- I'm bear grylls, former special forces soldier,
Everest mountaineer, and survivalist.
All my life, I've sought out
The most extreme challenges out there.
It's often been a battle.
But along the way, I've shared life-saving survival skills.
It could save your life.
But this is not that show.
- [gags] - [grunts]
- Must search through poop.
- Every day, I meet people
Who think they could do it better.
- It doesn't look that hard. - I know I can do it.
- Really grinds my gears when people go on survival shows
And tap out.
I can't do it.
- The truth is, most people wouldn't survive in the wild.
They'd die.
So I've re-created some of my craziest survival situations
To see who can get off the couch
And prove they've got what it takes.
Five will enter, but only one will proudly claim
That "I survived bear grylls."
[all cheering]
[bear roars]
[percussive music]
- Aw, yeah.
Hello, everyone, and welcome to camp bear.
[cheering]
I am world-famous comedian jordan conley.
[laughs] now, I know a thing or two about bears, okay?
If it's black, you fight back.
If it's brown, you lay down.
And if it's grylls, you better bring your skills.
Okay? Does that make sense?
The host of "I survived bear grylls,"
Mr. Bear grylls!
[contestants cheering]
- My man.
- Are you all right, guys? Are you ready for this?
- Hey, yeah. Great day.
Because you wanna be pushed... - Yeah.
- Yes. - You wanna be challenged,
And you wanna figure out if you've got
What it takes to survive in the wild for real.
- Amen.
[laughter]
- I've designed four incredible environments,
Each featuring a challenge that will test the skills
That you need to survive in the wild.
Today is about building
And testing your survival spirit.
Whoever's there at the end will have earned that right
To truly say that they have survived
Bear grylls. - Let's go!
[cheering]
- Dylan, former marine. - Yes, sir.
I grew up watching you on tv, sir.
You were part of the reason why I joined the marine corps.
So, for me, I could say thank you,
But my way of thanking you is coming here and putting
It all out there for you, man.
- I love it. Putting it on the line.
- I'll see you at the end, bear.
- We'll see.
- Ooh! I like this confidence.
- I'm dylan. I'm from tampa, florida.
I'm a stand-up comedian, and I used to be
A united states marine.
I have to win this competition.
It's not just for bragging rights,
And it's not just to prove everybody else wrong.
I think talk is cheap.
For me, I plan on emptying the gas tank
And really pushing myself here in this competition
And let that work speak for itself.
- Ronald, you and me share something in common together.
We've both stood on the top of the world,
On the summit of everest. - That's right.
You're like a brother to me from a different mother.
If there's something that I've learned
Throughout life challenges, it's mental grit.
- Bring that same spirit again to this.
- Thank you. Thank you. - You're gonna need it.
Katelyn, the new yorker...
- Yes. - Social media influencer.
- I might be the underdog here, but I have nothing to lose,
Except my dignity maybe.
So, yeah.
- My name is katelyn, and I am
A freelance content creator and influencer.
No real survival skills, if you can't tell,
But screw it. I'll do anything.
Winning this competition would give
Influencers in general
Just some street cred.
- New yorkers are tough.
Underestimate them at your peril.
- True.
- Sam, you, obviously, got lots of physicality...
- Yes. - From gymnastics
To all sorts of sports.
- Keep going. - [laughs]
- But you're gonna also need the mental side of survival.
- Yes.
- Matt, you've been through so much in your life.
- With hair like that, you must have been born in a manger.
- Yeah, tarzan, maybe.
- As you can tell by our surroundings,
Were in the tundra.
And this first challenge is all about mountain rescue.
- Behind you is what I've called mount sherpa.
Ronald, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
They're the high-altitude climbers
From the country in nepal.
You gotta become that sherpa.
You're gonna start at the top.
You're gonna slide down.
You're gonna retrieve an item at the bottom
And then power back up.
First person to the top is safe from elimination.
The other ones, we go again.
And we keep going until we're down to two.
The last one to reach the top, sadly,
Is gonna be going home.
Be warned: There are gonna be obstacles
Coming down on you: Boulders, various animals at you.
- What? [laughter]
- Work through it. - This is...
- Stay focused. Reach the top.
Pays to be a winner.
Okay, guys, you ready?
First item you're gonna recover: Boots.
You ready? Set...
- Whoo! Let's do it! - Go!
[music playing]
- Ow!
- I'm not sliding. - There you go.
Let's go, guys. Let's go.
- Go, go, go.
- Here come the boulders.
- Oh, my god.
Ah!
A boulder!
- Whee!
- Go, go, go.
Last one is out!
- Whoo!
- He flew up that mountain.
- Baby!
What's going on?
Matt feldhaus here.
I mean, look at me.
I'm meant to live out in the wild.
I've been trained my whole life
For these controlled environments.
