Australian Ninja Warrior was the first season of SASUKE/Ninja Warrior international format in Australia. The show was filmed on December 2016 in Cockatoo Island, New South Wales (referred as the Ninja Island), and premiered on July 9th, 2017 at Channel 9 (with 3 episodes each week, from Sunday to Tuesday). 250 competitors participated over 5 qualifying heat episodes, 3 semifinal episodes, and one grand final episode.
The Heats[]
The Heats were run over in 5 episodes, with 50 competitors in each heat. The 18 fastest competitors who completed the course in each heat would advance to the semifinals. If less than 18 competitors completed the course, the competitors who got the furthest and fastest round the course would advance to the semifinals. There was no time limit in the heats.
Heat 1[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② Silk Slider
③ Bridge of Blades
④ Tyre Swing to Cargo Net
⑤ Double Tilt Ladder
⑥ Warped Wall
Results[]
Place | Name | State/Territory Domicile | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Dylan Pawson | Queensland | Clear (0:58.41) | Berocca Performance of the Night. |
2nd | Brodie Pawson | Queensland | Clear (1:06.21) | Dylan Pawson's twin brother (both were referred to as the Parkour Twins). |
3rd | Mike Snow | Victoria | Clear (1:10) | Digest. |
4th | Ryan Roberts | Queensland | Clear (1:21.33) | |
5th | Jack Wilson | New South Wales | Clear (1:40.50) | |
6th | Troy Brown | Victoria | Clear (1:45) | All cut. |
7th | Shaun McCarthy | South Australia | Clear (2:00) | All cut. |
8th | Kevin Robertson | Victoria | Clear (2:19) | All cut. |
9th | Adam Chatfield | Western Australia | Clear (2:21) | All cut. |
10th | Nathan McCallum | New South Wales | Clear (2:21) | Digest. |
11th | Thomas Pichler | Queensland | Clear (3:01) | Digest. |
12th | Cody Thomas | Western Australia | 6. Warped Wall (2:10) | |
13th | Farkas Pungur | Queensland | 6. Warped Wall (2:57) | All cut. |
14th | Jake Bennett | New South Wales | 6. Warped Wall (3:02) | All cut. |
15th | Janet Smith | Western Australia | 5. Double Tilt Ladder (2:11) | First woman to qualify to the semifinals. |
16th | Celeste Dixon | South Australia | 5. Double Tilt Ladder (2:24) | Second woman to qualify to the semifinals. |
17th | Adam Brown | New South Wales | 5. Double Tilt Ladder (2:25) | |
18th | Kadeem Aarons | South Australia | 5. Double Tilt Ladder (2:52) |
Heat 2[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② UFO Slider
③ Bridge of Blades
④ Spinning Wheel to Cargo Net
⑤ Tilting Frames
⑥ Warped Wall
Results[]
Place | Name | State/Territory Domicile | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Ashlin Herbert | Victoria | Clear (1:01.50) | Berocca Performance of the Night. |
2nd | William Laister | Victoria | Clear (1:20.08) | |
3rd | Jesse Farquhar | Victoria | Clear (1:25) | All cut. |
4th | Ben Jones | Queensland | Clear (1:33) | All cut. |
5th | Tom Hazell | New South Wales | Clear (1:39) | All cut. |
6th | Scott Evennett | New South Wales | Clear (1:45.33) | |
7th | Neal Holmes | Victoria | Clear (1:46) | All cut. |
8th | Luke Williams | South Australia | Clear (1:49) | All cut. |
9th | Ryan Solomon | Queensland | Clear (1:53.12) | |
10th | Nick Turriff | Queensland | Clear (1:57) | Digest. |
11th | Jaymes Wright | New South Wales | Clear (2:05) | All cut. |
12th | Lachlan Fyfe | Queensland | Clear (2:10) | All cut. |
13th | Gavin Allen | South Australia | Clear (2:11) | All cut. |
14th | Mick Krake | New South Wales | Clear (2:18) | Digest. |
15th | Paul Ranger | Western Australia | Clear (2:26) | Digest. |
16th | Dane Bird-Smith | Queensland | Clear (2:34) | All cut. |
17th | Travers Jamieson | Queensland | Clear (2:55.82) | |
18th | Francis Cullimore | New South Wales | Clear (2:55.87) |
Heat 3[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② Bom Slider
③ Bridge of Blades
④ Cargo with Laché
⑤ Ball & Chain (Floating Chains + Cannonball Incline fusion)
⑥ Warped Wall
Results[]
Place | Name | State/Territory Domicile | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Ricko Tralongo | Victoria | Clear (1:12.21) | Berocca Performance of the Night. |
2nd | Cobi Head | Northern Territory | Clear (1:12.82) | |
3rd | Daniel Mason | Victoria | Clear (1:56.66) | |
4th | David Georgiou | Queensland | Clear (2:04) | All cut. |
5th | Josh O'Sullivan | New South Wales | Clear (2:30) | Digest. |
6th | Raoul Stone | South Australia | Clear (2:43) | Digest. |
7th | Luke Ha | Victoria | Clear (3:12.45) | |
8th | David Ravi | Western Australia | Clear (3:19.41) | |
