Gladiators (Australian series 1)  The first series of "Gladiators" began airing on Seven Network on 29 April 1995 following successful versions of the Gladiators format in United States, United Kingdom and Finland. The series closely resembled the UK series albeit with just four events and the Eliminator. Fifteen episodes were filmed in a progressive competition at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre between 24 March and 2 April. Kimberley Joseph and Aaron Pedersen presented the show whilst play by play commentary was by Tony Schibeci. John Alexander acted as referee and John Forsyth as assistant referee. The Kix cheerleaders performed in the background of the events. Winners of the heats received a Sony music system and a selection of CD's valued to $2,000. The runners up received a set of gym apparatus. The winners of the final won a car. Force suffered an injury in Atlasphere in the third quarter final and had to retire from the show. Atlasphere, Duel, Gauntlet, Hang Tough, Hit & Run, Powerball, Pyramid, Suspension Bridge, Tilt and Wall were played over Series 1. The Eliminator featured as the final event in every show. Fifteen shows along with an unaired pilot were filmed with the televised shows taking the form of a progressive competition. Each show featured four events along with the Eliminator. The winner of the Eliminator would progress to the next round. Winning challengers are in bold. 1 The challengers in this episode were actually members of the production crew and changed throughout the episode. The names given were just for filming purposes. The headstarts given in the Eliminator were not based on points scored in the events. 2Replaced Donna after she fell on her pugil stick and injured her leg. 3This would be the last ever appearance by Force after falling over in his Atlasphere and injuring his leg. 4Replaced Gina Goode who having won her heat was unable to continue in the Quarter finals due to an ankle injury sustained in Powerball in her heat. Original airdate: 29 April 1995  Challengers: Heather Maychurch v Gina Good, Clinton Barter v Howard Arbuthnot  Eliminator  Original airdate: 6 May 1995  Challengers: Bernadette Withers v Tracey Nicholson, Andrew Halliday v Adam Cooney  Eliminator  Original airdate: 13 May 1995  Challengers: Sabrina Hooyman v Carol-Anne Horvath, David Wallis v Paul Vella  Eliminator  Original airdate: 20 May 1995  Challengers: Karen Swansborough v Hillary Ord, Corey Parker v Tony Langdon  Eliminator  Original airdate: 27 May 1995  Challengers: Teresa Brett v Alison Jackson, Rod McQueen v John Powell  Eliminator  Original airdate: 3 June 1995  Challengers: Nellie Baker v Fernanda Lacey, Ashley Martin v Alex Sanz  Eliminator  Original airdate: 10 June 1995  Challengers: Annie Alderson v Kerry Warman, Mark Brine v Ian Jacobs  Eliminator  Original airdate: 17 June 1995  Challengers: Tania Logan v Donna Sutor/Kathy Katzourakis, Rhett Foreman v Andrew Strickland  Eliminator  1 Donna injured herself after landing on her pugil stick in Duel, therefore Kathy replaced her in Powerball.