Australian Ninja Warrior
| Australian Ninja Warrior | |
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| 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 |
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| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 9 July 2017 – present |
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| 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.
The series was announced in 2016 with applications open until 9 september 2016, with filming between November & December 2016 on Cockatoo Island. The series was officially confirmed at Nine's upfronts in November 2016 with Rebecca Maddern announced as host. A few days after the announcement, Ben Fordham was announced as second host & Freddie Flintoff as the series' sideline reporter. The series began airing on 9 July 2017. 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.
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.
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.
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