9th | Caine Tsang | Victoria | 5. Ball & Chain (1:30) | All cut. |
10th | Martin Sta Ana | Queensland | 5. Ball & Chain (1:39) | All cut. |
11th | Rory Rhodes | Queensland | 5. Ball & Chain (1:45) | |
12th | Ryan Baohm | South Australia | 5. Ball & Chain (2:56) | All cut. |
13th | Georgia Bonora | Victoria | 5. Ball & Chain (3:22) | Third woman to qualify to the semifinals. |
14th | Sam Goodall | Western Australia | 4. Cargo with Laché (0:51) | |
15th | Lee Campbell | Australian Capital Territory | 4. Cargo with Laché (0:56) | All cut. |
16th | Sean Hosking | Victoria | 4. Cargo with Laché (0:57) | All cut. |
17th | Betsy Burnett | New South Wales | 4. Cargo with Laché (1:02) | Fourth woman to qualify to the semifinals. |
18th | Nicklas Pedersen | Victoria | 4. Cargo with Laché (1:04) | All cut. |
Heat 4[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② Slide to Box Jellyfish (ANW Propeller Bar + Bungee Road fusion)
③ Bridge of Blades
④ Rings to Cargo Net
⑤ Pipe Climber
⑥ Warped Wall
Results[]
Place | Name | State/Territory Domicile | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Lee Cossey | New South Wales | Clear (2:32.50) | Berocca Performance of the Night. |
2nd | Tom O'Halloran | New South Wales | Clear (2:38.16) | |
3rd | Ben Cossey | New South Wales | Clear (3:03.29) | Lee Cossey's brother. |
4th | Rob Sandover | Western Australia | Clear (3:08) | Digest. |
5th | Travis Edwards | New South Wales | Clear (3:16.29) | |
6th | Warwick Draper | Victoria | Clear (3:17) | Digest. |
7th | Alex Matthews | Western Australia | Clear (3:21.54) | |
8th | William Baron-Croston | Northern Territory | Clear (3:24) | All cut. |
9th | Johann Ofner | Queensland | Clear (3:27) | All cut. Johann passed away on January 2017 due to being shot dead while filming a music video in Brisbane. Because of that, as an honor to his family, Channel 9 decided not to show his run. Instead, a short tribute to him was shown at the end of the episode. |
10th | Donny Byrne | Western Australia | Clear (4:18) | All cut. |
11th | Andrea Hah | New South Wales | 6. Warped Wall (3:43) | Lee Cossey's girlfriend. Fifth woman to qualify to the semifinals. |
12th | Daniel McLean | New South Wales | 6. Warped Wall (4:08) | All cut. |
13th | Musashi Wakaki | New South Wales | 5. Pipe Climber (1:56) | All cut. |
14th | Bruce Nunez | New South Wales | 5. Pipe Climber (2:02) | All cut. |
15th | Adam Waring | Victoria | 5. Pipe Climber (2:06) | All cut. |
16th | Emmett Swindells | Queensland | 5. Pipe Climber (2:45) | All cut. |
17th | Matt Ah Chow | Victoria | 5. Pipe Climber (3:04) | All cut. |
18th | Beau Ryan | New South Wales | 5. Pipe Climber (3:31) |
Heat 5[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② Pole Rider
③ Bridge of Blades
④ Cones to Cargo Net
⑤ Swing Cycle
⑥ Warped Wall
Results[]
Place | Name | State/Territory Domicile | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Ben Polson | Western Australia | Clear (1:19.82) | Berocca Performance of the Night. |
2nd | Daniel Weston | Queensland | Clear (1:29.21) | |
3rd | Zayne Wealthall | Western Australia | Clear (1:34.08) | |
4th | Joel Picklington | Victoria | Clear (1:46) | Digest. |
5th | Jake Baker | Victoria | Clear (2:01) | All cut. |
6th | Jayden Irving | Victoria | Clear (2:02.99) | |
7th | Fred Dorrington | New South Wales | Clear (2:10.74) | Stage 2 finalist on Ninja Warrior UK 3. |
8th | Rob Patterson | Queensland | Clear (2:16) | Digest. |
9th | Shane Elisara | Queensland | Clear (2:20) | All cut. |
10th | Matthew Timms | Victoria | Clear (2:37) | Digest. |
11th | Takayuki Miyamoto | Queensland | Clear (2:56) | All cut. |
12th | Aurelien Apport | New South Wales | Clear (3:23.29) | |
13th | Damian Istria | Queensland | 6. Warped Wall (2:30) | All cut. |
14th | Glen West | New South Wales | 5. Swing Cycle (1:22) | Digest. |
15th | Ryan Brooke | Queensland | 5. Swing Cycle (1:26) | All cut. |
16th | Stephanie Magiros | New South Wales | 5. Swing Cycle (3:00) | Sixth woman to qualify to the semifinals. |
17th | Nathaniel Irving | Victoria | 4. Cones to Cargo Net (0:54) | |
18th | Michael Nass | Queensland | 4. Cones to Cargo Net (0:58) | Digest. |
The Semifinals[]
The Semifinals were run over in 3 episodes, with 30 competitors in each semifinal. The 7 fastest competitors who completed the course in each semifinal would advance to the grand final. If less than 7 competitors completed the course, the competitors who got the furthest and fastest round the course would advance to the grand final. There was no time limit in the semifinals.
