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American Ninja Warrior (season 7)

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Broadcaster
  
NBC

Finals venue
  
Las Vegas, NV

Competitors
  
600

Broadcast from
  
May 25 (2015-05-25) – September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)

Host(s)
  
Matt Iseman Akbar Gbaja-Biamila Kristine Leahy

The seventh season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 25, 2015. Hosts Matt Iseman & Akbar Gbaja-Biamila returned for their respective sixth and third seasons while newcomer Kristine Leahy joined as sideline reporter, replacing Jenn Brown. In addition, this season's grand prize was increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The season concluded on September 14, 2015.

Contents

For the first time in American Ninja Warrior history, a competitor completed Stage 3 of the Las Vegas Finals. Both Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero completed Stage 3 and climbed Mount Midoriyama in the allotted time of 30 seconds and achieved "Total Victory," however, Caldiero made the climb in the faster time and was the first competitor to be awarded the grand prize of $1,000,000. However, the title of "First American Ninja Warrior" is awarded by the community to Geoff Britten for being the first to climb the tower.

Changes

This season's grand prize was doubled from $500,000 to $1,000,000.

Cities

In addition to 6 cities, the Finals were once again held in Las Vegas.

Venice Finals

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. Obstacles used in the Venice Finals included:

Notes
  • Nicholas Coolridge was the only person to clear the course as the "POM Run of The Night".
  • Many people went out on the Hourglass Drop, meaning that most people had to only clear the 5th Obstacle to make it to Vegas, and did not even need to pass all the standard qualifying course obstacles; the only other time this has occurred was during Season 4 during the Northeast Region Finals.
  • Jessie Graff is only the 4th woman to scale the Warped Wall, and the second to make it to Las Vegas without being a Wild Card (and is the only one to make it this season without being a Wild Card). Graff is also the second woman to clear the Salmon Ladder. Graff is only the second woman to clear the salmon ladder, behind In Kacy Catanzaro in ANW 6.

    • Kansas City Finals

    Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. A small rainstorm had passed over earlier, causing some obstacles to be slightly wet and slick. Obstacles used in the Kansas City Finals included:

    Notes
  • Meagan Martin was the only female in the finals, but she fell on the second obstacle and placed last in the finals. However, she still became a wildcard for Vegas.
  • Kansas City had the most finishers of any city finals course this year, with 3.

    • Houston Finals

    Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. Obstacles in the Houston Finals included:

    Notes
  • Jeremiah Morgan and Sam Sann were the only 2 finishers of the course.
  • Sam Sann is the 2nd oldest person to finish a City Finals Course at 48 years old, next after Jon Stewart.
  • The "Walking Bar" proved to be the most difficult obstacle during the course.

    • Orlando Finals

    Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. Obstacles used during the Orlando Finals are listed below.

    Notes
  • Adam Arnold and James McGrath were the only two competitors to complete this course.
  • Cannonball Alley eliminated 11 competitors, almost one-third of the competitors. Only 7 out of 18 competitors who made it that far, advanced to the next obstacle.
  • The course took place at Universal Studios Orlando

    • Pittsburgh Finals

    Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. Obstacles in the Pittsburgh Finals included:

    Notes
  • Geoff Britten and Joe Moravsky were the only two finishers.
  • Michelle Warnky was the only female in the Pittsburgh City Finals, but failed on Snake Crossing. However, she was wild-carded to the Las Vegas National Finals.
  • Miles Avery was the oldest man ever to make a City Finals but failed on Snake Crossing as well.

    • Military Finals

    Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. Obstacles in the San Pedro Finals included:

    Notes
  • The Finals were held in San Pedro, California, with the USS Iowa as a backdrop.
  • Dustin McKinney was the only finisher; he is also the shortest man to ever complete a City Finals course.
  • Preston Griffall was the first Olympian to advance to Vegas, failing on the Salmon Ladder, placing 13th.

    • Fastest Finalists

    James McGrath had the fastest time on a City Finals course.

    Stage 1 Clears

    Competitors who successfully completed Stage 1 in the 2:30 time threshold are listed below. Obstacles used in Stage 1 included:

    Notes
  • A record of 38 competitors had completed stage 1, beating the record of 24 in season 4.
  • The Vegas finals had a record 3 finishers who completed Stage 1 with less than a second left.
  • Brent Steffensen had the fastest time on the course, with 51.08 seconds left on the timer.
  • Dustin Rocho had the slowest time on the course, with 0.47 seconds left on the timer.
  • Brandon Mears is the tallest person to complete Stage 1 in ANW history at 6'5.
  • Dustin McKinney is the shortest person to complete stage 1 in ANW history at 5'2.

    • Stage 2

    Stage 2 Obstacles:

    Notes
  • A record 8 finishers cleared Stage 2.

    • Stage 3

    Stage 3 Obstacles:

    Notes
  • Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero were the only two finishers in Stage 3.

    • Stage 4

    Isaac Caldiero and Geoff Britten were the first two people to reach Stage 4 in the 7 season history of the show. Since there were two competitors, the title of "First American Ninja Warrior" along with the grand prize was given to the athlete with the fastest time to climb the tower via a 75-foot rope and hit the buzzer at the top. While Britten was able to hit the buzzer at the top with 0.35 seconds remaining, Caldiero hit the buzzer with 3.86 seconds left and won the title and the prize money.

    References

    American Ninja Warrior (season 7) Wikipedia
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