Season of television series
| Ninja Warrior UK | |
|---|---|
| Series 2 | |
| Presented by | Ben Shephard Chris Kamara Rochelle Humes |
| No. of contestants | 250 |
| Finals venue | Manchester Central |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 2 January (2016-01-02) – 13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) |
| Series chronology | |
| ← Previous Series 1Next → Series 3 | |
Series Two of Ninja Warrior UK, a British physical obstacle assault course game show, was aired on ITV during 2016, from 2 January to 13 February. Prior to the final episode of the previous series, the broadcaster decided it would renew the show for a second series, making the announcement on 29 May 2015. Of the 250 contestants, this series' competition was won by Owen McKenzie. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 3.53 million viewers.
Series overview
Qualifier
In the course of the five qualifier rounds, the contestants faced a variety of different obstacles in each round, alongside Quintuple Steps and Warped Wall. The most common featured included Floating Tiles, Jump Hang - the obstacle featured different ways of reaching the cargo net it used - and Spinning Logs, while other obstacles used included Frame Slider, Silk Slider, Pole Rider, Ring Toss, Swing Frames, Swing Circles, Double Tilt Ladder, Spinning Hoops, Curtain Slider, and UFO.
- Qualifier 1 Results
| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen Mckenzie | Completed | 00:53 |
| 2 | Timothy Shieff | Completed | 00:58 |
| 3 | Andrei Burton | Completed | 01:23 |
| 4 | Michael Ferran | Completed | 02:48 |
| 5 | Gareth Weir | Failed | Warped Wall |
| 6 | Peter Adams | Failed | Spinning Hoops |
| 7 | Sam Neil | Failed | Jump Hang |
| 8 | Lea Stephenson | Failed | Jump Hang |
| 9 | Gen Tando Dwyer | Failed | Jump Hang |
| 10 | Joseph Johnston | Failed | Jump Hang |
- Qualifier 2 Results
| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toby Segar | Completed | 01:13 |
| 2 | Patrick Pretorius | Completed | 01:39 |
| 3 | Dave Dickson | Completed | 02:12 |
| 4 | Kane Dick | Completed | 02:14 |
| 5 | Chris Sansom | Completed | 02:45 |
| 6 | John Geesley | Failed | Warped wall |
| 7 | Junior Arscott | Failed | Warped wall |
| 8 | Alex Bannister | Failed | Warped wall |
| 9 | Jane Cooke | Failed | Warped wall |
| 10 | Hannah Rose Kaynes | Failed | Double tilt ladder |
- Qualifier 3 Results
| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teige Matthews-Palmer | Completed | 00:51 |
| 2 | Chase Armitage | Completed | 01:20 |
| 3 | Alex Middlecott | Completed | 01:24 |
| 4 | Junrid McClymont | Completed | 01:32 |
| 5 | Jonathan Meynell | Completed | 02:58 |
| 6 | Danny Charge | Failed | Warped wall |
| 7 | Graham Cooper | Failed | Warped wall |
| 8 | Dean Whitfield | Failed | Warped wall |
| 9 | Alex Everitt | Failed | Warped wall |
| 10 | Rick Holt | Failed | Jump hang |
- Qualifier 4 Results
| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Champion | Completed | 02:15 |
| 2 | Ruel Dacosta | Completed | 02:23 |
| 3 | Callum Hardingham | Completed | 03:11 |
| 4 | Michael Gray | Failed | Swinging frames |
| 5 | Maximilian Tyler | Failed | Swinging frames |
| 6 | Gen Weeks | Failed | Swinging frames |
| 7 | Linford Dash | Failed | Swinging frames |
| 8 | Ian Norman | Failed | Floating tiles |
| 9 | Vanessa English | Failed | Floating tiles |
| 10 | Sam Rippington | Failed | Floating tiles |
- Qualifier 5 Results
| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otis Khan | Completed | 2:41 |
| 2 | James Pollard | Completed | 3:43 |
| 3 | Philip Ashcroft | Failed | Warped wall |
| 4 | Ashton Tre | Failed | Warped wall |
| 5 | Corbin Mackin | Failed | Ring toss |
| 6 | Paul Everett | Failed | Ring toss |
| 7 | Robert McCarroll | Failed | Ring toss |
| 8 | Carl Padget | Failed | Ring toss |
| 9 | James McGladdery | Failed | Ring toss |
| 10 | Robert Watson | Failed | Ring toss |
Semi-finals
For the semi-finals of this series, the semi-finalists had to complete Stage 1 of the course within two minutes. Alongside the Quintuple Steps and Warped Wall, they also had to contend with Barrel Rider, Spinning Log, a new variation of Jump Hang, and Spider Jump. Upon completing the stage, they then faced the obstacles of Stage 2, consisting of Wind Chimes, Arm Rings, and Chimney Climb.
- Semi-Finals Results
| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teige Matthews-Palmer | Completed | 02:28 |
| 2 | Alex Middlecott | Completed | 02:32 |
| 3 | Owen McKenzie | Completed | 02:54 |
| 4 | Junrid McClymont | Completed | 03:07 |
| 5 | Ruel Dacosta | Completed | 03:13 |
| 6 | Corbin Mackin | Completed | 03:22 |
| 7 | Tim Champion | Completed | 03:26 |
| 8 | Patrick Pretorius | Completed | 03:44 |
| 9 | Toby Segar | Completed | 03:46 |
| 10 | Gareth Weir | Completed | 03:54 |
| 11 | Andrei Burton | Completed | 04:01 |
| 12 | Chris Sansom | Completed | 05:11 |
| 13 | Timothy Shieff | Failed | Arm rings |
| 14 | Kane Dick | Failed | Arm rings |
| 15 | Callum Hardingham | Failed | Wind chimes |
Final
For the finals of this series, only two of the three stages of obstacles were conducted. Stage 1 required finalists to complete nine obstacles - Quintuple Steps, Pipe Slider, Paddle Boards, Jump Hang, Spider Jump, Warped Wall, Chain Swing, Spinning Bridge, and Invisible Ladder - within three minutes. Of the finalists that took this stage on, only three of them successfully completed the course - Timothy Shieff, Toby Segar and Owen McKenzie.
Stage 2 required the remaining finalists to complete five obstacles - Rope Jungle, Salmon Ladder, Unstable Bridge, Cycle Road, and Wall Lift - within 75 seconds. None managed to complete the course, being defeated by Salmon Ladder, thus the winner was determined by overall progress. Of the three finalists, McKenzie was declared the winner, managing to get further on the obstacle than Shieff and Segar.
Ratings
| Episode | Air date | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat 1 | 2 January 2016 | 3.35 | 13 |
| Heat 2 | 3 January 2016 | 2.64 | 22 |
| Heat 3 | 9 January 2016 | 3.41 | 19 |
| Heat 4 | 16 January 2016 | 3.77 | 16 |
| Heat 5 | 23 January 2016 | 3.85 | 15 |
| Semi–final 1 | 30 January 2016 | 3.72 | 15 |
| Semi–final 2 | 6 February 2016 | 3.84 | 16 |
| Final | 13 February 2016 | 3.72 | 16 |
References
- Lee, Ben (20 August 2015). "Ninja Warrior UK is coming back for a second series in 2016". Digital Spy UK.
- Campelli, Matthew (29 May 2015). "ITV returns to Ninja Warrior". Broadcast. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- "Ninja Warrior UK comes to CITV!". itv.com.
- ^ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
| Ninja Warrior | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versions |
| ||||||||||||||
| Events |
| ||||||||||||||
 Category | |||||||||||||||