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14 celebrities have enlisted in real military training in one of the world's

toughest environments.

No prizes, no special treatment. This is Special Forces, the world's toughest

test.

This is so badass.

So far on the course, recruits have been pushed to the extreme.

Now seven recruits remain.

But who will survive the day?

My heart rate just won't go down.

I nearly PW'd when they were beasting us.

They crossed my line for the first time.

Make sure canteen's full this morning.

We're almost to the end, but don't get sloppy.

Recruits have made it to day six of selection.

Breakfast is up.

Yes, sir.

Let's do this.

I don't know if my watch is, like, inaccurate.

But after a tough night, number one TV personality Jack Osborne is struggling.

Yeah, like, my heart rate right now is 104.

All right, it's 104?

Yeah. Just hanging around?

Just hanging around, dude.

Like, I checked it through the night. The lowest it got was 89.

Have him check it out and get some idea.

Morning, number one. You all right? Morning, staff.

Good luck, I beg you.

What's wrong?

My heart rate won't go down.

Well, go to the doc, get checked out, make sure that everything is in order,

right? Yes. Thanks, Doc.

Get away.

Having a multiple sclerosis diagnosis at 26 was like a huge why me.

Come in.

High stress can cause a flare -up.

So how can I help?

My heart rate won't go down, and I'm just like redlining away.

Okay. Shall we have a look at you?

I'm going to take a big breath in and out through your mouth for me.

Your heart is going almost twice as fast as what you normally run.

The medic wants to keep number one under observation.

I think with your history, you've got to take it seriously.

The numbers are getting few.

We're now literally entering into a phase of survival.

In our world, we end up in situations you never want to be in.

You are literally fighting to live, fighting to win,

fighting to go another day.

Bear that in mind as you sprint out.

Go!

Recruits are moving out.

Hurry up! Get in your vehicle, let's go, move!

To face the first exercise of the survival phase.

There's a crane.

There's a what? A crane.

Oh.

That might make me BW.

All right, on me.

Keep it tight!

One in front of me.

That's so scary.

In our world, everything we do is surrounded by danger.

Getting to and from the battlefield, things do go wrong.

And in fact, Foxy himself has been in two helicopter crashes.

If you should end up in a helicopter crash, we have a drill.

Eyes on, recruits!

Look forward, three.

This environment is dangerous.

So you better switch on.

In this survival drill, recruits will be plunged into the icy cold water.

At the point that you deem necessary, take a deep breath and hold it.

Once submerged,

They must stay in the seat for 15 seconds.

The heli -dunk is the ultimate test of controlling fear.

You can feel the temperature biting through to your bones.

You can feel yourself freezing.

Recruits will get a signal from DS Foxy to unbuckle the safety belt and leave

their seat.

Then... They must retrieve a life jacket before swimming to the surface.

You have to be able to stay calm to save your life.

DFQ, OK.

It's cold in there, a little bit of shock factor.

Anybody worried?

Yes, sir.

Petrified? Yes, sir.

I would be, I'll be honest.

If you exit before you are touched on the shoulder, or before you grab that

jacket, you will fail.

Clear? Yes, sir. Do not get it wrong. If you get it wrong, the consequences are

obvious.

Go.

Anyone else get?

Yes.

I couldn't hold my breath as long as you. You have to dig. It's going to hurt

little bit. It's going to be uncomfortable.

But believe, believe, believe, believe.

Six.

Fall in on DS Billy.

First up is number six, Olympic speed skater, Aaron Jackson.

Your challenge awaits.

Take a seat. Put your seatbelt on.

Clip your belt.

How do you feel?

Some nervous excitement.

Get serious on this, okay?

The water's very cold.

The medical team's all there, good to go, should there be a problem.

And if anything goes wrong, don't panic.

DS Billy and the safety team will monitor closely from the shore.

To be the first black woman to win an individual gold medal in the Winter

Olympics. I had to control my emotions.

Poor thing.

I hope during selection I'll be able to control the same emotions, but I'm a

very weak swimmer.

Creating a little thing to get in there, not being a swimmer.

Drowning is probably something that I'm most scared of.

Number six must now wait 15 seconds

for the signal.

