# Ninja Warrior UK series 3

Series Three of Ninja Warrior UK, a British physical obstacle assault course game show, was aired on ITV from 31 December 2016 to 18 February 2017. Of the 250 contestant who took part, this series' competition was won by Jonny Urszuly. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 3.81 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 Jump Hang - this series saw a few new variations on the obstacle - Floating Tiles, and Log Runner - this obstacle was new for this series. This series saw the introduction of new obstacles used on the course - Silk Drop, Beam Cross, Pipe Climber, and Log Grip - as well as the use of UFO, Swing Circle, Swinging Frames, Double Tilt Ladder, Pole Rider, and Silk Slider.

#### Qualifier 1 Results

| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
| 1 | Sam Amos | Completed | 00:58 |
| 2 | Cameron Walker – Shepherd | Completed | 00:59 |
| 3 | Tanzil Umrani | Completed | 00:59 |
| 4 | Chris Lodge | Completed | 01:03 |
| 5 | Cain Clarke | Completed | 01:21 |
| 6 | Benjamin Rosser | Completed | 01:37 |
| 7 | Leon 'The Legend' Gabbidon | Completed | 01:50 |
| 8 | Javier 'Ninjengineer' Rivera | Completed | 01:50 |
| 9 | Liam Tomes | Completed | 01:57 |
| 10 | Saskia Neville | Completed | 02:29 |

#### Qualifier 2 Results

| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
| 1 | Gareth Lloyd | Completed | 01:33 |
| 2 | Billy Morgan | Completed | 01:33 |
| 3 | Kim Thomas – Hird | Completed | 01:47 |
| 4 | Brian Cahill | Completed | 01:56 |
| 5 | Mat Armitage | Completed | 02:14 |
| 6 | Kane Woodhouse | Completed | 02:50 |
| 7 | Henry Cookey | Completed | 03:38 |
| 8 | Katie McDonnell | Completed | 03:58 |
| 9 | Mhairi Thorburn | Completed | 04:24 |
| 10 | Ryan Luney | Failed | Warped Wall |

#### Qualifier 3 Results

| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
| 1 | Ed Scott | Completed | 01:13 |
| 2 | Ali Hay | Completed | 01:32 |
| 3 | Kenneth Orenuga | Completed | 01:42 |
| 4 | Jonny Urszuly | Completed | 01:43 |
| 5 | Fred Dorrington | Completed | 01:59 |
| 6 | Mosa Kambule | Completed | 02:07 |
| 7 | Nicola Kinche | Completed | 02:24 |
| 8 | Chris Bernard | Completed | 02:32 |
| 9 | CJ Jones | Completed | 02:33 |
| 10 | Ricky Moakes | Completed | 02:58 |

#### Qualifier 4 Results

| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/Obstacle Reached |
| 1 | Matt McCreary | Completed | 01:23 |
| 2 | Bruce Winfield | Completed | 01:24 |
| 3 | Dion Trigg | Completed | 01:29 |
| 4 | Andrew Julien | Completed | 01:32 |
| 5 | Liam Cook | Completed | 01:42 |
| 6 | Alvin Loh | Completed | 01:51 |
| 7 | Jacob Peregrine – Wheller | Completed | 02:05 |
| 8 | Chris West | Completed | 02:06 |
| 9 | Steve Frew | Completed | 02:15 |
| 10 | Clinton Purnell | Completed | 02:22 |

#### Qualifier 5 Results

| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time/ Obstacle Reached |
| 1 | James Birchall | Completed | 01:37 |
| 2 | Umy Shujaudin | Completed | 01:45 |
| 3 | Hari Eustace | Completed | 02:22 |
| 4 | Chris De Stefano | Completed | 02:45 |
| 5 | Jack Bailey | Completed | 02:49 |
| 6 | Charlie Martin | Completed | 03:03 |
| 7 | Chris Viner | Completed | 04:06 |
| 8 | Sian Maycock | Failed | Warped Wall |
| 9 | Nicola Screawn | Failed | Warped Wall |
| 10 | Hayley Wray | Failed | Beam Cross |

### Semi-finals

For the top 50 go to 9 obstacles on 2 Semi-Finals. The Stage 1 is Quintuple Steps, Ring Swing, Spinning Log, Jump Hang With Trumpette, Ring Slider, and Warped Wall. Complete the Stage 1 within 3 minutes, go to Stage 2 on: Big Dipper, Pole Grapser, and Chimney Climb. And the end 2 Semi-Finals, top 15 fastest go to Final.

#### Semi-Finals Results

| Rank | Finalist | Outcome | Time |
| 1 | Ed Scott | Completed | 02:09 |
| 2 | Cameron Walker-Shepherd | Completed | 02:10 |
| 3 | Bruce Winfield | Completed | 02:21 |
| 4 | Jonny Urszuly | Completed | 02:38 |
| 5 | James Birchall | Completed | 02:42 |
| 6 | Fred Dorrington | Completed | 02:45 |
| 7 | Clinton Purnell | Completed | 02:47 |
| 8 | Ali Hay | Completed | 02:48 |
| 9 | Steve Frew | Completed | 02:55 |
| 10 | Jacob Peregrine – Wheller | Completed | 03:00 |
| 11 | Leon Gabiddon | Completed | 03:01 |
| 12 | Nicholas Kinche | Completed | 03:01 |
| 13 | Mat Armitage | Completed | 03:06 |
| 14 | Cain Clarke | Completed | 03:06 |
| 15 | Chris West | Completed | 03:10 |

### Final

For the finals of this series, all three stages of obstacles were conducted. Stage 1 required the finalists to complete 9 obstacles - Quadruple Steps, Rolling Log, Coin Flip, Ring Jump, Wind Chimes, Warped Wall, Big Dipper With Tassels, Three Logs, and Chimney Climb - within 6 minutes. Of the finalists that took on this stage, only 6 successfully completed it: Jacob Peregrine – Wheller, Ali Hay, Fred Dorrington, Bruce Winfield, Cain Clarke, and Jonny Urszuly.
Stage 2 required the remaining finalists to take on 5 obstacles - Spider Jump, Spin Cycle, Salmon Ladder, Monkey Pegs, and Wall Lift - and complete them within 2 minutes. Of the remaining finalists, only Clarke and Urszuly managed to complete it successfully.
For Stage 3, the remaining two finalists had to complete 3 obstacles, but with no time limit - Crazy Cliff Hanger, Floating Boards, and Flying Bars. Neither contestant managed to complete the stage, thus the winner was determined by progress, resulting in Urszuly being declared the winner.

## Ratings

| Episode | Air date | Viewers (millions) | ITV weekly ranking |
| Heat 1 | 31 December 2016 | 3.37 | 28 |
| Heat 2 | 7 January 2017 | 3.81 | 25 |
| Heat 3 | 14 January 2017 | 3.85 | 27 |
| Heat 4 | 21 January 2017 | 3.75 | 27 |
| Heat 5 | 28 January 2017 | 3.87 | 20 |
| Semi–Final 1 | 4 February 2017 | 3.89 | 19 |
| Semi–Final 2 | 11 February 2017 | 4.15 | 16 |
| Final | 18 February 2017 | 4.18 | 17 |