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American Ninja Warrior
Season 16
Hosted byMatt Iseman
Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
Zuri Hall
No. of episodes6
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseJune 3, 2024 (2024-06-03) –
present
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 15

The sixteenth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on June 3, 2024, on NBC. A spin-off from the Japanese reality series Sasuke, it is hosted by Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, and Zuri Hall.

The season was officially announced by NBC in late March.[1][2][3]

Obstacles

Qualifying

Like in season 15, the qualifying course starts with the Pole Vault and ends with the Warped Wall, with an attempt at the 18.5-foot Mega Wall available for anyone who finishes the course in under 1 minute and 20 seconds; the instant reward for successfully completing the Mega Wall, once again sponsored by Wells Fargo, was doubled to $20,000 this season. The Runoffs also returned; like in the previous season, the bottom two male contestants and two female contestants on the leaderboard (12th and 13th places) would race side-by-side on the four-obstacle course with the winners earning the last spot in the semifinals.

  Denotes obstacles created by fans for the Obstacle Design Challenge.

Event Obstacles Finish
under 1:20
Course 1 Pole Vault Reel to Reel Dangerous Waters Duck Duck Goose Jawbreakers Warped Wall Mega Wall
Course 2 Double Twister Ring the Bells
Course 3 Ring Chaser Spinning Bridge Heavy Metal The Cubes
Course 4 Reel to Reel Jawbreakers
Course 5 Ring Chaser The Cubes
Course 6 Reel to Reel Jawbreakers
Course 7 Dangerous Waters Duck Duck Goose
Course 8 Double Twister Ring the Bells

Runoffs

Event Obstacles
Course 1 Home Run Spring Forward Wingnuts Hopscotch
Course 2
Course 3 Flying Shelf Grab Sideways
Course 4
Course 5
Course 6
Course 7 Spring Forward Hopscotch
Course 8

Semifinals

Event Obstacles
Course 1 Home Run Flying Shelf Grab Wingnuts Sideways Spin Hopper Rope Climb
Course 2

Qualifying

The eight qualifiers, divided into five nights, took place on the lot of Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. Like Season 15, the number of semifinalists remained at 16, and men and women have completely separate leaderboards. The top 11 men and top 3 women advance to the semifinals immediately, while the next two men (12th/13th place) and the next two women (4th/5th place) compete head-to-head in "The Runoffs" for the final spots.

  Denotes expanded course (Mega Wall) finishes
  Denotes runoff winners who advanced to semifinals
  Denotes rookie contestants

Course 1

Three new obstacles were introduced in the qualifying course: Reel to Reel, Dangerous Waters, and Duck Duck Goose (an Obstacle Design Challenge creation).

Top 13 Men
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Jonah Brown 01:15.16 Finished
2 Daniel Gil 01:17.16 Finished
3 Isaiah Thomas 01:19.60 Finished
4 Jody Avila 01:34.14 Finished
5 Grant Kiningham 01:48.13 Finished
6 Kyle Schulze 01:55.97 Finished
7 Jonah Maningo 01:04.21 Jawbreakers
8 Anthony Porter 01:11.29 Jawbreakers
9 Jesus Capote 01:22.22 Jawbreakers
10 Dillon Ruble 01:30.84 Jawbreakers
11 Sam Folsom 00:15.02 Duck Duck Goose
12 Caiden Madzelan 00:18.99 Duck Duck Goose
13 Jonas Harmer 00:48.05 Duck Duck Goose
Top 5 Women
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Isabella Wakeham 02:19.59 Finished
2 Madelyn Madaras 01:47.35 Jawbreakers
3 Karen Wiltin 01:24.42 Duck Duck Goose
4 Liv Hackmann N/A Duck Duck Goose
5 Ixchel Valentino N/A Dangerous Waters

Course 2

Top 13 Men
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Caleb Bergstrom 01:05.17 Finished + Mega Wall
2 Nacssa Garemore 01:15.12 Finished
3 Flip Rodriguez 01:18.14 Finished
4 Owen Dyer 01:25.80 Finished
5 Alex Nye 01:56.30 Finished
6 Benjamin Drake 02:07.16 Finished
7 Lance Pekus 01:03.70 Ring the Bells
8 Kyle McCreight 01:06.83 Ring the Bells
9 Branden McWilliams 01:08.21 Ring the Bells
10 Steven Cen 01:24.64 Ring the Bells
11 Lenny Lopez 01:29.07 Ring the Bells
12 Elijah Browning 00:20.57 Duck Duck Goose
13 Roberto Garemore 00:21.83 Duck Duck Goose
Top 5 Women
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Anna McArthur 01:35.66 Ring the Bells
2 Jenn Sanders 02:21.08 Ring the Bells
3 Zhanique Lovett 00:44.33 Duck Duck Goose
4 Lisa Hair 01:12.69 Duck Duck Goose
5 Nikki Zink N/A Duck Duck Goose

Course 3

This course introduced one new obstacle, Heavy Metal.