Oh, my God. She's talking water. She's panicking. She's panicking.

Calm down!

Calm down!

Seconds into the helicopter survival drill, number six, Aaron Jackson, is in

trouble.

Calm down!

She took in water.

She's panicking. She's panicking.

She exits without retrieving the life jacket.

Failing the task.

Calm down!

Calm down!

Number six, look at me.

You're okay.

The DS send in the safety tower to help number six to shore.

Yes, that was full panic.

Yeah. She went for it.

In our job, if you panic, you can get yourself killed or get somebody else

killed, right? Yes.

Terrible, okay?

Big fail.

Get out of here.

You all right?

I panicked. Yeah.

Yeah, just like feeling my struggle getting this seatbelt off. Like I

be able to get it off in time. You'd get trapped.

Yeah. But you're still here, and you're still alive, and you went for it.

With the high -risk nature of the drill now clear, five more recruits prepare to

take the plunge.

In you go.

Okay. Put on the seatbelt.

How are you feeling?

I don't like water.

The first thing is give it a shock of the cold.

Regulate your breath straight away.

If it goes wrong, don't panic.

Allow the water to rise just around about this position here.

At that point, take your last breath and hold it until you feel a hand on your

shoulder. At that moment, down to your buckles.

Release. Look over your right shoulder. That is a life jacket. You must retrieve

that. Happy? Yes, sir.

You worried?

Yeah, a little bit. Probably should be. Stop shaking.

Don't get this wrong.

Seriously, do not get this wrong.

The things that have made me rich and famous are the same things that have

me feel the most hollow.

People think I'm just a sex symbol.

I hope selection shows that I'm much more than all that.

There's a lot at stake here, emotionally and mentally for me.

I recently found out that I'm going to be a dad, which is incredible.

If you're going to be a parent, you have to step up.

I lost my daughter to a drowning accident.

So I think my fear almost directly correlates with danger.

Fear is a choice. Danger is real.

As soon as they hit that water, their body's going to go into a shock.

That cold, it hits them.

So your mind starts to panic.

Your body is looking for air.

They have to prove that. They can follow instructions.

And get the mission done.

I'm okay.

Get out of the water.

The biggest key to success here is you got to show bravado. You got to show

strength. You got to show courage.

Stop right there. Stop right there.

How do you think you did?

I did well, Seth.

You passed.

Good job. Go. Good?

Trust me, you got it.

This is all right here. This is all it is.

You got a post cold?

Breathing. Yeah. Real cold, yeah.

And you tap in a shuffle. You go shuffle, shuffle.

That will warm your foot up.

Number three, eyes on. Shuffle toe heels, toe heels, shuffle toe heels,

toe heels. Number three,

you need to take it seriously.

We're too late in the course for you to go on a mental vacation, all right?

Life and limb is at stake out here in this freaking water.

Thinking about being in open water terrifies me.

Let's go, number three.

Let's go, problem child.

But being a performer and an entertainer, when I'm anxious, I can put

Okay, you're in. You're locked in time.

What are you laughing at?

Make sure you get this right, okay? Yes.

Medical team are ready.

Water team are ready. I don't want to be on the medical team.

I'm just warning you.

I come across as confident.

But deep down, I'm a shy, insecure little bug.

Do not mess this up.

Mess up.

And my mom always says, but you're JoJo Siwa. And I'm like, but I'm not.

She's getting worried now.

She took that breath too early.

We're gone.

In a task reliant on the recruits holding their breath underwater.

Whoa.

She took that breath too early.

Number three, Jojo Siwa, is already struggling for air.

I know I'm going to be faced with a choice every day. Quit or keep going.

I will do whatever it takes to complete this.

She's got the signal to unbuckle.

Now she must retrieve the life jacket.

Then race to the surface.

Say again?

Go! All right, all right.

Calm down.

Number three, that is a pass.

She's done for that one.

Let's go.

I don't want to get you. I don't care. Get in here.

Good job. Let's go.

Proud of you.

When you come up, you feel like a badass.

And you feel cool when that's done.

She looked unprepared.

She didn't get that breath in.

Yeah. She was definitely scared, but she passed.

