Former Gladiators star reveals ‘real reason’ two challenges are banned from 2024 reboot
ONE former Gladiators star has revealed the ‘real reason’ why two challenges are now banned.
The BBC have rebooted the hit physical format for 2024 audiences, which is fronted by Bradley Walsh and his 26-year-old son Barney.
Sharron Davies MBE is best known for her career as a competitive swimmer who represented the UK at three Olympic Games.
She won the silver medal in 1980 for the 400m medley and she is a two time gold medal nominee at the Commonwealth Games.
However in 1995 she joined the ITV instalment of Gladiators and was given the name ‘Amazon’.
Upon watching the reboot, she took to social media as she reflected on the new production.
She posted on X – formerly known as social media: “Needs a few more games on Gladiators I think, what do you think? What would you bring back? #Gladiators.”
Sir Matthew Pinsent participated in the celebrity version of the gameshow back in 1996.
He replied: “Is pendulum in there? That was immense.”
Sharron replied that she has not yet seen that particular challenge, as she noted it was “an expensive game to build & rig.”
However, he then declared that it was the only ‘genuinely scary’ challenge of the games that he partook in.
Then one fan simply tweeted: “Pyramid.”
And the former star loved the game, however she said that it was considered to be the “most dangerous” challenge.
When one fan suggested: “The pyramid one I’m assuming health and safety vetoed it!”, the former Olympian admitted she suspected that was the case,
Aside from the pendulum and pyramid challenges, another familiar element of the show has also been missing from the new reboot.
One fan noted that the cheerleaders were not a part of the new weekend primetime show.
And Sharron implied that this was something she missed as she also suggested a way to incorporate that element in a changing society.
She put: “Could have a mixed sex dance group i think would be a fun addition especially for the crowd as long reset between games.”
Fans have previously called for the return of the infamous Pyramid challenge.
In the Nineties heyday, the Pyramid game both delighted and terrified fans in equal measure.
The staged foam structure, which spanned 7.5metres high, saw the contenders at the bottom attempting to scale to the top but the team of ripped Gladiators stood in their way.
On the pendulum, the competitors had to climb a net on a giant swinging ball and light up the sections, whilst avoiding getting caught by the chosen gladiator.
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