The first season of Ink Master premiered on January 17, 2012. The show is hosted by Dave Navarro who joins Chris Nunez and Oliver Peck to make up a panel of judges that decides which contestants get to continue in the competition and which go home, ultimately deciding the winner at the end. The last contestant standing each season receives a $100,000 prize, the title of Inked Master, and a feature in Inked Magazine. The first two seasons were made available to stream on Netflix in the United States in December 2020.