Semifinal 1[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② Log Grip
③ Spinning Log
④ Jump Hang
⑤ Tyre Swing
⑥ Warped Wall
⑦ Ring Jump
⑧ Pole Grasper
⑨ Chimney Climb
Results[]
Place | Name | Heat Placing | Heat | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Rob Patterson | 8th | 5 | Clear (3:56) | Berocca Performance of the Night. |
2nd | William Laister | 2nd | 2 | Clear (4:02.41) | |
3rd | Mike Snow | 3rd | 1 | Clear (4:43) | |
4th | Alex Matthews | 7th | 4 | Clear (6:06.50) | |
5th | Nathan McCallum | 9th | 1 | 8. Pole Grasper (3:08) | |
6th | Johann Ofner | 9th | 4 | 8. Pole Grasper (4:58) | All cut. |
7th | Neal Holmes | 7th | 2 | 7. Ring Jump (3:53) |
Results of Other Semifinalists[]
Name | Heat Placing | Heat | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Travers Jamieson | 17th | 2 | 3. Spinning Log | |
Matthew Timms | 10th | 5 | 5. Tyre Swing | |
Matt Ah Chow | 17th | 4 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Sean Hosking | 16th | 3 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Ricko Tralongo | 2nd | 3 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Betsy Burnett | 17th | 3 | 4. Jump Hang | |
Luke Ha | 7th | 3 | 5. Tyre Swing | |
Cobi Head | 1st | 3 | 5. Tyre Swing | Digest. |
Lee Campbell | 15th | 3 | 5. Tyre Swing | Digest. |
Jaymes Wright | 11th | 2 | 5. Tyre Swing | Digest. |
David Ravi | 8th | 3 | 7. Ring Jump | 8th place. |
Rory Rhodes | 11th | 3 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Nic Turriff | 10th | 2 | 4. Jump Hang | Digest. |
Martin Sta Ana | 10th | 3 | 5. Tyre Swing | Digest. |
Stephanie Magiros | 16th | 5 | 4. Jump Hang | |
Ryan Roberts | 4th | 1 | 5. Tyre Swing |
Semifinal 2[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② Log Grip
③ Spinning Log
④ Jump Hang
⑤ Bungee Road
⑥ Warped Wall
⑦ Flying Shelf
⑧ Pole Grasper
⑨ Chimney Climb
Results[]
Place | Name | Heat Placing | Heat | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Ashlin Herbert | 1st | 2 | Clear (3:13.54) | |
2nd | Lee Cossey | 1st | 4 | Clear (3:19.54) | |
3rd | Jayden Irving | 6th | 5 | Clear (3:29.16) | |
4th | Tom O'Halloran | 2nd | 4 | Clear (3:34.95) | |
5th | William Baron-Croston | 8th | 4 | Clear (4:06) | Digest. |
6th | Ben Cossey | 3rd | 4 | Clear (4:09.91) | |
7th | Fred Dorrington | 7th | 5 | Clear (4:35) | Digest. |
Results of Other Semifinalists[]
Name | Heat Placing | Heat | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nathaniel Irving | 17th | 5 | 3. Spinning Log | |
Scott Evennett | 6th | 2 | 7. Flying Shelf | |
Georgia Bonora | 13th | 3 | 4. Jump Hang | |
Josh O'Sullivan | 5th | 3 | Clear (5:09) | Digest. 9th place. |
Kadeem Aarons | 18th | 1 | 2. Log Grip | |
Daniel Mason | 3rd | 3 | Clear (5:18.33) | 10th place. |
Cody Thomas | 12th | 1 | 2. Log Grip | Digest. |
Glen West | 14th | 5 | 4. Jump Hang | Digest. Foot touched the water while climbing down the cargo net. |
David Georgiou | 4th | 3 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Thomas Pichler | 11th | 1 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Travis Edwards | 5th | 4 | Clear (5:05) | Digest. 8th place. |
Emmett Swindells | 16th | 4 | 5. Bungee Road | |
Rob Sandover | 4th | 4 | 8. Pole Grasper | |
Andrea Hah | 11th | 4 | 8. Pole Grasper | First woman to scale the Warped Wall on Australian Ninja Warrior. Berocca Performance of the Night. |
Jake Baker | 5th | 5 | 7. Flying Shelf | Seen in demo |
