Who has won Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins over the years? 13 famous faces who have completed the challenge
Rebecca Loos and Lady Leshurr were the latest celebs to exit the show on Sunday night's episode (17th August). While Leshurr quit early in the episode, due to a neck injury caused from a previous challenge, Loos failed to take part in the height based challenge due to her crippling fear and decided to call it quits.
That just leaves Adam Collard, Lucy Spraggan, Conor Benn, Michaella McCollum, Bimini and Troy Deeney still in the running to pass the special selection process.
The winners will join 13 celebrities who managed to complete the intense challenge.
From Wayne Bridge to Georgia Harrison, here's all the famous faces who've passed the special selection process on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Former English footballer Wayne Bridge was the first ever celebrity to successfully complete the Channel 4 show and the solo winner of season one. He endured endless interrogation and even carried teammates across a snow-covered glacier, earning him praise from the directing staff, who called him "absolutely outstanding".
There was a joint win in 2020, as Rudimental star Locksmith and Paralympic athlete Lauren Stedman completed the challenge together.
Season three saw a rare triple win with singer Alexandra Burke, formerLove Island star Wes Nelson, and Paralympic athlete Aled Davies
"What we're looking for is to see if you have the characteristics and attributes of a Special Forces operator. Have you got what it takes to stand side by side with the DS? Courage. Composure. Solidarity. Would I put my life in your hands? It hasn't been easy. This has been tough for us!" Chief instructor Ant Middleton said at the time, before revealing that the trio had passed.
Not one, not two, not three but FOUR celebs mastered the challenge this year. Former Strictly pro AJ Pritchard, reality TV star Calum Best, The Only Way is Essex star Ferne McCann and EastEnder's Maisie Smith emerged from the show victorius.
"From day one, we demanded 100 per cent into your tasks, into your discipline, into your team work. Which of you gave everything they had? That's what we demand!" The chief instructor Rudy Reyes said, before declaring: "Congratulations, you all have passed this course! Job well done."
Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates was the sole winner of season five.
"Selection is the hardest thing these celebrities could choose to do in their lives," said chief instructor Mark 'Billy' Billingham.
"It will show you who you really are and what you are truly capable of. It will be life-affirming. It will make you want to cry, it will make you want to quit. But when it's over, you'll f***ing miss it."
Former Love Island star Georgia Harrison and boxer Lani Daniels were joint winners of last year's show.
"I can't believe it was me and you. Thank you, that was brutal, you lot are sick," Harrison said.
She continued to the cameras: "When I leave this course, I just want to feel that I gave it absolutely everything I got, and I want to feel proud of myself."
"I feel like over the past few years I've been mentally, quite frankly, pushed to my limits and I've seen how far I can go. No matter how hard life gets and no matter what you come up against you can find that inner light inside of you and you can shine through anything."
Lani added: "I think my downfall is that I've never really believed in myself. This was my time to shine and there's nothing that is going to stop me."
"This course has shown me that women are f**king tough,' Jason 'Foxy' Fox told cameras. "They're resilient. They have outshone the men that have been on this course."
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins airs on Channel 4 on Sundays and Mondays at 9pm.
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