With Bradley Walsh and his son Barney set to present the reboot, the revived show will see a new generation of Gladiators go head to head with contestants, with all new challenges and some well-known ones.<\/p>\n
Amongst those in the line-up is Giant, who stands at 6ft 5in \u2013 so his name comes as no surprise!<\/p>\n
The bodybuilder will be doing all he can to win, but what else is there to know about him? Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Giant, including his most memorable moment filming the series.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Age:\u00a0<\/strong>37<\/p>\n From:\u00a0<\/strong>Derbyshire<\/p>\n Height:\u00a0<\/strong>6ft 5in<\/p>\n Bicep:\u00a0<\/strong>52cm<\/p>\n Fact:\u00a0<\/strong>Giant eats over 10,000 calories a day.<\/p>\n Instagram: <\/strong>@akathegiant<\/a><\/p>\n Giant, whose real name is Jamie Christian Johal, is a bodybuilder and has made history by becoming one of the all-time tallest bodybuilders.<\/p>\n As well as being a bodybuilder, Giant owns a home gym and is an online coach. He gives people the \u201cinside scoop to all things bodybuilding\u201d on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n One his most memorable moments when it came to filming was spotting original Gladiator Saracen watching on during Duel from the audience.<\/p>\n Of your fellow Gladiators, who would you least like to go up against and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNitro. He\u2019s a world class athlete who is extremely fast, powerful and explosive. Just because he\u2019s smaller doesn\u2019t mean he doesn\u2019t have the strength and power to knock a big guy down.<\/p>\n \u201cSteel has to be mentioned too, he\u2019s an all-round beast. He\u2019s very well rounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> Gladiators starts on BBC One on Saturday 13th January at 5:50pm. <\/strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>, visit our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to<\/strong>\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Giant made history by becoming one of the all-time tallest bodybuilders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43708,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-giant-gladiators-2024-star-and-bodybuilder-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-giant-gladiators-2024-star-and-bodybuilder-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-giant-gladiators-2024-star-and-bodybuilder-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-giant-gladiators-2024-star-and-bodybuilder-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-giant-gladiators-2024-star-and-bodybuilder-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-giant-gladiators-2024-star-and-bodybuilder-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-giant-gladiators-2024-star-and-bodybuilder-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Giant made history by becoming one of the all-time tallest bodybuilders.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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