 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is back for 2023, with 16 new famous faces being put through their paces as they ensure some of the challenges special forces candidates have to go through during selection. This year's line-up has attracted a fair bit of attention given it includes former Health Secretary Matt Hancock – who has already faced a gruelling grilling in which he was forced to admit 'weak leadership' during the pandemic. Other stars aiming to show chief instructor Billy Billingham MBE QCB what they're made of include singer Gareth Gates, Olympian Perri Shakes-Drayton, onetime Love Island Montana Brown, former footballer Jermaine Pennant and TOWIE's James 'Arg' Argent. There's a whole lot more to come as the celebs are pushed to their limit – but where is this year's series filmed? Where is Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins filmed? This year's series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins has been filmed in Thung Ui, north Vietnam. In English, the Vietnamese word 'thung' loosely translates to 'valley'. The small city of Ninh Binh is roughly 60 miles from the country's capital, Hanoi. Described as 'the most brutal' Vietnamese jungle by Channel 4, it put the fear into some of those taking part – especially at the thought of encountering creepy-crawlies and other wildlife. One of this year's participants, former Love Islander Teddy Soares admitted: 'The nature scares me a lot, to be honest. The location has been referred to as a 'sensory overload' (Picture: PA) 'When I eventually got the ticket and saw we were going to Vietnam, I thought, 'Oh my goodness. Surely, there's different kinds of spiders out there, reptiles I've never seen before in my entire life.' Meanwhile Billingham has described the setting as 'a total sensory overload'. 'It doesn't matter how often you have heard about it in war stories or seen it in TV programmes or films – there is nothing like experienci){kind=link}
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Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is back for 2023, with 16 new famous faces being put through their paces as they ensure some of the challenges special forces candidates have to go through during selection.
This year’s line-up has attracted a fair bit of attention given it includes former Health Secretary Matt Hancock – who has already faced a gruelling grilling in which he was forced to admit ‘weak leadership’ during the pandemic.
Other stars aiming to show chief instructor Billy Billingham MBE QCB what they’re made of include singer Gareth Gates, Olympian Perri Shakes-Drayton, onetime Love Island Montana Brown, former footballer Jermaine Pennant and TOWIE’s James ‘Arg’ Argent.
There’s a whole lot more to come as the celebs are pushed to their limit – but where is this year’s series filmed?