The Real Housewives Of Miami Is Returning For New Season; Bravo Is Looking To Add “A Very Diverse Cast And Are Speaking To Women From All Different Backgrounds,” Sources Say!

The Real Housewives of Miami is returning, eight years after it went off the air in 2013 after three seasons.

“They have started interviewing a bunch of different women,” the insider told Us Weekly. “They want to have a very diverse cast and are speaking to women from all different backgrounds.”

The source adds that a few of the potential cast members have already been interviewed “several times” and the network is getting “very close to narrowing down a cast.”

Earlier this week, sources claim that the reality show is in fact returning to Bravo. “The Real Housewives of Miami is coming back and Bravo is already in the full swing of interviewing potential cast mates to hire,” a source told Entertainment Tonight.

Back in November, Andy Cohen revealed on the “Everything Iconic” podcast that he was trying to get NBCUniversal — which owns Bravo — to pick up a new season of the show for the NBCUniversal streaming service, Peacock.

“I have really been trying to get Peacock to pick up Miami,” he said. “I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this. I don’t know where we are with that. I have to say the fans of Miami are still very vocal, and so I’ve been an advocate for Peacock bringing back Miami.”

RHOM made its debut in February 2011 - the original cast consisted of Lea Black, Adriana de Moura, Alexia Echevarria, Marysol Patton, Larsa Pippen, and Cristy Rice. Pippin and Rice left the show, and Lisa Hochstein, Joanna Krupa, Ana Quincoces, and Karent Sierra joined the cast for seasons 2 and 3.

In January, it was reported that Bravo is “revisiting” the series and is in “preliminary conversations for a potential return,” according to Page Six.

The reboot could include some former cast members, as well as Phil Collins’ ex-wife Orianne Cevey — who has been going through a long series of legal proceedings with the singer over his multimillion-dollar Miami manse. Sources said that the cast of the reboot could also include Latin superstar Paulina Rubio.

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