With the latest series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins rumoured to be filming in its new location of Jordan as we speak, excitement is at an all-time high for the next batch of famous faces to be put through their paces by former special forces agents.
Especially after it was reported that former Love Island stars Curtis Pritchard and Amber Gill have both signed up for the show and are set for a reunion.
As the celebs begin the gruelling journey ahead, former contestant Vicky Pattinson has spoken out to reveal some behind-the-scenes secrets as she revealed what the show is REALLY like. Is it as tough as it seems or do the cast secretly get tea and sandwiches flown in when the cameras are off?
Speaking exclusively to heat, Vicky said, “It's actually so much tougher. I had a couple of my SAS buddies on my podcast, Vicky Pattison: The Secret To podcast very recently and it felt so good to talk to people and feel understood. I just can't explain how much I underestimated it.
“I've had a couple of phone calls off people being like ‘I'm thinking about doing the new series’ and I felt that I had this real obligation to tell them ‘it's harder than it looks, there’s so much that you don't see.'
“It’s incredible when you look back and think 'I'm really proud for getting out of my comfort zone.' But I can't express enough, it is the toughest thing I've ever done. It was difficult to watch parts of it back, I avoided watching it because I don't need to relive it!”
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Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins rumoured line-up
1 of 13AJ and Curtis Pritchard
Celebrity brothers AJ and Curtis Pritchard are reportedly set to make history as the first ever sibling duo on Celebrity SAS. It's claimed that Curtis, who rose to fame on Love Island in 2019, and AJ, best known as a former professional dancer on Strictly, "want to show they are more than just two good-looking lads and can get properly stuck in".
2 of 13Maisie Smith
Having played Tiffany Butcher-Baker on EastEnders on and off since 2008, Maisie Smith quit her soap role earlier this year. Fans are waiting for her next TV appearance, which is believed to be Celebrity SAS, with bated breath.
3 of 13Pete Wicks
Essex lothario Pete Wicks rose to fame on TOWIE after joining the cast in 2015, but will he fare as well on Celebrity SAS as he does with the ladies of Brentwood?
4 of 13Calum Best
There's not many shows Calum Best hasn't been on - Love Island, Celebrity Big Brother, Celebrity Ex on the Beach and Celebs Go Dating to name but a few - and now he's rumoured to be adding Celebrity SAS to his extensive resume.
5 of 13Dwain Chambers
Dwain Chambers is one of the fastest European sprinters in racing history but faced a major career setback in 2004 when tested positive for a banned substance. His lifetime ban from the Olympics was overturned in time for him to compete at London 2012.
6 of 13Ashley Cain
Ashley Cain is a former professional footballer turned reality star who has appeared on the likes of Ex on the Beach and The Challenge. Earlier this year, he raised £1.5million to fund specialist treatment for his daughter Azaylia who tragically passed away in April.
7 of 13Jonathan Broom-Edwards
After winning gold in at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020, high jump star Jonathan Broom-Edwards is set for another major challenge.
8 of 13Ferne McCann
First Time Mum and former TOWIE star Ferne McCann was reportedly top of producers' wish list for the upcoming series so we could see her put through her paces very soon.
9 of 13Fatima Whitbread
Legendary athlete Fatima Whitbread is one of only two women in history to have thrown the old style of javelin further than 75 metres, but is perhaps best known these days for getting a cockroach stuck up her nose on I'm A Celeb in 2011.
10 of 13Shannon Courtenay
Also known as The Baby Face Assassin, boxer Shannon Courtenay is certainly made of strong stuff having knocked out three opponents in her last eight fights. She also held the WBA female bantamweight title earlier this year but was stripped of her belt after failing to make weight in time for her match with Jamie Mitchell.
11 of 13Amber Gill
After winning Love Island back in 2019, will Amber Gill be as successful on Celebrity SAS? And how will she react to reuniting with Curtis Pritchard?
12 of 13Jade Jones
Jade Jones is no stranger to reality TV, having previously taken part in Celebs Go Dating, but she's best known as an Olympic Taekwondo champion.
13 of 13Jennifer Ellison
Legendary soap star Jennifer Ellison, best known for her role on Brookside, hasn't been seen on our screens much since appearing on Dancing On Ice in 2012, so it's about time she made a comeback.
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The Geordie Shore legend continued, “Honestly, for someone like me who spent the last five years of their life trying to be a positive person who surrounds themselves with people who have a similar mentality of practicing kindness, it was such a shock to my system.
“There is no moment when the cameras stop rolling and Ant Middleton comes over and goes ‘You're smashing this Vic, well done. Have a bag of Haribo.’ It just doesn't happen. They're ex SAS, they take it so seriously and they have a real reputation to uphold. So no, there's no moment where any of it slips. You're constantly in fear, you're constantly full of anxiety, you don't know what's coming next.
“It felt lovely to sit and talk with Foxy, actually. He said ‘honestly, I think they were all gutted when you left, you were their morale.’ It was nice to hear that, because when you're there, you genuinely believe the instructors hate you. You just think ‘I'm not good enough, I'm so slow, they hate me,' so it was lovely to have a chat with him, I saw him as a person rather than a giant man mountain.”
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The next series of the Channel 4 show will look slightly different to previous instalments as it’s now filmed in Jordan in the Middle East rather than the Isle of Raasay in Scotland where it usually takes place.
Ant Middleton has also been replaced as Chief Instructor by Former United States Recon Marine Rudy Reyes after the former SAS man was axed by bosses. Rudy will also be joined by former US Navy SEAL Remi Adeleke.
Channel 4 announced Ant was being dropped earlier this year in a statement which read, “Ant Middleton will not be taking part in future series of SAS: Who Dares Wins. Following a number of discussions Channel 4 and Minnow Films have had with him in relation to his personal conduct it has become clear that our views and values are not aligned and we will not be working with him again.”