Posted 08/13/2020 by RealityWanted in American Ninja Warrior and General News, Reality TV News
NBC announced its Emmy Award-nominated series "American Ninja Warrior" returns for season 12 premiering September 7. Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila return along with sideline reporter Zuri Hall.
The eight-episode season took place in St. Louis at the Dome at America's Center with the Top 50 athletes who each brought two people from their communities with them for a total of 150 competitors. According to NBC's press release, "'American Ninja Warrior' is the first NBC series to have completed a full season of episodes during the current pandemic."
This season will have an
Posted 01/24/2020 by RealityWanted in American Ninja Warrior and General News
NBC announced its hit summer competition series "American Ninja Warrior" will return for season 9 with a premiere date expected to be announced soon.
Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila along with sideline reporter Zuri Hall return for the ninth season. The obstacle course competition will be making stops in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and St. Louis before heading to the National Finals in Las Vegas.
"The high-octane series follows competitors as they attempt challenging obstacle courses in five rounds of competition throughout the country. Top competitors from each region move onto the national
Posted 02/15/2019 by Elizabeth in American Ninja Warrior and General News
NBC announced the obstacle course competition series,
"American Ninja Warrior" will return for its eighth season this summer. Matt
Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila will host the series.
The upcoming season will shoot in six cities this season including Los Angeles, Atlanta,
Oklahoma City, Baltimore, Seattle/Tacoma and Cincinnati before heading to the
National Finals once again in Las Vegas.
"Top competitors in
each of the city finals rounds move onto the national finals, where they
compete on a four-stage course that includes multiple obstacles on each stage.
The winner, who must complete
Posted 02/01/2016 by Elizabeth in American Ninja Warrior and General News
By Ashley Thompson
They're back in Las Vegas and there's three heats on each stage... each heat will have an athlete from USA, Europe and Japan. Stage 1 is worth 1 point, Stage 2 is worth 2 points, Stage 3 is worth 3 points. In the event of a tie, like last year, a competitor from each team will race side by side up Stage 4 to determine the champion.
Stage 1 has 8 obstacles which combine speed and strength. Pistons, propeller bar, silk slider biplane, jumping spider trampoline, sonic curve, 14 ft warped
Posted 01/29/2016 by Elizabeth in American Ninja Warrior and General News
NBC presents it's 3rd Annual high-stake
international competition "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. the World," this
Sunday where ninja athletes from all over the world will compete in teams of
five.
Team USA features "American Ninja Warrior" winner, Isaac
Caldiero, and runner-up Geoff Britten, joined by successful veteran ninja competitors Kevin Bull, Drew Drechsel, Ian Dory and Joe Moravsky.
Team Japan features some new and some veteran competitors,
Ryo Matachi and Yusuke Morimoto, who both competed in the international special
last year. Also on Team japan are Kenji Takahashi, Masashi Hioko