The first season of the American television series Tough as Nails premiered on CBS on July 8, 2020, and concluded on September 2, 2020.
The season was won by Marine Corps veteran Kelly "Murph" Murphy, with drywaller Danny Moody finishing second, and forestry tech Myles V. Polk placing third.
Danny Moody and Lee Marshall appeared on the second season as judges during the penultimate episode's challenges.
[2] Kelly "Murph" Murphy appeared on the third season during the first challenge at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Phil Keoghan hosts the series and serves as executive producer alongside his wife, Louise.
[9][10] Individual Challenge One: Each contestant was tasked with transporting 24 bags of mortar by wheelbarrow across a set of narrow beams.
Individual Challenge: Contestants were paired up into teams of two and tasked with connecting eight sections of pipe to create a working field irrigation system.
The pairs selected for the challenge were Murph & Danny, Myles & Tara, Callie & Young, Michelle & Lee, and Luis & Linda.
Overtime Challenge: Contestants had to untie and move hay bales weighing half of their body weight and stack them high enough to reach a bell attached to the rafters of the barn.
Individual Challenge: Contestants were each given a slab of concrete and a sledgehammer and were tasked with breaking pieces small enough to fit through a designated opening.
Individual Challenge: Contestants had to complete a lineworker training exercise by scaling an electrical pole, securing a dummy, and lowering it to the ground.
The last contestant to install the conduit, thread their wire through to the outlet, and turn on their lightbulb would be eliminated from the individual competition.
Individual Challenge: Contestants were required to race a garbage truck down a suburban road, picking up trash bags along the way.
Individual Challenge: Contestants participated in a simulated firefighter rescue which tasked them with retrieving a dummy through a set of obstacles.
Savage Crew's win put the final team challenge tally at four-four, triggering a tiebreaker to determine the overall winner.
Final Challenge: Contestants raced through a series of obstacles based on previous challenges on the season, having to break walls to move bales of hay, untangle chains around ladders, secure a chain cargo net, and saw wooden steps in order to reach the Ford truck at the finish line.
As the winner of the final challenge, Murph became the Tough as Nails Champion, winning the $200,000 individual prize and a Ford Super Duty truck.