Clare Is The Shattered Champion

January 10th, 22:11PM

The trainee copper from Poole walks away £97,000 richer tonight after managing to stay awake the longest in the Sleep Off Countdown, after a total of 178 hours of sleep deprivation.

The Sleep Off Countdown started at 3.45pm and the first person to fall asleep was Jonathan, who closed his eyes at 4.12pm. A quarter of a second later, Chris fell asleep - and finally Clare nodded off at 6.10pm.

Of her victory, the 19-year-old from Poole revealed her secret strategy. "I was singing to myself and played a blinking game."

With the winnings, Clare plans to be very sensible with it. "I'm just going to bank it." Practical as ever, the strawberry blonde confessed that shaving her legs is one of the things she is looking forward to most.

But Clare 'The Terminator' finally began to suffer today. Wandering around in a daze today, she said: "I've lost my eyes completely. I can't seem to get out of this little hole."

Earlier today, Chris was struggling again but managed to pull himself up by his bootstraps."My confidence has come back completely," said the rejuvenated broadcasting student. "I'm fully charged."

But Clare wasn't convinced, confiding in Jonathan that Chris would suffer during the Sleep Off: "He's going to conk out in two seconds."

According to Shattered's sleep expert Neil Stanley, believes the participants have performed really well. "They haven't been clumsy. They haven't ended up in the garden thinking they're in the toilet."

But perhaps the most interesting finding was that libido does not increase with sleep deprivation. So for any of you out there interested in going to the furthest extremities of this challenge, think again. Your love lives will suffer!