Ink Master, Season ‪5‬

The most explosive season of Ink Master yet! 18 Rival Artists enter for $100k & the Ink Master title. It's their worst nightmare as they're forced to ink with their enemy. The pressure is intense & one rival gets sent packing.

Semi-nude models bring the heat and a game changing twist is revealed. Josh proves he's back with a vengeance. Jacked pin ups make the critique a bloodbath & rivalries flare. True Blood's Joe Manganiello is Guest Judge.

Josh ignites rivalries and sparks fly. Two Artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy has tension soaring. Complex tattoos on odd body parts heat up head to head battles.

Vendettas have the Artists at each other's throats. The skull pick gets personal and the pressure is on when the Artists tattoo Nunez' specialty. One Artist loses his cool while the others move one step closer to 100k.

The Artists must make incredible art by sand blasting glass- while trying to survive working in teams. When they tattoo head to head, rivalries explode. Emily makes a new enemy and another Artist loses a shot at 100K.

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. When they have to finish each others' glute tattoos, Emily plays dirty.

The pressure is on when the Artists take on Oliver's specialty- and it's tripled when they have to work in teams. Blame is the name of the game when the teams have to put one of their own on the chopping block.

The Artists are taken out of their comfort zone when they must scrimshaw walrus penises. Then they face their pickiest canvases yet- and one Artist totally loses their cool while another Artist loses their shot at 100K.

Picky virgin Canvases get their first ink 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. Another Artist is eliminated.

In the Flash Challenge, the Artists use a different kind of ink to make art… blood. The tables turn and an underdog is on the rise. Then Artists go head to head against guest judge Tommy Montoya and Emily goes over the edge.

Josh causes a controversy that could get him kicked out of the competition for good. The Artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were, and the last rivals standing battle it out head to head.

The Artists fight for the opportunity to ink NFL RB Deangelo Williams as he honors his mother who died of breast cancer. Head tattoos send a Canvas over the edge, causing a medical emergency, and an unfinished tattoo.

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. Jason fights to survive as the last 6 Artists close in on the prize.

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. A top Artist designs the tattoo that determines who stays for their shot at 100K.

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.

The final 3 Artists reveal their 35 hour back pieces. The sparks fly when all 18 Rival Artists return to give the lowdown on whose rivalries still burn and one artist becomes Ink Master. Fan Favorite Sausage returns for a special live tattoo.