Naked and Afraid XL A Gathering Swarm (Season 8, Episode 9)
TV Episode | Adventure, Game-Show, Reality-TV

Naked and Afraid XL

A Gathering Swarm (Season 8, Episode 9)

TV Episode | Adventure, Game-Show, Reality-TV

Survivalists unite as one group on day 50. Expanding shelter proves difficult. Swarms of bees and storms strike the Amazon location, while a knife mishap endangers a contestant.

Producer

Jimmy Sprague (producer)

Composer

Devin Powers (music by)

Editors

Andrew Harwood | Dave Swuz

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 26, 2022

Release date

Jun 26, 2022 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

Name	Known for
Waz Addy Self - Survivalist Self - Survivalist See fewer	Naked and Afraid XL (2015)
Rod Biggs Self - Survivalist (credit only) Self - Survivalist (credit only) See fewer	Naked and Afraid XL (2015)
Trish Bulinsky Self - Survivalist (as Patricia 'Trish' Bulinsky) (credit only) Self - Survivalist (as Patricia 'Trish' Bulinsky) (credit only) See fewer	Naked and Afraid XL (2015)
Kaila Cumings Self - Survivalist (credit only) Self - Survivalist (credit only) See fewer	Naked and Afraid: Solo (2023)
Jamie Frizzell Self - Survivalist (credit only) Self - Survivalist (credit only) See fewer	Naked and Afraid: Solo (2023)
Gary Golding Self - Survivalist (credit only) Self - Survivalist (credit only) See fewer	When an Angel Cries
Lisa Hagan Self - Survivalist (credit only) Self - Survivalist (credit only) See fewer	Naked and Afraid XL (2015)
Steven Lee Hall Jr. Self - Survivalist Self - Survivalist See fewer	Naked and Afraid XL (2015)
Amber Hargrove Self - Survivalist Self - Survivalist See fewer	Buckshot (2017)
Dan Link Self - Survivalist Self - Survivalist See fewer	Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing (2023)
Tim Phillips Self - Survivalist (as Timothy Phillips) (credit only) Self - Survivalist (as Timothy Phillips) (credit only) See fewer	Naked and Afraid XL (2015)
E.J. Snyder Self - Survivalist (as EJ Snyder) Self - Survivalist (as EJ Snyder) See fewer	Naked and Afraid (2013)
Jennifer Taylor Self - Survivalist (as Jen Taylor) (credit only) Self - Survivalist (as Jen Taylor) (credit only) See fewer	Naked and Afraid XL (2015)
Matt Wright Self - Survivalist Self - Survivalist See fewer	Naked and Afraid XL (2015)
Jeff Zausch Self - Survivalist (credit only) Self - Survivalist (credit only) See fewer	Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing (2023)
Michael Brown Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Naked and Afraid: Castaways (2023)