Ink Master — Season 5
Which generation will conquer the competition?
About this season
16 top tattoo artists from across the country will compete in extreme challenges proving their skill and grit in an epic battle for $100,000 and the title of Ink Master.
Episodes (16)
1. Inking With The Enemy
7.5Aired 2 September 2014 • 42 min
18 Rival Artists enter for $100k and the Ink Master title. It's their worst nightmare as they're forced to ink with their enemy.
2. Pin Up Pittfalls
5.0Aired 9 September 2014 • 42 min
Semi-nude models bring the heat and a game changing twist is revealed. Jacked pin ups make the critique a bloodbath & rivalries flare.
3. Head to Headache
7.5Aired 16 September 2014 • 42 min
Josh ignites rivalries while two artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy has tension soaring.
4. Geishas Gone Wrong
5.0Aired 23 September 2014 • 42 min
Vendettas have the artists at each others' throats. The skull pick gets personal and the pressure is on when the artists tattoo Nunez's specialty.
5. Glass On Blast
5.0Aired 30 September 2014 • 42 min
The artists must make incredible art by sand blasting glass while trying to survive working in teams. Rivalries explode when they tattoo head to head.
6. Cheek To Cheek
5.0Aired 7 October 2014 • 42 min
In one of the craziest challenges ever, the artists must ink 12 hour gluteus maximus tattoos. A medical emergency may cost one artist the competition.
7. Three's A Crowd
5.0Aired 14 October 2014 • 42 min
The pressure is on when the artists take on Oliver's specialty - and it’s tripled when they have to work in teams.
8. Ink My Oosik
5.0Aired 21 October 2014 • 42 min
The artists are taken out of their comfort zone when they must scrimshaw walrus penises. One artist totally loses their cool while another artist loses their shot at $100K.
9. Virgin Blood
5.0Aired 28 October 2014 • 42 min
Picky virgin canvases get inked and Jason's anxiety threatens to take him out. The artists battle head to head and Josh plays dirty, putting his opponent on the chopping block.
10. Cold Blooded
5.0Aired 4 November 2014 • 42 min
In the flash challenge, the artists use a different kind of ink to make art... blood. Then, they go head-to-head against guest judge Tommy Montoya while Emily goes over the edge.
11. Up In Smoke
5.0Aired 11 November 2014 • 42 min
Josh causes a controversy that could get him kicked out of the competition for good. The Artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were.
12. Heads Will Roll
5.0Aired 18 November 2014 • 42 min
The artists fight for an opportunity to ink NFL star DeAngelo Williams as he honors his mother who died of breast cancer. Head tattoos send one human canvas over the edge.
13. Painstaking Portraits
5.0Aired 25 November 2014 • 42 min
Artists go head to head tattooing the same portrait on two family members. Some family members are left with jacked tattoos as the portrait subject overlooks.
14. Firing Squad
5.0Aired 2 December 2014 • 42 min
It's down to the wire as the artists battle for a top 4 spot - to survive they must impress 3 tattoo heavyweights criticizing their every move.
15. Fight To The Finale
5.0Aired 9 December 2014 • 42 min
Emotional outbursts, explosive fights, incredible tattoos and epic fails. It’s the end of the line and the sparks fly as the last 4 Artists standing battle it out for a spot in the Live Finale and a shot at $100K.
16. Ink Live
5.0Aired 16 December 2014 • 42 min
The final 3 artists reveal their 35 hour back pieces and the sparks fly when all 18 rival artists return to give the lowdown on whose rivalries still burn.