Listen to Laura and Tiffany battle it out about why Undressed divided them so strongly on The Binge. The television either asks questions or states instructions and the participants follow accordingly. Two strangers are placed in a room with a double bed and a television.
Undressed is the latest series that aims to ‘find love’ for its contestants by creating an environment that cultivates an emotional and physical connection. It often teases before ad breaks a second contestant and/or the contestant going naked too, which again links to voyeurism.Just when you thought you’d seen every variant of reality television dating shows, SBS comes up with an absolute cracker.
Like any reality TV show, Naked Attraction uses enigma narrative as an additional feature to keep viewers watching. This, of course, has been critised from many feminist for being sexist the male contestant on this episode stated that he preferred no public hair as he had a ‘bad experience’ with public hair before. 30% said a women’s public was a deal breaker in a relationship. razor rash, ingrown hairs, etc), but a recent survey said that 46% of 4,146 men prefer no public hair, 30% prefer it ‘neatly trimmed’, and 12% prefer a ‘landing strip’, compared to 6% prefer a natural look. This isn’t practically realist as removing public hair causes a lot of issues (e.g. This issue has come up in porn, too, as women are shown with little to none public hair.
Although, there was also been criticism over the lack of public hair. Still, the show presents a strong theme of realism as none of the bodies are photo-shopped and there is a lot of variety in shapes and sizes. A humiliation gag would cause a lot of controversy too. Yet, no one is made to feel embarrassed of this the contestants are open to the idea and the presenter – Anna Richardson- remains calm and collected throughout too.
The whole premise of nudity is enough to keep the viewer watching: nudity is a private matter, thus watching this simulates a sense that the viewer is prying into people’s private life- which is known as voyeurism. The issue with this is that Getzlaff did not know of this twist, nor did the gay contestants. The first gay dating show – Boy meets Boy- had 8 heterosexual men pretending to be homosexual (of the 15 participants) and was a controversial ‘plot twist’: if the contestant – James Getzlaff- chose a heterosexual man, then Getzlaff would get nothing and the man would win $25,000. Many contestants had said they felt awkward about being naked for so long (filming takes around 12 hours), but the compliments they get reverse this, and leave them feeling more confident.Īnother factor in Naked Attraction is that it’s very open to different sexualities- this episode included a gay woman and a straight man – which is barely touched upon in other dating shows. Again, this is important for the political context of the show, as many believe that nudity should not be censored as it is natural and part of being a human. Yet, Ofcom did not investigate as it was a watershed show and did not have any sexual activity shown. One of the key points for backlash of this show was the lack of censorship. Also, this this important for the ‘Free the Nipple’ movement (started in 2012) that campaign’s that female nipples should not be censored as they are the same as a man’s (nipples are developed from the X chromosome). Yet, the show reveals the nude contestants equally and the contestants come off generally feeling more confident about their bodies than before. The show has come under a lot of criticism for its premise of judging people solely on their looks – essentially objectifying them- which contradicts popular feminist ideology. It is shown on Channel 4, and 10pm, and had 1.4 million views on the launch of its second season on the 29 th June 2017. The naked contestants are revealed from the crotch area and upwards in stages with each stage resulting in the main contestant sends one person home. Naked Attraction is a British dating show where the participants are judged on their physical attraction.