Ink Master season 7
| Ink Master | |
|---|---|
| Season 7 | |
| Hosted by | Dave Navarro |
| Judges | Chris Núñez Oliver Peck |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Anthony Michaels |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Spike |
| Original release | March 1 – May 24, 2016 |
| Season chronology | |
Ink Master: Revenge is the seventh season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master that aired on Spike on March 1 and concluded on May 24, 2016 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 will receive a $100,000 prize, a feature in Inked Magazine and the title of Ink Master.
The premise of this season was featuring eight contestants competing against eight returning veterans in an elimination-style competition.
This season saw the return of eight veterans; season one contestant James Vaughn, who originally finished the competition in 3rd place, season two contestants Sarah Miller and Jesse Smith, who originally finished the competition as the runner-up and in 5th place respectively, season three contestant Jime Litwalk, who originally finished the competition as the runner-up, season four contestants Walter "Sausage" Frank and Matti Hixson, who originally finished the competition as the runner-up and in 3rd place respectively, season five contestant James "Cleen Rock One" Steinke, who originally finished the competition as the runner-up, and season six contestant Mark S. "St. MarQ" Agee, who originally finished the competition in 12th place.
The winner of the seventh season of Ink Master was Anthony Michaels, with James "Cleen Rock One" Steinke being the runner-up.
Judging and ranking
Judging Panel
The judging panel is responsible for passing judgement on each artist. They collaborate and use information from their own perception, the audience vote, human canvas vote, and the winner's worst vote to determine who should be sent home. Weight of decisions is set by the terms of the challenge skill.
Human Canvas Jury
After the tattoos are completed, the canvases for the challenge gather and vote on the best and worst of that day's tattoos. While the primary judges have the final say, the weight of the canvas vote does affect the judging panels final decision.
Contestants
Names, experience, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Contestant Name | Years of experience |
Hometown | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Michaels | 5 | Tucson, Arizona | Winner |
| James "Cleen Rock One" Steinke | 20 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Runner-up |
| Christian Buckingham | 13 | Henderson, Nevada | 3rd place |
| James Vaughn | 26 | Asheboro, North Carolina | 4th place |
| Matti Hixson | 11 | Virginia Beach, Virginia | 5th place |
| Jesse Smith | 18 | Richmond, Virginia | 6th place |
| Walter "Sausage" Frank | 14 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 7th place |
| Jime Litwalk | 22 | Orlando, Florida | 8th place |
| Megan Jean Morris | 7 | Wallingford, Connecticut | 9th place |
| Sarah Miller | 10 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 10th place |
| Alex Rockoff | 9 | West Palm Beach, Florida | 11th place |
| Mark S. "St. MarQ" Agee | 26 | West Lafayette, Indiana | 12th place |
| Picasso Dular | 16 | Los Angeles, California | 13th place |
| Ashley Velazquez | 5 | New Haven, Connecticut | 14th place |
| Cris Gherman | 15 | New York, New York | 15th place |
| Corey Davis | 10 | Atlanta, Georgia | 16th place |
Returning veterans
| Contestants | Original Season | Original Placement |
|---|---|---|
| Mark S. "St. MarQ" Agee | Season 6 | 12th place |
| Walter "Sausage" Frank | Season 4 | Runner-up |
| Matti Hixson | Season 4 | 3rd place |
| Jime Litwalk | Season 3 | Runner-up |
| Sarah Miller | Season 2 | Runner-up |
| Jesse Smith | Season 2 | 5th place |
| James "Cleen Rock One" Steinke | Season 5 | Runner-up |
| James Vaughn | Season 1 | 3rd place |
Contestant progress
Indicates the contestant was a Newcomer. Indicates the contestant was a Veteran.
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9[a] | 10[b] | 11 | 12[c] | 13 | ||
| Anthony Michaels | HIGH | TOP3 | WIN | BTM4 | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | TOP3 | HIGH | BTM2 | WIN | ADV | Winner | |
| Cleen Rock One | WIN | BTM3 | WIN | TOP2 | BTM4 | BTM3 | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | ADV | Runner-up | ||
| Christian Buckingham | TOP2 | TOP3 | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | LOW | WIN | SAFE | TOP3 | SAFE | BTM3 | ADV | Eliminated | |
| James Vaughn | TOP3 | WIN | SAFE | TOP2 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
| Matti Hixson | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | BTM4 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
| Jesse Smith | TOP3 | SAFE | TOP3 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
| Sausage | TOP4 | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | TOP3 | BTM4 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
| Jime Litwalk | SAFE | BTM4 | BTM3 | BTM4 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
| Megan Jean Morris | WIN | SAFE | LOW | BTM4 | BTM3 | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
| Sarah Miller | BTM4 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||||
| Alex Rockoff | SAFE | BTM3 | TOP4 | BTM4 | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
| St. MarQ | BTM3 | HIGH | TOP4 | LOW | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
| Picasso Dular | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
| Ashley Velazquez | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||
| Cris Gherman | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||||
| Corey Davis | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||||
- ^ Cleen and Matti were originally deemed as safe, but Jime and Sausage challenged them in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
- ^ Anthony defeated Jesse in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
- ^ Anthony and Christian won their Head-to-Head Face-Off challenge against Cleen and James to determine who would advance to the finale, and then Cleen won his Face-Off challenge against James.
- 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 in the bottom and voted Worst Tattoo of the Day by the Human Canvas Jury.
- The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
- The contestant was voted Worst Tattoo of the Day and was eliminated from the competition.
- The contestant returned as a guest for that episode.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 1 | "Initiation" | March 1, 2016 | 3.35 |
| 81 | 2 | "One Man's Trash" | March 8, 2016 | 3.17 |
| 82 | 3 | "Salt in the Wound" | March 16, 2016 | 2.89 |
| 83 | 4 | "The Devil's in the Details" | March 22, 2016 | 3.01 |
| 84 | 5 | "New School, Old Artist" | March 29, 2016 | 2.66 |
| 85 | 6 | "Under Pressure" | April 5, 2016 | 2.59 |
| 86 | 7 | "Knuckle Sandwich" | April 12, 2016 | 2.82 |
| 87 | 8 | "Breathing Fire" | April 19, 2016 | 3.00 |
| 88 | 9 | "Sink or Soar" | April 26, 2016 | 3.04 |
| 89 | 10 | "Shipwrecked" | May 3, 2016 | 2.78 |
| 90 | 11 | "Head in the Game" | May 10, 2016 | 2.81 |
| 91 | 12 | "Turning the Tables" | May 17, 2016 | 3.30 |
| 92 | 13 | "Revenge Live" | May 24, 2016 | 3.57 |