<Dd> The shop was voted worst tattoo of the day and was eliminated . </Dd> <Dd> The shop won the flash challenge but was voted worst tattoo of the day and was eliminated . </Dd> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 109 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Fire & Ice" </Td> <Td> June 6, 2017 (2017 - 06 - 06) </Td> <Td> 0.90 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge--Part 1: After the artists meet Dave, Peck and Nunez at Skylands Stadium, they go into their very first Flash Challenge where they had four hours to create an ice sculpture that represents their respective shop . But that of course is not the only Flash Challenge they faced . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Allegory Arts </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge--Part 2: The rest of the shops, except for Allegory Arts, carve out their custom logo before molding it out of molten lava . Another shop will also be safe from elimination . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Unkindness Art </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The shops drew one of the animals as their live reference . They will then tattoo their animal in the style they picked . Thicker Than Blood, however, took a different approach and drew their tattoo without incorporating the live snake . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Artistic Skin Designs and Black Anchor Collective </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Artistic Skin Designs </Li> <Li> Bottom: Tri-Cities Tattoo, The Marked Society Tattoo and Thicker Than Blood </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Thicker Than Blood </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 110 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Crossing the Line" </Td> <Td> June 13, 2017 (2017 - 06 - 13) </Td> <Td> 0.77 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veteran: Bubba Irwin </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Fundamentals </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge: The shops had five hours to create an original design out of colored Post-it notes . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Old Town Ink </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The shops put their fundamental skills to the test when they have to tattoo an illustrative blackwork design . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Allegory Arts, Old Town Ink and Artistic Skin Designs . </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Artistic Skin Designs </Li> <Li> Bottom: Old Town Ink, Tri-Cities Tattoo and The Marked Society Tattoo </Li> <Li> Eliminated: The Marked Society Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 111 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Unnatural Disasters" </Td> <Td> June 20, 2017 (2017 - 06 - 20) </Td> <Td> 0.89 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veteran: Made Rich </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Detail </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge: The shops had five hours to turn one image into another with one artist working on one side while their partner worked on the other . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Unkindness Art </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The shops must show detail in their natural disaster tattoo . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Pinz & Needlez </Li> <Li> Bottom: Think Before You Ink, Black Anchor Collective and Tri-Cities Tattoo </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Black Anchor Collective </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 112 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Lend Me Your Ear" </Td> <Td> June 27, 2017 (2017 - 06 - 27) </Td> <Td> 0.89 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veterans: Lalo and Picasso </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Technical Application </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge: The shops had two hours to create identical micro ear tattoos . Since winning the last Elimination Tattoo, Pinz and Needles picked their canvas first while the rest of the canvases handled their skull picks . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Old Town Ink </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The shops tattoo a pair of black and grey cherubs at the same time . Since the judges were divided in choosing the winner, it was clear that one individual from each shop were the standouts in this Elimination Tattoo . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Unkindness Art and Pinz & Needlez </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Unkindness Art </Li> <Li> Bottom: Think Before You Ink, Tri-Cities Tattoo and Allegory Arts </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Tri-Cities Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 113 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "War and Ink" </Td> <Td> July 11, 2017 (2017 - 07 - 11) </Td> <Td> 0.89 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veterans: King Ruck and E.S. </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Composition </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge Inspired by Corona Extra, the shops had four hours to help give the canvas the moment they lived . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Artistic Skin Designs </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The shops go to war with color realistic battle scenes . But the battle for survival arises near the end when Pinz And Needles' canvas second guessing the design of her tattoo while Classic Trilogy Tattoo's canvas passed out . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Old Town Ink </Li> <Li> Bottom: Think Before You Ink, Classic Trilogy Tattoo and Pinz & Needlez </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Think Before You Ink </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 114 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Get the Flock Outta Here" </Td> <Td> July 18, 2017 (2017 - 07 - 18) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veteran: Boneface </Li> <Li> Skill of the Week: Artistry </Li> <Li> Flash Challenge: The shops had five hours to create a work of art by first drawing on a black inhesive board before using one of the colored velvet powder over their design . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Old Town Ink </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: Each shop must show their true artistry by doing a freehand tattoo . Each artist had three hours to draw the design on skin . Then, its respective partner will tattoo the drawn piece for six hours . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Unkindness Art and Pinz & Needlez </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Pinz & Needlez </Li> <Li> Bottom: Black Spade Tattoo, House of Monkey Tattoo and Classic Trilogy Tattoo </Li> <Li> Eliminated: House of Monkey Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 115 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "On the Bubble" </Td> <Td> July 25, 2017 (2017 - 07 - 25) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veteran: Christian Buckingham </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Ingenuity </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge: The shops had five hours to create a design on a giant sheet of bubble wrap by carefully injecting ink into each bubble </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Black Spade Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: Each shop worked on a new school tattoo with one artist tattooing the first three hours and the other tattooing the last three hours . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Unkindness Art and Old Town Ink </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Old Town Ink </Li> <Li> Bottom: Bone Face Ink Tattoo Shop, Black Spade Tattoo and Artistic Skin Designs </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Bone Face Ink Tattoo Shop </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 116 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "Masterpiece Mayhem" </Td> <Td> August 1, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 01) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veterans: Matt O'Baugh and Katie McGowan </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Consistency </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge: An emotional flash challenge has the shops tattooing a replica of a little loved ones' condition onto its respective human canvas for three hours . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Unkindness Art </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: Matt and Katie's past comes back to haunt them as they and the remaining shops must to use consistency by tattooing a famous work of art . