Naked and Afraid XL (2015)

Genre

reality

Country

United States

Length

10 seasons, 95 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of survivalists are dropped into a remote wilderness with no clothes, food, or water. They must hunt, build shelter, and endure for 40 days with only one or two personal items. Anyone can quit at any time and the camera crew cannot help except in medical emergencies.

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What happens

Naked and Afraid XL is an American reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2015. This series is a spin-off of Naked and Afraid. A group of people are given the task of surviving in the wilderness for an extended period into a 40-day challenge, nineteen more days than the original series' 21-day challenge. The XL title plays as a visual pun for the title, as it also represents the Roman numeral for 40. Each survivalist is only allowed to bring one or two helpful items of their choosing. They are not given any other items, clothing, food, or water. The camera crews are not allowed to intervene, except for medical emergencies. Any member of the cast is allowed to withdraw at any time, meaning he or she decides not to continue with the task and goes home. The contestants hunt, trap, and gather their food in the wild and build shelters with their own hands and the available material found in the nature. At the end of the period, the remaining survivalist(s) must arrive at the designated extraction point. The success of this last task indicates their ability to survive in a harsh environment for a long period of time. No cash prize has been announced for successful XL participants. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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