BBC News NI<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n As contenders and ‘gladiators’ gear up to go head to head in the quarter-final of the second series of the rebooted Gladiators television programme, there will be a Northern Ireland element to it all.<\/p>\n Keeva Neely, from Swatragh in County Londonderry, made it through the second episode by default due to an injury to her opponent Nikki.<\/p>\n But she said she “definitely has more to prove” in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n The TV series sees people compete against ‘gladiators’ in fun sporty challenges to win a prize. It originally aired on ITV in the 1990s. A reboot then began on Sky One in 2008. BBC One has been running a second reboot since 2024.<\/p>\n Spoiler Alert: Read to the bottom of the story to see what happened in the quarter-final.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ms Neely, who owns her own gym, told BBC News NI that she has been “into fitness from a very young age”.<\/p>\n “I started working as a receptionist in a gym and then from there I just loved people coming in and seeing them. They just have the weight of the world on their shoulders and then leaving with such a happy face,” she said. <\/p>\n “I just wanted to be that person for someone.” <\/p>\n When the opportunity came around to be a part of Gladiators, it was something that Ms Neely jumped at.<\/p>\n “I always wanted to try and put myself out there. I am the type of person that would sometimes say no to things and kick myself for after.<\/p>\n “So when this opportunity came about, I just said yes go for it, what’s the worst that could happen?” she said.<\/p>\n “Thankfully, it was one of the best things I’ve done.”<\/p>\n Ms Neely said that the experience was one of the most “amazing, overwhelming, mental” things she has done in her life. She said every time she thinks about she just smiles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ms Neely made it through to the quarter-final after her competitor Nikki got injured earlier in the episode.<\/p>\n “I definitely feel that I have more to prove now because I didn’t get to do the eliminator,” she said.<\/p>\n She said she feels she has “more to prove now” because she didn’t get to do the ‘eliminator’ challenge. <\/p>\n “Me and Nikki were both buzzing to do the eliminator but for me, not trying it and now going into the quarter-final and trying it for the first time will definitely put a lot of nerves on me, but I’ll give it my best shot.<\/p>\n “You can expect a very nervous Keeva, but a very excited Keeva,” she laughed.<\/p>\n‘What’s the worst that could happen?’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘Nervous and excited’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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