Gladiators 2025 winners announced after record-breaking grand final

The second series of the revived came to an end with its grand final this evening. Two contestants have now been crowned the latest champions of the game show by its hosts and .

It was announced in the episode that this year's winners of Gladiators are gym owner Amanda Wah and gymnastics coach Joe Fishburn. They were victorious in the grand final after having competed against supply teacher Aneila Afsar and youth worker Mus Dumbuya respectively.

Amanda, from Warrington, and Joe, from Scarborough, follow in the footsteps of Marie-Louise Nicholson and Finlay Anderson. Marie-Louise and Finlay won the first series of the BBC's revival of the show.

This year's grand final saw Amanda take on the Eliminator 1.5 seconds behind Anelia. She managed to catch her up on the rope climb though and completed the course in a record breaking time of 1 minute 18 seconds for the series.

Amanda had initially been due to compete against personal trainer Zavia Hill in the grand final. Zavia however after sustaining an injury, with Anelia - who was the fastest female runner-up in the semi-finals - then announced as her replacement for the final.

In his final game of the contest, Joe had a six second head start on Mus as they went into the Eliminator in this weekend's episode. Despite Mus' efforts, Joe flew up the travellator to set a new Eliminator record of 55 seconds.

Speaking about the victory, Amanda said she "can't believe it". Sharing her thoughts, she shared: "This is a dream come true having watched Gladiators as a kid, aspiring to be someone as good as them, and now here I am."

Amanda continued by saying: "I started off in my living room last January saying I could take on the Gladiators, thinking how easy it looked. Fast-forward and I'm here living the dream and it didn’t finish until I lifted that trophy."

Asked to share her highlight, Amanda said: "Honestly going toe to toe with the Gladiators, what an experience! They are professionals, they are the pinnacle and they are the best of the best. We step into their world and play their game for 11 weeks and it felt like we were on work experience."

Opening up about winning himself, Joe teased that he didn't know how to describe the experience. He said: "I don't quite have the words to describe it. This is definitely the best thing I've ever done. Winning this just means the absolute .

"We were in an amazing final, and I felt like I already won coming into this process but obviously it's always nice to complete the whole thing and take the win. Mus is an amazing opponent, contender, friend, everything he does is so amazing and it was an honour to be in the final with him."

Asked his highlight, Joe said: "Before I set off on the Eliminator, I have one thing on my mind and that's to focus on what I'm doing and do the best run I can. Mus is an amazing contender, so I really had to put the work in, and going through that paper in the final has got to be one of the biggest highs.

"I've met some amazing people on Gladiators and made some friends for life and winning this just seals the deal. One of the best bits about the show was the journey I've been on. At the start, I thought that if I get the chance to be on the show, I'd be really lucky so just go and enjoy it and getting to the final, I had the same mindset to just enjoy it and put on the best show."

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