SAS Australia 2021: Candice Warner’s stern advice to new recruits

Ironwoman Candice Warner has issued a stern warning to this year’s batch of SAS Australia celebrity recruits.

Ironwoman Candice Warner has warned this year’s batch of SAS Australia recruits the experience will be “like living a nightmare”.

Mother of three Warner, 36, was one of the favourites from the first season of the controversial reality show.

“A lot of the contestants, it will be a nightmare for them, they will be living in a nightmare,” the wife of cricketer David Warner told Confidential.

Candice Warner on SAS Australia.

“I take my hat off to them because that is very courageous especially after seeing what we went through.”

Warner’s comments come as a new group of celebrities commit to a gruelling few weeks competing in various physical and mental challenges as they undertake the SAS selection course. They are under the guidance of elite British ex-Special Forces soldiers Ant Middleton, Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham, Jason ‘Foxy’ Fox and Ollie Ollerton.

Sam Burgess, Erin Holland, Pete Murray, Kerri Pottharst and Jana Pittman are among this year’s competitors.

“You do lose a bit of your dignity, maybe going to the toilet next to someone for example,” Warner explained.

Candice Warner at The Championships. Picture: Hanna Lassen/Getty

Candice Warner on SAS Australia with Ant Middleton. Picture: Nigel Wright

“At the end of the day you forget about that and you are there to do a task and that is what is important, completing that task. They will gain so much from it and it will be the best experience that they ever had.”

AFLW player Sabrina Frederick, radio funnyman Merrick Watts and Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins were the only three recruits to pass SAS selection in the first season.

Warner said the course is as much about mental endurance as physical ability.

“If they can keep it together mentally, it puts them in good stead to be there at the end of the course,” she said. “There is obviously a physical component to it so you need to be able to complete the tasks but mental strength is just as important.”

SAS Australia 2021 cast.

Others competing this season, which will air on Channel 7 later this year, include John Steffensen, Brynne Edelsten, Jett Kenny, Alicia Molik, Mark Phillipoussis, Isabelle Cornish, Dan Ewing, Emma Husar, Manu Feildel, Heath Shaw and Jessica Peris.

Here is the full list of who made the cut for 2021 SAS Australia:

• Alicia Molik, 40 – Tennis Champion
• Bonnie Anderson, 26 – Singer / Actor
• Brynne Edelsten, 38 – Socialite
• Dan Ewing, 35, – Actor
• Emma Husar, 40 – Former Politician
• Erin Holland, 32 – TV Presenter
• Heath Shaw, 35 – AFL Star
• Isabelle Cornish, 26 – Actor
• Jana Pittman, 38 – Dual Olympian
• Jessica Peris, 31 – Sprinter
• Jett Kenny, 26 – Ironman
• John Steffensen, 38 – Olympic Runner
• Kerri Pottharst, 55 – Beach Volleyball Olympian
• Koby Abberton, 42 – Bra Boy, surfer
• Manu Feildel, 47 – Celebrity Chef
• Mark Philippoussis, 44 – Tennis Legend
• Pete Murray, 51 – Singer-Songwriter
• Sam Burgess, 32 – NRL Star

Originally published as SAS Australia 2021: Candice Warner’s stern advice to new recruits