American Ninja Warrior (season 8)

American Ninja Warrior (season 8)
Broadcast from	June 1 – September 12, 2016
Presenter(s)	Matt Iseman Akbar Gbaja-Biamila Kristine Leahy
Broadcaster	NBC
Competitors	500
Finals venue	Las Vegas, NV
No. of episodes	13

The eighth season of the obstacle course reality competition series American Ninja Warrior premiered on June 1, 2016 on NBC. Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila returned for their respective seventh and fourth seasons, alongside sideline reporter Kristine Leahy who returned for her second season. The grand prize stayed even with season 7, at $1,000,000. In addition, 28 new obstacles were been created for this season, and there were 40% more female applicants over last season.^[1]

Competition schedule

Qualifying airing	Finals airing	City	Qualifying date	Finals date	Venue
June 1, 2016	July 11, 2016	Los Angeles, California[2]	April 5, 2016	April 6, 2016	Universal Studios Hollywood
June 8, 2016	July 18, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia[3]	March 18, 2016	March 19, 2016	Turner Field
June 13, 2016	July 25, 2016	Indianapolis, Indiana[4]	April 27, 2016	April 28, 2016	Monument Circle
June 20, 2016	August 1, 2016	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[5]	May 13, 2016	May 14, 2016	Oklahoma State Capitol
June 27, 2016	August 22, 2016	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[6]	May 26, 2016	May 27, 2016	Richmond Power Plant

City courses

Los Angeles

Qualifying

Both Jessie Graff and Natalie Duran made it through the qualifying round. In addition, the Facebook video showcasing Graff's qualifying run was viewed more than 50 million times leading up to the Finals round. Kevin Bull earned the "POM Wonderful Crazy Healthy Run of the Night" with the fastest time (2:02.81). Additionally, actor Brennan Mejia, the Red Power Ranger from Power Rangers Dino Super Charge, failed on the second obstacle again.^[7][8]

Finals

The Los Angeles finals round featured one new obstacle, The Wedge, as well as three modified obstacles from city qualifying. The round concluded with one finisher, the lowest number of any final to date. Rock climber an engineering student Josh Levin, who was a rookie, earned the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night" and the only finish, with a time of 8:21.30. Jessie Graff came in second place, breaking her own record for the highest finish by a woman in a city competition. ^[9][10]

Obstacles used during the Los Angeles Finals are listed below.

Floating Steps

Tick Tock

Escalator

Ring Jump

I-Beam Cross

14.5' Warped Wall

Salmon Ladder

The Wedge

Helix Hang

Invisible Ladder

     Indicates competitor completed course.
     Indicates competitor was awarded the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night."

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.

Rank	Finalist	Outcome	Obstacle/Time
1	Josh Levin	Completed	8:21.30
2	Jessie Graff	Failed	Helix Hang
3	Kevin Bull	Failed	The Wedge
4	Chris Workman	Failed	The Wedge
5	Nicholas Coolridge	Failed	The Wedge
6	Adam Rayl	Failed	The Wedge
7	Flip Rodriguez	Failed	The Wedge
8	Gabe Hurtado	Failed	The Wedge
9	Liam Buell	Failed	The Wedge
10	Grant McCartney	Failed	The Wedge
11	Ryan Robinson	Failed	The Wedge
12	Justin Hillsten	Failed	The Wedge
13	Jackson Meyer	Failed	The Wedge
14	Nick Hanson	Failed	The Wedge
15	Ben Melick	Failed	The Wedge

Atlanta

Qualifying

The Atlanta qualifying round featured three new or modified obstacles and concluded with 27 finishers. Gym owner Drew Drechsel earned the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night" with the fastest time (1:19.44).^[11]