Yes. She lived another day.

Okay, I'll get your bergens on.

Yes, let's go.

People can struggle on the course because of immaturity.

Can I have a voice?

I joined the military at 15 years old.

Go, go, go!

But I soon learned that I needed to grow up.

I was worried I wouldn't attempt that one.

But you did. I did.

Water's scary.

Just being here has made me think about, like, the important things in life.

I'm supposed to have recording sessions when I get home.

And I kind of want to cancel them to go surprise my mom.

Thank you, school.

Yeah. The pressure of being JoJo Siwa is to keep staying myself.

I don't know what it's like to not live a life like this, but some personal

happiness has to be given up.

Just telling myself that I'm in a video game has been helping.

We're on the home stretch.

Yeah.

Whilst the other recruits were out on exercise, number one, Jack Osborne.

has been under medical supervision.

His heart, it shouldn't be going that fast.

He's got a history of heart failure, so he could kill over and die if there's

something underneath going on with him.

For your safety, I'm going to have to medically withdraw you from this course.

If anything happened out there... The last thing we want is you suddenly

over.

It's out of your hands, OK?

You have to listen to it, Boris.

OK.

I'll take your number.

After six days on the course, Jack Osborne is leaving selection.

I'm out.

They're med -dropping me.

Damn, dude.

Can I take your beanie? Yeah.

We're going to miss you, dude.

I'm bummed.

Enjoy being your kid. I will. And don't quit.

Be in touch.

Now, just six recruits remain.

Jack crushed it.

Yeah, he made it far.

He was an incredible asset to this team. He was. He was.

Oh, we got one down.

The DS have gathered to discuss the recruit's performance in the survival

The standouts were number five, nine.

Number 12, very composed.

He looked worried.

He didn't act worried.

I really think that he's made an improvement.

You know, we had high hopes for number three.

I think she's got a lot of potential.

Yes.

I think she hides when she's nervous or scared with her smile and laughing.

She took it as a bit of a game more than anything.

I've said it before.

I think we should talk to number three, see what she's really about.

I hear yelling.

Recruit number three.

Right over here, three.

Number three, Jojo Siwa, is being called in for tactical questioning.

We wanted to talk to you about some things right here again.

That side of you, of jumping around, bouncing around, giggly, goofy or

from what I've been seeing, it's still been the same.

It's been harder for me than I thought it would be.

Why?

I do very hard on myself. I judge myself in everything.

I am a very insecure person, very insecure person.

Where does this lack of confidence come from?

Growing up in front of the Internet, it's the hardest thing.

Everything gets judged.

You know, people told me I have a receding hairline. They don't know that

a stress rash, and that's why I'm balding right here.

The 12 -year -olds that have a stress rash on their head, that makes them

but I did.

When I'm home, I've tended to be a loner. Like, I like to do things alone.

like to have my solitude time.

Because the reality is, it's hard for me to go places.

It's not always fun for me to go places.

It's work, you know?

Seeing a lot of potential in you, this is your opportunity to show that you

made of Turner stuff.

To get to the next phase of training, it's going to take something else in

You are going to have to find a way to tap into more of a attitude, aggressive

personality.

If you don't, you won't pass this course.

Guard.

I work in an industry where you can't be vulnerable, where you have to be, you

know, on. You have to be hard. You have to be hardcore. You have to mean

business.

And that's something that I've struggled with.

JoJo?

Hard ass.

Hard shell.

Can't break her down.

Thank you, Steph.

Joelle?

The most vulnerable person you'll ever meet.

Very emotional.

But I just need to, like, get it out, cry, be sad,

then get over it.

There you go.

I miss my family.

Tell me not to quit.

Tell me not to quit.

You got it.

Thank you.

Recruit!

Let's go!

On me!

Battle dress always.

Halfway into this phase of selection and the pressures ramping up.

Come on, five. Right out here.

Recruits will now face a task designed to test their will to fight for

In the Special Forces, we are all warriors. That warrior mindset we

that's what gives us the edge in combat.

Whatever is behind this gate, you need to switch on your aggression and

overpower it.

Then on our command, you need to switch it off.

You think about what you'll fight to the death for.

