The fifth season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, an American reality television series, aired on Bravo from November 18, 2014 to April 21, 2015, and is primarily filmed in Beverly Hills, California.
The season focuses on the personal and professional lives of Kyle Richards, Lisa Vanderpump, Brandi Glanville, Yolanda Foster, Eileen Davidson, Lisa Rinna, and Kim Richards. The season consisted of 23 episodes.
This season marked the final regular appearances for both Kim Richards and Brandi Glanville.
The season's executive producers are Andrew Hoegl, Barrie Bernstein, Lisa Shannon, Pam Healy and Andy Cohen.
Production and crew The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was officially renewed for a fifth season in April 2014 The renewal was later confirmed by both Vanderpump and Kyle Richards confirming their return to the series, as well as filming to commence in June 2014. Early in the month of November 2014, the full cast, premiere date and trailer were officially announced.
The season premiere "Guess Who's Coming to the White Party?" was aired on November 18, 2014, while the nineteenth episode "The Party's Over" served as the season finale, and was aired on March 24, 2015. It was followed by a three-part reunion that aired on March 31, April 7 and April 14, 2015 and a "Secrets Revealed" episode on April 21, 2015, which marked the conclusion of the season.
Alex Baskin, Chris Cullen, Douglas Ross, Greg Stewart, Toni Gallagher, Dave Rupel and Andy Cohen are recognized as the series' executive producers; it is produced and distributed by Evolution Media.
Cast and synopsis Cast Five of the seven wives from season four returned for the fifth installment. Shortly after season four concluded, Carlton Gebbia and Joyce Giraud de Ohoven were fired from the series. Andy Cohen, the executive producer and host, chronicled in his tell-all book on their departure, stating that prior to filming the reunion of season four, he knew it would be their first and last. Cohen went on to describe his displeasure with Giraud de Ohoven at the reunion and his fantasy of firing her saying, "my mind turned the corner into morphing this into some kind of alternate universe version of the Housewives: “Joyce, you are no longer a Housewife. Please leave the reunion." Despite her departure from the series, Giraud de Ohoven has remained friends with former cast member Vanderpump and guest starred on Vanderpump Rules. Shortly after Gebbia's departure, she spoke to Giuliana Rancic on a red carpet saying that it was a "blessing in disguise." On January 21, 2015, on an episode of Watch What Happens Live!, Andy Cohen admitted to Vanderpump that Gebbia got a "bad edit" saying, "you know she's a PTA mom, we portrayed her with all the sex stuff, and the Wiccan stuff, and that was it. I know there was more to her, and I feel like she got an unfair shake," which Vanderpump agreed. With Cohen's revelation it later prompted Gebbia to admitting that she would be open to returning, during Brandi Glanville's podcast. Gebbia also went on to say that she felt validated and appreciated his honesty.
With the departure of the two housewives, Gebbia and Giraud de Ohoven, season five saw the introduction of two new housewives, Eileen Davidson and Lisa Rinna. Rinna initially auditioned for season one, revealed Cohen who then went on to describe that he didn't see her fitting with the show saying, "you know Lisa Rinna was on the first casting tape for Beverly Hills. In the first season of Beverly Hills, I thought "I don't see it. It's weird. It's not what this show is." Despite not being cast in the first season, much speculation occurred in the fourth that Rinna would be joining as well, but only ended up guest starring at Kyle Richard's boutique opening.
In addition to Davidson and Rinna, season five also saw the guest appearances of former cast members, Taylor Armstrong, Camille Grammer and Adrienne Maloof.
Davidson was born and raised in Artesia, and grew up in a Catholic house hold. Davidson went on to pursue acting at the age of twenty-one and built notoriety in, the now cult-classic, The House on Sorority Row . For Davidson, this was just the beginning of a successful career with roles in Eternity and Broken Badges. Davidson's most famous roles, however, are playing Ashley Abbott on the daytime soap The Young and the Restless, and also as Kristen DiMera on Days of Our Lives. She later went to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress, after three nominations, for her portrayal of Kristen DiMera. Davidson has also had success with writing; she has written four novels with prolific mystery writer Robert Randisi, three of which were published by Penguin Paperback. When Davidson isn't writing or acting, she lives in her Malibu home raising her 12-year-old son Jesse, and bonding with her two step sons: 22-year-old Duke and 20-year-old Vinny. Davidson is happily married to Vincent Van Patten, a former starchily and professional tennis player who is the son of Hollywood legend, Dick Van Patten.
