The third season of the sports entertainment reality competition series Australian Ninja Warrior premiered on 8 July 2019 on the Nine Network. The season is hosted by Rebecca Maddern, Ben Fordham & Freddie Flintoff.
Format Changes
Prize Money - This season offered two separate prizes, unlike previous seasons. The furthest and fastest competitor through the four stages of the grand final received $100,000. This was Charlie Robbins, who, out of the five Grand Final contestants who made it to stage 3, reached the furthest obstacle in the fastest time. There was also an additional prize of $200,000 offered for full completion of the course, which entailed making it through to stage 4, Mount Midoriyama, and successfully making the rope climb ascent in the allotted time. However, as no competitor successfully completed the third stage of the Grand Final, the 4th stage and full completion of the course remained unattempted, and the bonus prize unawarded this season. Warped Wall - This season included two warped walls during the heats, the ‘standard’ Warped Wall with a height of 4.25 metres and a one metre taller Mega Warped Wall (5.25 metres). The choice was up to the contestant on which to attempt however competitors were not allowed to switch between walls after failing an attempt, e.g. if they opted for the Mega Warped Wall and failed they were not allowed to switch over to the lower standard Warped Wall. If they chose the Mega Warped Wall and reached the top they won a bonus $5,000.
Rounds
Episode 1
Heat 1 This episode aired on 8 July 2019. Only 5 competitors completed this course, with a large number of athletes bowing out on the Spinball Wizard. Returning competitor Ashlin Herbert was the only contestant to completely climb the Mega Warped Wall, and received $5,000.
Floating Steps Swing Surfer Tuning Forks Rolling Steel Spinball Wizard Warped Wall or Mega Warped Wall
+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ashlin Herbert VIC 1:19 2 Rob Patterson QLD 1:36 3 Danial Wyles-Wall QLD 1:57 4 Alex Cusack SA 3:12 5 Aurelien Apport NSW 3:32 6 Zak Stolz VIC 2:37 7 Corey Russo VIC 0:59 8 Cody Philp QLD 1:10 9 Dave Garvin VIC 1:13 10 Joshua Day WA 1:16 11 Eloni Vunakece NSW 1:39 12 David Allen NSW 1:53 13 Mark Turner NSW 1:56 14 Shaun Wood NSW 2:09 15 Lachlan Walker NSW 2:35 16 David Sandos QLD 2:42 17 Celeste Dixon SA 2:59 18 Bradley Vanderland VIC 0:40
Episode 2 Heat 2 This episode aired on 9 July 2019. Only 4 competitors completed this course. Returning favourite Bryson Klein was the only contestant to completely climb the Mega Warped Wall, and received $5,000.
Floating Steps Butterfly Wall Tuning Forks Rolling Steel Double Squirrel Warped Wall or Mega Warped Wall
+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Alex Matthews WA 1:29 2 Bryson Klein NSW 1:56 3 James Sayers VIC 2:01 4 Gavin Wilson WA 2:15 5 Leonard Hermawan VIC 2:45 6 Nathan Ryles SA 3:04 7 Matt Filippi QLD 3:08 8 Luke Shelton WA 1:18 9 Nathan Leiminger VIC 1:36 10 Tom Nicholson VIC 2:02 11 Raphaela Wiget SA 2:15 12 Rainer Scheu QLD 0:41 13 Brian Cox QLD 0:42 14 Luke Filippi QLD 0:46 15 Verity Charles WA 1:01 16 Riley Murphy VIC 1:14 17 Le Hua QLD 0:17 18 India Henry WA 0:43
Episode 3 Heat 3 This episode aired on 14 July 2019. Only 5 competitors completed this course, with a large number of athletes bowing out on the Spinball Wizard.
Floating Steps Swing Surfer Tuning Forks Rolling Steel Spinball Wizard Warped Wall or Mega Warped Wall
+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ben Polson WA 1:38 2 Jordan Papandrea NSW 2:21 3 Owen Davey ACT 2:25 4 Alex Bigg SA 2:51 5 Olivia Vivian WA 3:22 6 John Steffensen QLD 1:33 7 Michael Boldery QLD 1:34 8 Sonny Kennedy NSW 1:40 9 River Daz VIC 1:44 10 Dhani Johnson NSW 1:46 11 Joao Loureiro NSW 1:55 12 Rhys Broad QLD 2:11 13 Trudie Horskins VIC 2:11 14 Warwick Grant VIC 2:26 15 Gabriel Iftene VIC 3:00 16 Mel Armstrong VIC 1:19 17 Cameron D'Silva WA 0:36 18 Stewart Furze SA 0:46
Episode 4 Heat 4 This episode aired on 15 July 2019. Only 3 competitors completed this course, (2 of which received $5,000 for completing the Mega Warped Wall) with a large number of athletes bowing out on the Whisked Away.
