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Tough As Nails

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About Tough As Nails

Tough As Nails is a reality TV series that premiered on CBS on July 8, 2020. It has 5 seasons and 50 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 5 Episode 10 "Ready for Take Off", aired on July 30, 2023.

Working-class Americans are tested for their strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness in challenges that take place in the real world.

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Episodes

50 episodes · 5 seasons

Season 1

2020 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 6 years ago

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    10. Finish the Job

    Finale

    The final five competitors battle to be crowned the champion of TOUGH AS NAILS and win the $200,000 prize! Plus, the finalists get a much-needed boost when their loved ones cheer them on.

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    9. Cut It Up

    Teams "Savage Crew" and "Dirty Hands" compete in the final competition to win the overall team prize.

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    8. Trust Your Gear

    Competitors take on a series of "Five alarm" challenges at a firefighter training facility, where they must clear a 60-foot-long section of brush, save a victim from a simulated disaster zone and extinguish a fire before rappelling down from the top of a four-story building.

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    7. Trash Day

    The two crews each look for an important win in the team competition when tasked with packing a moving van, and competitors look to avoid elimination during the individual competition by collecting and loading trash into a moving garbage truck.

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    6. Game of Telephone

    Teams are challenged mentally and physically when tasked with pushing 24 heavy barrels uphill and arranging them in a specific order at an oil field, and one crew member must conquer a fear of heights to climb a telephone pole.

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    5. Mind Over Matter

    It's no day at the beach for teams Savage Crew and Dirty Hands as they compete to fill and seal giant bags of sand.

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    4. Release the Bull!

    Tensions run high during the team challenge when one crew has issues with communication while building a large fence on a farm.

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    3. Heavy Metal

    The crew competes in a series of challenges at a junk yard, where they must take apart a car and retrieve auto parts. Next, the last two standing need all the strength they can spare in an overtime challenge removing tires from the rims.

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    2. Get the Job Done

    The crew takes on three additional challenges: they get down and dirty in their first team competition as they work to complete the missing part of a railroad track; they "punch in" for their initial individual test, and the last two standing face off in a railroad overtime challenge, on part two of the two-hour series premiere.

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    1. Redefining Toughness

    Twelve hard-working Americans take on navigating a wheelbarrow and testing their brick-laying skills to win the opportunity to choose their teams, on part one of the two-hour series premiere.

Season 2

2021 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 5 years ago

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  1. E10

    10. Everything Is on the Line

    Finale

    The final four crew members, Scott, Sarah, Zeus and Swifty, put it all on the line and compete in a series of challenges to be crowned the champion and win the $200,000 prize.

  2. E9

    9. Nothing Personal, It's Business

    Fan favorites from season one stop by to lead the crew in the final team challenge hanging sheet rock, and in the individual challenge laying shingles.

  3. E8

    8. Running on Empty

    Dirty Hands looks to clench the $60,000 bonus in the team competition by being the first crew to restore a wreck into a working car.

  4. E7

    7. Orange You Glad You're Tough

    The Dirty Hands and Savage Crew teams dig deep in order to sow the seeds of victory as they compete to landscape the front yard of a new house during the team competition.

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    6. True Colors

    Crew members head into the city where they must complete a detailed paint job and clean the outside windows of a downtown skyscraper.

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    5. Pour Your Heart Out

    Crew members look to score a win in the team competition when they must convert a stadium from a concert venue to a soccer field.

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    4. It's Gonna Be a Sheep Show

    Crew members get down on the farm in a series of jobs that require stacking 100 bales of hay, herding sheep and making horseshoes.

  8. E3

    3. The Roller

    The crew members dig deep in the individual competition as they maneuver a bulldozer through a course in order to avoid "punching out."

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    2. Keep on Baitin

    Things get slippery when the 12 everyday heroes punch in for their first individual challenge of transporting 250 pounds of slime eels into a container.

  10. E1

    1. Just Another Day on the Job

    The 12 new contenders who are everyday heroes take on their first job - making concrete - with the first two to complete the individual task named crew bosses who get to select their own crews for the team competitions.

Season 3

2021 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 4 years ago

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  1. E10

    10. Dreams Never Die

    Finale
  2. E9

    9. Bull in a China Shop

  3. E8

    8. Battle Lines

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands "pound the pavement" in the team competition where they must reseal a massive parking lot.

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    7. Mic Drop

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands take center stage when they must set up a lighting grid at the iconic Los Angeles theater The Wiltern.

