[Brekkie]

I guess it would have messed up the timings of the episode if they did have to skip an entire attempt of an event. Luckily, with the other contender withdrawing, they got to play a VT for the stand-by which would have taken up that time.

Well they had all the female Gladiators getting deliberately disqualified in the womens event before hand which ate up alot of time. It's a show that's easy to pad as required - and you've got events where it can be over in seconds or take a full minute, so it has to be flexibile.

The Gauntlet in it's current format is clearly one that needs axing or upgrading next series.