Semifinal 3[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② Log Grip
③ Spinning Log
④ Jump Hang
⑤ Big Wheel
⑥ Warped Wall
⑦ Swinging Spikes
⑧ Pole Grasper
⑨ Chimney Climb
Results[]
Place | Name | Heat Placing | Heat | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Ben Polson | 1st | 5 | Clear (4:40.08) | Berocca Performance of the Night. |
2nd | Tom Hazell | 5th | 2 | Clear (4:41.08) | |
3rd | Ryan Solomon | 9th | 2 | Clear (4:44.58) | |
4th | Luke Williams | 8th | 2 | Clear (6:07) | Digest. |
5th | Sam Goodall | 14th | 3 | Clear (7:51.87) | Hit his head on the Big Wheel. |
6th | Daniel Weston | 2nd | 5 | 8. Pole Grasper (2:45) | |
7th | Jack Wilson | 5th | 1 | 8. Pole Grasper (4:02) |
Results of Other Semifinalists[]
Name | Heat Placing | Heat | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Chatfield | 9th | 1 | 7. Swinging Spikes | |
Janet Smith | 15th | 1 | 2. Log Grip | |
Warwick Draper | 6th | 4 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Kevin Robertson | 8th | 1 | 4. Jump Hang | Digest. Foot touched the water while climbing down the cargo net. |
Caine Tsang | 9th | 3 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Zayne Wealthall | 3rd | 5 | 3. Spinning Log | |
Beau Ryan | 18th | 4 | 3. Spinning Log | |
Dylan Pawson | 1st | 1 | 3. Spinning Log | |
Francis Cullimore | 18th | 2 | 5. Big Wheel | |
Aurelien Apport | 12th | 5 | 3. Spinning Log | |
Farkas Pungur | 13th | 1 | 3. Spinning Log | Digest. |
Brodie Pawson | 2nd | 1 | 3. Spinning Log | Fell in a similar fashion with his brother, Dylan Pawson. |
Celeste Dixon | 16th | 1 | 2. Log Grip | |
Jesse Farquhar | 3rd | 2 | 7. Swinging Spikes | All cut. |
Joel Pocklington | 4th | 5 | 7. Swinging Spikes | All cut. |
Unknown Runs[]
Name | Heat Placing | Heat | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Brown | 17th | 1 | Unknown | All cut. |
Adam Waring | 15th | 4 | Unknown | All cut. |
Ben Jones | 4th | 2 | Unknown | All cut. |
Bruce Nunez | 14th | 4 | Unknown | All cut. |
Damian Istria | 13th | 5 | Unknown | All cut. |
Dane Bird-Smith | 16th | 2 | Unknown | All cut. |
Daniel McLean | 12th | 4 | Unknown | All cut. |
Donny Byrne | 10th | 4 | Unknown | All cut. |
Gavin Allen | 13th | 2 | Unknown | All cut. |
Jake Bennett | 14th | 1 | Unknown | All cut. |
Lachlan Fyfe | 12th | 2 | Unknown | All cut. |
Michael Nass | 18th | 5 | Unknown | All cut. |
Mick Krake | 14th | 2 | Unknown | All cut. |
Musashi Wakaki | 13th | 4 | Unknown | All cut. |
Nicklas Pedersen | 18th | 3 | Unknown | All cut. |
Paul Ranger | 15th | 2 | Unknown | All cut. |
Raoul Stone | 6th | 3 | Unknown | All cut. |
Ryan Baohm | 12th | 3 | Unknown | All cut. |
Ryan Brooke | 15th | 5 | Unknown | All cut. |
Shane Elisara | 9th | 5 | Unknown | All cut. |
Shaun McCarthy | 7th | 1 | Unknown | All cut. |
Takayuki Miyamoto | 11th | 5 | Unknown | All cut. |
Troy Brown | 6th | 1 | Unknown | All cut. |
The Grand Final[]
The Grand Final was where the remaining 21 competitors from 3 semifinals would battle it out to become the first "Australian Ninja Warrior" and the cash prize of AU$100,000. However, if no competitor could achieve total victory, the prize money would be rolled over to the next season (and kept rolling over until someone achieve total victory, resulting that competitor would receive the rolled-over cash prize and the cash prize would be reset back to AU$100,000 on the next season after that).