Basic training-- I never got to deploy, though.
I was hit by a drunk driver,
And that ended my military career.
It broke me, but it didn't take me out of the game.
And now this gets to bring everything together.
I love it. My mindset is embrace the suck.
- The rest of you, get ready to go again.
- Nice, baby.
- A little bit defeated in myself.
I thought I had it in the bag.
- You now got two items:
Sleeping bag and boots.
First back is safe.
Go. - Let's go!
Come on, quick!
- Ooh. - Come on, guys.
All the way up. You got it.
Ooh, ooh, yeah. Oh.
There you go.
- Come on. Total commitment.
Come on. Here we go.
- You know when you see, like, an icy slope
That you have to climb?
I'm just like, "what have I gotten myself into?"
- Okay. I know is a competition,
But I would get in the sleeping bag
And then try to hop.
That'd be so fun.
- Ronald and dylan are neck and neck.
- There you go. - Dylan stumbled.
Ronald, you are safe.
- Yeah, baby!
- Oh, come on.
I had it, man.
- Right back in. You now got a backpack,
Sleeping bag, and the boots.
Ready? Go.
- Let's go, guys. Come on.
All the way down.
Reach for it. - There you go.
Look at the determination.
- Think of your technique.
What is the most efficient way of doing this?
- There we go.
Hi, katelyn.
Oh, you ran right into the boulder.
[car alarm sounds]
- Hey, someone's missing their boots.
- Do not leave any gear behind.
- Without those boots, you gonna get athlete's feet.
- Let's go.
- Someone's dropped their boots.
- Oh, you dropped your boots?
- Do not leave any gear behind.
You can still do this.
- I saw dylan dropped his boots,
So I was like, "oh, yeah, it's go time."
Like, this is my chance.
- Can he do it?
- Oh, he's coming in quick.
- Let's go, dylan. Get it.
- Can he do it? - Let's go, dylan.
- Ugh.
- Let's go, sam.
Come on.
[cheering]
- Sam, you are safe.
Dylan, get smarter.
- [bleep].
Ugh!
- Look at you.
Yeah.
- Katelyn and dylan, you need to focus now.
One of you two is going home.
You've now got a camp bed as well.
Backpack, sleeping bag, and boots.
Last person back is going home.
I'm thinking to myself, "am I about to lose
First round in front of bear [bleep] grylls?
- Ready.
- [distantly] don't think about it.
[distorted] don't think about it.
- Go. Let's go!
All the way down!
- Katelyn and dylan now got a camp bed as well.
Backpack, sleeping bag, and boots.
Last person back, going home.
Ready, set, go.
- Whoo! - Let's go!
All the way down! Come on. Come on.
Push down.
- Slow and steady.
- Which one is gonna survive mount sherpa,
And which one's gonna be a big...
- Let's go. That's it.
Make it smart. You got it, guys.
- Figured out that strategy. - Here you go, katelyn.
- Come on, katelyn.
Don't you be beat by him. Summon it.
You can do this. Come on.
- Here come the boulders.
Look at me, I'm a...
- Go on, prove them all wrong.
Get that in the bag. Get it up.
- Come on, dylan. - Dylan, don't forget your bag.
- Dylan, you're a marine.
Do not leave any item or any person behind.
- Sleeping bag?
It's okay.
- Go, katelyn. You can do this.
- Come on. You got it.
- Let's go, katelyn.
You can do it, girl.
- She trying to go up with everything
Like she late for her flight.
- Come on, guys.
Let's go.
- Pull, pull, pull!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Let's go, katelyn. You got it, girl.
- Ah! - Come on.
You got it. - Ah!
Don't you [bleep] quit.
- Eye of the tiger, dylan.
All the way.
- I'm not going home.
Let's go!
- We got a survivor.
Dylan, good job.
Good job.
- This round, I barely survived bear grylls.
It's way easier said than done.
But in challenges like this,
You really have to have a short memory.
You cannot think about what just went wrong.
You got to focus about what you're about to do right.
Boy, I didn't think I was gonna see y'all for a second, man.
I'm good to go now.
I was a little bit down earlier, but I'm pumped.
I'm locked and loaded. I'm ready to go.
- I'm sorry, bear.
- Hey, good job, katelyn. You're all right.
- Really? - Yeah.
The two pilates videos that I did to prepare for this
Just weren't cutting it.
I just do not have the upper body strength
To survive that kind of challenge.
Going out with my head held high, taking selfies.
Though my family will be totally proud
That I even showed up,
That I didn't sleep through my alarm, so...
- Half of the battle in life is turning up
And being willing to give it your all.
- Awesome. Thanks so much.
- There's always got to be one.
You take care and look out for yourself.
- Oh, it was so good meeting you.
- You guys, give her a big round of applause.
