International Gladiators 2

*International Gladiators 2*
International Gladiators 2
Season 2
Starring	Mike Adamle; Ulrika Jonsson; Kimberley Joseph; Glenn Hicks (South Africa); Norbert Dobeleit (Germany); Petra Hausberg (Germany); Matvei Gonoplsky (Russian)
No. of episodes	7
Release
Original network	ITV (UK); Syndication (USA); Sat.1 (Germany); RTR 2 (Russia); Seven Network (Australia); SABC 3 (South Africa)
Original release	20 April –; 8 June 1996
Season chronology
	← Previous; International Gladiators 1

International Gladiators 2 was the second international competition of the Gladiators franchise, consisting of seven episodes. The series was filmed at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham during spring 1996.

Six countries were represented, including United Kingdom, United States, Russia, Germany, Australia, and South Africa. This was the first series to feature the latter three countries, while Finland, who competed in the first International series, did not return for the second competition. While United Kingdom, United States and Australia all had their own domestic series, and sent champion contenders as well as carefully selected Gladiators, the other three countries did not have their own domestic series at the time of filming, although this was not indicated on screen. A total of thirty-six Gladiators competed across the series.

This series became known as the 'season of injury', with five out of the six contender stables suffering from injuries prior to or during competition. The only country not to be affected by contender injuries was the United States. A number of records were broken in the series, including the highest total score for an individual contestant (Peggy in the semi-final) and highest score for games (Swingshot and Powerball).

This was the final series in the Gladiators franchise to feature British Gladiators Jet (Diane Youdale) and Raider (Carlton Headley). Youdale retired following an injury sustained on Pyramid; the injury was so severe that it led to the event being axed the following year. Headley was dropped for reasons undisclosed.

Peggy Odita and Pat Csizmazia emerged as the eventual winners of the series; they represented the United States.

This season also marked the end of the original run of American Gladiators.

Contenders

Contenders
Country	Female Contenders	Male Contenders
United Kingdom	Janet Allen (UK series 4 winner) Jackie Kinsella (UK series 4 quarter-finalist)	Mark Everitt (UK series 4 winner) Sean Clay (UK series 4 contestant)
United States	Peggy Odita (Season 5 American Gladiators winner)	Pat Csizmazia (Season 7 American Gladiators winner)
Germany	Myriam Losch Claudia Lederer	Andreas Sasse Dennis Galli
Russia	Ludmila Machtchenko Elena Lebedenko	Alexander Maltsev Yuri Volkov
Australia	Lourene Bevaart (Australian series 2 winner)	Andrew Halliday (Australian series 1 winner and The Ashes 1 winner) Shane Saltmarsh (Australian series 2 winner)
South Africa	Lee-Anne Liebenberg	Prince Sunney Peter Brits

Gladiators

Gladiators
Country	Female Gladiators	Male Gladiators
United Kingdom	Falcon, Jet, Lightning, Panther, Vogue, Zodiac	Cobra, Hunter, Raider, Rhino, Trojan, Warrior, Wolf
United States	Ice, Jazz	Hawk, Sabre
Germany	Angel, Power	Flash, Giant
Russia	Astra, Lynx	Dynamite, Titan
Australia	Delta, Flame, Fury, Storm	Hammer, Tower, Vulcan
South Africa	Delilah, Sahara	Impi, Samson

Shows

The tables show the number of points each contender scored for that event and against which Gladiator.

Heat One

Female Contenders			Male Contenders
Myriam Losch	Peggy Odita	Game	Mark Everitt	Alexander Maltsev
6 vs Sahara, Astra, Flame	11 vs Sahara, Astra, Flame	Powerball	5 vs Hammer, Hawk, Flash	2 vs Hammer, Hawk, Flash
0 vs Jet	10 vs Fury	Wall	0 vs Samson	10 vs Giant
0 vs Zodiac	10 vs Sahara	Pendulum	10 vs Hammer	10 vs Samson
0 vs Fury	0 vs Jet	Hang Tough	0 vs Giant	0 vs Hawk
0 vs Jazz, Flame, Lynx, Jet, Delilah	10 vs Angel, Delilah, Flame, Astra, Jet	Gauntlet	10 vs Dynamite, Impi, Vulcan, Flash, Sabre	0 vs Rhino, Impi, Vulcan, Flash, Sabre
6	41	Total Score	25	22
17.5 second head start for Peggy		Eliminator	1.5 second head start for Mark
Peggy		WINNER	Mark

Heat Two

Female Contenders			Male Contenders
Janet Allen	Lee-Anne Liebenberg	Game	Andrew Halliday	Andreas Sasse/ Dennis Galli^[A]
10 vs Ice	0 vs Storm	Wall	0 vs Hunter	10 vs Samson
0 vs Storm	10 vs Power	Skytrak	10 vs Cobra	0 vs Sabre
5 vs Astra	10 vs Angel	Pyramid	10 vs Titan	0 vs Hawk
5 vs Jazz	10 vs Lynx	Duel	10 vs Impi	0 vs Dynamite
0 vs Lynx	0 vs Delta	Hang Tough	5 vs Cobra	5 vs Impi
20	30	Total Score	35	15
5 second head start for Lee-Anne		Eliminator	10 second head start for Andrew
Janet		WINNER	Andrew

