The most brutal show on British television is back, and this time it’s personal. Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins returns for its savage eighth series with a ferocious twist: Team UK versus Team Australia in a sun-scorched showdown deep in the North African desert.
Fourteen famous faces are about to discover what happens when national pride collides with the unforgiving Directing Staff – Mark “Billy” Billingham MBE, Jason “Foxy” Fox, Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver – who have promised to exploit every weakness, punish every mistake and drag every crack into the blazing light.
Filmed in the searing heat of Marrakech, this is the biggest, most expensive series yet – a far cry from last year’s rain-soaked Wales shoot – and the DS are ready to deliver tears, pain and glory on an epic scale.
TEAM UK – Ready to Defend the Union Jack
- Dani Dyer (28) – Love Island winner turned mum-of-three
- Gabby Allen (33) – Love Island fitness queen
- Jack Joseph (25) – TikTok prankster with 5 million followers
- Cole Anderson-James (28) – YouTuber and Joe Weller’s best mate
- Ben Cohen (46) – Rugby World Cup winner
- Toby Olubi (37) – Gladiator “Steel” and Olympic bobsleigh champ
- Graeme Swann (46) – England cricket legend
TEAM AUSTRALIA – Here to Take the Crown Down Under
- Jessika Power (33) – MAFS villain turned OnlyFans star
- Ryan Moloney (45) – Neighbours icon “Toadfish” (1995–2025)
- Natalie Bassingthwaighte (50) – Rogue Traders singer and actress
- Brad Hodge (50) – Australian cricket hardman
- Emily Seebohm (33) – Four-time Olympic swimming medallist
- Mack Horton (29) – Olympic gold medallist swimmer
- Axle Whitehead – Home and Away bad boy turned musician
Eight relentless hour-long episodes will air on Channel 4 early 2026, with the official synopsis warning: “Not everyone will have what it takes to make it to the end as bonds snap, egos shatter, and recruits are pushed so far past their limits they forget they ever had any.”
The celebs aren’t holding back on why they signed up for hell.
Dani Dyer: “I’m nuts, but I think I will be good at it… Mentally is what I’ll struggle with – my brain attacks me all the bloody time. I just want to stop being a negative Nancy and make myself proud.”
Jessika Power: “I want to prove to the public that I’m not just a reality b*tch. This is my chance to show the vulnerable, determined, resilient me.”
Dani Dyer, 28, (pictured) is one of the stars taking part in the series next year – she is best known for taking part in Love Island
Ryan “Toadfish” Moloney: “After everything I’ve been through, I want to grab this and tear the balls off it.”
Gabby Allen: “People think they know me from Love Island. They’re about to see a very different side – I do not quit.”
Ryan Moloney (pictured) is best known for playing the beloved character Toadfish on the Aussie soap Neighbours
Chief Instructor Billy Billingham roared: “National pride is on the line! North Africa has its own challenges – now throw the DS into the mix. Standby for tears, pain and glory. Who Dares Wins!”
Foxy piled on the menace: “This is a centuries-old rivalry and we’re stirring it up on a new front. Britain vs Australia… only one team will rise from the ashes.”
Buckle up. The desert is calling, the DS are waiting, and only the strongest will survive.
Who Dares Wins? We’re about to find out – and it’s going to be absolutely brutal.