{"id":552262,"date":"2026-07-16T07:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552262\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:17:16","slug":"celebrities-revealed-for-special-forces-worlds-toughest-test-season-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552262\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities Revealed For &#8220;Special Forces: World&#8217;s Toughest Test&#8221; Season Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hit competition series, \u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u201d, is set to return for a brand new season in September, and FOX has revealed the celebrity recruits set to appear in the fifth season.<\/p>\n<p>This season, the recruits will be deployed in Malaysia to endure the world\u2019s toughest test in the most hostile environment a soldier could operate in\u2026 the jungle. Recruits must adapt to uncomfortable conditions, unpredictable terrain and harsh jungle warfare tasks, including a claustrophobic, high-pressure search of an underground bunker to find crucial military weapons; a supply load retrieval while suspended 300 feet above the jungle floor; endure a barrage of chemical gassing while retrieving coordinates of an enemy vessel; and much more. In this experiment, there are no votes and no eliminations \u2013 just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, will quickly learn the meaning of \u201cno guts, no glory\u201d \u2013 and no glam.<\/p>\n<p>Selection for the Special Forces is a test unlike any other. 15 celebrities from all genres and walks of life, will take on, and try to survive, demanding training exercises led by Directing Staff (DS) Rudy Reyes, Billy Billingham, Jason \u201cFoxy\u201d Fox, and Jovon \u201cQ\u201d Quarles, an elite team of ex-special forces operatives.<\/p>\n<p>In this unique series, the only way for these recruits to leave is to give up on their own accord, through failure or injury, or by force from the DS. Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test is the ultimate test of physical, mental and emotional resilience \u2013 revealing these celebrities\u2019 deepest and truest character. Who will survive, who will fail? Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test is produced by Minnow Films. Becky Clarke, Liam Humphreys and Dave Sutton serve as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>The 15 celebrities set to join the show this year include Matt Barnes, Alycia Baumgardner, Candace Cameron Bure, David Charvet, Brandi Glanville, Collin Gosselin, Oliver Hudson, LeSean McCoy, Maxim Naumov, Ruby Rose, George Santos, Hannah Stocking, Breana Tiesi, Alexia Umansky and Mauricio Umansky.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-250567\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Special-Forces-Worlds-Toughest-Test_-1.webp\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-250568\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Special-Forces-Worlds-Toughest-Test_-2.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The fifth season of \u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u201d will premiere on Thursday, 24th September 2026 at 9 pm ET\/PT on the FOX channel, and new episodes will be available to stream the next day on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking forward to the return of \u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u201d?\u00a0 Let me know on social media!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hit competition series, \u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u201d, is set to return for a brand new season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,233702,282],"class_list":["post-552262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-special-forces-worlds-toughest-test","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}