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Jeff Zausch is ready for his comeback tour. After a disappointing finish in the first season of Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing, he’s giving the competition another shot in season 2. And this time, he doesn’t intend to go home a loser. 

‘No room for mean girls’ in ‘Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing’ Season 2 

'Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing' contestants Stacey, Jeff, Dan, Cheeny, Gwen looking at a map
Stacey, Jeff, Dan, Cheeny, and Gwen in ‘Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing’ Season 1 | Discovery Channel

Zausch broke the news that he’d be part of the Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing Season 2 cast in a July 14 Instagram post. 

“Revenge tour starts in 3…2…1,” he wrote. 

“We all saw how season one turned out…this time there’s no room for mean girls and EVERYONE must come to play!!” he added. “THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR RIGHT NOW!!!”

Zausch was a big – and divisive – presence in the first season of the Naked and Afraid spinoff. He came into the competition determined to win, and he didn’t care who he stepped on to do it. But after clashing with many of the other competitors due to his aggressive style of gameplay, the Idaho survivalist failed to advance to the show’s final round. Waz Addy ultimately won the $100,000 grand prize. 

In interviews and social media posts, Zausch didn’t hesitate to criticize what he saw as some major flaws in Last One Standing. He accused the other cast members of playing for a “participation trophy” and of unfairly ganging up on him.

In a 2023 chat with Jonny Fairplay on the Reality After Show podcast, Zausch vowed to hold nothing back if he was invited to return for season 2. 

“If there’s a season 2, I’m going all in … Season 2, when it comes around, you are going to see scorched earth,” Zausch said. “Like, no one is going to have a shelter because they’re all going to be on fire. I’m done. They’ve mistreated me and now I’m pissed. I guarantee you, season 2, the best man will win. That is my commitment to the viewers.” 

Cheeny and Dan looking at a honeycomb on 'Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing' on Discovery Channel
Cheeny and Dan in ‘Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing’ Season 1 | Discovery Channel
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So, who will Zausch be facing off against in the new season of Last One Standing? The cast includes 13 other Naked and Afraid vets, including a couple of familiar faces from Last One Standing’s first season. 

Here’s the full Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing Season 2 cast: 

  • Dan Link
  • Russel Sage
  • Lacey Jones
  • Fernando Calderon
  • Kate Wentworth
  • Trish Bulinsky
  • Jeff Zausch
  • Bulent Gurcan
  • Ky Furneaux
  • Gary Golding
  • Darrin Reay
  • Patrick French
  • Lindsey Leitelt
  • Dani Beauchemin

“If there’s anything I can say about this season it’s that you have no idea what you’re in for,” Link, who finished in second place in season 1, teased on Instagram. “Buckle up for a wild ride from hour one to day 45.”

Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing Season 2 premieres July 14 at 8 p.m. ET on Discovery Channel. 

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