Finals

The Atlanta finals round featured one new obstacle, The Clacker, as well as two modified obstacles from city qualifying. The round concluded with four finishers. Stock trader and ANW veteran Travis Rosen, earned the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night" with a time of 6:52.17, coming in third place. Roommates James "The Beast" McGrath and Drew Drechsel competed for the fastest time of the night when they came in first and second place, with times of 5:01.62 and 5:05.26. After competing since the premiere season in 2009, parkour trainer and original ANW veteran Brett Sims made it to his first Vegas final with a time of 7:36.45, ending up in 4th place. During Drew Drechsel's run, Lucas Gomes was "on the bubble" in 15th Place, meaning if Drew got past the 8th obstacle, he would be eliminated in 16th place. He ended up in 16th, behind Todd Bourgeois. He was brought back as a wildcard.^[12]

Obstacles used during the Atlanta Finals are listed below.

Floating Steps

Big Dipper

Block Run

Spin Cycle

Pipefitter

14.5' Warped Wall

Salmon Ladder

Floating Monkey Bars

The Clacker

Invisible Ladder

     Indicates competitor completed course.
     Indicates competitor was awarded the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night."

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.

Rank	Finalist	Outcome	Obstacle/Time
1	James McGrath	Completed	5:01.62
2	Drew Drechsel	Completed	5:05.26
3	Travis Rosen	Completed	6:52.17
4	Brett Sims	Completed	7:36.45
5	Casey Suchocki	Failed	The Clacker
6	Shawn Richardson	Failed	The Clacker
7	Jo Jo Bynum	Failed	The Clacker
8	Neil Craver	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars
9	Tyler Martin	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars
10	Chris Boehm	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars
11	Yuri Force	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars
12	Mike Chick	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars
13	Alexio Gomes	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars
14	Mack Roesch	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars
15	Todd Bourgeois	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars
16	Lucas Gomes	Failed	Floating Monkey Bars*

• Lucas was brought back as a wildcard as an injury replacement.

Indianapolis

Qualifying

The Indianapolis qualifying round featured four new or modified obstacles and concluded with 25 finishers. Rock Climbing coach Meagan Martin was the only woman to advance to the city finals, earned the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night" with a time of 6:30.08. She became the first woman to scale the warped wall three years in a row. The Indianapolis round also featured IndyCar drivers Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, and Josef Newgarden as well as NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and one-legged wrestler Zach Gowen. However, none ended up moving on to the Indianapolis city finals.^[13] This was the first time ever that the course was built in a curve

Finals

The Indianapolis finals round featured one new obstacle, Circuit Board, and three modified obstacles from the qualifying round. The round concluded with four finishers. Wedding photographer Jake Murray earned the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night" with a time of 6:34.68, coming in second place. The fastest time of the night went to Maintenance Technician Adam Arnold, with a first place time of 5:40.42. Even though she failed on the Circuit Board obstacle, rock climbing coach Meagan Martin became the second woman to make it to the Las Vegas finals with a time of 7:31.83, finishing in 8th place. This was Meagan's first time on a back half of a Finals course and first time qualifying for the National Finals in Las Vegas. ^[14]

Obstacles used during the Indianapolis Finals are listed below.

Floating Steps

Rolling Log

Fly Wheels

Disc Runner

Swinging Spikes

14.5' Warped Wall

Salmon Ladder

Hourglass Drop

Circuit Board

Invisible Ladder

     Indicates competitor completed course.
     Indicates competitor was awarded the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night."

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.

Rank	Finalist	Outcome	Obstacle/Time
1	Adam Arnold	Completed	5:40.42
2	Jake Murray	Completed	6:34.68
3	Brian Arnold	Completed	6:37.87
4	Ian Dory	Completed	7:53.91
5	Ethan Swanson	Failed	Invisible Ladder
6	Dan Polizzi	Failed	Circuit Board
7	Ryan Elliott	Failed	Circuit Board
8	Meagan Martin	Failed	Circuit Board
9	Eric Middleton	Failed	Hourglass Drop
10	Dan Banura	Failed	Hourglass Drop
11	Tyler Smith	Failed	Hourglass Drop
12	Tyler Yamauchi	Failed	Hourglass Drop
13	Ben Jackson	Failed	Hourglass Drop
14	Matt Wilder	Failed	Hourglass Drop
15	Andrew “Roo” Yori	Failed	Hourglass Drop

