Bianca Gascoigne has reportedly signed up for 'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins'.
Bianca Gascoigne is set for a new challenge
The former 'Love Island' winner - whose dad is England football legend Paul Gascoigne - is set to head to New Zealand next week to film the upcoming star studded series of the intense military training show for Channel 4.
An insider told The Sun newspaper's TVBiz column: "Bianca is ready and raring to go. She loves challenging herself, and by signing up to SAS she knows she will be pushed to her physical and mental limits.
"Bianca has been on a lot of television shows but nothing as challenging as this, and she cannot wait to get started."
It's said the 36-year-old star knows some people will already have "preconceptions" about her, and she's keen to prove them wrong.
The source added: “As a former model she knows there are people who will have preconceptions of what she is like.
“She wants to show them what she is made of on SAS and those close to her think she will surprise a lot of people.”
It's said Channel 4 bosses are "sparing little expense" on the upcoming celebrity edition of the show after deciding to cancel the civilian version.
An insider recently told the publication: "With the axe falling on the civilian version of SAS, Channel 4 wanted to reaffirm its commitment to the celebrity version.
“So they’re sparing little expense to make it a bumper offering, including extending the series, which started with just five episodes in 2019, to eight.
"It just remains to be seen which famous faces sign up for the show.”
The celebrity edition was launched four years later in 2019 and given that it has a bigger audience than the original, bosses have decided to prioritise that version.
A spokeswoman said: "Due to the huge success of 'Celebrity SAS' we have shifted our focus to prioritise this strand.”
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