EMMA SWEET flies the flag for Guernsey tonight on prime time television.

The 31-year-old is the first Channel Islander to take part in BBC1’s Total Wipeout.

She will battle it out against 19 other contestants around an assault course in a bid to win £10,000.

‘It’s my children’s fault that I went for it, I kept boasting to them that “mummy could do that”,’ said Ms Sweet, mum to son Tian, 13, and daughters Stephanie, 12, and eight-year-old Hollie.

She went to auditions in London before getting the call that she had made it through to the show, which is filmed in Argentina.

‘I found out I was through two weeks before we flew out, so I didn’t really have time to think about it,’ she said.

Ms Sweet went to Buenos Aires at the beginning of April for six days and spent two days filming.

‘It was terrifying seeing the course for the first time from the top of the slide. There was no practice run, you got to the top, did your shout out and went for it.’

She said while her children thought it was cool, they were also worried their mum might hurt herself – or embarrass them.

‘What you don’t realise is how much hard work it is. It looks a lot easier on the TV. I found it tough but it was absolutely brilliant fun. I would do it all again,’ she said.