7<\/p>\n Lucy Spraggan has signed up to SAS: Who Dares WinsCredit: Pete Dadds \/ Channel 4 7<\/p>\n Show line-up from left to right: Bimini, Chloe Burrows, Adam Collard, Lady Leshurr, Conor Benn, Hannah Spearitt, Troy Deeney, Tasha Ghouri, Harry Clark, Rebecca Loos, Louie Spence, Michaella McCollum, Adebayo Akinfenwa and Lucy SpragganCredit: Pete Dadds \/ Channel 4<\/p>\n Singer Lucy, who has grown close to Simon<\/a> since starring on The X Factor<\/a> in 2012, warned him off the idea \u2014 then joined the line-up herself.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cHe thought it was a great idea, me doing the show.<\/p>\n \u201cHe knows I love being outdoors. We do a lot of shooting air rifles and stuff together, so he knows this is my thing, testing my mental resilience.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was just funny because he had said, \u2018Oh, maybe I\u2019ll try and have a go at it\u2019.<\/p>\n Read more on Simon Cowell<\/p>\n \u201cI was like, \u2018Simon<\/a>, you would literally die!\u2019. <\/p>\n “It was funny because it really contextualised how hard it was that I just straight away said to him, \u2018You would have no chance\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Lauren Silverman<\/a>, (Cowell\u2019s partner), I said to her at dinner the other day, \u2018You should have a go\u2019. She could do it, it would be funny.\u201d<\/p>\n Simon and Lucy have become such good pals<\/a>, he walked her down the aisle at her wedding to Emilia Smith<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n The new series of SAS: Who Dares Wins, which begins next Sunday at 9pm, sees Simon dial in to give Lucy a pep talk \u2014 but it doesn\u2019t end well.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cThe DS [directing staff] hung up on him and he was like, \u2018I\u2019ve never been so angry\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Lucy\u2019s not the only celebrity<\/a> recruit with reality TV experience.<\/p>\n Simon Cowell set to launch ANOTHER TV talent contest amid ‘huge excitement’ around his Netflix boyband search show<\/p>\n But ex-military man and winner of The Traitors<\/a>, Harry Clark<\/a>, seems to have his shows mixed up, as he is rumbled cheating in physical tasks.<\/p>\n Lead instructor Billy Billingham<\/a> rages: \u201cHis integrity and honesty stinks, he\u2019s playing us.\u201d<\/p>\n Harry<\/a> said: \u201cThat\u2019s when I was the most scared. I was like, \u2018I\u2019ve let the Army<\/a> down. I\u2019ve definitely let every-one at home down, and I\u2019ve let myself down\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I was in so much pain with my body and my feet. I remember my big toe, it was infected.\u201d<\/p>\n Apart from the shame, Harry wasn\u2019t phased being bawled at by instructors.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThat didn\u2019t really bother me. I was in the Army since I was 16, so it wasn\u2019t really any different.\u201d<\/p>\n Perhaps Simon thought the same after all those X Factor<\/a> bootcamps.<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Simon Cowell considered signing up for Channel 4\u2019s extreme challenge showCredit: RexLOUIE IN PORNO FANTASY 7<\/p>\n Louie Spence reveals why he couldn\u2019t take the former special forces soldiers seriouslyCredit: Pete Dadds \/ Channel 4<\/p>\n LOUIE SPENCE lasted less than 24 hours<\/a> on the course \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t the hard graft that put him off.<\/p>\n The former dancer reveals he couldn\u2019t take the former special forces soldiers seriously because he felt like he was in a gay porn movie.<\/p>\n Louie<\/a>, who battled to keep a straight face, said: \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I couldn\u2019t get it out of my mind \u2013 as soon as I had to put this hood on and could see these black boots walking along, before they pull that hood off and say: \u2018What\u2019s your name?\u2018<\/p>\n \u201cI was thinking, God, this is like a gay fantasy porno. It\u2019s like you\u2019re in the Army now, you\u2019ve been a naughty boy.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t get it out of my mind, just expecting the DS to strip. I thought, \u2018This isn\u2019t good\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n ALL GO, CHLOE 7<\/p>\n Former Love Island bombshell Chloe BurrowsCredit: Pete Dadds \/ Channel 4<\/p>\n SHE\u2019S taken on her fair share of reality shows<\/a>, but nothing could have prepared Chloe Burrows <\/a>for her SAS<\/a> stint.