'Ink Master' Season 7 News: New Season Pits New Artists With Returning Veteran Artists
American reality television series "Ink Master" is returning for its seventh season on March 1 on Spike TV. The upcoming season, according to a report in Enstarz, will be different from the previous ones because of its mechanics. The competition will start off with eight new tattoo artists, but as a contestant gets eliminated, his or her spot will be taken over by a veteran tattoo artist, someone who has joined the show in its previous seasons.
According to the show's promotional trailer, the eight new artists are considered to be "the strongest new batch of artists" that the show has ever seen. The veteran artists on the other hand are those artists from previous seasons who were close enough to the title of "Ink Master" but did not win. Dave Navarro, in the video, said that these veteran artists were those who felt that the title was taken away from them.
In an International Business Times report, the new batch of tattoo artists were introduced, most of which were quite young in age or in the industry. The veteran tattoo artists, however, have years of experience behind them and these include, to name a few, Sarah Miller of Pittsburgh (Season 2), Cleen Rock One of Las Vegas (Season 5) and Jime Litwalk of Orlando (Season 3).
The IBT report also detailed that each week a returning artist will be introduced to the group, which means that the elimination challenge will likely pit them against someone with more experience than them. Aside from the judges, contestants will also be judged by the "human canvas" jury or those who have tattoos done on them by the contestants. The weakest tattoo for the challenge will face the judges.
Returning as judges are musician Dave Navarro and tattoo artists Chris Nunez and Oliver Peck. A $100,000 grand prize is at stake as well as an editorial feature in the magazine "Inked."
