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‘Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing’ Season 3: Meet the All-Star Cast, Premiere and More
The toughest season yet of Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing brings some of show’s top survivalists together in the ultimate competition. In Touch breaks down all you need to know about season 3, including the cast, location, premiere date and more.
What Is ‘Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing’?
The show premiered in 2023 featuring 12 competitors in South Africa’s Oribi Gorge for the 45-day challenge. Season 2 returned to South Africa and season 3 has a new location and biggest cast.
For the first time ever, the show is bringing together 14 competitors who will test their survival skills for a $100,000 prize. The winner will also receive the coveted 10.0 Primitive Survival Rating (PSR).
All of those chosen for the show have successfully completed at least two prior Naked and Afraid challenges.
The competition will include head-to-head and multiphase challenges. The survivalists “will face heartbreaking medical tap outs, legacy-defining moments and the most shocking elimination ever seen in the franchise,” Warner Bros. promised in an April 18, 2025, press release.
What Is the Location for ‘Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing’?
Producers chose the unforgiving Australian Outback, which is known for its scorching temperatures by day, freezing cold nights, barren landscape and deadly snakes.
As usual, competitors go into the game with no food, but they’ll have the opportunity to attempt to kill the lethal taipan snake, as well as more protein-filled 250-pound wild boars if their hunting skills are top notch.
Who Is Competing on ‘Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing’?
Naked and Afraid legend Matt Wright heads into the competition with the highest number of days survived in the wild on the show with 252. The custom knife maker and survival instructor has taken part in eight previous challenges, including Naked and Afraid: Savage, Naked and Afraid XL and six more challenges.
Matt’s fellow XL competitor Max Djenohan is also part of the Last One Standing cast. The snowboarder has appeared on the show in six challenges, surviving a total of 177 days in the wild.
Australia native Ky Furneaux should feel at home in the Outback. The outdoor guide has competed in six challenges over the years and survived 136 days on the show.
Laura Zerra is another familiar face, after competing on five seasons in a row of Naked and Afraid. She’s braved Alaska, Panama and the Amazon jungle in her 156 days in the wild and is one of the top female competitors in the show’s history.
Suzänne Zeta also has five seasons of the show under her belt, including her impressive 21 days in Brazil. The Virginia native has survived a total of 81 days in the wild during her various challenges.
Trish Bulinsky comes on Last One Standing after appearing in four previous challenges for a total of 104 days in the wild.
New Hampshire native and knifemaker Kaila Cumings returns with four challenges under her belt and 88 days survived.
Colorado adventurer Darrin Reay and New Hampshire’s Patrick French both have three previous seasons on the show, with 83 days and 82 days spent in the wild.
Utah’s Trent Nielsen and Maine’s Cheeny Plante also have three challenges each for 73 and 67 days, and Scotland’s Jamie Frizzell comes into Last One Standing with 44 days survived in his 3 previous appearances on the show.
Finally, the contestants with two prior challenges each are Kaiela Hobart and Jermaine Jackson, who have a respective 61 and 35 days survived in the wild.
When Does ‘Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing’ Season 3 Premiere?
Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing season 3 premieres on May 18, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Channel.
