E10
10. Interrogation
The last remaining recruits face their final phase -- enduring the mental duress of enemy interrogation.
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Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
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S5 E4 · Leadership
About Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test is a reality TV series that premiered on FOX on January 4, 2023. It has 5 seasons and 41 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 5 Episode 4 "Leadership", aired on October 15, 2026.
Celebrities endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual special forces selection process; their goal is not to win votes and face eliminations — for them it is just about survival.
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41 episodes · 5 seasons
Season 1
2023 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago
- E9
9. Survival
The final group of remaining recruits attempt to go behind enemy lines without being captured, and face tough lessons of survival, leadership and how to decipher a map.
- E8
8. Courage
The recruits find themselves back in the water with one of the most physically challenging tests thus far; as the group forms a deep emotional bond with one another, one recruit has a shocking exit.
- E7
7. Resilience
The DS test the remaining recruits with a chemical warfare challenge; celebrity contestants reveal their personal stories that led them to signing up for the show.
- E6
6. Fear
The celebrity recruits learn a valuable lesson in using fear to inform and help.
- E5
5. Pressure
The recruits face a skyscraping tactical repel and a high-pressure simulation.
- E4
4. Trust
The celebrity recruits must have trust in each other and in their leaders in order to survive; each recruit must rely on another to break their fall from a skyscraping cliff.
- E3
3. Mindset
The recruits are faced with an emergency escape drill; tensions begin to arise as the recruits confront each other over disagreements and the pressure of the selection process becomes too much to handle for some.
- E2
2. Weakness
Celebrities endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual special forces selection process; their goal is not to win votes and face eliminations -- for them it is just about survival.
- E1
1. Test of Character
Sixteen household names arrive in the desert, about to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process.
Season 2
2023 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 2 years ago
In season 2, the recruits are faced with the harsh reality of winter warfare training on the mountains of New Zealand. They face the ice breaker drill where they are submerged in a frozen lake to find their body temperature plummeting to near hypothermic levels. They attempt a treacherous ravine crossing atop a 4700 ft snowcapped mountain peak as well as an emergency escape out of a helicopter submerged deep in icy waters.
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 2 release dates →- E8
8. Capture
The recruits are captured and taken into their final stage of selection: 12 hours of military-grade interrogation; resistance and the will to survive are key, and only the strongest recruits pass the course.
- E7
7. Grit
The recruits are taken to a remote mountain range where they are tasked with pulling sleds through two miles of dangerous terrain, then later escaping invasion from enemy hunters, before they take on their last 24 hours of selection.
- E6
6. Survival
The recruits face the most dangerous task yet, a helicopter survival drill, as a test of their ability to mentally handle a life-or-death situation.
- E5
5. Pressure
The remaining recruits are taken to the top of a mountain range to face the most demanding exercise of selection so far using a single rope to crawl across a deadly ravine.
E4
4. Character
As a test of their character, they are tasked with a 2-mile race, navigating treacherous terrain, while carrying a 220-pound boat.
E3
3. Panic
The celebrity recruits are put to the test of safely protecting a convoy under a surprise attack.
E2
2. Exposure
The remaining recruits are tasked with submerging themselves in icy water and then simulate infiltrating enemy infrastructure by racing each other down a 330 foot dam.
E1
1. Far from Home
A new troop of 14 household names face the harsh reality of winter warfare training.
Season 3
2025 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago
E10
10. Capture
As the recruits experience the most challenging part of their journey, they must try their best to conceal that they have been working with the Special Forces in order to successfully pass selection.
E9
9. On the Run
Entering their final week of Selection, the remaining recruits are challenged mentally to harness their vulnerability and shift their mindsets to overcome the final tasks. The recruits fight the "Redman," escape an ambush and evade an enemy hunter base, and approach the most terrifying phase of the course, resistance to interrogation. As the recruits experience the most challenging part of their journey, they must try their best to conceal that they have been working with the Special Forces in order to successfully pass Selection.
E8
8. Resilience
The recruits undergo a search-and-rescue course, crawl along a rope suspended over a canyon, face a grueling three-stage endurance test in the mountainous terrain, and a brakeman rope challenge.
E7
7. Duty
Contestants take on a search-and-rescue course, crawl over a rope spanning a canyon and face a brutal three-stage endurance test
E6
6. Trust
The recruits must trust each other in order to survive.
E5
5. Panic
Recruits must unlock a safe in a gas-filled room, perform a helicopter insertion into the blistering cold sea, and select recruits are forced to bury their teammates into coffins after cheating in a previous challenge.
