The third season of the tattoo competition series Ink Master premiered on Spike on July 16 and concluded on October 8, 2013, with a total of 13 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 will receive a $100,000 prize, a feature in Inked magazine and the title of Ink Master.
This season saw the return of season two contestant Katherine "Tatu Baby" Flores, who originally finished the competition in 4th place.
The winner of the third season of Ink Master was Joey Hamilton, with Jime Litwalk being the runner-up.
This season saw a slight change in the judging process.
The judging panel is the table of three primary judges, and any guest judges for that episode if applicable.
Audience voting returned and expanded to include Twitter.
Following the elimination tattoo, the human canvases gather to vote for the worst tattoo of the day that'll send one artist to the bottom. While the primary judges have the final say, the weight of the canvas vote does affect the judging panel's final decision, being that it's on their body.
Names, experience, and cities stated are at time of filming.
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