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Sixteen celebrities have enlisted in real military training.

Ten days to prove they can endure physically and emotionally.

No prizes, no special treatment.

This is Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.

Deep inside, everyone wants to know,

do they have the courage to be a hero?

Get into it!

To join the most elite military units in the world...

- Move! - ...you must pass selection.

For the next 10 days, we freakin' own you.

Now celebrities will be put through

the highly classified process.

Fight! Let's go! Who wants it?

Running the course,

This is your introduction into not being able to breathe.

-Go, go! -My dad was in the military.

I started thinking, "Could I do this?" We'll find out.

You're dangling like a puppet!

If these celebrities take it seriously,

they will find out what their true limits are.

Go!

-Brake, brake, brake! -Brake, brake, brake!

Stop!

No other test asks as much...

...or means as much...

Straight up, I have never worked harder in my life.

Ever. Ever, ever, ever.

...to those who make it through.

Remember, you volunteered to come into our world.

If you should die,

that's nature's way of saying you've failed.

Oh, boy.

Sixteen personalities from the world of sport,

entertainment and politics

are being taken to a remote location in Jordan

where special forces have trained for desert warfare

for the last three decades.

They will find out if they have what it takes

to pass the special forces selection process.

We need to prepare for something.

Yeah, I'm telling ya.

I wanna be broken. I wanna be tested.

I want that fear to hit my body and make my knees bend.

I'll be like, "Ooh-hoo. Hoo-hoo."

You in the NBA, man. Go back home!

It's so hot in here.

I'm a Spice Girl, I'm girl power,

but my confidence got taken away from me.

So this is all about me gaining it back.

Let's just hope I swim and not sink.

I am fighting back Father Time, for sure,

and I don't like getting older.

I'm not in denial about getting older.

I'm testing the limits of it.

We got 16 recruits on a train. ETA 15 minutes.

On this course, we get to find out

if they've got the mental fortitude

to be a special forces soldier.

Oh, my gosh! Helicopter.

- Oh, my God! - Here we are.

For the next 10 days, we are in control.

Stay low.

They just need to survive.

Down! Heads down! Down, down!

- You! - Do not look up!

This course is gonna be absolutely brutal.

-Up, up, up. -Hurry up!

Get your head down at the back.

Many will fail to get to 10 days.

Stop. Put your hands on the train.

Ultimately when the bullets are zipping past your head,

do you trust that person to fight for your life?

I'll do it, but will they?

Put your hands on the train. Don't move.

I'm ready to retire, so I'm here to learn, to adapt and to grow.

If I didn't get a full scholarship coming out of high school,

I was gonna join the military.

To have the opportunity to work with the one percent

of the one percent in the military

is a dream come true.

Stop. Hands on train.

I'm not the toughest person, but you can't be deceived

by blonde hair, pink coats.

Hands up.

I've been through a lot of pain, physically, emotionally,

and I really wanna find out what I can do.

Move! Keep your head down!

Head down!

The course has been designed

with nearly 70 years military experience between them.

We have fought globally. Iraq, Afghanistan.

Places that we can't even tell you about.

Look at me.

Calm down. Take a breath.

Open your eyes. Look at me.

I've tested my mental and physical capability

as a soccer player,

and I really believe

that I can do anything I set my mind to.

My game face never leaves me.

Keep looking forward.

Open your eyes. Look at me. Look at me.

Do you understand? Just look at me.

I've been in the gym one and a half to two hours on most days.

Now, you know, I got a little bit of a spare tire

'cause I'm a little older and I love pasta.

But I'm Italian. We do you want me to do?

Look forward.

I was the White House communications director

for 11 days before I got fired.

You know, I can take a lot of heat. No problem.

Look at me.

Is that a smirk on your face? Better not be.

People know me because I went on a reality TV show to find love.

Keep looking at me.

I want to prove to myself that I am so much more than that.

Look forward.

When "This Is How We Do It" was released,

I was an overnight success.

Look forward.

But there still was something inside of me

that knew that's not real.

This is a real experience.

Listen up! For the next 10 days, we freakin' own you.

You belong to us.

You have no groveling assistants to pick up your kit.

You can't call your agent. No one's coming to save you.

You will suffer individually and you'll suffer together.

And that's the only way through

this 10-day special operations selection course.

Take these recruits to the compound.

- Let's go! Run! - Let's go! Come on!

The recruits must run two miles

to a forward operating base

in the scorching 100-degree Wadi Rum Desert.

Come on! Don't just walk! Let's go!

But reality star Kate Gosselin

is already starting to struggle.

Should have turned up in your tracksuit, not your pajamas.

- Get into it! Push it! - Let's go! Come on!

Move! Move it!

My six kids turned 18 this year, and they're leaving me soon.

Let's go! Get up and move forward!

Get up and move forward! Stand up! Move forward!

They're old enough now that I can pursue things

that I want to do,

and this is the beginning of that.

Do not leave a gap! Close the gap up!

Only the strong will survive a course

created to weed out the weak.

These celebrities will step into our world.

Let's go.

A world that's full of shock and pain.

Stand in front of a stone.

After 10 days,

I decide that I can trust this person with my life.

Only then will they pass the course.

Get in! Let's go now!

Stand still!

Stand up straight.

I'm Rudy Reyes, your chief instructor.

I'm a reconnaissance marine and counterterror contractor

with 15 years experience.

To my right, Remi Adeleke, prestigious Navy Seal,

13 years military service.

Jason Fox, British Royal Marine Commando,

SBS operator, fighting for his country for 20 years.

And I've saved the baddest for last, Billy Billingham,

over 20 years as an SAS operator,

fighting all over the world.

We are the directing staff.

From this moment on, you will address us as "staff."

- Am I understood? - Yes, staff.

- Louder! - Yes, staff!

Stand still. Don't move.

This isn't TikTok or Instagram,

where you get to put on a filter to cover up what you don't like.

Each and every single one of you, right now,

in the water tank, get in and out.

Get over there! Where are you going, you buffoon?

- Let's go! - -I'm gonna get you that filter you want.

- Get in there! - Come on!

This is called the sugar cookie. Hurry up, get in.

Swim to the other edge. Get out!

- Go! Go! - Hurry up!

I think that as you age, your body wears out.

