Gladiators (2008 Australian TV series)

Production

Selection process

Pre-series training

Results

Men

Women

Episode Scores

Heat 1

• Winners: Natasha and Damien

• Duel: Amazon stepped onto Bryony's platform before falling off and was disqualified. But the result remained the same.
• Pyramid: Outlaw tackled Sam while he was on the first step, which you cannot do.

Heat 2

• Winners: Georgie and Nathan

• Sumo Ball: Amazon took her hands off the ball while Georgie was still on the platform. She was initially warned, but was later ejected for insulting Bill Harrigan.
• Pyramid: Nathan was disqualified for grabbing Kouta first. Bill checked who was at fault because if Kouta had been disqualified, Nathan would have been awarded 10 points.

Heat 3

• Winners: Nicole and Nick

• Hang Tough: Outlaw grabbed Marcus by the collarbone area where Catherine Arlove was injured in 1996. As of 2008, a new rule was established making grabbing near the collarbone area illegal. As a result, Outlaw was given a yellow card, and Marcus was given ten points.
• Hang Tough/Atlaspheres: Jules was injured in the ribs and could not carry on after one event. As a result, Nicole replaced her.

Heat 4

• Winners: Phillip and Ashleigh

• Hang Tough: Ashleigh would have had five points for hanging in the scoring zone. But Angel was disqualified for holding onto a ring for more than ten seconds. As a result, Ashleigh was given an extra five points for a total of 10 points for this event.
• Powerball: Amazon Tackled Ashleigh above the shoulder, and two penalty points were awarded instead of a yellow card because there wasn't a stoppage.
• Powerball: Rony sustained a knee injury after a tackle from Amazon. If an injury occurs before the eliminator, they forefit and can't be replaced. Hence, Ashley did not run the eliminator.

Heat 5

• Winners: Jacqueline and Joseph

• Duel: Shaun touched Tank's platform, which meant he was disqualified.

Heat 6

• Winners: Kim and Lincoln

• Gauntlet: Kim ran at Bionica and put her hands on Bionica's battle stick. She would have been disqualified for pushing Bionica out of the way. But Bill Harrigan and John Forsyth couldn't figure out if she actually did. So she was awarded the points.
• Gauntlet: Thunder pushed Lincoln after the whistle into a camera operator and was yellow carded.
• Gauntlet: Tank also pushed Nikolai outside his zone and was disqualified, awarding Nikolai 10 penalty points.
• The Wall/Eliminator: Nikolai picked up an injury on the wall but was cleared to run the eliminator. However, it didn't make much difference to the outcome.

Heat 7

• Winners: Simon and Michaela

• Gauntlet: James cleared the gauntlet with more than 2 seconds left which would have earned him five points. But Thunder held him down with his bare hands instead of the battle stick which awarded James an extra five points for a total of 10 for this event. Thunder was disqualified for this run.
• Gauntlet: Simon pushed Thunder after the whistle. As a result, he got a yellow card. If he got a red card, James would win automatically without a challenger replacement.
• Pendulum: Nomad used a scissor takedown like in Hang Tough, which you can't do as a gladiator on the pendulum. You can only take the tag. Ten points were awarded to James.
• Pyramid: Viper did not release Michelle at the bottom of the pyramid and was disqualified. 10 points to Michelle.
• Pyramid: James suffered a shoulder injury against Scar on the pyramid. He couldn't carry on and had to forefit the competition without a replacement. Meaning Simon could not run the eliminator.

Heat 8

• Winners: Paul and Kristine

• Powerball: Paul picked up a ball from the floor instead of the side basket when he placed it in a pod. That score did not count.
• Atlaspheres: Thunder pushed Hayden inside of his atlasphere after Zoe interviewed Hayden, and Thunder raged. Bill warned him, and Scar tried to calm him down. But Thunder ate the yellow card and got ejected.

Quarter-Final 1

• Winners: Natasha and Nick

• Whiplash: Nick held the dogbone with two hands and was disqualified.
• Gauntlet: Scar tackled Nick outside his zone and was disqualified giving Nick ten penalty points.

Quarter-Final 2

• Winners: Georgie and Phillip

• Atlaspheres: Georgie was in the blue ball and Ashleigh was in the red ball at Bionica's request.
• Suspension Bridge: Amazon was supposed to attack. The challenger was supposed to attack. Amazon did not attack at all and was once again disqualified from the match against Georgie.
• Suspension Bridge: Destiny took her hands off her own hammerhead and used Ashleigh's hammerhead to remain balanced. Destiny was also disqualified.

Quarter-Final 3

• Winners: Joe and Jacqueline

• Gauntlet: Kim again ran into Bionica and pushed her out of the way, but this time she was disqualified.
• Gauntlet: Joe was pushed into a camera operator, causing a stoppage. No penalty points are awarded when there is a stoppage, giving a yellow card.
• Powerball: Nomad tackled both Joe and Lincoln in the safety zone awarding two points to each of them. Also, Lincoln went to the same side twice so the ball didn't count.
• Sumo Ball: Kim put her hand on the platform in Sumo Ball which meant disqualification again.

Quarter-Final 4

• Winners: Michaela and Paul

• Hit & Run: Kristine called Amazon Arrogant and as a result, Amazon got mad and wanted to face her on Pyramid instead of face Michaela on Duel.
• Duel: Michaela stepped onto Viper's podium and was disqualified.
• Duel: Paul did false start against Tank, but it didn't matter as he was knocked out.

Semi-Final 1

• Winners: Nick and Natasha

• Suspension Bridge: Natasha pushed Destiny off the bridge with her hammerhead and was disqualified.
• Suspension Bridge: Thunder pushed Nick off the bridge with his hammerhead and was disqualified and Nick got ten penalty points.
• Suspension Bridge: Phillip would have been disqualified by kneeling on the bridge, but Tank didn't challenge in time, and the ten points stood. Phillip also could have been given a yellow card for fighting with Tank.
• Powerball: There was no stoppage when Bionica gave Natasha a high tackle, and she was awarded two penalty points.
• Powerball: Nick placed a blue ball in a pod after the final whistle from John Forsyth and another one after he was tackled, so the balls did not count.

Semi-Final 2

• Winners: Paul and Jacqueline

• Duel: Kouta stepped onto Joe's podium and was disqualified. Joe was awarded ten points.
• Duel: Thunder had a false start against Paul, was disqualified, and given a yellow card. Paul also got ten points.
• Whiplash: Michaela held the dogbone with two hands and was disqualified.

Grand Final

• Champions: Paul and Natasha

• Gauntlet: Nick retaliated against Thunder from behind after the whistle went. He was supposed to receive a yellow card, but Bill Harrigan and John Forsyth forgot to issue it.
• Eliminator: This is the only time the men's eliminator had a record broken. Paul Baird won the eliminator with a record of 52 seconds.

Gladiators

Male

• Hunter - Zach Kozyrski
• Kouta - Anthony Koutoufides
• Nomad - Ali Ahmadi
• Outlaw - Jackson Mullane
• Scar - Michael Gore
• Tank - Bobby Tuimaualuga
• Thunder - Derek Boyer

Female

• Amazon - Shari Onley
• Angel - Tiffiny Hall
• Bionica - Stephanie Lethborg
• Destiny - Karen Harding
• Nitro - Hayley Bateup
• Olympia - Tatiana Grigorieva
• Viper - Sarah Howett

Events

• Atlasphere
• Duel
• Gauntlet
• Hang Tough
• Hit & Run
• Pendulum
• Powerball
• Pyramid
• Sumo Ball
• Suspension Bridge
• The Wall
• Vertigo
• Whiplash
• Eliminator

Development

Ratings