The 2026 cast of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins has been unveiled, featuring a Strictly Come Dancing star and a Neighbours legend among the 14 contestants. The series, which premiered in 2015 on Channel 4, returns in January with eight one-hour episodes. This year introduces a twist: participants are split into Team UK and Team Australia, competing head-to-head in North Africa.
Team UK includes Love Island: All Stars winner Gabby Allen, social media personalities Jack Joseph and Cole Anderson-James, World Cup-winning rugby player Ben Cohen, Gladiator Toby Olubi, cricketer Graeme Swann, and Dani Dyer. Dyer, who recently withdrew from Strictly due to injury, said: 'I’m a massive fan of the show. I want to put myself to the test. Mentally is what I'll struggle with as my brain attacks me all the bloody time.'
Team Australia features Married at First Sight’s Jessika Power, cricketer Brad Hodge, Olympic swimmers Emily Seebohm and Mack Horton, Home and Away’s Axle Whitehead, and Neighbours actors Ryan Moloney and Natalie Bassingthwaite. Moloney, known for playing Toadie Rebecchi, commented: 'I chose to join because after everything I've gone through, I want to grab this and tear the balls off it.'
The course is led by Chief Instructor Billy Billingham MBE and his team, including Foxy (Jason Fox), Rudy Reyes, and Chris Oliver. A Channel 4 spokesperson stated: 'The DS don’t care how famous the recruits are. Their celebrity status and luxuries are stripped away. Not everyone will have what it takes to make it to the end.' The series airs on Channel 4 in January.
