Ultimate Hell Week: The Professionals returns to our TV screens tonight at 9.35pm on RTÉ 1 after a brilliant season last year. Ahead of its premiere tonight, the Ultimate Hell week cast has been revealed
RTÉ have announced the 20 contestants that will be put through gruelling physical challenges and have their mental strength tested in the hit TV show.
The contestants range from famous sporting personalities, a TV host and a singer.
Former GAA stars such as Cork’s Eoin Cadogan and Westmeath’s Boidu Sayeh will be joined by retired Munster Rugby player Billy Holland, while social media star Tadhg Fleming will also take part.
Several actors will be involved such as Fiona O’Carroll and Johnny Ward whilst former Irish Women Rugby team captain Ciara Griffin is also making an appearance on the show.
Here is all the information you need to know about the contestants. The programme will run for the next 7 weeks.
Ultimate Hell Week cast: The Sport Stars
David Gillick
18 August 2008; David Gillick, Ireland, in action during his heat of the Men's 400m where he finished 4th in a time of 45.83 and failed to progress to the semi-finals. Beijing 2008 - Games of the XXIX Olympiad, National Stadium, Olympic Green, Beijing, China. Picture credit: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE
David is one of Ireland’s most successful sprint athletes. Won gold medals in 2005 and in 2009 at the European Championships.
Billy Holland
Billy Holland is a former Munster rugby player who made 247 appearances for the southern province and retired recently in 2021.
Aisling Daly
Korean Zombie walking out to The Cranberries is obviously great and makes total sense, but...
AISLING DALY HAD THE BEST CRANBERRIES WALKOUT OF ALL TIME! 🙌pic.twitter.com/VC3HnmtlSV— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) December 21, 2019
Aisling Daly is a retired Irish Female professional mixed marital artist.
Setanta O’ hAilpín
Setanta O’hAilpín is a former hurler for Cork before moving to Australia to become a professional Australian Rules footballer
Oisin Murphy
Oisin Murphy is a former Irish jockey who was a British champion back in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Eric Donovan
Eric Donovan is a professional boxer who was the five time Irish National Champion.
Eoin Cadogan
Eoin Cadogan is a former hurler with the Cork Senior Team.
Boidu Sayeh
Brilliant to chat to Westmeath senior footballer, Boidu Sayeh, this week. Check out The So-Called Weaker Podcast by searching 'https://t.co/Ymmo2N0gCz' on all good podcast apps. pic.twitter.com/h3oFTQGeYU
— Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) May 25, 2018
Boidu Sayeh is a footballer with the Westmeath Senior Team.
Fergus McFadden
The early second-half pressure pays off for 🔵 @leinsterrugby.
Fergus McFadden receives the ball out wide, steps inside and dives in for Leinster's third try 👌
Watch it LIVE on @BBCSPORTNI, @SkySportsRugby and @TG4TV 📺#LEIvULS #GUINNESSPRO14 pic.twitter.com/aAFXT2Cotb— BKT United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) January 6, 2018
Fergus McFadden is a retired Ireland and Leinster rugby player who made 34 appearances for his country.
Ciara Griffin
Ciara Griffin is a former captain of the Irish Women’s rugby team who retired last year.
Michael McKillop
#RT @AthleticsWeekly: RT @ParaAthletics: #OnThisDay ten years ago, Michael McKillop stormed to 800m glory at the #Beijing2008 Paralympic Games! 🇮🇪 🥇 @AthleticsWeekly @ParalympicsIRE @TeamMcKillop pic.twitter.com/ac19qy6BxM
— London Uni Athletics (@LUCA_athletics) September 10, 2018
Michael McKillop is a middle distance runner for Ireland and 3 time Paralympic champion.
Entertainers
Fiona O’Carroll
Fiona O’Caroll is an actor most famous for her role in Mrs Brown’s Boys playing Maria Brown, wife of Dermot Brown.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is the lead singer of the band The Swing Cats
Peter Finn
Peter Finn is the company director of About Finn and Flynn and is most famously known for his appearances in construction shows such as Home Rescue and Room to Improve.
Johnny Ward
Johnny Ward is an actor most famous for his role playing Pauley in the hit RTE series Love/Hate.
Blaithnead Treacy
Blaithnead Treacy is a presenter most known for presenting the National Lottery and RTE’s 2fm official chart show.
Pamela Uba
Pamela Uba was the winner of the Miss Ireland competition in 2021.
Paul Ryder
Paul Ryder is a host of Ireland AM and is one of the country’s most famous drag queens.
Rebeccah O’Rourke
Rebeccah O’Rourke is an Irish fitness model who runs her own online personal training programme.
Tadhg Fleming
Tadhg Fleming is a social media star, who rose to fame after filming his Dad's attempts to catch a bat with a towel after it flew into their home.
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