Top 13 Men
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Levi Enright 01:11.75 Finished
2 Kaden Lebsack 01:20.30 Finished
3 Chris Behrends 01:28.68 Finished
4 Ben Behrends 02:08.51 Finished
5 Cam Baumgartner 02:11.63 Finished
6 Max Feinberg 02:13.12 Finished
7 Nathan Green 02:40.85 Finished
8 Scott Behrends 01:00.84 The Cubes
9 Glenn Albright 01:16.85 The Cubes
10 Eric Middleton 01:19.70 The Cubes
11 Marquez Green 01:27.22 The Cubes
12 Seth Lambert 00:27.61 Heavy Metal
13 Tyler Yamauchi 00:31.97 Heavy Metal
Top 5 Women
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Emily Keener 01:16.74 The Cubes
2 Mady Howard 01:39.16 The Cubes
3 Annabella Heinrichs 00:51.11 Heavy Metal
4 Violet Kepo'o 00:37.50 Spinning Bridge
5 Rysann Clark N/A Spinning Bridge

Course 4

Top 13 Men
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Matt Bradley 01:00.16 Finished
2 Noah Meunier 01:04.81 Finished
3 Jay Lewis 01:05.22 Finished
4 Sean Bryan 01:07.36 Finished
5 Ramcis Valdez 01:23.48 Finished
6 Jacob Arnstein 01:31.26 Finished
7 Najee Richardson 01:34.83 Finished
8 Noah Buschur 01:50.25 Finished
9 Brandon Singletary 02:06.17 Finished
10 David Campbell 00:50.61 Jawbreakers
11 John Uga 01:07.95 Jawbreakers
12 Ben Kooper 01:28.45 Jawbreakers
13 Guang Cui 01:50.05 Jawbreakers
Top 5 Women
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Casey Rothschild N/A Heavy Metal
2 Taylor Johnson N/A Heavy Metal
3 Addy Herman N/A Heavy Metal
4 Elly Hart N/A Spinning Bridge
5 Jojo Grubesic N/A Spinning Bridge

Course 5

Top 13 Men
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Kai Beckstrand 01:06.03 Finished + Mega Wall
2 Jackson Twait 01:19.67 Finished
3 Austin Gray 01:29.89 Finished
4 Donovan Metoyer 01:52.34 Finished
5 Luke Beckstrand 02:11.38 Finished
6 Mike Silenzi 02:31.11 Finished
7 David Tomassoni 02:58.99 Finished
8 Ethan Gardulski 03:09.60 Finished
9 Drew Nester 03:11.76 Finished
10 Colton Skuster 00:50.22 The Cubes
11 Barry Boyd 01:08.66 The Cubes
12 Brandon Varner 01:25.04 The Cubes
13 Jesse Maurer 01:58.26 The Cubes
Top 5 Women
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Taylor Greene 02:56.34 Finished
2 Riley Porter 01:30.12 The Cubes
3 Jaelyn Bennett 01:47.87 The Cubes
4 Judith Carroll N/A The Cubes
5 Holly Beckstrand N/A The Cubes

Course 6

Top 13 Men
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Josiah Pippel 01:02.15 Finished
2 Joe Moravsky 01:06.53 Finished
3 Kevin Rodriguez 01:07.51 Finished
4 James Sannella 01:15.78 Finished
5 Joe Meissner 01:18.15 Finished
6 Xavier Dantzler 01:34.07 Finished
7 James McGrath 03:22.27 Finished
8 Gavin Obey 00:38.37 Jawbreakers
9 Verdale Benson 00:40.58 Jawbreakers
10 David Fleming 01:03.19 Jawbreakers
11 Jamie Rahn 01:05.49 Jawbreakers
12 Vincent Pane 01:14.52 Jawbreakers
13 Jesse Orenshein 02:04.14 Jawbreakers
Top 5 Women
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Abby Clark 02:57.47 Finished
2 Brittney Durant 00:34.71 Heavy Metal
3 Emily Gardiner 00:51.58 Heavy Metal
4 Sydney Yee 00:52.11 Heavy Metal
5 Sasha Moore N/A Heavy Metal