Oklahoma City

Qualifying

The Oklahoma City qualifying round featured three new or modified obstacles and concluded with 15 finishers. Even though personal trainer Artis Thompson III didn't advance to the city finals, he earned the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night" for making it to the end of the fourth obstacle, the Tire Swing with a prosthetic leg. The Oklahoma City qualifying round also featured Kacy Catanzaro, Brent Steffensen, Sam Sann, Daniel Gil and Lance Pekus. Two of them ended up moving on to the Oklahoma City finals. However, Kacy Catanzaro failed on only the third obstacle, the Log Runner. She may once again be wild-carded to the Las Vegas finals this year. Pekus and Sann failed on the Log Runner and the Tire Swing, respectively. Additionally, basketball player, Flip White Jr. from the Harlem Globetrotters, made an appearance.

Finals

The Oklahoma City finals round featured one new obstacle, Window Hang, and two modified obstacles from the qualifying round. The round concluded with two finishers. Bank manager Grant Clinton who suffered a stroke just 6 months ago earned the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night" with a time of 5:57.43, coming in second place. The fastest time of the night went to ninja trainer Daniel Gil, with a first place time of 5:14.27. Also, 54-year-old construction manager Jon Stewart edged out veteran "The Godfather" David Campbell, who advanced to Mount Midoryima in all eight seasons. Even though Stewart failed on the Window Hang, he earned a spot in the Las Vegas finals with a time of 3:41.71, ending up in 5th place.

Obstacles used during the Oklahoma City Finals are listed below.

Floating Steps

Ring Swing

Log Runner

Tire Swing

Bar Hop

14.5' Warped Wall

Salmon Ladder

Bungee Road

Window Hang

Invisible Ladder

     Indicates competitor completed course.
     Indicates competitor was awarded the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night."

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.

Rank	Finalist	Outcome	Obstacle/Time
1	Daniel Gil	Completed	5:14.27
2	Grant Clinton	Completed	5:57.43
3	Thomas Stillings	Failed	Invisible Ladder
4	Mitch VeDepo	Failed	Window Hang
5	Jon Stewart	Failed	Window Hang
6	An Ly	Failed	Window Hang
7	Thomas Doweidt	Failed	Window Hang
8	Karsten Williams	Failed	Window Hang
9	Andrew Lowes	Failed	Bungee Road
10	Brent Steffensen	Failed	Bungee Road
11	James Wyatt	Failed	Bungee Road
12	Reid Pletcher	Failed	Bungee Road
13	Jessell Boseman	Failed	Salmon Ladder
14	Clayton Wolf	Failed	Salmon Ladder
15	Nate Burkhalter	Failed	Salmon Ladder

Philadelphia

Qualifying

The Philadelphia qualifying round featured two new or modified obstacles and concluded with 9 finishers. High school track coach and ANW rookie Anthony DeFranco earned the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night" with the fastest time (1:44.37). Michelle Warnky, Jesse Labreck, Rachael Goldstein and Allyssa Beird, who finished 17th, 28th, 29th and 30th respectively, all moved on to the city finals - the first time four women made it into the a city qualifier Top 30 in ANW history. Other competitors also included Geoff Britten, who continued his streak of hitting every course buzzer, as well as veterans Joe Moravsky, Ryan Stratis, and Jamie Rahn, who all moved on to the city finals.^[15]

Finals

The Philadelphia Finals featured one new obstacle, the Stair Hopper and one modified obstacle from the qualifying round. Though two competitors; gym owner Chris Wilczewski and weatherman Joe Moravsky made it the farthest by nearly completing the Invisible Ladder; for the first time in ANW history, this city final had no finishers, making it the hardest course in the series history. Caregiver Jesse "Flex" LaBreck earned the Pom Wonderful Run of the Night, becoming only the 3rd woman in season 8 to advance to the Las Vegas finals and the 5th woman ever to scale the Warped Wall in ANW regular competition.

