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The first preview has been posted on-line.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/naked-and-afraid-xl/videos/extended-sneak-peek/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Naked&Afraid
Slight correction - it seems they did put the survivalists into trios and are giving them a group PSR based on how well they work together. The groups are...
Alana, Dani B. and ShaneDani J, Eva and Laura
E.J., Hakim and Jeff
Chris, Honora and Luke.
The first video focuses on Alana, Dani B. and Shane. Shane is looking more unbalanced than ever.-
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They just released the first extended preview of Naked and Afraid XL on-line. And based on some of the mixed-in footage of people walking around, I'm going to make a prediction that Honora will be the first one out.
Well, not that bold given her previous record, I admit. :) But the new trailer revealed four things of note.
1. While not given directions on finding one another, the 12 were put into "trio" groups and released close together in four different areas within the same 20 square mile area.
2. Honora was put in a group with Luke and Chris. All the footage of Honora in the preview is of her fighting with Chris and Honora declaring she doesn't feel physically safe around Chris.
3. There's footage of Chris and Luke walking with Eva, Laura and Dani Beau (the one all-women trio) with no sign of Honora.
4. They show a woman who passed out. Her face is hidden but it looks like Honora. -
I'm amazed Eva didn't kill Jeff. All his talk about not liking feminists when she's the only one who is successfully catching any animals despite him allegedly being some kind of hunting expert. And his refusing to cuddle for warmth when they don't have a fire... Throw in his continual praying and then crediting that with their finally getting snake eggs instead of her scavenging abilities... yeah, I think the only thing that saved him was Eva's commitment to not killing dumb animals and the fact that his rotting carcass would have attracted hyenas.
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In defense of Carrie (somewhat anyway), Tom was a total jerk when she came back from clam beach with a bounty of clams and instead of thanking her, he whined about her not bringing back any kindling.
Yeah. I think they were both bad teammates but for different reasons. Carrie was spot on in her assessment that Tom was an officer who couldn't cope with his orders being ignored and his plans altered. Survival requires a degree of flexibility that doesn't jibe with a by-the-book military approach. But Carrie was just childish with her complaints about boredom and her wandering off in search of adventure... even if that did occasionally yield results like the clams.
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QUESTION: Was it ever explained what would happen if the Nakeds don't reach the extraction point on the appointed day? Some extra time on the island? We know they get picked up eventually, so what's the damage?
Basically, they knock points of their final PSR. It happened in the episode with Tom and Carrie when she wandered off without him, went two miles upstream before he found her and figured out they were supposed to be heading downstream. And then they wound up on the wrong side of the cove they were meant to be extracted from. So the chopper was sent to where they were and they both got points taken off despite completing the challenge.
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Does anyone know why the female contestant quit so early? She was sick before she drank any of the water - was it heat stroke, or an infection she brought into the show with her?
From what I read in an interview after the fact, apparently it was something she brought into the show with her. As with the Miley lookalike in the India episode, apparently the producers weren't doing medical screenings immediately before the challenge started. So Ashley had some kind of food/water poisoning from something she ate before the challenge started.
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Finally somebody brings a proper survival tool and constructs a proper debris hut. Discount Miley Cyrus was a bit irritating, and 10 bucks says she got ill (on like the 2nd day) because of food she ate days before she stripped down.
Yeah. I read an interview she gave where apparently she got food poisoning from the hotel in the village the day before shooting was meant to start and the producers didn't wait until she was given the all-clear from the medic before starting the challenge. Which seems likely given how she got much better as a survivalist once she wasn't puking her guts out.
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Maybe it's my anti-authoritarian streak or maybe it's because I've known too many ex-soldiers who talked about Honor and Duty and Respect while cheating on their wives, but I must confess a certain schadenfreude watching these episodes where some macho military man's man is shamed by his female partner.
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Yeah, Afften managed the impossible - making Honora seem competent.
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2-3 items ? I thought that each person was only allowed to bring 1 item ?
Close. Every person GETS one item. They're allowed to bring a few iterms with them but the producers determine which one is placed in the bags when the meet up with their partners. In case you're wondering how they've been so lucky after 30+ episodes to never have two people both bring fire-starters or knives. :)
That aired last season, it was more of a joke episode than anything.
