If you were to ask me which reality show I’d least like to appear on, by a far, far distance it would be Naked Attraction.
Forget the real-life Squid Game, the pressure of being on Love Island, the bugs and fish guts of I’m A Celeb, Naked Attraction is easily the most daunting.
For those living under a rock, Naked Attraction is a Channel 4 show that has been airing since 2016 in which a clothed contestant picks from six naked potential dates whose features are revealed bit by bit from the bottom up.
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Despite many people feeling like the show would be their worst nightmare, it receives thousands of applications every season.
Ignoring the core question of ‘what part of yourself is it most embarrassing for them to say no to you on, your private parts or your face’, the idea of standing naked for a half hour TV show is terrifying.
For those who don’t know, filming a half hour TV show may sound like something that can be bashed out in an hour tops, but it actually takes nearly a whole day.
Filming for episodes can take as long as 12 hours according to The Daily Express, and contestants have to be nude before filming even begins.
A former contestant called Gavin revealed his experience on the show as a contestant, saying: “It's a long day. They do some hair and make-up and then you get to meet the people you're up against.
“You've got about two hours of standing in a box until it all starts. It ended up being from seven in the morning to three in the afternoon to film half an hour of television.
“They come round and take loads of pictures for the mash-ups. It was quite a lengthy process, but enjoyable.”
The thought of having someone judge my junk is scary enough, let alone every cameraman on the entire lot spending up to 12 hours staring at it.
If you thought that being the one picking who they want to date from the lineup of naked men or women was the easier job, this has simply confirmed it.
The Daily Express stated that, in actual fact, the person picking only has to be naked for 15 minutes of the whole day.
Even this would be too much for many, but without a doubt easier than 12 hours spent in the nude waiting to be picked or not.
If you were worried you'd get too excited however, it was recently revealed that they have things in place if this happens.
Host Anna Richardson said on the Andy Jaye Podcast: "We did have a couple of seasons ago, there was a young man who I think might have been in the pink pod.
"He was getting a little bit excited about what was about to happen.
"So our lovely floor manager, Dave the floor manager, had to go 'come on' and just had to escort him off the floor for a little while, just to calm down.
"And then he was brought back onto set. It always happens. Boys being boys you can't control your anatomy can you? So, there's been a little bit of excitement."
Topics: TV and Film, TV, Channel 4, Naked Attraction
Michael Slavin