Celebrity SAS 2025 cast confirmed with noughties pop star and famous drug mule set to take on course

Daily Record

23-07-2025

Celebrity SAS 2025 cast confirmed with pop star and drug mule set to compete
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Win have announced the next round up of celebs who have been called upon to take part in the latest series of the gruelling show. Series seven of the hit Channel 4 programme is set to return to screens on August 3.
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The elite team of ex-Special Force soldiers, including Chief Instructor Billy Billingham and his team of Directing Staff (DS) - Jason Fox, Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver all making their return. The squad will be taking fourteen famous faces from the world of sport, entertainment and music to Wales, which is the home of the first phase of SAS Selection.
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From there, they will have all their cosy home comforts, families, agents and social media all taken away from them. There will be room for error as the celebrity recruits will be faced with the toughest course yet in the most difficult stages of the SAS selection on the hit Channel 4 series.
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Among the line up this year is a Premier League footballer, an S Club 7 singer and a famous drug mule.
Here's all the celebrities taking part in the 2025 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Win.
Adebayo Akinfenwa
Former football star Adebayo Akinfenwa will likely be looking to put his 'beast nickname' to the test on the show.
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Speaking ahead of the show, he said: "I've asked myself time and time again – am I built for the Special Forces? One of the reasons why I'm doing this is to find out.
"I would like to think that, put me in most situations, most environments, I'll be able to put my best foot forward, get out of my comfort zone, hit my responsibilities and do what I need to do! I think that's what I want to get out of taking part on this course."
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Troy Deeney
Fellow former footballer Troy Deeney is also taking part in the series.
The ex-Watford striker said: "I'm at a crossroads in my life, so I'm hoping the course can highlight the good and bad in me and hopefully we'll see at the end, that the good outweighs the bad.
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"I'm sure the DS will get me irritated very quickly but they will also know how to nurture and to reshape and probably help me along the way."
Conor Benn
Conor Benn is famous for his strong punches in the ring but how will he get on in the SAS challenge?
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The sportsman said: "Although boxing is hard, I feel like this is going to be a completely different challenge and I always want to challenge myself. I just want to see and experience the toughness and the grittiness you need to pass this course."
Tasha Ghouri
Love Island and Strictly star Tasha Ghouri is set for a huge change from her daily life as she takes on the course.
Speaking about the opportunity, she said: "I'm very excited to actually take on the course and just go for it, push myself and really challenge myself.
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"But I also want to show people that having a disability makes you no less able – we can also push ourselves, and do crazy challenges if we put our mind to it.
"I really want to be able to actually walk away from the course feeling like I've accomplished what I wanted to do and I want to look back and think, wow, I did that, I'm proud of myself.
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"I'll be doing this for the people who have doubted me. I want prove to them that they can't bring me down. I can fight my way to the end."
Louie Spence
Louie Spence is a reality TV icon but how will he get on in SAS: Who Dares Win?
Ahead of the series, he revealed: "This course I hope can walk away feeling I've actually really achieved something here, that I've really pushed myself to the edge of my boundaries and put myself in a position which is beyond something I could have even imagined a year ago.
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"This is a course that is really going to challenge me. This is different to anything I've ever been part of before.
"There's no fluff, there's no glitter, there's no getting myself out of a situation with a quick bit of wit. It's really refreshing for me to do something like this…and, hopefully come out a much better person, both physically and mentally."
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Harry Clark
Traitors winner Harry Clark has already starred on Celebrity SAS so how will he get on this time?
He said: "Growing up, I'd watch people close to me be in the SAS, which always inspired me.
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"This show was a different experience to what I had imagined but I always love a challenge and it proves you're always learning new things about yourself."
Rebecca Loos
Former glamour model Rebecca Loos sees celebrity SAS as a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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She said: "'I honestly don't know whether I am mentally strong enough but one of the reasons I want to do this course is because I want to find out whether I'm able to stick it through mentally.
"I think it's going to be really, really tough. This is by far the toughest thing I've ever done.
"But I want to do this course because it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to do an SAS training course. It's going to be really interesting to see how far I can go and how strong I'm able to keep myself."
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Hannah Spearritt
Hannah Spearritt was an original member of the pop group S Club and is now better known for playing Kandice Taylor in EastEnders.