- Get out! - Sorry.

But I feel like your mind becomes stronger as you age.

Lay on your backs, facing me. Sand on the legs, on your back.

These celebrities think that they've got what it takes

to be in the special forces.

They're gonna be in for a very, very rude awakening.

They're gonna be dropping like flies.

Get to work now. Use the sand that's all around you.

Get it in your hair. Get it on your back.

Get your stomach sandy, your face sandy.

Get up!

Some of them will not make it through day one.

Right, now let's get one thing straight.

Whether you walk out that gate today, the day after or day 10,

you will be a better version of yourself.

- Comprende? - Yes, staff!

You've already got "I wanna go home"

written on your faces, some of you.

Get your heads in the game now.

I'm gonna call out your name.

You will move at the fastest possible speed across to there,

and you will pick up a number, and that is now you.

Piazza! Get over there! Move! Speed it up!

Spears! Let's go! Now!

-Bergen, that end, quick as. -Hurry up!

That's not your Bergen. Oi!

Number 2, you coconut! You buffoon!

That number will always be worn, upper left arm.

Sharp. Sharp. Let's go.

Last but not least, and never be last, Amendola.

If you wish to leave this course, you VW.

That means take off your armband,

hand it to me or one of the DS,

and say you voluntarily withdraw,

which means you've had enough.

If you should die,

that's nature's way of saying you've failed,

and we'll take the armband anyway.

The first 48 hours of selection will see

the highest number of recruits surrender their armband.

Right, what I want you to do now is strip.

Come on, hurry up, get your wet kit off.

The recruits are given only identical uniforms...

Let's have a sense of urgency.

...a Bergen, and essential medication.

Just get your trousers on!

It doesn't matter if you're man, woman, Black, white,

basketball player, business mogul, chef.

It means absolutely nothing here.

They're simply numbers.

Take those Bergens off and place them on your bed.

This is your accommodation.

This is where you live, hang out, and sleep.

Get your water bottles filled up.

There will always be water there.

If there isn't, inform the duty recruit,

and they will come to us and we'll get it replenished.

Number 2, you are the duty recruit.

-You reckon you can handle that? -Yes, staff.

Each day we designate a duty recruit.

Responsibilities are to make sure they're on time,

make sure they've got the right kit and equipment,

and then they are also the mouthpiece to the recruits.

- All good? - Yes, staff.

- Yeah? Happy? - Yes, staff.

Time's your own.

Do you have two water bottles?

You have one in the pack, and one here right? Is that true?

Gosh, these are a pain in the freakin' butt.

When I'm anxious, I tend to oververbalize, and complain,

and... don't shut up.

Is this chlorinated water? Did you taste it?

-Not yet, no. -It tastes like, like, like...

Yeah, tastes like plastic, I bet.

Everything's a problem, and I'm very negative,

and I didn't even realize that till years of doing my show,

and looking back and watching it and watching myself,

and I'm like, gosh, you're horrible.

I'm telling you what, I'm not feeling so jolly anymore,

I'll be honest.

Recruits! Let's go!

Come on, then. Let's hurry up.

Break yourselves down into fours.

During the course,

the recruits will be challenged to complete exercises

taken from real special forces selection.

Close the gaps up!

Selection was horrendous.

Come on!

When I turned up, there was 283 of us that started.

In the end, there was only seven of us that remained.

Come on, let's keep going!

We would like to see every single person succeed.

That's never gonna happen.

Right, drop your Bergens. Do that now.

Don't throw them on the ground,

or I'll throw you on the ground.

Listen in.

Remember, as we've already alluded to,

there is nothing we ask you to do that we haven't already done.

There is nothing that you cannot do.

It's about character, it's about belief,

and it's about going out of your comfort zone, which you will.

OK, everybody look. Follow the bird with your eyes.

Keep watching!

The backward dive is designed

to test your element of fear.

Someone with weak character will not make it as an operator.

They will fail.

When you're stood on the skid,

your arms'll go across your chest,

your head and eyes will face forward.

Stay in control and you'll naturally just fall backwards.

You pass the task by doing exactly as you're told,

entering the water headfirst, and nice and straight.

You fail it by panicking, turning into a jellyfish,

and it'll feel like you fell onto concrete, it will hurt.

What's wrong with you?

I'm terrified of water and heights.

-Right. -I wanna do it so bad.

-Huh? Right? -It's so scary.

Look, listen, are you gonna die?

It's a chance for you to conquer your fear. All right?

-Right. -All right.

Number 5, you're on deck! Let's go!

First to attempt the backwards dive

is recruit Number 5...

Let's go!

Retirement as an athlete

when you get to the highest level of your profession

is very difficult.

and you struggle with it, because you realize

that the only thing you've ever done

in your entire adult life is over.

Be rigid straight, clench your butt cheeks if you have to,

but stay rigid, and stay looking dead ahead.

-Yes, staff. -Any questions?

No, staff.

yeah, it gets your juices flowing again.

I mean, my life is a vacation now.

It's easy to get soft. That's what I'm worried about.

I mean, do I still have it? Do I still have that fire?

We'll find out.

Go!

Yep, good.

That's good! Well done!

Let's go, let's go!

Finish strong, 5! That's it!

-Pass. -Thank you.

-Good job, man. -Thanks.

Number 11!

Deep breaths. You can do it.

You said you were gonna do it today, and this is the day.

All right, go.

Next to face the backwards dive...

- Hurry up. - ...is recruit Number 11,

reality star Kate Gosselin.

I feel like I'm gonna pass out.

I'm kind of curious, really, to be honest,

how I'll respond in this situation.

Don't push your arse back, and don't thrust it forward.

Do not break that position. Fold your arms.

Then all you do...

What you crying for?

'Cause I'm petrified of heights and water.

-And I wanna do this so bad. -Well, then, do it, then.

I know.

I can't swim, so the kind of swimmer I am

is probably a sinker.

Right, in you go.

I really wanna beat my fear of heights and water.

I'm here to find out if I can push myself beyond it.

'Cause I really do not wanna let myself down.

Knowing I have fear of heights,

water, the whole thing,

can I conquer those pieces of fear?

Can my brain make my body comply?

I'd be so proud of myself. Oof.

Fail!