Course 7

Top 13 Men
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Vance Walker 01:21.83 Finished
2 Kyle Soderman 01:23.42 Finished
3 Karsten Williams 01:38.44 Finished
4 Josh Miller 01:46.64 Finished
5 Josh Salinas 00:40.33 Jawbreakers
6 Karson Voiles 01:14.72 Jawbreakers
7 John Mack 00:20.96 Duck Duck Goose
8 Nick Hanson 00:38.37 Duck Duck Goose
9 Francisco Barajas 00:27.49 Duck Duck Goose
10 Brigham Youngstrom 00:27.83 Duck Duck Goose
11 Arnold Hernandez 00:38.54 Duck Duck Goose
12 Ricky Vu 00:46.32 Duck Duck Goose
13 Michael Eckert N/A Duck Duck Goose
Top 5 Women
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Karen Potts N/A Jawbreakers
2 Chynna Hart N/A Duck Duck Goose
3 Megan Johnson N/A Duck Duck Goose
4 Rachel Brown N/A Duck Duck Goose
5 Ally Tippetts Wooton N/A Dangerous Waters

Course 8

Top 13 Men
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Enzo DeFerrari Wilson 01:10.24 Finished
2 David Bergstrom-Wright 01:17.79 Finished
3 Conor Galvin 01:47.35 Finished
4 Julius Ferguson 00:38.59 Ring the Bells
5 Vinnie Castranova 00:45.73 Ring the Bells
6 R.J. Roman 00:46.78 Ring the Bells
7 Bob Reese 00:46.92 Ring the Bells
8 Josiah Singleton 00:59.65 Ring the Bells
9 Jeff Loftus 01:07.82 Ring the Bells
10 Ryan Stratis 01:26.06 Ring the Bells
11 Jay Flores 01:27.44 Ring the Bells
12 Cal Plohoros 00:26.37 Duck Duck Goose
13 Josh Wagg 00:29.82 Duck Duck Goose
Top 5 Women
Rank Competitor Time Furthest Obstacle
1 Jessie Graff 02:42:03 Finished
2 Jaleesa Himka N/A Ring the Bells
3 Megan Budway N/A Dangerous Waters
4 Caitlyn Bergstrom-Wright N/A Dangerous Waters
5 Emma Pereyra N/A Dangerous Waters

Semifinals

Rounds formed
Semifinal Qualifying
1 3 & 5
2 4 & 6
TBA 1 & 7
2 & 8

The four semifinal rounds, divided over two nights, were taped at the same Universal Studios lot where the qualifiers were filmed during two nights. This season will be the second under the new format which was introduced in Season 15 in which the semifinals have competitors race head-to-head in pairs. They are seeded based on the overall results in the leaderboard table which is created by merging 2 leaderboards from qualifying courses with the same obstacles. During the races, all the winners and the two losers who reached the farthest obstacle in the least amount of time advanced to the National Finals. If more than two race losers finished the semi-final course, they all advance to the next round. Meanwhile, the two fastest winners proceed to a modified head-to-head course at the end of each night where they race for a Safety Pass, an option for a second attempt on Stage 1 of the Finals.

  Denotes losers also advancing to National Finals
  Denotes Safety Pass winners runs
  Denotes rookie contestants

Semifinal 1

Men's race results
Winners Losers
Time Result Competitor Competitor Result Time
0:36.07 7. Completed Kai Beckstrand Jesse Maurer 5. Spin Hopper No result
0:50.70 7. Completed Kaden Lebsack Eric Middleton 7. Completed 1:54:56
0:58.40 7. Completed Colton Skuster Ben Behrends 7. Completed 1:21.03
1:10.27 7. Completed Levi Enright Tyler Yamauchi 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:16.50 7. Completed Austin Gray Barry Boyd 7. Completed 1:28.67
1:18.85 7. Completed Chris Behrends Glenn Albright 4. Sideways No result
1:31.50 7. Completed David Tomassoni Mike Silenzi 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:32.59 7. Completed Donovan Metoyer Scott Behrends 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:35.23 7. Completed Max Feinberg Ethan Gardulski 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:46.17 7. Completed Jackson Twait Marquez Green 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:50.58 7. Completed Cam Baumgartner Nathan Green 4. Sideways No result
0:36.55 5. Spin Hopper Luke Beckstrand Drew Nester 5. Spin Hopper No result
Women's race results
Winners Losers
Time Result Competitor Competitor Result Time
1:07.27 5. Spin Hopper Violet Kepo'o Emily Keener 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:08.87 5. Spin Hopper Taylor Greene Judith Carroll 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:10.59 5. Spin Hopper Mady Howard Jaelyn Bennett 4. Sideways No result
1:12.20 5. Spin Hopper Anabella Heinrichs Riley Porter 4. Sideways No result

