Ink Master season 2
| Ink Master | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Hosted by | Dave Navarro |
| Judges | Chris Núñez Oliver Peck |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Steve Tefft |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Spike |
| Original release | October 9 – December 18, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
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. 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 a $100,000 cash prize, a feature in Inked Magazine and the title of Ink Master.
The winner of the second season of Ink Master was Steve Tefft, with Sarah Miller being the runner-up.
Contestants
Names, experience, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Contestant | Years of experience |
Hometown | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Tefft | 17 | Groton, Connecticut | Winner |
| Sarah Miller | 6 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Runner-up |
| Sebastian Murphy | 15 | Detroit, Michigan | 3rd place |
| Katherine "Tatu Baby" Flores | 6 | Miami, Florida | 4th place |
| Jesse Smith | 15 | Richmond, Virginia | 5th place |
| Jamie Davies | 17 | Redding, California | 6th place |
| Clint Cummings † | 16 | Dallas, Texas | 7th place |
| Mark Matthews | 14 | San Francisco, California | 8th place |
| Steven "Kay Kutta" Givens | 3 | Fayetteville, North Carolina | 9th place |
| Lalo Yunda | 20 | Brooklyn, New York | 10th place |
| Tray Benham | 20 | Brandenburg, Kentucky | 11th place |
| Nick D'Angelo | 4 | Buffalo, New York | 12th place |
| La Ron "Ron" Givens | 7 | Dallas, Texas | 13th place |
| Mike Tacij | 14 | White Plains, New York | 14th place |
| Thomas "TJ Hal" Halvorsen | 7 | Bronx, New York | 15th place[a] |
| Cee Jay Jones | 15 | Detroit, Michigan | 16th place |
- Notes
† Indicates that the contestant died after filming ended
- ^ Halvorsen withdrew from the competition due to medical reasons.
Contestant progress
| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[a] | 2 | 3[b] | 4 | 5[c] | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Steve Tefft | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | BTM3 | WIN | TOP2 | WIN | Winner |
| Sarah Miller | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | BTM3 | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN | ADV | Runner-up |
| Sebastian Murphy | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | ADV | Eliminated |
| Tatu Baby | SAFE | SAFE | BTM4 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | BTM3 | TOP2 | HIGH | ELIM | Guest |
| Jesse Smith | SAFE | WIN | LOW | TOP2 | TOP2 | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | ELIM | Guest | |
| Jamie Davies | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Clint Cummings | SAFE | HIGH | BTM4 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | |||
| Mark Matthews | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | BTM3 | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | ||||
| Kay Kutta | BTM2 | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | BTM3 | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |||||
| Lalo | SAFE | BTM3 | LOW | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
| Tray Benham | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM4 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
| Nick D'Angelo | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
| Ron Givens | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
| Mike Tacij | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||
| TJ Hal | SAFE | WD | Guest | ||||||||||
| Cee Jay Jones | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||||
- The contestant won Ink Master.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant finished third in the competition.
- The contestant advanced to 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.
- The contestant withdrew from the competition due to medical reasons.
- The contestant returned as a guest for that episode.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "Tattooing the Dead" | October 9, 2012 | 1.6 |
| 10 | 2 | "Semi-Nude 911" | October 9, 2012 | 0.9 |
| 11 | 3 | "The 80 Year Old Virgin" | October 16, 2012 | 1.1 |
| 12 | 4 | "Tattoo Her What?" | October 23, 2012 | 1.0 |
| 13 | 5 | "Trick or Freak" | October 30, 2012 | 0.6 |
| 14 | 6 | "Half Naked and Fully Loaded" | November 6, 2012 | 0.7[1] |
| 15 | 7 | "Star Wars Forever" | November 13, 2012 | 0.8[2] |
| 16 | 8 | "Holy Ink" | November 20, 2012 | 0.9[3] |
| 17 | 9 | "Buck Off" | November 27, 2012 | 1.1[4] |
| 18 | 10 | "Blowing Chunks" | December 4, 2012 | 1.0[5] |
| 19 | 11 | "Better Than Words?" | December 11, 2012 | 1.1[6] |
| 20 | 12 | "The Bigger They Are" | December 18, 2012 | 1.3[7] |
| 21 | 13 | "Ink Master Live Final" | December 18, 2012 | 1.3[7] |
References
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