Obstacles used during the Philadelphia finals are listed below.

Floating Steps

Log Grip

Paddle Boards

Wall Drop

Rolling Thunder

14.5' Warped Wall

Salmon Ladder

Flying Shelf Grab

Stair Hopper

Invisible Ladder

     Indicates competitor completed course.
     Indicates competitor was awarded the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night."

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.

Rank	Finalist	Outcome	Obstacle/Time
1	Chris Wilczewski	Failed	Invisible Ladder
2	Joe Moravsky	Failed	Invisible Ladder
3	Jon Alexis Jr.	Failed	Stair Hopper
4	Jamie Rahn	Failed	Stair Hopper
5	Mike Bernardo	Failed	Stair Hopper
6	Najee Richardson	Failed	Stair Hopper
7	Michael Torres	Failed	Stair Hopper
8	Geoff Britten	Failed	Stair Hopper
9	Ryan Stratis	Failed	Stair Hopper
10	Jesse LaBreck	Failed	Stair Hopper
11	Anthony DeFranco	Failed	Flying Shelf Grab
12	Nick Kostreski	Failed	Flying Shelf Grab
13	Brandon Pannell	Failed	Flying Shelf Grab
14	Richard Shoemaker	Failed	Flying Shelf Grab
15	Carl Fantauzzo	Failed	Flying Shelf Grab

National Finals

The National Finals were held along the Las Vegas strip, as has been the case since the series set up its own finals course instead of sending competitors to Japan.

Stage 1 Finishers

During the first episode of Stage 1, Jessie Graff became the first woman ever to successfully complete Stage 1 and advance to Stage 2. She placed 5th overall with a time of 2:07.61. She is the first woman in ANW history to make it to Stage 2. During the second episode of Stage 1, Jake Murray placed 1st overall with the fastest time of 1:45.25. Dan Polizzi, Nick Hanson, and Nick Kostreski cleared all the obstacles, but both ran out of time before they could hit the buzzer at the end of stage 1.

Obstacles used in Stage 1 were:

Snake Run

Propeller Bar

Giant Log Grip

Jumping Spider

Sonic Curve

Warped Wall

Broken Bridge

Flying Squirrel

     Indicates competitor was awarded the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night."

Competitors who completed Stage One are listed below.

Order	Finalist	Outcome	Result
1	Grant McCartney	Completed	2:15.19
2	Michael Torres	Completed	2:19.92
3	Brian Arnold	Completed	2:05.90
4	Chris Wilczewski	Completed	2:11.78
5	Daniel Gil	Completed	2:04.97
6	Thomas Stillings	Completed	1:52.44
7	Flip Rodriguez	Completed	2:15.22
8	Jessie Graff	Completed	2:07.61
9	Josh Levin	Completed	2:12.24
10	Adam Rayl	Completed	2:15.26
11	Drew Drechsel	Completed	2:11.22
12	Najee Richardson	Completed	2:11.99
13	Nicholas Coolridge	Completed	2:11.64
14	Neil Craver	Completed	2:08.97
15	Ethan Swanson	Completed	2:17.90
16	Joe Moravsky	Completed	2:15.90
17	Jake Murray	Completed	1:45.25

^[16][17]

Stage 2

Obstacles used in Stage Two were:

Giant Ring Swing

Down Up Salmon Ladder

Wave Runner

Butterfly Wall

Double Wedge

Wall Flip

     Indicates competitor completed the course.

