Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Odds: Gareth Gates And Matt Hancock Frontrunners For Sunday's Finale
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It was the penultimate week of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins on Sunday night, and there is now just a final five in the running on UK betting sites to pass the gruelling SAS selection course.
Sunday's episode featured Amber Turner being discharged from the brutal Channel 4 show, after she became "really scared" during a terrifying hostage situation.
For the past six weeks, the celebrity recruits have been put through the most punishing stages of SAS selection by Chief Instructor Billy Billingham and his team of Directing Staff (DS), Foxy (Jason Fox), Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver, in one of the most unforgiving jungles in the world, in Thung Ui, North Vietnam.
Just five remain from the 16 who started out, and the latest episode was arguably the most punishing yet.
Towards the end of the episode, the remaining five recruits were captured, and subjected to intense interrogation for 12 hours by a special team, who were led by a man known as The Umpire.
Gareth Impresses Umpire
Gareth is now the 1/2 favourite on new betting sites to pass the SAS selection course after impressing throughout.
The Umpire was watching on as the recruits were interrogated, and he even told the DS that Gareth had "done well" during the ferocious grilling.
Earlier in the episode, Gareth was widely praised by the DS for "giving his very best every time" throughout the whole process, and it would be a surprise if he didn't pass the course.
Matt Hancock had an eventful episode, which culminated with him being destroyed in his interrogation.
The former Health Secretary - who had viewers flabbergasted earlier in the episode when he asked his fellow recruits what the daily intake for paracetamol was - struggled during the interrogation stage of the process.
He raised his voice a few times, angering the interrogator, and the DS - who were watching on via video link - admitted he would be "losing a few teeth by now" if it was for real.
The interrogator, who referred to him as "Matty babe" at one stage, blasted Matt for the way he moved his eyebrows in response to questions, and in a preview of next week's final episode, the interrogations continue with Matt having iced water poured over his head.
Earlier on Sunday night, the DS insisted Matt rubs them all up the wrong way, but admitted he has "performed" throughout the series, and he remains at odds of Evens to pass the course next week.
But he could've done with some ice for his ribs in the first half of the episode, after he was injured while being chucked in the water by Teddy Soares, in a challenge which saw the recruits paired up and tasked with swimming up to a pontoon and then wrestling one another.
Perri Is 'Up There With Frontrunners'
Perri Shakes-Drayton is another celebrity recruit with a huge chance of progressing on Sunday night.
The former track and field athlete is just 11/10 on specials betting sites to pass the course, after she had yet another strong episode in the series.
Perri defeated Danielle Lloyd, who is 2/1 to progress next week, during the pontoon battle, and she was praised by the DS for being "up there with the frontrunners".
They also pointed out she always has a smile on her face and is up for the next challenge.
Danielle has admitted herself during the process that she has struggled at times, but she goes into the final episode with every chance of progressing.
On Sunday night, the DS praised her for showing "deep resilience" throughout, and admitted she has a "deeper level of confidence" than when she started the series.
But things don't look like getting any easier in the programme's final episode, as in a preview, one of the interrogators slammed a chair against the wall while grilling a terrified Danielle.
Teddy Overcomes Swim Fears
Teddy is propping up the market on betting apps at 4/1, but he also has a huge chance of making it through the course.
On Sunday night, he was in tears while swimming over to the pontoon, and admitted it is because he can't swim.
He said: "When I was growing up I was a chubby kid. For that reason I don't actually know how to swim, because I wasn't confident with taking my top off."
Despite this, the former Love Island star regained his composure and defeated Matt in the one-on-one battle.
Next week, the interrogations will continue as the final five recruits face the gruelling SAS selection course for the final time.
* Reminder: These are hypothetical odds provided by industry experts.
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