Overview

• Season 4 of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test will debut Thursday, Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.
• The 18 recruits range from reality stars to retired athletes and influencers, including mother-daughter duo Teresa and Gia Giudice, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson East and her husband Andrew East, and former NFL player Johnny Manziel.
• Contestants must survive grueling military-inspired challenges—such as abandoned village supply searches, tunnel rat-runs, underwater escape drills and 50-foot urban ladder crossings—without eliminations or audience votes.
• Filmed across Morocco’s harsh desert landscape, this season pushes participants to build endurance in extreme physical and mental conditions.
• Jussie Smollett’s participation marks his first Fox appearance since departing Empire in 2020 following legal disputes over an alleged staged hate crime.