I applied for Ninja Warrior UK and used a friend’s UK address but never got past the first in-person auditions despite having the best performance in the physical trials.
The UK show is a lot less serious than japan or the US version. There was a guy at the tryouts dressed like Peter Pan and I told him that ITV wouldn’t have him on the show dressed as someone that Disney holds the copyrights to. I suggested he tell them he would be a Leprechaun in stead and then a couple months later I saw him on the show dressed as a Leprechaun.
> “I thought, ‘I don’t think I’ll get on this based on my physical ability alone,’ I was originally meant to be Robin Hood but couldn’t because of copyright reasons,” Johann explained.
We had Fatal Deviation and that’s all the country needs to do with ninja’s or warriors.
The Milk Superstars!
My man, naganooooo!!!! I loved him.
Asian Eddie Durkan
Never mind that show, we need an Irish version of Takeshi’s Castle!
That man is a legend amongst legends.
However I would worry we would simply copy the US formula and focus more on the sob stories as opposed to people running a Ninja warrior course.
The Japanese one had humour (like octopus guy) but despite watching for many seasons I barely got more than a few pieces about their lives which is great. More focus on actual Ninja warrior. Less needing 5 diseases named after you.
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Irelands fittest family lad
What a man.
Quizone
I applied for Ninja Warrior UK and used a friend’s UK address but never got past the first in-person auditions despite having the best performance in the physical trials.
The UK show is a lot less serious than japan or the US version. There was a guy at the tryouts dressed like Peter Pan and I told him that ITV wouldn’t have him on the show dressed as someone that Disney holds the copyrights to. I suggested he tell them he would be a Leprechaun in stead and then a couple months later I saw him on the show dressed as a Leprechaun.
Edit: Just found an article about him. Could have sworn it was Peter Pan.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/armagh-student-takes-on-ninja-warrior-semi-final-this-saturday-36897377.html
> “I thought, ‘I don’t think I’ll get on this based on my physical ability alone,’ I was originally meant to be Robin Hood but couldn’t because of copyright reasons,” Johann explained.
We had Fatal Deviation and that’s all the country needs to do with ninja’s or warriors.
The Milk Superstars!
My man, naganooooo!!!! I loved him.
Asian Eddie Durkan
Never mind that show, we need an Irish version of Takeshi’s Castle!
That man is a legend amongst legends.
However I would worry we would simply copy the US formula and focus more on the sob stories as opposed to people running a Ninja warrior course.
The Japanese one had humour (like octopus guy) but despite watching for many seasons I barely got more than a few pieces about their lives which is great. More focus on actual Ninja warrior. Less needing 5 diseases named after you.
I know a couple of bog warriors
Think this is the closest we got to it
[https://www.rte.ie/archives/2020/0129/1111673-the-superstars-final/](https://www.rte.ie/archives/2020/0129/1111673-the-superstars-final/)
It was as big a Dallas at the time
Ninja couch potato