Fail.

Hey, stop all that moaning.

Is there a shark down there biting your foot off?

You failed. Now... You panicked, you hesitated.

Go sit on your Bergen.

I'm scared if you're scared.

I was terrified. I'm always terrified.

I live in fear.

Number 9! Let's go! Come on!

- Run! Come on! - Run, run, run!

Next up is recruit Number 9,

Spice Girl Mel B.

This course is all about me gaining back my own power.

You've got nothing to worry about.

I ended up being in a very horrible...

abusive 10-year relationship.

I felt worthless. You feel helpless.

All right? You got this? Look at me.

I'm facing huge fears.

I'm just gonna bring out that inner person

that I hope isn't dead and gone.

And go!

Pass.

All right, how do you think you did?

-Bad. Bad. -No. You did perfect.

-You had a perfect fall. -Really?

Yes, really.

All right, pass. Go get on your Bergen.

Good job.

Since completing her dive,

recruit 11, reality star Kate Gosselin,

has been feeling pain in her neck,

and is being treated by the medic.

-Any pain down here? -Yeah.

-Pain there? -Yeah.

-Here? -Not as much.

OK. OK, all right. You're doing really well.

Just sit down for me now.

- What happened to Kate? - When she hit the water...

She hit the water, she said her neck was hurting,

so I think they're checking her to make sure.

And she was feeling kind of nauseated.

Number 12.

Gotcha.

-You will run the entire time. -Yeah.

Hurry up! I don't wanna see any walking at all.

In Afghanistan, I've been in helicopter crashes,

so we have to be prepared for the worst-case scenario,

which is ditching into the sea,

and we need to know that we can survive.

Let's go!

The tasks on this course...

- Go! - ...are designed

to help us as DS see how the recruits...

- Good effort. - ...deal with anxiety, fear,

all rolled into one.

Do not fail. Come on, you can do it.

I am scared of heights, however I get something

out of working at height.

I'm facing that fear.

Pass.

With special forces, they've got a mission,

and that's to protect national interests.

Pick up the pace.

And in restaurants we've got a mission:

provide hospitality at a world-class level.

Pick up the pace.

So I think there's a kindred spirit between the restaurant world

and the SAS, that's for sure.

-Mission complete, right? -Thank you.

-What, I'm your friend now? -No.

Because you want to be my buddy, I'm gonna make you pay the man a little bit, OK?

-Here's what you're gonna do. -Sorry, staff.

You're gonna bear-crawl from here around to your ruck.

-Yes, sir. -OK, now.

Bear-crawl, bear-crawl! Let's go! Hurry up!

Shame retains. And I'm not your buddy.

The recruits are not on our level.

Let's go! Bear-crawl to your ruck.

And we're definitely not here to be their friends.

Stand up. There you go.

Pay attention to detail.

I think we probably do need to take you to hospital

just to get an X-ray of that, OK?

I... I... don't wanna go home. No, don't make me.

The medic is getting increasingly concerned

about Number 11, Kate Gosselin's neck injury.

The most important thing here

is your health and safety, isn't it?

I don't wanna go. Please don't make me go.

Look at how much pain you're in.

My main goal is to walk away proud of myself.

Stay nice and flat and still as soon as you lay down. That's it.

Can I help you?

'Cause this is not for the faint of heart.

Just to keep your head nice and still, all right?

With a suspected broken neck,

Kate is taken to hospital for X-rays.

Selection has claimed its first victim.

One recruit down,

and there is still one more to take on the task.

- Number 2, on your feet. - Yes, staff.

Last up is Number 2,

actress Jamie Lynn Spears.

Anything high intensity around water

definitely is going to bring back

the worst experience I've ever lived through.

-Yes, sir. -Staff. I'm not a sir.

Oh, no. Yes, sir, yes, ma'am.

If you don't say that, you get a whipping.

But it's a matter of can I push past that?

I expect myself to feel the pressure

and perhaps even be overwhelmed by it.

I know that these things

are going to push me to a certain point,

but it's a matter of can I overcome it?

Anything high intensity around water

definitely is going to bring back

the worst experience I've ever lived through.

Give me your hand.

All right. How do you think you did?

All right, stand up, stand up.

Stand up. What's wrong? Why you crying?

Wait, wait, wait.

-But you're still here. -Yes, staff.

OK. Sit on your ruck.

Jamie, OK?

The worst part's over. You did it.

Get your rucks on. All right, let's go, let's go, let's go.

Right, let's go, follow on. Come on, then.

Is Kate OK?

She landed really hard on her back, though.

That sucks.

I'm so pumped right now that we did that.

How many people get to say, they, you know,

got chucked out of a helicopter?

How old was your daughter at the time?

She was eight.

I tried.

Lord have mercy.

We gotta keep everybody's spirits high, man.

We already lost one of the members already.

We can't lose no more of the gang members, man.

Everybody gotta stay.

Only 12 hours in,

already some recruits are on the brink

of handing in their armbands.

-How you doing, Kenya? -How you feeling?

My body, you know, is just super sore.

It's at breaking point, Of course it is.

But, you know, let's all... let's just pull together,

'cause nobody can pull together apart from the ones who are suffering.

Can you not, even if it's just for me?

Just see what the next task is. Just see.

And, d'you know what, we all went up there today.

-Yeah. -We all went up there. All did.

-And that says something. -Yeah.

Thank you, Mel.

Last man shut the door.

At the end of each day,

the DS meet to discuss the recruits.

In just 12 hours, they are already one down.

Good opening day. Of course, one's in the ambulance.

She's in the hurt locker, but her neck is not broken.

All right, Number 12.

I made him bear-crawl back.

It's almost like he feels like he's on our level.

He's a bunch of swagger and a bunch of.

Um...

Keep him on the back foot.

Number 2.

and she should have been getting a hold of herself.

- Instead she went the other way. - She has some demons.

We need to dig deeper.

We need to find out what's really going on.

Let's get Number 2 in.

Montell, you can go back in. I'm fine.

I'm just gonna brush my teeth.

I'll wait. Gotta have somebody with us at all times.

- I'm being the worst. - Number 2!

-Here we go. -Put your boots on properly.

Take that towel off your head and get changed properly.

-I'm coming! -It's like trying to herd cats.

