Reality Redemption - Season 9

(Left to Right) Alexander, Hagan, Gunvalson, Corey, Phoon and de la Wary

**Season 9** is the ninth season of Reality Redemption that first aired on April 21, 2026, and lasted until June 3, 2026. The first series without an original cast member, it consists of ten episodes and introduces Jade Corey and Valerie Hagan as series regulars.

## Plot

Join the girls for another great trip away! This season’s destination? Singapore! Be sure not to miss the drama as the girls take on a treasure hunt, try traditional foods but most crucially, revel in the drama. Though, as one scary shock shows the girls, they’ll stick together through thick and thin.

## Taglines

**Joyce:** “I’ve made it to the top and I’m staying right where I am”.

**Valerie:** “I’m all about going against tradition. A woman can never be too young, too loud or too thin”.

**Jade:** “If you can’t take my sparkle, then stay off my rainbow”.

**Hulla:** “Fruition is the right to act upon intuition”.

**Mandy:** “Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can wear”.

**Mary:** “I’m just living my best life. I’m taking it one day at a time”.

## Cast and Production

The ninth season saw producers keen to keep a similar cast due to a big increase in ratings compared to previous seasons. Joyce Gunvalson and Mary De La Wary continued on with their contracts, while Mandy Alexander and Hulla Phoon renewed theirs for another two-seasons, after going down a hit with the viewers. The two newest additions, Jade Corey and Valerie Hagan, were both announced to be joining the cast at a LinkMe Winter conference. Fans of the show criticised the show for turning to “nobody’s”, who weren’t involved in the “friendship group”. The network hit back referencing that while the friendship group has migrated, shifts like this are natural and at the end of the day, it’s a “light-hearted television reality series”. The conference also highlighted that Madison Graves had been fired from the show with producers saying that her feud, plus ongoing legal battle, with Mary De La Wary, took up the storyline in the previous season and while that was enjoyable, they worried that it might make viewers “switch off”. They said that they had chosen to fire Madison Graves over Mary De La Wary, for “creative purposes”, given that the former had been on the show the longest out of any cast member, joint with Fallon Lynn, so it freed a position that could be used by someone new. They did openly thank Madison Graves for her time on the show and said they’d like to work on future projects with her.

On December 15, 2025, Sarah de la Cruz announced that she wouldn’t be returning to the show for the ninth season due to a combination of reasons. Firstly, she mentioned that she felt she had “run my course on the show” and added that she felt the eighth season was to “round off my experience”. Next, she sniped at the LinkMe network and said she had received a “bad edit” and she quipped that it didn’t “fly with me”. Thirdly, she said she had purposely only signed a one-season contract as she knew she would have “updated demands” and that this time around, she requested Olivia Grayson would be back on the show full-time but the network had declined, saying they said she was “unreliable”. All of this led her to accept that she wouldn’t return to the show but she said that she was “content” with the decision and didn’t bare any grudges. Sources say that producers had begged her to stay, seeing her as the biggest reason for the growing ratings. Olivia Grayson said she had appreciated Sarah de la Cruz’s attempts to get her back on the show in a main capacity and said she was just “really disappointed” with the network to have treated her “so poorly”. This is the first season not to feature any original cast members. This also marks the first season without Olivia Grayson and Fallon Lynn appearing at all, due to them mostly being involved in a main capacity and if not, in a “Friend of the Stars” or guest capacity.

Hulla Phoon led the girls trip away to Singapore, to show the girls her home roots. Angela Hermes returned as a “Friend of the Stars” once again this season, despite being offered a promotion, she said she had to “prioritise my kids” and only joined the girls at the start of the trip as she said a four-week production would be “too painful”, as she would miss her children. Production started in February and took a break at the end of the month due to a family death forced Joyce Gunvalson to return home, as well as an illness plaguing many of the crew. Production resumed in the middle of March and wrapped at the end of the month. Early April saw trailers released ahead of the April 21, 2026 start. For the first time since Season 1, the Reunion special didn’t air a day after the ninth episode’s release and instead aired a week later, in the Tuesday 9/8 slot, concluding the season on June 23, 2026.