Ink Master: Turf War is the thirteenth season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master that premiered on Paramount Network on January 7 and ended on April 14, 2020 with a total of fifteen 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 was to receive $100,000, a feature in Inked magazine and the title of Ink Master. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the live finale was cancelled and no winner was announced for this season.[1][2]

Ink Master
Season 13
Hosted byDave Navarro
JudgesChris Núñez
Oliver Peck
No. of contestants20
WinnerN/A
No. of episodes15
Release
Original networkParamount Network
Original releaseJanuary 7 (2020-01-07) –
April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)
Season chronology
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Season 14

The premise of this season was having four teams based on their respective home region with each region being led by an Ink Master veteran.

This season saw the return of four veterans; season ten contestants Jason Elliott and Frank Ready, who originally finished the competition in 4th and 8th place respectively, and season eleven contestants Angel Rose and Jimmy Snaz, who originally finished the competition in 11th and 10th place respectively.

There was no winner for the thirteenth season of Ink Master, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The three finalists (Bob Jones, Angel Rose and Jimmy Snaz) were awarded an undisclosed value monetary prize instead. The master canvases were revealed on YouTube Live.

Judging and ranking

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Judging Panel

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The 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

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The artist who wins best tattoo of the day gives his/her respective team and another team the power to put up one artist for elimination.

Pardon

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Each of the three judges can give a pardon to any eliminated artist of their choosing so that they may return to the competition after being eliminated.

Contestants

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Names, experience, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Contestant Name Years of
experience
Hometown Outcome
Bob Jones 10 Portland, Oregon Finalists
Angel Rose 31/2 Los Angeles, California
Jimmy Snaz (James Mackenzie) 13 Boston, Massachusetts
Jerrell Larkins 8 Greeley, Colorado 4th place
Kelly Severtson 10 Chicago, Illinois 5th place
Hiram Casas 8 Las Vegas, Nevada 6th place
Frank Ready 15 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 7th place
Jessa Bigelow 6 Harrison, New Jersey 8th place
Jason Elliott 6 College Station, Texas 9th place
Raul Ugarte 13 Roseville, California 10th place
K Lenore Siner 3 Salem, Massachusetts 11th place
Jordi Pla 5 Miami, Florida 12th place
Jordan Allred 8 Boise, Idaho 13th place
Jake Parsons 14 Denver, Colorado 14th place
"Money" Mike Thornton 5 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 15th place
Arlene Salinas 12 Los Angeles, California 16th place
Patrick Flynn 18 Asheville, North Carolina 17th place
Eric "Emac" McKnight 8 Baltimore, Maryland 18th place
Nychelle Elise 6 Plano, Texas 19th place
Andrew Hicks 7 Brooklyn, New York 20th place[a]
Notes
  1. ^ Hicks quit the competition.

Regions

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East
Emac
Jessa Bigelow
Andrew Hicks
K Lenore Siner
Jimmy Snaz
Midwest
Jordan Allred
Jerrel Larkins
Jake Parsons
Frank Ready
Kelly Severtson
South
Nychelle Elise
Jason Elliott
Patrick Flynn
Jordi Pla
Money Mike Thornton
West
Hiram Casas
Bob Jones
Angel Rose
Arlene Salinas
Raul Ugarte

Returning veterans

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Contestants Original Season Original Placement
Jason Elliott Season 10 4th place
Frank Ready Season 10 8th place
Angel Rose Season 11 11th place
Jimmy Snaz Season 11 10th place