The DS will subject the recruits

to tactical questioning.

Come on.

It's their opportunity

to dig into the recruits' psychological state.

Put your hands against the wall.

Give me your thumbs. All right, trust me.

The reason for doing this is to get to know

every weakness, every skeleton in the cupboard.

That means sit down.

So, during the backwards dive today,

you had a... somewhat of a meltdown a little bit.

What was that about?

OK. Just take a breath, all right?

When I had to save my daughter,

or tried to save her from an accident,

I had to propel myself into a pond,

and I didn't realize

how much, like, your body remembers things.

My eight-year-old was in an accident where she drowned,

and I immediately dive in.

And I couldn't get her up.

The paramedic jumps right into the water, they pull her out,

and then they laid her beside me.

She wasn't breathing, and she was blue, and it was bad.

They were trying to, you know, they were working on her.

And then they got a pulse.

So you just had a flashback

to that awful situation that's happened in the past.

But you know what? It's the past.

-And she's here, so... -Exactly.

I think that's probably a good reason for you to be here,

to face your demons and fight through it.

It hit me right... It hit me head-on.

What are you exactly trying to get out of this for yourself?

I guess I just wanna, like, for myself, just feel like...

feel like I'm just like worth something, I don't know.

Why do you feel like you're worthless?

I mean, growing up, my sister became famous,

worldwide famous, when I was very young.

-Your sister did? Right. -Yes.

And so, um... I'm so proud of her, love her to death,

and, I don't know, I just feel like sometimes

I've never really been able to have anything for myself.

Stop beating yourself up.

No one's judging you, only you.

Let's get rid of the past, and let's go forward.

Guard!

I can see her sister in her face now.

I can be extremely proud of my sister but also have my own identity

and be expected to be seen as my own person.

Step.

I struggle with self-esteem all the time,

and as a parent you really want to fake it

because you don't want to ever see your children

feel the feelings you feel.

The hardest thing is being away from my kids.

-Are you all right? -Yeah.

But I'm here to do something that's gonna make them proud.

This is gonna be one of the longest days of our entire lives.

-And we've had children. -Yeah.

When you give birth, you have air-conditioning.

Here we go.

You are not pooping beside me. Oh, my God!

I swear to God, this is... this is not normal.

Everyone will sleep together. Everyone will shower together.

Everyone will go to the toilet together.

We're outside in the middle of nowhere.

Can you just sit down?

I gotta take my pants off. Oh, man.

- Oh, my God. - This is awesome, man.

This is not good.

When you're in a conflict, you need somebody

as close to you as two coats of paint.

That's the reason we live the way we do.

Mel, you cannot leave your partner. You suck!

Doc, how you doing, bud?

- Yeah. - Yeah,.

- Nauseous. - Oh, nauseous?

Nausea is bad, yeah. Headache and nausea.

I won't ask any questions.

After just 14 hours in the desert,

Number 3, Dr. Drew Pinsky, is feeling severely unwell.

-You're looking a little pale. -How you feeling?

It's bad.

What is it, light-headedness, or just...?

- Weak. - Weak.

Really weak.

is with the camp medic.

I suspect most likely diagnosis is dehydration.

Operating in the desert, it's very unforgiving.

There's no shade, there's no water.

My goal: get you drinking some more fluids.

Is there any point doing an IV?

If I do an IV, I think we pull you off the course.

Heat exhaustion is a real threat.

I've seen colleagues actually collapse.

It doesn't matter how big or fit you think you are,

if you don't take a good water discipline,

you will suffer and most likely you'll die.

Get on parade!

Let's go!

With Dr. Drew suffering

from extreme dehydration...

Here we go!

Uniforms on. On the parade square.

Come on, come on, come on.

...the DS are calling the recruits for a spot check.

Right, everybody take out your canteen. Open it up.

This morning they were instructed

to keep their water bottles full.

Look inside.

Anybody's not full? If it's not full, put your hand up.

One, two... Is it full or not full?

There's just about a sip missing, but...

So it's not full.

If it's not full, put your hand up.

You're gonna learn a lot of lessons.

Front rank, turn round.

Take your hats off on the rear rank.

Empty the water bottle

over the head of the person you're facing.

Rear rank, do exactly the same.

What lesson are we gonna learn from this? Big fella?

Always have your canteens full, staff.

- Do we get that? - Yes, staff!

Turn round.

If you can't listen and learn,

I'll have to run you round for a couple of hours.

- Let's go! - Come on!

The recruits are punished

for their lack of water discipline...

I wanna see it done quickly. Quick as you can.

...with a beasting of physically demanding exercise.

Get into that tunnel.

Keep going. Come on, speed it up.

Up, up, up, up! Let's go!

Come on, let's go! Hurry up!

We have a saying in the special operations community:

Attrition is the mission.

Use everything you've got!

The reason why the selection course is so tough

is to blowtorch away anyone that does not wanna be there.

Hey, Number 12.

Chef Tyler Florence is falling behind.

You better do it. Figure a way out.

I don't think I'm breakable, to be honest with you.

There you go.

I've got enough gas in the tank

to be able to accomplish anything that I wanna do.

Pull your pants up! Let's go! Hurry up!

Suffer in silence!

20 minutes in, the pressure of the beasting takes its toll.

Help her. Help her, help her. Pull her up.

Oh, my knee! My knee's dislocated!

It's dislocated! Gotta pop it back in!

Thank you.

All right, let's go.

What are you doing, taking a nap back there?

What are you doing back there?

Number 1, actress Beverley Mitchell,

is unable to continue.

What's wrong?

Are you hurt?

You wanna quit?

A brutal beasting has Number 1,

actress Beverley Mitchell, on the edge of quitting.

What's wrong?

Are you hurt?

You wanna quit?

Get on parade!

Sort yourselves out. Tighten up your belts.

Go on, get your head in the game.

- Help her out. - Listen.

You're here to be pushed to a place you're never been before.

Remember that.

We don't quit, do we?

-What don't we do? -We don't quit, staff.

We don't.

Disappear.

That was insane. I was trying to catch my breath.

I was struggling in there, bro.

I'm friggin' exhausted too, man. I'm ready for bed.

Let's just make it through the night.

Yeah.

We'll make it through the night.

