Fourteen brave Aussie celebrities are about to embark on the toughest test of their lives – attempting to overcome the intensive SAS selection process. Over two weeks, an elite group of ex-Special Forces soldiers, led by Chief Instructor Ant Middleton, will put these stars through an extraordinary series of physical and psychological tests, each from the real SAS selection process.
Cut off from the outside world at a secret base in a foreign country, they will eat, sleep and train together in spectacular and punishing terrain with no allowances made for their celebrity status. As they progress through the gruelling course, they’ll be forced to confront surprising truths about themselves to discover their real character. Some will reach breaking point and withdraw. Which recruits will tough it out to the end?
SAS: WHO DARES WINS is produced by Screentime, a Banijay Group company, based on a Minnow Films format, for Channel Seven.
When I saw “Who Dares Win” in the thread title, I immediately thought of the show hosted by former cricketer Mike Whitney in the 1990s, which was also on Channel Seven.
I wonder if any potential viewers might immediately think it will be like that show.
The concept of this show sounds alright but then again with Seven’s failure to launch pretty much anything new (Except AGT, even then), I’m not sure if this will fire anyway,
Seven’s director of network programming Angus Ross has told Mediaweek the show will now be filmed in the Snowy Mountains in southern NSW instead of NZ, due to COVID-19 pandemic. It will air in Q4 this year to end the ratings survey year.
UPDATE 7/7: the show will now be filmed in the Blue Mountains and has been renamed Celebrity SAS: Australia.
UPDATE 12/7: Jana Pittman had apparently pulled out of the show after she fell pregnant. She is expecting her fourth child in November this year, according to the Sunday Herald Sun.
I recognise that she is a criminal and not a “celebrity” and should not be treated as such. For Channel 7 to treat her that way, it is an utter disgrace. I will make sure not to watch now.
What’s next? Cocaine Cassie for Dancing with the Stars? Where do you draw the line? Murderers? Terrorists?
Sorry but that is incorrect. She is a convicted criminal and she should be treated as one. Criminals are not allowed to profit from their crimes or infamy from their crimes. How is she and Seven going to justify her being in the show?
