Sunday June 8
6.30pm

Returning to GLADIATORS tonight is one of the competition’s highest scoring female challengers in South Australia’s Kim Papp.

In her heat, fire officer Kim careered through the Gauntlet in just 11 seconds; crossed the Hit and Run bridge three times before being bowled over; surprised Destiny by out Sumo-ing her; and sped up the Wall leaving Nitro in her wake. After amassing so many points, Kim went into the Eliminator with a time advantage and built on her lead for a substantial win.

Her challenger Jacquie Watson from Sydney wasn’t as competitive against the Gladiators. Amazon beat her easily on Duel; Olympia outran her on Vertigo; Viper wouldn’t let her pass on Pyramid; but she out-dodged the balls on Hit and Run to score six points. Despite her two second disadvantage, Jacquie overtook her rival to win by two seconds in the Eliminator.

Joseph Mckay from Victoria became another notch on Thunder’s belt with an easy knockdown on Duel; but he managed to beat Scar to the finish ring on Vertigo; couldn’t get past Kouta on Pyramid; and ducked and weaved the demolition balls of Hit and Run to collect six points. Joseph increased his two second lead to win convincingly by 19 seconds in the final Eliminator.

Lincoln Burns from Victoria found the Gauntlet a tough nut to crack and failed to score; he couldn’t dodge the balls on Hit and Run; Thunder proved too much of an obstacle on Sumoball; out-climbed Hunter on the Wall. With an event start on the Eliminator, Lincoln bolted ahead for the win.

This week the challengers take on four new games in Gauntlet, Hang Tough, Powerball and Sumoball as they vie for a place in the semi finals.

The winners will proceed to the semi finals, with the two overall winners of the series (one male and one female) sharing in $100,000 and two All Wheel Drive Subaru Foresters.

GLADIATORS is hosted by TOM WILLIAMS and ZOE NAYLOR with referee BILL HARRIGAN.