Discovery’s most popular survival series, Naked And Afraid, has come out with yet another impressive spin-off that has special rules of its own. Titled “Naked And Afraid: Castaways,” this version premiered on the platform on July 30th, 2023.
What makes Castaways so different is that this time, the survivalists would have to stay on a distant island without any resources. The previous rule that allowed contestants to bring an item of their choice is not applied here, making survival much more complex than ever.
Instead, these people will be dropped off an Island with plane crash remnants and other trash that washed up ashore.
After all of the Naked and Afraid versions have managed to be quite the hits for Discovery, it decided to come up with a more exciting version of this survival game, where the brave contestants start the game with basically no help. Since this isn’t going to be an easy job, most of the contestants of Castaways are former Naked and Afraid survivors.
Naked And Afraid Castaways: About The Spin-off
Naked And Afraid has been around for quite a while, and with each new version, the franchise seems to be making the format much more intriguing. This time, they chose to put 9 strong survivors from the previous seasons into an Island on the Pacific that’s far away from any human civilization.
Moreover, they aren’t given any knife, map, or compass to navigate around the dangerous and harsh Island. The format that Naked And Afraid: Castaways follows is that all of the 9 survivors would be separated and sent to different parts of the island in groups of three.
These three locations are vastly different from each other, as one group would be on the Sun-baked beach, the other in the dense, twisting mangroves swamps, and the remaining team would be heading to a dark jungle filled with all kinds of venomous insects and animals.
Without any map, they’d have to find the Northern side of the Island, where boats would be waiting to rescue them. Instead of being given a knife or any tool at the beginning of the series, Castaways will have the contestants finding something useful from a broken ship, a plane crash site, and other wrecks that usually wouldn’t have something that could aid in survival (or so we’d think).
Since the contestants of Naked and Afraid Castaways are old, experienced survivors with good survival ratings, we might see them find treasure from the trash and try to survive as long as they can. As a group, each of the three teams will be trying to reach the correct side of the Island while also making sure that they do it safely, with all necessities taken care of.
The cast includes the following returning survivors from previous seasons of Naked And Afraid:
- Na’im McKee
- Kerra Bennett
- Justin Governale
- Bulent Gurcan
- Heather Smith
- Rachel Strohl
- Candice Mishler
- Patrick French
- Andrew Shayde
You might recognize these names from recent seasons of Naked And Afraid. The contestants have taken up a second chance to prove that they’re strong enough to survive without any survival tools being given in the beginning.
Asides from hunting for resources, the survivors of Naked and Afraid Castaways would also have to make sure that there’s proper teamwork, which is a task that’s easier said than done.
Naked And Afraid Castaways: Episode Schedule
Although the total amount of episodes we’ll be seeing in this spin-off of Naked and Afraid hasn’t been confirmed, we can assume the number to be anywhere around 8-11, as most of the shows besides the main Naked And Afraid series have had a similar number of episodes.
The episode schedule for Naked and Afraid Castaways will be as follows:
- Episode 1: July 30th, 2023
- Episode 2: August 6th, 2023
- Episode 3: August 13th, 2023
- Episode 4: August 20th, 2023
- Episode 5: August 27th, 2023
- Episode 6: September 3rd, 2023
- Episode 7: September 10th, 2023
- Episode 8: September 17th, 2023
Naked And Afraid Castaways: Streaming Guide
All-new episodes of Naked and Afraid: Castaways will be aired at 8:00 pm ET & 7:00 pm CT only on Discovery Channel. Viewers from the US can also stream the episodes of Castaways on Discovery GO, Max, or Apple TV.
Viewers from Canada and Australia may be able to watch Naked And Afraid through Apple TV. The timing of the release of Naked And Afraid: Castaways episodes in other countries will be as follows:
- United Kingdom: 01:00 AM, Mondays
- Canada: 08:00 PM, Sundays
- India: 05:30 AM, Mondays
- Philippines: 08:00 AM, Mondays
- Australia: 10:00 AM, Mondays
- Pakistan: 05:00 AM, Mondays
- Germany: 02:00 AM, Mondays
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