Ink Master season 3
| Ink Master | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| Hosted by | Dave Navarro |
| Judges | Chris Núñez Oliver Peck |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Joey Hamilton |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Spike |
| Original release | July 16 – October 8, 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
The third season of the tattoo competition series Ink Master premiered on Spike on July 16 and concluded on October 8, 2013 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.
This season saw the return of season two contestant Katherine "Tatu Baby" Flores, who originally finished the competition in 4th place.
The winner of the third season of Ink Master was Joey Hamilton, with Jime Litwalk being the runner-up.
Judging and ranking
This season saw a slight change in the judging process.
Judging panel
The judging panel is the table of three primary judges, and any guest judges for that episode if applicable.
Audience voting
Audience voting returned and expanded to include Twitter.[1]
Human Canvas Jury
Following the elimination tattoo, the human canvases gather and vote for the worst tattoo of the day that'll send one artist to the bottom. 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 | Years of experience |
Hometown | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Hamilton | 16 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Winner |
| Jime Litwalk | 20 | Orlando, Florida | Runner-up |
| Katherine "Tatu Baby" Flores | 7 | Miami, Florida | 3rd place |
| Kyle Dunbar | 20 | Flint, Michigan | 4th place |
| Joshua Hibbard | 10 | Portland, Oregon | 5th place |
| Jason Clay Dunn | 20 | Montclair, California | 6th place |
| Jacqueline "Jackie" Jennings | 11 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 7th place |
| Craig Foster | 18 | Carrollton, Georgia | 8th place |
| Yovan "E.S." Barraza | 16 | Bridgeport, Connecticut | 9th place |
| Richard "Made Rich" Parker | 51/2 | Queens, New York | 10th place |
| Chris May | 16 | Dekalb, Illinois | 11th place |
| Ally Lee | 9 | Santa Cruz, California | 12th place |
| James "Danger" Harvey | 8 | Sacramento, California | 13th place |
| Madison "Maddie la Belle" Loftis | 5 | Greensboro, North Carolina | 14th place |
| "Mystical" Mike Paterek | 8 | Bronx, New York | 15th place |
| Frank McManus | 6 | New Cumberland, Pennsylvania | 16th place |
Contestant progress
| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3[a] | 4 | 5 | 6[b] | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Joey Hamilton | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | WIN | SAFE | TOP2 | ADV | Winner |
| Jime Litwalk | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | BTM3 | BTM3 | WIN | WIN | Runner-up |
| Tatu Baby | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | BTM3 | BTM3 | SAFE | WIN | BTM3 | ADV | Eliminated |
| Kyle Dunbar | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest |
| Joshua Hibbard | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | WIN | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | BTM3 | HIGH | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |
| Jason Clay Dunn | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | BTM2 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Jackie Jennings | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | HIGH | BTM3 | LOW | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||
| Craig Foster | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||
| E.S. | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
| Made Rich | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
| Chris May | SAFE | BTM3 | LOW | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
| Ally Lee | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
| James Danger | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||||
| Maddie la Belle | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
| Mystical Mike | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||
| Frank McManus | 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 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 was eliminated in the Flash Challenge.
- The contestant returned as a guest for that episode.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | "Baby Got Back" | July 16, 2013 | N/A |
| 23 | 2 | "Thrills for Grills" | July 23, 2013 | N/A |
| 24 | 3 | "Fire & Lace" | July 30, 2013 | N/A |
| 25 | 4 | "Elysium Challenge" | August 6, 2013 | N/A |
| 26 | 5 | "Baby Beats Down" | August 13, 2013 | N/A |
| 27 | 6 | "Animal Instinct" | August 20, 2013 | N/A |
| 28 | 7 | "Monumental Mistakes" | August 27, 2013 | N/A |
| 29 | 8 | "Baby Don't Go" | September 3, 2013 | N/A |
| 30 | 9 | "Skulls & Villains" | September 10, 2013 | N/A |
| 31 | 10 | "Eyes of the Beholder" | September 17, 2013 | N/A |
| 32 | 11 | "Heroes and Heads" | September 24, 2013 | N/A |
| 33 | 12 | "Enduring the Pain" | October 1, 2013 | N/A |
| 34 | 13 | "Ink Master Live: The Epic Finale" | October 8, 2013 | N/A |
References
- ^ "Ink Master Facebook Voting Page". SpikeTV.
- "Ink Master | Tattoo Competition Reality Show | Full Episodes | Spike". spike.com. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- "Ink Master (TV Series 2012– ) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