- Hey, good job, katelyn.
It gets more serious.
It gets more intense now.
Are you up for it? - We're ready for it.
- Yeah. - Okay.
Come with me, fast.
[adventurous music]
- From slippery ice to slippery mountains,
We're headed to the forest.
- Whoo! - Whoo!
- Good job, baby.
- Still here.
- Okay, then there were four.
- Yes, sir. - Gets ever tougher.
- Still here, man.
- One of the things you guys will know about the wild
Is that it's never straightforward.
If you're climbing, it's never like in a climbing gym,
Where it's all nice and sanitized and good.
In the wild, it's often raining.
It's windy. You're on your own.
You're up against it.
A type of climbing that I've done a lot in my life
Is called via ferrata.
It literally means the iron way:
How a lot of mountain troops in the world wars
Used to access the high mountains.
They'd use these steel wires
That were bolted to the rock face
To negotiate their way up into the peaks,
To resupply and reach their fighting positions.
I've used them often in the dolomite mountains
In northern Italy.
Incredible steep peaks.
Those via ferratas up high are scary.
I've definitely had some moments on them.
This next challenge is all about thinking smart,
Even when you're precariously balanced
On the side of a mountain.
You gotta think clearly.
You've got two carabiners.
You are always clipped in.
We got two rock walls.
We got trees and a valley in the middle.
So you're gonna race two at a time
Using that via ferrata.
You've gotta recover a lantern and return it to me.
First person to reach me with that lantern is safe.
Then the next two go.
The winners of the first two races
Are safe. The other two go again.
And that time, person who reaches me last is going home.
I've also had it before when I've been climbing
Where, suddenly, the rock face gets really slick
With bird poo.
- Oh, no.
- Trying to climb with that is awkward, stinky,
Difficult, and dangerous.
And since we're replicating some of those high mountain
Via ferrata routes, you're also going
To encounter some bird poo.
- [laughs] I'ma be honest.
Bear, you've done a lot of challenges with stuff,
But this is probably the one thing I can relate with--
Bird poop.
- Yeah, that stinks. I can smell that from here.
Ronald, you got lots of travel and life experience.
But why is it important for you to win this?
- I grew up in a very humble environment in honduras.
And winning this would inspire kids in my area
That they can go for big dreams and achieve them.
- You're a climber. You should be good at this.
Use your physicality.
- [british accent] and your adaptability.
[laughter]
- John? - Yeah?
Sorry.
[laughter]
- Dylan, you made it through the last round.
Why is it important for you to win this?
- I think that my entire life
I've always been counted out, bear.
Growing up, I was short, skinny,
Glasses, and braces, sir.
So everybody always looked at me as a little guy.
- Sam, after your performance on mount sherpa--
- Did you see that?
Because if not, we can rewind it,
And we can watch it again. [laughs]
[tape rewinding]
- Let's go, sam. Come on!
- Wow! [cheering]
- I can definitely survive bear grylls.
Can bear survive me, is the question.
I'm the total package.
I can hunt.
I can fish.
I can make a fire.
I can make the biggest fire.
And I look good doing it.
- Can you really make a fire?
- No. [bleep], no. I can't. [laughs]
- Matt, you smashed it on that mountain.
Why is it important for you to win this?
- I actually am here representing
The headstrong project.
We provide cost-free mental-health care
To all those military connected.
I'm a veteran myself, and I wanted
To hopefully inspire other veterans
And military-connected people
To overcome their own difficulties.
- Good for you. And like ronald,
Inspiration comes through example.
Keep living it. Keep doing it.
Ready for this? - Good to go.
- We've randomly assigned
The matchups for this challenge.
- Ronald and matt, you'll be going first.
Get to the base of the ladder, and we'll get you guys going.
Speed and efficiency.
Never unclipped.
Do not drop that lantern.
Ready, set, go.
[rock music]
- Ooh. It almost got me.
[hawk cries]
[rock music]
- Ronald, matt, never unclipped.
Do not drop that lantern.
Ready, set, go.
♪ ♪
Work those carabiners carefully.
♪ ♪
- Ooh. Ooh.
It almost got me.
- I believe this is bird poop.
It just made it so slippery for you
To be able to get a good grip with the carabiners.
- Ronald, you're in the lead.
Ignore the bird poop.
- This is something that I'm not super accustomed to.
I don't do a lot of rock climbing.
Didn't wanna fall off.
But I think the struggle there was just
Having the slippery fingers.
- Jordan, give him a blast of the bird poop.
[liquid squelches]
- [laughs] oh. My god.
- One at a time. Never unclip.
Well done.
♪ ♪
Ronald, you've recovered the lantern, proving well.
Matt, you're gonna need to pick up the pace.
♪ ♪
- [laughs]
- Work those carabiners carefully.
