November 5th 2023.
Gareth Gates was the sole celebrity to pass the course on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. On Sunday's finale of the Channel 4 programme, the last five competitors took part in a resistance to interrogation challenge, a key stage of SAS selection. The five were singer Gareth Gates, former health secretary Matt Hancock, Olympic track and field athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton, TV personality Danielle Lloyd and Love Island star Teddy Soares.
Gates emerged as the only celebrity to pass the course, and he was understandably overwhelmed with emotion. During the challenge, Gates had thought of his daughter to spur him on and he revealed in a piece to camera: “Whenever I'm feeling in a dark place, I just always think of my beautiful daughter's face, smiling at me saying ‘you can do this daddy’. And I think that's going to be my main source of inspiration.”
The remaining trio of contestants – Gates, Lloyd and Hancock – then faced one final test of endurance, which was designed to replicate combat under fire. The disgraced MP hung on to a bar in mid-air for just over a minute in the final challenge. Unfortunately, Lloyd immediately dropped and Hancock was unable to outlast Gates. The singer was able to hold on for one minute and twenty seconds.
The directing staff praised Gates saying he had ‘pretty much passed virtually everything’ on the course and had remained a ‘frontrunner’ and ‘stoic’ from the beginning. They also praised Lloyd’s ‘great character’ and ‘determination’ and noted that Hancock had ‘succeeded at most tasks’ and ‘outworked many of the people on the course’.
When the decision was announced that Gates had passed, he was congratulated by his competitors and the directing staff. The singer was clearly emotional and thanked the directing staff for their support.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is available to stream now on Channel 4’s catch-up service. It was an intense course and Gates was the only celebrity to pass, proving that he is strong and determined.
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