Gladiators #2

[EnglishRoseIrishRover]

I think Bionic’s head looks to small for his body (and his stupid hair doesn’t help either)

 

[PummelMyPumble]

So glad Joe and Amanda got through to the semi finals! Love them both!
I have warmed to Cyclone so much that she is now one of my favourite Gladiators!

 

[umbongo2703]

Looks like the girlfriend was the reason:

Gladiators star Giant gives unexpected reason for leaving BBC hit

After three seasons with the show, Giant is leaving Gladiators and has explained that he was "shocked and disappointed" by the decision, which he linked to his partner's OnlyFans work.

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Trafalgar]

Don't forget Gladiators is on late tonight at 8pm. However for those with kids it is being shown on iplayer from 4pm.

 

[OatMatchaLatte]

I also went off Sabre, she comes across as being quite mean-spirited. I love Fury, Diamond and Fire of the ladies. Honorable mention to Electro, too!

 

[OwlHen]

I feel the same, I’m not hugely rooting for any of them. But there isn’t any out and out knobheads this time!

 

[ElectricDreams]

I think this is the reason why we’ve had the same rotation of Gladiators of doing The Edge for three seasons. Only about 8 out of 18 have done it.

Great finale, although I wasn’t quite convinced there wasn’t some rigging going on. The cutting down of the time for Gauntlet and the headstart on Unleash felt odd but didn’t even seem like the Gladiators in the former were even trying. Even Electro seemed to not be as quick as normal, same with putting a clearly injured Phantom on Unleash.

I liked Emily and Naomi so I was going to be pleased with whatever the outcome. The male contenders less so.

I don’t think adding more Gladiators to the roster is a particularly good idea. There’s too many as there is. If they add 2 more that’s 20 Gladiators. You’d barely see some of them if they were all fit and healthy. I they’ve just been very unlucky with the amount of injuries in a single season; next season might have minimal injuries.

What events would we like to return for season 4? Skytrak and Swingshot are ripe for returns I’m hoping we’ll see less of Collision and Destruction next season as well. A revamp of Gauntlet is required; longer zones and none of this points per zone nonsense. A more difficult Wall is a must too.

Ooh I've been wanting Swingshot to come back forever! I loved that one when I was a kid! They could get rid Gauntlet and I wouldn't be bothered, though I'd like to see more of Powerball.

 

[Mark81]

Wonder how Nicola feels about being beaten by a cheat?

Not too impressed judging by her face at the end

 

[IndominusRex]

I’m really enjoying the reboot. I do though feel nostalgic for the original series. Back then it felt really authentic. Some things happen in the shows now that I think hmmmm was that engineered/scripted. I miss wolf who was a great “baddie” vs viper who just is useless. When gladiators lost back then it was a shock factor and sometimes now I think hmmmm.

Viper is supposed to be a bit rubbish though, he’s the baddie for the kids to jeer at. Legend is the heel for the grown ups.

 

[Redline]

Those new female Gladiator names are awful. They really couldn't think of anything better? Did they just not even try and let their kids/Chat GPT do the work instead?

 

[boatofbubbles]

Why am I crying watching Gladiators?!

Christine should be so proud of herself and Joe.

 

[Bexster]

Jamie’s ex wife is now doing a podcast that will be interesting….. they always show a few juicy bits to advertise and she mentions betrayal, bankruptcy and drugs already

 

[Redline]

Swingshot - that was it! I'd love to have had a go at that one. Not in my current body though. You'd need five extra bungee cords for the fat arse i'm carrying now

 

[messytessy]

All 4 if them were terrible. I wonder if they put them together on purpose as otherwise a normal decent contender would win by a landslide.

 

[LittleMissMuffet]

What a surprise - viper was useless

I SO want to see nitro on unleash. I know it’ll be totally unfair but they’re supposed to be elite.

 

[Kerrie86]

Probably was yeah tbf he says a lot of similar things when he's given the platform and not wearing the lycra "work" uniform.
As I say we do like Legend but its interesting what is and isn't acceptable with the powers that be, maybe controversial opinions are fine but private lives have to be squeaky clean

To be honest I imagine the bbc know how popular legend is and how much viewing figures would drop if they got rid of him.
Gladiators is a massive draw for the bbc and one of the very few (struggling to think of many more) shows they have that appears to kids and adults. Look at what happened with his injury - they still wheeled him out on almost every episode and people lapped it up (me included) whereas all the other gladiators who’ve been injured haven’t had the same treatment.

 

[Claymorekick]

Oh that is an interesting statement isn’t it? Come on Giant- just spill the tea!

I have noticed on his instagram that he has really shrunk down in size which is fine so I wonder if he doesn’t want to bulk up again and that was his gladiator USP so they have fired him?

 

[umbongo2703]

Those new female Gladiator names are awful. They really couldn't think of anything better? Did they just not even try and let their kids/Chat GPT do the work instead?

Spoiler

I can kind of get behind Huntress, but Gold Star is absolutely terrible. Easily the worst UK Gladiator name ever.

 

[Jam-sandwich]

Seems like the consequences of his actions are finally sinking in.

 

[Libertine1975]

Have just seen Steel and his wife have had a baby boy

Lovely, especially after what happened with Leo.