{"id":335479,"date":"2025-12-25T20:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335479\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T20:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:47:21","slug":"celebrity-gladiators-winners-are-revealed-as-fans-complain-one-star-was-robbed-after-another-was-accused-of-cheating-in-tense-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335479\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Gladiators winners are revealed\u00a0as fans complain one star was ‘robbed’ after another was accused of ‘cheating’ in tense finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrity Gladiators<\/a>\u00a0crowned its newest champions in thrilling scenes with one star scraping victory in a nail-biting finish – but not everyone was happy.<\/p>\n

The BBC<\/a> show’s festive episode saw Sam Thompson<\/a>, Joe Wicks<\/a>, Vogue Williams<\/a> and Nicola Adams<\/a>\u00a0enter the arena.<\/p>\n

Only two ultimately had the honour to be named the winner and lift a hard-earned trophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It came down to a very close contest between media personality Vogue, 40, and former professional boxer Nicola, 43.<\/p>\n

Although Nicola had a comfortable lead for most of the Eliminator, Vogue caught up by the Travelator section.<\/p>\n

The pair both made it up neck-and-neck, seemingly in an almost photo finish to their face-off.<\/p>\n

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A gruelling contest on Celebrity Gladiators saw Joe Wicks and Vogue Williams respectively emerge triumphant in a special episode that aired on Christmas Day<\/p>\n

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Vogue and her competitor Nicola Adams were neck-and-neck by the time they reached the Travelator<\/p>\n

\"Writing <\/p>\n

Writing online, viewers criticised Vogue’s win after the star was given a ladder for assistance earlier in the Eliminator<\/p>\n

Vogue was confirmed as the winner, with co-host Barney Walsh revealing: ‘There was only two hundreths of a second in it.’<\/p>\n

Writing online, viewers criticised the decision as earlier in the Eliminator, she\u00a0had struggled to climb up a rope – with a ladder being brought in to help out.<\/p>\n

Posts on X included: ‘@NicolaAdamsOBE was robbed of that trophy. If @VogueWilliams hadn’t been given the ladder so she could climb up the rope, she would’ve been nowhere near Nicola.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Vogue should’ve handed the trophy to Nicola rather than waving it around triumphantly. Very unsportsmanlike;’<\/p>\n

‘How on earth can Vogue win after being literally given a \u2018leg up\u2019 on a ladder! #Gladiators;’<\/p>\n

‘How did @BBC Gladiators\u00a0allow Vogue Williams to win when she was given a ladder to help her.. so unfair! #gladiators #bbc #voguewilliams;’<\/p>\n

‘Nicola was totally robbed, Vogue cheated.’<\/p>\n

Vogue was visibly stunned as she reacted to her victory, before remarking: ‘I honestly cannot believe that.<\/p>\n

‘I’ve had the best day and the crowd… when I was doing so badly, you were so nice. Honestly, thank you. You push us on.’<\/p>\n

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Writing online, viewers criticised the decision to crown Vogue the winner after she appeared to have an advantage to complete the challenge<\/p>\n

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Vogue had been trailing far behind Nicola in the Eliminator before catching up in the final moments<\/p>\n

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The full celebrity line-up (from left to right) featured podcast presenter Sam Thompson, fitness guru Joe, presenter Vogue and boxer Nicola Adams<\/p>\n


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Meanwhile, Nicola told presenter Bradley Walsh: ‘I came down on the zipline and I just landed funny on my ankle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘And then I just couldn’t get my ankle going.’<\/p>\n

After being presented with the runner-up prize, Nicola quipped: ‘It’s the first silver medal I’ve had.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the men’s contest, fitness coach Joe, 40, managed to overcome reality star Sam, 33.<\/p>\n

The presenter and author put his athletic prowess to good use as he completed the Eliminator before his rival.<\/p>\n

Speaking afterwards to Bradley and Barney Walsh, Joe said: ‘Even though I had a bit of a breather, I still found that Travelator hard.<\/p>\n

‘It’s much harder than watching it at home on TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I’m really chuffed that I won, but I think he’s an amazing partner.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite coming up short, Sam seemed exhilarated by the experience as he shared: ‘I’m so chuffed, it is so amazing.<\/p>\n

‘The crowd, everybody here – that was so fun!’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrity Gladiators\u00a0crowned its newest champions in thrilling scenes with one star scraping victory in a nail-biting finish –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,97,96,133,11792,391,56,54,55,18079],"class_list":{"0":"post-335479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-joe-wicks","12":"tag-sam-thompson","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom","17":"tag-vogue-williams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}