Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Odds: Collard And Spraggan Favourites To Win
Another series of TV's toughest star-studded show is nearing the end - and only five of the 14 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins recruits remain.
Just two celebrities, Love Island star Georgia Harrison and pro boxer Lani Daniels, passed the exhausting SAS selection course last year, and there is a competitive market on betting sites surrounding this year's final five.
Former Premier League footballer Troy Deeney, singer and former X Factor star Lucy Spraggan, ex-Love Island star Adam Collard, drag queen Bimini and drug smuggler-turned-public speaker Michaella McCollum have made it to the final episode.
But who, if any, will have what it takes to pass the punishing course?
Consistent Collard Favourite
The latest series has seen an elite team of ex-Special Forces soldiers - Chief Instructor Billy Billingham and his team of Directing Staff (DS) - Foxy (Jason Fox), Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver - take the famous faces to Wales, which is the home of the first phase of SAS Selection, to teach them key skills to survive.
All five celebrities just about made it through Sunday night's episode, Survival.
In the episode, the recruits' food was rationed in an attempt to physically drain them, and they were then tasked with taking on 1km continuous circuits of steep and rocky terrain until the DS called time on the exercise.
After some emotional video calls from the home, the recruits were split into two teams and sent on the run, where they were pursued by a hunter force who captured both teams.
Adam finished first in the circuits and he heads into the final episode, Interrogation, as the 8/15 favourite on betting apps to pass the course.
In episode seven, the DS summed up everyone's performances so far, and they admitted Adam had "been consistent" throughout and given exactly what they have asked for.
Strong Spraggan To Pass
Lucy finished the quarry circuits in second place, and she demonstrated great leadership abilities when she and Troy teamed up to go on the run.
The DS admitted Lucy has shown a "strong attitude" throughout the punishing process, and has nearly been the frontrunner at times.
While she just misses out on that title heading into the finale, Lucy has certainly shown she has the Celebrity SAS X Factor, and she is just 4/7 to pass the course.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins - Who Will Pass The Course Odds:
Celebrity | Odds | Probability |
Adam Collard | 8/15 | 65.2% |
Lucy Spraggan | 4/7 | 63.6% |
Troy Deeney | Evens | 50% |
Bimini | 6/4 | 40% |
Michaella McCollum | 3/1 | 25% |
However, we should not expect to see her friend Simon Cowell take part in the show anytime soon.
On Sunday night's episode, the celebs had calls from home, and the music mogul video called Lucy.
In a rare comical moment in the hard-hitting show, Cowell's call was cut off by the DS - and the last thing he saw on the screen was a bag being put over Lucy's head.
The recruits have been used to such treatment on the Channel 4 show.
Troy has been "strong physically", according to the DS, but they admitted he has "shown cracks mentally".
However, in their penultimate episode assessment of the celebrities, the DS said Troy has stepped up in latter stages of the course.
He heads into the final episode as Evens third favourite to pass the course, but the last stage is resistance to interrogation - the most feared phase of selection.
Can McCollum Make It?
Michaella McCollum is the 4/5 favourite to be the next of the five recruits to leave the process, and the 3/1 outsider to pass the course.
While the star - who is known as one of the infamous Peru Two - admitted she has dealt with plenty of mental pressure throughout her time in a South American jail, the show's final episode will see the celebrities forced to endure a series of interrogations.
In between the interrogations, the recruits will be held in stress positions and subjected to distressing sounds.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins - Who Will Leave Next Odds:
Celebrity | Odds | Probability |
Michaella McCollum | 4/5 | 55.6% |
Bimini | 11/10 | 47.6% |
Troy Deeney | 6/4 | 40% |
Nobody | 3/1 | 25% |
Lucy Spraggan | 4/1 | 20% |
Adam Collard | 5/1 | 16.7% |
It is not for the faint hearted, and drag queen Bimini is 11/10 second favourite to be the next to leave.
However, they are just 6/4 to pass the course.
Bimini has been a solid recruit throughout, but the DS admitted they started to flag in episode seven.
It's 3/1 that nobody leaves next, meaning all five recruits pass the course - and the quintet deserve it after the extreme mental and physical tests they have gone through during the series.
* Reminder: These are hypothetical odds provided by industry experts.
