American Ninja Warrior (season 2)

American Ninja Warrior (season 2)
Broadcast from	December 8, 2010 – January 2, 2011
Host(s)	Matt Iseman Jimmy Smith Alison Haislip
Broadcaster	G4 NBC
Competitors	400

The second season of American Ninja Warrior began on December 8, 2010 in Venice Beach, California where 300 competitors took on the course. The 16 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.

This season was hosted by Matt Iseman and Jimmy Smith, with G4's Alison Haislip as a sideline reporter.

Notable Competitors

Notable competitors this season included:

• Professional freerunner Levi Meeuwenberg
• Professional freerunner Brent Steffensen
• Former American Gladiator champion and gladiator Evan Dollard
• Former Survivor contestant Ozzy Lusth

Ninja Boot Camp

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

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

Order #	Finalist	Outcome	Obstacle/time
1 #59	Adam Laplante *	Failed	Half-Pipe Attack
2 #60	Patrick Cusic	Failed	Rolling Escargot
3 #61	Paul Kasemir	Completed	Time: 129.15
4 #72	Adam Truesdell	Failed	Giant Swing
5 #73	Evan Dollard	Failed	Rolling Escargot
6 #74	Brent Steffensen	Completed	Time: 121.29
7 #77	Travis Furlanic	Completed	Time: 115.27
8 #83	Shane Daniels	Failed	Timed Out Rope Ladder
9 #84	David Campbell	Completed	Time: 108.49
10 #92	Brian Orosco	Completed	Time: 109.04

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

Stage 2

Order #	Finalist	Outcome	Obstacle/time
1	Paul Kasemir	Completed	Time left: 2.57
2	Brent Steffensen	Completed	Time left: 21.64
3	Travis Furlanic	Failed	Balance Tank
4	David Campbell	Completed	Time left: 23.43
5	Brian Orosco	Completed	Time left: 5.76

Stage 3

Order #	Finalist	Outcome	Obstacle
1	Paul Kasemir	Failed	Doorknob Grasper
2	Brent Steffensen	Failed	Ultimate Cliffhanger
3	David Campbell	Failed	Ultimate Cliffhanger
4	Brian Orosco	Failed	Roulette Cylinder

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