E4
4. Brotherhood
The recruits face new challenges including escaping a boat crash and intense combat exercises
E3
3. Terror
The recruits face new challenges including escaping a boat crash and an intense combat exercise.
E2
2. Survival
Challenges include treading water as a group and bungee jumping off a 12-story viaduct.
E1
1. Ocean Warfare
FOX's ultimate celebrity social experiment, Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, returns for a third season, enlisting a troop of household names to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This time around, the recruits will be training in Wales, the home of British Special Forces Selection, and will endure the harsh reality of ocean warfare. On their way to base, and with hardly any time to get acquainted, the new recruits are faced with their first challenges which include taking a mighty leap out of a moving boat onto a helicopter, testing their endurance by treading water as a group and bungee-jumping off a 12-story viaduct.
Season 4
2025 · 9 episodes · Last episode: 11 months ago
FOX's ultimate celebrity social experiment, Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, returns for a fourth season, enlisting a new troop of household names to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This time around, the recruits will be training in Morocco and will endure the extreme circumstances of urban warfare. New this season, some recruits arrive in pairs consisting of spouses and family members but will compete individually.
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 4 release dates →- E9
9. Interrogation
In the final week of selection, the recruits are subjected to a multi-stage process of interrogation and are placed under gradually increasing duress.
- E8
8. Evasion
In one of the most intense physical challenges yet, the remaining recruits are split into two teams to attempt an extraction operation and are uplifted by heartwarming messages from home.
- E7
7. Composure
The recruits must perform under stress, but also learn from failure (as some pairs did) and improve their mindset. The staff keep pushing the notion that attitude matters as much as skill.
- E6
6. Grit
The recruits are split into teams and face a high-stakes physical challenge: they must sidestep along a 165-foot rope suspended above a canyon floor, testing balance, coordination, and nerves. Once on the rope, the teams must fight to get a ball over the opposition’s goal line — turning the rope traverse into a competitive “murder-ball” style exercise under extreme conditions. The episode is described as pushing the recruits’ grit: physically, mentally, and as a team.
- E5
5. Trust
The recruits were split into teams and competed in a grueling race under the scorching heat, aiming to be the first to complete the course. This task tested their physical limits and ability to work together under extreme conditions.
- E4
4. Mind Set
The recruits must focus as they plummet down a 330-foot drop, then at the bottom, they are asked to recite a set of coordinates which they were asked to memorize prior to the drop. Then, the recruits are split into teams and challenged to navigate through tight tunnels and trenches.
- E3
3. Warzone
With nothing more than a radio kit and each other, the recruits must communicate effectively and move quickly as they work together to identify fallen comrades in a casualty evacuation test behind enemy lines. Then, when their team's mission is compromised, they must cross rooftops to make it to extraction.
- E2
2. Survival
The recruits are strapped inside an old cargo plane then lowered into a dam 215 feet below them, forced to escape underwater. Then, the recruits go head-to-head in an intense military-style boxing match.
- E1
1. Behind Enemy Lines
As the recruits make their way to base, they are faced with initiation and their first brutal challenge: repelling out of a military-grade helicopter. Later, the recruits get a taste of what it's like operating behind enemy lines as they carry supplies weighing 800 pounds in sweltering 100-degree heat.
Season 5
2026 · 4 episodes · Last episode: 3 weeks ago
- E4
4. Leadership
Day four challenges some recruits to lead their team in a hostage rescue in a race against time.
- E3
3. Trust
On day three, the recruits will brave their toughest obstacle yet: each other.
- E2
2. Duty
It's day two, and the recruits work together to retrieve a supply drop while dangling from a ladder three hundred feet above the jungle canopy.
- E1
1. Jungle Warfare
FOX's ultimate celebrity social experiment returns, enlisting fifteen new recruits to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This season, the recruits will be deployed deep in the Malaysian jungle. Upon arrival, they must plunge backwards from a hovering helicopter into the water below or risk failing.
Cast & crew
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Kayla Nicole
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Cam Newton
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Brody Jenner
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Golden Tate
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Alana Blanchard
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Christy Carlson Romano
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Kyla Pratt
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Carey Hart
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Landon Donovan
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Jordyn Wieber
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Trista Sutter
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Nathan Adrian
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Marion Jones
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Denise Richards
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Stephen Baldwin
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Ali Fedotowsky
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The most recent episode of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, Season 5 Episode 4 "Leadership", aired on October 15, 2026.
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Special Forces: World's Toughest Test has 5 seasons with 41 episodes in total.
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