-Yeah. -OK?

Let it out. Tomorrow we gotta go to war.

You gonna cry at the end when they call your name

and they say you made it.

In the medic quarters...

How d'you feel?

OK.

I know you're not happy.

-No. -No.

But my job is to look after your health first.

With severe heat exhaustion,

Dr. Drew is being medically withdrawn from the course.

I'm just gonna arrange a transfer to hospital

to have some bloods done.

Just one day in,

two recruits have left the course,

and within 24 hours, two more will hand in their armbands.

Are you getting ready for action?

-That answers my question. -Yeah.

Can you get through the day?

Recruit Number 2, Jamie Lynn Spears,

has had a sleepless night.

I'm right there with you.

You're not, though.

Your kids are gonna be fine.

-This is good for them. -I'm telling ya.

This is so good for them. Right?

The thought of being away from my kids,

I think it probably goes back to a lot of things.

I was 16 and pregnant and I was on the cover of a magazine

being called a slut and a whore.

It's my own battle within to be a good mom,

and I do think that stems from being told I wouldn't be.

Let me tell you what's gonna happen, right?

You miss your kids, you're gonna hurry home,

and after two days, it's just gonna be back to normal,

and you're gonna be like, "Maybe I should have stuck it out."

And then I also think this is something that is for me, for myself.

I never do things like that.

When you said "Stand up,"

he stood up, but his body just gave in, just creeped in.

This morning the DS are discussing

the recruits' performance on last night's beasting.

I think Number 1, you know,

she doesn't seem like she has a lot of punch.

She was probably the most pathetic

getting herself out of there, just like...

And she genuinely looked like she thought she was gonna die.

She should have gone on a baking show or something.

She's gonna bake on this.

- All right, Number 7. - Gray individual.

-I didn't even notice him. -Exactly, exactly.

He's very humble. He's very respectful.

What about Number 12? Has anyone picked up on him?

Looks like just a suit guy to me.

He looks petrified, just his facial expressions.

13, huge guy, big attitude.

Physically, I think he'll be at the top of the pack.

I don't know how he'll be mentally just yet.

But we'll see how it plays out.

The DS have taken stock of the recruits.

All right, ruck up, recruits! Get on the parade square!

Let's go!

Let's go.

Now a chance for the celebrities

to evaluate themselves.

All right, recruits, listen up!

I know you all been in some pain. It's good for you.

These men on the platform,

we've all been pushed way beyond our limits.

That's what we want to elicit from you all

through this hard training.

All right. Billy?

You need to know who you are.

You need to be brutally honest with yourself.

What we don't like is people who think

they're something they're not, 'cause it'll get you killed.

I want whoever thinks they're the strongest...

down to the weakest.

Do that now.

If you think you should be somewhere else, chat about it.

I need to go down a bit.

'cause it tells us a little bit about them.

Carli, aren't you the fastest?

It shows us ego, it shows us a lack of confidence,

and it shows us people that don't really understand

their true potential.

Do you think you're better than me?

OK.

Where you think you are

is always different to where you actually are.

Ask yourself, ask the person next to you,

do you think you're better than me, am I better than you?

Rankings agreed, Number 13,

NBA All-Star Dwight Howard,

assuming the position as the strongest recruit.

In the NBA I wanted to be the best.

Right now, to this day,

I know I'm one of the greatest players to ever play.

That's not me being cocky,

who have been able to compete with what I've been able to do.

At the end the line, self-elected weakest recruit,

Number 1, actress Beverley Mitchell.

Growing up as a child actor has a lot of challenges.

Hollywood is absolutely cutthroat.

It gets very frustrating when you watch

all of your peers continue to rise,

and continue to get opportunities,

and you feel left behind.

What you do from here on is work on those weaknesses.

I wanna move up two places.

So get these up and keep 'em up.

- Got it? - Yes, staff.

Back to your accommodations.

Sharp. Let's go.

You got this, mama.

You're the smallest one here, OK? And you're killing it.

Everybody's got their strength.

The reason I wanted to do this and take part in this experience

is because I don't know what I'm capable of.

And the reason why is because I have never put myself

in a position to try.

Number 1 was at the end. Yeah, she's just given up on herself.

She was emotional. She was crying when she was standing there.

We'll find who's the strongest to weakest at some point, won't we?

Yeah, we will.

I have no idea what's coming for me.

Who was at the front of the line today?

Who thought they were the best?

-That was Dwight, right? -Yeah, Dwight.

I jumped in third 'cause I just think I'm really strong.

Cream rises to the top. There's no doubt about it.

If you can't take the heat, you gotta get out of the kitchen.

The recruits are taken deep into the Wadi Rum Desert...

That's it.

...where they will learn how to maneuver

like special forces operators.

Nobody should be walking. Hurry up!

In special operations, we have to be able to work

in the most extreme terrains, deserts, mountains.

-Close the gaps! -Come on, guys!

I don't care if you have to fake it,

but you better swing those arms and those legs.

We have to be ready for anything.

Keep pushing!

All right, everyone drop your rucks.

We as DS, we not only want you to face your fear.

We want you to conquer your fear

so you leave here a different person.

Turn around and pay attention.

The task is to cross a 300-foot-wide canyon.

Oh, my God.

The ravine crossing is a way of getting

from one side of a valley to the other quickly

without having to drop into the low ground.

Watch his technique. Slow but smooth.

You have to sidestep across two pieces of rope

suspended in the air over 100 feet.

He's calm, he's cool, collected.

I may pee my pants when I do it.

You might think you're strong, but that's not enough.

The lactic acid buildup just creates pain

in all the muscle groups that you're working.

And you're trying cling onto the rope

that's getting further away from you.

It's all about the mental strength.

All right, eyes on me.

All of you have what it takes physically to do this,

otherwise we wouldn't make you do it.

The question is do you have what it takes mentally?

Are you strong up here? Or are you weak up here?

Either way, we will find out.

- You understand? - Yes, staff.

All right.

-Did you take a look? -It's crazy, right?

And I do not like heights and tightropes.

And we about to try it.

All right, Number 13, go to chief.

First, the DS send Dwight Howard,

the man who ranks himself strongest of all the recruits.

