![]() I don’t see any insurance company associating themselves with a program where there’s even a chance that a national audience could faithfully tune in only to see the contestants eaten by a bear on their final night. They would have people who are very familiar with the dangers that endemic to that particular venue. There must be armed wildlife managers set up around the perimeters of camp. Thanks for reading this, I apologize in advance if I offended anyone’s sensibilities. Yes the show can be entertaining (or should I say miserable) enough for me to want to watch it again just as, I suppose, were the spectacles put up by the Roman elite for the masses in the Coliseum. Other than those few but valuable lessons there is hardly anything educational one can learn from this show or worth watching anymore except fueling more of the same emotions. Thanks for letting me know that when push comes to shove in a truly jungle like environment women are hands down by far superior to men, our myths and western romanticism regarding women as the weaker sex notwithstanding… Men are really the weaker sex in truly barren or brutal conditions, it is just that we haven’t yet reached a point where men are willing to admit it. I would do it if I could be reassured of a 1 million dollar insurance policy and the freedom to sue the producers for making my life miserable which obviously is never going to happen… I did enjoy the show although I feel bad for the contestants who risked so much for so little. Finally, sad to say it has also shown the vanity of some who risked their lives for outdated “pride” in being able to “survive” in conditions that no one should ever have to, if they can help it or the need of those desperate enough to sacrifice life and limb or personal safety at the altar of what is, given the risks taken, tiny compensation (is your health only five thousand or so dollars worth?). This show has also shown the value of brain over brawn as it was often not the most muscular that survived but the most brainy. In fact based on many episodes that I watched I submit that without a doubt women were shown to be superior survivalists to men since in most cases men dropped out first. ![]() Thank God the majority of people who wrote messages on this message board have good ole’ common sense to avoid risking their lives for insignificant pay so the producers can get rich… Haney David Thoreau’s Walden, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s love of nature or Jean Jacques Rousseau’s “back to nature” in the Emile are apparently the creations of academics who lived rather comfortable lives but never attempted to survive in the brutal jungle conditions… I too can imagine myself living in a well built wooden cabin in the midst of a forest preserve enjoying the spectacle of the survival of the fittest among the insects or other animals from the safety of my balcony or window in the fireplace room… The jungle is not what people imagine it to be … nor in all fairness did any of the aforementioned scholars advocate that we return to the “jungle.” If we learned anything new from this show it is, in my opinion, the surprising ability of women to survive in the most adveerse jungle like conditions. Would you go on the show Naked and Afraid? The Naked and Afraid XL Wikipedia page states “There is no winner and no prize given to participate in this challenge.” Some people would call these people the “finalists”. ![]() Naked and Afraid XL is a different, 40 day challenge in which previous Naked and Afraid contestants participate in. The amount is unclear, but the interview says that survivalists are “given a weekly stipend to compensate for their lost wages”. There is some sort of transaction though, and contestants are indeed paid for being on the show. An interview with a casting director confirms this. There is a GREAT prize, and that is knowing that you can survive naked and afraid for 21 days! There is no monetary prize. How much money do they mae? What kind of prizes are they receiving? Are contestants paid each week? What Does the Winner of Naked and Afraid Get? A lot of people out there wonder what the “winner” of Naked and Afraid gets.
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