A new teaser for the upcoming season of SAS Australia shows the celebrities were forced to strip to their underwear in front of the program’s instructors.
Channel 7 released the 90-second trailer this morning which focuses on the five former Olympians who will appear on the show: Alicia Molik, Jana Pittman, John Steffensen, Kerri Pottharst and Mark Philippoussis.
They’re among a group of 18 celebrities who will take part in the second season of the brutal reality show.
Some of the other contestants are Manu Feildel, Pete Murray, Sam Burgess and Brynne Edelsten.
Under the direction of elite ex-Special Forces soldiers Ant Middleton, Mark “Billy” Billingham, Jason “Foxy” Fox and Ollie Ollerton, the well-known recruits will face a series of physical and psychological tests from the real SAS selection process.
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The upcoming season has already made plenty of headlines.
Two weeks ago it was revealed a female recruit “urinated on herself involuntarily” and two males passed out after they were exposed to tear gas during a challenge on the show.
“The female was left with nightmares, other contestants hearing screaming late at night, in fear she would have to do task again,” Herald Sun journalist Tony Sheahan wrote. “A legend in the sporting world had to comfort the unnamed female to ease the woman’s nerves and convince her the task was over.”
It was also revealed last month that former NRL star Sam Burgess choked out one of the instructors during an intense “kidnapping” exercise on the show.
According to Fox Sports, one of the challenges on the show saw Burgess and seven other celebrities being ‘kidnapped’ by two SAS instructors.
They were put in a car and were driven at speeds of up to 100km/h. The point of the exercise was to see which of the contestants would step up and set the other hostages free.
“Sam took matters into his own hands, ordering [John] Steffensen to pull the handbrake,” Fox Sports’ James Hooper claimed. “Burgess reached over and put the soldier in a head lock, choking him out, before climbing in to the driver’s seat and taking the wheel.”
An ambulance reportedly had to be called to treat the SAS instructor and producers were left “dumbfounded”, Hooper wrote.
SAS Australia is set to air later in the year on Channel 7.
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