Celebrity SAS winners revealed after gruelling show's controversial exits

Singer Lucy Spraggan is among the celebrities who have successfully completed the latest series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. Former footballer Troy Deeney and Michaella McCollum, a reformed drugs mule, also managed to pass the rigorous selection process.

Out of 14 famous faces who underwent special forces training in an attempt to make it through SAS selection, only three were successful. Chief instructor Billy Billingham announced: "This course is designed to push you through barriers you would never imagine. To strip you back, physically, mentally and emotionally.

"This course is brutal. Our world is brutal. It will always come down to one question that we will ask ourselves. Would we have that person stood next to us."

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Spraggan, a former X Factor star 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.

After it was revealed she had passed, she said: "I couldn't believe it, to pass, wow, incredible. I felt so emotional. It 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. It's utterly traumatising but unbelievably rewarding. It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing because I will never do that again."

Former footballer Deeney shared: "What an experience. When I saw it was just me, Lucy and Michaella, I thought we were the ones who hadn't made it. What a relief!".

"Unusual word, but cathartic, that's how I'd sum it up. Brilliantly mind-boggling. I'd 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?"

"At the very start, hoods off, stood on a pier, waves crashing, rain, DS Billy looking at you like he'll kill you. That's when you'd quit if you didn't want to be there. That broke a few early. It didn't break me."

McCollum, who was nabbed attempting to smuggle 24lb (11kg) of cocaine worth £1.5 million out of Peru with accomplice Melissa Reid in 2013, expressed: "I couldn't believe it when they said I'd passed, I just started crying, we all did.

"I really surprised myself. I didn't expect that. I didn't have any intentions of making it to that point, so when I did, I was really proud. I was like, yes!".

"Anyone thinking about doing it, 100% do it. Forget about all the horrible and difficult stuff, those type of opportunities don't come very often in life. And you'll 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."

Other celebs who graced the show included The Traitors victor Harry Clark, who was booted off for cheating, and ex-model Rebecca Loos, who voluntarily left.

Other famous faces who threw in the towel included former Love Island stars Chloe Burrows and Tasha Ghouri, S Club 7's Hannah Spearitt, and telly dancer Louie Spence.

All episodes of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Series 7 can be streamed on Channel 4.

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