Celebrity Robot Wars was a type of competition held separately from the main championship which involved celebrities driving robots. It first featured during Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars, where it was also known simply as the Celebrity Special, but the concept would not be revisited again until Series 9, now called Battle of the Stars.
Format[]
Although the format for the two celebrity specials differed, both of them featured eight celebrities, or teams of celebrities, in total.
In the original Celebrity Special, the celebrities joined up with veteran teams as temporary captains and took control of their pre-existing robots, which were heavily re-decorated to represent them. In battle, the celebrity had to drive their given robot for at least a minute before they were given the option to hand control back to the original team. The teams fought in a standard knock-out tournament to determine the champion.
For Battle of the Stars, the celebrities competed with robots they had designed themselves and were built by Robo Challenge. They were each paired up with a veteran roboteer, or 'mentor', to help with repairs and tactics. The event was split into two shows, each featuring four robots. Robots initially competed in a round-robin tournament similar to the Head to Head stage of the main Series 8-9, where they would face each of their opponents in head-to-head battles divided into three rounds. Winners of each battle would earn points to contribute to a combined score in the League Table: three for a knockout and two for a win via a Judges' decision. The two robots with the most points at the end of all three rounds would face each other again in each episode's Grand Final.
Competitors[]
Series 4[]
- Main article: Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Celebrity Special
| Celebrity | Occupation | Robot driven |
|---|---|---|
| 5ive | Boyband | Disc-O-Inferno |
| Natalie Cassidy | EastEnders actress | Iron-Awe |
| Chris Eubank | Middleweight boxer | Killertron |
| Shauna Lowry | TV Presenter | Wild Thing |
| Shane Lynch | Member of boyband Boyzone | Sir Chromalot |
| Vic Reeves | Comedian | Diotoir |
| Anthea and Wendy Turner | Television presenters and journalists | Gemini |
| Adam Woodyatt | EastEnders actor | Pussycat |
Series 9[]
- Main article: Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars
| Celebrity | Occupation | Mentor | Robot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Scientist and presenter | Shane Swan | Interstellar: MML |
| Jonathan and Alastair Brownlee | Triathletes | Gabriel Stroud | JAR |
| Kadeena Cox | Paralympian | Ellis Ware | Kadeena Machina |
| Scott Mills and Chris Stark | BBC Radio 1 DJs | Dave Moulds | Arena Cleaner |
| Neil Oliver | Archaeologist and historian | Will Thomas | Soldier Ant |
| Suzi Perry and Dallas Campbell | TV Presenters | Craig Danby | The Cat |
| Robbie Savage | Football pundit and former player | Jason Marston | Robo Savage |
| Jordan Stephens | Rapper in duo Rizzle Kicks | John Reid | Dee |
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