Casting Special

 is the 1st episode of Season 1 of Tough Enough. It is the 1st overall episode.

Summary
With more than 4,000 tapes sent into the company, 230 hopefuls came to The World to audition for the show, but only 13 were selected to make the trip to Stamford, Connecticut to find out who is tough enough.

Eliminated

 * Tom, after being selected to the final 13, refused to sign the MTV contract and was replaced by Greg.