Contestant progress

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  •   Indicates the contestant represented the East region.
  •   Indicates the contestant represented the Midwest region.
  •   Indicates the contestant represented the South region.
  •   Indicates the contestant represented the West region.
Contestant Episode
1[a] 2 3[b] 4 5[c] 6 7[d] 8 9 10[e] 11 12 13 14[f] 15
Jimmy Snaz SAFE SAFE BTM7 HIGH WIN HIGH BTM3 WIN SAFE BTM5 SAFE BTM3 HIGH LOW ADV
Angel Rose SAFE TOP3 WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE TOP2 WIN WIN IN TOP2 BTM3 ADV
Bob Jones SAFE SAFE WIN LOW SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH WIN BTM3 WIN BTM3 SAFE ADV
Jerrel Larkins SAFE HIGH WIN WIN BTM8 SAFE WIN HIGH WIN BTM5 TOP2 SAFE WIN IN ELIM
Kelly Severtson SAFE HIGH WIN HIGH BTM8 SAFE WIN SAFE HIGH WIN SAFE TOP3 SAFE BTM3 ELIM
Hiram Casas SAFE TOP3 WIN HIGH SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE TOP3 ELIM
Frank Ready SAFE HIGH WIN HIGH BTM8 SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE BTM5 BTM3 BTM3 ELIM
Jessa Bigelow SAFE SAFE BTM7 SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE BTM3 BTM3 WIN ELIM
Jason Elliott BTM7 WIN BTM7 TOP2 BTM8 SAFE IN LOW BTM3 ELIM
Raul Ugarte SAFE SAFE WIN BTM3 SAFE BTM3 BTM3 SAFE HIGH ELIM
K Lenore Siner BTM7 BTM3 BTM7 SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE BTM3 ELIM
Jordi Pla SAFE SAFE BTM7 SAFE BTM8 BTM3 SAFE ELIM
Jordan Allred SAFE SAFE WIN BTM3 BTM8 ELIM
Jake Parsons BTM7 SAFE WIN HIGH ELIM
Money Mike SAFE SAFE BTM7 SAFE ELIM
Arlene Salinas BTM7 BTM3 WIN ELIM
Patrick Flynn BTM7 SAFE ELIM
Emac BTM7 ELIM
Nychelle Elise ELIM
Andrew Hicks QUIT
  1. ^ Arlene, Emac, Jake, Jason, K and Patrick defeated Nychelle in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
  2. ^ Jason, Jessa, Jimmy, Jordi, K and Mike defeated Patrick in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
  3. ^ Frank, Jason, Jordan, Jordi, Jerrel, Kelly defeated Jake in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
  4. ^ Jimmy and Raul defeated Jason in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
  5. ^ Frank, Jerrel and Jimmy defeated Jason and Raul in the Face-Off challenge to determine who would stay in the competition.
  6. ^ None of the contestants impressed the judges enough for them to determine a winner.
  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 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 was pardoned by a judge and re-entered the competition.
  The contestant quit the competition.

Episodes

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
1721"Rep Your Region"January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)0.52[4]

20 artists, including four returning artists, are split into four teams based on regions: east, south, mid-west, and west. Each region has one returning artist. The artists are then challenged to create a tattoo that represents their state. The outline of their respective state must be included in the design. The artists with six lowest scored tattoos face off, with the losing artist being eliminated. Andrew quit the competition because he felt that the judges were giving him too much criticism.

  • Patriotic Face Off Tattoo: K Lenore Siner, Jason Elliott, Patrick Flynn, Nychelle Elise, Jake Parsons, Arlene Salinas and Emac had one last chance to save themselves by tattooing a patriotic tattoo in the style of their choice.
  • Eliminated: Nychelle Elise
  • Quit: Andrew Hicks
1732"Clash of the Collages"January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)0.43[5]

  • Skill of the Week: Fundamentals
  • Flash Challenge: The teams are challenged to create an image on the side of a tour bus using only postcards.
  • Winner: South
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artists are challenged to create tattoos that include a compass rose.
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Jason Elliott
  • Bottom: K Lenore Siner, Emac, Arlene Salinas
  • Eliminated: Emac
1743"Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)0.42[6]

  • Skill of the Week: Creativity
  • Elimination Tattoo: The teams are tasked to compete in a tattoo marathon, who tattoos is completely up to them. For the first round, they can tattoo any subject and style they choose but they must collaborate to do one tattoo on one human canvas. In the second round, the remaining teams are required to tag team one tattoo on one human canvas in any subject and style. Two artist are required to tattoo at one time switching out every hour.
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Midwest and West
  • Face Off Tattoo: Jessa Bigelow, Jimmy Snaz, K Lenore Siner, Money Mike Thornton, Patrick Flynn, Jordi Pla, Jason Elliott
  • Eliminated: Patrick Flynn
1754"Battle Lines"January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)0.58[7]

  • Skill of the Week: Legibility
  • Flash Challenge: The teams must work together to create a design on an 8’ x 12’ canvas, using only strands of yarn and nails to show a legible work of art.
  • Winner: West
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artists must create a schematic tattoo. During the Judge's Recall, Jerrel pointed out that Arlene's schematic tattoo of a Combat Knife was flipped, which reinforced the Judges' decision to eliminate her.
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Jerrel Larkins
  • Bottom: Raul Ugarte, Arlene Salinas, Jordan Allred
  • Eliminated: Arlene Salinas
1765"Out of Your Element"February 4, 2020 (2020-02-04)0.51[8]

  • Skill of the Week: Consistency
  • Elimination Tattoo: Each region is given one of the four elements to create a series of tattoos. Every artist must tattoo on the same canvas at the same time. The tattoos do not need to be in same style, but must be consistent with their team's tattoos. The west draws fire, the east earth, the south wind, and the mid-west water.
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: East and West
  • Bottom: Midwest and South
  • Eliminated: Money Mike Thornton
  • Face Off Tattoo: Jason Elliott, Jordi Pla, Jordan Allred, Jerrel Larkins, Jake Parsons, Frank Ready and Kelly Severtson must face off to tattoo an illustrative insect to save themselves in a surprise second elimination.
  • Eliminated: Jake Parsons
1776"Off the Chain"February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11)0.49[9]

