Season of American reality/sport competition television series American Ninja Warrior
The seventh season of "American Ninja Warrior" premiered on NBC on May 25, 2015. Hosts Matt Iseman and 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.
For the first time in "American Ninja Warrior" history, a competitor completed Stage 3 in the Las Vegas National Finals. Both Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero completed Stage 3 and climbed Stage 4 in the allotted time of 30 seconds and achieved "Total Victory." 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" was unofficially awarded by the community to 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 the six cities (Venice Beach, Kansas City, Houston, Orlando, Pittsburgh, and San Pedro (Military)), the national finals were once again held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
City Qualifying.
Fastest Qualifiers.
Kevin Bull had the fastest time on a City Qualifying course this season.
City Finals.
Venice Beach Finals.
Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. Obstacles used in the Venice Beach Finals included:
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:
Houston Finals.
Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. Obstacles in the Houston Finals included:
Orlando Finals.
Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. Obstacles used during the Orlando Finals are listed below.
Pittsburgh Finals.
Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.
Obstacles in the Pittsburgh Finals included:
San Pedro (Military) Finals.
Military competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.
Obstacles in the San Pedro Finals included:
Fastest Finalists.
James McGrath had the fastest time on a City Finals course this season.
Mount Midoriyama.
Stage 1.
Competitors who successfully completed Stage 1 in under 2:30.00 are listed below. Competitors in Bold are finishers of the city finals. Obstacles used in Stage 1 included:
Stage 1 featured three new obstacles, Sonic Curve, the Coin Flip, and the Triple Swing.
Stage 2.
Stage 2 featured a new obstacle, Roulette Row.
Stage 3.
Stage 3 featured two new obstacles, Psycho Chainsaw and Area 51.
Stage 4.
Isaac Caldiero and Geoff Britten were the first two people to reach Stage 4 in the seventh season of the show. Since there were two competitors, the trophy and $1,000,000 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 and earn the title of "First American Ninja Warrior", being the first runner-up to achieve Total Victory, Caldiero hit the buzzer with 3.86 seconds left and earned the title of "Second American Ninja Warrior" and the first to win $1,000,000.
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