American Ninja Warrior (season 2)

American Ninja Warrior (season 2)
Broadcast from December 8, 2010 (2010-12-08) – January 2, 2011 (2011-01-02)
Host(s) Matt Iseman
Jimmy Smith
Alison Haislip
Broadcaster

G4

NBC
Competitors 400

The second season of American Ninja Warrior began on December 8, 2010 in Venice Beach, California where 300 competitors took on the course. The 16 semi-finalists moved on to the "Ninja Warrior Boot Camp" in the remote California mountains, where they competed in a series of team challenges. Then, the final moved on to compete in the season finale of American Ninja Warrior 2 as a part of Sasuke 26 at Mount Midoriyama in Japan. The series concluded on January 2, 2011.

This season was hosted by Matt Iseman and Jimmy Smith, with G4's Alison Haislip as a sideline reporter.

Notable Competitors

Notable competitors this season included:

Ninja Boot Camp

The 15 competitors who completed the Venice Beach finals course headed to "Ninja Warrior Boot Camp" where they were broken down into three teams: Red Dragons, White Tigers, and Blue Monkeys. From then on, 5 were eliminated from competition and 10 moved onto Mount Midoriyama in Japan to compete in the season finale for a chance to win $250,000 and be the first "American Ninja Warrior".

The 10 finalists earned the chance to compete at Sasuke 26 which aired on January 2, 2011 on G4.

Final 10: In order they received their American flag "colors" (bandanas):

Red Dragons:

Order # Competitor
1 Brent Steffensen
2 Travis Furlanic
3 Paul Kasemir
4 David Campbell

White Tigers:

Order # Competitor
1 Shane Daniels
2 Levi Meeuwenberg

Blue Monkeys:

Order # Competitor
1 Brian Orosco
2 Patrick Cusic
3 Adam Truesdell
4 Evan Dollard

Mount Midoriyama

None of the competitors were able to complete stage 3, but half (5 out of 10) completed stage 1 and progressed onto stage 2, where 4 out of 5 made it onto stage 3.

Stage 1

Order # Finalist Outcome Obstacle/time
1 #59 Adam Laplante * Failed Half-Pipe Attack
2 #60 Patrick Cusic Failed Rolling Escargot
3 #61 Paul Kasemir Completed Time: 129.15
4 #72 Adam Truesdell Failed Giant Swing
5 #73 Evan Dollard Failed Rolling Escargot
6 #74 Brent Steffensen Completed Time: 121.29
7 #77 Travis Furlanic Completed Time: 115.27
8 #83 Shane Daniels Failed Timed Out Rope Ladder
9 #84 David Campbell Completed Time: 108.49
10 #92 Brian Orosco Completed Time: 109.04

* alternate, replaced Levi Meeuwenberg who broke his wrist during a taping of Jump City: Seattle

Stage 2

Order # Finalist Outcome Obstacle/time
1 Paul Kasemir Completed Time left: 2.57
2 Brent Steffensen Completed Time left: 21.64
3 Travis Furlanic Failed Balance Tank
4 David Campbell Completed Time left: 23.43
5 Brian Orosco Completed Time left: 5.76

Stage 3

Order # Finalist Outcome Obstacle
1 Paul Kasemir Failed Doorknob Grasper
2 Brent Steffensen Failed Ultimate Cliffhanger
3 David Campbell Failed Ultimate Cliffhanger
4 Brian Orosco Failed Roulette Cylinder

References

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