Notes

^ Andreas was injured in Pyramid. Dennis took his place and played from Duel onwards

Heat Three

Female Contenders			Male Contenders
Lourene Bevaart	Ludmila Machtchenko	Game	Pat Csizmazia	Prince Sunney
7 vs Ice, Vogue, Delilah	6 vs Ice, Vogue, Delilah	Powerball	4 vs Giant, Hammer, Titan	8 vs Giant, Hammer, Titan
10 vs Jazz	0 vs Angel	Pendulum	10 vs Tower	0 vs Flash
10 vs Sahara	0 vs Lightning	Pole Axe	10 vs Giant	10 vs Trojan
0 vs Jazz	10 vs Sahara	Suspension Bridge	0 vs Dynamite	10 vs Warrior
7 vs Ice	4 vs Lightning	Swing Shot	6 vs Trojan	12 vs Tower
34	20	Total Score	30	40
7 second head start for Lourene		Eliminator	5 second head start for Prince
Lourene		WINNER	Pat

Heat Four

Heat Four consisted of a second chance for the three countries that did not have a contender win through in the previous three heats. The contender with the lowest score after three games was eliminated from the competition.

Female Contenders				Male Contenders
Claudia Lederer	Lee-Anne Liebenberg	Elena Lebedenko	Game	Dennis Galli	Peter Britts	Yuri Volkov
3 vs Ice	0 vs Panther	3 vs Flame	Atlaspheres	3 vs Vulcan	0 vs Radar	3 vs Warrior
0 vs Falcon	10 vs Vogue	7 vs Delta	Pyramid	7 vs Hammer	10 vs Tower	5 vs Rhino^[A]
0 vs Jazz, Flame, Panther, Astra, Delilah	0 vs Jazz, Flame, Panther, Astra, Power	10 vs Ice, Delta, Panther, Sahara, Power	Gauntlet	0 vs Dynamite, Hawk, Raider, Vulcan, Samson	5 vs Dynamite, Hawk, Raider, Vulcan, Flash	5 vs Giant, Sabre, Raider, Vulcan, Impi
3	10	20	Mid-way Score	10	15	13
eliminated	5 vs Flame, Vogue, Jazz	6 vs Flame, Vogue, Jazz	Powerball	eliminated	11 vs Warrior, Hawk, Hammer	2 vs Warrior, Hawk, Hammer
eliminated	5 vs Storm	5 vs Ice	Duel	eliminated	0 vs Raider	10 vs Tower
eliminated	20	31	Total Score	eliminated	26	25
5.5 second head start for Elena			Eliminator	0.5 second head start for Peter
Elena			WINNER	Peter

Notes

^ Rhino was injured in Pyramid and took no further part in the series

Semi Final 1

Female Contenders			Male Contenders
Peggy Odita	Janet Allen/ Jackie Kinsella^[A]	Game	Sean Clay ^[B]	Andrew Halliday
10 vs Sahara	0 vs Lynx	Skytrak	0 vs Sabra	10 vs Flash
10 vs Fury	5 vs Ice	Wall^[C]	5 vs Giant	10 vs Hawk
10 vs Lightning, Astra, Flame, Power, Sahara	0 vs Ice, Astra, Flame, Power, Delilah	Gauntlet	5 vs Hawk, Vulcan, Flash, Impi, Titan	10 vs Sabre, Wolf, Flash, Sampson, Dynamite
15 vs Astra^[D]	3 vs Fury	Swingshot	0 vs Hawk	15 vs Flash
10 vs Sahara	10 vs Lynx	Duel	10 vs Impi	0 vs Sabre
55^[E]	18	Total Score	20	45
18.5 second head start for Peggy		Eliminator	12.5 second head start for Andrew
Peggy		WINNER	Andrew

Notes

^ Janet was injured in Gauntlet. Jackie took her place and played from Swingshot onwards
^ Sean replaced Mark who had come down with a flu/cold and was unable to compete the rest of the competition so Mark Everitt was pulled out off-screen.
^ The female Wall was a re-match from heat 1 & 2, where both contenders scored 10 points against the same Gladiator
^ According to the British commentator John Sachs, Peggy's score of 15 on Swingshot is a female record for this event
^ According to the British commentator John Sachs, Peggy's total score of 55 points scored in an all-time record