Do not drop that lantern.
Watch your footing.
Move carefully.
Matt, you're only slightly behind.
You can do it.
Ignore the bird poop.
- A little bit of poop.
- Ronald, you're on your last step.
Matt, close.
[bird screeches]
♪ ♪
- Oh.
- Okay.
We've got a winner.
Ronald, well done, my friend.
Well done. - Thank you.
- Whoo!
- I can see you had something to say at the start
When you were trying to get the carabiners.
It's tricky. - Absolutely.
You got to have the right technique for it.
- That last challenge was totally in my element.
It brought me back to good memories of everest.
If I win the $10,000, it's gonna help a great deal.
I will be working with some organizations
In honduras to give something back.
- Matt, you were close behind him, man.
It's hard, isn't it? - It is.
- Because you're getting blasted,
It's slippery. - I know.
I was like, "there are so many birds out here."
The bird poop really made everything slippery.
And that was so tough for me, but I just didn't have
That locking mechanism down.
- Okay. You got one more chance.
- Amen.
It's dylan against sam.
Let's see who's gonna survive.
Ready, set, go.
♪ ♪
- Bird. - Both carabiners on.
- I'm just out here sucking up bird poop--
You know, like I do on my regular days.
- Mm. [bleep] damn it, sam.
- Say hello to my little friend.
- Both carabiners on.
- [laughs]
- Ah!
As a gymnast, we have the balance beam,
Which is, like, three times the size of those.
But I was just channeling my inner, like, beam-ista.
[laughs] - go on, dylan.
Get them on.
Remember, twist and open.
Ignore the bird poo.
Welcome to the wild.
Sometimes, [bleep] happens.
- [laughs] oh, my god.
- Remember, twist and open.
Be efficient in how you move.
Sam is moving ahead.
Sam, you got your lantern.
Well done.
You're moving well.
- Oh, my gosh. It's in my eye.
- Dylan, you got your lantern. Well done.
Need to pick up that pace, though.
- After the first challenge, I was physically drained,
So I had to stop relying on my physical strength
And start relying on the mental strength.
You can knock me down, but you cannot knock me out.
- Ah!
- Sam is still in the lead.
- These...
But you know it's good luck
To get [bleep] on by birds, so...
- First person to get that lantern to me,
Be careful on the ladder.
- Sam, do you have any gray poop on you?
[laughs]
- Ah!
♪ ♪
- Okay. Sam.
We got a winner. Great job.
You are safe.
- I'm definitely on a high now.
I got my second wind. I was a little nervous
With being the only female left.
This last competition showed me it's
Not just about being strong physically but mentally.
I survived another round of bear grylls,
And I want more.
- Which means, dylan, you're going to another playoff,
But you're used to that. - Absolutely.
- You gotta learn every time from this.
Got to be faster, slicker with those carabiners.
- Yeah, baby. - You know how to do those--
Twist and open, go.
All right?
It comes down to this, matt, dylan.
- I got eliminated by my homegirl sam
In the first round, and then I had to go up against matt.
And y'all know matt.
Matt is an ultramarathon runner.
He does endurance challenges for fun.
So I'm almost ready to pack it up.
- He's a marine. I'm army.
Cool, calm, and collected-- that's gonna bring
Me to the finish line.
- Both of you such good guys.
I want both of you to win this,
But one of you is gonna be going home.
Ready, set...
Go. - Let's go, you guys.
- You got it, you got it.
- Get it moving.
Make sure those carabiners always attach.
- [bleep]
- Come on, matt.
- Looking good.
- Work those carabiners.
- Careful.
- Watch your footing.
Move carefully.
- Ha-ha.
- Dylan, you're moving efficiently.
You got the lantern. You're on your way back.
Matt, you need to make up time.
- You got it. You got it.
Stay calm.
[hawk screeches]
- Get it moving.
You've gotta recover a lantern...
- Come on, matt. - And return it to me.
- You got it. You got it.
Stay calm.
It's anybody's game still.
- Dylan, you're moving efficiently.
You got the lantern. You're on your way back.
Matt, you need to make up time.
Matt's got his lantern.
- Stay calm. - He's on his way back.
Make sure those carabiners always attach.
Get it moving.
Ignore the bird poop.
Dylan's there, jordan's there,
And the world is there to mess with you.
- Ha-ha.
You want some bird poop on you at home?
- Dylan, you're on your last step.
- [laughs] oh, my god.
- Dylan you're on the way.
- Go!
Let's go! - Whoo.
- Done.
Done.
Dylan, great job, my friend.
Matt, come on down. Be safe.
- It's been two times I've almost been eliminated.
I think that it's taken everything I have,
Both physically and mentally,
To keep my head in the game.
I'm not counted out yet. I'm not done.
