Eagle-Eyed ‘Ninja Warrior’ Viewers Spotted A Big Spoiler During The Finale

Unfortunately, it seems Channel Nine inadvertently did with a promo during the show, advertising the appearance of contestant Fred Dorrington on The Today Show the following morning. Dorrington hadn’t beaten the notoriously hard final course, but he did end up getting furthest.

Did @Channel9 just give away who wins/ who does best in #NinjaWarriorAU? pic.twitter.com/4qmOaJ8dBF

— Shane McInnes (@shanemcinnes) July 25, 2017

Obviously, it’s pretty unlikely that Today would put one of the LOSERS on their show – unless it was for an uncharacteristically cruel segment in which they were ridiculed in front of a national audience – and Ninja Warrior punters pretty quickly grokked onto the fact that Dorrington probably ended up winning.

@NinjaWarriorAU thanks for a massive spoiler half way through. The only contestant to be on @TheTodayShow tomorrow. Hmmm #NinjaWarriorAU pic.twitter.com/kR7awmokp4

— Neil Angus (@neilaja) July 25, 2017

And yeah, when it got to the end, he did win. Surprise surprise. 

Put your hands together for Fred Dorrington, who made it the furthest, fastest in our first season of #NinjaWarriorAU! ?? pic.twitter.com/Bxch20vL02

— Ninja Warrior (@NinjaWarriorAU) July 25, 2017

There’s a lesson here. Do not anger reality TV audiences. They are, on balance, far more vicious and unforgiving than the general population.

Photo: Ninja Warrior.