Season 10 |
Dave Navarro |
Chris Núñez Oliver Peck |
18 |
Josh Payne |
United States |
16 |
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January 9 – April 24, 2018 |
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Ink Master: Return of the Masters is the tenth season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master that premiered on January 9 at 10/9c and concluded on April 24, 2018 with 16 episodes. The first two episodes of the season marked the series' last to air on Spike prior to the network's transition to Paramount Network nine days later on January 18. Despite this, the remaining episodes continued to air on the new channel. The show is hosted and judged by Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, with accomplished tattoo artists Chris Núñez and Oliver Peck serving as series regular judges. The winner received $100,000, a feature in Inked magazine and the title of Ink Master.
The premise of this season was having three teams of six artists that were led by three Ink Master winners, season two winner Steve Tefft, season seven winner Anthony Michaels, and season nine winner DJ Tambe (Old Town Ink). The live finale also featured the coaches going head-to-head in the first ever Master Face-Off, in which the winning master would also receive $100,000.
The winner of the tenth season of Ink Master was Joshua Payne, with Juan Salgado being the runner-up. The winner of the Master Face-Off was DJ Tambe, making him the first and only to win two consecutive seasons, with Anthony Michaels being the runner-up.
Judging and ranking[edit]
Judging Panel[edit]
The judging panel is a table of three or more primary judges in addition to the coaches. The judges and the coaches make their final decision by voting to see who had best tattoo of the day, and who goes home.
Master Jury[edit]
Similar to the human canvas jury and jury of peers, the coaches had to select one artist with the worst tattoo of the day to be put up for elimination.
Jury of Peers[edit]
At the live finale, the eliminated artists chose one artist and one coach to advance into the final two.
Contestants[edit]
The first episode featured 24 artists competing in a two part marathon to be one of the 18 artists which will then narrow down to the team's six members who were drafted through the first day of the competition. In the first part of the marathon, the top 9 artists chose which team they wanted to be part of, while in the second part, the coaches were able to finalize their teams by picking from the remaining 15 artists.
Names, experience, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Josh Payne | 14 | Cortland, New York | Winner |
Juan Salgado | 15 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Runner-up |
Roly T-Rex | 6 | Orlando, Florida | 3rd place |
Jason Elliott | 6 | College Station, Texas | 4th place |
Deanna Smith | 31/2 | Denton, Texas | 5th place |
Jeremy Brown | 15 | Garden Grove, California | 6th place |
Daniel Silva | 3 | San Francisco, California | 7th place |
Frank Ready | 12 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 8th place |
Rene "Fame" Montalvo | 10 | Willimantic, Connecticut | 9th place |
Amanda Leitch | 5 | Renton, Washington | 10th place |
Mike Diaz | 4 | Lubbock, Texas | 11th place |
Gary Parisi | 21 | Chicago, Illinois | 12th place |
Lil’ D | 24 | Atlanta, Georgia | 13th place |
Katie Rhoden | 8 | LaPlace, Louisiana | 14th place |
Matt Buck | 4 | New York, New York | 15th place |
Linzy Michelle | 9 | Ventura, California | 16th/17th place |
Chris Sparks | 10 | Austin, Texas | |
Garrett Bisbee | 4 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 18th place |
Chosen[edit]
Mike Diaz |
Jason Elliott |
Amanda Leitch |
Linzy Michelle |
Juan Salgado |
Daniel Silva[a] |
Matt Buck |
Lil’ D |
Josh Payne |
Frank Ready |
Chris Sparks[a] |
Deanna Smith[a] |
Garrett Bisbee |
Jeremy Brown |
Rene "Fame" Montalvo |
Gary Parisi |
Katie Rhoden |
Roly T-Rex |
Not chosen[edit]
Tim Furlow[a] |
Rachael Head |
Rachel Helmich[a] |
Christian Masot |
Koko Tatts |
Slowburn |
- ^ a b c d e Earned a spot on season 10 by defeating an Angel on the spin-off show Ink Master: Angels
Contestant progress[edit]
Indicates the contestant was a part of Team Anthony. Indicates the contestant was a part of Team DJ. Indicates the contestant was a part of Team Steve.
Josh Payne | SAFE | TOP2 | SAFE | TOP2 | TOP4 | BTM2 | SAFE | WIN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | SAFE | WIN | WIN | Winner |
Juan Salgado | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | TOP4 | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | TOP2 | ADV | Runner-up |
Roly T-Rex | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | TOP2 | SAFE | BTM4 | BTM3 | ADV | Eliminated |
Jason Elliott | SAFE | BTM6 | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM4 | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest |
Deanna Smith | BTM3 | BTM6 | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | BTM3 | WIN | BTM3 | TOP2 | BTM4 | ELIM | Guest | |
Jeremy Brown | HIGH | SAFE | TOP2 | SAFE | TOP4 | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | ||
Daniel Silva | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | BTM3 | WIN | BTM3 | SAFE | WIN | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |||
Frank Ready | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | WIN | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Fame | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | BTM3 | WIN | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
Amanda Leitch | BTM3 | BTM6 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
Mike Diaz | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | BTM3 | WIN | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
Gary Parisi | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | HIGH | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
Lil’ D | SAFE | BTM6 | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
Katie Rhoden | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||
Matt Buck | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||||
Linzy Michelle | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||||
Sparks | LOW | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||||
Garrett Bisbee | ELIM | Guest |
- ^ Team Steve were exempt from elimination.
- ^ Josh defeated Gary in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition..
- ^ None of the contestants impressed the judges enough for them to determine a winner.
- ^ Team Anthony won the first round, while Team DJ won the second round. Jeremy and Roly defeated Fame in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
- ^ Josh and Juan matched their Masters' tattoos, exempting them from elimination. Deanna, Jason and Roly defeated Jeremy in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
Episodes[edit]
References[edit]
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External links[edit]
- Official website
- Ink Master at IMDb
- Ink Master at TV Guide