Floating Steps Butterfly Wall Tuning Forks Rolling Steel Whisked Away Warped Wall or Mega Warped Wall
+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Todd Smith QLD 1:49 2 Matthew Marazita VIC 2:18 3 Mike Snow VIC 2:22 4 Justin Flegler QLD 1:28 5 Daniel Mason VIC 2:26 6 Andy Dunt SA 1:17 7 Ryan Solomon QLD 1:29 8 Donny Byrne WA 1:39 9 Daniel Walker NSW 1:39 10 Jarrah Brand-Adams QLD 1:42 11 Edan Sirone NSW 1:42 12 Max Closter VIC 1:49 13 Jorge Delgado QLD 1:54 14 Billy Gray VIC 1:57 15 Rhys Landwehr WA 2:10 16 Jesse Cooke VIC 2:16 17 Ryan Turner NSW 2:22 18 Yousof Dib NSW 2:22
Episode 5 Heat 5 This episode aired on 16 July 2019. 8 competitors completed this course (5 of which received $5,000 for completing the Mega Warped Wall).
Floating Steps Butterfly Wall Tuning Forks Rolling Steel Double Squirrel Warped Wall or Mega Warped Wall
+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Benjamin Lau VIC 2:08 2 Josh O'Sullivan NSW 2:11 3 Zed Colback WA 2:17 4 Dylan Pawson QLD 2:19 5 Fred Dorrington QLD 2:37 6 Max Pertzel VIC 2:42 7 Ben Davies VIC 3:36 8 Winson Lam QLD 4:05 9 Charlie Robbins VIC 2:15 10 Matthew Bowles WA 3:22 11 Sam Goodall WA 3:41 12 Sam Lothringer VIC 4:40 13 Jordan Morton ACT 6:13 14 Ryan Blenkinship NT 1:06 15 Nicholas Clark VIC 1:10 16 Joe Cutler VIC 1:36 17 Cian Maciejewski NSW 1:59 18 Aaron Ottobre VIC 2:08
Episode 6
Semi-Final 1 This episode aired on 21 July 2019.
Archer Steps Rolling Log Razor's Edge Floating Stairs Basket Toss Warped Wall Salmon Ladder Flying Shelf Bouncing Spider Invisible Ladder
+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ashlin Herbert VIC 2:44 2 Daniel Mason VIC 2:48 3 Zak Stolz VIC 3:23 4 Matthew Bowles WA 4:28 5 Matt Filippi QLD 4:52 6 Stewart Furze SA 3:49 7 Le Hua QLD 4:21 8 Lachlan Walker NSW 5:13 9 Fred Dorrington QLD 2:50 10 Ryan Solomon QLD 3:02
Episode 7
Semi-Final 2 This episode aired on 22 July 2019.
Archer Steps Rolling Log Razor's Edge Ring Toss Bar Hop Warped Wall Salmon Ladder Flying Shelf Bouncing Spider Invisible Ladder
+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1Jordan PapandreaNSW3:49 2Alex MatthewsWA4:38 3Mike SnowVIC4:42 4Rob PattersonQLD3:33 5Owen DaveyACT4:50 6Corey RussoVIC5:48 7Matthew MarazitaVIC6:04 8Andy DuntSA2:51 9Sam GoodallWA4:10 10Justin FleglerQLD1:55
Episode 8
Semi-Final 3 This episode aired on 23 July 2019. The Energiser performance of the night went to Bryson Klein.
Archer Steps Rolling Log Razor's Edge Ring Toss Bar Hop Warped Wall Salmon Ladder Flying Shelf Bouncing Spider Invisible Ladder
+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1Bryson KleinNSW4:01 2Charlie RobbinsVIC4:39 3Josh O'SullivanNSW6:31 4Olivia VivianWA6:47 5Luke SheltonWA4:28 6Gavin WilsonWA6:07 7Nathan RylesSA4:08 8Michael BolderyQLD1:44 9Daniel WalkerNSW1:4910Danial Wyles-WallQLD2:17
Episode 9
Grand Final, Stage 1 This episode aired on 28 July 2019.
