Series synopsis
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test is an American reality television series that premiered on FOX on January 4, 2023. It stars Rudy Reyes, Billy Billingham, Jason Fox and Remi Adeleke.
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.
Premise
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.
Premise: 16 celebrities. No mercy.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Rudy Reyes as Self
- Billy Billingham as Self
- Jason Fox as Self
- Remi Adeleke as Self
- JoJo Siwa as Self
- Teresa Giudice as Self - Recruit
- Tara Reid as Self
- Gia Giudice as Self - Recruit
Supporting cast
- Blac Chyna as Self
- Shawn Johnson as Self - Recruit
- Brian Austin Green as Self
- Ravi Patel as Self - Recruit
- Jack Osbourne as Self
- Jussie Smollett as Self - Recruit
- Erin Jackson as Self
- Johnny Manziel as Self - Recruit
- Bode Miller as Self
- Jessie James Decker as Self - Recruit
- Kelly Rizzo-Saget as Self
- Eva Marcille as Self - Recruit
Guest cast
- Kayla Nicole as Self
- Cam Newton as Self
- Brody Jenner as Self
- Golden Tate as Self
- Alana Blanchard as Self
- Christy Carlson Romano as Self
- Kyla Pratt as Self
- Carey Hart as Self
- Landon Donovan as Self
- Jordyn Wieber as Self
- Trista Sutter as Self
- Nathan Adrian as Self
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 37 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | January 4, 2023 | March 1, 2023 |
| Season 2 | 8 | September 25, 2023 | November 27, 2023 |
| Season 3 | 10 | January 8, 2025 | February 5, 2025 |
| Season 4 | 9 | September 25, 2025 | November 20, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
January 4, 2023 |
| 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. |
January 4, 2023 |
| 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. |
January 11, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Far from Home A new troop of 14 household names face the harsh reality of winter warfare training. |
September 25, 2023 |
| 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. |
October 2, 2023 |
| 3 |
Panic The celebrity recruits are put to the test of safely protecting a convoy under a surprise attack. |
October 9, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
January 8, 2025 |
| 2 |
Survival Challenges include treading water as a group and bungee jumping off a 12-story viaduct. |
January 8, 2025 |
| 3 |
Terror The recruits face new challenges including escaping a boat crash and an intense combat exercise. |
January 15, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
September 25, 2025 |
| 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. |
October 2, 2025 |
| 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. |
October 9, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | FOX |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 4, 2023 |
| Last aired | November 20, 2025 |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |