Gladiators (Australian series 2)
Introduction The second series of ''Gladiators'' began airing on Seven Network on 2 September 1995.Fifteen episodes were filmed for this series. Once again the shows were filmed at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre between 5 July and 19 July.Kimberley Joseph returned to host along with Mike Hammond, who replaced Aaron Pedersen. Play-by-play commentary was again performed by Tony Schibeci. John Alexander was unable to return due to his commitments to Wimbledon and was replaced by Mike Whitney. Once again, John Forsyth acted as assistant referee and the Kix cheerleaders returned to perform in the background of the events. In Heats 2 and 8, Forsyth was absent for unknown reasons, and was replaced by Neil Waldron for those Heats.Winners of the heats received a Sony PlayStation and sound system with CDs. Runners-up received a titanium watch. The grand final winners won a car.
Gladiators ===Male===* Commando - Geoff Barker* Condor - Alistair Gibb* Cougar - Ashley Buck* Hammer - Mark McGaw* Predator - Tony Forrow* Taipan - Michael Melksham* Tower - Ron Reeve* Vulcan - John SeruForce (John Gergelifi) retired after Series 1 due to injury. In his place were two new recruits, Commando and Predator.===Female===* Blade - Bev Carter* Cheeta - Nicky Davico* Delta - Karen Alley* Flame - Lynda Byrnes* Fury - Julie Saunders* Rebel - Barbara Kendell* Storm - Charlene Machin
Events Atlasphere, Duel, Gauntlet, Hang Tough, Hit & Run, Powerball, Pyramid, Suspension Bridge, Tilt and Wall returned from Series 1, as well as the Eliminator which featured as the final event in every show.Three new events, Swingshot, Pursuit and Whiplash were introduced all of them having already featured in either or both of the American or British TV series.
Shows Once again fifteen shows were filmed in a progressive competition. Each show featured four events along with the Eliminator. The winner of the Eliminator would progress to the next round.Kimberley and Mike stood with the winners of the show as they said their goodbyes.Winning challengers are in bold. Episode Contest Original airdate Challengers (Female) Challengers (Male) Events01Heat 12 September 1995'''Leanne Hickey''' Vs Bernadine Wilde/Jillian Ikin1'''Tommy Le''' Vs Rowan CameronHang Tough, Powerball, Pursuit, Wall02Heat 29 September 1995'''Kathy McMorrow''' Vs Claire Sudran'''Scott Brewer''' Vs Jonathon DunnePowerball, Swingshot, Whiplash, Pyramid03Heat 316 September 1995Kim McGaw Vs '''Charity Crosby''''''Kris Lacey''' Vs the real "Kane Winther"Powerball, Duel, Pyramid, Tilt204Heat 423 September 1995Donna Talbot Vs '''Kim Knott'''Scott Bannan Vs '''Neil Campbell'''Hang Tough, Gauntlet, Atlasphere, Suspension Bridge05Heat 530 September 1995'''Lourene Bevaart''' Vs Rhona BroughtonMartin Ryan Vs '''Dominique Deligny'''Pyramid, Hit & Run, Duel, Swingshot06Heat 67 October 1995Melanie Sawtell Vs '''Karen Trent'''Mark Laboyrie3 Vs '''Joe Lukowski'''Gauntlet, Duel, Pursuit, Hang Tough07Heat 714 October 1995'''Nicholle Singleton''' Vs Tamzin Van De Weg'''Steve Smith''' Vs Russell PerringSuspension Bridge, Pyramid, Atlasphere, Whiplash08Heat 821 October 1995'''Sandra Nori''' Vs Bellinda Panizza'''Shane Saltmarsh''' Vs Matthew DugardGauntlet, Swingshot, Pursuit, Hang Tough09Quarter Final 128 October 1995'''Kathy McMorrow''' Vs Kim Knott'''Shane Saltmarsh''' Vs Neil CampbellSuspension Bridge, Powerball, Wall, Swingshot10Quarter Final 24 November 1995'''Charity Crosby''' Vs Sandra Nori/ Claire Sudran 4Dominique Deligny Vs '''Scott Brewer'''Hang Tough, Pyramid, Pursuit, Duel11Quarter Final 311 November 1995'''Lourene Bevaart''' Vs Nicholle SingletonTommy Le Vs '''Joe Lukowski'''Gauntlet, Pursuit, Pyramid, Hit & Run12Quarter Final 418 November 1995Leanne Hickey Vs '''Karen Trent''''''Kris Lacey''' Vs Steve SmithDuel, Hang Tough, Atlasphere, Wall13Semi Final 125 November 1995'''Lourene Bevaart''' Vs Karen Trent'''Joe Lukowski''' Vs Scott BrewerWall, Gauntlet, Swingshot, Hit & Run5Semi Final 2'''Kathy McMorrow''' Vs Charity CrossbyKris Lacey Vs '''Shane Saltmarsh'''Powerball, Hang Tough, Suspension Bridge, Wall14Final2 December 1995'''Lourene Bevaart''' Vs Kathy McMorrow'''Shane Saltmarsh''' Vs Joe LukowskiGauntlet, Swingshot, Duel, Pyramid1Replaced Bernadine after she was injured in Powerball.2This episode would mark Tilt's last appearance in the show.3Mark was injured after falling from Hang Tough and withdrew from the competition before the Eliminator.4Replaced Sandra after she was injured on Pyramid.5This marks Rebel's last appearance as a Gladiator.
