American Ninja Warrior (season 6)

American Ninja Warrior (season 6)
Broadcast from May 26 (2014-05-26) – September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08)
Host(s) Matt Iseman
Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
Jenn Brown
Broadcaster

NBC

Esquire Network
Competitors 600[1]
Finals venue Las Vegas, NV

The sixth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 26, 2014. Hosts Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, and Jenn Brown returned for their sixth, second, and second seasons, respectively. Similar to previous seasons, the winner receives $500,000 and the coveted title, "American Ninja Warrior".

Cities

Regional competitions were held in the following five locations to determine the 90 competitors to participate in the other stages: Venice Beach, CA, a return to Dallas, TX; and new locations St. Louis, MO, Miami, FL and Denver, CO.

Notable competitors

Notable achievements

Truss builder Stephen France made ANW history when he became the first amputee ever to compete with a prosthetic limb in the qualifying round in Miami. Also ANW Trainer Drew Drechsel sets the second fastest time in any qualifier with 0:44.24 run, only seconds behind Michael "Frosti" Zernow who had the fastest time on season three in the Venice quailifers. At 52 years old, Jon Stewart became the oldest person to complete a Finals Course. Chris and Brian Wilczewski, "The Wilczewski Brothers", became the first brothers ever to make it to Mount Midoriyama together.

Women's success

This season, the women who attempted the Warped Wall (obstacle #6) from last season competed. Three women out of 100 have completed the course. Former NCAA gymnast Kacy Catanzaro made ANW history when she became the first woman to complete the qualifying course, making it up the Warped Wall on her second try at 5:26.18 at the Dallas qualifiers, ranking her 21 out of 30; this also makes her the first woman to make it up the Warped Wall. Catanzaro became the second woman to attempt the finals course and the first to complete it, which she did with a time of 8:59.53, ranking her 7th out of 15. This made her the first woman to advance to Mount Midoriyama in Las Vegas. She failed to complete the 1st round of the finals, in Las Vegas while attempting the Jumping Spider.

Event coordinator Michelle Warnky became the second woman to finish the qualifying course, making it up the Warped Wall on her first try in a faster time (3:08.94) than Catanzaro at the St. Louis qualifiers, ranking her 19th out of 30. She also became the second woman ever to attempt the Salmon Ladder in the finals, coming up just inches short. She did receive a wild-card spot in Las Vegas, but she overshot on her dismount to the landing pad on the Silk Slider.

Rock climbing instructor Meagan Martin became the third woman to finish the course, making it up the Warped Wall on her third and final try at 4:46.29 at the Denver qualifiers, ranking her 22nd out of 30; she also became the first woman in ANW to complete the Devil Steps.[2] However, in the Denver Finals, she came up short and fell at the Spikes into Cargo. She received a wild-card spot in Las Vegas, and became the first American woman to complete the Jumping Spider, but ran out of time on the Warped Wall.[3]

In addition, Melanie Hunt and Courtney Venuti both made it to the Warped Wall in Miami Qualifying, but both of them couldn't get up it and advance. Hunt competed the last 2 seasons, going out on the 2nd obstacle both times and Venuti competed in Season 5.

Before Catanzaro, Warnky, and Martin, the only woman to have beaten an American Ninja Warrior or Sasuke stage, trial, or qualifier was former Super Sentai stuntwoman Chie Nishimura (who beat Sasuke Stage 1 in 1998). Not even Kunoichi champions Rie Komiya or Ayako Miyake had managed it.

Mount Midoriyama

Stage 1 Clears

Competitors in Bold finished the City Finals.

