Who won BBC Gladiators 2024? Champions crowned after tense final showdown

The male and female champions of Gladiators 2024 have now been crowned after tonight's final showdown. Viewers of the hit BBC show, which is a revival of the popular 90s programme, tuned in on Saturday (March 30) to see which competitors would take the all-important title.

Following 11 weeks of intense challenges, Finlay Anderson beat Wesley Male whilst Marie-Louise Nicholson triumphed over Bronte Jones. Hosted by Bradley and Barney Walsh, the final saw personal trainer Nicholson enter The Eliminator with a two-second head start on firefighter Jones and emerge victorious.

After her win, the 28-year-old told host Bradley: “Bronte was on my tail the whole time, what a competitor to go up against, she was so close to the end there. I think we’re both winners in my eyes.”

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Army officer Anderson went head-to-head with wrestler Male in the final event but ran faster to the top of the travelator and burst through the paper to become champion.

“This is definitely the most surreal moment ever from five-year-old me playing The Eliminator in my granny’s living room to lifting the real deal, this is unbelievable,” the 34-year-old told Walsh.

To reach the final, the contenders had to do battle against the show’s 16 Gladiators in games testing strength, speed and dexterity that continue to be family favourites from previous versions of the programme.

Anderson, from Edinburgh, said the most challenging moment of the final was on The Edge, because he injured his “ribs quite badly on that event in the quarter-finals so naturally I was cautious as I didn’t want to get hurt again”.

He also said as a Crossfit fan, he wanted to “excel” against