The sixth season of the sports entertainment reality competition series Australian Ninja Warrior premiered on 27 June 2022 on the Nine Network. The season is hosted by Leila McKinnon, Jim Courier and Will & Woody.

Production

On 15 September 2021, the series was officially renewed for a sixth season at Nine's upfronts. In October 2021, Fordham quit as series host. In November 2021, Nine announced Maddern’s contract was not renewed and she would be leaving the network effective immediately, in which she will be resigning as the show's host. In January 2022, Jim Courier and Leila McKinnon were announced as the new hosts of the series, with Will & Woody as sideline commentators.

Format Changes Power round - instead of the power tower, this season has the power pool. The top 4 from each round fend off in 2 rounds, beginning with a chase across the water, into a rope climb, then across 3 laches, onto another rope to the buzzer, the first ones to hit their buzzers than go to a final round where the winner receives an advantage in the semi-finals. Advantage - the winner of the power pool receives an advantage for the semi-final, in which they are able to choose their opponent for the semi-final obstacle. Semi-finals - the semi-final obstacle course for the first time will be a head to head race, with the winner of each race heading directly to the Grand Final. Advantage - the ninja who runs the fastest and furthest (or fastest to complete the obstacle) will receive an advantage in the Grand Final. Grand final - the grand final stage 1 obstacle course for the first time will be a head to head race, with the winner of each race continuing on the course but must complete the course within the time limit to progress to stage 2.

Rounds

Underline represents the contestant who won the advantage in the semi-finals in the qualifying heats as a result of winning the head to head competition in the Power Pool.

Italics denotes female competitors.

Episode 1

Heat 1

This episode aired on 27 June 2022. Only eight competitors completed this course, with a large number of athletes bowing out on the Anaconda. Newcomer athlete Ash Campbell was given an advantage for the semi-finals, after beating returning athlete David Lack in the Power Pool.

Shrinking Steps Eagles Claw Domino Effect Anaconda Ring Chaser Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ashlin Herbert VIC 1:27 2 Ash Campbell VIC 1:34 3 Ben Polson WA 1:55 4 David Lack QLD 2:05 5 Daniel Mason VIC 2:16 6 Saxon Johnstone NSW 2:32 7 James Sayers VIC 2:52 8 Le Hua QLD 2:56 9 Kahil Evans QLD 2:29 10 Luke Schmitzer VIC 0:43 11 Eloni Vunakece NSW 1:07 12 Jack Hodgson QLD 1:18 13 Josiah Savonoff QLD 1:21 14 Kobe Teede QLD 1:23 15 Troy Sitkowski NSW 1:39 16 Robert Ciccarelli NSW 2:24 17 Sam Goodall WA 0:27 18 Kai James VIC 0:39

Episode 2

Heat 2

This episode aired on 28 June 2022. Only five competitors completed this course, with a large number of athletes bowing out on the Anaconda. Returning athlete Bryson Klein was given an advantage for the semi-finals, after beating returning athlete Mat Hutchins-Read in the Power Pool.

Shrinking Steps Candy Cane Rush Domino Effect Anaconda Weight For It Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Bryson Klein NSW 1:42 2 Alex Bigg SA 1:43 3 Mat Hutchins-Read NSW 2:13 4 Dylan James NSW 2:21 5 Judith Carroll NSW 4:10 6 Lochie Lydom VIC 1:59 7 Simon Martin SA 2:23 8 Khaled Mahmoud NSW 2:26 9 Leium De-roo NSW 0:43 10 Jordan Papandrea NSW 0:44 11 Jimmy Burrow NSW 0:57 12 Joshua De-roo NSW 0:58 13 Paul Culloty QLD 0:58 14 Aiden Princena-White NSW 0:58 15 John Sterio NSW 1:00 16 Skye Haddy QLD 1:55 17 Ethan Princena-White NSW 0:23 18 Evan Williams NSW 0:51

Episode 3

Heat 3

This episode aired on 29 June 2022. Only seven competitors completed this course, with a large number of athletes bowing out on the Anaconda. Returning athlete Matthew Bowles was given an advantage for the semi-finals, after beating returning athlete Olivia Vivian in the Power Pool.

