‘RHOSLC’ Season Premiere Date September 5, Trailer Revealed

Bravo has set the season 5 premiere date for “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” for September 18, and the entire cast of season 4 will return — minus Monica Garcia, who was exposed as a tormenting internet troll in that season’s finale the women before joining the cast. Lisa Barlow, Heather Gay, Angie Katsanevas, Meredith Marks and Whitney Rose are all back, and Mary Cosby will return to the show as a full-time cast member. (Cosby quit/was fired after ditching the Season 2 reunion, but then rejoined the show as a “friend” of the cast in Season 4, showing little enthusiasm for group activities.)

Additionally, Bronwyn Newport will be in the full-time cast, and Britani Bateman and Meili Workman will join the cast as friends. According to the announcement, Newport “enters couture with her over-the-top fashion and a sense of humor as sharp as the diamonds she wears. Bronwyn, a long-time friend of Lisa Barlow, impresses the ladies with her outrageous, fantastic and confrontational style. Workman, in Bravo’s parlance, “has her hands full as a model with four young children and a husband at home. Originally from California, Meili was raised LDS and moved to Utah to be more involved in the church, but ultimately decided the faith wasn’t for her.”

As for Bateman, she is a “real estate developer, actress and acclaimed singer in an on-again, off-again relationship. Britani is introduced to the women through her friend Heather, but clashes with a few ladies from the jump.” When Bateman was reportedly in the mix for season 5, the blogs accused her of having disturbing social media activities of her own. That may be why Gay’s bio for this season reads in part, “Heather introduces her friend Britani to the group, but when Britani repeatedly puts her foot in her mouth, Heather can’t stop defending her.”

It was Gay who led the charge against Garcia in the Season 4 finale that aired early this year, exposing her during a cast trip in Bermuda, where she hosted the “Receipts!” Proof! Timeline! Screenshots!” which elevated the show into the stratosphere of pop culture, while simultaneously launching thousands of memes.

In the announcement, Bravo said: “Last season’s dramatic and shocking finale rocketed into the zeitgeist with celebrity fan reenactments and quotes from a congressional hearing. In fact, last season saw an 18% increase in multi-platform viewership over the previous season, and the show’s first reunion episode drew its highest audience in more than two years.

Speaking of the reunion episodes, Garcia might have had a chance to win over the network again if she hadn’t flopped. In an interview for Variety‘s Making a Scene,” said Andy Cohen, the executive producer of “The Real Housewives” franchise, who also hosted the reunion. “I think if Monica had come out and gotten even one of the women back on her side, the conversation might be very different now.”

Here is the trailer for season 5.