Reality Redemption - Season 5

(Left to Right) Dawson-Parker, Grayson, de la Cruz, Graves, Janice Lynn, Mutragold, Fallon Lynn and Gunvalson

### Starring

Sarah de la Cruz
 Eliza Dawson-Parker
 Olivia Grayson
 Fallon Lynn
 Madison Graves
 Joyce Gunvalson
 Janice Lynn
 Petra Mutragold

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Season 6

**Season 5** is the fifth season of Reality Redemption that first aired on January 8, 2024, and lasted until March 5, 2024. It consists of ten episodes and introduces Petra Mutragold as a series regular.

## Plot

Get ready for the most dramatic season yet. A sour relationship is rekindled as step-mother, Petra, joins step-daughter, Sarah, and the girls on a trip to Ibiza hosted by Eliza. One friendship is strengthened day-by-day while others are destroyed. Will the new firecracker cause any fireworks or will the boat sink?

## Taglines

**Joyce:** “Throw me to the wolves and I shall return leading the pact”.

**Eliza:** “Don’t tell me you’re my friend, act like one”.

**Petra:** “You’ve heard a lot about me but I say it’s all hearsay”.

**Madison:** “I like to have fun but I don’t play games”.

**Fallon:** “In this friendship group, the truth always has a way of rising to the top”.

**Olivia:** “Everyone loves a comeback story - especially starring me”.

**Sarah:** “When life throws rocks, I turn them into lava hot diamonds”.

**Janice:** “Haters are gonna hate but I just love, love, love”.

## Cast and Production

The fifth season of the show was ordered at the same as the fourth and as most of the girls had signed contracts for both season, they returned for another season. Olivia Grayson and Eliza Dawson-Parker had both only signed one-season contracts before yet announced within days of each other that they would be returning to the show. Due to her ongoing feud with her mother and sister over many things (mainly their shared company), as well as being at odds with some of the other girls, Jackie Lynn’s contract wasn’t renewed. Producers knew she couldn’t film amicably with some of the girls and some of them even threatened to leave the series and break their contract clauses if she remained on the show. Being a success with the viewers and holding strong ties with her, they took the “difficult” decision and announced she had been let go from the series on July 2, 2023. Neither Janice Lynn nor Fallon Lynn chose to comment on her departure. They said the full cast list would be announced “in due course”. A week later, it was announced that Petra Mutragold, who had previously been signed on for Season 1 yet axed in order for Sarah de la Cruz to appear on the series, had joined the cast and would be joining the girls away. Sarah de la Cruz immediately took to social media to vent her frustration and signing off by saying she wouldn’t be returning to the show. Contracted to appear on the show, she said: “They took it too far to include family issues on the show and I won’t be dealing with it anymore”. With ongoing conversations happening between her and the network, production was continuously delayed. This was featured heavily throughout the season, with many of the girls commenting on their disappointment that it had turned in to “The Sarah Show”. When LinkMe took the case to court, keen to have her on the show due to the dramatic storyline and her being a hit with viewers, Sarah de la Cruz bowed down to the pressure and announced that she would be appearing on the season after all. Months after the season was supposed to take place, trailers were finally dropped in November 2023, teasing a January release. Production had started in mid-October and finished by mid-November and was hosted by Eliza Dawson-Parker, in Ibiza, where she took the girls to show them her new venture - a singing career. The series’ first episode begun on January 8, 2024, and concluded on March 5, 2024, with the Reunion special airing on a Tuesday, rather than the usual Monday slot.