That ten grand is still mine. I ain't going home.
- Oh, matt, it's not about winning or losing.
It's about the journey, embracing the struggle,
Always stronger.
You're gonna be inspiration of so many,
Even covered in bird poop. - I want a hug.
- I'm so proud of you.
- You know, for being bird poop,
It kind of tastes tropical.
I wanted to hopefully inspire
Other veterans and military connected people.
And I lost to a veteran myself, so I think together,
It was kind of a great way to finish.
If I was gonna go out to anyone, it's a fellow veteran.
- Proud of you. Guys, give him a big hand.
- Hell yeah, matt. I love you, buddy.
- I wanted to prove to myself
That I'm still as strong and mentally tough
As I ever was.
And even though I didn't win, I tried my best,
And I kept my head up.
- Dylan. - Sir.
- You're learning. You're getting faster.
You're zoning in. - I'm not out yet, bear.
- Never. - No.
- You--I knew you were gonna be a dark horse on this.
- Thank you, bear. - You can win this.
- Yes. - And ronald,
You're calmly getting it done. I'm noticing it.
Now it gets tougher still. Are you ready?
- Yeah. - Well, let's go.
- Whoo, whoo! - Let's go!
- You were hit with bird doo-doo,
But can you handle the sun?
We're headed to the desert.
- Whoo!
[all whooping]
- Down to three.
- I'm still here. Still here.
- Getting tougher, it's getting harder.
There's more at stake now.
I always said at the beginning
That you're gonna need guts on this show.
That doesn't just mean courage.
It also means you've gotta-- these sort of guts as well.
You're gonna have to have strong guts,
Especially for some of the survival foods
That I've had to eat over the years,
Whether it's been skunk anus--
It's like somebody's got your steak,
Rubbed it in dog feces.
Voles, scorpions, snakes.
The list would go on for a while.
Like in the wild, your survival is based
On eating what you have to:
Whatever it takes to stay alive.
This challenge is gonna be all about this.
But again, survivors are smart.
I'm gonna be asking you questions about survival.
The first to bang that table loud with your fist
And give me that correct answer doesn't have to eat.
The other two need to eat some survival wilderness food
That I've been cooking.
If you wanna make it to the next round of the challenge,
You'll need to finish that spoon of survival food.
These are survival questions.
You don't need to have studied a book.
You just gotta think logically.
- For example, this co-host,
If you are ever out in the wild,
Is not gonna save your life.
The answer is-- - you.
[ding-ding] - thank you.
That's a great-- you're not eating.
Look at that. - Come on now.
- Every time you get an answer right, you get a point.
The person at the end of four rounds
Who has the least points is sadly gonna be going home.
And the remaining two we move on to the finale.
Dylan, former soldier, you and me know a few things
About eating sometimes.
- Heh, mres, man.
- Do you think you're gonna be in a strong position
To face this challenge? - Absolutely.
I've done a lot of physical things
That have been challenging, but my stomach
Has also been trained as well.
- [laughs] you ain't never had [bleep] like that.
- You think I haven't? - Okay.
Well, first of all, don't take it there.
- I'm about to say, hey, man. - He ate skunk ass. You ain't--
- I've eaten some things, brother.
- Ronald, you know mountain food sometimes.
- This is food.
This is life. I'm going for it.
- Sam, have you ever eaten wilderness food before?
- No, but I've had some questionable things
In my mouth, so--
[laughter]
- And what would you do with the money?
- Oh, with the money?
Well, ten gs sounds like the perfect amount
Of money for some new boobs.
So that's what I would do first,
Is get a new set of girls.
- Well, I'm rooting for you. I'm rooting for you.
- Me, too. - Yeah.
"what happened to you?"
"well, I survived bear grylls."
- Right.
- I think you're looking just fine the way you are.
- Yeah. I have to win this competition
'cause I need boobs,
Because I've always been, like,
The itty bitty titty committee.
And I wanna be a big booty bitch.
[laughs]
- The first food out, jordan, is...
- I've gotta eat beaver ass, bear?
Hold on. - No, you don't.
You just gotta get the answer right.
- I gotta be right.
- No, he actually does have to eat it.
- No, I don't. - I have a weak stomach.
And I'm like, "ooh, that [bleep] is gross."
- Here's the question.
Hands up.
Which of these in terms of survival
Is a higher priority?
Food, fire, or water?
[ding]
Dylan. - Water.
- Water is the correct answer.
- Come on now, bro.
- Pick up the beaver anal glands and throw them away.
- Mm-mm. - Hey.
- Ronald, sam, here we go. - Can I also--
- Access to the next round-- get it down.
- Yeah, just throw it away in your mouth.
- Oh, my gosh.
- You got to eat that anal gland
If you wanna move on to the next round.
- Pick it up. - Ooh, yeah.
