{"id":1979323,"date":"2025-08-25T21:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1979323"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:12:17","slug":"three-stars-pass-selection-in-celebrity-sas-who-dares-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/three-stars-pass-selection-in-celebrity-sas-who-dares-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Three stars pass selection in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Singer Lucy Spraggan is among the stars who passed the course in the latest series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former footballer Troy Deeney and reformed drugs mule Michaella McCollum also successfully passed the gruelling selection process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A total of 14 famous faces endured special forces training in an attempt to make it through SAS selection but only three were successful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Announcing the news, chief instructor Billy Billingham said: \u201cThis course is designed to push you through barriers you would never imagine. To strip you back, physically, mentally and emotionally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/1LjJqjAazQxbP.RLK0gGFg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/snappa_entertainment_819\/77b6528dc160ffd5dc8d58100598be96\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Lucy Spraggan passed the course (Pete Dadds\/Channel 4)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis course is brutal. Our world is brutal.\u00a0It will always come down to one question that we will ask ourselves.\u00a0Would we have that person stood next to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former X Factor star Spraggan, who is best known for her songs Last Night (Beer Fear), Lighthouse and Tea And Toast, spoke during the SAS show about being raped by a hotel worker while filming the singing competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After it was revealed she had passed, she said: \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it, to pass, wow, incredible. I felt so emotional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was about 9 million times worse than I thought it was going to be, and I thought it was going to be bad. I really did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s utterly traumatising but unbelievably rewarding. It\u2019s a once-in-a-lifetime thing because I will never do that again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former football star Deeney added: \u201cWhat an experience. When I saw it was just me, Lucy and Michaella, I thought we were the ones who hadn\u2019t made it. What a relief!<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/zdimqfVe5OFLdcNDo8Xc2Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/snappa_entertainment_819\/8eb9e5990db03311bf18eb6839229922\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Troy Deeney (Pete Dadds\/Channel 4)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cUnusual word, but cathartic, that\u2019s how I\u2019d sum it up. Brilliantly mind-boggling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019d recommend it for everyone. But you have to go in curious. Are you curious about who you are? Are you able to go in free and take instructions?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAt the very start, hoods off, stood on a pier, waves crashing, rain, DS Billy looking at you like he\u2019ll kill you. That\u2019s when you\u2019d quit if you didn\u2019t want to be there. That broke a few early. It didn\u2019t break me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">McCollum, who was caught trying to smuggle 24lb (11kg) of cocaine worth \u00a31.5 million out of Peru with accomplice Melissa Reid in 2013, said: \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when they said I\u2019d passed, I just started crying, we all did.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/IGfNjn0MnRNQGUyFbzmYXA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/snappa_entertainment_819\/e2a1a833034cadbac09f5330da6bf8ea\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Michaella McCollum (Pete Dadds\/Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI really surprised myself. I didn\u2019t expect that. I didn\u2019t have any intentions of making it to that point, so when I did, I was really proud. I was like, yes!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnyone thinking about doing it, 100% do it. Forget about all the horrible and difficult stuff, those type of opportunities don\u2019t come very often in life. And you\u2019ll really get to see a completely different version of yourself, and the real, true you, which we disguise and we compress with everyday life, we forget who we really are, so do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other stars who took part in the show were The Traitors winner Harry Clark, who was kicked off the show for cheating, and former model Rebecca Loos, who voluntarily withdrew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other celebrities who quit the series included former Love Island contestants Chloe Burrows and Tasha Ghouri and S Club 7 singer Hannah Spearitt, as well as TV dancer Louie Spence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All episodes of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Series 7 are available to stream on Channel 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer Lucy Spraggan is among the stars who passed the course in the latest series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. Former footballer Troy Deeney and reformed drugs mule Michaella McCollum also successfully passed the gruelling selection process. 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