Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid charts new territory with Naked and Afraid: Apocalypse. Premiering on July 27, 2025 and set an incredibly bleak landscape, the latest addition to the franchise brings back former participants for one of the most difficult survival situations ever.
New episodes will air on Sundays at 8pm ET/PT.
Season one’s 12 survivalists are:
• Steven Lee Hall, Jr. (Florida); Days Survived: 272; “King of the Forest”, Hunter/Fisherman
• Waz Addy (Australia); Days Survived: 140; Military Training Officer
• Amber Hargrove (Colorado); Days Survived: 100; U.S. Army Instructor
• Wes Harper (North Carolina); Days Survived: 96; I.T. Company Owner
• Russell Sage (East Texas); Days Survived: 75; Corporate Safety Manager
• Frank Eytcheson (Florida); Days Survived: 35; House Painter
• Miranda Adams (Florida); Days Survived: 21; Fishing Boat Charter Captain
• Teal Bulthuis (Oklahoma); Days Survived: 21; Field Scientist/Land Management
• Stee Kelly (England); Days Survived: 21; British Army Commando
• Joseph Prouse (California); Days Survived: 21; Air Force Veteran
• Kelly Roske (Hawaii); Days Survived: 21; Earth Mother
• Alexa Towersey (Australia); Days Survived: 21; Physical Trainer, Motivational Speaker
Discovery Channel offers this synopsis: “For the first time ever, 12 battle-tested survivalists take on a scorched, apocalyptic wasteland where they must scavenge ruins to survive in the all-new series Naked and Afraid: Apocalypse. In locations long abandoned by humans, the survivalists face the franchise’s toughest challenge yet as they endure extreme heat and drought as well as unpredictable lions, elephants, black mambas, and more without food, water, and clothing.
Four teams are dropped into forgotten corners of South Africa—spanning a ghost town, a vehicle junkyard, a cemetery, and even a mine shaft—where they must scavenge the wreckage for resources. In a franchise first, survivalists will not be extracted but must escape this wasteland and find their way back to civilization at the end of the challenge. All the while, they must also battle relentless threats from apex predators, endure punishing heat and navigate constant dangers from rusted metal and broken glass.
In the premiere episode, camps turn old tires into shoes and use barbed wire as protection from aggressive lions. A rogue elephant forces one camp to make shelter from junked cars.”
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