For me, it's like, man, all the things

that I didn't get a chance to try

as I was a younger person in the NBA,

or even as a kid, I wanna try 'em now.

Just to really test the limits of who I am.

Get on your feet. Get up!

Oh, me.

Oh, my God. I don't think I ever been that high.

The key is to keep your legs straight and shuffle.

Just keep moving. Momentum's important.

If you fall, you'll stop when you hit the bottom

and we'll come and collect you.

That's not funny, man.

What I want you to do,

Come on. Right, down. Up you go.

Let's go.

OK.

Stand up.

Let's go!

Foot on the rope. Let's go. Right now. Come on.

Time is of the essence. Here we go.

Right, shuffle your left foot. Ah, ah, ah. Shuffle. Let's go.

God, he's really shaking. Look.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

We haven't got all day. You're holding everybody back.

You've just seen a perfect demonstration.

-You're not going anywhere. -I can't do it.

This is it! Let's go!

Everything you've got, now!

Let's go! Foot on the rope.

Right now. Come on.

200 feet up, Number 13, Dwight Howard,

is struggling to take his first step.

Come on.

Look at me. Calm down.

Relax. Take a breath.

Let's go!

Here we go. It'll be awkward to start with. Keep going.

Left arm, left foot. Keep going.

Let's go!

Slide those arms along as well so you don't burn out.

- It's stuck. - Stop moaning!

Keep moving!

Forget the lactic acid in your arms.

Fight your way through it.

Let's go! Big effort now!

Slide your arms, slide your feet.

Come on. I'm not talking for the sake of it. Do it.

Don't stop. Keep the momentum.

-My arm feels like it's... -It's easy to quit.

Do not give up!

Let's find that grit. Come on.

-Come on! No, no, no, no! -Stand up! No!

Look out!

Fail! Catastrophic fail.

A dope on a rope

when you could have been a king with a swing.

Pathetic.

Failing is not really something that I'm used to.

It tends to put me in my own head

and make me overthink situations.

-How was it? -Wait till you up there.

Just don't look down.

That was tough, though.

Let's go!

The 300-foot-wide ravine has defeated number 13,

NBA All-Star Dwight Howard.

Do not give up!

Now the next recruits face the wire.

We do these obstacle crossings

because it's been done,

tried and tested in real war and conflict.

-Let's go! -I cannot...

Do not talk yourself out of it.

No, do not quit.

You buffoon!

Stay in the fight, 4!

Fail.

Muppet.

Please.

Fail.

You are literally putting your whole life

between two pieces of rope.

Number 12!

Having watched his fellow recruits fail the crossing,

up next, chef Tyler Florence.

You look like you wanna quit. What's wrong?

I'm having real reservations about doing this.

You guys can do this physically, right?

But what it's gonna take is tapping into that gear.

Here's the deal. Today is my wife's birthday.

I made a promise to her that I wouldn't hurt myself.

You realize you're gonna be the first one to quit if you leave?

Ah, there we go. Bye-bye.

He jumped out of a helicopter but he didn't do that?

Tyler Florence is the first recruit

to voluntarily withdraw.

Bring on the next victim.

Next to cross the ravine,

actress Beverley Mitchell.

Number 1. Number 1.

Oh, God, OK.

Being on this course with Olympians,

people at the top of their athletic game,

is incredibly uncomfortable.

Oh, God.

Participating in something

where I have absolutely no clue what's coming for me

is a huge leap of faith.

Stop shaking. Take a breath. You scared of heights?

I don't know. We'll see.

Start to build the momentum. Get the technique.

Work through the wobble.

Slide together. Say it in your head.

Slide together, slide together.

This is where the work kicks in.

Slide together.

-Slide together. -Keep it going.

Come on, keep moving, Number 1!

Another few steps and Beverley Mitchell,

who ranked herself the weakest,

could make it further than any other recruit.

Do not let me down, Number 1.

Find that energy! Find that grit!

She is fighting it.

Come on!

Grit now! Grit!

Nearly 200 feet up in the air,

Number 1, actress Beverley Mitchell.

At the midway point, she's gone further than any other recruit.

- Come on. - She is fighting it.

[Billy[ Do not let me down, Number 1.

Come on, Number 1.

Last effort now.

Stay in it.

Oh! Ah!

You almost did it, but almost ain't good enough.

-I wanted it so bad. -Hey.

I was so close.

You did it. That was so awesome.

You should be really proud of yourself.

What are you doing, taking a nap? On your feet!

13, push-up position.

One, two...

Just because it may be over for you, watch and learn.

Five, six, seven...

Your place of relaxation has now become your place of pain.

Over the years, handling criticism for me

has been difficult.

I'm one of the most probably polarized players

in the NBA there's ever been.

You're going to get criticized on everything that you do.

You better utilize that mental toughness, son.

-I apologize, staff. -Military bearing, right?

Everything that you do has to have

some type of military bearing involved, OK?

Don't give up now.

So far, no recruit has completed the crossing.

Battling the ravine, Number 15,

Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin.

Do not let yourself down now.

Oh, my God, my arms are on fire.

-Stand up, stand up! -Lock your legs!

No, no, no.

Five meters, no more!

Yes, yes, yes.

- I got it. - There we go.

She did it. Well done.

That was an absolute emotional roller coaster of chaos.

You made that look so much harder than it needed to be.

Good technique, Number 10.

Following on from Nastia's success...

That's it, 16!

Slide... together... slide...

NFL player Danny Amendola

and Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy...

All the way in.

Well done.

OK, listen in.

What is happening right now, you're only meeting us halfway.

Look at the size of him. Look at the size of her.

You can look at me with hate. I love it.

Don't shake your head. I'll pull it off and hit you with it.

Do you understand me? Stand still. Shut up.

It's about what's in there. It's about grit and determination.

Yes, it's hard, and it will be hard.

So break that barrier, every single one of you.

- Got it? - Yes, staff.

Get your Bergens on.

-Stop shaking your head. -I wasn't.

I'm telling you for a reason. You was. I'm not blind.

-It's hot. I can't see. -We're all hot.

So I'm trying to look at you in your eye when you talk.

- Stop moaning. - Yes, staff.

Fall into your vehicles. Let's go!

-He said I had a attitude. -Wait, blue eyes?

