Ninja Warrior SE: episode 6 recap

Air date: 26 February 2015

Obstacle fails:

Who went on to the third stage:

Source: kanal5play.se

And total passes in semi final 1 & 2:

Source: kanal5play.se

Once again I'm confused: will Henning and David lose their places if more than 5 people pass in the next two semifinals? That's how this image makes it seem, but it also specifies that they made it to the final, so I'm not entirely sure. My guess for now is that Kanal5 is deliberately showing us them in the order that makes the episodes the most dramatical, and that the people failing the course didn't know they made it until the end of the day. I mean, it makes for better TV, doesn't it?

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Chriss & Ell commentary:

First out is our fave Bernhard Dalsheim, who delivers the line "I'm gonna take it slow, 'cause I'm very out of shape" (which isn't true, he has a lot of muscles, but clearly not much endurance). Sadly, Bernhard failed, but he told us in Japanese that he'll be back next year. We hope so!

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Konstantinos Tzaos tells us his approach to Ninja Warrior SE; "I'm gonna pretend the water is lava", which reminds me of this tweet:

Source: https://twitter.com/oskimonster/status/563460693287268352

Translation: "Super course? The Swedish version is just slightly harder than Musical Chairs, for crying out loud!"

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Daniel Sköld, the competitor who failed the Hang Glider (interestingly I can only remember that it happened once in the qualifying round, but we've seen two do it in the semis), is at least going all out on his ninja look. Inspiring dude, truly inspiring.

Source: Kanal5play.se

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David Marberg, who failed the arm rings but still got a spot in the final/third stage, got the nickname "The Swedish Chuck Norris" ... well, you can guess why:

Source: Kanal5play.se

The Swedish commentators of course found this hilarious.

Adam Alsing: "Mårten, how do you think the real Chuck Norris would handle the Jump Hang?"

Mårten Nylén: "Ehh, I don't know."

Adam Alsing: "No, because the question is really HOW WOULD THE JUMP HANG HANDLE CHUCK NORRIS?"

I mean that comment isn't super-funny, but he sounded so fucking proud of himself for pulling it off that it is without a doubt the funniest commentator moment so far.

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Martin Lindh didn't get the greatest time in this ep, but as we all know, as long as you finish, you've still got a chance to finish the course, so we're not counting him out just yet. Especially not given his line of work ...

Source: Kanal5play.se

Chriss: "Oh! A fireman! He should wear orange pants."

Do that next time, Martin, and you'll be our fave.

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Camilo Lattof sadly didn't make it, but DAMN, that guy is still the only person in Ninja Warrior SE who has good technique on the Spider Walk, and that's a good enough reason for us to like him. Though naming him the Swedish Speed Demon was a bit much ...

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We end with commentator Mårten Nylén saying that anything can happen in Ninja Warrior and he is absolutely right. That is one of the reasons we love it so much.

Ninja Warrior SE: episode 4 recap

Air date: 19 February 2015

A quick rundown of how many people we got to see fail each obstacle:

Unless I miscounted (not entirely impossible) we saw more people CLEAR FIRST STAGE than we saw fail them.

Here are the names of the people who cleared it, hopefully I didn't mispell anything. I noted the times when I could, but when they just quickly show them pressing the button and skip everything else you do not get the timing, sadly:

Here's the Top Ten best times after episode 4:

Source: Kanal5play.se

As you can see, that's only two from this ep, Oskar Örn (damn, got his name wrong in my graph!) and Nathaphon Sermjan.

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Chriss & Ell commentary:

Chriss: "I can't get over that they're calling it semifinal! That's so wrong!"

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Seeing the Jump Hang again after watching Sasuke 6 yesterday, we're back to our standard "ninja please". That's what, 1 meter of jumping or something? It's nothing compared to Sasuke ...

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We saw what we think might be the first instance of someone failing the Cross-Bridge, and noticed that there is no water underneath it? So if you're gonna fail something in this course, go with that or the Warped Wall and you won't get wet.

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A girl we rooted for brutally failed.

Chriss: "Can I throw candy at your computer screen? I'll pick it up and eat it later, 'cause I can't afford to throw away candy."

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We keep discussing our planned Ninja Warrior training for when I apply for the show. I'm gonna stand out and NOT be doing parkour, as idk, at least half the guys who are competing. I'm not sure what exactly I'm gonna do that's more awesome than that, but we'll figure something out.

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"He speaks ninja", says the commentator about contestant Bernhard Dalsheim, which apparently means that he speaks Japanese. Dalsheims is apparently in love with Japan and gives us some advice on how you're supposed to eat sushi (with your hands, not chopsticks). We were mildy impressed ... until he cleared the course! Go Bernhard, but EVEN MORE, go Bernhard because when asked to say "I'm gonna be the first to win Ninja Warrior SE" in Japanese WE HEARD HIM SAY SASUKE.

First mention of Sasuke on this show - Bernhard Dalsheim, you are officially our favourite.

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With Anna Lee Markstedt O'Dwyer (that name is a handful), we have four women in stage 2. If this is, as some people say, a better version that American Ninja Warrior, then I'm wondering if it just happens to be that Sweden has a lot more awesome women than the US and Japan? Or is the first stage just a lot easier? I guess we'll see what the future brings.

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Even more celebration when Camilo Lattof had the best technique on the Spider-Walk, doing it like all the Japanese Ninjas on Sasuke are. He also cleared the Quintuple Step in just 2 seconds, although his final time wasn't that impressive compared to the top 10. We still like him.

Chriss: "I'm gonna call him Sweden's Speed Demon. I was gonna call him the Swedish Asa, but he didn't cry, so it doesn't really fit."

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And finally we're treated to two parkour (no shit?) loving friends, Oskar Örn and Nathaphon Sermjan, who both cleared the stage with great times and did a little happy dance afterwards. It was very cute.

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That's it! We are officially done with stage one, so next week we'll finally see what stage two brings. We have seen Salmon Ladder and Arm Rings in the previews so far, which works well with what that inaccurate Aftonbladet article told us, but I'm not trusting it until I see it all on TV.