Naked Attraction

Naked Attraction is a British television dating game show produced by Studio Lambert at The London Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. Hosted by Anna Richardson, the show premiered on 25 July 2016 and is airing its seventh season.[2] The series premise involves a clothed single person presented with a gallery of six fully nude potential partners, who are hidden behind differently colored booths that concurrently reveal their naked bodies gradually from the bottom up.

Naked Attraction
Series title over images of naked bodies
GenreDating game show
Presented byAnna Richardson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
Production
Production locationsThe London Studios (2016)
dock10 studios (2017–)[1]
Running time60 minutes (incl. adverts)
Production companyStudio Lambert
Release
Original networkChannel 4
Original release25 July 2016 (2016-07-25) –
present

A special series titled Naughtiest Bits aired from 18 May 2021 to 15 June 2021, and a special titled "All Out & Proud" aired on 23 June 2022. During its run, Naked Attraction has been the subject of numerous complaints to Ofcom for its full-frontal nudity, but Ofcom declined to perform an investigation due to the lack of sexual activity and the series' timeslot.

Premise

A clothed person is faced with six naked people who are initially hidden in booths. Their bodies and faces are gradually revealed through successive rounds, from the feet up. At each round, the chooser eliminates one naked person until only two are left, when the chooser also takes off their clothes to make the final choice.[3] The chooser then decides which person they wish to go out with, and the two (or, occasionally, three) then go for a fully clothed date.

Production

One contestant reported that each episode can take up to twelve hours to film, although the contestant choosing a date only has to disrobe for fifteen minutes. The resultant date takes place at 9 a.m. the next day. The picker has to have someone with them at all times to make sure they do not accidentally bump into one of the contestants, and if one of the contestants needs a toilet break, they must be escorted out by a member of staff so the picker does not see them leave their coloured booth.[4]

Contestants do not receive payment for participating, but standby contestants are given £75 for being in the room.[5][6]

Controversy

Numerous complaints about the programme were made by viewers to the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom due to the full-frontal nudity that is featured in the programme. Ofcom chose not to investigate as there was nothing that breached their rules: the show was purely a dating show and did not contain any sexual activity, and was shown after the watershed.[7]

Transmissions

Regular series
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
125 July 201622 August 20165[8]
229 June 20178 September 201710[8]
324 August 201829 November 201810[8]
421 August 20196 February 202010[8]
510 November 202011 May 202110[8]
62 March 202229 September 20228[8]
712 April 2023TBA10[8]

Naughtiest Bits
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
118 May 202115 June 20215[8]

Specials
DateEntitle
23 June 2022All Out & Proud

International versions

The TV format was exported to Germany, Denmark, Italy, Finland, Norway, Poland, and Sweden which have made their own versions of the show. Russia had plans for a similar show, but it never reached production.[9] The Netherlands had a similar show, called Undress for love, which has changes in format, but the premise is similar. It ran for six episodes in 2018.

Country Name Channel Premiere Presenter
Germany Naked Attraction – Dating hautnah RTL II 8 May 2017 Milka Loff Fernandes
Denmark Date mig nøgen TV 2 10 February 2019 Ibi Makienok
Finland Naked Attraction Suomi Dplay+ 4 December 2020 Marja Kihlström
Italy Naked Attraction Italia Discovery+, NOVE, Real Time 7 February 2021 Nina Palmieri
Norway Naked Attraction Norge Discovery+, TVNorge 22 April 2021 Tuva Fellman
Poland Magia nagości. Polska Player, Zoom TV 3 September 2021[10] Beata Olga Kowalska
Sweden Naked Attraction Sverige Discovery+, Kanal 5 7 June 2022 Sofia Wistam
Netherlands Undress for Love RTL XL 2018[11] Lieke van Lexmond
Wales Atyniad Noeth S4C 2023 Fflur Medi Owen
Singapore Chikobeh Attraction meWATCH 2024 Kaylani Lei

See also

References
  1. Binns, Simon (13 July 2017). "Naked Attraction on Channel 4 is filmed in these Manchester bars". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N Media. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. O'Donovan, Gerard (26 July 2016). "Naked Attraction: How low can this Channel 4 dating show go?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. Bryan, Scott (26 July 2017). "'Naked Attraction' Is The Most Utterly Stupid Dating Show On TV". BuzzFeed News.
  4. Laws, Roz (28 June 2017). "Naked Attraction: What REALLY goes on behind the scenes". Birmingham Mail. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. Greig, Finlay (1 November 2018). "Naked Attraction contestant reveals what it's really like to be on the Channel 4 show". i. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  6. McCreesh, Louise (3 July 2018). "These BTS 'Naked Attraction' Secrets May Make You Think Twice About Applying". Bustle. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  7. Bosley, Kirsty (7 August 2017). "Ofcom won't be investigating Channel 4 dating show Naked Attraction". Metro. DMG Media. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  8. "Naked Attraction". All3Media. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  9. "Любовь с первого… члена! Анна Седокова стала ведущей шокирующего реалити-шоу" [Love from the first ... member! Anna Sedokova became the host of a shocking reality show]. www.starhit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  10. "'Magia nagości. Polska' jednak w telewizji! Kiedy premiera kontrowersyjnego show dla golasów?". Telemagazyn (in Polish). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  11. "Undress For Love". www.rtlxl.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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