Episode summary ===Heat 1==='''Original airdate:''' 2 September 1995 '''Challengers:''' Leanne Hickey v Bernadine Wilde/Jillian Ikin, Tommy Le v Rowan Cameron+ Female Event Leanne Bernadine/Jillian Gladiators Hang Tough 0 10 Blade & Fury Powerball 2 21 Cheeta, Flame & Rebel Pursuit 0 0 Cheeta & Fury Wall 0 0 Storm & Delta TOTAL 2 12+ Male Event Tommy Rowan Gladiators Hang Tough 0 5 Cougar & Taipan Powerball 0 0 Predator, Tower & Vulcan Pursuit 3 10 Taipan & Tower Wall 5 10 Condor & Commando TOTAL 8 25'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 5 second head start for Jillian*'''Male:''' 8.5 second head start for Rowan*'''Winners:''' Leanne Hickey & Tommy Le1 Bernadine was injured following a tackle from Cheeta in Powerball, Jillian Ikin played the remainder of the games===Heat 2==='''Original airdate:''' 9 September 1995 '''Challengers:''' Kathy McMorrow v Claire Sudran, Scott Brewer v Jonathon Dunne+ Female Event Kathy Claire Gladiators Powerball 8 6 Delta, Fury & Rebel Swing Shot 9 1 Storm & Blade Whiplash 0 0 Flame & Cheeta Pyramid 0 0 Cheeta & Fury TOTAL 17 7+ Male Event Scott Jonathon Gladiators Powerball 6 6 Commando, Hammer & Predator Swing Shot 3 5 Taipan & Cougar Whiplash 0 0 Tower & Vulcan Pyramid 0 0 Condor & Predator TOTAL 9 11'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 5 second head start for Kathy*'''Male:''' 1 second head start for Jonathan*'''Winners:''' Kathy McMorrow & Scott Brewer===Heat 3==='''Original airdate:''' 16 September 1995 '''Challengers:''' Kim McGaw v Charity Crosby, Kris Lacey v Kane Winther+ Female Event Kim Charity Gladiators Powerball 2 0 Blade, Rebel & Storm Duel 0 0 Storm & Flame Pyramid 0 10 Fury & Delta Tilt 0 0 Cheeta & Flame TOTAL 2 10+ Male Event Kris Kane Gladiators Powerball 2 4 Commando, Condor & Taipan Duel 0 0 Tower & Vulcan Pyramid 0 0 Condor & Cougar Tilt 5 0 Tower & Predator TOTAL 7 4'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 4 second head start for Charity*'''Male:''' 1.5 second head start for Kris*'''Winners:''' Charity Crosby & Kris Lacey===Heat 4==='''Original airdate:''' 23 September 1995 '''Challengers:''' Donna Talbot v Kim Knott, Scott Bannan v Neil Campbell+ Female Event Donna Kim Gladiators Hang Tough 0 10 Blade & Fury Gauntlet 10 0 Rebel, Cheeta, Flame, Fury & Blade Atlasphere 0 0 Rebel & Delta Suspension Bridge 0 0 Flame & Storm TOTAL 10 10+ Male Event Scott Neil Gladiators Hang Tough 0 5 Commando & Condor Gauntlet 0 0 Commando, Predator, Vulcan, Condor & Tower Atlasphere 4 0 Predator & Condor Suspension Bridge 0 0 Tower & Vulcan TOTAL 4 5'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' No headstart*'''Male:''' 0.5 second head start for Neil*'''Winners:''' Kim Knott & Neil Campbell===Heat 5==='''Original airdate:''' 30 September 1995 '''Challengers:''' Lourene Bevaart v Rhona Broughton, Martin Ryan v Dominic Deligny+ Female Event Lourene Rhona Gladiators Pyramid 10 0 Cheeta & Blade Hit & Run 12 12 Blade, Rebel, Delta & Fury Duel 5 0 Flame & Storm Swing Shot 3 1 Storm & Delta TOTAL 30 13+ Male Event Martin Dominic Gladiators Pyramid 0 0 Condor & Tower Hit & Run 8 12 Vulcan, Predator, Commando & Tower Duel 0 0 Vulcan & Tower Swing Shot 6 2 Predator & Condor TOTAL 14 14'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 8.5 second head start for Lourene*'''Male:''' No head start*'''Winners:''' Lourene Bevaart & Dominic Deligny===Heat 6==='''Original airdate:''' 7 October 1995 '''Challengers:''' Melanie Sawtell v Karen Trent, Mark Laboyrie v Joe Lukowski+ Female