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Classic Trilogy Tattoo and Artistic Skin Designs </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Artistic Skin Designs </Li> <Li> Bottom: Allegory Arts, Black Spade Tattoo and Unkindness Art </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Black Spade Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 117 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "Pin - Up Panic Attack" </Td> <Td> August 8, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 08) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veteran: Tommy Helm </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Proportion / Perspectives </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge: The shops had five hours to create a sculpture by adding more or less of their own plaster on to a canvas . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Black Cobra Tattoos </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The shops tackle Tommy's least favorite design that exposed his weakness in proportion, a Pin - Up tattoo . The artist and its partner were each given 30 minutes to tattoo the same canvas . Peck did not co-judge due to medical emergency due to a heart attack . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Basilica Tattoo and Black Cobra Tattoos </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Basilica Tattoo </Li> <Li> Bottom: Empire State Studio, Allegory Arts and Pinz & Needlez </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Pinz & Needlez </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 118 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "Drill Baby, Drill" </Td> <Td> August 15, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 15) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Guest Judge: Tommy Montoya </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Returning Veterans: Cleen Rock One and Aaron Is </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Precision </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge: The shops had five hours to create a design by drilling different holes onto a wooden canvas . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Black Cobra Tattoos </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The shops get to work tattooing matching portraits on two different canvases . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Golden Skull Tattoo and Empire State Studio </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Golden Skull Tattoo </Li> <Li> Bottom: Allegory Arts, Classic Trilogy Tattoo and Artistic Skin Designs </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Classic Trilogy Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 119 </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> "Grim Inker" </Td> <Td> August 22, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 22) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Adaptability </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The final eight shops fight for survival as four shops must work together to tattoo the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse on the human canvas at the same time . However, only one artist from each shop will do the tattooing . The first team consisted of Tommy Helm from Empire State Tattoo, Erin Chance from Unkindness Art, Ulyss Blair from Allegory Arts and Matt O'Baugh from Black Cobra Tattoos while Noelin Wheeler from Basilica Tattoo, Cleen Rock One from Golden Skull Tattoo, DJ Tambe from Old Town Ink and April Nicole from Artistic Skin Designs round out the second team . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Empire State Studio, Black Cobra Tattoos, Allegory Arts and Unkindness Art </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Face Off Tattoo: Golden Skull Tattoo, Basilica Tattoo, Old Town Ink and Artistic Skin Designs have to duke it out . This time, the artist who didn't participate in the elimination tattoo must use the adaptability to tattoo a free handed design . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Artistic Skin Designs </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 120 </Th> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> "Pit Fall" </Td> <Td> August 29, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 29) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Placement </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: The final seven shop deal with armpit tattoos by creating two six - hour coordinating pieces with one artist from each shop tattooing the left armpit and the other tattooing the right armpit the next day . In addition, Peck and Nuñez assigned the human canvases . For the second armpit tattoo, each shop had to switch canvases and finish another's shops tattoo, thus creating a head - to - head comparison . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Golden Skull Tattoo </Li> <Li> Bottom: Allegory Arts, Unkindness Art, Old Town Ink </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Allegory Arts </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 121 </Th> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> "Sell Out" </Td> <Td> September 5, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 05) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week Self Promotion </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo - Part 1: The power was put in the hands of the human canvases as each canvas had 5 minutes to interview each shop about a tattoo they would like to get . After the interviews, the canvases drew skulls to determine a picking order . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Basilica Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo - Part 2: The human canvases picked a random number on the bottom of the skull . They will then pick one of the tattoos that was done by its respecitve shop in part one of the elimination tattoo . Black Cobra Tattoos was put up for elimination after they were not chosen by neither canvas . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Unkindness Art </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Face Off Tattoo: Black Cobra Tattoo, Empire State Studio, Golden Skull Tattoo and Old Town Ink must tag team their respective partner to tattoo the style and subject that were each chosen by the winners of the elimination tattoo . Basilica picked American Traditional while Unkindness Art wants them to incorporate the style into a snake because of the show featured several artists screwing up the design in the previous seasons . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Eliminated: Empire State Studio </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 122 </Th> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> "Casting the First Stone" </Td> <Td> September 12, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 12) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Skill of the Week: Cohesion </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Flash Challenge: The shops had six hours to paint a nude human canvas onto a two dimensional canvas that looks seamless . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Winner: Golden Skull Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Elimination Tattoo: Final five shops deal with Asian deities in this tag team elimination tattoo . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Top Shops: Old Town Ink and Unkindness Art </Li> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Old Town Ink </Li> <Li> Bottom: Golden Skull Tattoo, Balisica Tattoo and Black Cobra Tattoos </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Golden Skull Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 123 </Th> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> "Marathon to the Finale" </Td> <Td> September 19, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 19) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Tattoo Marathon - Round 1: The final four shops compete in a two - part tattoo marathon that will determine who goes to the live finale . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Black Cobra Tattoos and Basilica Tattoo </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Tattoo Marathon - Round 2: Old Town Ink and Unkindness Art fight for the last remaining spot in the Ink Master Live Finale . </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Best Tattoo of the Day: Old Town Ink </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Unkindness Art </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 124 </Th> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> "Shop Wars Finale" </Td> <Td> September 26, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 26) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Ul> <Li> Finale - Round 1: Twitter users voted Black Cobra Tattoos into the final two, based on the live 6 - hour tattoo . Judges voted Old Town Ink into the final two based on the 35 - hour master canvas black - and - gray tattoo . </Li> <Li> Finale - Round 2: Judges voted Old Town Ink as Master Shop based on the 35 - hour master canvas color tattoo . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

Who was eliminated on ink master season 9 episode 5