MTN Gladiators

{{other uses|Gladiator (disambiguation)|Gladiators (franchise)}}

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| genre = Sports entertainment game show

| runtime = 60 minutes

| starring = Glenn Hicks
Ursula Staplefeldt
James Lennox
Cyril Mitchley
Wayne "The Boss" Price
Ingrid Chantler
Marion Hind

| channel = SABC3

| first_aired = {{start date|1999}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2001}}

| num_series = 5 x Domestic series
1 x International Gladiators
2 x Springbok Challenge

| producer = Keith Shaw (1999–2000)
Donovan Marsh (2001)

| country = South Africa

| location = Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg (1999–2000)
Big Top Arena, Carnival City (2001)

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MTN Gladiators was a game show produced by MTN for SABC3 in South Africa from 1999 to 2001. Following South Africa's initial participation in the second International Gladiators and the first Springbok Challenge{{cite AV media |date=19 March 2007 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJhjXtteQoc |title=The Springkbok Challenge - Opening Credits |publisher=CassiusChrome |via=YouTube |access-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412053709/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJhjXtteQoc |archive-date=12 April 2016 |url-status=live}} tournaments in Birmingham, England, the format developed a cult following in South Africa. In 1998 production finally began for a domestic series, eventually airing in 1999.

A special second Springbok Challenge series, known simply as Gladiators: Springbok Challenge 2, against a team of British Gladiators and contenders was filmed in South Africa in 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9V1GJxCuOw|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube}}