It involves two people — one man, one woman — being dropped into the wilderness completely nude and having to survive for 21 days. No reality show at least not yet wants to actually kill off its contestants. When Kim Shelton got ill after eating turtle meat, for example, producers were on hand to hook her up to IVs. But audiences were none the wiser….

Maryville's Sara Burkett took her experiences from camping in East Tennessee with her when she participated on an episode of "Naked and Afraid. They didn't prepare her, however, for the first twist the Discovery show threw at her. Once Burkett stepped foot on the show, she realized she would be surviving on a deserted island in Panama with another woman, Kate Wentworth. I loved her. Burkett's episode will feature her and Wentworth along with a team of two men on the same island.

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The reality programming that we often encounter plunges us into a world of disagreements and drama. There are shows that work to specifically deliver the unexpected, leaving you anxious to see what happens next. On Naked and Afraid , Discovery Channel presents us with a dilemma we hope to never encounter in real life.