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Katie Fitzpatrick

How getting naked on TV with 1.6million watching changed my life

It was watched by 1.6million viewers when it was screened earlier this year - and Channel Four show Naked Beach is now being screened in secondary schools to help promote body positivity and improve mental health in teens.

Jsky, real name Jason Warner, was one of the eight body confident hosts in the buff helping three willing participants to gain the confidence to strip naked on the reality show set in a stunning Greek retreat - and he says the experience has been life changing.

The 32-year-old singer from Bury, who is known on the Manchester social scene for his outlandish and eye-catching array of outfits, has since found out that the experimental series is being shown in classrooms across the country.

He said: "It lets me know I've done something worthwhile and something that works.

Jsky was a hit on Naked Beach (Channel Four)

"Kids have said they want to be like Jsky when they get older, but when I was at school nobody wanted to be me.

"The way I dress is about expressing myself and there's nothing wrong with that."

Jsky was also thrilled to discover that the show will soon be screened in Australia on the channel 10 Peach, the home of the long-running much-loved soap Neighbours.

There have been calls from UK fans to bring back the show, which had a three episode run in April.

Jsky is one of the hosts on Naked Beach (SCU)

It was described as the 'anti-Love Island' because it featured a cast of Brits of all shapes and sizes including a plus-size model and an injured ex-soldier.

Each week people who suffered from a lack of body confidence joined the body positive group with elaborately designed body paint to cover their private parts.

The guests were encouraged by the hosts to feel good about themselves through a variety of activities before stripping completely nude on the beach.

At the end of each show it was explained how the project had helped the participants.

Jsky at the MEN Diary Party (Manchester Evening News)

"I still get people asking me for advice after the show," Jsky told us.

"I've even had my own family saying they're not so self conscious about their body as they were before.

"It's had a ripple effect and it's completely changed my life.

"When the opportunity arose I was doing things that made a mockery of me.

Jsky suited and booted (Manchester Evening News)

"It was an experience about being yourself and it's changed my life. I'm now treated with more respect.

"It changed my life in every way, I just had to bide my time."

Jsky has previously released the self-love anthem Myself, encouraging fans to love themselves no matter their shape or size, and he releases the 'positivity powered' new song Keep Your Love, about following your joy and doing what makes you happy, on October 16.

The day after he's hosting an in conversation event at Foodwell Manchester where he'll take to the stage to perform Keep Your Love.

On Saturday Jsky is appearing as part of The Economist Open Future Festival at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, a day of discussion and debate.

Jsky is part of the mental health panel, discussing how we people can help to overcome a mental health crisis.

To register for the festival click here .

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