
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.
StatusReturning Series
TypeReality
Original LanguageEnglish
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Season 1 of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test premiered on January 4, 2023

Season 2 of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test premiered on September 25, 2023
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.

Season 3 of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test premiered on January 8, 2025
Season 4 of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test premiered on September 25, 2025
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.

Rudy Reyes
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Mark Billingham
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Jason Fox
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Remi Adeleke
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Teresa Giudice
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Gia Giudice
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Shawn Johnson
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Ravi Patel
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Jussie Smollett
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Johnny Manziel
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Jessie James Decker
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Eva Marcille
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Brittany Cartwright
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Chanel Iman
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Kody Brown
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Eric Decker
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Brianna LaPaglia
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Andrew East
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Jovon 'Q' Quarles
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