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

Notable Competitors

Notable competitors this season included:

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
1Brent Steffensen
2Travis Furlanic
3Paul Kasemir
4David Campbell

White Tigers:

Order #Competitor
1Shane Daniels
2Levi Meeuwenberg

Blue Monkeys:

Order #Competitor
1Brian Orosco
2Patrick Cusic
3Adam Truesdell
4Evan 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 #FinalistResultNotes
1 #59Adam Laplante *5. Half-Pipe Attack
2 #60Patrick Cusic3. Rolling Escargot
3 #61Paul KasemirClear (2:09.16)
4 #72Adam Truesdell7. Giant Swing
5 #73Evan Dollard3. Rolling Escargot
6 #74Brent SteffensenClear (2:01.79)
7 #77Travis FurlanicClear (1:55.77)
8 #83Shane Daniels8. Final ClimbTime Out
9 #84David CampbellClear (1:48.49)
10 #92Brian OroscoClear (1:49.44)

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

Stage 2
Order #FinalistResultNotes
1Paul KasemirClear (1:32.43)
2Brent SteffensenClear (1:13.36)
3Travis Furlanic4. Balance TankFell at beginning.
4David CampbellClear (1:11.57)
5Brian OroscoClear (1:29.24)

Stage 3
Order #FinalistResultNotes
1Paul Kasemir2. Doorknob GrasperTransition to third doorknob.
2Brent Steffensen4. Ultimate CliffhangerThird ledge.
3David Campbell4. Ultimate CliffhangerTransition to fourth ledge. Best performance of the season.
4Brian Orosco1. Roulette CylinderLost grip at end of track.

References
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