- Here we go. One, two, three, go.
- You don't pass it, eat that ass.
- Get it down. Get it down.
- Mm. - I said, eat that ass.
- [retches] - get it down.
- I was eating it and then-- - get it down.
- [coughs] - oh, come on.
You got it, you got it, ron.
- You gotta eat it like it's groceries.
- Can't really describe it.
It has this weird smell to it.
But just the texture of it, that's what kind of
Makes it hard to swallow down your throat.
- Well done. Okay.
- It's terrible. - Here we go.
Next up are...
- Or, as I like to call them...
- [laughs]
I didn't know they sold giant ants to be eaten,
Let alone giant ants were edible.
- Next question, hands up.
If you are out for a hike and you get horrifically lost,
Should you stay put and await rescue
Or head in the direction you think is correct?
[ding]
Sam.
- Stay put and await rescue.
- Correct answer, sam.
- Whoo!
- You don't have to eat.
- Throw those ants back.
- Never wanna see them again.
- Dylan, ronald, get them down the hatch.
Get it done.
Access to the next round.
- [coughs]
- Oh, wow.
Dylan just chugged those ants.
- Chew them. Just chew them.
Chew them and get them down.
You're much better off one big mouthful,
Chew them, and get them down.
- Oopsies. Now they're stuck.
Ooh.
- Think of them like candy.
- It's a good analogy.
I like it.
I was kind of imagining this scenario:
I'm in the mountain, it's cold, I'm starving.
It's either eat this or die.
- Ugh. [groans]
- Well, I guess he was a little too eager.
- Good job. - It's not okay.
Every time I burp, I still taste them now.
I wanna throw up. Whoo.
- Well done, dylan. Well done.
Respect.
- [laughs] thank you, bear.
- Next course, children. Bring them in.
These are...
[pig squeals] - ugh.
- Ugh. - Oh, my god.
[dramatic music]
Oh, and it stinks.
♪ ♪
- Let me guess. They're rich in protein.
- Uh-huh, make you a lot smarter.
- Very rich in protein, great energy.
Ultimate survival food.
Okay, the current scores:
Sam, you're on 1, ronald 0, dylan, you're on 1.
Okay. Hands up, here we go.
In a survival situation, you are lost.
In order to find civilization,
Are you better off following either
An animal trail or a river?
- Ronald, fast. - River stream.
- Correct answer.
- Whoo.
- One point.
Take your pig's brain, throw it away.
Dylan, sam, this isn't gonna be a fun one.
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
- Yeah. - Let's get them down.
- I can't even fit it all in my mouth.
- It's all got to go.
This one, you're probably not going
To wanna eat in a oner.
It's gonna be a few mouthfuls.
- This little piggy went to market,
And this little piggy got decapitated,
Debrained, and put on the plate.
- [retches]
[laughter]
- [coughs] ugh.
It tasted like rotten oatmeal.
And the consistency wasn't making it
Easier to go down, either.
- I am gagging.
Like, ugh, that's disgusting.
Like--like, ew.
- [grunts]
- These are pig brains.
It's all gotta go.
Dylan, is yours done?
Gone.
- [coughs]
- Think of those new booties.
For the moment, you've only got one booty.
- Boobs.
- Boobs-- sorry, it wasn't booty, a butt.
- Boobies.
- I already have a booty.
- In english, these are booties.
- No, don't try to change it.
- You're not gonna throw the uk slang on it.
- Last push. Let's get this down.
- Chew and swallow. - There you go.
[laughter]
- The scores at the moment:
1, 1, 1.
We're into the final question.
Whoever gets this right will be safe
And moving on to the finals.
Final course:
It's the big old water bugs.
- Hey, bear, you know, in the projects,
We call these roaches. - There you go.
- Oh, my gosh. - There you go.
Hey, he looking at you.
- Okay. So hands up.
So in the wild, if you come across a mountain lion,
Should you act fast and run away quickly
Or retreat slowly?
- Oh, it's me! Retreat slowly.
- Smart survivor. - Ah!
- Let's go, sam. Let's go, sam.
- I'm a host now.
Guys, have fun.
- Get your water bug and throw it away.
- Thank god.
I'm a winner, baby.
I'm one step closer to the $10,000
And some new boobs.
- Okay, you guys, you need to get the water bug down,
And then we're going to a playoff.
Okay. Get it down.
[crunching]
[easygoing bossa nova]
♪ ♪
- [coughs] - ooh.
- [coughs]
[gags]
[gulp] ah.
- Hey, once you pop, the roach don't stop.
- [retches loudly]
So I just tried to swallow it down whole,
Because, I mean, who's trying to chew up a water bug?
[echoing retch]
But that was almost worse because now I have
A giant water bug, about four inches long,
Just stuck in my throat.