Semifinal 2

Men's race results
Winners Losers
Time Result Competitor Competitor Result Time
0:55.23 7. Completed Jay Lewis Jamie Rahn 5. Spin Hopper No result
0:55.76 7. Completed Gavin Obey James Sannella 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:06.55 7. Completed Joe Moravsky David Fleming 3. Wingnuts No result
1:06.58 7. Completed Matt Bradley Vincent Pane 6. Rope Climb 2:30.00
1:07.06 7. Completed Noah Meunier John Uga 4. Sideways No result
1:19.38 7. Completed Josiah Pippel Guang Cui 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:24.18 7. Completed Jacob Arnstein Noah Buschur 4. Sideways No result
1:24.80 7. Completed Sean Bryan David Campbell 5. Spin Hopper No result
1:31.07 7. Completed Joe Meissner James McGrath 7. Completed 1:51.27
2:13.63 7. Completed Xavier Dantzler Najee Richardson 5. Spin Hopper No result
0:39.60 5. Spin Hopper Kevin Rodriguez Verdale Benson 4. Sideways No result
0:40.07 5. Spin Hopper Brandon Singletary Ramcis Valdez 4. Sideways No result
Women's race results
Winners Losers
Time Result Competitor Competitor Result Time
2:23.32 7. Completed Addy Herman Brittney Durant 4. Sideways No result
1:11.65 5. Spin Hopper Abby Clark Jojo Grubesic 2. Flying Shelf Grab No result
0:32.29 4. Sideways Sydney Yee Casey Rothschild 4. Sideways No result
0:38.08 4. Sideways Taylor Johnson Emily Gardiner 4. Sideways No result

Release

Broadcasting

On March 18, 2024, NBC revealed the premiere date and timeslot for the season.[2][3] The program's longtime timeslot, Mondays 8 p.m. ET, was kept (with reruns scheduled to air in various slots due to sports); however for this season, episodes would mostly revert back to the previous two-hour format (with some exceptions), after Season 15 consisted mostly of one-hour episodes – mainly during the qualifying and early semifinal rounds – to allow the network to run a competition-based Monday prime time lineup for its Summer 2023 schedule (accompanied by fellow game shows The Wall and The Weakest Link, both of which share the lead out time slot this season).

Ratings

Episode Air Date
Timeslot (ET) Rating
(18–49) 		Viewers
(Millions)
1 Qualifiers #1 & #2 June 3, 2024 Monday 8:00 PM 0.3[4] 2.80[4]
2 Qualifiers #3 & #4 June 10, 2024 0.4[5] 3.06[5]
3 Qualifiers #5 & #6 July 1, 2024 0.3[6] 2.93[6]
4 Qualifiers #7 July 8, 2024 0.3[7] 2.88[7]
5 Qualifiers #8 July 15, 2024 0.3[8] 2.94[8]
6 Semifinals #1 & #2 July 22, 2024 0.3[9] 2.46[9]

References

  1. ^ Peter White (March 29, 2023). "American Ninja Warrior Lands Bumper Renewal Order At NBC With Taller Mega Wall Among Format Changes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "NBC Is the Official Home of Competition and Games This Summer with a Slate of Powerhouse Hit Series" (Press release). NBC. March 18, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
  3. ^ a b Peter White (March 18, 2024). "NBC Sets Summer Premieres For Return Of Reality Slate Including AGT & American Ninja Warrior; Hot Wheels & LA Fire & Rescue Not Returning". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (June 4, 2024). "Monday Ratings: NBC Leads in Total Viewers with American Ninja Warrior Return". Programming Insider. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (June 12, 2024). "Monday Ratings: ABC Tops Prime Time as NHL Stanley Cup Final Grows in Game 2". Programming Insider. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (July 6, 2024). "Monday Ratings: USMNT Loss to Uruguay on FS1 Sets Record U.S. TV Audience for an English-Language Copa America Telecast". Programming Insider. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (July 10, 2024). "Monday Ratings: The Bachelorette 21st Season Premiere on ABC Up Double-Digits from '23". Programming Insider. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (July 18, 2024). "Monday Ratings: Republican Convention First Night Tallies to 17 Million Across Eight Networks in 10 p.m. Hour". Programming Insider. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  9. ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (July 26, 2024). "Monday Ratings: Bob Newhart Special on CBS Highlights Prime Time". Programming Insider. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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