  • Piston Road
  • Giant Cycle
  • Silk Slider
  • Jumping Spider
  • Half Pipe Attack
  • Warped Wall
  • Spinning Bridge
  • Final Climb
1Elet HallCleared00:46.60
2Lorin Ball (Wild Card)Cleared00:35.29
3Paul KasemirCleared00:31.04
4Joe MoravskyCleared00:29.79
5Ian DoryCleared00:23.81
6Joshua Cook (Wild Card)Cleared00:23.71
7Chris WilczewskiCleared00:22.26
8Abel GonzalezCleared00:19.08
9Jo Jo BynumCleared00:17.85
10Travis RosenCleared00:17.73
11Isaac CaldieroCleared00:16.58
12Andrew LowesCleared00:12.26
13Dan GaliczynskiCleared00:09.65
14Ryan StratisCleared00:08.66
15Dr. Noah KaufmanCleared00:07.98
16Yen ChenCleared00:03.60
17Brian ArnoldCleared00:01.57
18J.J. WoodsCleared00:00.27

Stage 2

  • Rope Jungle
  • Double Salmon Ladder
  • Unstable Bridge
  • Butterfly Wall
  • Metal Spin
  • Wall Lift
Order #FinalistOutcomeObstacle/time left
1J.J. WoodsFailedDouble Salmon Ladder
2Brian ArnoldFailedUnstable Bridge
3Yen ChenFailedButterfly Wall
4Noah KaufmanFailedUnstable Bridge
6Ryan StratisFailedMetal Spin
5Dan GaliczynskiFailedUnstable Bridge
7Andrew LowesFailedMetal Spin
8Isaac CaldieroFailedDouble Salmon Ladder
9Travis RosenFailedMetal Spin
10Joseph "Jo Jo" BynumFailedUnstable Bridge
11Abel GonzalezFailedDouble Salmon Ladder
12Chris WilczewskiFailedMetal Spin
13Joshua Cook (Wild Card)FailedButterfly Wall
14Ian DoryFailedMetal Spin
15Joe MoravskyCompleted00:01:29
16Paul KasemirFailedUnstable Bridge
17Lorin Ball (Wild Card)FailedDouble Salmon Ladder
18Elet HallCompleted00:13:34

Stage 3

Order #FinalistOutcomeObstacle
1Elet HallFailedFloating Boards
2Joe MoravskyFailedHang Climb

Note: * Moravsky was only the third American Ninja Warrior competitor to complete the "Ultimate Cliffhanger".

Ratings

Episode Air date Timeslot Rating/Share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Ref.
1 "Venice Beach Qualifying" May 26, 2014 Monday 9:00 p.m. 1.6 5 4.65 [4]
2 "Dallas Qualifying" June 2, 2014 1.9 6 5.30
3 "St. Louis Qualifying" June 9, 2014 1.7 5 4.93
4 "Miami Qualifying" June 16, 2014 1.6 5 4.66
5 "Denver Qualifying" June 23, 2014 1.7 5 5.15
6 "Venice Beach Finals" July 7, 2014 1.7 5 5.29
7 "Dallas Finals" July 14, 2014 1.7 5 5.44
8 "St. Louis Finals" July 21, 2014 1.9 6 5.82
9 "Miami Finals" July 28, 2014 2.0 6 5.73
10 "Denver Finals" August 4, 2014 2.0 6 5.59
11 "Best Runs of the Season" August 11, 2014 1.4 4 4.32 [5]
12 "National Finals Night 1" August 18, 2014 1.8 6 5.74 [4]
13 "National Finals Night 2" September 1, 2014 1.9 6 5.83
14 "National Finals Night 3" September 8, 2014 1.8 5 5.29

References

  1. ↑ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/23/american-ninja-warrior-geoff-britten/
  2. ↑ Meagan Martin at the 2014 Denver Qualifiers - American Ninja Warrior. YouTube. 23 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Spencer Hall. "'American Ninja Warrior' recap: A lady slays the jumping spider". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
  4. 1 2 "SpotVault - American Ninja Warrior (NBC) - Summer 2014 Ratings". Spotted Ratings. May 30, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Monday Final Ratings: 'MasterChef' & 'Bachelor in Paradise' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
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