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Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
2023 American reality television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Special Forces: World's Toughest Test is an American reality quasi-military training television series that premiered on Fox on January 4, 2023. It is an adaptation of the British reality series SAS: Who Dares Wins and reuses Directing Staff (DS) instructors from that series.
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Like the original British series, Special Forces: World's Toughest Test pits contestants, dubbed "recruits", against harsh environments all around the world in a shortened training course that is designed to replicate a number of elements of the actual United States Special Forces selection course, which is notoriously difficult and has claimed the lives of people who have participated in it. The show's Directing Staff (DS) take the recruits through hostile and unforgiving warfare environments, while testing their mental and physical ability through a series of tests. Unlike many reality competition series, there are no formal elimination points; instead, contestants may voluntarily withdraw or be medically withdrawn at any point prior to completion. They may also be disqualified for failing to complete specific steps of the course. In the British series, recruits may be culled for rule violations, though this is yet to be seen in the American series.
Through the order and variety of training exercises varies from season to season, the final two episodes of each season follow the remaining recruits as they train on escape and evasion during enemy attacks, followed by resistance to interrogation when captured by enemy forces. The latter portion of this stage reuses the same interrogation staff from the original British series, overseen by an anonymous former senior chief intelligence officer referred to as "the Umpire".
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Production
On September 7, 2022, it was announced that Fox had ordered the series, originally titled Special Forces: The Ultimate Test, with Sophie Leonard, Alicia Kerr and Becky Clarke as the executive producers.[2][3] The series premiered on January 4, 2023.[4][5][6] Special Forces: World's Toughest Test season 1 was filmed in Jordan (Wadi Rum Desert).[7] On May 15, 2023, Fox renewed the series for a second season which was filmed in New Zealand's South Island and premiered on September 25, 2023.[8][9] On May 13, 2024, Fox renewed the series for a third season which was filmed in Wales, the home of British Special Forces Selection, and premiered on January 8, 2025 with 2-hour episodes over five weeks.[10][11] On May 12, 2025, Fox renewed the series for a fourth season.[12]
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The Directing Staff (DS) instructors are: Rudy Reyes, a former United States Recon Marine; Jason Fox, a former SBS operator; Mark 'Billy' Billingham, an ex-SAS Sergeant Major and Remi Adeleke, a veteran Navy SEAL Senior Chief.[2][3] Adeleke did not return for Season 2, and was replaced by Jovon 'Q' Quarles, a veteran Navy SEAL.[13] The series is narrated by Shaun Dooley, the same narrator for the original British series.[14]
Recruits
Season 1 (Winter 2023)
Season 2 (Fall 2023)
Season 3 (Winter 2025)
Season 4 (Fall 2025)
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Season 1 (2023)
Season 2 (2023)
Season 3 (2025)
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Syndication
In 2023, Season 1 was syndicated to E4,[42] part of Channel 4 in the UK.
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