The second season of Ninja Warrior launched to 929,000 metro viewers on Sunday, beating out House Rules and MasterChef in the prime time slot, but falling well short of last year’s numbers.
And on Monday, the Channel Nine show only narrowly secured the top spot against Network Ten’s MasterChef by just 1,000 viewers.
According to TV Tonight, Ninja Warrior lost almost 100,000 viewers from Sunday, with fans on Twitter claiming they were ‘bored’ by the episode.
Another obstacle for Nine! Australian Ninja Warrior narrowly tops Ten’s rival cooking show MasterChef as it suffers drop in ratings following its disappointing season premiere
Australian Ninja Warrior is a sports entertainment competition that pits competitors against each other by competing in extremely difficult obstacle courses.
Heat Two, which aired on Monday, saw 831,000 metro viewers tune in, with MasterChef closing in on the show’s gain with an increase of 93,000 eyeballs to attract a total of 830,000 viewers.
However, Channel Seven’s House Rules fell behind its competitors, losing 67,000 viewers between its episodes on Sunday and Monday.
Losing its novelty? According to official TV ratings, Ninja Warrior dipped by almost 100,000 viewers on Monday night, with fans on Twitter claiming they were ‘bored’ by the episode
Hot on their tails! MasterChef closed in on the show’s previous 181,000 metro viewers gain on Tuesday night as it trailed Ninja Warrior by a mere 1,000 viewers
While fans have been eagerly awaiting the return of Ninja Warrior, they voiced their displeasure with the episode on Twitter within the first 30 minutes.
During Heat Two none of the competitors were able to complete the course, with majority of the athletes failing during the second obstacle.
‘Ok switching off #NinjaWarriorAu. Terrible commentary. It’s all back story and no one is actually getting past the second obstacle. Boring,’ one viewer wrote.
Another said: ‘Well this is boring. Couldn’t you edit it so that at least someone makes it out of the first 3 or 4?? @NinjaWarriorAU #NinjaWarriorAU.’
There are six heats in the competition, but many contenders crashed out on the UFO Slider on Monday.
The famous and infamous are due to take to the course in Heat Three, with The Wiggles’ Simon Pryce and notorious party boy Corey Worthingon confirmed.
Australian Ninja Warrior returns to Channel Nine from 7.30pm on Tuesday night
Will he make it? Notorious party boy Corey Worthingon will tackle the obstacle course in Tuesday night’s Heat Three from 7.30pm