
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
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.
- 2023-2026
- 5 seasons
- Fox Network
- Game Show, Reality
- TV-14
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.
Season 5 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2026
Episode 1
Jungle Warfare
Thu, Sep 24, 2026 44 mins
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.
Episode 2
Duty
Thu, Oct 1, 2026
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. Next, they must navigate a grueling obstacle course through the dense jungle to test their mental and physical stamina.
Episode 3
Trust
Thu, Oct 8, 2026
On day three, the recruits will brave their toughest obstacle yet: each other. In their first challenge, the recruits pair off in a punishing round of hand-to-hand combat. Later, they must put the utmost trust in one another as their fate hangs off the steep edge of a cliff.
Episode 4
Leadership
Thu, Oct 15, 2026
Day four challenges some recruits to lead their team in a hostage rescue in a race against time. Tensions rise when the recruits must infiltrate an enemy compound to gather information while under a powerful gas attack.
Episode 5
Grit
Wed, Oct 21, 2026
On day five, the recruits must work together and rappel down a twenty-two-story building for an enemy extraction mission; the recruits navigate the treacherous terrain of the Malaysian jungle to clear out an abandoned camp.
Episode 6
Breaking Point
Thu, Oct 29, 2026
The recruits are tasked with locating chemical weapons in underground tunnels by crawling through narrow passageways. They must then push themselves mentally and learn to control their aggression.
Episode 7