Shrinking Steps Candy Cane Rush Domino Effect Anaconda Flying Shelf Grab to Corkscrew Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Matthew Bowles WA 1:11 2 Mike Snow VIC 1:50 3 Olivia Vivian WA 2:17 4 Daniel Watermann WA 2:20 5 Alexander Cvetkovski QLD 2:59 6 Christopher Tang VIC 3:03 7 Ben Lewis NSW 3:25 8 Sam Roberts QLD 3:02 9 Matt Mosca QLD 1:52 10 Brodie Peace VIC 2:08 11 Aurelien Schibli NSW 2:09 12 Zenia Wood QLD 3:12 13 Nathan Burley QLD 0:38 14 Warwick Draper VIC 0:55 15 Nicole Chamberlain SA 1:24 16 Stewart Furze SA 1:25 17 John Sterio QLD 1:33 18 Ben Hunt VIC 1:34

Episode 4

Heat 4

This episode aired on 3 July 2022. Only seven competitors completed this course, with a large number of athletes equally bowing out on the Anaconda & Ring Chaser. Returning athlete Zak Stolz was given an advantage for the semi-finals, after beating returning athlete Jake Baker in the Power Pool.

Shrinking Steps Eagles Claw Domino Effect Anaconda Ring Chaser Warped Wall

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Zak Stolz VIC 1:38 2 Rob Patterson QLD 1:56 3 Jake Baker VIC 1:57 4 Fred Dorrington QLD 2:12 5 Matthew Tsang NSW 2:23 6 Haydyn Reed QLD 2:30 7 Angus Lambe QLD 2:37 8 Matt Bigham SA 2:34 9 Nathan Ryles SA 2:55 10 Andrew Luo NSW 4:09 11 Eddie Burrill QLD 1:29 12 Steven Manassah WA 2:01 13 Georgia Bonora VIC 2:11 14 Lisa Campbell QLD 2:18 15 Todd Smith QLD 0:07 16 Minato Thomas NSW 0:20 17 Jordan Wysman NSW 0:24 18 Jett Cairns NSW 0:25

Episode 5

Semi-final 1

This episode aired on 4 July 2022. Two competitors completed this course. Returning athlete Olivia Vivian received a second chance advantage for the Grand Final, after being the furthest and fastest to complete the semi-final course.

Head to Head: Sprinting Steps Launchpad to Trapeze Log Dash Salmon Ladder to Ring Toss Wing Nuts Warped Wall Solo Run: Double Dipper Beehive Dragon’s Back

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Olivia Vivian WA 4:16 2 Fred Dorrington QLD 4:17 3 Jordan Papandrea NSW 3:18 4 Warwick Draper VIC 3:33 5 Bryson Klein NSW 3:48 6 James Sayers VIC 4:15 7 Minato Thomas NSW 2:02 8 Alex Bigg SA 2:38 9 Luke Schmitzer VIC 2:58 10 Matt Mosca QLD 3:34 11 Eddie Burrill QLD 4:03 12 Aiden Princena-White NSW 1:35

Episode 6

Semi-final 2

This episode aired on 5 July 2022. Two competitors completed this course. Returning athlete Ashlin Herbert received a second chance advantage for the Grand Final, after being the furthest and fastest to complete the semi-final course.

Head to Head: Sprinting Steps Launchpad to Trapeze Log Dash Salmon Ladder to Ring Toss Wing Nuts Warped Wall Solo Run: Double Dipper Beehive Dragon’s Back

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Ashlin Herbert VIC 3:09 2 Le Hua QLD 5:07 3 Ash Campbell VIC 3:11 4 Ben Polson WA 3:34 5 Saxon Johnstone NSW 4:00 6 Mike Snow VIC 5:31 7 Simon Martin SA 3:03 8 Andrew Luo NSW 3:56 9 John Sterio QLD 2:48 10 Joshua De-roo NSW 1:01 11 Nicole Chamberlain SA 1:37 12 Brodie Peace VIC 0:30

Episode 7

Semi-final 3

This episode aired on 6 July 2022. Three competitors completed this course. Returning athlete Jake Baker received a second chance advantage for the Grand Final, after being the furthest and fastest to complete the semi-final course.

