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2012 American TV series or program
Best Ink Genre Reality competition Presented by Judges Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons3 No. of episodes30 Executive producers
Jonathan Murray
Gil Goldschein
Rick DeOliveira
Erin Cristall
Lisa Fletcher
Zach Kozek Running time 42 minutes Production company Bunim/Murray Productions Network Oxygen Release March 27, 2012 (2012-03-27 ) – (2014-02-26 )
Best Ink reality competition series on Oxygen that judges tattoo artists . The series ran for three seasons, the first in 2012, the second in 2013, and the third in 2013-2014. The show was hosted by Kimberly Caldwell during Season 1 and by Pete Wentz in Seasons 2 and 3.[ 1]
Best Ink premiered on March 27, 2012.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Cast
A group of tattoo artists from around the United States compete in various tattooing challenges. The winner of the competition wins a $100,000 cash prize and a cover article in a well-known tattoo -related magazine. After each challenge, tattoo artist and the shows judges, along with different guest judge every week, critique the tattoos to find the contestant with the "Best Ink".
Flash challenge
Typically a non-tattooing task that tests the contestants' artistic skills using different media, subjects and "canvases." Usually the skills tested in the Flash Challenge will be a compulsory judging factor in the Elimination Tattoo.
Elimination tattoo
This stage starts with the winner of the Flash Challenge getting a privilege in this second stage. These perks can be first/only choice of which "skin" (client) they would like to tattoo or extra time, but is predetermined by the shows production team. Once each "Skin" is allocated to a contestant, a consultation period between artist and "skin" is given (typically in a set amount of time) and followed by chance to create the artwork overnight before tattooing the next day. The Elimination tattoos are performed simultaneously by all contestants and within a set amount of time. The judges then critique the work, choosing the best and worst tattoos of the week. The contestant that produces the worst tattoo is eliminated from the show until the final episode where one tattoo artist is judged the winner.
Contestants
Season 1
Alexis Kovacs
Christina "Charlie" Petty
Jessica Rotwein
Jon Mesa
Kyle Giffen
Brittan "London" Reese
Meghan Pagliaroni
Nicky Hennerez
Roman Abrego
Tiffany Perez
Season 2
Alli Baker[ 6]
Brittany Elliott[ 6]
Carolyn[ 6]
Derek Rubright[ 6]
DJ Tambe[ 6]
Jerod Ray[ 6]
Jordan "Dollarz" Ginsberg[ 6]
Kelly McEvoy[ 6]
Melvin Todd[ 6]
Ralph Giordano[ 6]
Teresa Sharpe[ 6]
Tylor Schwarz[ 6]
Season 3
Alayna Magnan[ 5]
Amy Zager[ 5]
Anthony Zamora[ 5]
Carey Matthews[ 5]
Danny Lepore[ 5]
Darnell Waine[ 5]
Izzi Echo[ 5]
Joseph Matisa[ 5]
Karly Cleary[ 5]
Amy "May May" Yaeger[ 5]
Romeo Lacoste[ 5]
Rudy Hetzer[ 5]
Willy Cutlip[ 5]
Lara Slater[ 5] Template:Multicol-end
Contestant progress
Season 1
Contestant
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Flash Challenge Winner Charlie
Roman
Kyle
Alexis
Alexis
Charlie
London
N/A
London
WIN
IN
IN
LOW
LOW
LOW
WIN
WINNER
Alexis
IN
HIGH
IN
WIN
HIGH
HIGH
IN
RUNNER-UP
Jon
HIGH
IN
BTM2
LOW
WIN
WIN
BTM2
3RD PLACE
Charlie
IN
IN
WIN
IN
BTM2
BTM2
OUT
Nicky
IN
LOW
IN
IN
IN
OUT
Kyle
IN
BTM2
IN
BTM2
OUT
Jessica
LOW
LOW
LOW
OUT
Roman
IN
WIN
OUT
Meghan
BTM2
OUT
Tiffany
OUT
