The second series of Gladiators started in December 2008 with a Legends Special. The series aired on Sky1 and Sky1 HD. Many changes were made from the first series, including six new Gladiators - Cyclone (returning from series one), Siren, Amazon, Warrior, Goliath and Doom. Three more games were added to the event pool - Pursuit & Suspension Bridge, which were seen in the ITV version of the show, and Rocketball. Ian Wright returned as presenter with Caroline Flack, who replaced Kirsty Gallacher.[1] Taking over from original referee John Anderson (due to his retirement from TV refereeing) was boxing referee John Coyle.[2]
Gladiators | |
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Series 2 | |
Release | |
Original network | Sky1 |
Original release | December 2008 |
Gladiators
editGladiators name | Portrayed by |
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Amazon | Zoe Williams |
Atlas | Sam Bond |
Battleaxe | Shirley Webb |
Cyclone | Donna Williams |
Doom | Wayne Gordon |
Enigma | Jenny Pacey |
Goliath | Mason Ryan |
Inferno | Jemma Palmer |
Oblivion | Nick Aldis |
Panther | Kara Nwidobie-Sharpe |
Predator | Du'aine Ladejo |
Siren | Amy Guy |
Spartan | Roderick Bradley |
Tempest | Lucy Boggis |
Tornado | David McIntosh |
Warrior | Daniel Singh |
Events
editThree new events were added to the pool for the second series. Suspension Bridge and Pursuit returned from the original series. Suspension Bridge is now played over water and the Pursuit course also contains a water element. The only new event was Rocketball, a modified version of Swingshot from the original series. The Eliminator layout was also heavily revised for this series, now including the "Floor Travelator" as the preceding obstacle to the monkey bars.
Event | Female Gladiator participation | Male Gladiator participation |
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Duel | Amazon Battleaxe Panther |
Atlas Goliath Spartan |
Earthquake | Battleaxe Enigma Panther Siren |
Atlas Doom Goliath Oblivion Warrior |
Gauntlet | Amazon Battleaxe Enigma Inferno Panther Siren Tempest |
Atlas Doom Goliath Oblivion Predator Spartan Warrior |
Hang Tough | Battleaxe Cyclone Siren Tempest |
Atlas Oblivion Spartan Tornado |
Hit & Run | Amazon Battleaxe Cyclone Enigma Inferno Siren Tempest |
Atlas Doom Oblivion Spartan Tornado Warrior |
Powerball | Amazon Battleaxe Enigma Panther Siren |
Doom Goliath Oblivion Predator Spartan Tornado Warrior |
Pursuit | Amazon Enigma Tempest |
Doom Predator Spartan |
Pyramid | Amazon Battleaxe Enigma Panther Siren |
Doom Goliath Oblivion Predator Spartan Tornado Warrior |
Rocketball | Cyclone Enigma Inferno Siren Tempest |
Atlas Oblivion Predator Spartan Warrior |
Suspension Bridge | Battleaxe Panther Siren |
Doom Goliath Oblivion Warrior |
The Wall | Cyclone Enigma Tempest |
Doom Predator Spartan Tornado |
The Contenders
editFemale Contenders | Male Contenders | ||||
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Heat 1 | Steph Owens | Roz Richards | Justin Thompson | Mark Mills | |
Heat 2 | Leanne Maisano | Wendy Williams | John Maisano | Simeon Bambrook | |
Heat 3 | Becky Pykett | Kathryn Evans | Kris Stirk | Terry Sterling | |
Heat 4 | Yvette Shaw | Gemma Green | Norris Thompson | David Staff | |
Heat 5 | Kelly McTighe | Hannah Creelman | Ronnie Williams | Dan Atkinson | |
Heat 6 | Vicky Poole | Emma Piper | Qu Adoo | Paul Witham |
Female Contenders | Male Contenders | ||||
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Quarter-Final 1 | Yvette Shaw | Steph Owens | Kris Stirk | Dan Atkinson | |
Quarter-Final 2 | Wendy Williams | Kathryn Evans | Justin Thompson | Paul Witham | |
Quarter-Final 3 | Hannah Creelman^ | Emma Piper | David Staff | Simeon Bambrook^ |
Female Contenders | Male Contenders | ||||
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Semi-Final 1 | Kathryn Evans | Emma Piper | Kris Stirk | Simeon Bambrook | |
Semi-Final 2 | Hannah Creelman | Steph Owens | David Staff | Justin Thompson |
Female Contenders | Male Contenders | ||||
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Final | Hannah Creelman | Kathryn Evans | David Staff | Kris Stirk |
Winner (Female) | Winner (Male) |
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Kathryn Evans | David Staff |
Notes: Red & Blue denote the colours worn by the contestant
Contenders in bold are the ones that advanced
^ denotes the fastest runner-up in the 1/4 finals thus advancing to the semis.
