Ninja Warrior UK series 2

Series Two of Ninja Warrior UK, a British physical obstacle assault course game show, was aired on ITV during 2016, from 2 January to 13 February. Prior to the final episode of the previous series, the broadcaster decided it would renew the show for a second series, making the announcement on 29 May 2015.[1][2][3] Of the 250 contestants, this series' competition was won by Owen McKenzie. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 3.53 million viewers.

Ninja Warrior UK
Series 2
Presented byBen Shephard
Chris Kamara
Rochelle Humes
No. of contestants250
Finals venueManchester Central
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkITV
Original release2 January (2016-01-02) –
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)
Series chronology
← Previous
Series 1
Next →
Series 3

Series overview

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Qualifier

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In the course of the five qualifier rounds, the contestants faced a variety of different obstacles in each round, alongside Quintuple Steps and Warped Wall. The most common featured included Floating Tiles, Jump Hang - the obstacle featured different ways of reaching the cargo net it used - and Spinning Logs, while other obstacles used included Frame Slider, Silk Slider, Pole Rider, Ring Toss, Swing Frames, Swing Circles, Double Tilt Ladder, Spinning Hoops, Curtain Slider, and UFO.

Qualifier 1 Results
Rank Finalist Outcome Time/Obstacle Reached
1 Owen Mckenzie Completed 00:53
2 Timothy Shieff Completed 00:58
3 Andrei Burton Completed 01:23
4 Michael Ferran Completed 02:48
5 Gareth Weir Failed Warped Wall
6 Peter Adams Failed Spinning Hoops
7 Sam Neil Failed Jump Hang
8 Lea Stephenson Failed Jump Hang
9 Gen Tando Dwyer Failed Jump Hang
10 Joseph Johnston Failed Jump Hang
Qualifier 2 Results
Rank Finalist Outcome Time/Obstacle Reached
1 Toby Segar Completed 01:13
2 Patrick Pretorius Completed 01:39
3 Dave Dickson Completed 02:12
4 Kane Dick Completed 02:14
5 Chris Sansom Completed 02:45
6 John Geesley Failed Warped wall
7 Junior Arscott Failed Warped wall
8 Alex Bannister Failed Warped wall
9 Jane Cooke Failed Warped wall
10 Hannah Rose Kaynes Failed Double tilt ladder
Qualifier 3 Results
Rank Finalist Outcome Time/Obstacle Reached
1 Teige Matthews-Palmer Completed 00:51
2 Chase Armitage Completed 01:20
3 Alex Middlecott Completed 01:24
4 Junrid McClymont Completed 01:32
5 Jonathan Meynell Completed 02:58
6 Danny Charge Failed Warped wall
7 Graham Cooper Failed Warped wall
8 Dean Whitfield Failed Warped wall
9 Alex Everitt Failed Warped wall
10 Rick Holt Failed Jump hang
Qualifier 4 Results
Rank Finalist Outcome Time/Obstacle Reached
1 Tim Champion Completed 02:15
2 Ruel Dacosta Completed 02:23
3 Callum Hardingham Completed 03:11
4 Michael Gray Failed Swinging frames
5 Maximilian Tyler Failed Swinging frames
6 Gen Weeks Failed Swinging frames
7 Linford Dash Failed Swinging frames
8 Ian Norman Failed Floating tiles
9 Vanessa English Failed Floating tiles
10 Sam Rippington Failed Floating tiles
Qualifier 5 Results
Rank Finalist Outcome Time/Obstacle Reached
1 Otis Khan Completed 2:41
2 James Pollard Completed 3:43
3 Philip Ashcroft Failed Warped wall
4 Ashton Tre Failed Warped wall
5 Corbin Mackin Failed Ring toss
6 Paul Everett Failed Ring toss
7 Robert McCarroll Failed Ring toss
8 Carl Padget Failed Ring toss
9 James McGladdery Failed Ring toss
10 Robert Watson Failed Ring toss

Semi-finals

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For the semi-finals of this series, the semi-finalists had to complete Stage 1 of the course within two minutes. Alongside the Quintuple Steps and Warped Wall, they also had to contend with Barrel Rider, Spinning Log, a new variation of Jump Hang, and Spider Jump. Upon completing the stage, they then faced the obstacles of Stage 2, consisting of Wind Chimes, Arm Rings, and Chimney Climb.

Semi-Finals Results
Rank Finalist Outcome Time/Obstacle Reached
1 Teige Matthews-Palmer Completed 02:28
2 Alex Middlecott Completed 02:32
3 Owen McKenzie Completed 02:54
4 Junrid McClymont Completed 03:07
5 Ruel Dacosta Completed 03:13
6 Corbin Mackin Completed 03:22
7 Tim Champion Completed 03:26
8 Patrick Pretorius Completed 03:44
9 Toby Segar Completed 03:46
10 Gareth Weir Completed 03:54
11 Andrei Burton Completed 04:01
12 Chris Sansom Completed 05:11
13 Timothy Shieff Failed Arm rings
14 Kane Dick Failed Arm rings
15 Callum Hardingham Failed Wind chimes

Final

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For the finals of this series, only two of the three stages of obstacles were conducted. Stage 1 required finalists to complete nine obstacles - Quintuple Steps, Pipe Slider, Paddle Boards, Jump Hang, Spider Jump, Warped Wall, Chain Swing, Spinning Bridge, and Invisible Ladder - within three minutes. Of the finalists that took this stage on, only three of them successfully completed the course - Timothy Shieff, Toby Segar and Owen McKenzie.

Stage 2 required the remaining finalists to complete five obstacles - Rope Jungle, Salmon Ladder, Unstable Bridge, Cycle Road, and Wall Lift - within 75 seconds. None managed to complete the course, being defeated by Salmon Ladder, thus the winner was determined by overall progress. Of the three finalists, McKenzie was declared the winner, managing to get further on the obstacle than Shieff and Segar.

Ratings

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Episode Air date Viewers
(millions)[4]
ITV weekly ranking[4]
Heat 1 2 January 2016 3.35 13
Heat 2 3 January 2016 2.64 22
Heat 3 9 January 2016 3.41 19
Heat 4 16 January 2016 3.77 16
Heat 5 23 January 2016 3.85 15
Semi–final 1 30 January 2016 3.72 15
Semi–final 2 6 February 2016 3.84 16
Final 13 February 2016 3.72 16

References

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  1. ^ Lee, Ben (20 August 2015). "Ninja Warrior UK is coming back for a second series in 2016". Digital Spy UK.
  2. ^ Campelli, Matthew (29 May 2015). "ITV returns to Ninja Warrior". Broadcast. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Ninja Warrior UK comes to CITV!". itv.com.
  4. ^ a b "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 4 June 2015.