Gladiators

pooch90

Is there no actual prize? Just a trophy??

Didn't they used to win a jeep or cash or something? A trophy won't pay for their physio!

Girly Gal

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I think the prize is the exposure, Marie Louise in particularly is definitely going to gain more followers and was already trying to become "a fitness fluencer" not knocking her at all, I was delighted she won, but, she definitely entered Gladiators for the exposure. She was on Lorraine this morning and I expect to see her do the rounds on other chat shows. Some of the other contestants were also on it for the exposure to increase their profile , there were some who seemed genuinely in it for the competition, but, not that many. Even Finlay who I would have thought wasn' into the exposure wants to become one of the Gladiators next season.

pooch90

ML annoyed the crap out of me tbh. Her showboating was boring and she looked stupid on The Edge in the heats dancing when she should have kept going. My kids were dying for her to win but I was secretly rooting for anyone she was against.

Galwayguy35

Celebrity episode on tonight on BBC1 @ 6pm.

Mam of 4

And it's back on !

gmisk

The men's final was cracking! Insanely quick.

The ladies less so. Aneila was very lucky to make the final, I think she got through as a fastest loser twice? The fact she lost the semi to a woman basically on one leg says it all.

Hippodrome Song Owl

Loved this series. The men's final was brilliant - both competitors were really impressive throughout the competition and either one was a deserving winner. Two really likeable guys. A huge shame that Zavia couldn't compete in the women's final - Aneila was a poor substitute. But I think Amanda wouldn't have won either way.

Legend makes the show. I'll miss it every week now!

Girly Gal

Agree the ladies final wasn't great, not great having a contestant who was already beaten twice, in the final, a shame zavia was injured, Aneila was never going to win the eliminator especially as she had lost to an injured Zavia, despite having a lead. The men's final was very good, the wall probably tipped things slightly in Joe's favour, had they had a normal race, Mus might have won that event.

The only aspect about Gladiators that's slightly unfair is a contestant can get lucky and face a Gladiator who is weak in certain events while the other contestant can face a Gladiator who is strong in a certain event. Sometimes you can see they try to even things up by making a weaker contestant face a weaker Gladiator e.g. Viper is obviously weaker in most events than the other Gladiators. Or in powerball there will be 2 Gladiators on one contestant and only 1 Gladiator on the other contestant.