Australian Ninja Warrior is set to return with a new crop of Ninjas, this time competing with Legends on the same course – head to head. Australian Ninja Warrior will be back on Australian screens Monday, June 27, at 7.30pm on Channel Nine and 9Now.
For season six of the program, this year the show welcomes a new presenting line-up. Four-time grand slam champion tennis legend Jim Courier will saddle up alongside Nine’s Leila McKinnon on hosting duties. KIIS FM’s Will and Woody, will make their debut as sideline commentators.
This year for the first time, athletes aged 16 and 17 have been allowed to enter the competition as the show welcomes the Attack of the Teens. These fresh-faced rookies – who have watched Ninja all their lives – are light, fast, and fearless and finally get to take on their heroes and live out their dreams of attempting the daunting Mt Midoriyama.
The teens will face off with fan favourites, including last year’s furthest fastest Ninja, Zak Stolz, alongside Ashlin Herbert, Ben Polson, Olivia Vivian, and Fred Dorrington.
In a world first, Ninjas will race side-by-side in the semi-finals in a sudden-death showdown. The winners of the showdowns get a ticket straight to the Grand Final, while the losers are knocked out of the competition.
2022 also sees the introduction of a raft of new obstacles, including the Power Pool which replaces the Power Tower. Competing on the Power Pool course, the four “furthest fastest” Ninjas each night of the heats will go head-to-head on obstacles high above the water with a five-metre drop – the largest drop in Australian Ninja Warrior history. The winner of the Power Pool course that night earns the right to choose who he or she will be competing against in the semi-final.
In the Grand Final, Ninjas will compete in dual lanes striving to go one step closer to Mt Midoriyama, which this year features a 20-metre rope climb to reach the summit.
The competitor who goes furthest on the Grand Final course in the fastest time will be declared the Season Six winner and take home $100,000. However, conquering Mt Midoriyama in the fastest time will earn the winner an additional $100,000, for total prizemoney of $200,000 and the official title of Australia’s Ninja Warrior.
Plus this series will see ten Australian celebrities tackle the course for charity. Sport stars, actors, and TV presenters will battle it out on the Ninja circuit to win bragging rights and $10,000 for their chosen charity.
Australian Ninja Warrior is produced on behalf of the Nine Network by Endemol Shine Australia, a Banijay Company based on Sasuke from Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.