Speaking to Channel 4, she said: "I hope to take out of this experience, strength. I want to feel stronger again, mentally and physically, because there's always improvement there.
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"There are always dips that happen along the way with motherhood or whatever but I think when you just experience different stuff, it changes you.
"I have no idea what to expect, but I do know it will be an experience and it's something that I will have for life."
She added: "However the experience goes, I am going to learn about myself. Maybe I'll find out I am a bit of a mess or I might find out that I'm stronger than I think I am…it's finding out things about yourself that you would never, ever find out.
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"We live in this world where it's so easy to live in our comfort zone, so this is an opportunity to get outside of that and…for me anyway, growth and expansion is one of the most important things, and that is something that hopefully I can pass on to my kids."
Adam Collard
Adam Collard is one of three Love Island starts taking part in Celebrity SAS.
Speaking about how he hopes to get on, he said: "Hopefully during the course, the DS will peel back a few layers because I'm stubborn as hell. And maybe I need to be broken down to then go and sort some stuff out.
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"I'm doing it for the little boy who hated himself and couldn't do anything and was the last to get picked in everything. And from an emotional point of view, I'm hoping that this spits out a better person.
"I love a challenge. And I really think this course is exactly what I want to really tap into my fitness, the mental strength, the resilience, and see if I've got the grit to finish and go all the way."
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Bimini
Drag Queen Bimini Bon-Boulash is a very vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.
Talking about her participation in SAS, she explained: "I want to do this just to prove to myself that I'm capable of anything I put my mind to. I want to prove to myself that I can do it.
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"No glam, no red carpets, no magazine covers. This is literally just going to be me to my core and I am excited about it but I don't think the course is ready for Bimini.
"People in the UK love to debate gender like it's a concept, not a lived experience. It gets reduced to headlines and toilet talk. I'm doing this to remind them that behind every opinion is a human being.
"The course, the SAS and the Army have got a very masculine stereotype and I've got both elements of masculine and feminine and that's my superpower. Vulnerable, raw, and stronger than ever."
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Michaella McCollum
Michaella was first brought into the public eye for being a drug mule, but now as an author she has a further point to prove about herself.
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Speaking ahead of the show, she said: "The level of resilience I learned from being in prison in Peru and knowing how important that mindset is, will definitely help get me through the course, so I'm going to need to use my mental strength to help me along the way.
"In Peru, I was completely stripped back to the rawest version of myself…and I know in this course, it will have a similar effect.
"I will get to see the real me again and I want to challenge myself to see how capable I am. I don't know if I'm physically fit enough to complete the course but I have good mental strength."
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Lucy Spraggan
X Factor star is used to smashing it on stage, but how will she fare on the course?
She said: "I hope I have the mental grit to get to the end of the course.
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"I have been through quite a lot in my life, and I've done a lot of work to navigate what that left behind, and I really hope that I can apply it to the course, and make it all the way to the end.
"I've always wanted to do this course, and what I love about this course is the sheer pressure it puts on a human being, that you will just not get anywhere else in life.
"And I've had pressure, I've had so many forms of pressure, nothing like this, so I really just genuinely want to see how far my brain can go."
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Chloe Burrows
Chloe Burrows is the third Love Islander to be participating in the show.
Discussing the challenges ahead of her on Celebrity SAS, she said: "On SAS: Who Dares Wins, everything is completely stripped back. You have absolutely nothing.
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"And I want the course to kind of remind me of that, because I've got a bit lost in myself and the industry. I want to feel a little bit grounded. I want to get a sense of it.
"I want to push myself, and I want to get a sense of achievement. I want to feel proud of myself for whatever I put into it.
'I think the course is going to give me a bit of confidence. If I even achieve half of the course, then I can walk out and be like, yeah, guess what?
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"I did that on my own. No makeup, no hot shower. I'm very capable…I would love to come out and just feel really pleased with myself and really confident in myself."
Lady Leshurr
British rapper Lady Leshurr is another celebrity who is hoping the course is going to change her.
Speaking to Channel 4, she said: "Ithink this course is not only going to make me become the best version of myself, but it's going to make me the strongest I've ever been. It's going to make me realise so much about myself that I've kept in.
"It's going to push, motivate and inspire me. It's really going to make or break me. But regardless, it's going to teach me a lesson about myself that I can definitely work on."