- Got it down?
Good job. - [exhales]
- So you two, we're now doing a playoff.
I'm gonna bring out a bug platter.
If you wanna survive to the final challenge,
You need to be the first person to get that bug platter down.
The slowest, sadly, is gonna be leaving.
Jordan, bring out the bug platter.
On these, you've got scorpions.
You've got tarantulas.
You've got some water bugs, some locusts, some grubs.
It's a smorgasbord of delicious things.
Ready, set, go.
[slow country music]
Whoever gets this down first will be the winner
And moving on to the final challenge.
State of mind. - There you go.
- That's it. Get it done.
- [coughs]
- All right. Well done, dylan.
Well done. - [gags]
- Well done. You can do this.
- [coughs]
[retches]
- I'm about to throw up watching this.
- As long as it had gone down, you're okay.
Get it down. Come on, you can do this.
- [retches] - don't throw up all over me.
[loud retching]
- Ronald's still got a few to go.
Come down, dylan. Get them down.
- [repeated loud retching]
- Sam, you're looking annoyingly smug.
- That's because sam knows boobies are on the horizon.
- How did you do it? What was your state of mind?
What were you telling yourself?
- I would say...
- [laughs] whatever it takes.
- [laughs]
- The wild doesn't judge.
Done. Dylan, still got to--
- I tried, bear. - Three course, your plate.
- I tried, bear.
- Nobody can say you didn't try.
- I tried, man. - You tried.
- I [bleep], man. - You tried.
You tried.
- A little disappointed but super, super happy
That I was here and able to be a part of this experience.
It's something I'll never forget.
I really think that when I watch this back,
I'll be able to say I left it all on the table.
- Oh, my god,
You left it all on the table-- and everywhere.
Guys, give him a huge round of applause.
What a legend.
- Love you, man.
I love you.
Hey, hey. Head up, head up.
- Yeah, you smashed it.
You arrived with that mindset,
And you leave with that mindset.
There's always gonna have to be culling along the way,
You know?
As far as I'm concerned, you were there at the end.
And I don't think I've ever seen
Somebody dig so deep, yeah?
- I appreciate that. - You be proud of yourself.
- Thank you, bear. - Yeah.
Like I said, it's not about winning or losing.
Survival never is. - Thank you.
- I just wanted to show some heart today, that's all.
I'm just--
- You showed a ton of heart... - Thank you.
- From the beginning all the way through.
When you almost went out right at the beginning
And you were, like, so angry with yourself,
And you, like, fought, you clawed your way back in.
- Let's go!
From marine to marine, bear,
You're one of my heroes, man.
I've been looking for the right way to tell you this.
All I can say is thank you.
You helped saved my life, so it means the world to me.
- Connections. - Thank you, brother.
- Connections, you know? - Seriously.
Well, I've got pride.
I fought hard.
I'm not a money guy.
Respect has always mattered more to me than that.
So to earn that from somebody like him--
This was such an unexpected experience,
But I'm so happy I did it.
- The good news and the bad news.
The good news is, you're through to the final.
The bad news is, the intensity goes up a lot.
$10,000 on the line. - Let's do it.
- Come with me. We're moving fast.
- Out of curiosity, does anybody
Need mosquito repellent?
Because we're headed to the swamps.
[heavy rock music]
- Whoo.
Let's do this.
- Wow, two of you left.
Did you believe you were gonna be here?
- Of course.
- What does this mean to you if you could go on and win this?
- So I could finally have bragging rights for life.
Also, I could get my boobs.
- I can't wait.
- Me neither. - If you win this,
Your followers are about to double.
Get it?
- That is true.
- I don't like to lose.
Sorry, but I don't do it often.
So hopefully, I can keep that up and back up my words again.
- Well, you have a wonderful positivity.
You're gonna need that positivity now
'cause this final is a hard one.
- Ready for it.
- Ronald, what would this mean to you to win this?
- Well, bear, I hope that I can make my family proud,
My wife and a 2 1/2-- daughter at home, annalee,
So that if I come on top of this,
They'll be proud of me.
I also want to inspire the youth of my country
So that they can learn how to set goals
And not see obstacles in front of them
And just dream big.
- Being a great dad, being a great mum
Is the ultimate journey.
It's a real everest, definitely.
You're gonna show your wife, your little girl.
Bring it. - Thank you, sir.
- So far, you've been tested on your physicality,
Your grit, your guts, your ability to adapt.
This challenge is gonna bring all of that together.
It starts with ice.
I remember once going through the frozen lake in siberia
In winter through the ice.
And I thought I was gonna die that day.
There was no out.
The temperature was minus a lot.
But I wasn't gonna die that day.
It's about bringing it and controlling it
And choosing your own destiny.
This challenge is gonna start you
In that same situation.
You're going into the ice.
