Naked Attraction

I disagree with reviewers who believe nudity is disgusting and pornographic. With no sexual acts being performed, nudity, by itself is actually quite interesting, if bland at times.

I stumbled onto this show while surfing for streaming TV series'. This one, from the UK shocked me at first, but proved to be very enjoyable.

It's best viewed in small doses, however, since they're all pretty much alike. A male or female contestant picks a partner by viewing 6 gradually exposed naked candidates. None of the naked people are perfectly sculpted models. Some are pretty, some are handsome, but all are regular human specimens. The women must be coached ahead of time to trim their vaginas, since there aren't any dense bushes on display.

When the candidate eliminates all but two choices from the naked lineup, then the candidate himself, or herself, is required to get naked also, prior to picking the final person for their date. A follow-up to the date is included at the end of each episode. This part needs improvement since, evidently, the producers don't realize that the participant's comments cannot be clearly understood. Some of the dates prove to be flops and it would be much more interesting to have more details revealed at this point. Bottom line: after seeing a few episodes, you've seen 'em all. I give a 7 for creativity.

For a flashy and seemingly silly adult TV show, Naked Attraction has a whole lot of heart and realism going on. They had every chance in the world to make it just another utopian dating show thing where they only choose ridiculously perfectly attractive looking 20-something people, but nope, 90% of the time, contestants here look like regular people from streets, shopping malls, construction sites and what have you.

And they are inclusive of sexualities, ages, skin colours, body types, shaved and not shaved, people with medical issues, and they don't make it seem forced in that "you/we must be WOKE now!!" at all. The show is just naturally chill about things. I love that. Men having average sized/shaped penises and same with women's breasts.

Another very important point: they never make it seem as if this sort of strategy, naked before dating, is some kind of a magical way to a beautiful relationship. No, I'd say a good 80% of the couples that I've seen there don't go much further than their first date. They make sure to tell us that in the end of the episode that they never met again or didn't quite vibe or there was too much long-distance etc. There's no embellishment, just how real life works.

One thing though puzzles me. From the countless episodes of different countries I've seen so far, there's a HUGE portion of contestants who have tattoos. I don't have a thing against tattoos, but I don't get how MOST people there are inked and many of them heavily.

I have to say that at some point the British version went too.. American with the silly tasks and gimmicks the contestants had to go through. And they made it seem as the next person sent out was sent out because they didn't do yet another dumb dance move well enough or put whipped cream on their dong the right way. That concept was not an asset for the show at all. If you want this show, but a bit more down to earth, check the other countries' versions.

So yeah, I've been a bit of a fan fan for a couple of years now. The first version I saw of the show was the original British one. Since then, on the local tv station here I've also watched the German, Danish, Finnish and Italian versions. I highly recommend watching those too if possible. There's a whole lot different dynamics. Interesting to see the obvious differences in behavior of contestants, and hosts, of different countries.

Cheeky show... with an interesting premise.

Great that there is NO body shaming and it features real people with real naked bodies... Big, small, fat, thin, fit, hairy, scars and all.

Bravo for producing a program that doesn't pretend everyone has to look like Barbie or Ken to be deserving of attention and maybe love.

P.S. Love it when the so called hottest ones get rejected. And I also love it when the so called hottest ones get picked and the date is a disaster. Proving as we all know... looks can be deceiving.

Chill out people... the nude body is a beautiful thing and should be celebrated.

It's a bit of innocent silliness, but I have a feeling that this show may help many people feel reassured that their bodies are "normal" too.

I salute the people who come onto this show - whatever their motives might be. They are my heroes.

The host becomes a bit cringe-inducing at times, as if she can't quite believe that she is saying what she does, but that's OK.

I do sometimes wish there could be more attractive people on the show; I think it is a bit skewed towards the lower 80 percent, but maybe that's just me.

The concept is novel: Normalize regular bodies and start with sexual attraction first. Unfortunately it is anything but. This is still a TV show, which means all the people featured had to have the desire to appear naked on the show, they had to audition for these parts, and then casting directors still hand selected each and every one of these people to ensure they were screen-ready candidates with the right personalities (and bodies). This is all pretty evident by the fact the average penis size of the men appearing in the show are above the national UK/US average penis size. This is also evident by the fact the average woman's BMI (body mass index) on this show is substantially lower than the UK/US national average BMI. There a few exceptions here or there, but let's be honest: if there were six naked, ugly, and morbidly obese people in every selection round, no one would watch this show. At best, this show is low brow fodder to make us not feel the same guilt as watching porn guised as normalizing that everyone of us has a different body.