American Ninja Warrior 5

American Ninja Warrior 5 was the fifth season of American Ninja Warrior. The season premiered on June 30th, 2013, and hosted four cities for qualifying rounds in Venice Beach, Baltimore (new city), Miami, and Denver (new city), with the national finals being held in Las Vegas. For this season, Matt Iseman returned as the host for his fourth season, while Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Jenn Brown replaced Jonny Moseley and Angela Sun as the co-host and sideline reporter respectively.

This season brought some major changes for the competition, compared to the previous season:
 * Starting on this season:
 * Competitors who completed the city qualifiers course would automatically advance to city finals. If less than 30 competitors completed it, the competitors who got the furthest and fastest round the course would advance to city finals.
 * Then, competitors who completed the city finals course would automatically advance to Las Vegas national finals. If less than 15 competitors completed it, the competitors who got the furthest and fastest round the course would advance to Las Vegas national finals. City finals course was now featured 10 obstacles instead of 9.
 * Competitors who completed the city finals course would also receive a special badge, and they must wear it while competing in Las Vegas national finals.
 * About 55% of the obstacles used on this season were new, with some of them having never been used on both American Ninja Warrior and SASUKE. This would eventually make American Ninja Warrior as the staple of the obstacles for most of the SASUKE/Ninja Warrior's international formats in the future.

Venice Beach Qualifiers
Original Airdate: June 30th, 2013 & July 1st, 2013.

Obstacles
① Quintuple Steps

② ^Frame Slider

③ ^Domino Hill

④ ^Floating Chains

⑤ ^Flying Nunchucks

⑥ Warped Wall

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

Baltimore Qualifiers
Original Airdate: July 7th, 2013 & July 8th, 2013.

Obstacles
① Quintuple Steps

② ^Downhill Jump

③ ^Prism Tilt

④ ^Swing Jump

⑤ ^Circle Cross

⑥ Warped Wall

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

Miami Qualifiers
Original Airdate: July 14th, 2013 & July 15th, 2013.

Obstacles
① Quintuple Steps

② ^Utility Pole Slider

③ ^Balance Bridge

④ ^Slider Jump

⑤ ^Monkey Peg

⑥ Warped Wall

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

Denver Qualifiers
Original Airdate: July 21st, 2013 & July 22nd, 2013.

Obstacles
① Quintuple Steps

② *Rolling Log

③ ^Rotating Bridge

④ ^Jump Hang Kai

⑤ ^Grip Hang

⑥ Warped Wall

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Venice Beach Finals
Original Airdate: July 28th, 2013 & July 29th, 2013.

Obstacles
① Quintuple Steps

② Frame Slider

③ Domino Hill

④ Floating Chains

⑤ ^Trapeze Swing

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ *Salmon Ladder

⑧ ^Rope Maze

⑨ ^Cliffhanger

⑩ ^Spider Climb

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Baltimore Finals
Original Airdate: August 4th, 2013 & August 5th, 2013.

Obstacles
① Quintuple Steps

② Downhill Jump

③ Prism Tilt

④ Swing Jump

⑤ Circle Cross

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ *Salmon Ladder

⑧ ^Rumbling Dice

⑨ ^Body Prop

⑩ ^Spider Climb

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Miami Finals
Original Airdate: August 11th, 2013 & August 12th, 2013.

Obstacles
① Quintuple Steps

② Utility Pole Slider

③ Balance Bridge

④ Slider Jump

⑤ Monkey Peg

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ *Salmon Ladder

⑧ ^Ledge Jump

⑨ ^Rolling Steel

⑩ ^Spider Climb

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Denver Finals
Original Airdate: August 18th, 2013 & August 19th, 2013.

Obstacles
① Quintuple Steps

② Rolling Log

③ Rotating Bridge

④ +Jump Hang Kai

⑤ +Grip Hang

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ *Salmon Ladder

⑧ ^Floating Stairs

⑨ ^Pole Grasper

⑩ ^Spider Climb

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

+ - Modified Obstacle (Compared to American Ninja Warrior 5's City Qualifiers Course)

Las Vegas National Finals
Each competitor who competed in Las Vegas national finals must wear clothes/attributes that represented his/her respective qualifying city.

Stage One
Original Airdate: August 25th, 2013; August 26th, 2013; September 2nd, 2013.

Obstacles
① ^Timbers

② ^Giant Cycle

③ ^Rope Glider

④ Jumping Spider

⑤ Half Pipe Attack

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ Spinning Bridge

⑧ Final Climb (Tarzan Rope + Rope Ladder fusion)

Time limit: 130 seconds.

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

Stage Two
Original Airdate: September 9th, 2013 & September 16th, 2013.

Obstacles
① ^Hang Slider

② Double Salmon Ladder

③ Unstable Bridge

④ *Balance Tank

⑤ Metal Spin

⑥ Wall Lift

Time limit: 125 seconds.

^ - New Obstacle in American Ninja Warrior Course

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Stage Three
Original Airdate: September 16th, 2013.

Obstacles
① Roulette Cylinder

② Doorknob Grasper

③ Floating Boards

④ Ultimate Cliffhanger

⑤ Bungee Rope Climb

⑥ Hang Climb

⑦ Spider Flip

⑧ Flying Bar

Obstacles
① Rope Climb (77 feet)

Time limit: 30 seconds.