Competitors had to complete Stage 1 within 3 minutes and 15 seconds to advance to Stage 2.
Archer Steps Propeller Spinning Log Swinging Cliff Hanger Wing Nuts Warped Wall The Hinge Spider Jump Chimney Sweep
+ Rank Competitor State Time Remaining 1 Ashlin Herbert VIC 1:32 2 Charlie Robbins VIC 1:02 3 Rob Patterson QLD 0:58 4 Daniel Mason VIC 0:52 5 Alex Matthews WA 0:50 6 Zak Stolz VIC 0:45 7 Bryson Klein NSW 0:39 8 Jordan Papandrea NSW 0:38 9 Mike Snow VIC 0:19 10 Josh O'Sullivan NSW 0:11 11 Ryan Solomon QLD 0:06
Episode 10
This episode aired on 29 July 2019.
Grand Final, Stage 2
Competitors had to complete Stage 2 within 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
Rope Jungle I-Beam Gap Salmon Ladder Unstable Bridge Trapeze to Parallel Pipes Cat Grab Wall Lift
Five competitors were successful in completing the stage within the allotted time and advanced to stage 3.
+ Rank Competitor State Furthest Obstacle Time Remaining 1 Josh O'Sullivan NSW 0:34 2 Daniel Mason VIC 0:24 3 Charlie Robbins VIC 0:23 4 Rob Patterson QLD 0:20 5 Bryson Klein NSW 0:13 6 Alex Matthews WA 0:00 7 Zak Stolz VIC 0:09 8 Ryan Solomon QLD 9 Ashlin Herbert VIC 10 Jordan Papandrea NSW 11 Mike Snow VIC
Grand Final, Stage 3
Cannonball Alley Body Prop Crazy Cliffhanger Floating Doors Flying Bars Rob Patterson failed on the Body Prop.
The other 4 contestants all made it as far as the Floating Doors, where they all fell.
There was no time limit imposed in which to complete Stage 3 and times were not shown on-screen. However, with no competitor completing the stage and with four all failing at the second last obstacle, the winner was decided as the competitor who had reached the furthest obstacle in the fastest time. In a presentation ceremony at the end of the episode it was revealed that that person was Charlie Robbins and he was declared Australian Ninja Warrior for 2019 and awarded the prize for that title.
+ Competitor State Furthest Obstacle 2019 Season Result Bryson Klein NSW Daniel Mason VIC Josh O'Sullivan NSW Charlie Robbins VIC Rob Patterson QLD
Obstacles by episode
Heats (episodes 1-5) + Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Floating Steps Floating Steps Floating Steps Floating Steps Floating Steps Swing Surfer Butterfly Wall Swing Surfer Butterfly Wall Butterfly Wall Tuning Forks Tuning Forks Tuning Forks Tuning Forks Tuning Forks Rolling Steel Rolling Steel Rolling Steel Rolling Steel Rolling Steel Spinball Wizard Double Squirrel Spinball Wizard Whisked Away Double Squirrel Warped Wall orMega Warped Wall Warped Wall orMega Warped Wall Warped Wall orMega Warped Wall Warped Wall orMega Warped Wall Warped Wall orMega Warped Wall
Finals (episodes 6-10) + Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 Semi-Final 3 Grand Final Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3Archer StepsArcher StepsArcher StepsArcher StepsRope JungleCannonball Alley Rolling LogRolling LogRolling LogPropellerI-Beam GapBody PropRazor's EdgeRazor's EdgeRazor's EdgeSpinning LogSalmon LadderCrazy CliffhangerFloating StairsRing TossRing TossSwinging Cliff HangerUnstable BridgeFloating DoorsBasket TossBar HopBar HopWing NutsTrapeze to Parallel PipesFlying BarsWarped WallWarped WallWarped WallWarped WallCat GrabNoneSalmon LadderSalmon LadderSalmon Ladder The HingeWall LiftNoneFlying ShelfFlying ShelfFlying ShelfNoneNoneBouncing SpiderBouncing SpiderBouncing SpiderSpider JumpNoneNoneInvisible LadderInvisible LadderInvisible LadderChimney SweepNoneNone
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