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Season 5 of Special Forces will feature a new cast of celebrity recruits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Reality stars Brandi Glanville, Collin Gosselin, and Mauricio Umansky join actors Candace Cameron Bure, Oliver Hudson, and Ruby Rose as they take on grueling challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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The cast also features athletes, a comedian, and a former politician.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A new celebrity cast of characters is up for the challenge of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe season 5 contestants of the competition show were revealed by FOX on Wednesday, and they include everyone from sitcom actors to reality TV stars and A-list athletes.<\/p>\n
The 15 trainees who’ve agreed to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual special forces selection process include Candace Cameron Bure<\/a> (Full House), David Charvet (Baywatch), Brandi Glanville (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Collin Gosselin (Jon & Kate Plus 8), and Oliver Hudson<\/a> (Rules of Engagement).<\/p>\nThis season, the celebrity recruits will be deployed in Malaysia to take on intense challenges in “the most hostile environment a soldier could operate in… the jungle,” according to FOX’s press release.<\/p>\n
Recruits will “adapt to uncomfortable conditions, unpredictable terrain and harsh jungle warfare tasks” as they endure challenges such as 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, and a chemical gassing while finding coordinates of an enemy vessel.<\/p>\n
In this experiment, the celebrities try to survive demanding training exercises<\/a> led by the Directing Staff (DS) Rudy Reyes, Billy Billingham, Jason “Foxy” Fox, and Jovon “Q” Quarles, an elite team of ex-special forces operatives.<\/p>\nThey will guide the recruits while testing them to see who has the guts and glory to make it to the end.<\/p>\n
Season 5 premieres Thursday, Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n
Below, meet the 15 celebrities taking on the Special Forces challenge in season 5:<\/p>\n
Matt Barnes<\/h2>\n![\"NBA](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/b9bd1bc650cc0ae0bd4b5ff76b1f76d98550946d79ee4acd54cb791953d2765d\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2Fbaad93f0587ffe2235e37a4e57c6a585\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nNBA Champion and Podcaster
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nAlycia Baumgardner<\/h2>\n![\"World](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/4b8e70bfeb5f95aeb87e6fa613d9e1dfd36be117e5f1a43e17d9b0ee2f837cc9\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2F18612a9b27c7ea9fb23a574004acfe11\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nWorld Champion Boxer
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nCandace Cameron Bure<\/h2>\n![\"ActorCredit:](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/75f2f15ac78fea56c071053a9ec31f3e11246cef6aee4af20ec7709ddb3b9768\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2F32084f4735df9f853261ee69fc75f933\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nActor
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nDavid Charvet<\/h2>\n![\"Entrepreneur](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/65b6293c76746a5978fb63d297cfd8d1549c33b2c521f20e04d4241d938d05e1\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2Fed9cf6cbbce635c38ddfbe5cb9a50ff6\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nEntrepreneur and Actor
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nBrandi Glanville<\/h2>\n![\"TV](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/40ba0ed976bd8dc8c30d38925ca27718922e1de6f9559a22aa27125578e4e32f\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2F1c8b5d88763de9e2549f199c4538c575\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nTV Personality
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nCollin Gosselin<\/h2>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/32aa1ae29ea958b344439ff9457cfac3538697683bcd71e53e164beec14985db\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2F6eb0456c9b1a465ccb55d78b4e30e7ac\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nFormer TV Personality
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nOliver Hudson<\/h2>\n![\"ActorCredit:](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/c70895ac94562d81a1b2ba269eb51681212e38913ca28f58bfc1a26df6befffb\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2F46fcec0868c74272cdced9d6f0807cd7\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nActor
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nLeSean McCoy<\/h2>\n![\"NFL](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/ab53b261aa80d441ec4cfd87587fbecbb2b10e36d9548d60e1b54494dd7b29be\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2F0d6ab9ba5c1a4ecd2f40a9e1679ec3ba\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nNFL Superbowl Champion
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nMaxim Naumov<\/h2>\n![\"Olympic](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/8903d2da886f0fa5c71436d4024299c092be34dd156b869c66598a8f4fabb28f\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2F8483c7e55a5d882b585f0cd924cba577\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nOlympic Figure Skater
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nRuby Rose<\/h2>\n![\"ActorCredit:](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/bb70047ee988220a056a24046ed15be99cf41c158133ff962ac0c78b576e3653\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2F93f1fbe09731f96df8406062440c3f21\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nActor
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nGeorge Santos<\/h2>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/a8ff51c7c30e656861912791de29c95856f42386906822d7b027006fc1bdc620\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2Fffe313db94e244ec6b14c7e272a65888\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nFormer Politician
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nHannah Stocking<\/h2>\n![\"ComedianCredit:](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/3ecbb31cdb98bfb08a12b4e4a23af65fd2239efb28ae460e5f7d4fc99ddf090c\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fentertainment_weekly_785%2Fc05bc3219375282a8adfaf218c40f4bc\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nComedian
Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\n
Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<\/strong>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\nBreana Tiesi<\/h2>\n
Season 5 of Special Forces will feature a new cast of celebrity recruits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Reality stars Brandi Glanville, Collin Gosselin, and Mauricio Umansky join actors Candace Cameron Bure, Oliver Hudson, and Ruby Rose as they take on grueling challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The cast also features athletes, a comedian, and a former politician.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A new celebrity cast of characters is up for the challenge of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test<\/a>.<\/p>\n The season 5 contestants of the competition show were revealed by FOX on Wednesday, and they include everyone from sitcom actors to reality TV stars and A-list athletes.<\/p>\n The 15 trainees who’ve agreed to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual special forces selection process include Candace Cameron Bure<\/a> (Full House), David Charvet (Baywatch), Brandi Glanville (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Collin Gosselin (Jon & Kate Plus 8), and Oliver Hudson<\/a> (Rules of Engagement).<\/p>\n This season, the celebrity recruits will be deployed in Malaysia to take on intense challenges in “the most hostile environment a soldier could operate in… the jungle,” according to FOX’s press release.<\/p>\n Recruits will “adapt to uncomfortable conditions, unpredictable terrain and harsh jungle warfare tasks” as they endure challenges such as 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, and a chemical gassing while finding coordinates of an enemy vessel.<\/p>\n In this experiment, the celebrities try to survive demanding training exercises<\/a> led by the Directing Staff (DS) Rudy Reyes, Billy Billingham, Jason “Foxy” Fox, and Jovon “Q” Quarles, an elite team of ex-special forces operatives.<\/p>\n They will guide the recruits while testing them to see who has the guts and glory to make it to the end.<\/p>\n Season 5 premieres Thursday, Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n Below, meet the 15 celebrities taking on the Special Forces challenge in season 5:<\/p>\n NBA Champion and Podcaster World Champion Boxer Actor Entrepreneur and Actor TV Personality Former TV Personality Actor NFL Superbowl Champion Olympic Figure Skater Actor Former Politician Comedian Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<\/strong>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\nMatt Barnes<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nAlycia Baumgardner<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nCandace Cameron Bure<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nDavid Charvet<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nBrandi Glanville<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nCollin Gosselin<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nOliver Hudson<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nLeSean McCoy<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nMaxim Naumov<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nRuby Rose<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nGeorge Santos<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nHannah Stocking<\/h2>\n
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Credit: FOX<\/i><\/p>\nBreana Tiesi<\/h2>\n