Yeah. And I'm like, bruh, I don't have no attitude.

People confuse me being laid-back,

people confuse me being nonchalant

and all those different things as me not caring,

or me not taking what I do serious.

Some of the bathrooms are pretty disgusting.

- I know. - I'm gonna vomit.

Is yours bad?

Just don't look down.

How did Dwight Howard go from being

the NBA's big man of the future

to most universally disliked player?

The DS have concerns over number 13's attitude.

Dwight Howard's fall from grace.

Where you at, 13? Let's go!

So NBA All-Star Dwight Howard is taken in for questioning.

So how you think you're doing on the course so far?

-Good, actually. -Good?

Cool.

Your face didn't tell me that.

So we're bringing you in here for an obvious reason.

-Can you suspect what that is? -I don't know.

This morning I wasn't impressed. You seem to have an attitude.

You're a little bit strutty.

I didn't have a attitude.

I'm telling you, I can read you like a book.

I've done this all my life. This is what I do.

Well, can you just give me further

so I can really understand?

I tell you, I feel when the going gets tough,

you put up these quirky, smiley, disrespectful attitudes.

When you get in a situation that's somewhat foreign,

or where there's a lot of competition,

it's hard for you to get to that 100%.

Uh, well, in my field,

I don't think that I've ever had that issue.

I mean, I've been playing for 18 years.

I've been committed from day one.

If I say I'm in it, I'm in it.

-I do everything the same way. -Do your team players all go,

"That man has just given 100% right there"? They do?

Do your fans say, "He gives us 100%"?

They do? All right.

Just before you came in, right, I was looking at all this.

I don't know a lot about you,

I'm looking at all this about you.

A lot of people don't like you.

I be who I am, but the world that I live in, in the NBA,

I've been shunned upon for having too much fun,

for smiling too much, but that's just me.

When I had the most fun,

that's when I was able to crush everything I did.

We feel like you can go farther.

We feel like you have more to give.

We want top performance in everything across the board.

In our world, it's all about motivation.

He knows I will drag my arse 110% for him.

He'll do the same for me. I ain't sure you'll do that.

There's a question we're gonna ask at the end of this, we will,

is would be have Number 13 stood to the side of us?

-Got you. -And one last thing I'll add.

Put some pep in your step. Act like you wanna be here.

Show that commitment. Give 100%.

So it's over to you.

I got you.

Guard!

There's been times where it's like I wanna say something

to every critic and person who's said something to me.

But then what I've figured out is you have to really listen,

you have to evolve and you have to change.

That's what life is like.

I'm all in. If I didn't take this serious, I wouldn't be here.

You just feel like it's a bit soul crushing.

-Yeah. -I'm trying.

I guess that's where I struggle, 'cause I already have, like,

issues of not feeling, like, enough.

Everybody's on their own journey.

100%.

And I think we're on similar journeys.

I just need to have one moment, like one win.

All right, ruck up, recruits! Let's go!

Gonna start moving out.

Get there, get there. Let's go.

The purpose of the tasks is to challenge recruits

at such a level, they may break.

Come on, let's catch it up!

You can turn a breaking point into a breakthrough...

...with the right attitude.

Move your spindly little carcass.

- OK. - Let's go! Come on!

The final task of this phase

will test the recruits' control of aggression.

Take your Bergens off and drop 'em behind you.

Pin your ears back.

OK, the roles of a special forces operator

are wide and varied.

Probably the worst-case scenario we find ourself in is conflict.

And the way we get through conflict is through aggression.

So what we're gonna do is meet fire with fire.

Yes, staff.

What do y'all think we're all doing?

I don't want to hit someone, and I don't want to be hit.

I don't wanna be tossed around. I can't fight someone.

The recruits are about to face their first combat task.

They must fight the red man, chief instructor Rudy Reyes.

On command, they must turn on aggression...

Take some deep breaths.

...and then turn it off again.

First to brave the red man is Number 9, Spice Girl Mel B.

You need to apply aggression violently

until I, who is in control, say stop.

When you hear stop, get rid of that feeling of anger,

stand up and chill out, all right?

I just want you to get in there, get the job done,

and show me how scary you really are.

I was in this abusive relationship

that I couldn't get out of.

You just feel helpless.

On a daily basis you're being yelled at

and called horrible names.

Come here. Here, here, here.

I would hope, and I say the word "hope,"

that being put in these situations'll repair

some of the damage that has been done.

Go on, get in there, get in there.

Come on, show me some aggression.

Looking good. Now, control. Let's get in there!

Go for it. Come on. Keep going, keep going!

Stop! Right, stand up.

Come here. How was that?

-How was it? -I feel sick.

-You feel sick? -But it is good.

It is good. It is good.

This is the whole purpose of this task,

is for you to expend energy and aggression

on someone that is willing to take it, all right?

It's an ongoing healing road

that I will always be on, always.

Give yourself a pat on the back, for once, please.

Come on, just calm down and focus.

I'm calm.

- You're gonna be fine. - Oh, my God.

You gotta put yourself in that spot.

If it's for your life, you'll fight, right?

I'm telling you, you can do it.

Don't let this thing be the thing that sends you home.

Number 13!

Next into the ring, Number 13, Dwight Howard.

Now, I'm aware you're a big bloke, OK?

Up to this point, his attitude has put him on the DS radar.

So concentrate on controlling that aggression

when you do engage it, not going overboard.

Listen to what I say. Control your aggression, all right?

-Good? -Yes, staff.

Let's go. Go, go, go!

Destabilize, control. Destabilize, control, control.

Stop!

All right, up.

-Calm down. You good? -Yes, staff.

OK, good effort. You did what you needed to do, all right?

Now it's about turning it off, calming down,

and getting on with the rest of the tasks, OK?

Number 15, come on down.

- Come on. - Get up there.

You're like a rock lizard.

I just wanna see some aggression.

I understand, and I respect that, and I respect you.

-But I don't wanna hit anyone. -I don't want any respect.

I wanna see some grit and determination, all right?

Stay on my left shoulder. Let's go.

Go on, full in! Show me some aggression, Number 15.

15, start throwing punches.

15, show me some aggression.

15, get up!

-Hey. -That was too much for me.

Weak as anything. It looked pathetic.

