Naked and Afraid XL — Season 5

XL Season 5 filmed in the Philippines across eight episodes airing from June through July 2019. Fourteen survivalists, including franchise heavyweights Jeff Zausch, Laura Zerra, Manu Toigo, Angela Hammer, Max Djenohan, Duke Brady, and Rylie Parlett, took on a 40-day survival test in typhoon-prone island terrain.

Episode titles like "Waterworld," "Surviving With Sharks," "Devil and The South China Sea," "Belly of the Beast," "No Hand-Outs," "Hike Into Hell," "Jeff's Worst Nightmare," and "Goodbye Cruel Waterworld" set the tone: this was an XL season built around the constant tension between the water and the jungle, with fishing and coastal foraging as the primary calorie sources for most of the run.