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Climbing Mediawatch 28-Jul-2017 At 9:58:45 AM Dave J

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Im going to agree to agree with Fatboy and ODH. Almost certainly they panicked when they realised they had a handful of competitors who would likely get all the way through. Having five first australian ninja warriors in the first season was not an option and so they had to impose a ridiculously impossible time constraint. I think it was pretty essential for them that none got through in the first year and I think its safe to say if they keep the time limit at 65 seconds nobody ever will.

It might have taken the americans 8 seasons but I notice in the US version they had 2.5min to complete the same stage with very similar obstacles… (and the chap who won got about as far in 60 seconds as anyone in the australian version). I don't think anyone would have been disappointed to see everyone failing because it was hard, but having time be the only factor just reduces the whole thing to the same level as running or swimming.

Also I think they could have done with losing the 3 idiot commentators and giving their fees to the 3 best performers. With all the hoop la surrounding this show it seems a shame that none of the actual talent is getting paid.