The first season of the sports entertainment reality competition series Australian Ninja Warrior premiered on 9 July 2017 on the Nine Network. The season was hosted by Rebecca Maddern, Ben Fordham & Freddie Flintoff.

50 ninjas ran in each of the five 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. Fred Dorrington sat on top of the leaderboard for going the furthest in stage two.

Rounds

Episode 1

Heat 1 This episode aired on 9 July 2017 and concluded with 11 finishers. Parkour twin, Dylan Pawson earned the Berocca Performance of the Night, completing the course in 58 seconds.

Quintuple Steps Silk Slider Bridge of Blades Tyre Swing to Cargo Net Double Tilt Ladder Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Dylan Pawson QLD 0:58 2 Brodie Pawson QLD 1:06 3 Mike Snow VIC 1:10 4 Ryan Roberts NSW 1:21 5 Jack Wilson QLD 1:40 6 Troy Brown VIC 1:45 7 Shaun McCarthy SA 2:00 8 Kevin Robertson VIC 2:19 9 Adam Chatfield WA 2:21 10 Nathan McCallum NSW 2:21 11 Thomas Pichler QLD 3:01 12 Cody Thomas WA 2:10 13 Farkas Pungur QLD 2:57 14 Jake Bennett NSW 3:02 15 Janet Smith WA 2:11 16 Celeste Dixon SA 2:24 17 Adam Brown NSW 2:25 18 Kadeem Aarons VIC 2:52

Episode 2

Heat 2 This episode aired on 10 July 2017. Fastest finisher, Ashlin Herbert earned the Berocca Performance of the Night.

Qunituple Steps UFO Slider Bridge of Blades Spinning Wheel to Cargo Net Tilting Frames Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ashlin Herbert VIC 1:01 2 William Laister VIC 1:20 3 Jesse Farquhar VIC 1:25 4 Ben Jones QLD 1:33 5 Tom Hazell NSW 1:39 6 Scott Evennett NSW 1:45 7 Neal Holmes VIC 1:46 8 Luke Williams SA 1:49 9 Ryan Solomon QLD 1:53 10 Nic Turriff QLD 1:57 11 Jaymes Wright NSW 2:05 12 Lachlan Fyfe QLD 2:10 13 Gavin Allen SA 2:11 14 Mick Krake NSW 2:18 15 Paul Ranger WA 2:26 16 Dane Bird-Smith QLD 2:34 17 Travers Jamieson QLD 2:55 18 Francis Cullimore NSW 2:55

Episode 3

Heat 3 This episode aired on 11 July 2017. Two members of Justice Crew, Sampson Smith and John Pearce both participated, both bowing out on the Bridge of Blades. The Berocca Performance of the Night was tied between Coby Head and Ricko Tralongo. Only 8 competitors completed this course, with a large number of athletes bowing out on the BOM slider.

Qunituple Steps Bom Slider Bridge of Blades Cargo with Lache Ball & Chain Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Cobi Head NT 1:12 2 Ricko Tralongo VIC 1:12 3 Daniel Mason VIC 1:56 4 David Georgiou QLD 2:04 5 Josh O'Sullivan NSW 2:30 6 Raoul Stone SA 2:43 7 Luke Ha SA 3:12 8 David Ravi WA 3:19 9 Caine Tsang VIC 1:30 10 Martin Sta Ana QLD 1:39 11 Rory Rhodes QLD 1:45 12 Ryan Badhm SA 2:56 13 Georgia Bonora QLD 3:22 14 Sam Goodall WA 00:51 15 Lee Campbell ACT 00:56 16 Sean Hosking VIC 00:57 17 Betsy Burnett NSW 1:02 18 Nicklas Pedersen VIC 1:04

Episode 4

Heat 4 This episode aired on 16 July 2017. NRL legend Beau Ryan competed against AFL's Adam Cooney in a battle of the codes, with Beau progressing further through the course. Deaf competitor, Paul Cashion's run caused significant public outrage due to the way it was televised. This episode ended with a tribute to Johann Ofner, who had died on the set of a music video earlier in the year. 10 competitors completed this course. The Berocca Performance of the Night went to Lee Cossey.

Quintuple Steps Slide to Box Jellyfish Bridge of Blades Rings to Cargo Net Pipe Climber Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Lee Cossey NSW 2:32 2 Tom O'Halloran NSW 2:38 3 Ben Cossey NSW 3:03 4 Rob Sandover WA 3:08 5 Travis Edwards NSW 3:16 6 Warwick Draper VIC 3:17 7 Alex Matthews WA 3:21 8 William Baron-Croston NT 3:24 9 Johann Ofner QLD 3:27 10 Donny Byrne WA 4:18 11 Andrea Hah NSW 3:43 12 Daniel McLean NSW 4:08 13 Musashi Wakaki NSW 1:56 14 Bruce Nunez NSW 2:02 15 Adam Waring VIC 2:06 16 Emmett Swindells QLD 2:45 17 Matt Ah Chow VIC 3:04 18 Beau Ryan NSW 3:31

Episode 5

Heat 5 This episode aired on 17 July 2017 and concluded with 12 finishers. Former Bachelor Tim Robards participated but bowed out on the Cones to Cargo Net. The Berocca Performance of the Night went to Ben Polson

Quintuple Steps Pole Rider Bridge of Blades Cones to Cargo Net Swing Cycle Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ben Polson WA 1:19 2 Daniel Weston QLD 1:29 3 Zayne Wealthall WA 1:34 4 Joel Pocklington VIC 1:46 5 Jake Baker VIC 2:01 6 Jayden Irving VIC 2:02 7 Fred Dorrington NSW 2:10 8 Rob Patterson QLD 2:16 9 Shane Elisara QLD 2:20 10 Matthew Timms VIC 2:37 11 Takayuki Miyamoto QLD 2:56 12 Aurelien Apport NSW 3:23 13 Damian Istria QLD 2:30 14 Glen West NSW 1:22 15 Ryan Brooke QLD 1:26 16 Stephanie Magiros NSW 3:00 17 Nathaniel Irving VIC 0:54 18 Michael Nass QLD 0:58

Episode 6

Semi-final 1 This episode aired on 18 July 2017. This episode had three new obstacles after the Warped Wall, the Ring Jump, Pole Grasper and Chimney Climb. This semi-final included Johann Ofner, who died on set of a music video earlier in the year, but the footage of the stunt man was edited out. Rob Patterson had the Berocca Performance of the Night. Damian Istria was unfortunately unable to complete the course as the jump hang net snapped.

