After five years, Ninja Warrior UK’s greatest obstacle has been beaten.Not for the faint of heart, the final stage of the game show concludes with a near-impossible task which features a 22-metre rope climb, known as Mount Midoriyama but to this point no-one in the UK has managed the feat.That will all soon change though, as hosts Chris Kamara and Ben Shephard have revealed that the show finally has a winner who completed the task in a brilliant 45-seconds.Chris and Ben would not confirm the contestant’s name but revealed that their herculean efforts will be revealed on the grand final on 1 June on ITV.Based on the Japanese assault course game show Sasuke, the ITV show is the ultimate battle of strength, speed and courage challenge and its perfect viewing for a Saturday night.Across 31 seasons to air in 19 countries, only six people have ever made it to the top of Mount Midoriyama.The obstacle is completed when the contestant climbs to the top and presses a buzzer.Competitors from across the nation push themselves to the brink in order to exhibit their strength, speed and courage on the obstacle course.The adrenaline-fuelled mission sees some hopefuls fall by the wayside; the Ninja Warrior course is hailed as the toughest obstacle course on TV.Last year’s winner, Tim Shieff, came painstakingly close to completing it before falling on its penultimate challenge – the flying bars.If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us Anderson bonkers and Van den Bergh too relaxed ahead of unlikely World Matchplay finalWeekend Hot Topic, part 2: The worst things about modern gaming‘Xbox has no games’ is wrong and the Xbox One is a great console - Reader’s FeatureWhy you need to be thinking about training for your career NOWBrooklyn Nine-Nine’s Melissa Fumero calls out whitewashed Quebec remake for casting white actresses as Amy and RosaA Place In The Sun couple heartbroken as health battle prevents them from buying dream homeListen to the queens who know Drag Race’s Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman – he is not a bullySelling Sunset’s Justin Hartley ‘would look even more repulsive’ if he spoke out on Chrishell Stause divorceSweet Magnolias boss teases ‘conflict’ in season 2: ‘Characters will go in unexpected directions’ There is no maximum age limit, but contestants must be at least 19 years of age (21 years old during the first nine seasons). Only the truly elite will ever even get the chance to climb Mount Midoriyama. Mount Midoriyama is a gigantic steel structure in the form of a mountain in Japan. Only the truly elite will ever even get the chance to climb Mount Midoriyama. On American Ninja Warrior, Mount Midoriyama is a term for the complete four-stages obstacle courses (also known as Las Vegas' National Finals, starting on American Ninja Warrior 4), although sometimes refers to the Stage Four tower. Contestants must be legal residents of the United States. Midoriyama may refer to: Mount Midoriyama, production sites for acrobatic competitions: in Japan; for Sasuke; in Las Vegas, NV, USA; for American Ninja Warrior; in Germany; for Ninja Warrior Germany; in the UK; for Ninja Warrior UK; in Poland; for Ninja Warrior Polska; Midoriyama Middle School in anime The Prince of Tennis
Contestants must fill out a 20-page questionnaire and make a video about themselves.
Video length requirements have varied from two to eight minutes, … And only true Ninja Warriors can actually press the buzzer on the top in the short amount of time given. The final obstacle is also one of the most basic: a 22-metre rope called Mount Midoriyama. Some of the requirements are; (1). Contestants must be in decent physical shape. The term "Mount Midoriyama" has been used in most of the SASUKE/Ninja Warrior international format.