-Yes, staff. -Right, go over to the DS.

As quickly as you can.

Go to the right of Number 13.

I need you to apply controlled aggression until I say stop.

-Do you understand? -Yes, staff.

With me, with me. With me. Keep coming, keep coming.

Engage him. Come on! Let's go!

Destabilize, control, destabilize.

Go on. There we go. Go on. Put him on the floor.

-Get in there. -What do you mean?

-Like hitting? -Yeah, hit him.

I've never been in a fistfight. I can't see myself doing this.

But that's why I'm here, to push past that

and see where I can go.

Number 7, get up.

I'm a man of peace,

by doing what you have to do.

I just believe in being able to defend yourself.

I mean, I'm from Detroit. You gotta know how to fight.

No, not there!

Leave the head.

Right, stop!

Stop! Stop!

Stop!

Calm down. Remove the wide-eyed stare of death.

When I said stop, you needed to stop.

You still laid in a couple of blows.

Strong effort.

It was a terrible effort.

Hey, look at me.

All good?

-Yes, sir. -That's it, done now. It's done.

Number 7, singer Montell Jordan,

is feeling the impact of the fistfight.

That was crazy.

There's adrenaline right now still flowing,

so I don't know how bad it is right now.

May have sprained, or...

still move it, but... but he got me, pulled me down.

And now there's one more recruit left

to enter the fray.

Number 1, come on.

Actress Beverley Mitchell must drum up the confidence

to take on the red man.

You just gotta dig deep, find some oomph,

and get in there and do something.

I realize that I've lost

a little bit of myself,

and not even that I lost it, it's that I don't even know

that I've ever really tapped into it.

Come on, on me, on me, on me. Right, let's go!

I've never really taken a moment to be, like,

who the hell is Bev?

Number, 1, take him down.

Come on, Number 1, let's go! Take him to the floor.

I wanna see some aggression.

Let's go. There we go. Come on, keep going, keep going.

All right, stop!

Stop feeling sorry for yourself.

It wasn't enough.

It's difficult, 'cause he's obviously bigger than you,

but we'll tell you if you're not good enough.

-It hurts. It's clicking. -Is it?

OK, just relax both legs.

I'm just gonna do a little quick test.

All 13 recruits have completed the task.

The intensity of the fight has left its mark.

Yeah, yeah, that's very sore.

I can't close my fist.

I gotta be able to grab stuff.

It's like 108 in here, 110 in here.

Hoo!

Of the 13 recruits that completed the task,

one has not made it back.

Number 7, he's medically withdrawn.

We're just warming up.

Montell Jordan has been withdrawn from the course

with a suspected broken thumb.

Sad to see him go.

Number 9.

I was impressed with how she kept it together,

given her history.

Big kudos to her for that.

All right, Number 13. Red man, he did pretty good.

He fought hard but controlled himself.

He took the message that me and Billy passed onto him.

You know, he took it well.

Number 1?

When it came to the strongest to weakest,

she put herself as the weakest.

She wasn't willing to put herself out there.

I think she lacks self-esteem and confidence.

I'm a bit unsure. Let's dig into her a bit.

I don't want to see you cry, but, like...

I'm not supposed to cry. I'm not supposed to be emotional.

I gotta get it together, and it's like I don't know how.

This is good, even though it's, like, painful and sucky,

and you, like...

This is the stuff that you came here for,

like, this is your why.

Yeah, but it's also like everything's telling me to go.

Number 1!

Hands on the wall.

- How you feeling? - Um...

Struggling. Sorry.

Don't cry. You ain't gonna get no sympathy from me anyway.

I... I know.

This morning, I asked for the strongest to the weakest.

-Where were you? -The weakest.

Did you put yourself at the back this morning?

I did, because I felt that's where the team felt I should be.

Where do you think you should be?

Where do you honestly think you should be?

Not quite at the end.

That was your opportunity to...

stick up for yourself a little bit.

Where does that self-doubt come from?

All my life I've never been good enough.

I've just always felt that,

from grade school to my career.

I've kind of built a shell,

always saying that I'm OK with where I am

or how far I've gotten.

-Why? -I don't know why.

Because I feel like

I don't want to try

because I don't wanna fail.

I'm almost afraid to succeed.

Don't be afraid of failure. We've failed. We've tripped up.

We've had to pick ourselves back up and go again.

That's where you get your strength,

and the only way you're ever gonna succeed is to fail anyway.

True.

When it gets uncomfortable or hard,

try not to feel sorry for yourself.

-Guard! -Thank you.

Nervous wreck.

The ultimate goal with this is to stop saying that I can't

and start saying that I will.

You better get your ass off the couch and just at least try.

Recruits! On the parade square! Let's go!

This morning I asked you to place yourselves

in the strongest to the weakest.

What I want you to do right now is exactly that.

Think about how today's gone

and place yourself now where you think you sit.

48 hours ago, 16 recruits began selection.

Now only 12 remain.

Those still standing are reconsidering their position.

Number 13, Dwight Howard,

no longer considers himself the strongest recruit.

Look around.

Number 1, Beverley Mitchell,

moves herself further up the ranks.

I'm gonna leave you with what you see.

Tomorrow's a new day with new challenges.

So, tonight, get some good sleep and let's get the job done.

When I say go, make like a wizard and disappear.

Go!

No way. That is pure dog food.

I might throw up.

I feel like this is a challenge all in itself, and I just can't do it.

This might make me tap.

-Staff. -I can't...

-I can't eat this food no more. -I can't eat the food.

Staff, here's my number.

When you're on the battlefield, you have to be so aware

of your strengths and weaknesses.

Some people are too scared to look at their own weaknesses,

and they hide it with ego.

Other people's weakness is actually their strength,

because they've always been put down

and told they're not good enough.

Only the people that can bounce back will pass this course.

Next time...

You must keep your focus in the middle of chaos.

If they don't react properly, they could die.

Take a breath through your nose or through your mouth?

Take it through your arse. I don't care.

Swim! Let's go!

Individuals fail. Teams survive.

Muppet! What the was he jumping off the side for?

Get it on your back now!

This is a lesson. Start motivating yourself.

Don't miss an all-new Special Forces: World's Toughest Test

at its regular time next Wednesday

at nine/eight central on Fox.