  • Skill of the Week: Contrast
  • Flash Challenge: Create an image by putting cups in each diamond on an 8' x 36' chain link fence.
  • Winner: Midwest
  • Elimination Tattoo: Neon light tattoos
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Angel Rose
  • Bottom: Jordi Pla, Raul Ugarte, Jordan Allred
  • Eliminated: Jordan Allred
1787"Head Spin"February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18)0.48[10]

  • Skill of the Week: Adaptability
  • Elimination Tattoo: Each member of the teams must start a tattoo. After one hour they must switch tattoos within their teams. Each tattoo must be a different style.
  • Best Tattoos of the Day: Midwest
  • Face Off Tattoo: Jason Elliott, Jimmy Snaz, Raul Ugarte
  • Eliminated: Jason Elliott (Pardoned by Dave Navarro)
1798"Sugar Rush"February 25, 2020 (2020-02-25)0.43[11]

  • Skill of the Week: Color Theory
  • Flash Challenge: Show color theory by sticking candy on an 8' x 8' board.
  • Winner: Midwest
  • Elimination Tattoo: The remaining artists must create new school food tattoos.
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Jimmy Snaz
  • Bottom: Jordi Pla, K Lenore Siner, Jessa Bigelow
  • Eliminated: Jordi Pla
1809"Artistry on the Line"March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03)0.48[12]

  • Skill of the Week: Artistry
  • Flash Challenge: Create a sculpture by suspending colored buttons from fishing line.
  • Winner: Midwest and East
  • Elimination Tattoo: The artist must create full pinup tattoo from head to toe.
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Jerrel Larkins
  • Bottom: Jason Elliott, K Lenore Siner, Jessa Bigelow
  • Eliminated: K Lenore Siner
18110"Every Artist for Themselves"March 10, 2020 (2020-03-10)0.43[13]

  • Elimination Tattoo: The remaining artists, regardless of region, go head to head tattooing in different styles: fine line black and grey, American Traditional, Japanese, Biomech, and tribal.
  • Face off: Jason Elliot, Jimmy Snaz, Jerrel Larkins, Raul Ugarte and Frank Ready
  • Bottom: Raul Ugarte, Jason Elliot and Frank Ready
  • Eliminated: Raul Ugarte and Jason Elliott
18211"From Toast to Toast"March 17, 2020 (2020-03-17)0.59[14]

  • Skill of the Week: Shading
  • Flash Challenge: Make an image by toasting slices of bread using a blow torch.
  • Winner: West
  • Elimination Tattoo: The remaining artists must tattoo black and grey realistic US landmarks.
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Angel Rose
  • Bottom: Frank Ready, Jessa Bigelow, Bob Jones
  • Eliminated: Jessa Bigelow
18312"Last Draw"March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24)0.67[15]

  • Skill of the Week: Versatility
  • Elimination Tattoo: The remaining contestants had to tattoo designs drawn by the other artist they called out. The artists then had to tattoo the design they originally drew for their opponent themselves.
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Bob Jones
  • Bottom: Angel Rose, Jimmy Snaz, Frank Ready
  • Eliminated: Angel Rose (Pardoned by Oliver Peck)
18413"There Can Only Be One"March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31)0.71[16]

  • Skill of the Week: Precision
  • Flash Challenge: Create a design on a blank canvas by only using staples. Each artist worked solo.
  • Winner: Jerrel Larkins
  • Elimination Tattoo: Senior Citizen Portraits
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Jerrel Larkins
  • Bottom: Bob Jones, Hiram Casas, Frank Ready
  • Eliminated: Frank Ready and Hiram Casas
18514"Compose Yourself"April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07)0.63[17]

  • Skill of the Week: Composition
  • Flash Challenge: The five remaining artists have to paint designs on protective helmets for people that need to wear them on a daily basis
  • Winner: Bob Jones
  • Elimination Tattoo: Japanese style cranes
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: None
  • Bottom: Jerrel Larkins, Angel Rose, Kelly Severtson
  • Eliminated: Jerrel Larkins (Pardoned by Chris Nunez)
18615"Race to the Finish"April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)0.67[18]

  • Elimination Tattoo: The five remaining artists pick the style and subject for their opponents
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Bob Jones
  • Eliminated: Kelly Severtson
  • Tattoo Marathon: Jerrel Larkins, Angel Rose and Jimmy Snaz each design five tattoos containing the number 13 for a 13 hours convention style elimination
  • Eliminated: Jerrel Larkins

In order to win the season, the three finalists must do two 25 hour Master Canvases. One on the chest and one on the back. In addition to the Master Canvases, the artists have to do a 6 hour piece at the live finale. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the live finale was cancelled and no winner was announced.

References

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