Gladiaattorit

Gladiaattorit
Genre Sports, game show
Directed by Renny Harlin
Presented by Juha-Pekka Jalo (1993–94)
Heikki Paasonen (2017)
Narrated by Katariina Ebeling (1993)
Minna Aaltonen (1994)
Country of origin  Finland
Original language(s) Finnish
No. of seasons 3
Production
Producer(s) Markus Selin
Harlin & Selin Productions
MGM Television (2017)
Production location(s) Kerava, Finland (1993–94)
Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre (2017)
Running time 45 minutes
Release
Original network MTV3 (1993–94)
Nelonen (2017)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 1993 – 1994, 2017

Gladiaattorit is a Finnish competition television program part of the international Gladiators franchise. The show originally ran for three seasons from 1993 to 1994; it was directed by Hollywood director Renny Harlin, produced by Markus Selin, and filmed at Planet FunFun. It was hosted by Juha-Pekka Jalo alongside Katariina Ebeling in 1993 and Minna Aaltonen in 1994.

It was rerun on the original MTV3 channel in 2002.

Persons becoming famous from the show included Tony Halme (Viikinki—Gladiator Viking) who would become a member of the parliament and Virpi Butt (Timantti—Gladiator Diamond) who committed a murder in 2003.

Competitors Pirjo Litilia, Riikka Hartikainen, Jarmo Jousisto, and Tommi Vuoristo would later compete on International Gladiators 1. Gladiators Flash (Salama—Marjo Krishi) and Terminator (Terminaattori — Mikko Tukonen) would also appear on IG1.

On 6 April 2017, it was announced that the show, owned by MGM Television, will return to the airwaves in Finland for a revival on Nelonen. The new series will be hosted by Heikki Paasonen and recorded at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "GLADIAATTORIT RETURNS FOR 2017".
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