American Ninja Warrior

Jessie Graff is the most successful female competitor to appear on the series so far. In Season 8, she became the only woman to complete Stage 1.

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Only two Americans have won the series.

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Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero became the first American Ninja Warriors in the Season 7 finale. Caldiero finished Stage 4 faster than Britten and took the $1,000,000 prize. Isaac promised to share the money with Geoff.

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The famous "streaker" is actually Thomas Tapp of the Tap Brothers, who is well known among fans of the course and of American Ninja Warrior. Tapp is one of the course testers and tested it under Johnny Rocket's second persona wearing nothing but a headband, shoes and underwear.

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American Ninja Warrior (2009) was nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Reality Competition Series category, but lost to RuPaul's Drag Race (2009).

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Competitors in the first three seasons had to travel to Japan to compete in the final. That changed in the fourth season, when the final was held in Las Vegas for the first time.

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One of its famous competitors, David "flip" Rodríguez, admitted on the series that he was raped as a child.

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The top prize for the first six seasons was $500,000.00.

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