‘Vanderpump Rules’ Season 12 Gets a New Cast — What You Need to Know

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“Vanderpump Rules” gets a fresh start.

The Bravo reality series returns for Season 12 with Lisa Vanderpump and a new cast, the network announced Nov 26

The upcoming season will feature a fresh cast of restaurant employees whose lives promise to be “just as intricately entangled with each other as their iconic predecessors,” according to a press release.

“Under the watchful eye of Lisa Vanderpump, West Hollywood mainstay SUR — and now TomTom — welcomes the next batch of servers, hosts and bartenders, filled with plenty of drama, situations and frenemies,” the release states.

Lisa Vanderpump.
Lisa Vanderpump stars in season 12 of “Vanderpump Rules” alongside a new group of restaurant workers. Nicole Weingart / Bravo

The new season will begin production next year. Its premiere date and cast will be announced at a later date.

“The last 12 years of filming has been an extraordinary run full of laughter, tears and everything in between. I cannot thank enough those who have shared their lives. How I love you all,” Lisa Vanderpump said in a statement.

She added, “In the restaurant business, one shift always gives way to another. Cheers to the next generation of ‘Vanderpump Rules.'”

“VPR,” which debuted on Bravo in 2013 as a spinoff of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” originally followed the lives of Vanderpump and employees at her restaurant SUR.

The cast began with Tom Sandoval, Kristen Doute, Jax Taylor, Stassi Schroeder, Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney, and over the years introduced the likes of Ariana Madix, Tom Schwartz, Raquel Leviss, James Kennedy, Lala Kent and Brittany Cartwright.

Last year, “VPR” was at the center of the headline-making pop culture scandal dubbed “Scandoval.” In March 2023, news broke that Sandoval was cheating on his longtime girlfriend Madix with their mutual friend Leviss.

The messy drama entered the show, resulting in record-breaking ratings and earns “VPR” its first Emmy nomination.

“VPR” also inspired its own spinoff, “The Valley,” which premiered on Bravo earlier this year and stars former couple Cartwright and Taylor. Cartwright filed for divorce from Taylor in August.