Ink Master

2019
4.7
893 reviews
TV-MA
Rating
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Season 9 episodes (33)

1 Fire & Ice
6/6/17
In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as Artists from nine of America's best Shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.
2 Crossing the Line
6/13/17
A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts Shop relationships to the test. The battle continues for the title of Master Shop and the largest prize in Ink Master history.
3 Unnatural Disasters
6/20/17
A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the Competition by storm. A difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the Shops, and the battle continues for 200K and the title of Master Shop.
4 Lend Me Your Ear
6/27/17
The Competition gets even tougher when the Artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two Veteran Artists return.
5 War and Ink
7/11/17
Some Shops lose their composure as they butt heads through a grueling Elimination Tattoo. The battle heats up for 200K and the title of Master Shop.
6 Get the Flock Outta Here
7/18/17
Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies. The battle continues for 200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.
7 On the Bubble
7/25/17
One of the Competition's most infamous Veterans returns to shake up the game. The battle continues for 200K and the title of Master Shop.
8 Masterpiece Mayhem
8/1/17
An emotional Flash Challenge brings the Artists to tears, and the Alliance becomes a target when a bullet-proof pair of Veterans return to battle it out for the title.
9 Pin-Up Panic Attack
8/8/17
The Artists can't find any relief in a sculptural Flash Challenge. Things only get hairier during the Elimination Tattoo when the Artists are faced with the infamous Pin-Up challenge.
10 Drill Baby, Drill
8/15/17
The final Veteran shop returns to fight for the first ever title of Master Shop. Skull picks are key to the precision strike leveled at the opposing alliance as the battle for 200K continues.
11 Grim Inker
8/22/17
With no Flash Challenge, the Artists think they've got it all figured out until a massive twist sends them reeling. Four Horsemen tattoos bring on the end of days for one pair of Artists.
12 Pit Fall
8/29/17
A painful Elimination Tattoo has the Artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling. The battle continues for $200K and the title of Master Shop.
13 Sell Out
9/5/17
The Competition puts the old saying, "the customer is always right," to the test when the Artists must sell themselves to their Canvases for the chance to tattoo.
14 Casting the First Stone
9/12/17
With the field down to only 5 shops remaining, the fight to 200K and the first ever title of Master Shop intensifies. In a deity Elimination Tattoo, some shops reach for the heavens while one shop is sent packing to hell.
15 Marathon to the Finale
9/19/17
The competition is more intense than ever before as the top four shops battle it out in a tattoo marathon for the three spots in the live finale, 200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.
16 Shop Wars Finale
9/26/17
In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for 200k and the first ever title of Master Shop.
101 Meet The Artists Of Ink Master: Shop Wars
6/6/17
For the first time ever, pairs of artists representing tattoo shops compete to see who will be crowned 'Master Shop' and take home a whopping $200,000 prize. May the best shop win.
102 Meet The Tattoo Shops
6/6/17
This season of Ink Master reaches new heights as tattoo shops from across the country go to war. As 19 shops enter the competition, in the end only one will be left standing, winning the title of 'Master Shop' and $200,000.
103 Fire & Ice
6/6/17
Fire & Ice: Eliminated Artist Interview Thicker Than Blood was the first to go in the competition by going outside of the box with a simple live reference tattoo. If you don't follow the judges' instructions, you get the boot!
104 Crossing the Line
6/13/17
Season-only
Crossing the Line: Eliminated Artist Interview Stricken with family grief as well as the pressure of the competition, The Marked Society's illustrative black work piece came out rough and had them sent home.
105 Unnatural Disasters
6/20/17
It was a shocker to everyone when renowned tattoo shop Black Anchor Collective got the boot, but their disastrous natural disaster tattoo left Chris, Dave, and Oliver with no other choice.
106 Exit Interview 904
6/27/17
Lend Me Your Ear: Eliminated Artist Interview
After receiving an awful flash challenge critique, Tri-Cities Tattoo blew a second chance with their elimination tattoo with their black and grey cherub – and so it was time to head home.
107 War and Ink
7/11/17
War and Ink: Eliminated Artist Interview
Think Before You Ink may have been voted down to the bottom by the other artists, but it was their poor technical application that got them eventually sent home.
108 Get the Flock Outta Here
7/18/17
Season-only
Get the Flock Outta Here: Eliminated Artist Interview
For a pair of tattoo artists like Lalo and Picasso who are so artistically gifted, the competition's restrictions just could not let them rise to the top."
109 On the Bubble
7/25/17
Season-only
Humbly admits that it had the worst tattoo of the day, and knew it was in trouble. Like real troopers, these guys close shop while embracing their mistakes.
110 Masterpiece Mayhem
8/1/17
Season-only
Black Spade Tattoo has two talented artists, but they butt heads just one too many times and couldn't collaborate successfully to produce challenge-winning tattoos this time around.
111 Pin-Up Panic Attack
8/8/17
Pinz & Needlez definitely gave the big dogs in the competition a run for their money, but once everyone had to face the dread pin-up challenge, it was them who got sent home.
112 Drill Baby, Drill
8/15/17
Season-only
Portrait day was an absolute slaughterhouse, but in the end the judges decided it was Classic Trilogy Tattoo that didn't have what it takes to be Master Shop.
113 Exit Interview 911
8/22/17
Season-only
Artistic Skin Design fought long and hard to get through the competition, but showing the judges a tattoo that was anatomically off left them with no choice than to send them home.
114 Exit Interview 912
8/29/17
Season-only
When the jury of peers put Allegory Arts up for elimination, the judges determined it couldn't keep up with the rest of the pack in the competition and made the tough decision.
115 Sell Out
9/5/17
Season-only
While it was a face off and Empire State Studio was compared side-by-side with Old Town Ink, it became clear to the judges that this was Tommy Helm's last challenge.
116 Exit Interview 914
9/12/17
Season-only
After Golden Skull Tattoo put inverted hands on their Buddha tattoo, the whole shop hammered them for it – and so did the judges. So close but yet so far, one again, for Cleen Rock One.
117 Exit Interview 915
9/19/17
The stress and pressure was through the roof during the tattoo marathon, and when one tattoo shop had to be eliminated, it was the last remaining new shop in the competition.

About this show

Paramount Network gets under viewers’ skin with the hit competition Ink Master. Some of the nation’s top tattoo artists battle it out in permanent tattoo challenges testing the artists’ skills & creativity for a cash prize and the title of Ink Master.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
893 reviews
Tammy Gordon
September 17, 2015
On charter cable it has been broadcasting in Spanish for the past 3-4 weeks. Hello fix it so I can understand what is being said. Reported 3 weeks ago and yet still nothing being done. I love watching this show on spike TV but come on this is the only program being broadcasted in Spanish!!!!! Can't even watch the episodes on my computer because you guys don't list Charter Cable as a provider! This is flipping ridiculous!!!!
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Heath Birilli
September 7, 2016
I love anything to do with tattoos and I like how the show is structured. I also appreciate that they did something new in season 7 with the veterans vs. newbies and now with season 8 for Peck vs. Nuñez. My favorite about thing about this show are the flash challenges, which I think showcase the true versatility of the contestants. I also really appreciate Dave Navarro's presence on this show, but I wish that Spike TV would allow more of his personality to shine! He's hilarious!
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Melanie Sharp
October 15, 2014
As a tattooed person and ink fan, I have watched this show since the beginning. I enjoy the competitive aspect but could do without some of the drama. I have definitely seen some cringe worthy tattoos, but also have been turned on to some amazing artists whose work I was not familiar with before Ink Master. I have also learned a ton about tattooing from the judges critiques. For a fan of ink, worth checking out.
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