SAS: Who Dares Wins fans were left unimpressed as two winners were announced in the show’s final episode.
During the finale for the show’s seventh series, it was announced that 8th recruit Paige and 18th recruit Shylla are the two contestants who have passed the course.
The pair have taken on the gruelling challenge deep in the Jordan desert and underwent extreme mental and physical challenges throughout the series.
Chief instructor Rudy Reyes revealed the news to the women and said: “What you need to pass this course, the strength, grit, resilience and the spirit to drive on, you have all excelled.”
He also said that it is “not the size of the dog in the fight” that matters, but the “size of the fight in the dog,” which he accredited to “an undying passion to be the best”.
However, fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the win.
One wrote: “It doesn’t seem fair that the other two failed.”
Another added: “You’d be absolutely gutted to get to the very end and not pass the course wouldn’t you? Brutal!”
Others, however, were loving the programme as one tweeted: “Amazing job to 8 & 18!! Great job! Very inspirational.”
Someone else gushed: “Wow, what determination! Another great series. Well done to all those candidates who took part as it looked gruelling. And well done the all four finalists, I don’t know how you could separate them. All winners.”
Despite the underwhelming fan response, Paige and Shylla were firm fan favourites to win and deservedly took the crown together.
26-year-old Paige, from Durham, spoke about her win and said that she “couldn’t believe it” but “felt amazing”.
She admitted that the selection process was “absolutely disgusting” but that after each task, she felt a “sense of achievement”.
Paige said that her worst moment was “on the sand dunes” as she could “see all the people passing her,” which was disappointing as she describes herself as “quite a competitive person,” to the point where the adrenaline “gets too much”.
The forensic science student admitted that she was “laughing and crying at herself” as she tried to traverse the sand dune, but “fell back every time”.
However, the star’s best moment was “seeing the umpire’s face” and “the gas task,” because “they were all laughing” together.
Shylla also gave some insight into her time on the show and said that her victory “hadn’t sunk in yet”.
The 33-year-old admitted she “needs a year off for her legs to recover” but would “love to do something like this again,” as she managed to conquer her anxiety by “stepping off the edge, jumping out of a helicopter and abseiling down a building”.
Shylla also said that to “reach the final with three other women” and “four left on the final day” felt “amazing”.
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