Special Forces: World's Toughest Test — Season 1

Aired 4 January 2023 • 42 min

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.

Aired 4 January 2023 • 42 min

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.

Aired 11 January 2023 • 42 min

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.

Aired 18 January 2023 • 42 min

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.

Aired 25 January 2023 • 42 min

The recruits face a skyscraping tactical repel and a high-pressure simulation.

Aired 1 February 2023 • 42 min

The celebrity recruits learn a valuable lesson in using fear to inform and help.

Aired 8 February 2023 • 42 min

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.

Aired 15 February 2023 • 42 min

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.

Aired 22 February 2023 • 42 min

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.

Aired 1 March 2023 • 42 min

The last remaining recruits face their final phase -- enduring the mental duress of enemy interrogation.