How the SAS Australia stars beat bad body odour WITHOUT deodorant

They may have had to fall 100 feet into a river or carry heavy sandbags and ammunition containers along a gruelling 4km course.

But for the celebrities on SAS Australia, the real challenge was how to beat body odour without deodorant, and don’t turn your nose up at the novel solution.

The stars of the show raided the medical kit to find a solution to bad B.O – and found one in bottles of bug repellent, normally designed to keep the creepy crawlies at bay.

Genius! The stars of SAS Australia kept their body odour in check with bug spray after deodorant was banned 

‘How do you beat B.O and keep the bugs at baby at the same time? Bug repellent,’ said one celebrity contestant.

SAS Australia is a remake of the hit British TV show SAS: Who Dares Wins and puts stars through their paces as they attempt to pass the selection process to join the Australian Army’s elite Special Air Service.

A production source said for the celebrity contestants one of the big issues was how to maintain the most basic standards of hygiene in an environment where things like deodorant and after shave were banned products. 

In a sweat: A production source said for the celebrity contestants one of the big issues was how to maintain the most basic standards of hygiene in an environment where things like deodorant and after shave were banned products.

‘This is where the contestants used their ingenuity and used bug repellent as a way to sort out their underarm issues,’ said a production source. 

‘The problem was pretty noticeable. You have to remember these celebrities are engaged in all sorts of physical activity and are sweating like crazy, so they are going to smell…. right. 

‘Bug repellent doesn’t just ward off bugs. It keeps B.O at bay too. 

‘The girls were mostly using it. The guys didn’t seem to care as much. They were all smelling as bad as one another so they probably didn’t care too much.’