Gladiators

That was a terrifically enjoyable first episode.

One criticism....Bradley Walsh is terrific...his son...a literal charisma vacuum, awful.

Watched it too , loved it . As gmisk said , Bradley is a great presenter, good with the quips , the son not so much. Maybe he'll settle in as the series continues.

It seems a lot of people online not a fan of Barney either, he is just so bland, your right he might warm up.

Bradley Walsh and a fun female presenter would maybe work better if it is recommissioned...

the ring game isn't very good if they have to release them after 2 seconds from the same spot.

it seems very bruising for such a poor game

I enjoyed it. It was fun to hear the old theme again, and I thought they did a good job recreating the feel of the original with the arena. It was a much better effort than what Sky managed when they attempted to revive it.

To play into the nostalgia a bit more, I would have liked to hear from some of the original Gladiators. Maybe have a 30 second feature of them introducing the events. Lightning introducing Hang Tough, and so on.

Biggest gripe as others mentioned was the hosts. Personally I've seen enough of Bradley Walsh, and I'm not keen on his son getting this gig either. Could they not have got a woman involved? Someone like Helen Skelton or Alex Scott would have been much better than Walsh Jnr.

Just came across it when flicking through the channels, hats off to yer man who busted his knee and powered through despite the obvious pain.

There doesn't seem to be as much agro between the contestants and the gladiators as was in the original show.

they seem to have set up Giant as the new Hunter? the nice guy, even died his hair blonde https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU_YzcekMao

Watched the first episode only as a nostalgia hit (don't remember the other reboot) - won't bother watching anymore, just doesn't peak my interest like it would have all those years ago.

As for Barney - terrible host, Bradley knows the showbiz game, he doesn't and is a real put off - should have had a women co presenter

Had to support the Irish one tonight.

Yeah that Gauntlet is too easy unless get injured like the guy last week.

I'm not someone to get worked up watching things like this but surely I wasn't the only one telling her to keep going after she knocked the gladiator off.

So Viper trying to be the new Wolf, though Legend is obviously going for the heel persona as well.

Big question is who is the new Jet. 😁

Agreed on above. Really enjoying it but Gauntlet far too easy.

was just going to say hope she doesn't make a balls of it on the eliminator!!

That girl from belfast no idea how she lost that one with that big advantage at start!

Nice to see some smaller fellas on this week though the ring event was odd they were getting carried about like babies lol yeah I would have guessed 30s!

I thought the same. So if someone else gets injured now another random person will get to the semis without having done the first 2 rounds? Not exactly fair.

Were they trying to confuse us this week by swapping the sides the gladiator and contender were on for Duel?

It always seems to me that whoever gets to the balance beem first gets sent to the furthest one from the zip lines

Enjoying the series but one bug bear is that i know the pick of gladiators for each game is random and the luck of the draw but it must be a real bummer for male contestants to see their opponent draw Viper in the one on one games, he's really poor. On the female side Athena doesn't seem to be up to much either.

Another cracking episode this week, both eliminators were terrifically tight.

At least now it seemed like it was possible to lose in the gauntlet, as one guy nearly did.

Shame about Sabre since she and Fury seem to be the ones they rely on the most. Apparently she's the second injury with Comet being injured before, though think only saw Comet once or maybe twice,

I have to laugh at the facts they give about the gladiators and some of the comparisons. Like Athena can squat 150kg which is the same weight as a male ostrich. Because that's the first thing I think of when trying to think what would weigh 150kg as a comparison.

But yes, there's definitely been some Glads that have been used more than others:

Total events played: 9 Duel (2 glads), 8 Wall (2 glads), 7 Gauntlet (4 glads), 6 Edge (2 glads), 5 Ring (2 glads), 4 Powerball (3 glads), 3 Collision (4 glads), 3 Hang Tough (2 glads)

Men

• Apollo — 3 Ring, 3 Gauntlet, 3 Powerball, 3 Edge, 1 Collision, 3 Wall — 16 appearances
• Bionic — 4 Duel, 2 Gauntlet, 1 Collision — 7 appearances
• Giant — 5 Duel, 3 Collision, 5 Gauntlet, 2 Powerball — 15 appearances
• Legend — 3 Collision, 3 Hang Tough, 6 Edge, 2 Wall, 1 Powerball, 2 Gauntlet — 17 appearances
• Nitro — 3 Duel, 3 Hang Tough, 2 Powerball, 6 Wall, 1 Edge, 2 Gauntlet, 1 Ring — 18 appearances
• Phantom — 3 Ring, 4 Gauntlet, 1 Powerball, 4 Duel, 1 Collision — 13 appearances
• Steel — 1 Collision, 5 Gauntlet, 2 Powerball, 3 Wall, 2 Edge, 1 Duel, 2 Ring — 16 appearances
• Viper — 2 Collision, 5 Gauntlet, 1 Duel, 2 Wall, 1 Ring, 1 Powerball — 12 appearances

Women

• Athena — 3 Collision, 6 Gauntlet, 1 Powerball, 1 Duel — 11 appearances
• Comet — 2 Wall, 1 Hang Tough — 3 appearances
• Diamond — 5 Duel, 5 Gauntlet, 4 Wall, 2 Edge, 1 Ring, 1 Collision — 18 appearances
• Dynamite — 3 Collision, 1 Ring, 1 Powerball, 3 Duel, 3 Gauntlet, 2 Hang Tough, 3 Wall — 16 appearances
• Electro — 3 Collision, 6 Gauntlet, 3 Wall, 1 Ring, 2 Powerball — 15 appearances
• Fire — 4 Duel, 2 Collision, 5 Gauntlet, 3 Powerball, 1 Ring — 15 appearances
• Fury — 1 Gauntlet, 1 Hang Tough, 4 Powerball, 5 Edge, 4 Ring, 2 Duel — 17 appearances
• Sabre — 1 Ring, 2 Hang Tough, 1 Powerball, 5 Edge, 1 Ring, 4 Wall, 3 Duel, 2 Gauntlet — 19 appearances