I see where you’re coming from but to me the judging is thorough I agree with most of what they say. Even if the wrong person does get eliminated, there’s no way they would have made it much further anyhow. A great example you brought up was season 6. Kruseman, the season winner, nearly got eliminated, but instead went on to win the entire thing. Maybe when it comes down to who will be eliminated, they focus on potential, even without bringing it up.

And yes they judge the tattoo, but technical application is the most important, and if you look at most eliminations, they usually judge mostly with technical applications. I guess it can become a perspective thing. What they see as good, we don’t. What we see as good, they don’t.