Event Melanie Karen Gladiators Gauntlet 5 0 Cheeta, Storm, Rebel, Fury & Flame Duel 0 0 Storm & Flame Pursuit 0 0 Blade & Fury Hang Tough 0 5 Cheeta & Delta TOTAL 5 5+ Male Event Mark Joe Gladiators Gauntlet 0 0 Predator, Vulcan, Commando, Condor & Tower Duel 10 0 Tower & Vulcan Pursuit 5 10 Predator & Condor Hang Tough 0 10 Condor & Commando TOTAL 15 20'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' No head start*'''Male:''' Mark is injured in Hang Tough and cannot run eliminator*'''Winners:''' Joe Lukowski & Karen Trent===Heat 7==='''Original airdate:''' 14 October 1995 '''Challengers:''' Nicholle Singleton v Tamzin Van De Weg, Steve Smith v Russell Perring+ Female Event Nicholle Tamzin Gladiators Suspension Bridge 0 0 Rebel & Storm Pyramid 0 0 Blade & Delta Atlasphere 2 2 Fury & Delta Whiplash 10 0 Cheeta & Flame TOTAL 12 2+ Male Event Steve Russell Gladiators Suspension Bridge 0 10 Tower & Vulcan Pyramid 10 0 Condor & Predator Atlasphere 4 0 Commando & Tower Whiplash 0 0 Predator & Vulcan TOTAL 14 10'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 5 second head start for Nicholle*'''Male:''' 2 second head start for Steve*'''Winners:''' Nicholle Singleton & Steve Smith===Heat 8==='''Original airdate:''' 21 October 1995 '''Challengers:''' Sandra Nori v Bellinda Panizza, Shane Saltmarsh v Matthew Dugard+ Female Event Sandra Bellinda Gladiators Gauntlet 5 10 Delta, Storm, Fury, Cheeta & Flame Swing Shot 1 1 Blade & Flame Pursuit 0 10 Storm & Rebel Hang Tough 10 0 Blade & Fury TOTAL 16 21+ Male Event Shane Matthew Gladiators Gauntlet 5 0 Condor, Vulcan, Predator, Hammer & Tower Swing Shot 4 0 Tower & Cougar Pursuit 10 0 Commando & Predator Hang Tough 10 10 Cougar & Taipan TOTAL 29 10'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 2.5 second head start for Bellinda*'''Male:''' 9.5 second head start for Shane*'''Winners:''' Sandra Nori & Shane Saltmarsh===Quarter-Final 1==='''Original airdate:''' 28 October 1995 '''Challengers:''' Kathy McMorrow v Kim Knott, Shane Saltmarsh v Neil Campbell+ Female Event Kathy Kim Gladiators Suspension Bridge 0 0 Flame & Storm Powerball 8 6 Cheeta, Delta & Fury Wall 10 0 Blade & Storm Swing Shot 4 1 Fury & Delta TOTAL 22 7+ Male Event Shane Neil Gladiators Suspension Bridge 0 0 Tower & Vulcan Powerball 2 2 Commando, Hammer & Predator Wall 0 0 Condor & Commando Swing Shot 1 0 Taipan & Cougar TOTAL 3 2'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 7.5 second head start for Kathy*'''Male:''' 0.5 second head start for Shane*'''Winners:''' Kathy McMorrow & Shane Saltmarsh===Quarter-Final 2==='''Original airdate:''' 4 November 1995 '''Challengers:''' Charity Crosby v Sandra Nori/Claire Sudran, Dominique Deligny v Scott Brewer+ Female Event Charity Sandra/Claire Gladiators Hang Tough 5 0 Fury & Blade Pyramid 0 0 Delta & Cheeta Pursuit 0 0 Storm & Blade Duel 5 0 Storm & Flame TOTAL 10 0+ Male Event Dominique Scott Gladiators Hang Tough 0 10 Taipan & Cougar Pyramid 0 0 Hammer & Condor Pursuit 0 10 Condor & Predator Duel 0 0 Tower & Vulcan TOTAL 0 20'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 5 second head start for Charity*'''Male:''' 10 second head start for Scott*'''Winners:''' Charity Crosby & Scott Brewer===Quarter-Final 3==='''Original airdate:''' 11 November 1995 '''Challengers:''' Lourene Bevaart v Nicholle Singleton, Tommy Le v Joe Lukowski+ Female Event Lourene Nicholle Gladiators Gauntlet 10 5 Delta, Cheeta, Storm, Fury & Flame Pursuit 0 0 Storm & Fury Pyramid 0 0 Cheeta & Delta Hit and Run 12 6 