There was also a funny bit on The Ellen Show where they but Kristen Bell - clad in a flesh body stocking- through a mock jungle on their stage.
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Yeah. And it looks like he's not going to be much better on Naked and Afraid XL.
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Exposure"being operative word heh. She seemed to think she is hot stuff.. imo. :)
Yeah. The way she pulled off her dress to reveal nothing underneath? It's clear what she was here for - publicity for her modeling career.
Still, she can be proud of one thing. Making Honora and Cassie look good by comparison.
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Yeah, Justin on this episode was pretty obnoxious. I'm a Southern boy myself and you know what I'd call a woman who can hunt better than me? A keeper!
Glad to see she's coming back for Naked and Afraid XL. -
I do think her not doing much until Darren had trouble getting to the boat and - aha- suddenly the marathon swimmer gets to do something useful was probably contrived.
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Side note: are they letting folks have an item each plus a fire starter now? I counted flint, bucket & machete last night. I'm okay with that too because seeing days of trying to start a fire & slowly giving up due to dehydration means the show may tap out too.
From what i read in one of the survivalist Q&As on-line, each of the survivalists get to take a few items with them and the producers decided which ones are actually in the bag when they meet their partner. That's how they always make sure they don't wind up with two knifes or two fire-starters, in case you wondered. ;)
For the most recent season, given some of the terrains involved, some of the contestants were given the fire starter in addition to their one item due to high humidity that made starting a fire using the primitive methods impossible.
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There's a very good reason why Alana seemed unreasonably angry toward Keith. it was revealed in some of the unused footage that was put on the Discovery Channel website.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/naked-and-afraid/videos/survivalist-home-decor/
Make a long story short...
1. Keith assured Alana he would stay up while she slept and make sure the fire didn't go out.
2. Keith fell asleep and the fire went out.
3. Keith blamed Alana for this, saying "It's your fire, woman!"4. Keith spends the next morning drawing designs for chairs on the beach and cutting wood to try and make furniture.
5. Note at that this point they do not have a fire, reliable water or food.
6. He bugs Alana about making her a stool while she is trying to make a fish basket to deal with their food problem.
So... yeah. Everyone above who said Alana was bitchy and that she shouldn't have used bag to make a dress after he was pulled out? I think Keith's damn lucky she didn't skin him alive and turn him into a dress. -
A couple of random thoughts in no particular order...
1. This in combo w/their fairly low PSR scores made me wonder if they had any real survival experience prior to the show--they certainly didn't seem to be trainers like some of the participants have been.
2. I was trying to figure out how she got a bra strap/bathing suit burn early on, lol.
3. It was very interesting to see the body language/lack of any real personal connection bt them during the After Dark reunion. I would have thought they would have hugged or something when they saw each other again. And then she was turned away from him a lot of the time, even when they were both talking. You could tell neither really liked each other, lol!
Neither of them were teachers, that's true.
The strap burn came from her canvas bag. Obviously.
And as for why they didn't like each other... well, there's an explanation for that....
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Something is just off with these shows now. I mean Alana just hopped into the heli like she had tons of energy... I just remember last season, people were f*cking practically DYING... I'm sensing there are safeguards in place now. Anyone else feeling that way?
Adrenaline rush knowing she was close to escape. Pretty simple.
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Quick little explanation of last weekend's marathon.
None of the episodes they showed that day, except the last one, were new.
They were rerunning all 11 of the episodes featuring the 12 survivalists for Naked and Afraid XL. (Two of them, Jeff and Eva, were in the same episode).
Each hour included a preview commercial showing footage from Naked and Afraid XL, centered around each one of the survivalists.
So there was new material. Just not new episodes. Except for the last one that brought back AK from the failed Amazon challenge.The dynamic will be fun to watch. Will the group splinter ala "Lord of the Flies" ? If so, who will be Piggy?
Actually, the 12 survivalists won't be paired off starting out. This time, they get dropped off in the wilderness alone with two survival items each. They get told that others are out there, but there's no directions given as to where they might meet a partner. Potentially, they could decide to go it alone.
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S03.E10: Dunes of Despair
in Naked And Afraid [V]
The preview is up at: http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/naked-and-afraid-xl/videos/extended-sneak-peek/