<\/p>\n The former Love Island<\/a> bombshell thought she\u2019d get a break from the gruelling regime during filming so was stunned to discover it\u2019s so full-on, they have medics on stand-by.<\/p>\n Chloe<\/a> said: \u201cWe had the meeting before and it was like, \u2018Yeah, there\u2019s going to be an ambulance crew within a kilometre, they\u2019ve dealt with saving lives\u2019. And I was thinking, \u2018Oh, my God \u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u200a\u2019. I did go in a bit naive.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a complete culture shock. I\u2019ve worked on other shows before\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009you do get a bit of respite.<\/p>\n \u201cEven when I\u2019ve done Scared Of The Dark<\/a>, and Inside<\/a>, where you are filmed 24\/7, you do get a little bit of relaxing time \u2013 you know, a bit of a moment to yourself.<\/p>\n \u201cBut there was no break. Like, honestly, you were on, on, on all day. It was a lot, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n WHAT A GAS, MIC 7<\/p>\n Michaella McCollum took on the dreaded gas chamber challengeCredit: Pete Dadds \/ Channel 4<\/p>\n AFTER taking on the dreaded gas chamber challenge, Michaella McCollum<\/a> reckons she would be up for more of the same.<\/p>\n The single mum who got jailed in Peru for smuggling cocaine<\/a>, was meant to rescue a hostage trapped inside, and saved herself instead.<\/p>\n But she said: \u201cYou know what, I would probably do that one again even though I messed it up.<\/p>\n \u201cI got the hostage to the window and then I jumped out the window. [DS] Foxy was like, \u201cWhat the f*** are you doing? Your job is to save the hostage and then yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe gas was awful. You cannot breathe. Your eyes are exploding.<\/p>\n “There\u2019s just snot coming from your nose, your eyes, everything. You feel like you\u2019re dying. It\u2019s horrific.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if we had to do that challenge again, I\u2019d have done it and saved the hostage.\u201d<\/p>\n BOXER Conor Benn<\/a> and ex-footballer Troy Deeney<\/a> were left battered and bruised \u2013\u200a to the horror of their wives.<\/p>\n The pair had to fight each other during the course and were roughed up from other challenges, too.<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Boxer Conor Benn and ex-footballer Troy DeeneyCredit: Pete Dadds \/ Channel 4<\/p>\n For one test, Conor had to jump backward off a viaduct in the Welsh hills but his harness was so tight he was left squirming.<\/p>\n \u201cI lost my left testicle,\u201d he joked. \u201cI\u2019m still looking for it, which is not very good seeing as my missus wants more kids.<\/p>\n \u201c I don\u2019t know how much luck we\u2019ll have with that now.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was more painful than being punched in the head for a living.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile Troy sported his injuries as he wed partner Alisha after returning from filming. <\/p>\n He said: \u201cShe wasn\u2019t too happy I turned up with a black eye.\u201d<\/p>\n HARDMAN Chief Instructor Billy Billingham<\/a> reckons the show will be a wake-up for the celebrities.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWith the world being as unstable as it is, we may all be called to the battlefield, to defend.<\/p>\n “These celebrities are going to get an understanding of what that feels like.\u201d<\/p>\n COMPLETING the line-up are former footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa<\/a>, Love Islanders Tasha Ghouri<\/a> and Adam Collard<\/a>, S Club 7<\/a>\u2019s Hannah Spearritt<\/a>, glamour girl Rebecca Loos<\/a>, drag queen Bimini<\/a> and musician Lady Leshurr<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DON\u2019T let the high-waisted jeans, tinted specs or luxury lifestyle fool you \u2013 Simon Cowell reckons he\u2019s a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[17623,1633,96,2609,17624,6466,3650,2752,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-28320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-celebrity-sas-who-dares-wins","tag-channel-4","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusives","tag-sas-who-dares-wins","tag-section-tvnews-tv","tag-simon-cowell","tag-the-sun-newspaper","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Lucy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/standing-shot-lucy-spraggan-beach-1012723439.jpg\")
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