Episodes
editEpisode | Title | Original airdate | |
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Special | "The Legends Strike Back" | 21 December 2008 | |
Legends: Lightning, Rocket, Scorpio, Siren / Bullit, Cobra, Trojan, Wolf
Tempest / Oblivion Scorpio 0 / 0 Wolf 01
Panther, Enigma, Inferno, Battleaxe / Atlas, Spartan, Tornado, Oblivion Rocket 10 / 10 Cobra
Tempest, Enigma / Predator, Tornado Lightning, Scorpio 10 / 10 Cobra, Bullit
Panther / Spartan Siren 20 / 10 Trojan
Enigma, Battleaxe, Panther, Tempest / Spartan, Predator, Tornado, Oblivion Female Legends LOSERS - WINNERS Female Gladiators / Male Legends LOSERS - WINNERS - Male Gladiators | |||
1 | "Heat 1: Roz Richards vs. Steph Owens / Mark Mills vs. Justin Thompson" | 4 January 2009 | |
Panther / Spartan Roz 0 - 0 Steph / Mark 0 - 0 Justin
Inferno, Siren / Atlas, Oblivion Roz 3 - 5 Steph / Mark 4 - 7 Justin
Siren, Enigma / Oblivion, Goliath Roz 3 - 15 Steph / Mark 14 - 7 Justin
Battleaxe, Cyclone, Inferno, Siren / Atlas, Doom, Spartan, Warrior Roz 3 - 15 Steph / Mark 14 - 15 Justin
Roz LOSER - WINNER Steph / Mark LOSER - WINNER Justin | |||
2 | "Heat 2: Wendy Williams vs. Leanne Maisano / Simeon Bambrook vs. John Maisano" | 11 January 2009 | |
Amazon, Battleaxe, Panther / Spartan, Oblivion, Predator Wendy 2 - 0 Leanne / Simeon 8 - 2 John
Siren, Tempest / Tornado, Spartan Wendy 2 - 0 Leanne / Simeon 8 - 7 John
Tempest, Cyclone / Predator, Tornado Wendy 2 - 0 Leanne / Simeon 18 - 12 John
Panther, Amazon, Siren, Battleaxe / Oblivion, Predator, Warrior, Goliath Wendy 12 - 6 Leanne / Simeon 28 - 22 John
Wendy WINNER - LOSER Leanne / Simeon WINNER - LOSER John | |||
3 | "Heat 3: Kathryn Evans vs. Becky Pykett / Kris Stirk vs. Terry Sterling" | 18 January 2009 | |
Tempest, Siren / Atlas, Tornado Kathryn 0 - 0 Becky / Kris 0 - 0 Terry
Enigma, Amazon / Predator, Doom Kathryn 4 - 0 Becky / Kris 01 - 10 Terry
Battleaxe, Inferno, Siren, Tempest / Atlas, Doom, Spartan, Warrior Kathryn 14 - 0 Becky / Kris 12 - 102 Terry
Amazon, Enigma / Spartan, Tornado Kathryn 14 - 0 Becky / Kris 12 - 203 Terry
Kathryn WINNER - LOSER Becky / Kris WINNER - LOSER Terry | |||
4 | "Heat 4: Yvette Shaw vs. Gemma Green/Suzie / Norris Thompson vs. David Staff" | 25 January 2009 | |
Enigma, Amazon, Panther / Tornado, Oblivion, Doom Yvette 0 - 0 Gemma / Norris 2 - 5 David
Tempest, Cyclone / Atlas, Tornado Yvette 0 - 0 Gemma / Norris 7 - 10 David
Enigma, Tempest, Battleaxe, Panther / Atlas, Oblivion, Warrior, Goliath Yvette 4 - 10 Gemma / Norris 17 - 20 David
Panther, Battleaxe / Warrior, Goliath Yvette 4 - 10 Gemma / Norris 17 - 30 David
Yvette WINNER - LOSER Suzie / Norris LOSER - WINNER David | |||
5 | "Heat 5: Hannah Creelman vs. Kelly McTighe / Dan Atkinson vs. Ronnie Williams" | 1 February 2009 | |
Panther / Goliath Hannah 0 - 0 Kelly / Dan 0 - 0 Ronnie
