By Ashley Thompson

We all love Naked and Afraid. We all love watching these crazy people called survivalists endure 21 days without clothes, water or food. But have you ever watched a kick-ass survivalist and thought, "their PSR score should have been way higher!" or "he/she totally deserves to be an all-star survivalist! I'd watch him/her again!"? Well Discovery has you covered. The top survivalists from previous seasons of Naked and Afraid have already participated in another challenge!

This July Discovery Channel will feature six women and six men on a 40 day survival challenge in a new series called Naked and Afraid XL. You heard me... 40 DAYS! 12 SURVIVALISTS! XL! Not only is this a survival experiment like we're used to, it's a social experiment. Will they work together? Will they divide into separate units? Can they work together as one large group to survive? What role, if any, will the genders serve? The real question is, can anyone survive 40 days without food, clothing or water... who will tap out? Survivalists include:

Women
Alana Barfield (Fiji Islands), Dani Beau (Colombia), honor Bowen (Brazil), Dani Julien (Andros Islands), Eva Rupert (Madagascar) and Laura Zerra (Panama and the Amazon).

Men
Chris Fischer (Dominica), Hakim Isler (Himalayas), Shane Lewis (Costa Rica), Luke McLaughlin (Namibia), E.J. Snyder (Tanzania and the Amazon) an dJeff Zausch (Madagascar).

The new series will premier Sunday, July 12th at 10pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel. Before the premier they will be showing a marathon to reintroduce the fans to their favorite survivalists on Saturday, June 28th beginning at 10:00am ET.

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