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Tough as Nails
Season 4
Hosted byPhil Keoghan
No. of contestants12
WinnerJorge Zavala
Runner-upMister Frost
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseJanuary 4 (2023-01-04) –
February 22, 2023 (2023-02-22)
Season chronology
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Season 3
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Season 5
List of episodes

The fourth season of the American television series Tough as Nails premiered on CBS on January 4, 2023, and concluded on February 22, 2023. The season was won by concrete form setter Jorge Zavala, with welder Mister Frost finishing second, and pipeline laborer Jake Cope placing third.

Cast[edit]

Contestant[1] Job[1] Age[1] Hometown[1] Team Money Earned Result
Jorge Zavala Concrete form setter 25 Ontario, California Dirty Hands $223,000 Winner
Mister Frost Welder 36 Spencer, Oklahoma Savage Crew $39,000 Runner-up
Jake Cope Pipeline laborer 34 Little Meadows, Pennsylvania Savage Crew $29,000 Third place
Larron Ables Diesel technician 22 Austin, Texas Savage Crew $28,000 Punched out ninth
Ellery Liburd Firefighter 54 Bronx, New York Dirty Hands $8,000 Punched out eighth
Ilima Shim Construction worker 34 Waianae, Hawaii Savage Crew $23,000 Punched out seventh
Laura Bernotas General contractor 35 Norfolk, Virginia Savage Crew $20,000 Punched out sixth
Beth Salva-Clifford Shipboard electrician 42 Norfolk, Virginia Dirty Hands $8,000 Punched out fifth
Sergio Robles Foreman 51 Huntington Beach, California Dirty Hands $20,000 Punched out fourth
Aly Bala Laborer 25 Covington, Georgia Dirty Hands $8,000 Punched out third
Renèe Kolar Dry mason 52 Marshfield, Massachusetts Savage Crew $20,000 Punched out second
Synethia Bland Carpenter 38 Roselle, New Jersey Dirty Hands $8,000 Punched out first

Cast progress[edit]

Contestant 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Jorge SAFE WIN SAFE WIN BTM2 WIN LOW SAFE BTM2 WINNER
Mister SAFE BTM2 SAFE SAFE HIGH SAFE BTM2 WIN WIN RUNNER-UP
Jake WIN SAFE LOW BTM2 WIN LOW WIN BTM2 WIN THIRD
Larron LOW SAFE WIN LOW LOW BTM2 WIN LOW ELIM
Ellery BTM2 SAFE SAFE HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW ELIM
Ilima SAFE LOW BTM2 SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM
Laura SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE LOW ELIM
Beth SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM
Sergio HIGH SAFE HIGH ELIM
Aly SAFE HIGH ELIM
Renèe SAFE ELIM
Synethia ELIM
  The contestant won Tough as Nails.
  The contestant was declared the first runner-up.
  The contestant was declared the second runner-up.
  The contestant placed the highest in the individual competition and won the challenge.
  The contestant placed the second highest in the individual competition and was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant was safe from elimination.
  The contestant placed the second lowest in the individual competition but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant placed the lowest in the individual competition and competed in the overtime challenge but ultimately survived.
  The contestant was the loser of the overtime challenge and was eliminated from the individual competition.

Team progress[edit]

Team Money
Earned		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Dirty Hands $48,000 LOSS WIN LOSS WIN WIN LOSS LOSS LOSS WIN
Savage Crew $120,000 WIN LOSS WIN LOSS LOSS WIN WIN WIN LOSS
  Won the team challenge.
  Lost the team challenge.

Production[edit]

On April 14, 2021, CBS announced that Tough as Nails was renewed for a third and a fourth season.[2] The fourth season was filmed during November 2021.[3] On November 14, 2022, it was announced that the season would premiere on January 4, 2023.[4] The first episode of the season took place on Catalina Island.[5]

Episodes[edit]

See also: List of Tough as Nails episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [6][7]Original air date [6][7]Prod.
code [6]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
311"Welcome to Catalina Island"January 4, 2023 (2023-01-04)TAN4012.15[8]

Individual Challenge: Contestants had to inflate a dinghy and replace an old boot mooring system. The first two to finish won the ability to choose the teams, with the overall winner picking first.

  • Winners: Sergio, Mister

Team Challenge: Teams had to drive a pickup truck across Catalina Island, load supplies into the truck bed, and rebuild an outdoor shade structure. The first team to finish won the challenge.

  • Winners: Savage Crew
322"Perfect Symphony"January 4, 2023 (2023-01-04)TAN4022.15[8]

Team Challenge: Teams had to correctly make a concrete slab. The first team to finish won the challenge.

  • Winners: Dirty Hands

Individual Challenge: Contestants had to build a section of retaining wall. The first contestant to finish won $2,000. The last two contestants to finish faced potential elimination in the Overtime challenge.

  • Winner: Jake
  • Bottom Two: Ellery, Synethia

Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to forge a helmet hook. The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Synethia
333"I Look Like Curious George"January 11, 2023 (2023-01-11)TAN4031.91[9]

Team Challenge: Teams had to search Devil Mountain Nursery for 40 trees listed on a work order and load them onto a flatbed truck. The first team to finish won the challenge.

  • Winners: Savage Crew

Individual Challenge: Contestants had to build a planter box and replant a magnolia tree. The first contestant to finish won $3,000. The last two contestants to finish faced potential elimination in the Overtime challenge.

  • Winner: Jorge
  • Bottom Two: Mister, Renèe

Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to identify and repot 24 plants. The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Renèe
344"That's a Safety Hazard"January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)TAN4041.82[10]

Team Challenge: Teams had to complete specified maintenance on four vehicles, which included changing oil, rotating tires, replacing brake pads and the battery, installing nerf bars and shock absorbers, and replacing a car horn fuse. The first team to finish won the challenge.

