‘Ink Master’ season 6: Masters vs Apprentices premiere date revealed, see the artists

We have been longing for some news to come out on “Ink Master” season 6 and finally the wait is over! We have the theme, the premiere date and a preview video giving us a quick glimpse of the new artists. After the success of last year’s theme of “rivals” we weren’t too surprised to learn that there will be a theme attached to this season as well: Masters vs Apprentices. We love the idea of this theme, but are hoping that the apprentices won’t be so new to the world of tattooing that they just get picked off by the masters. What we want to see are apprentices that have moved on past this stage and are now back to show their masters how amazing they are. There are so many ways the show can go with this theme and we can’t wait.

We aren’t going to bury the lead here which is that “Ink Master” season 6 will be coming back to Spike TV fairly soon. The premiere date for the new season will be on June, 23 (once again airing on Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. so get your popcorn ready!). Spike TV is has had a lot of success with keeping “Ink Master” on the same day in the same time slot and other networks should really take a cue from this since it helps viewers know when and what day they can see their favorite show.

Were you hoping that there was going to be a returning artist again this year? “Ink Master” has been bringing back artists from past seasons for a second kick at the can and last season Jason Clay Dunn took the title as the first returning artist to win the competition, but it looks like the show is putting the brakes on that for this season as we have a cast of all new artists. As much as we’ve loved seeing some of our favorites returning (and we are hoping that next season will be an all-stars), we are happy that it will be an all new cast with no returning artist this time around. While it’s been fun to see, they always have a harder time competing whether the judges are extra hard on them or in some cases even too nice to them. Speaking of the judges, Chris Nunez, Oliver Peck and host Dave Navarro will all be back!

CarterMatt will be back once again to be your guide to all things “Ink Master” as we have been for the past 5 seasons with reviews, previews, interviews with the artists and podcasts with co-hosts Jessa Carter and tattoo and art expert Bart. If you want to catch up on past “Ink Master” scoop you can head over to the link here. Also if you want more great TV news sent your way then be sure to sign up for the CarterMatt weekly newsletter. (Photo: Spike TV)