13: Turf War • Season 14 • Season 15 |