Inferno, Tempest / Spartan, Predator Hannah 3 - 2 Kelly / Dan 5 - 2 Ronnie
Battleaxe, Siren / Warrior, Oblivion Hannah 8 - 2 Kelly / Dan 5 - 12 Ronnie
Enigma, Inferno, Siren, Tempest / Atlas, Oblivion, Spartan, Warrior Hannah 10 - 6 Kelly / Dan 7 - 124 Ronnie
Hannah WINNER - LOSER Kelly / Dan WINNER - LOSER Ronnie | |||
6 | "Heat 6: Vicky Poole vs. Emma Piper / Paul Witham vs. Qu Adoo" | 8 February 2009 | |
Siren, Cyclone / Atlas, Oblivion Vicky 0 - 5 Emma / Paul 0 - 5 Qu
Enigma, Tempest / Spartan, Doom Vicky 4 - 7 Emma / Paul 10 - 7 Qu
Amazon, Cyclone, Enigma, Inferno / Atlas, Oblivion, Spartan, Tornado Vicky 10 - 11 Emma / Paul 24 - 7 Qu
Amazon, Siren / Predator, Doom Vicky 10 - 11 Emma / Paul 24 - 17 Qu
Vicky LOSER - WINNER Emma / Paul WINNER - LOSER Qu | |||
7 | "Quarter-Final 1: Yvette Shaw vs. Steph Owens / Dan Atkinson vs. Kris Stirk" | 22 February 2009 | |
Cyclone, Siren / Spartan, Atlas Yvette 0 - 0 Steph / Dan 0 - 0 Kris
Panther, Amazon, Enigma, Battleaxe / Spartan, Doom, Oblivion, Atlas Yvette 6 - 105 Steph / Dan 10 - 10 Kris
Siren, Battleaxe / Predator, Oblivion Yvette 6 - 10 Steph / Dan 10 - 14 Kris
Amazon, Panther, Enigma / Spartan, Oblivion, Doom Yvette 6 - 10 Steph / Dan 14 - 18 Kris
Yvette LOSER - WINNER Steph / Dan LOSER - WINNER Kris | |||
8 | "Quarter-Final 2: Wendy Williams vs. Kathryn Evans / Justin Thompson vs. Paul Witham" | 1 March 2009 | |
Tempest, Siren / Oblivion, Spartan Wendy 0 - 0 Kathryn / Justin 0 - 0 Paul
Panther, Siren, Inferno, Enigma / Atlas, Doom, Warrior/Oblivion6, Goliath Wendy 6 - 2 Kathryn / Justin 10 - 87 Paul
Inferno, Enigma / Doom, Oblivion Wendy 7 - 68 Kathryn / Justin 20 - 8 Paul
Siren, Amazon, Panther / Spartan, Goliath, Warrior Wendy 9 - 8 Kathryn / Justin 26 - 129 Paul
Wendy LOSER - WINNER Kathryn / Justin WINNER - LOSER Paul | |||
9 | "Quarter-Final 3: Emma Piper vs. Hannah Creelman / Simeon Bambrook vs. David Staff" | 8 March 2009 | |
Panther / Goliath Emma 0 - 0 Hannah / Simeon 0 - 0 David
Inferno, Cyclone / Predator, Warrior Emma 3 - 2 Hannah / Simeon 2 - 6 David
Enigma, Inferno, Siren, Tempest / Oblivion, Doom Emma 3 - 2 Hannah / Simeon 7 - 16 David
Cyclone, Tempest / Spartan, Predator Emma 3 - 2 Hannah / Simeon 17 - 21 David
Emma WINNER - FASTEST LOSER Hannah / Simeon FASTEST LOSER - WINNER David | |||
10 | "Semi-Final 1: Emma Piper vs. Kathryn Evans / Kris Stirk vs. Simeon Bambrook" | 15 March 2009 | |
Panther / Goliath Emma 0 - 0 Kathryn / Kris 0 - 0 Simeon
Enigma, Tempest / Spartan, Predator Emma 2 - 2 Kathryn / Kris 10 - 4 Simeon
Cyclone, Inferno, Siren, Tempest / Oblivion, Atlas Emma 2 - 210 Kathryn / Kris 10 - 14 Simeon
Siren, Panther / Predator, Doom Emma 2 - 2 Kathryn / Kris 20 - 2411 Simeon
Emma LOSER - WINNER Kathryn / Kris WINNER - LOSER Simeon | |||
