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Gladiators: The BBC One reboot is the most radically kind show on TV

Gladiators: The BBC One reboot is the most radically kind show on TV

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Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Culture tends to move at such a pace that it’s rare for you and your children to have the exact same televisual epiphany. However, I’m fairly sure my kids and I have all had a form of awakening watching our respective eras of Gladiators: the musclebound game show that has tested strength, speed and the figure-revealing elasticity of Lycra every Saturday night on BBC One since mid-January. I never thought the series, a reboot of the Nineties ITV mainstay, would work in 2024. I honestly thought it would be an irrelevant joke; a show out of step with modern sensibilities; something that sensitive, tut-tutting woke liberal parents like me would instantly find fault with. After all, it’s competitive, there’s a gender binary, it had the aura of a racist past back in the day (thanks to Black Gladiators being crassly named things like …

Gladiators semi-final halted as contestant suffers injury after tackle

Gladiators semi-final halted as contestant suffers injury after tackle

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Gladiators was forced to halt the competition during its most recent semi-final episode as a contestant suffered an injury that forced him to pull out of the show. Saturday’s edition (23 March) of the rebooted obstacle course challenge saw contender and software engineer Chung Leung limping away from the arena stage after being tackled in the game “Powerball”, in which the Gladiators attempt to stop their opponents from placing a ball into a goal. The game was called to an abrupt end as Leung’s injury became apparent, and he was attended to by medical staff before he was helped to the background for further attention. Presenters Bradley and Barney Walsh continued to host the rest of the episode’s events, which included the women’s Powerball round. However, the father-son duo soon returned to deliver news of Leung’s condition. “After consultations with the medical team, the decision has been made …

Gladiators semi-final pulled from BBC schedule

Gladiators semi-final pulled from BBC schedule

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Gladiators fans will be disappointed to learn that the semi-final has been pulled from the BBC schedule and delayed by one week. This week’s semi-final will air as normal on Saturday (9 March), but next week’s second semi-final has been pushed off the schedule to make room for the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Newcastle United on Saturday 16 March. Based on the BBC’s TV schedules, Gladiators does not appear on Saturday 16 March as the football will air in the usual Gladiators spot from 5:10pm to 7:40pm. It is expected that the penultimate episode of the series will follow a week later, leaving viewers with a two-week gap between shows. The reboot of the classic 1990s show has seen huge success with its return, with an average of 6m viewers tuning in for the launch episode, and a total of 8.7m watching it in the …

Yes Really – BBC Gladiators Has Apparently Revived This Fetish

Yes Really – BBC Gladiators Has Apparently Revived This Fetish

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Earlier this month, 90s favourite tv show Gladiators returned to our screens, hosted by father and son duo Bradley and Barney Walsh. With 16 competitors battling it out every Saturday on BBC One at 5.50pm, it’s just like the good old days with the original fighters and could be just what we need to get Saturday night TV back on track. However, according to one sexpert, this won’t just bring back memories of watching it 25 years ago but also, for some people, it could spell a resurgence of lycra fetishes. How Gladiators will turn the nation onto lycra again While the show is a little more polished than the one we all grew up watching, one thing that hasn’t changed is the fantastically tacky, bright lycra costumes that the competitors don throughout the series. Jessica Leoni of illicitencounters.com said: “While many will be tuning in to watch Gladiators for sheer entertainment, we can expect others to be fascinated for another reason entirely.” “Countless studies show that TV shows can have a huge impact on …

Gladiators Contender Reveals Unlikely Supporter In Susan Boyle

Gladiators Contender Reveals Unlikely Supporter In Susan Boyle

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Gladiators made a triumphant return to our screens earlier this week, with dog-walker Kerry Wilson coming out on top in the first episode of the series. In an Instagram post to celebrate making it through to the quarter-finals, Kerry revealed her local town had thrown a viewing party to mark her debut Gladiators appearance, which was attended by a certain VIP. “What a night with the best family and friends at the ‘Watch Party’,” she shared. “That was some show Gladiators put on!!!! I even had a celebrity guest wanting to come watch too.” Alongside a photo of herself and the I Dreamed A Dream singer striking a pose, Kerry added: “Thanks for coming Susan. We enjoyed every minute of that episode!!” Last year, Susan made a rare public appearance at Donny Osmond’s concert in Glasgow, where she and the former Osmonds singer (who she’s previously made no secret of being her fave) performed an impromptu duet. Source link

