Discovery Channel strips down its schedule with two 'Naked' shows that feature nude men and women putting their survival skills to the test
The stars are naked, but it’s not as sexy as it sounds.
The Discovery Channel is getting ready to unveil two new survival reality shows featuring nude participants who will have to use their instincts and the elements around them, including mud, sticks and grass, to endure.
‘Naked Castaway’, which debuts April 14, features survivalist Ed Stafford who lands naked and alone on a deserted island southeast of Fiji with one only item: a camera.
Stafford, who brings no food,
water, clothes, weapons or tools, will have to find and make his own
using his bare hands in order to survive during his 60 days on the
island.
‘Naked and Afraid,’ which debuts this summer, features two naked strangers who meet for the first time in Tanzania on the Serengeti plains surrounded by the wilderness and plenty of wild animals.
‘I’m an ultimate survivalist,’ one of the show’s female stars, Kellie Nightlinger, 38, told the Daily News.
Nightlinger said she had been starving after spending two weeks in the wild when she devised an innovative way to catch fish using her private parts as bait and then trapping her meal between her legs.
‘We needed something with
protein and because the water was so muddy, traditional fishing methods
wouldn’t work, so I had to improvise, adapt and overcome,’ said Nightlinger.
During the night time, the female survivalist and her partner on the show, E.J. Snyder, a retired Army veteran, used a fire that they lit by rubbing sticks together to keep hyenas away.
‘They were frightening, but at least they seemed to be afraid of fire,’ she told the Daily News.
Other episodes of ‘Naked and Afraid’, featuring different nude paired up strangers, have been filmed in Panama, Costa Rica, the Maldives and Borneo, according to Discovery.
‘I think the challenge brings
out the very best and very worst,’ the show’s executive producer Steve
Rankin told the Daily News yesterday from a hospital bed in Costa Rica
where he was recovering after being bitten hours earlier by a venomous
snake while working on the show.
‘The idea here is to push the ball down the field,’ Discovery channel executive, Craig Coffman told the Daily News. ‘Survival shows are so common now that it’s gotten more and more difficult to convince the audience that what they’re watching is something extreme.
‘Having no clothes just takes it to the next level. It’s the ultimate test and makes survival exponentially more difficult.’
The Discovery Channel is getting ready to unveil two new survival reality shows featuring nude participants who will have to use their instincts and the elements around them, including mud, sticks and grass, to endure.
‘Naked Castaway’, which debuts April 14, features survivalist Ed Stafford who lands naked and alone on a deserted island southeast of Fiji with one only item: a camera.
'Naked and afraid': Survivalists Kellie
Nightlinger and Erroll James Snyder on the upcoming reality show 'Naked
and Afraid' on the Discovery Channel
‘Naked and Afraid,’ which debuts this summer, features two naked strangers who meet for the first time in Tanzania on the Serengeti plains surrounded by the wilderness and plenty of wild animals.
‘I’m an ultimate survivalist,’ one of the show’s female stars, Kellie Nightlinger, 38, told the Daily News.
Nightlinger said she had been starving after spending two weeks in the wild when she devised an innovative way to catch fish using her private parts as bait and then trapping her meal between her legs.
Survivors: 'Naked and Afraid' participants
Alison Teal-Blehert Koehn and Jonathan Klay found clothing and built a
fire on the Discovery Channel
During the night time, the female survivalist and her partner on the show, E.J. Snyder, a retired Army veteran, used a fire that they lit by rubbing sticks together to keep hyenas away.
‘They were frightening, but at least they seemed to be afraid of fire,’ she told the Daily News.
Other episodes of ‘Naked and Afraid’, featuring different nude paired up strangers, have been filmed in Panama, Costa Rica, the Maldives and Borneo, according to Discovery.
The strong survive: Teal-Blehert Koehn and Klay stand their ground
‘The idea here is to push the ball down the field,’ Discovery channel executive, Craig Coffman told the Daily News. ‘Survival shows are so common now that it’s gotten more and more difficult to convince the audience that what they’re watching is something extreme.
‘Having no clothes just takes it to the next level. It’s the ultimate test and makes survival exponentially more difficult.’
Harsh reality: Teal-Blehert Koehn and Klay are put to the test on Funadhoo Island, Maldives on 'Naked and Afraid'