Australian Ninja Warrior season 1

The first season of the sports entertainment reality competition series Australian Ninja Warrior premiered on 9 July 2017 on the Nine Network. The season was hosted by Rebecca Maddern, Ben Fordham & Freddie Flintoff.

50 ninjas ran in each of the five qualifying heats, with the top 18 from each heat moving on to the semi-finals. From the three semi finals, the top 7 competitors moved on to the Grand Final. 9 Competitors finished stage one of the Grand Final, but none completed stage two. Fred Dorrington sat on top of the leaderboard for going the furthest in stage two.

Heat 1
This episode aired on 9 July 2017 and concluded with 11 finishers. Parkour twin, Dylan Pawson earned the Berocca Performance of the Night, completing the course in 58 seconds.


 * Quintuple Steps
 * Silk Slider
 * Bridge of Blades
 * Tyre Swing to Cargo Net
 * Double Tilt Ladder
 * Warped Wall

Heat 2
This episode aired on 10 July 2017. Fastest finisher, Ashlin Herbert earned the Berocca Performance of the Night.


 * Qunituple Steps
 * UFO Slider
 * Bridge of Blades
 * Spinning Wheel to Cargo Net
 * Tilting Frames
 * Warped Wall

Heat 3
This episode aired on 11 July 2017. Two members of Justice Crew, Sampson Smith and John Pearce both participated, both bowing out on the Bridge of Blades. The Berocca Performance of the Night was tied between Coby Head and Ricko Tralongo. Only 8 competitors completed this course, with a large number of athletes bowing out on the BOM slider.


 * Qunituple Steps
 * Bom Slider
 * Bridge of Blades
 * Cargo with Lache
 * Ball & Chain
 * Warped Wall

Heat 4
This episode aired on 16 July 2017. NRL legend Beau Ryan competed against AFL's Adam Cooney in a battle of the codes, with Beau progressing further through the course. Deaf competitor, Paul Cashion's run caused significant public outrage due to the way it was televised. This episode ended with a tribute to Johann Ofner, who had died on the set of a music video earlier in the year. 10 competitors completed this course. The Berocca Performance of the Night went to Lee Cossey.


 * Quintuple Steps
 * Slide to Box Jellyfish
 * Bridge of Blades
 * Rings to Cargo Net
 * Pipe Climber
 * Warped Wall

Heat 5
This episode aired on 17 July 2017 and concluded with 12 finishers. Former Bachelor Tim Robards participated but bowed out on the Cones to Cargo Net. The Berocca Performance of the Night went to Ben Polson


 * Quintuple Steps
 * Pole Rider
 * Bridge of Blades
 * Cones to Cargo Net
 * Swing Cycle
 * Warped Wall

Semi-final 1
This episode aired on 18 July 2017. This episode had three new obstacles after the Warped Wall, the Ring Jump, Pole Grasper and Chimney Climb. This semi-final included Johann Ofner, who died on set of a music video earlier in the year, but the footage of the stunt man was edited out. Rob Patterson had the Berocca Performance of the Night. Damian Istria was unfortunately unable to complete the course as the jump hang net snapped.


 * Quintuple Steps
 * Log Grip
 * Spinning Log
 * Jump Hang
 * Tyre Swing
 * Warped Wall
 * Ring Jump
 * Pole Grasper
 * Chimney Climb

Semi-final 2
This episode aired on 23 July 2017. This episode had two new obstacles, Bungee Road & Flying Shelves. Andrea Hah had the Berocca Performance of the Night for being the first woman to make it up the Warped Wall.


 * Quintuple Steps
 * Log Grip
 * Spinning Log
 * Jump Hang
 * Bungee Road
 * Warped Wall
 * Flying Shelves
 * Pole Grasper
 * Chimney Climb

Semi-final 3
This episode aired on 24 July 2017. This episode had two new obstacles, Big Wheel & Swinging Spikes. Ben Polson had the Berocca Performance of the Night.


 * Quintuple Steps
 * Log Grip
 * Spinning Log
 * Jump Hang
 * Big Wheel
 * Warped Wall
 * Swinging Spikes
 * Pole Grasper
 * Chimney Climb

Grand Final
This episode aired on Tuesday 25 July 2017. Similar to many European versions of Ninja Warrior, the Grand Final was set over three stages. Fred Dorrington had Berocca performance of the night. Dorrington was nearly disqualified after his foot thought to touch the water, but after a replay shows that the safety mat caused the ripple, Dorrington was allowed to continue from where he left off.

Stage 1

The obstacles used on Stage 1 were:
 * Quintuple Steps
 * Big Dipper
 * Spinning Log with Donut
 * Jump Hang
 * Spider Jump
 * Warped Wall
 * Globe Grasper
 * Ring Swing
 * Chimney Climb

All of these obstacles had to be completed within a 3:45 time limit.

Stage 2

The remaining ninjas had to face 8 obstacles in stage 2, they had to pass the first 5 in under 65 seconds and then complete the other 3.

The obstacles used on Stage 2 were:
 * Rope Jungle
 * Basket Toss
 * Salmon Ladder
 * Unstable Bridge
 * Wall Lift
 * Crazy Cliffhanger
 * Floating Boards
 * Flying Bars

Stage 3

Stage 3 was to take on Mount Midoriyama, but all of the ninjas failed to pass stage 2.