This season was terrible 1 . Peck vs Nues I expected more coaching , debate . A challenge between both could be great . Too cold and zero battle . 2 . Girls vs Boys the competition was supposed to be Peck guys vs Nues guys but girls started their alliance and messed the game . Nicki was fucking annoying interrupting judges and complaining a lot . 3 . Judgment criteria Eric elimination was really bad . The guy worked sick as a dog for hours in someone else butt . Really , no one sick can do a decent job . In several eliminations judges saved artists using previous tattoos but they sent Eric home without this resource . 4 . Team Nues Sketchy Lawyer too emotional guy gave up and Eric was sent home too early . As a consequence , we got Kevin and Nicki for more time . Kevin never heard Nues advice and Nicki was arrogant and annoying . Kelly is great but she told she is afraid of Nues and she is his only artist . In conclusion I have been watching Ink Master since season 3 and this girls vs boys drama destroyed the competition . There are lots of great girls in the show Tattoo Baby , Sarah Miller , Duffy Fortner are some examples . Kelly and Ryan didn ' t need to play alliance games . I hope that we get Ryan , Gian Karle and Kelly in finals . Nathan is a good artist but I can stand for it in the mediocre tattoo episode