11 | "Semi-Final 2: Hannah Creelman vs. Steph Owens / Justin Thompson vs. David Staff" | 22 March 2009 | |
Battleaxe / Spartan Hannah 0 - 5 Steph / Justin 0 - 0 David
Tempest, Amazon / Predator, Doom Hannah 0 - 5 Steph / Justin 2 - 10 David
Siren, Panther / Atlas, Doom, Oblivion, Warrior Hannah 5 - 5 Steph / Justin 6 - 14 David
Battleaxe, Enigma / Oblivion, Predator Hannah 5 - 5 Steph / Justin 612 - 14 David
Hannah WINNER - LOSER Steph / Justin LOSER - WINNER David | |||
12 | "Grand Final: Hannah Creelman vs. Kathryn Evans / David Staff vs. Kris Stirk" | 29 March 2009 | |
Panther, Siren, Tempest, Inferno, Enigma / Oblivion, Warrior, Predator, Atlas, Goliath Hannah 2 - 2 Kathryn / David 8 - 6 Kris
Panther / Atlas Hannah 2 - 2 Kathryn / David 8 - 6 Kris
Tempest, Cyclone / Oblivion, Atlas Hannah 2 - 2 Kathryn / David 8 - 6 Kris
Siren, Enigma / Warrior, Goliath Hannah 2 - 2 Kathryn / David 18 - 6 Kris
Hannah RUNNER-UP - CHAMPION Kathryn / David CHAMPION - RUNNER-UP Kris | |||
13 | "Champion of Champions: Anna Miller vs. Kathryn Evans / Simon Wray vs. David Staff" | 5 April 2009 | |
Battleaxe / Atlas Anna 0 - 5 Kathryn / Simon 0 - 0 David
Amazon, Panther, Siren / Oblivion, Spartan, Doom Anna 8 - 7 Kathryn / Simon 8 - 9 David
Battleaxe, Inferno, Siren, Tempest / Oblivion, Goliath Anna 18 - 15 Kathryn / Simon 8 - 9 David
Battleaxe, Panther / Goliath, Warrior Anna 18 - 15 Kathryn / Simon 18 - 14 David
Anna WINNER - LOSER Kathryn / Simon LOSER - WINNER David | |||
14 | "Battle of the Athletes: Karen Pickering vs. Kelly Smith / Kyran Bracken vs. James DeGale" | 12 April 2009 | |
Siren, Battleaxe / Oblivion, Atlas Karen 0 - 0 Kelly / Kyran 0 - 0 James
Enigma, Cyclone / Doom, Predator Karen 0 - 0 Kelly / Kyran 10 - 0 James
Amazon / Goliath Karen 1013 - 0 Kelly / Kyran 10 - 0 James
Panther, Siren, Enigma / Tornado, Oblivion, Doom Karen 10 - 11 Kelly / Kyran 10 - 214 James
Karen LOSER - WINNER Kelly / Kyran WINNER - LOSER James | |||
15 | "The Legends Last Stand" | 25 October 2009 | |
Legends: Panther, Rebel, Siren, Vogue / Ace, Cobra, Khan, Trojan
Panther / Goliath Panther 0 / 0 Khan
Inferno, Tempest / Oblivion, Predator Vogue, Panther 6 / 3 Cobra, Ace
Siren / Wolf15 Rebel 11 / 13 Trojan
Amazon, Cyclone, Inferno, Siren / Atlas, Oblivion, Spartan, Warrior Siren 15 / 13 Ace
Siren, Panther, Amazon / Oblivion, Warrior, Spartan, Goliath Female Legends LOSERS - WINNERS Female Gladiators / Male Legends LOSERS - WINNERS - Male Gladiators |
- ^01 Wolf ignored the referee and was disqualified from this event.
- ^1 Kris was disqualified from this event.
- ^2 Terry was disqualified from this event.
- ^3 Tornado was disqualified from this event, giving Terry 10 points.
- ^4 Ronnie was disqualified from this event.
- ^5 Steph originally scored 6 points but was given an extra 4 points due to infringements from Panther and Enigma.
