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Gladiators is a sports entertainment television show that was first broadcast in the United States and was an international success during the 1990s and early 2000s.. The concept of the show is that athletic members of the public battle against the show's own Gladiators (often semi-professional or ex-athletes) to claim points in several events that require speed, strength and skill.
In Gladiators, participating contestants competed in a series of physically challenging events, the majority of which saw them faring against the show's resident Gladiators, in order to win against their opponents. Each episode featured four contestants – two men and two women – who competed in events within their respective genders.
The various revivals in the 2000s and 2010s mostly used events previously seen during the show's original airing in that country. Australia introduced UK events Pendulum, Sumo Ball and Vertigo for the first time and the United States introduced Hit & Run, Tilt and Vertigo. Snapback, whilst re-introduced to the US, had a completely different
The original show also had different formats during the week, called The Peep Parlour, which was a computer-designed peep-parlour where videogamers would ask for advice from "The Games Mistress" related to their video game playing queries, and featured Diane Youdale, better known as Jet from Gladiators, and a selection of other characters. This ...
In unfiltered interview with Yahoo, Nitro, Ice and Storm go inside the iconic star-spangled reality show — and why their "nostalgic" Netflix docuseries "Muscles and Mayhem" is better than "sad ...
True, "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe can’t return as Maximus (for obvious reasons), but “Gladiator II” is packed full of nostalgia, familiar characters and callbacks to the 2000 film.
Gladiators could catch the contenders by removing a tag from their back before the contender reached the finish line. Gladiators were expected to run the obstacles in exactly the same way that the contenders did. If they tagged a contender without doing this, the Gladiator would be disqualified and the contender awarded five points.
Gladiator II takes place 16 years after the events of the first film, with Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of Russell Crowe’s fallen Maximus. The film picks up with Lucius living as a farmer with ...