Quintuple Steps Log Grip Spinning Log Jump Hang Tyre Swing Warped Wall Ring Jump Pole Grasper Chimney Climb

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Rob Patterson QLD 3:56 2 William Laister VIC 4:02 3 Mike Snow VIC 4:43 4 Alex Matthews WA 6:06 5 Nathan McCallum NSW 3:38 6 Johann Ofner QLD 4:58 7 Neal Holmes VIC 3:53

Episode 7

Semi-final 2 This episode aired on 23 July 2017. This episode had two new obstacles, Bungee Road & Flying Shelves. Andrea Hah had the Berocca Performance of the Night for being the first woman to make it up the Warped Wall.

Quintuple Steps Log Grip Spinning Log Jump Hang Bungee Road Warped Wall Flying Shelves Pole Grasper Chimney Climb

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ashlin Herbert VIC 3:13 2 Lee Cossey NSW 3:19 3 Jayden Irving VIC 3:29 4 Tom O'Halloran NSW 3:34 5 William Baron-Croston NT 4:06 6 Ben Cossey NSW 4:09 7 Fred Dorrington NSW 4:35

Episode 8

Semi-final 3 This episode aired on 24 July 2017. This episode had two new obstacles, Big Wheel & Swinging Spikes. Ben Polson had the Berocca Performance of the Night.

Quintuple Steps Log Grip Spinning Log Jump Hang Big Wheel Warped Wall Swinging Spikes Pole Grasper Chimney Climb

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ben Polson WA 4:40 2 Tom Hazel NSW 4:41 3 Ryan Solomon QLD 4:44 4 Luke Williams SA 6:07 5 Sam Goodall WA 7:51 6 Daniel Weston QLD 2:45 7 Jack Wilson QLD 4:02

Episode 9

Grand Final This episode aired on Tuesday 25 July 2017. Similar to many European versions of Ninja Warrior, the Grand Final was set over three stages. Fred Dorrington had Berocca performance of the night. Dorrington was nearly disqualified after his foot thought to touch the water, but after a replay shows that the safety mat caused the ripple, Dorrington was allowed to continue from where he left off.

Stage 1

The obstacles used on Stage 1 were: Quintuple Steps Big Dipper Spinning Log with Donut Jump Hang Spider Jump Warped Wall Globe Grasper Ring Swing Chimney Climb

All of these obstacles had to be completed within a 3:45 time limit.

Order Finalist Outcome Result 1 Ashlin Herbert 02:24 2 Rob Patterson 02:34 3 Tom O'Halloran 02:46 4 Ben Polson 02:50 5 Johann Ofner 03:00 6 Lee Cossey 03:02 7 Jack Wilson 03:18 8 Fred Dorrington 03:22 9 Alex Matthews 03:37

Stage 2

The remaining ninjas had to face 8 obstacles in stage 2, they had to pass the first 5 in under 65 seconds and then complete the other 3.

The obstacles used on Stage 2 were: Rope Jungle Basket Toss Salmon Ladder Unstable Bridge Wall Lift Crazy Cliffhanger Floating Boards Flying Bars

Order Finalist Outcome 1 Fred Dorrington 2 Tom O'Halloran 3 Ashlin Herbert 4 Jack Wilson 5 Rob Patterson 6 Johann Ofner 7 Lee Cossey 8 Alex Matthews 9 Ben Polson

Stage 3

Stage 3 was to take on Mount Midoriyama, but all of the ninjas failed to pass stage 2.

Obstacles by episode Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Semi-final 1 Semi-final 2 Semi-final 3 Grand Final Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Quintuple steps Quintuple steps Quintuple steps Quintuple steps Quintuple steps Quintuple steps Quintuple steps Quintuple steps Quintuple steps Rope Jungle Mount Midoriyama Silk slider UFO slider to rope Bom slider Slide to box jellyfish Pole rider Log grip Log grip Log grip Big Dipper Basket Toss — Bridge of blades Bridge of blades Bridge of blades Bridge of blades Bridge of blades Spinning log Spinning log Spinning log Spinning Log with Donut Salmon Ladder — Tyre swing to cargo net Spinning wheel to cargo net Cargo with laché Rings to cargo net Cones to cargo net Jump hang Jump hang Jump hang Jump hang Unstable Bridge — Double tilt ladder Tilting frames Ball and chain Pipe climber Swing cycle Tyre swing Bungee road Big Wheel Spider Jump Wall Lift — Warped wall Warped wall Warped wall Warped wall Warped wall Warped wall Warped wall Warped wall Warped wall Crazy Cliffhanger —— — — — — Ring jump Flying shelves Swinging Spikes Globe Grasper Floating Boards —— — — — — Pole grasper Pole grasper Pole grasper Ring Swing Flying Bars —— — — — — Chimney climb Chimney climb Chimney climb Chimney climb — —

Viewership

References

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