This Morning viewers baffled as Gladiators star refuses to answer any questions

This Morning viewers baffled as Gladiators star refuses to answer any questions

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter This Morning viewers were left baffled by a recent interview featuring three new Gladiators, as Viper refused to answer any questions that were put to him. On Tuesday (16 January), Viper– real name Quang Luong – was joined by fellow Gladiators Fury and Legend on the ITV daytimeshow, hosted by Dermot O’Leary and Josie Gibson, to talk about the return of the hit Noughties game show. However, the Surrey-based bodybuilder, wore an angry expression throughout the five-minute segment and refused to answer Gibson’s question about being compared to original Gladiator Wolf. “Oh Viper, meet us halfway buddy,” O’Leary quipped. Viper, who can bench press the weight of an adult panda, has crowned himself the show’s villain – just as Michael Van Wijk’s Wolf did on the original series. Gladiator Legend – who is fitness influencer Matt Morsia – also stayed true to his character when he declared he was “just a great all-rounder, …

Meet the Gladiators facing off against contenders on rebooted BBC game show

Meet the Gladiators facing off against contenders on rebooted BBC game show

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter The BBC’s Gladiators will return to our screens on Saturday 13 January, with an all-new arena, enthusiastic contenders, and the formidable super athletes they will face off against. The broadcaster announced that it was reviving the sports entertainment show, which first premiered in the UK on ITV in 1992, last year. A 2024 release date was announced during the final of Strictly Come Dancing last December. The BBC later confirmed it would release on the second Saturday in January. This year’s line-up of Gladiators comprises 16 new “superhumans” who will take on contenders in both new and old games. Each Gladiator has been given a nickname, which describes them. This year’s elite athletes include Apollo, Athena, Legend, Fire, Bionic, Diamond, Nitro, Electro, Giant, Steel, Comet, Viper, Fury, Phantom, Sabre, and Dynamite. Sabre (BBC) Sheli McCoy, who has competed in five British weightlifting championships and can deadlift 160kg, will appear as Sabre. McCoy recalled …

Gladiators review: there’s a simple, unalloyed joy in seeing people getting smashed in the face with a giant Q-tip

Gladiators review: there’s a simple, unalloyed joy in seeing people getting smashed in the face with a giant Q-tip

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter There are many taxonomies one can use to classify television shows, but among the most effective binaries is splitting the small-screen oeuvre into “shows that would be ruined by being stoned” and “shows that would be improved by being stoned”. Gladiators – a Nineties fever dream of glittering spandex and rippling muscles – is firmly in the latter group. But can this camp icon, which is being revived on BBC One, survive the increasingly po-faced world of 21st-century television? Or has the distinctive mixture of performative homoeroticism and technicolour drama soured in the two decades it’s been off our screens? Gone are Ulrika Jonsson, John Fashanu and Jeremy Guscott; in are the Walshes, Bradley and Barney. New audiences might be unfamiliar with the older roster (“Better times,” Bradley informs Barney, “in many ways”), but they’ll be au fait with the banal patter of the Walsh duo (if you’re wondering how accomplished a presenter Barney Walsh …

Gladiators review – a camp, sugary old-school rush that will make you sweat | Television & radio

Gladiators review – a camp, sugary old-school rush that will make you sweat | Television & radio

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Children of the 1990s, ready! For no reason other than why the hell not, weekend teatime classic Gladiators is back. It’s on BBC One this time instead of ITV as it was years ago, but the format is unchanged: we at home lie belly-down on the lounge carpet watching explosive physical challenges in which members of the public with fitness addictions and mild narcissism take on retired athletes with shiny leotards and severe narcissism. The gladiators are a new cohort of sprinters, gymnasts and bodybuilders, with stage names such as Giant, Fire, Electro, Nitro and Comet. They emerge, do their signature pose and then, as their Lycra struggles to contain their enormous muscles, they obliterate the hapless volunteers. Familiar games include Duel, where the gladiator pokes the contestant with a giant spongy cotton bud until they fall off a plinth; Hang Tough, where the challengers must cling to gymnastic rings while a gladiator tries to yank them off; and Gauntlet, where the contender runs down a half-pipe, assailed by gladiators grumpily wielding padded sticks. There …

Gladiators fans stunned to see Premier League referee on BBC reboot

Gladiators fans stunned to see Premier League referee on BBC reboot

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Gladiators fans were shocked to discover who is the new referee of the BBC reboot. The toughest game on TV is back on screens this Saturday (13 January) with a brand new squad of super athletes facing off against brave contenders. Gladiators has been revived by the BBC, who announced it was rebooting the sports entertainment programme last year. The series originally aired in the UK on ITV from 1992 to 2000, and was presented by Ulrika Johnsson. This time, it’s father-son duo Bradley and Barney Walsh fronting the show. Fans were thrilled to see the return of the series on BBC One tonight (13 January), with many stunned to see the 2024 referee unveiled to be former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg. Clattenburg, 48, previously refereed the 2016 FA Cup, Champions League, and European Championship finals. Speaking to the BBC ahead of his debut on the programme, Clattenburg said that landing the …