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    6. Mud and Mayhem

    The crews must install a crop field irrigation system.

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    5. Pressure Don't Scare Me

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands race to the Irwindale Speedway in Los Angeles, where they must work together to be the fastest team to complete a race car pit stop.

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    4. Facing Fear

    Crew members visit the U.S. Coast Guard, where it's time to sink or swim in a search and rescue individual challenge.

  8. E3

    3. It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Freight Train

    Season two crew member "Freight Train" returns to lead the competitors through their individual challenge of delivering boxes.

  9. E2

    2. Fight Tooth and Nail

    Crew members punch in for their first individual challenge, repairing snow fences on Mt. Baldy, the highest peak in Los Angeles.

  10. E1

    1. Ready for Battle

    Twelve new contestants arrive and their first challenge is to race to receive cargo dropped from a C-130 plane.

Season 4

2023 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago

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  1. E10

    10. Keep Battling ‘til the End

  2. E9

    9. This Is Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon

  3. E8

    8. Pressure Is On

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    7. Skills to Pay the Bills

    Season three competitor and carpenter Lamar Hanger returns to guide the crews through a series of construction challenges.

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    6. Rise and Grind

    Crew members compete in pairs to shrink wrap a large container, with the last couple to finish facing the overtime challenge where one person will be eliminated from the individual competition.

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    5. Crush It!

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands get tangled up in the team challenge when they must organize and load a 15,000-pound fishing net onto a boat.

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    4. That's a Safety Hazard

    Diesel mechanic Quincey Walker guides the crews through a series of challenges that involve servicing automobiles.

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    3. I Look Like Curious George

    Crew members visit a plant nursery where attention to detail is key when building a complex planter box in the individual challenge.

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    2. Perfect Symphony

    Part two of a special two hour season four premiere.

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    1. Welcome to Catalina Island

    Host Phil Keoghan welcomes 12 new crew members to Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California; competitors must build a concrete retaining wall for their first individual competition.

Season 5

2023 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago

TOUGH AS NAILS is a competition series that celebrates everyday Americans who consider the calluses on their hands a badge of honor . For the first time, the show filmed in the Canadian “Steeltown” of Hamilton, Ontario, and features essential workers from both the United States and Canada who are ready to test their strength, endurance, life skills and mental toughness in challenges that take place in real-world scenarios.

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    10. Ready for Take Off

    Finale

    The final three compete in the most challenging gauntlet yet for the title of TOUGH AS NAILS champion and the coveted winner's belt.

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    9. Winning's Not Everything, But Losing Sucks

    Dirty Hands and Savage Crew compete in the final team competition when they battle it out in a series of head-to-head matches inspired by the trades.

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    8. You Can't Always Be the Hammer

    Crew members compete in a series of challenges that give back to the local community

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    7. Boom or Bust

    The crews take a trip to the quarry where the contestants face the most explosive individual challenge ever when they must install 20 detonators.

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    6. Just Trying to Be Me

    Working-class Americans are tested for their strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness in challenges that take place in the real world.

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    5. How Do You Like Them Apples?

    Season 3 winner Lia Mort returns to guide the crews through a series of challenges at a local apple orchard; teams race to gather as many bushels of apples as quickly as possible.

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    4. Man Made It, These Hands Can Fix It

    Teams are tasked with completing a muddy motocross track to the exact standards of professional riders.

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    3. Zink About It

    In the individual challenge, crew members are tasked with designing and welding a structure that can withstand the crushing force of 1 ton of weight.

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    2. First Dance

    Competitors cut, grind and torch 500 pounds of scrap metal; the first to finish the job earn the privilege of choosing their teammates.

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    1. Tough Times Don't Last but Tough People Do

    Competitors cut, grind and torch 500 pounds of scrap metal; the first to finish the job earn the privilege of choosing their teammates.

Cast & crew

Created by Phil Keoghan

  • Martin Short

    Martin Short

    Self

Tough As Nails FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Tough As Nails?

Tough As Nails has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on July 30, 2023.

When did the latest episode of Tough As Nails come out?

The most recent episode of Tough As Nails, Season 5 Episode 10 "Ready for Take Off", aired on July 30, 2023.

How many seasons of Tough As Nails are there?

Tough As Nails has 5 seasons with 50 episodes in total.

When did Tough As Nails first air?

Tough As Nails first aired on CBS on July 8, 2020.

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