Those dreams that you have, that family that you have.

Those hopes about yourself.

Think about what you fight to get back to.

Recruits have no idea that waiting for them on the other side of the gates.

is the red man, D .S. Javon Q.

If you can't survive the fight, then it's over.

You understand?

Yes, sir.

But in our world, we need to be able to go from calm to completely in the red in

the snap of a finger.

All right, Ford.

Focus.

Come on, head down, head down.

On your knees, down in, down in, head up. Kneel up, kneel up.

Right, I need you to find ultra -aggression.

Anything in red is fair game, apart from no headshots. Is that understood?

Yes, sir. Let's go.

I'm here to push myself mentally, physically, emotionally to the limit.

Get in there!

Get in there!

You know, putting everything aside that's on the outside world and better

myself.

Kick it! Punch it!

Get your elbows in!

You're going to bone him!

Bryce, stop!

You all right?

Yes, sir.

Any injuries?

No, sir. I shouldn't think so. I think you just made love to him.

Go on, Foxy.

It's pathetic.

With number four Tom failing to summon enough aggression.

It's cold out here.

My hands are cold now.

Five more recruits now have their chance to take on the DS.

Good to go. Head down.

Dig deep and engage with that aggressive enemy.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Head down, head down.

I have my walls around me, but I won't give up on something until I physically

cannot.

Being here, there's a part of me that

wants to test my ability to protect my family.

My reason for doing this election is my kid.

To be able to show some perseverance, I think that's a really important thing.

I block off the emotions that aren't going to help me achieve what I need to

achieve.

I can be aggressive when I need to be.

He's doing it! He's doing it now! Finish him off!

Right, stop!

Up here, quick.

Stop!

Decompress. What was going through your mind there?

I never resigned on someone else.

And what did you want to do to him?

I wanted to kill him.

I wanted to be there to raise my child, but we destroyed anything that came my

way with that.

Okay, well done. Good effort.

Over you go. Just wait at the gate.

Five.

On me.

The last recruit to fight the red man is number five TV personality, Tyler

Cameron.

Number five, down on your knees.

Not like me. I'm not the Pope. Kneel up. Right.

I need you to dig deep.

and find aggression.

When I say stop, you turn it off immediately.

Is that understood?

Yes, sir.

Right, head down. Let's go.

Go on, then.

We all have an inner beast in us.

Kick him!

Take him down!

Go on then, number five!

Get him!

Once you get into that fight -or -flight mode, you do whatever it takes to

survive.

Get him! Get him!

Get him down!

Punch him!

No headshot!

In a brutal test of turning aggression on and off number five Tyler

Cameron has let rip

Calm right there now.

What was going through your head?

It was either me or him.

You all right? Yeah. Can you give me a cup of tea?

Yeah. And where?

In here.

Go now. Come stand over there a

bit.

What you just went through there is a very small taste of what we get up to.

Anger on its own on the battlefield is very unhelpful. That's why we're getting

you to understand how you need to turn it off in an instant.

Is that understood?

That's that. Off you go.

I've been on operations in scary, uncomfortable positions and you cannot

to allow anger to get in the way of your judgement.

He's like, what were you thinking? I was like, it's either me or him.

Once I got him down, I was just like, he's down, he's done.

Yeah, yeah. For me, though, I just internalize everything, you know. But

sometimes it does come out and explode, and, you know, it's not good, you know.

Number five!

Number five's full -on assault in the Redman task has put him on the DS's

Were your feet there? They are calling him in for tactical questioning.

Today,

The red man applying loads of aggression.

That's good. We like that.

But there was no turning it off.

You know, I think I lost a little bit of discipline.

We want to see people highlight themselves in a good way.

Yes, Dev.

What's your main reason for being here?

You know, I...

I feel like I kind of lost myself a little bit.

My world changed with TV and, you know, everything gets handed to you. And you

get caught up in the BS.

And it took me a while to realize that.

Kind of get back to what was important.

And then what?

Um... And then, uh... Through that, and then my mom passed away.

2000... 2020.

February 2020.

So that was, you know, that was definitely the biggest, toughest thing I

went through.

She was always the rock, you know.

That'll hit you.