- ^6 Warrior was injured during a clash with Justin and had to retire from the event, instead Oblivion took his place.
- ^7 Paul originally scored 6 points but was given an extra 2 points due to an infringement from Doom.
- ^8 Kathryn originally scored 2 points but was given an extra 2 points due to two infringements from Enigma.
- ^9 Paul originally scored 2 points but was given an extra 2 points due an infringement from Warrior.
- ^10 Kathryn was disqualified from this event.
- ^11 Doom was disqualified from this event, giving Simeon 10 points.
- ^12 Justin was disqualified from this event.
- ^13 Amazon was disqualified from this event, giving Karen 10 points.
- ^14 Kyran placed a red ball on the outer pod, giving James 2 points.
- ^15 As Trojan said he wanted a revenge with Wolf for this' transition to the Gladiators team, Wolf decided to face him on Earthquake instead of Oblivion.
Ratings
editEpisode Viewing figures from BARB.[3]
Series
editEpisode No. | Heat No. | Airdate | Total Viewers | Sky One Weekly Rank |
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1 | Heat 1 | 4 January 2009 | 748,000 | #3 |
2 | Heat 2 | 11 January 2009 | 621,000 | #5 |
3 | Heat 3 | 18 January 2009 | N/A (Under 561,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
4 | Heat 4 | 25 January 2009 | N/A (Under 548,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
5 | Heat 5 | 1 February 2009 | 645,000 | #7 |
6 | Heat 6 | 8 February 2009 | N/A (Under 592,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
7 | Quarter-Final 1 | 22 February 2009 | 605,000 | #7 |
8 | Quarter-Final 2 | 1 March 2009 | 558,000 | #10 |
9 | Quarter-Final 3 | 8 March 2009 | N/A (Under 584,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
10 | Semi-Final 1 | 15 March 2009 | N/A (Under 505,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
11 | Semi-Final 2 | 22 March 2009 | N/A (Under 532,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
12 | Grand Final | 29 March 2009 | N/A (Under 514,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
Specials
editEpisode No. | Heat No. | Airdate | Total Viewers | Sky One Weekly Rank |
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1 | The Legends Strike Back
(1½ hours) |
21 December 2008 | 697,000 | #3 |
2 | Battle of the Forces | 15 February 2009 | 548,000 | #7 |
3 | Champion Of Champions | 5 April 2009 | N/A (Under 471,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
4 | Battle Of The Athletes | 12 April 2009 | N/A (Under 485,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
5 | The Legends Last Stand | 25 October 2009 | N/A (Under 621,000) | N/A (Outside Top 10) |
Specials
editThe Legends Strike Back
editAired on 21 December 2008, original Gladiators Lightning, Wolf, Scorpio, Trojan, Rocket, Cobra, Siren and Bullit returned to the arena to compete against the new breed of Gladiators. In both of the Eliminators, the new breed of Gladiators won.
Battle of the Forces
editAired on 15 February 2009, Contenders from the RAF, Navy and the Army competed against each other in the second Battle of the Forces competition. The winning female contender was from the RAF and the winning male contender was from the Army.
Champion of Champions
editAired on 5 April 2009, last year's champions, Anna and Simon, compete against this year's champions, Kathryn and David. Anna proved to be on better form in the women's competition, but Simon failed to meet his expectations, and this year's winner David scooped the win.
Battle of the Athletes
editAired on 12 April 2009, four Olympic Athletes - Karen Pickering, Kelly Smith, James DeGale and Kyran Bracken - competed against each other for charity. Kelly Smith and Kyran Bracken were the Champions. Although a first occurred in Gladiators as boxer James DeGale slipped on the Floor Travelator, which has never happened before.
The Legends Last Stand
editAired on 25 October 2009, in the last ever episode, ex-Gladiators Trojan, Ace, Khan, Cobra, Rebel, Vogue, Panther and Siren return to the arena for one last time to compete against the new Gladiators. Features include Khan facing Goliath on Duel, and Wolf battling Trojan on Earthquake.[4]
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Caroline Flack (Presenter) | Gladiators Cast | GladiatorsTV.com". Gladiators. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Sky TV | Sky.com". www.sky.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "BARB". Archived from the original on 5 October 2008.
- ^ April HighlightsSky Media Archived 21 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Gladiators at Sky1.co.uk
- Gladiators at Gladiators Zone
- Gladiators at UKGameshows.com
- Yvette Shaw Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine at YvetteShaw.com