YOU won’t find many TV shows that come with a disclaimer stating that “strict hygiene and dignity protocols” were in place during filming. But Dating Naked is not your average TV show — and thank god for that! It follows a group of singles as they leave their baggage behind to eat, sleep and date entirely in the nude. Presenter Rylan Clark promises “romance, undressed and unblurred” .
. . and that is not just promotional spin.
"There are no strategic cushions, pot plants or crossed legs. "We see everything. As brilliant brunette housemate Emily says: “There are willies everywhere.
I’ll be sitting having a cup of tea and one of them could hit me in the face.” Later, she hops into the saddle to go on a horseback riding date with builder Billy. “I feel like my balls are getting stuck to the saddle”, he yelps.
“I feel like we’re just past that now . . .
”, she quips in response. It’s scenes like this that have left boring critics clutching their pearls as they declare Dating Naked, which starts on Friday, is unfit for TV. But here’s where they are wrong.
Reality telly works best when its contributors are pushed to their limits, so that we see them entirely laid bare — such as when they are scared or angry. That is when they drop any act, quit any game plans and are at their most raw. Who can forget the moment in 2010 when an audition on The X Factor descended into a fist fight? Teen singing duo Ablisa — Abbey Johnstone and Lisa Parker — were .