Ink Master season 10

Ink Master: Return of the Masters
Season 10
Hosted byDave Navarro
JudgesChris Núñez
Oliver Peck
No. of contestants18
WinnerJosh Payne
No. of episodes16
Release
Original network
Original releaseJanuary 9 (2018-01-09) 
April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24)
Season chronology

Ink Master: Return of the Masters is the tenth season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master, with 16 episodes that aired from January to April 2018. The first two episodes of the season marked the series' last to air on Spike prior to the network's transition to Paramount Network nine days later on January 18. Despite this, the remaining episodes continued to air on the new channel. 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 received $100,000, a feature in Inked magazine and the title of Ink Master.

The premise of this season was having three teams of six artists that were led by three Ink Master winners, season two winner Steve Tefft, season seven winner Anthony Michaels, and season nine winner DJ Tambe (Old Town Ink). The live finale also featured the coaches going head-to-head in the first ever Master Face-Off, in which the winning master would also receive $100,000. This is the first season to feature contestants from the spin-off Ink Master: Angels who won their respective Angel Face Off to earn a spot to compete in this season.

The winner of the tenth season of Ink Master was Joshua Payne, with Juan Salgado being the runner-up. The winner of the Master Face-Off was DJ Tambe, making him the first and only to win two consecutive seasons, with Anthony Michaels being the runner-up.