(WINNER) The contestant won Best Ink. (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the Runner-Up. (3RD PLACE) The contestant was in 3rd Place. (WIN) The contestant won best tattoo of the week. (HIGH) The contestant had one of the best tattoos of the week, but did not win. (IN) The contestant was safe. (LOW) The contestant had one of the best tattoos of the week, but was voted into the bottom. (LOW) The contestant had one of the worst tattoos of the week, but was the first to be called safe. (BTM2) The contestant had one of the worst tattoos of the week and was the last to be called safe. (OUT) The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
Season 2
Contestant
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Flash Challenge Winner Melvin
Jerod
DJ
Dollarz
Tylor
Jerod
Teresa
DJ
Jerod
N/A
Teresa
HIGH
IN
WIN
HIGH
WIN
HIGH
HIGH
IN
BTM2
WINNER
DJ
WIN
IN
IN
WIN
HIGH
HIGH
WIN
HIGH
WIN
RUNNER-UP
Jerod
IN
HIGH
LOW
BTM2
HIGH
LOW
IN
WIN
WIN
3RD PLACE
Alli
IN
IN
IN
HIGH
IN
IN
BTM2
BTM2
OUT
Brittany
IN
WIN
IN
IN
BTM2
WIN
IN
OUT
Derek
HIGH
IN
HIGH
LOW
LOW
BTM2
OUT
Tylor
IN
HIGH
IN
IN
IN
OUT
Ralph
IN
IN
HIGH
IN
OUT
Dollarz
IN
LOW
BTM2
OUT
Kelly
BTM2
BTM2
OUT
Melvin
LOW
OUT
Carolyn
OUT
Bold The contestant won immunity the previous week and was automatically safe the preceding week.
(WINNER) The contestant won Best Ink . (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up. (3RD PLACE) The contestant was in 3rd Place. (WIN) The contestant won best tattoo of the week, and received automatic immunity for the next week's Ink Challenge. (WIN) The contestant won best tattoo of the week, but did not receive automatic immunity for the next week's Ink Challenge. (HIGH) The contestant had one of the best tattoos of the week, but did not win. (IN) The contestant was safe. (LOW) The contestant had one of the worst tattoos of the week, but was the first to be called safe. (BTM2) The contestant had one of the worst tattoos of the week and was the last to be called safe. (OUT) The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
Season 3
Contestant
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Flash Challenge Winner Amy
May May
Willy
Darnell
Joe
Danny
Darnell
Karly
Alayna
Karly
Darnell
N/A
Karly
WIN
IN
IN
HIGH
IN
IN
WIN
WIN
IN
BTM2
WIN
WINNER
Darnell
HIGH
IN
IN
WIN
IN
IN
HIGH
IN
WIN
HIGH
BTM2
RUNNER-UP
Alayna
IN
IN
IN
LOW
WIN
IN
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
IN
WIN
3RD PLACE
Willy
IN
WIN
HIGH
IN
HIGH
HIGH
LOW
HIGH
IN
WIN
OUT
Lara
LOW
IN
IN
IN
IN
HIGH
BTM2
LOW
BTM2
OUT
Joe
IN
HIGH
WIN
HIGH
HIGH
WIN
LOW
BTM2
OUT
Romeo
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
BTM2
HIGH
OUT
Danny
IN
IN
IN
BTM2
BTM2
LOW
OUT
May May
HIGH
LOW
LOW
IN
LOW
OUT
Anthony
IN
BTM2
IN
IN
OUT
Amy
IN
HIGH
BTM2
OUT
Izzi
BTM2
IN
OUT
Rudy
IN
OUT
Carey
OUT
Bold The contestant won immunity the previous week and was automatically safe the preceding week.
(WINNER) The contestant won Best Ink . (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up. (3RD PLACE) The contestant was in 3rd Place. (WIN) The contestant won best tattoo of the week, and received automatic immunity for the next week's Ink Challenge. (WIN) The contestant won best tattoo of the week, but did not receive automatic immunity for the next week's Ink Challenge. (HIGH) The contestant had one of the best tattoos of the week, but did not win. (IN) The contestant was safe. (LOW) The contestant had one of the worst tattoos of the week, but was the first to be called safe. (BTM2) The contestant had one of the worst tattoos of the week and was the last to be called safe. (OUT) The contestant was eliminated from the competition.^Note 1
Episodes
Season
Episodes
Season Premiere
Season Finale
1 8
March 27, 2012 (2012-03-27 )
May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15 )
2 10
April 3, 2013 (2013-04-03 )
June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05 )
3 12
December 4, 2013 (2013-12-04 )
February 26, 2014 (2014-02-26 )
See also
References
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