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'American Ninja Warrior' season 8 news 2016: Jessie Graff sets a record among women contenders; A digital series set to be released?

Sunshine Navarro June 03, 2016 02:35 AM EST

Promotional poster for \'American Ninja Warrior\' season 8, which premiered on June 1. | NBC Website

It's summertime once again, which means "American Ninja Warrior" is back to the small screen. "American Ninja Warrior" season 8 spoilers will let viewers in on who's in and who's out after the Los Angeles qualifying round that marked the season's premiere.

Several new obstacles took center stage in the recently shown Los Angeles qualifying round for "American Ninja Warrior" season 8. According to Fan Sided, the new "devilish" obstacles were aptly called the Ring Jump, Escalator, Tick Tock, and Floating Steps. Still, a couple of favorites from the past seasons played prominent roles in the premiere like the I-Beam Cross and the Warped Wall, but this time, the Warped Wall measures 20 feet, since the show didn't think 14 feet was high enough.

Those who failed to advance included "Power Rangers" actor Brennan Mejia, Naval Intelligence Office Tory Garcia, Ninja Scout Jackson Meyer, horse trainer Chad Sorrells, Tiana Webberley, military veteran and yoga instructor Steve Seiver, Clifton Graves, Nolan Gardner, social media star Natalie Duran, Mike Bourke, and Chris Kluwe.

On the other hand, those who successfully entered the next round included Nick Hanson, Grant McCartney, Sean Bryan, Flip Rodriguez, Kevin Bull, and the only rose among the thorns, "Supergirl" stuntwoman Jessie Graff, who beat the new and improved Warped Wall. Unfortunately, the runs of other finishers were not shown during the 2-hour premiere.

Incidentally, Celebrity Dirty Laundry says that successful finishers of the courses in each visited city will have a chance to compete for the $1 million prize at the national finals round, which will be held in Las Vegas.

Meanwhile, Rob Hayes, the executive vice president of NBC Digital Entertainment, told Variety that NBC would introduce two new digital series that aim to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look on some of the unscripted obstacle-course competition of "American Ninja Warrior" season 8.

The new series will be called "Crashing the Course" and "24/B4," which are set to premiere this Tuesday on "American Ninja Warrior's" YouTube Channel, NBC.com, and the NBC app.

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