Australian Ninja Warrior

Australian Ninja Warrior
Genre Sports entertainment
Created by Ushio Higuchi
Presented by
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 9
Production
Location(s) Cockatoo Island
Running time 1 hour and 20 minutes
(without ads)
Production company(s) Endemol Shine Australia
Release
Original network Nine Network
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 9 July 2017 (2017-07-09) – present
Chronology
Related shows Sasuke
American Ninja Warrior
Ninja Warrior UK
Sasuke Ninja Warrior Indonesia

Australian Ninja Warrior is a sports entertainment competition spin-off of the Japanese television series Sasuke which premiered on 9 July 2017 on the Nine Network.[1]

History

The series was announced in 2016 with applications open until 9 september 2016, with filming between November & December 2016 on Cockatoo Island.[2] The series was officially confirmed at Nine's upfronts in November 2016 with Rebecca Maddern announced as host.[3][4] A few days after the announcement, Ben Fordham was announced as second host & Freddie Flintoff as the series' sideline reporter.[5] The series began airing on 9 July 2017.[1] The series was renewed for a second season during the season one final which will be filmed between December 2017 & January 2018, with applications to close by 3 September 2017.[6][7]

Format

Potential contestants go through a rigorous series of obstacles before the possibility of becoming the next Australian Ninja Warrior and win a cash prize, starting at $100,000, if there is no winner in a season the prize will jackpot and rise by $100,000 eventually until someone conquers Mount Midoriyama.

Series overview

Season Originally aired Host(s) Sideline reporter Prize
Premiere Finale
1 9 July 2017 25 July 2017 Rebecca Maddern
Ben Fordham		 Freddie Flintoff $100,000
2 2018 TBA $200,000

Season 1 (2017)

The first season premiered on 9 July, 2017, on Nine Network and concluded on 25 July, 2017. The season was filmed on Cockatoo Island, Sydney where 50 ninjas ran in each of the six qualifying heats, with the top 18 from each heat moving on to the Semi Finals. From the three semi finals, the top 7 competitors moved on to the Grand Final. 9 Competitors finished stage one of the Grand Final, but none completed stage two.

Viewership

Season Episodes Premiered Ended Season average Network
Date Premiere viewers
(millions)		 Date Finale viewers
(millions)		 Final stage viewers
(millions)		 Viewers (millions)
1 9
9 July 2017
 1.680[8]
25 July 2017
 2.038[9] 2.145[9] 1.727[10] Nine Network
2 TBA
2018
 TBA
TBA
 TBA TBA TBA

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Knox, David (22 June 2017). "It’s Australian Ninja Warrior premiere v House Rules finale". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "ANW season 1 application". My Casting Net. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Knox, David (8 November 2016). "Nine Upfronts 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Nine in 2017". nineentertainmentco.com.au. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Knox, David (28 November 2016). "Ben Fordham, Freddie Flintoff join ANW". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Knox, David (26 July 2017). "Renewed: Australian Ninja Warrior". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "ANW season 2 application". My Casting Net. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Knox, David (10 July 2017). "Sunday 9 July 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  9. 1 2 Knox, David (26 July 2017). "Tuesday 25 July 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  10. ↑ Samios, Zoe (26 July 2017). "Ninja Warrior final stage tops 3m national viewers". Mumbrella. Retrieved 26 July 2017.


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