It was one of those things where you're in a house with all your brothers, you

know, like the leader of the house, you got to put a smile on so they can put a

smile on.

How many brothers you got?

Two little brothers.

You took on the role as leader.

Do you think you've dealt with it?

I think I've come to terms with it.

But, you know, I have my signs. Like when I see a butterfly, I would say

But, you know, I just say, you know, we have a saying, make mama proud.

That's all we can do.

I see that you are trying to do this for deeper, you know, reasons.

Yep.

If you feel like you're in a position to start leading in there, start pushing

yourself, start being that presence. Not just a big guy, but someone that people

can lean on.

I got it. Yes, Dad. I will.

The only person that can truly find out what your limits are are you.

Mm -hmm.

God.

Yeah,

you can tell he's close. He's close to mom.

He's about to break down right now.

My mom, she was the glue. And ever since we lost her,

I've been doing everything I can to try and fill that void.

Talking about what's hard to talk about, you know.

I lost a support system and someone that I talked through a lot of things with,

and now I find myself a little lost at times.

Good stuff, though?

I had to talk about my mom and, yeah, stuff, you know.

It's been a long day for the recruits, but it's not over yet.

Let's go. Everybody up.

Make a move.

If you go on deployment as a special forces operator, you know you're going

possibly get killed.

Think about that.

Y 'all want to know what it's like to be us?

This is what it is.

If you go on deployment as a special forces operator, you know you're going

possibly get killed.

The survival phase is almost done, but recruits will now face a brutal reality

of the special forces.

Y 'all want to know what it's like to be us?

This is what it is.

Tonight, you're writing what we call a death letter to your loved ones, as if

you're not coming home.

What would you want to say to your mom, your dad, friends?

It's hard to think about.

It is hard to think about, but you've got to think about it.

You're going to write this, and you're going to read them to each other.

That's it.

As a special forces operator, you are only too aware of the fragility of your

life. It's always in the forefront of your mind that you could die, and that

it.

Any volunteers for first?

I'm okay.

Just giving you a warning, I'm going to cry.

Mom, there's not a word to describe how grateful I am for your guidance and push

throughout my life.

Dad, the fun, wild parent.

You pulled me out of dark times when you didn't even know it.

I love you forever and ever more than you could imagine.

I love you, too.

Thank you.

Dad, everything I have achieved is a testament to how amazing of a dad you

I could never thank you enough.

Mom, sometimes it is still hard to believe you're gone.

Dad and I miss you every day, and I would give anything to see you and hug

and tell you I love you one more time.

It takes all sorts to be in the special forces. It isn't necessarily the biggest

the fastest or the strongest it's about psychological robustness

Mom Thank you for always accepting me for who

I am So much So

much of who I am just because of you

the

Amazing example.

You always said, Tom.

You guys got me all worked up.

To my fiancee, Natalie, having you by my side always gave me the courage that I

could face any challenge because I had you.

I'm so sorry I won't be there.

I'm so sorry I won't be with you to raise our baby together.

You're the greatest love of my life.

Nick.

All right.

The kids.

You are the coolest, most exciting, most fun little humans I could have had.

in my life. I love you. I'm proud to be your dad.

And then just Emmy.

I've missed you so much.

I'm coming to see you.

Love, Dad.

So tough.

Dear Austin, I'm proud of you, but I know who's the most proud.

Big time.

I'm proud of you, but I know who's the most proud, and that's Mom.

Love you, Tyler.

Damn, Tyler.

I haven't cried like that in a long time.

Some of the things that we put the recruits through on this course may seem

absolutely brutal, but there is a reason for it.

War is relentless.

It's obviously physical, but I'd say 70 % of it is mental.

It's six strangers, you know.

And I'm opening up to y 'all instead of opening up to anyone at home.

It's so intense how much that takes out of you.

Humans are vulnerable.

It's like it's going to get much harder psychologically.

I think that's the six of us starting the final phase.

Guys, let's do this.

Next time... Let's go, Olympians!

We're not playing at this.

Let's go!

We're in the final phases of selection.

This is where we turn it up.

You guys are on the run. Now it's all about survival.

I don't know.

Get on your knees!

Face down!