16 celebrities. No mercy.
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.
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (Season 1)
Test of Character (Episode 1) 6.0
Air date: 2023-01-04
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Weakness (Episode 2) 6.5
Air date: 2023-01-04
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Mindset (Episode 3) 6.8
Air date: 2023-01-11
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Trust (Episode 4) 5.5
Air date: 2023-01-18
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: The celebrity recruits must have trust in each other and in their leaders in order to survive; each recruit must rely on another to break their fall from a skyscraping cliff.
Pressure (Episode 5) 7.2
Air date: 2023-01-25
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: The recruits face a skyscraping tactical repel and a high-pressure simulation.
Fear (Episode 6) 6.0
Air date: 2023-02-01
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: The celebrity recruits learn a valuable lesson in using fear to inform and help.
Resilience (Episode 7) 6.5
Air date: 2023-02-08
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: The DS test the remaining recruits with a chemical warfare challenge; celebrity contestants reveal their personal stories that led them to signing up for the show.
Courage (Episode 8) 6.0
Air date: 2023-02-15
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: The recruits find themselves back in the water with one of the most physically challenging tests thus far; as the group forms a deep emotional bond with one another, one recruit has a shocking exit.
Survival (Episode 9) 6.0
Air date: 2023-02-22
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: The final group of remaining recruits attempt to go behind enemy lines without being captured, and face tough lessons of survival, leadership and how to decipher a map.
Interrogation (Episode 10) 6.0
Air date: 2023-03-01
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: The last remaining recruits face their final phase -- enduring the mental duress of enemy interrogation.