Semi Final 2

Female Contenders			Male Contenders
Lourene Bevaart	Elena Lebedenko / Ludmila Machtchenko^[A]	Game	Pat Csizmazia	Peter Britts
10 vs Ice	0 vs Lightning	Pyramid	10 vs Hammer	5 vs Wolf
6 vs Panther	0 vs Power	Atlaspheres	9 vs Tower	3 vs Giant
5 vs Panther	0 vs Jazz	Suspension Bridge	0 vs Flash	0 vs Dynamite
0 vs Jet	0 vs Ice	Hang Tough	0 vs Giant	0 vs Wolf
10 vs Jazz, Angel, Lightning, Astra, Delilah	10 vs Ice, Power, Flame, Lightning, Delilah	Gauntlet	0 vs Dynamite, Hunter, Flash, Samson, Tower	0 vs Dynamite, Hunter, Flash, Sabre, Tower
31	10	Total Score	19	8
10.5 second head start for Lourene		Eliminator	5.5 second head start for Pat
Lourene		WINNER	Pat

Notes

^ Elena was injured in Pyramid. Ludmila took her place and played from Atlaspheres onwards

Grand Final

Female Contenders			Male Contenders
Peggy Odita	Lourene Bevaart	Game	Andrew Halliday / Shane Saltmarsh^[A]	Pat Csizmazia
0 vs Lightning	0 vs Lightning	Pole Axe	0 vs Hunter	0 vs Hunter
23 vs Angel, Astra, Sahara	15 vs Angel, Astra, Sahara	Powerball^[B]	18 vs Dynamite, Impi, Titan	14 vs Dynamite, Impi, Titan
0 vs Zodiac	10 vs Vogue	Pendulum	10 vs Wolf	10 vs Flash
10 vs Jet	0 vs Lightning	Hang Tough	0 vs Giant	10 vs Cobra
10 vs Flame	5 vs Jazz	Duel	0 vs Hawk	0 vs Vulcan
43	30	Total Score	28	34
6.5 second head start for Peggy		Eliminator	3 second head start for Pat
Peggy		WINNER	Pat

Notes

^ Andrew was injured in Powerball, Shane took his place and played from Duel onwards
^ According to the British commentator John Sachs, Peggy's score of 23 points scored is a record for this event. Andrew's score of 18 points scored is a record for a male contestant. The combined female score of 38 and the combined male score of 32 are records for this event accordingly

Broadcasts

Episode	Title	Original airdate
1	"Heat 1"	17 February 1996 (1996-02-17) (Australia) 20 April 1996 (1996-04-20) (UK)^[1]
2	"Heat 2"	24 February 1996 (1996-02-24) (Australia) 27 April 1996 (1996-04-27) (UK)^[2]
3	"Heat 3"	9 March 1996 (1996-03-09) (Australia) 4 May 1996 (1996-05-04) (UK)^[3]
4	"Heat 4"	16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) (Australia) 11 May 1996 (1996-05-11) (UK)^[4]
5	"Semi-final 1"	23 March 1996 (1996-03-23) (Australia) 25 May 1996 (1996-05-25) (UK)^[5]
6	"Semi-final 2"	30 March 1996 (1996-03-30) (Australia) 1 June 1996 (1996-06-01) (UK)^[6]
7	"Grand Final"	6 April 1996 (1996-04-06) (Australia) 11 May 1996 (1996-05-11) (USA)^[7] 8 June 1996 (1996-06-08) (UK)^[8]

References

^ "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SHOW 1)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SHOW 2)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SHOW 3)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SHOW 4)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SEMI-FINAL)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SEMI-FINAL)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "American Gladiators Finale". TV series finale. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL FINAL)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[1] Andreas was injured in Pyramid. Dennis took his place and played from Duel onwards

[2] Rhino was injured in Pyramid and took no further part in the series

[3] Janet was injured in Gauntlet. Jackie took her place and played from Swingshot onwards

[4] Sean replaced Mark who had come down with a flu/cold and was unable to compete the rest of the competition so Mark Everitt was pulled out off-screen.

[5] The female Wall was a re-match from heat 1 & 2, where both contenders scored 10 points against the same Gladiator

[6] According to the British commentator John Sachs, Peggy's score of 15 on Swingshot is a female record for this event

[7] According to the British commentator John Sachs, Peggy's total score of 55 points scored in an all-time record

[8] Elena was injured in Pyramid. Ludmila took her place and played from Atlaspheres onwards

[9] Andrew was injured in Powerball, Shane took his place and played from Duel onwards

[10] According to the British commentator John Sachs, Peggy's score of 23 points scored is a record for this event. Andrew's score of 18 points scored is a record for a male contestant. The combined female score of 38 and the combined male score of 32 are records for this event accordingly

[11] "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SHOW 1)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[12] "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SHOW 2)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[13] "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SHOW 3)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[14] "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SHOW 4)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[15] "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SEMI-FINAL)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[16] "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL SEMI-FINAL)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[17] "American Gladiators Finale". TV series finale. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

[18] "GLADIATORS (INTERNATIONAL FINAL)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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