Lisa Curry & Lisa Wilkinson's sons star in Australian Ninja Warrior
Australian Ninja Warrior has returned to screens for its second season, and it turns out there are famous offspring in the pool of contestants who will be fighting for the title.
At this year’s Logies, The Project host Lisa Wilkinson confirmed that her 22-year-old son Louis FitzSimons would be appearing on the show.
“I'm so proud! He's done something in a million years that I wouldn't do,” she told The Fix.
“When we watched the show last year, we sat on the couch and he said I'm going to enter that,” she said.
“And I said, 'Darling, there will thousands of people who enter, so if you don't get in and you don't get chosen you have to be prepared for that!'”
Wilkinson said her son is goal orientated and when he “aims for something, he’s totally committed!”
Last week, Louis pinned his mental and physical determination on the influence of his dad, former rugby player and journalist Peter FitzSimons.
“I'd say my father led an important role in giving me that drive to succeed,” he told Woman’s Day.
Last night’s episode of Australia Ninja Warrior saw Olympian Lisa Curry’s son compete in the challenging obstacle course.
The son of Lisa Curry and former Ironman Grant Kenny, Jett Kenny, splashed out in the second obstacle, the UFO Slider.
The tricky new challenge wiped out five contestants in a row during the episode.
The 23-year-old lifesaver told the Sunshine Coast Daily that the course was unpredictable.
"The way stuff moves around on the course can be unpredictable, and if you haven't done it before then you don't know what you're in for," he said.
"It's a hard one to do. A lot of the people doing it with me had done the Spartan races and had that background, where I was going into the course completely blind. The closest thing I'd done was climbing on some monkey bars."
While his surf lifesaving background helped him complete the fitness test all competitors need to pass before making it on the show, Jett said the course requires specific skills to come out on top.
"Surf lifesaving is a very intense sport when it comes to training and all the different disciplines," he said.
"You think it would give you a bit of an advantage but it's completely different. Everyone saw last year how the rock climbers did really well because of their grip strength and that's a massive thing. If anyone is planning on doing it in the years to come I would highly recommend rock climbing or something like that to work on that grip strength."
Although he admitted he was disappointed with his result, Jett has set his sights on returning to the show next year.
"I'd love to do it again. Coming off where I did I was a bit disappointed, but at the same time I didn't have major expectations to finish the course," he said.
"It was a good, fun experience for me. I'm not happy with how I ended, but I'm still glad I did it.”
It has also been rumoured that former Bachelor star Tim Robards and former NRL player Beau Ryan will be making a comeback this season.