Stage One[]
Obstacles[]
① Quintuple Steps
② Big Dipper
③ Spinning Log with Donut (ANW 7 Spinning Log)
④ Jump Hang
⑤ Spider Jump
⑥ Warped Wall
⑦ Globe Grasper
⑧ Ring Swing
⑨ Chimney Climb
Time limit: 225 seconds.
Results[]
Name | Semifinal Placing | Semifinal | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Solomon | 3rd | 3 | 2. Big Dipper | |
Sam Goodall | 5th | 3 | 4. Jump Hang | |
Ben Cossey | 6th | 2 | 7. Globe Grasper | |
Jayden Irving | 3rd | 2 | 5. Spider Jump | Disqualified for jumping back to the starting platform. |
Daniel Westor | 6th | 3 | 4. Jump Hang | |
Tom O'Halloran | 4th | 2 | Clear (0:59.25 left) | |
Mike Snow | 3rd | 1 | 2. Big Dipper | Digest. |
Tom Hazell | 2nd | 3 | 4. Jump Hang | Digest. |
Neal Holmes | 7th | 1 | 7. Globe Grasper | Digest. |
Jack Wilson | 7th | 3 | Clear (0:27.12 left) | |
Fred Dorrington | 7th | 2 | Clear (0:23.58 left) | Fred was at the Jump Hang, before being disqualified because his foot touched the water at the Big Dipper. However, during the review, it was revealed that his foot didn't touch the water (the ripple on the water was from the pushed safety mat). Therefore, he was allowed to continue his run. |
William Laister | 2nd | 1 | 2. Big Dipper | |
Lee Cossey | 2nd | 2 | Clear (0:43.70 left) | |
Nathan McCallum | 5th | 1 | 5. Spider Jump | Digest. |
Ben Polson | 1st | 3 | Clear (0:55.29 left) | Digest. |
Rob Patterson | 1st | 1 | Clear (1:11 left) | Digest. |
Alex Matthews | 4th | 1 | Clear (0:08 left) | |
Ashlin Herbert | 1st | 2 | Clear (1:21.70 left) | |
Johann Ofner | 6th | 1 | Clear (0:45 left) | All cut. |
Luke Williams | 4th | 3 | 2. Big Dipper | All cut. |
William Baron-Croston | 5th | 2 | Unknown | All cut. |
Stage Two[]
Obstacles[]
Timed
① Jungle Ropes
② Basket Toss
③ Salmon Ladder
④ Unstable Bridge
⑤ Wall Lift
Time limit: 65 seconds.
Untimed
⑥ Crazy Cliffhanger (ANW 7 version)
⑦ Floating Boards
⑧ Flying Bar
Results[]
Name | Semifinal Placing | Semifinal | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Dorrington | 7th | 2 | 4. Unstable Bridge | Timed out at the first plank. Berocca Performance of the Night. Last Man Standing. |
Rob Patterson | 1st | 1 | 2. Basket Toss | |
Ben Polson | 1st | 3 | 1. Jungle Ropes | Course out. |
Tom O'Halloran | 4th | 2 | 4. Unstable Bridge | Transition to the second plank. |
Alex Matthews | 4th | 1 | 1. Jungle Ropes | |
Ashlin Herbert | 1st | 2 | 3. Salmon Ladder | Timed out before making transition to the Unstable Bridge. |
Lee Cossey | 2nd | 2 | 1. Jungle Ropes | |
Jack Wilson | 7th | 3 | 2. Basket Toss | |
Johann Ofner | 6th | 1 | 1. Jungle Ropes | All cut. |
Stage Three (Mt. Midoriyama)[]
Obstacles[]
① Rope Climb (22 meters)
Time limit: 30 seconds.
Results[]
Name | Semifinal Placing | Semifinal | Result | Notes |
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Stage Not Attempted. |
Gallery[]
Logo & Cast[]
Competitors[]
Obstacles[]
Stage Map[]
Miscellaneous[]
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