Blade, Cheeta, Flame & Rebel TOTAL 22 11+ Male Event Tommy Joe Gladiators Gauntlet 0 0 Hammer, Vulcan, Predator, Commando & Tower Pursuit 3 10 Condor & Predator Pyramid 0 0 Hammer & Condor Hit and Run 0 14 Vulcan, Taipan, Tower & Cougar TOTAL 3 24'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 5.5 second head start for Lourene*'''Male:''' 10.5 second head start for Joe*'''Winners:''' Lourene Bevaart & Joe Lukowski===Quarter-Final 4==='''Original airdate:''' 18 November 1995 '''Challengers:''' Leanne Hickey v Karen Trent, Kris Lacey v Steve Smith+ Female Event Leanne Karen Gladiators Duel 0 0 Storm & Flame Hang Tough 5 0 Fury & Blade Atlasphere 0 4 Delta & Flame Wall 5 10 Fury & Blade TOTAL 10 14+ Male Event Kris Steve Gladiators Duel 0 0 Tower & Vulcan Hang Tough 0 0 Cougar & Taipan Atlasphere 6 6 Predator & Hammer Wall 0 0 Commando & Condor TOTAL 6 6'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 2 second head start for Karen*'''Male:''' No head start*'''Winners:''' Karen Trent & Kris Lacey===Semi-final 1==='''Original airdate:''' 25 November 1995 '''Challengers:''' Lourene Bevaart v Karen Trent, Joe Lukowski v Scott Brewer+ Female Event Lourene Karen Gladiators Wall 0 10 Fury & Blade Gauntlet 10 5 Storm, Delta, Cheeta, Fury & Flame Swing Shot 1 1 Flame & Delta Hit and Run 12 12 Cheeta, Blade, Delta & Rebel TOTAL 23 28+ Male Event Joe Scott Gladiators Wall 10 5 Taipan & Commando Gauntlet 5 0 Predator, Vulcan, Hammer, Commando & Tower Swing Shot 3 0 Condor & Taipan Hit and Run 12 14 Predator, Condor, Hammer & Vulcan TOTAL 30 19'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 2.5 second head start for Karen *'''Male:''' 4.5 second head start for Joe*'''Winners:''' Lourene Bevaart & Joe Lukowski===Semi-final 2==='''Original airdate:''' 25 November 1995 '''Challengers:''' Kathy McMorrow v Charity Crosby, Kris Lacey v Shane Saltmarsh+ Female Event Kathy Charity Gladiators Powerball 9 0 Cheeta, Fury & Storm Hang Tough 0 0 Blade & Fury Suspension Bridge 0 5 Flame & Storm Wall 10 0 Storm & Delta TOTAL 19 5+ Male Event Kris Shane Gladiators Powerball 4 2 Hammer, Predator & Tower Hang Tough 5 5 Cougar & Taipan Suspension Bridge 0 0 Tower & Vulcan Wall 0 10 Condor & Commando TOTAL 9 17'''Eliminator'''*'''Female:''' 7 second head start for Kathy*'''Male:''' 4 second head start for Shane*'''Winners:''' Kathy McMorrow & Shane Saltmarsh===Grand Final==='''Original airdate:''' 2 December 1995'''Challengers:''' Lourene Bevaart v Kathy McMorrow, Shane Saltmarsh v Joe Lukowski+ Female Event Lourene Kathy Gladiators Gauntlet 10 5 Storm, Blade, Cheeta, Fury & Flame Swing Shot 1 2 Fury & Blade Duel 10 0 Flame & Storm Pyramid 0 0 Cheeta & Delta TOTAL 21 7+ Male Event Shane Joe Gladiators Gauntlet 0 0 Vulcan, Commando, Predator, Hammer & Tower Swing Shot 0 0 Cougar & Taipan Duel 0 0 Vulcan & Tower Pyramid 10 5 Condor & Hammer TOTAL 10 5'''Eliminator'''*'''Female''': 7 second start for Lourene*'''Male''': 2.5 second start for Shane*'''Series 2 Winners''': Lourene Bevaart & Shane Saltmarsh
Production Production began in May 1995 following the instant success of the first series. Tryouts were held in May whilst the producers decided to bring in new events. Filming began in the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 5 July with audience figures of 5,000.Former Gladiator Force attended the Series Two Wrap Party.Series two began broadcast in August 1995 with production for the next series beginning in October.
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