Alexia Umansky, Candace Cameron Bure and Collin Gosselin won who won Special Forces when all three passed the final test on the Thursday, November 12 finale of Special Forces. The Season 5 ending turned the series’ last selection into a three-way result, not a single-crown finish.
Special Forces has used the same hard-edged setup since it premiered in 2023, drawing celebrities into challenges modeled on actual military selection processes. That structure made the last 24-hour day feel less like a standard reality-TV wrap-up and more like a pressure test that kept narrowing the field until the final three were left standing.
Alexia Umansky on day four
Alexia Umansky said she expected only to “just make it to day four,” then found herself going further after writing in her journal, “By day four, I think I can make it to the end.” She said she sobbed in the swamp because she thought she might be medically withdrawn, and when she got out she immediately looked for “the first person with a cell phone” so she could call her family.
She also said, “Please let me call my family. Let me call somebody.” That reaction fits the way Special Forces works at its sharpest: survival in the program is not a vote, and the finale rewards whoever can keep functioning while the conditions keep getting worse.
Candace Cameron Bure’s confusion
Candace Cameron Bure said, “I was honestly shocked when I passed,” then added, “I genuinely thought the other people were separated and it was still a part of the day.” She also said, “What’s going on?” after the winners were declared.
That confusion matters because the finale did not present a clean, scripted finish. The series pushed the cast through a final selection that left her unsure whether she was still inside the exercise even as she was being told she had won.
Collin Gosselin joins them
Collin Gosselin was also declared a winner after making it through the same final test, giving Season 5 three winners at the end of one episode. For a series built around endurance, the choice to leave with a trio of winners says more about the final selection than about any single contestant’s last move.
For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple: the season is over, and the final result is set. Alexia Umansky, Candace Cameron Bure and Collin Gosselin each finished the run, each passed the last test and each walked away with the title after a finale that turned confusion, exhaustion and relief into the last competitive beat of Special Forces.