  • Winners: Dirty Hands

Individual Challenge: Contestants had to reassemble a V8 engine. The first contestant to finish won $4,000. The last two contestants to finish faced potential elimination in the Overtime challenge.

  • Winner: Larron
  • Bottom Two: Aly, Ilima

Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to plug the holes on two pickup truck tires. The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Aly
355"Crush It!"January 25, 2023 (2023-01-25)TAN4052.15[11]

Team Challenge: Teams had to pull a 16,000-pound fishing net onto a squid boat and properly lay it. Teams then had to load fishing net components onto a trailer. The first team to finish won the challenge.

  • Winners: Dirty Hands

Individual Challenge: Contestants had to crush three times their body weight in ice. The first contestant to finish won $5,000. The last two contestants to finish faced potential elimination in the Overtime challenge.

  • Winner: Jorge
  • Bottom Two: Jake, Sergio

Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to assemble 25 boxes and pack 40 pounds of squid in each box. The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Sergio
366"Rise and Grind"February 1, 2023 (2023-02-01)TAN4061.89[12]

Team Challenge: Teams had to cut out seven panels on two shipping containers using grinders. The first team to finish won the challenge.

  • Winners: Savage Crew

Individual Challenge: Contestants were paired up into teams of two and tasked with shrink-wrapping a container house. The first pair of contestants to finish won $6,000. As the winner of the last individual challenge, Jorge earned the power to assign each of the teams. The pairs selected for the challenge were Jorge & Beth, Ellery & Mister, Larron & Laura, and Jake & Ilima. The last pair of contestants to finish faced potential elimination in the Overtime challenge.

  • Winners: Jake, Ilima
  • Bottom Two: Jorge, Beth

Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to install 29 feet of copper piping so that water could flow and fill a glass of water, which had to be delivered to Phil Keoghan. The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Beth
377"Skills to Pay the Bills"February 8, 2023 (2023-02-08)TAN4071.93[13]

Team Challenge: Teams had to assemble two levels of scaffolding and then hang their team banner. The first team to finish won the challenge.

  • Winners: Savage Crew

Individual Challenge: Contestants had to assemble a Perry Scaffold and install 72 ceiling tiles. The first contestant to finish won $7,000. The last two contestants to finish faced potential elimination in the Overtime challenge.

  • Winner: Jorge
  • Bottom Two: Larron, Laura

Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to hammer in the rungs of a 30-foot ladder, climb to the top, and ring a bell. The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Laura
388"Pressure Is On"February 15, 2023 (2023-02-15)TAN4081.80[14]

Team Challenge: Teams had to remove litter from an alleyway, load the litter into the correct vehicles, and then hose down the alleyway. The first team to finish won the challenge.

  • Winners: Savage Crew

Individual Challenge: In pairs of two, contestants had to fix a water main leak using a full circle clamp and then use a Mueller device to tap the water main. The first pair of contestants to finish won $8,000. The contestants were able to pick their partners themselves, with the pairs being Ilima & Mister, Jake & Larron, and Jorge & Ellery. The last pair of contestants to finish faced potential elimination in the Overtime challenge.

  • Winner: Jake, Larron
  • Bottom Two: Ilima, Mister

Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to find and recover five items from a sewer: a key, a cellphone, glasses, a hammer, and a toy alligator (as a reference to the sewer alligator urban legend). The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Ilima
399"This Is Not a Sprint, It's a Marathon"February 22, 2023 (2023-02-22)TAN4092.09[15]

Team Challenge: Teams had to complete a series of drills inspired by the trades, with the winner getting a stake, with the fourth one worth two. The team with five stakes wins the team challenge. Everyone had to go at least once before they go again.

  • Winners: Dirty Hands

Individual Challenge: Contestants had to drive a scissor lift and install HVAC ducting. The first contestant to finish won $9,000. The last two contestants faced potential elimination in the Overtime challenge.

  • Winner: Mister
  • Bottom Two: Jake, Ellery

Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to curve aluminum poles and build a table. The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Ellery
4010"Keep Battling 'til the End"February 22, 2023 (2023-02-22)TAN4102.09[15]

Individual Challenge: Contestants have to use an excavator to pick a steel ball and place them on a vertical pipe, get out of their excavator, run to a pile of concrete bags, load 10 bags on a pallet, they go back and forth, with the second one being 15 bags, and the last being 20 bags. Winners of the two heats move on to the final challenge. Losers will be sent to elimination. The contestant with the fastest time won $10,000. The pairs were Mister versus Larron, and Jake versus Jorge.

  • Winner: Mister
  • Bottom Two: Jorge, Larron

Overtime Challenge: Contestants used to a jackhammer to extract three stakes from concrete. The first contestant to finish was safe and the other was eliminated from the individual competition.

  • Eliminated: Larron

Final Challenge: Contestants ran an obstacle course based on their journey on Tough as Nails.

  • Winner: Jorge

As the winner of the final challenge, Jorge became the Tough as Nails Champion, winning the $200,000 individual prize and a Ford Super Duty truck.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Peter White (April 14, 2021). "Tough As Nails Handed Two-Season Renewal At CBS". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  3. ^ Michael Schneider (December 28, 2022). "Watch the First 5 Minutes of Tough As Nails Season 4 on Catalina Island (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Ryan Schwartz (November 14, 2022). "CBS Midseason Schedule: True Lies Reboot, RuPaul Game Show Lingo Set Premieres; The Equalizer Return TBD". TVLine. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Dalton Ross (December 5, 2022). "Tough as Nails season 4 cast revealed". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
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  7. ^ a b "Tough as Nails Season 4 Episode Guide". Zap2it.
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