If you've never experienced ice-cold water,
It's debilitating very quickly.
It's gonna feel painful and intense.
Accept it.
Here's how it's gonna work.
You're gonna be in that water for two whole minutes.
You've then got to get out.
You gotta negotiate your way across this climbing wall.
It's hard when you're fresh.
It's gonna be really hard
When you can't feel your hands and your feet.
Once you reach the middle, you've got to touch
That white bear paw, drop off the wall.
You'll have a slingshot.
The first of you to hit five of those targets behind you
Is $10,000 richer and have earned the right to say
You survived bear grylls.
- Also, that's a real handprint of bear.
- I thought so. - I know it looks like a bear,
But that's his actual handprint.
- Are we ready? - Yes.
- Remember, it doesn't start until your shoulders
Are under.
- When bear told us that we're gonna have to sit
For two minutes in a cold plunge,
It didn't scare me, to be honest.
I've been through worse.
I've been through worse, you know.
- Mindset-- get your focus.
Get your head into this now.
So I just need to zen out, talk a little bit of [bleep],
And get through it.
- Ready, set, jump in.
Go.
It's cold already.
- Get straight in like a bath.
Straight in, and we begin it.
It doesn't start until your shoulders are under.
Starting the clock now.
Two minutes.
- How are you feeling, ron?
Is the shrinkage real?
- I've been colder.
- She said, "is the shrinkage real?"
- Remember, you use these two minutes.
Your mind is never in neutral.
You use this time to focus
About what you're gonna do next.
Good, steady hands and feet.
How are you gonna operate that slingshot?
- How you doing, brother? You doing good?
I'm just telling about my childhood
Over here, you know.
So it all started back in 1993, right?
And he goes, "jordan, hit me with that bird poop."
[laughs] that was my favorite.
My mom, you know--
- One minute is done.
It's getting hard. - Yeah.
- In moments like that, you kind of wanna
Detach from yourself.
You wanna just remind yourself,
I gotta keep breathing, and just kind of, in a way,
Keep happy thoughts.
- Five seconds to go.
- Are you counting mississippis?
- Four, three... - Okay.
- Two, one.
Out, here we go.
Begin the climb.
- Oh, my god.
- Here we go.
- Nice and steady.
Efficient movement.
The person who wins this will be calm and efficient.
- Think about your family.
Think about the boobies.
- Steady. Remember, if you fall off,
You go back to the beginning.
You are closing in on the bear print.
It is neck and neck.
- You gotta be faster to be the master.
- Getting close. Touch that paw, down you come.
Grab your slingshot.
Good job. Slingshot, here we go.
First to hit five of those targets
Is $10,000 richer.
Be accurate.
Waste no shots.
That is a wasted shot.
Accurate. Done, one down.
You've hit the biggest one. They're getting harder.
Close. You need to aim lower.
Adjust.
- Getting the aiming right was not an easy task.
- Zone in now on that.
- You're getting close.
"breathing deep so that I can just kind of
Take the tension off my body."
- Oh, we got two. - Ronald, two down.
You're still high. Adjust, compensate, adapt.
- I've never used a slingshot, but I need boobs.
[slowed] I need boobs.
- Whoa, she got one. - Well done.
Close.
It is not always about power.
Accuracy.
- Got three.
- One to three now.
It's hard. You're shaking, you're cold.
Adrenaline is draining.
- Right in the ass. - You've got four.
You've got one more to get.
Done! - That's it.
- We got a winner.
[exclaims] good for you.
Well done, wow.
- Wow. - Thank you.
- Laser focus, right?
- Good job. - Thank you.
- You're amazing.
- That last challenge was tough.
And I still made it to the final two.
So just keep going, keep trying.
Yeah, I am proud of myself.
And I'll be even prouder when I get my boobs
That you can donate for in the link
On my instagram.
[laughs]
- Sam, such a positive force.
Way to go. - Thank you.
- But I always said there would be one.
And ronald, you, my friend, have earned this.
Jordan, give him the good news.
- I can only find $5,000.
I don't know where the other went.
Okay, I'm just kidding.
- ♪ nobody gonna hold me down ♪
- I definitely feel that I accomplished
What I was set out to do today.
- We always give our winners
One of the "I survived bear grylls" machetes.
- I hope children in honduras are watching.
That could be a good example for them to not shy away
From setting big goals.
[line trilling] - hello?
- Hello?
- Is that silvana?
- It's bear grylls speaking.
- [whispering] and jordan.
- Oh, god.
- He survived bear grylls.
- I love you.
I love you, annalee.
I love you, my love.
It's been a long day, but somehow,
I survived bear grylls.
- I'm bear grylls.
Until next week, keep that "never give up" spirit.
And above all, stay wild.
[cheers]
[hawk screeches]