Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins: Team UK Narrow Favourites To Defeat Australia
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins will return for an eighth series in January - and bosses have mixed it up in 2026 by pitting British and Australian celebrities against each other.
Team UK has a slender market lead on betting sites, at 10/11 ahead of 11/10 chances Team Australia, as 14 celebrities prepare to embark on a savage, condensed version of SAS selection in the brutal heat of north Africa.
World Cup-winning rugby player Ben Cohen and former Love Island stars Dani Dyer and Gabby Allen are among the recruits representing Team UK.
Social media personalities Jack Joseph and Cole Anderson-James, Gladiator and Olympian Toby Olubi, and former England cricketer Graeme Swann are also on board.
Swann's former Ashes rival Brad Hodge will be on the Australia team, alongside TV personality Jessika Power, Neighbours actors Ryan Moloney and Natalie Bassingthwaite, Home and Away actor and musician Axle Whitehead.
Olympic swimmers Emily Seebohm and Mack Horton have also been selected to represent the Aussies.
Toby To Test His Mettle
Just three recruits, former pro footballer Troy Deeney, ex-drug mule Michaella McCollum and singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan passed this year's course.
Toby Olubi - who competed in the British bobsleigh team at the 2018 Winter Olympics - is the 13/8 favourite on entertainment betting sites to follow in their footsteps in next year's series.
Olubi was keen to take part in the gruelling programme to show he can be "vulnerable and still powerful".
He added: "I also wanted to use this opportunity to test my mettle, to learn from the experience and to come home with something more to offer to others!"
The brutal physical and mental course will be led by chief instructor Billy Billingham MBE and his team of directing staff - Foxy (Jason Fox), Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver.
Australian sports stars Hodge (7/4) and Seebohm (2/1) aren't too far behind Olubi in the market, and retired swimmer Seebohm is taking part because she misses having a competitive challenge.
She said: "After being an Olympian for so long and missing the challenge of what it takes to get to the top level, with a toddler, I realise that if I don’t do it now, I’ll never do it!"
Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins Odds: Who Will Pass The Course?
Celebrity | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
Toby Olubi | 13/8 | 38.1% |
Brad Hodge | 7/4 | 36.4% |
Emily Seebohm | 2/1 | 33.3% |
Gabby Allen | 5/2 | 28.6% |
Mack Horton | 3/1 | 25% |
Ben Cohen | 3/1 | 25% |
Dani Dyer | 4/1 | 20% |
Cole Anderson-James | 4/1 | 20% |
Graeme Swann | 9/2 | 18.2% |
Ryan Moloney | 5/1 | 16.7% |
Axle Whitehead | 6/1 | 14.3% |
Natalie Bassingthwaite | 7/1 | 12.5% |
Jessika Power | 8/1 | 11.1% |
Jack Joseph | 10/1 | 9.1% |
Love Islanders Assemble
Love Island stars have a better Celebrity SAS record than some might think, after Georgia Harrison, Wes Nelson and Calum Best - who took part in series one and two of 2000s show Celebrity Love Island - all passed the course in their respective Celebrity SAS series.
Former Islanders Gabby Allen and Dani Dyer are taking part in next year's eighth series, and neither should be written off.
Gabby is just 5/2 on betting apps to pass the selection course, and she is "extremely determined" to succeed on the programme.
She said: "Fitness is a huge part of my life with it being my job and working with hundreds of women daily helping them find joy in their health and wellness journey.
"I wanted to test my mental strength and challenge myself in a way I haven't before and SAS certainly did that.
"I might be small but I have guts, am strong and am extremely competitive - watch this space!"
Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins Odds: Winning Team
Team | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 10/11 | 52.4% |
Australia | 11/10 | 47.6% |
Dani Dyer (4/1) will also be buoyed by previous Love Islanders' Celebrity SAS records.
The star is confident she will be physically capable, but is concerned about "brain attacks".
She added: "Mentally is what I'll struggle with as my brain attacks me all the bloody time.
"I just want to believe in myself a little bit more and stop being a negative Nancy."
Former England rugby union star Cohen (3/1) is sandwiched in between the two Islanders - along with retired Aussie swimmer Horton (3/1) - and he is up for the fight.
Cohen said: "I wanted to take part to rediscover parts of myself but also to be tested mentally.
"Facing the Aussies is going to be very interesting."
Relentless. 24/7. No escape.
— Ben Cohen (@RugbyBenCohen) December 9, 2025
Pushed to fight when every part of you wants to quit.
Mind, body & soul tested — the hardest thing I’ve ever done.#CelebSAS @channel4 pic.twitter.com/tBiCYPunUG
Joseph Favourite To Jack It In First
While Team UK are narrowly in front to triumph over Team Australia, British social media personality Jack Joseph is 11/8 favourite to leave the course first and a massive 10/1 to pass it.
He heads into the north African adventure with several fears, admitting: "I am scared of everything - flying, confrontation, large crowds, claustrophobia, bugs, insects, spiders. I'm hoping that I can overcome those fears.
"I need a big challenge. If I manage to get through this, I think it would help a lot."
Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins Odds: Who Will Leave The Course First?
Celebrity | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
Jack Joseph | 11/8 | 42.1% |
Jessika Power | 6/4 | 40% |
Natalie Bassingthwaite | 13/8 | 38.1% |
Axle Whitehead | 15/8 | 34.8% |
Ryan Moloney | 2/1 | 33.3% |
Graeme Swann | 5/2 | 28.6% |
Dani Dyer | 3/1 | 25% |
Cole Anderson-James | 10/3 | 23.1% |
Ben Cohen | 7/2 | 22.2% |
Mack Horton | 4/1 | 20% |
Gabby Allen | 5/1 | 16.7% |
Emily Seebohm | 6/1 | 14.3% |
Brad Hodge | 8/1 | 11.1% |
Toby Olubi | 10/1 | 9.1% |
Jessika Power isn't far behind at 6/4 to leave first, but the Married at First Sight star is determined to show viewers a "vulnerable, determined, resilient version" of herself.
She added: "I want to prove to the public that I'm not a reality b***h."
* Reminder: These are hypothetical odds provided by industry experts.
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