Gladiators (2008 UK TV series) Series One

The Contenders

Female Contenders Male Contenders
Heat 1 Carly Whittle Janine Hogarth Kobi Omenaka Tom Ward
Heat 2 Liz Hughes Gayle Vickers Daniel Sowerby Radzi Chinyanganya
Heat 3 Leanne Lennox Emma Saville Kevin Dixon Gavin Sunshine
Heat 4 Fiona Hallam Anna Miller Joel Grant Jones Ian Deeth
Heat 5 Naida Bromley Julia King Wai Ling Shin Jonathan Boden
Heat 6 Nicola Trench Dawn Wilson Sean McMahon Simon Wray
Heat 7 KT Coates Fiona Isherwood Koing Chea Phil Ounsley
Heat 8 Caroline McLeod Bella Clayton Andrew Bell Greg Kirk
Female Contenders Male Contenders
Quarter-Final 1 Janine Hogarth Gayle Vickers Tom Ward Greg Kirk
Quarter-Final 2 Leanne Lennox Naida Bromley Koing Chea Simon Wray
Quarter-Final 3 Caroline McLeod KT Coates Joel Grant Jones Jonathan Boden
Quarter-Final 4 Nicola Trench Anna Miller Kevin Dixon Radzi Chinyanganya
Female Contenders Male Contenders
Semi-Final 1 Anna Miller Naida Bromley Joel Grant Jones Tom Ward
Semi-Final 2 Caroline McLeod Gayle Vickers Simon Wray Radzi Chinyanganya
Female Contenders Male Contenders
Final Caroline McLeod Anna Miller Simon Wray Joel Grant Jones
Winner (Female) Winner (Male)
Anna Miller Simon Wray

Notes: Red & Blue denote the colours worn by the contestant
Contenders in bold are the ones that advanced

Events

The limitations of the new Gladiators arena meant that there was only room for 8 events - 7 events from the original series: Duel, Gauntlet, Hang Tough, Hit & Run, Powerball, Pyramid and The Wall, Plus a brand new event called Earthquake. Changes from the original series include Hang Tough, Duel and Hit & Run now being played over water. All the events were used in rotation, different from the original series as some games featured dominantly over others. The Eliminator featured a swimming section and a climb to the top of the Pyramid.

Ratings

Episode Viewing figures from BARB[1]

Series

Episode No. Heat No. Airdate Total Viewers Sky One Weekly Rank
1 Heat 1 11 May 2008 1,564,000 #1
2 Heat 2 18 May 2008 1,260,000 #1
3 Heat 3 25 May 2008 935,000 #1
4 Heat 4 1 June 2008 844,000 #2
5 Heat 5 8 June 2008 588,000 #1 (Tied)
6 Heat 6 15 June 2008 734,000 #1
7 Heat 7 22 June 2008 671,000 #1
8 Heat 8 29 June 2008 656,000 #1
9 Quarter-Final 1 13 July 2008 349,000 #2
10 Quarter-Final 2 20 July 2008 558,000 #3
11 Quarter-Final 3 27 July 2008 479,000 #2
12 Quarter-Final 4 3 August 2008 628,000 #1
13 Semi-Final 1 10 August 2008 740,000 #1
14 Semi-Final 2 17 August 2008 511,000 #2
15 Grand Final 24 August 2008 702,000 #1

Specials

Episode No. Heat No. Airdate Total Viewers Sky One Weekly Rank
1 Celebrity Special 6 July 2008 643,000 #1
2 The Legends Return

(1½ hours)

31 August 2008 1,159,000 #1
3 Battle of the Forces 16 November 2008 850,000 #3

Specials

Celebrity Special

Aired on 6 July 2008, a special celebrity edition was shown between the heats and the quarter-finals. The celebrities that competed in this edition included: Danielle Lloyd of Celebrity Big Brother fame, Bianca Gascoigne, Anthony Quinlan from Hollyoaks and MC Harvey. The two winners each received £5,000 for a charity of their choice, splitting their winnings between their two choices.

The Legends Return

Aired on 31 August 2008, a selection of the original Gladiators - Lightning, Rebel, Rocket, Flame, Ace, Hunter, Trojan And Wolf - returned to compete as contenders against the new Gladiators. In the women's competition, the legends were successful, but in the men's competition, the new gladiators won after gladiator Trojan had awful trouble with the Cargo Net.

Battle of the Forces

Aired on 16 November 2008, this special saw challengers from the RAF, Navy and Army take on the Gladiators. Both categories (Male And Female) were won by the Army, a completely different outcome to the second battle of the forces, in which contenders from the RAF and Navy triumphantly won over the Army.

Notes and references

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