The challenges are mental as well as physical, and are designed by ex-US military members.

Unlike other reality shows,Special Forces: World’s Toughest Testdoes not have a formal elimination process.

Instead, contestants have to voluntarily withdraw if the strain becomes too much.

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However, production can decide a contestant needs to medically withdraw, a lathe popular wilderness survival seriesAlone.

As celebrities, each of theseSpecial Forceswinners has a bit of a backstory beyond their victory.

They are placed in a room for four hours with uncomfortable sounds and then brought out for questioning.

Collage of Carli Lloyd, Brody Jenner, and Erin Jackson in Special Forces.

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Brown said it was, “It was harder than anything I’d ever done” (viaPeople).

They were then put in a box and told to give a valuable piece of information.

Brown ultimately told the interrogators she was Special Forces, leading to her victory.

Hannah Brown smiling at the camera in Special Forces

6Carli Lloyd

Carli Lloyd was the co-winner of season 1 along with Brown.

Lloyd said about the experience (viaHollywoodLife),

“The last 24 hours were absolute torture.

But I just kept telling myself I just didnt want to quit.

Dez Bryant yelling in Special Forces World’s Toughest Test

That was my main goal.

I couldn’t bring myself to quit.

Whatever I had to do to get through it, I was going to do so.

Carli Lloyd staring at the camera in Special Forces.

Tyler Cameron was one of three winners in the Fall 2023 season.

Cameron described the experience as “the hardest thing I’ve ever done” (viaPeople).

The hardships the season 2 contestants endured were even more intense.

Erin Jackson paddling a canoe in Special Forces.

They are chained up in a dark room with hoods on and subjected to irritating noises and freezing temperatures.

I don’t think it was meant to be fun.”

Viall, along with Cameron, was one of the last two contestants to break their cover story.

Kayla Nicole staring at the camera in Special Forces World’s Toughest Test

Eventually, they give up the game too, and are given the win.

For Viall, the most difficult aspect of the show was the constant repetition and lack of downtime.

He said, “It was just constant over and over again.

Cam Newton from Special Forces World’s Toughest Test

That, to me, was the hardest part” (viaDeadline).

Nicole is a media personality and influencer, andone of the lesser-known contestants to ever appear on the show.

She was a co-winner of season 3 alongside Jenner.

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Nicole never blew away the competition, but she was steady and determined throughout.

I’ve made it this far" (viaUSMagazine).

Jenner was level-headed and a capable leader throughoutSpecial Forces.

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People aren’t laughing with you.

They’re laughing at you, getting all these questions bombarded on you by [the] paparazzi."

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