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Ninja Warrior Poland 5 was the fifth season of the international Ninja Warrior format in Poland. The show was recorded right after the fourth season in July 2021. The season premiered on March 1, 2022. In this season that all four of Last Man Standing from previous seasons (Jakub Zawistowski, Robert Bandosz, Sebastian Kasprzyk and Igor Fojcik) are to perform. In addition, the famous Split Decision made its first appearance in Season 5.
Polsat TV announced near May 2021 that it will continue Ninja Warrior Poland, and announced the castings for the next edition, which started for the first time on June 8 and 9. Those who did the best performance test in the casting entered the Ninja Warrior group. Applications with the completed form were sent from the official website until the end of the casting. Some time after the start of casting for Insta story, the program hosts information that the program will be available on TV in the fall. Due to the threat of COVID-19, the program producer provided the creators and participants with security in accordance with the currently applicable sanitary requirements and health and safety regulations.
After the casting for the program, Polsat TV announced the start of the first recordings of the two seasons, which will take place on July 20, 2021. The day before (July 19), the hosts came to the place where the season is always recorded, i.e. the Arena Gliwice. The exact release date of the season is not known yet, but all indications are that season 5 is to return to television in Spring 2022, which means that the premiere episode will be broadcast on March 1.
At the beginning of February 2022, the announcement of the fifth season appeared on the web.
The Heats[]
The Heats were run over in 6 episodes, with 30 competitors in each heat, starting from the second (only in the first Heat, there were 31 competitors each). The 10 fastest competitors who completed the course in each heat would advance to the semi-finals. If less than 10 competitors completed the course, the competitors who got the furthest and fastest round the course would advance to the semi-finals. There was no time limit in the heats. If more than 10 competitors complete the course, the decisive factor is the time in which the course was completed (the sooner the better).
2 competitors with the fastest time enter the duel on the Power Tower. The first one to complete it receives the Golden Ticket (locally called the Złoty Bilet) and automatic promotion to the final, without having to go through the semi-final course.
Season 5 brought a novelty in the qualifying round, namely the choice of obstacles between obstacle A and obstacle B based on the Split Decision in American Ninja Warrior, appearing as the third and the fifth obstacle in each heat.
The semi-finals are run over in 6 episodes and are shown in the same episodes as the qualifying rounds, with 9 competitors in each semi-final. The 3 fastest competitors who completed the course in each semifinal would advance to the finals. If more than 9 people finished the elimination track, time becomes the decisive factor, i.e. the faster the competitor managed the qualifying round - the better. If fewer than 9 people finish the elimination track, those who advanced in the shortest possible time will advance to the semi-finals. There was no time limit in semi-finals.
The remaining 24 competitors from the previous six semi-finals and Power Tower Races took part in the final. They were to fight for the title of the first Polish "Ninja Warrior" and a cash prize of PLN 150,000. The final consisted of 3-4 stages.
