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American Ninja Warrior (sometimes abbreviated as ANW) is an American sports entertainment reality show based on the Japanese television reality show Sasuke, which also serves as a successor of American Ninja Challenge. It features a set of obstacle courses in various cities, which competitor attempt to conquer.
American Ninja Warrior Junior is an American sports competition reality show on Universal Kids that premiered in 2018. [1] It is the children's edition of American Ninja Warrior and American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja, which themselves are based on the Japanese game show Sasuke. [1]
Like in season 15, the qualifying course starts with the Pole Vault and ends with the Warped Wall, with an attempt at the 18.5-foot Mega Wall available for anyone who finishes the course in under 1 minute and 20 seconds; the instant reward for successfully completing the Mega Wall, once again sponsored by Wells Fargo, was doubled to $20,000 this season.
Tryouts for the fifth season of American Ninja Warrior commenced in February 2013 [1] and took place in the following cities to determine the 100 competitors to compete participate in the qualifying rounds: Venice Beach, CA, Baltimore, MD, Miami, FL, and Denver, CO. The last of the qualifying rounds concluded in May 2013. [2]
The qualifying course starts from Pole Vault and ends on Warped Wall. For this season, to get one attempt for the Mega Wall, which was increased to 18.5 feet high, contestants must finish the course in less than 1 minute and 20 seconds; a contestant who completes the Mega Wall still gets an immediate reward of $10,000 (promoted by Wells Fargo).
Vance Walker, 18, is only the third-ever 'American Ninja Warrior' to claim the $1 million prize—and he defied great odds to do so.
On October 9, 2015, Esquire Network announced a spin-off of American Ninja Warrior which would feature twenty-four 3-person teams (two men and one woman) of popular ANW alumni. The teams competed head-to-head against each other, running the course simultaneously, thus creating a new live duel dynamic.
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