American Ninja Warrior season 2

The second season of American Ninja Warrior began on December 8, 2010, in Venice Beach, California where 300 competitors took on the course. The 15 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, same as Sasuke 26 was aired in Japan. This season was hosted by Matt Iseman and Jimmy Smith, with G4's Alison Haislip as a sideline reporter.

American Ninja Warrior
Season 2
Hosted byMatt Iseman
Jimmy Smith
Alison Haislip
No. of contestants400
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkG4
Original releaseDecember 8, 2010 (2010-12-08) –
January 2, 2011 (2011-01-02)
Season chronology
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Season 1
Next →
Season 3

Notable Competitors

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Notable competitors this season included:

Ninja Boot Camp

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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

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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

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Order # Finalist Result Notes
1 #59 Adam Laplante * 5. Half-Pipe Attack
2 #60 Patrick Cusic 3. Rolling Escargot
3 #61 Paul Kasemir Clear (2:09.16)
4 #72 Adam Truesdell 7. Giant Swing
5 #73 Evan Dollard 3. Rolling Escargot
6 #74 Brent Steffensen Clear (2:01.79)
7 #77 Travis Furlanic Clear (1:55.77)
8 #83 Shane Daniels 8. Final Climb Time Out
9 #84 David Campbell Clear (1:48.49)
10 #92 Brian Orosco Clear (1:49.44)

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

Stage 2

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Order # Finalist Result Notes
1 Paul Kasemir Clear (1:32.43)
2 Brent Steffensen Clear (1:13.36)
3 Travis Furlanic 4. Balance Tank Fell at beginning.
4 David Campbell Clear (1:11.57)
5 Brian Orosco Clear (1:29.24)

Stage 3

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Order # Finalist Result Notes
1 Paul Kasemir 2. Doorknob Grasper Transition to third doorknob.
2 Brent Steffensen 4. Ultimate Cliffhanger Third ledge.
3 David Campbell 4. Ultimate Cliffhanger Transition to fourth ledge. Best performance of the season.
4 Brian Orosco 1. Roulette Cylinder Lost grip at end of track.

References

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