Plot Synopsis

Based on the British TV series SAS: WHO DARES WINS, SPECIAL FORCES: WORLD'S TOUGHEST TEST is a reality series that features 16 celebrities enduring some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. There are no votes, and no eliminations -- just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, quickly learn the meaning of "no guts, no glory" -- and no glam. Selection for the Special Forces is a test unlike any other. Sixteen celebrities from all genres take on, and try to survive, demanding training exercises led by Directing Staff (DS) agents Rudy Reyes, Mark "Billy" Billingham, Jason "Foxy" Fox, and Remi Adeleke, an elite team of ex-special forces operatives. In this series, the only way for these recruits to leave is to give up on their own accord, through failure or potential injury, or by force from the DS. Viewers see the recruits face the harshest of environments that simulate the highly classified selection process, pushing themselves in a way they have never been challenged before. The series is the ultimate test of their physical, mental and emotional resilience -- revealing the celebrities' deepest and truest character. Who will quit, who will survive?

The sophomore season of SPECIAL FORCES: WORLD'S TOUGHEST TEST premiered on Monday, September 25, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on FOX. A new group of celebrity recruits are ready to test their bodies and minds as they are pushed to the limit through some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This season, the group of celebrities which includes medaled Olympians, beloved actors, iconic television personalities and a seven-time NBA champion, arrive in an all-new treacherous winter terrain to face extreme training drills, including an emergency escape from a submerged helicopter, a cliff crawl across a snowcapped mountain peak and a daring backwards dive into icy waters in the dead of night. There are no votes and no eliminations -- just survival. They try to survive the demanding training exercises led by Directing Staff (DS) agents Rudy Reyes, Mark "Billy" Billingham, Jason "Foxy" Fox and new agent, Jovon "Q" Quarles, an elite team of ex-special forces operatives. The 14 celebrities in Season 2 include: Dez Bryant, Tyler Cameron, Savannah Chrisley, Blac Chyna, Brian Austin Green, Robert Horry, Erin Jackson, Bode Miller, Jack Osbourne, Tara Reid, Kelly Rizzo, Tom Sandoval, JoJo Siwa and Nick Viall. In the season opener, "Far from Home," the recruits will be faced with the harsh reality of winter warfare training on the mountains of New Zealand where the terrain and freezing temperatures are brutal and the tasks will feel like torture. There are no votes, and no eliminations - just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, will quickly learn the meaning of "no guts, no glory" -- and no glam. The only way for these recruits to leave is to give up on their own accord, through failure or potential injury, or by force from the DS. Who will survive, who will fail?
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Season 3 of SPECIAL FORCES: WORLD'S TOUGHEST TEST debuted on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 from 8-10pm ET/PT on FOX. Each week, the two-hour episodes feature household names enduring some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This time around, the recruits train in Wales, the home of British Special Forces Selection, and endure the harsh reality of ocean warfare. The recruits must learn the art of getting comfortable with being uncomfortable as they are faced with training challenges across the country's vast terrain of both land and sea, including a high pressure hostage rescue, a treacherous ladder crossing between steep cliffs nearly 100 ft above the sea, a boat dunk drill where they will be submerged into the frigid ocean and tasked with performing essential survival duties, a surf immersion where they will have to control their panic in an exercise that takes them to the brink of drowning, and much more. In this experiment, there are no votes and no eliminations -- just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, will quickly learn the meaning of "no guts, no glory" -- and no glam. Sixteen celebrities from all genres and walks of life, will take on, and try to survive, demanding training exercises led by Directing Staff (DS) agents Rudy Reyes, Mark "Billy" Billingham, Jason "Foxy" Fox and Jovon "Q" Quarles, an elite team of ex-special forces operatives. The 16 celebrities in Season 3 are: Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist Nathan Adrian; Actor Stephen Baldwin; Pro-Surfer and Model Alana Blanchard; Pro Soccer Player Landon Donovan; Motocross Champion Carey Hart; TV Personality and DJ Brody Jenner; Olympic Track and Field Athlete Marion Jones; Influencer and Former Bachelorette Ali Manno (Fedotowsky); NFL Pro-Bowler Cam Newton; Influencer and Model Kayla Nicole; Actress Kyla Pratt; Actress Denise Richards; Actress and Podcast Host Christy Carlson Romano; Original Bachelorette Trista Sutter; Superbowl Champion Golden Tate; and Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medalist Jordyn Wieber