Ink Master: Battle of the Sexes is the twelfth season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master that premiered on Paramount Network on June 11, 2019, with a total of 16 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 $100,000, a feature in Inked magazine and the title of Ink Master.
Ink Master | |
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Season 12 | |
Hosted by | Dave Navarro |
Judges | Chris Núñez Oliver Peck |
No. of contestants | 18 |
Winner | Laura Marie |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Release | |
Original network | Paramount Network |
Original release | June 11 September 24, 2019 | –
Season chronology |
The premise of this season was having two teams of 9 artists, split based on their gender, competing as teams until the finale. This season also featured Ink Master winners and veterans coaching the teams in individual episodes, with the males coaching the women's team and the females coaching the men's team. And depending on which gender was eliminated, one coach advanced to the live finale where they competed in the Clash of the Coaches Face-Off for $25,000. This was the last season to have a live finale.
The winner of the twelfth season of Ink Master was Laura Marie, with Dani Ryan being the runner-up. The winner of the Clash of the Coaches Face-Off was Ryan Ashley Malarkey, with DJ Tambe being the runner-up.
Judging and ranking
editJudging Panel
editThe judging panel is a table of three or more primary judges in addition to the coaches. The judges make their final decision by voting to see who had best tattoo of the day, and who goes home.
Jury of Peers
editIn Season 12, the artist who wins best tattoo of the day gives their respective team the power to put up one artist for elimination.
Contestants
editNames, experience, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Contestant Name | Years of experience |
Hometown | Outcome |
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Laura Marie (Laura Marie Wachholder) | 6 | Geneseo, New York | Winner |
Dani Ryan | 21/2 | Acushnet, Massachusetts | Runner-up |
Creepy Jason (Jason Lynn) | 13 | Hampstead, Maryland | 3rd place |
Jake Ross | 9 | Cleveland, Ohio | 4th place |
Pon (Antonio DeCaro) | 19 | Queens, New York | 5th place |
Cam Pohl (Cameron Pohl) | 6 | Lansing, Michigan | 6th place |
Holli Marie | 5 | Deep River, Connecticut | 7th place |
Janelle Hanson | 4 | Madison, Wisconsin | 8th place |
Alexis Kovacs | 18 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | 9th place |
Ash Mann | 6 | Newburgh, New York | 10th place |
Fon (Taquan Carr) | 5 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 11th place |
Tito Zambrano | 12 | Valdosta, Georgia | 12th place |
Ashley Anoneison (Ashley McNamara) | 4 | Salem, New Hampshire | 13th place |
Pony Wave | 6 | Los Angeles, California | 14th place |
Justin Nordine | 10 | Grand Junction, Colorado | 15th place |
Big Jaz | 24 | Brooklyn, New York | 16th place |
Elva Stefanie | 7 | Poughkeepsie, New York | 17th place[a] |
Tim Lease | 5 | Orlando, Florida | 18th place |
- Notes
- ^ Stefanie quit the competition.
Clash of the Coaches Face-Off
editCoach | Original Season | Original Placement | Outcome |
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Ryan Ashley Malarkey | Season 8 | Winner | Winner |
DJ Tambe | Season 9 | Winner | Runner-up |
Nikki Simpson | Season 8 | 5th place | 3rd place |
Aaron "Bubba" Irwin | Season 4 | 11th/12th place | 4th place |
Season 9 | Winner | ||
Duffy Fortner | Season 6 | 5th place | 5th place |
Jime Litwalk | Season 3 | Runner-up | 6th place |
Season 7 | 8th place | ||
Megan Jean Morris | Season 7 | 9th place | 7th place |
Eliminated
editCoach | Original Season | Original Placement |
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Joey Hamilton | Season 3 | Winner |
Sarah Miller | Season 2 | Runner-up |
Season 7 | 10th place | |
Katie McGowan | Season 6 | 8th place |
Season 9 | Runner-up | |
Walter "Sausage" Frank | Season 4 | Runner-up |
Season 7 | 7th place | |
Kelly Doty | Season 8 | 3rd place |
James Vaughn | Season 1 | 3rd place |
Season 7 | 4th place | |
Josh Payne | Season 10 | Winner |
Contestant progress
editIndicates the contestant was a part of the Men's team. Indicates the contestant was a part of the Women's team.
Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||||||
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1[a] | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5[b] | 6 | 7[c] | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12[d] | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
Laura Marie | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | BTM6 | WIN | BTM3 | ADV | Winner | |
Dani Ryan | SAFE | TOP2 | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | TOP2 | BTM6 | TOP2 | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | BTM6 | BTM3 | WIN | WIN | Runner-up | |
Creepy Jason | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | BTM6 | HIGH | BTM3 | WIN | WIN | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | ADV | Eliminated | |
Jake Ross | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | BTM3 | WIN | BTM3 | SAFE | BTM3 | HIGH | BTM6 | HIGH | TOP2 | ELIM | Guest | |
Pon | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | WIN | SAFE | BTM6 | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | HIGH | BTM6 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
Cam Pohl | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | WIN | WIN | BTM3 | SAFE | HIGH | BTM3 | BTM6 | ELIM | Guest | |||
Holli Marie | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Janelle Hanson | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | LOW | SAFE | HIGH | BTM6 | HIGH | HIGH | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | |||||
Alexis Kovacs | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | BTM4 | SAFE | WIN | WIN | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
Ash Mann | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | BTM4 | BTM3 | BTM6 | HIGH | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
Fon | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
Tito Zambrano | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | BTM4 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
Ashley Anoneison | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | BTM3 | HIGH | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||
Pony Wave | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||||
Justin Nordine | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||||
Big Jaz | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||||||
Elva Stefanie | SAFE | QUIT | Guest | ||||||||||||||
Tim Lease | ELIM | Guest |
- ^ Creepy Jason and Tito defeated Tim in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
- ^ Alexis, Ash and Tito defeated Pony in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
- ^ Ash, Creepy Jason, Dani, Janelle and Pon defeated Tito in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
- ^ Cam, Dani, Jake, Laura and Pon defeated Holli in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
- The contestant won Ink Master.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was eliminated during the finale.
- The contestant advanced to the finale.
- The contestant was exempt from the first elimination.
- The contestant won Best Tattoo of the Day.
- The contestant won the Tattoo Marathon.
- The contestant won their Head-to-Head challenge.
- The contestant was among the top.
- The contestant received positive critiques.
- The contestant received mixed critiques.
- The contestant received negative critiques.
- The contestant was in the bottom.
- The contestant was put in the bottom by the Jury of Peers
- The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
- The contestant was put in the bottom by the Jury of Peers and was eliminated from the competition.
- The contestant quit the competition.
- The contestant returned as a guest for that episode.
Episodes
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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156 | 1 | "The Ink Will Speak for Itself" | June 11, 2019 | 0.54[1] | |
Nine men and nine women kick off an epic battle of the sexes by going head to head in a team collaboration tattoo to prove they have what it takes to be the next Ink Master
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157 | 2 | "A Storm is Brewin'" | June 18, 2019 | 0.64[2] | |
Team leaders emerge in a shocking new season-long twist that sends the Artists a wake-up call and shakes up the competition; The Battle of the Sexes continues for $100K and the title of Ink Master.
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158 | 3 | "Down to the Wire" | June 25, 2019 | 0.57[3] | |
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159 | 4 | "The Hunter & The Hunted" | July 2, 2019 | 0.53[4] | |
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160 | 5 | "The Art Stands Alone" | July 9, 2019 | 0.64[5] | |
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161 | 6 | "Art of War" | July 16, 2019 | 0.57[6] | |
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162 | 7 | "Sabotage" | July 23, 2019 | 0.62[7] | |
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163 | 8 | "Pins & No Needles" | July 30, 2019 | 0.56[8] | |
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164 | 9 | "Drawing Alliances" | August 6, 2019 | 0.58[9] | |
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165 | 10 | "By Accident or By Design" | August 13, 2019 | 0.59[10] | |
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166 | 11 | "Roll of the Dice" | August 20, 2019 | 0.68[11] | |
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167 | 12 | "Put Your Ink Where Your Mouth Is" | August 27, 2019 | 0.67[12] | |
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168 | 13 | "Moving Pictures" | September 3, 2019 | 0.58[13] | |
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169 | 14 | "Unfriendly Fire" | September 10, 2019 | 0.58[14] | |
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170 | 15 | "Step Up or Shut Up" | September 17, 2019 | 0.55[15] | |
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171 | 16 | "Battle of the Sexes Finale" | September 24, 2019 | 0.65[16] | |
The three finalists reveal their 36 hour Master Canvas.
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