Order	Finalist	Outcome
1	Michael Torres	Failed (Giant Ring Swing)
2	Najee Richardson	Failed (Down Up Salmon Ladder)
3	Ethan Swanson	Failed (Down Up Salmon Ladder)
4	Adam Rayl	Failed (Wave Runner)
5	Josh Levin	Failed (Double Wedge)
6	Grant McCartney	Failed (Down Up Salmon Ladder)
7	Neil Craver	Failed (Wave Runner)
8	Flip Rodriguez**	Disqualified (Wave Runner)
9	Chris Wilczewski	Failed (Double Wedge)
10	***Joe Moravsky	Failed (Wave Runner)
11	Drew Drechsel *	3:28.30
12	Brian Arnold	Failed (Double Wedge)
13	Thomas Stillings	Failed (Down Up Salmon Ladder)
14	Jake Murray	Failed (Double Wedge)
15	Nicholas Coolridge	Failed (Wave Runner)
16	Daniel Gil	3:26.19
17	Jessie Graff	Failed (Wave Runner)

^[18]

• * Drew Drechsel was awarded the "POM Wonderful Run of the Night."
• ** Flip Rodriguez did not use the second board on the Wave Runner which was a rule that you have to make usage of the second board on the Wave Runner, so he was disqualified and eliminated immediately.
  • • This was Joe Moravsky's first time falling on a Stage 2 course, failing the Wave Runner

Stage 3

Obstacles used in Stage Three included:

Keylock Hang

Floating Boards

Ultimate Cliffhanger

Curved Body Prop

Hang Climb

Walking Bar

Flying Bar

Order	Finalist	Outcome
1	Drew Drechsel	Failed (Hang Climb)
2	Daniel Gil	Failed (Ultimate Cliff Hanger)
3	Drew Drechsel	Last Man Standing

• Drew Drechsel is the last man standing for Season 8, since he made it the farthest on the course.

U.S. Nielsen ratings

No. in season	Episode	Air date	Timeslot	Rating/Share (18–49)		Viewers (millions)	Nightly rank	Weekly rank	DVR 18-49	DVR Viewers (millions)	Total 18-49	Total Viewers
1	"Los Angeles Qualifier"	June 1, 2016	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	1.7	7	6.35[19]	1	6[20]	0.5	1.20	2.2	7.55[21]
2	"Atlanta Qualifier"	June 8, 2016		1.6	6	5.80[22]	2	8[23]	0.4	1.16	2.0	6.96[24]
3	"Indianapolis Qualifier"	June 13, 2016	Monday 8:00 p.m.	1.9	6	6.84[25]	2	8[26]	0.5	1.29	2.4	8.13[27]
4	"Oklahoma City Qualifier"	June 20, 2016		1.8	7	6.54[28]	2	4[29]	0.4	1.08	2.2	7.61[30]
5	"Philadelphia Qualifier"	June 27, 2016	Monday 9:00 p.m.	1.9	7	6.32[31]	2	3[32]	0.3	0.81	2.2	7.13[33]
6	"Los Angeles Finals"	July 11, 2016	Monday 8:00 p.m.	1.8	7	6.34[34]	2	6[35]	0.3	1.04	2.1	7.38[36]
7	"Atlanta Finals"	July 18, 2016		1.8	7	6.00[37]	2	5[38]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
8	"Indianapolis Finals"	July 25, 2016		1.6	6	5.90[39]	2	7[40]	0.2	0.58	1.8	6.48[41]
9	"Oklahoma City Finals"	August 1, 2016		1.6	6	5.86[42]	3	10[43]	0.3	0.67	1.9	6.53[44]
10	"Philadelphia Finals"	August 22, 2016		2.0	7	7.01[45]	1	5[46]	0.3	0.96	2.3	7.96[47]
11	"National Finals (week 1)"	August 29, 2016		1.9	7	7.01[48]	1	5[49]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
12	"National Finals (week 2)"	September 5, 2016		1.6	5	5.81[50]	1	14[51]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
13	"National Finals (week 3)"	September 12. 2016		1.7	6	5.88[52]	2	15[53]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Notes

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