Channel Seven’s new military-style reality show SAS Australia certainly won’t be a walk in the park for Schapelle Corby and the other celebrities who have signed on.
Details have emerged about the very gruelling conditions the recruits will face, as they attempt to pass the selection process to join the Australian Army’s elite Special Air Service.
With temperatures reaching as low as -5°C, they will go without their home comforts, including no flushing toilets, only the clothes on their backs and simple camp cots.
Gruelling conditions: Channel Seven’s new military-style reality show SAS Australia certainly won’t be a walk in the park for Schapelle Corby (pictured) and the other celebrities who have signed on
Recruits are issued with basic clothing and footwear for the duration of the course, and won’t be allowed any personal items.
A backpack, also known as a ‘Bergen’, will contain essentials to get them through the course, including a helmet, chest harness, a towel, toilet roll and sanitising wipes.
Despite their fame and accomplishments, recruits will have no names, and simply be referred to via their number on their armband.
Not a walk in the park: Details have emerged on the very gruelling conditions the recruits will face, as they attempt to pass the selection process to join the Australian Army’s elite Special Air Service
Bare minimum: Sleeping arrangements include a simple camp cot, a sleeping bag and only one army blanket
There are no flushing toilets, with only a portable toilet available that has to be cleaned by the recruits on a daily basis.
Sleeping arrangements include a simple camp cot, a sleeping bag and only one army blanket.
There is no access to hot water, and just three meals of very basic food are served, with some days seeing recruits eating as little as 1,400 calories.
Only the clothes on their back: Recruits are issued with basic clothing and footwear for the duration of the course, and won’t be allowed any personal items
No star treatment: Despite their fame and accomplishments, recruits will have no names, and simply be referred to via their number on their armband. Pictured: Candice Warner (left) and Jackson Warne (centre)
Military-style: The course is not for the fainthearted, with multiple explosions, up to 22 hours of helicopter time, and common injuries including fractured ribs. Pictured: Candice Warner
The course is not for the fainthearted, with multiple explosions, up to 22 hours of helicopter time, and common injuries including fractured ribs.
Filming for SAS Australia began earlier this year in Queenstown, New Zealand, but production was relocated to the NSW Snowy Mountains due to travel restrictions being enforced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alongside convicted drug smuggler Schapelle, other stars who have signed on include publicist Roxy Jacenko, comedian Merrick Watts and former Ironwoman Candice Warner.
Intense: Former British Special Forces agent Ant Middleton (pictured) promises the recruits will ‘think they’re in hell’
In a recent trailer, former British Special Forces agent Ant Middleton admitted that the show is not for the fainthearted.
‘It will be such a shock to their system, they’re going to think they’re in hell,’ he said.
SAS Australia premieres Monday, October 19, at 7.30pm on Channel 7
Tune in: SAS Australia premieres Monday, October 19, at 7.30pm on Channel 7