Naked Attraction (2016– )
8/10
Ballsy and necessary
1 September 2022
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.
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