Head to Head: Sprinting Steps Launchpad to Bag Log Dash Salmon Ladder to Ring Toss Dropping Shelves Warped Wall Solo Run: Double Dipper Beehive Dragon’s Back

+ Rank Competitor State Time Furthest Obstacle 1 Jake Baker VIC 3:57 2 Rob Patterson QLD 4:16 3 Matthew Bowles WA 4:22 4 Zak Stolz VIC 3:54 5 Alexander Cvetkovski QLD 4:30 6 Daniel Watermann WA 4:36 7 Judith Carroll NSW 5:29 8 Sam Goodall WA 2:29 9 Kobe Teede QLD 2:55 10 Stewart Furze SA 3:19 11 Eloni Vunakece NSW 1:25 12 Nathan Burley QLD 0:16

Episode 8

Grand Final Stage 1

This episode aired on 10 July 2022. Like the semi-finals, the grand final Stage 1 course was a head-to-head race, with the winner continuing on the course but the winner needed to complete the course within the time limit of 5:10 to progress to Stage 2. 11 competitors completed the Stage 1 course and moved on to Stage 2.

Head to Head: Sprinting Steps Launchpad to Eagles Claw Cat Grab Salmon Ladder to Bar Hop Spring Forward Warped Wall Solo Run: Lightning Bolts Triple Corkscrew Underwater Escape

+ Rank Competitor State Time Remaining 1 Ashlin Herbert VIC 1:05 2 Bryson Klein NSW 0:56 3 Ash Campbell VIC 0:53 4 Alex Bigg SA 0:51 5 Jake Baker VIC 0:39 6 Zak Stolz VIC 0:31 7 Matthew Bowles WA 0:28 8 Saxon Johnstone NSW 0:16 9 Ben Polson WA 0:12 10 Le Hua QLD 0:08 11 Daniel Watermann WA 0:04

Obstacles by episode

Heats (episodes 1-4) + Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Shrinking Steps Shrinking Steps Shrinking Steps Shrinking Steps Eagles Claw Candy Cane Rush Candy Cane Rush Eagles Claw Domino Effect Domino Effect Domino Effect Domino Effect Anaconda Anaconda Anaconda Anaconda Ring Chaser Weight For It Flying Shelf Grab to Corkscrew Ring Chaser Warped Wall Warped Wall Warped Wall Warped Wall

Semi-Finals (episodes 5-7) + Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 Semi-Final 3 Head to Head: Sprinting Steps Sprinting Steps Sprinting Steps Launchpad to Trapeze Launchpad to Trapeze Launchpad to Bag Log Dash Log Dash Log Dash Salmon Ladder to Ring Toss Salmon Ladder to Ring Toss Salmon Ladder to Ring Toss Wing Nuts Wing Nuts Dropping Shelves Warped Wall Warped Wall Warped Wall Solo Run: Double Dipper Double Dipper Double Dipper Beehive Beehive Beehive Dragon’s Back Dragon's Back Dragon's Back

Grand Finals (episodes 8-9) + Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Head to Head: Shrinking Steps Battering Ram Criss Cross Salmon Ladder to Slingshot Mount Midoriyama Launchpad to Eagles Claw Thread the Needle Deju Vu Cat Grab Barrel Roll Crazy Cliffhanger Salmon Ladder to Bar Hop Air Surfer The Dungeon Spring Forward Spin Hopper to V-Formation Flying Bar Warped Wall The Inverter Solo Run: Lightning Bolts Triple Corkscrew Underwater Escape

Viewership

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