The BEST episodes of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test season 5
Every episode of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test season 5!
Household names endure 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.

#1 - Jungle Warfare
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2026
FOX's ultimate celebrity social experiment returns, enlisting fifteen new recruits to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This season, the recruits will be deployed deep in the Malaysian jungle. Upon arrival, they must plunge backwards from a hovering helicopter into the water below or risk failing.

#2 - Duty
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2026
It's day two, and the recruits work together to retrieve a supply drop while dangling from a ladder three hundred feet above the jungle canopy. Next, they must navigate a grueling obstacle course through the dense jungle to test their mental and physical stamina.

#3 - Trust
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2026
On day three, the recruits will brave their toughest obstacle yet: each other. In their first challenge, the recruits pair off in a punishing round of hand-to-hand combat. Later, they must put the utmost trust in one another as their fate hangs off the steep edge of a cliff.