Rinna was born in Newport Beach, but at the age of seven her and her family moved to the small city of Medford and from there she was raised. Rinna always was dreamed of something grander, which lead her to moving back to California to San Francisco where she pursued modelling. Several years after modelling, Rinna switch career paths and decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting in which she landed her first television role in The Hogan Family and later went to appear in Baywatch. From that point, nothing held Rinna back as she went on to have a successful career with an extensive list of appearances from television to film. Rinna, who is also a daytime actress like Davidson, is widely known for her roles as Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives, as well as Taylor McBride on Melrose Place. Rinna serves a motto of never turning down a job, which leads to her being featured in work such as; Veronica Mars, Entourage, Sex, Lies and Obsession and Another Woman's Husband. Rinna joins The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as no stranger to reality television with appearances including; The Celebrity Apprentice, All-Star Celebrity Apprentice, Sing Your Face Off, Dancing with the Stars, and her very own show Harry Loves Lisa. Rinna has also hosted her own talk show Soap Talk, which she earned four Emmy nominations in the Outstanding Talk Show Host category. Rinna later revisited her modeling days and posed for Playboy. Not only is Rinna a successful model and established actress, but she is also a New York Times best-selling author with her three books, The Big, Fun, Sexy Sex Book, Starlit, and Rinnavation. Rinna also takes pride in her Lisa Rinna Collection for QVC. When Rinna isn't focusing on her work, she is dedicated to being a loving wife to Harry Hamlin and raising her two teenage daughters, Delilah Belle and Amelia Gray.
Synopsis The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season five begins with Kyle Richards planning her annual white party, which has become an event-of-the-year in Beverly Hills. Kyle feels the pressure as it has continued to grow, so she plans it with the help of her event-planner, Glenn Schneider. Kyle reveals that her and Lisa Vanderpump haven't spoken since last years reunion. Brandi Glanville and Yolanda Foster continue to grow closer, and have since the reunion. Foster continues to fight her battle with Lyme disease as well as celebrates her daughter, Gigi's success. Glanville celebrates her own success with her podcast and receiving a third book deal. Vanderpump has separated herself from the group, since last years Puerto Rico trip and still feels hurt and betrayed. Despite the tension, Vanderpump meets Kyle for lunch where the two catch-up, reconcile and make a pact to not talk about one another behind each other's back. Lisa Rinna is introduced when she receives a call from Kyle to be invited to her white party. Prior to the night of the white party, Vanderpump has also met with Foster to reconcile and move forward in their friendship. Kim Richards, Vanderpump, Glanville and Foster attend, as well as former cast members; Camille Grammer, Adrienne Maloof and Taylor Armstrong, all attend the white party. Kyle and Grammer move forward from their past differences as do Vanderpump and Grammer. Kyle is elated with Armstrong's new happiness with her marriage and her husband adopting her daughter. At the party, Glanville feels anxiety from being in the same place with people she has differences with, such as Maloof and Vanderpump. When all the original cast bond together, Glanville is left feeling left out and excommunicated which brings back memories of when she first entered the scene. Maloof and Vanderpump move forward from their animosity, Vanderpump is happy for Maloof as she has new boyfriend since getting divorced from Paul Nassif. Rinna arrives at the party with her husband, Harry Hamlin, and displays that she has history with a lot of the women. Glanville pulls Maloof aside to talk out their differences and the two agree to meet at a later date in a more appropriate place to discuss it further.
Eileen Davidson who is officially introduced in episode three, catches up with her old friend Rinna. Davidson returns to work after a hiatus to reprise her infamous role on Days of Our Lives. Davidson and Foster meet as they both reside in Malibu and later meets the others at Kyle's barbecue. At dinner with Foster, Glanville and Rinna, Davidson opens up about how her marriage started which offends Glanville. Glanville begins to drink too much and encourages Davidson to play her role, after Davidson insist on not doing it Glanville throws wine in face. At Foster's dinner party, Glanville apologizes to Davidson, but later in the evening tension begin to arise when Davidson and Rinna discuss Glanville's actions. Eileen hosts a poker night at her home, but it soon goes awry with Glanville's rude comments on the decor and Kim's erratic behavior. Davidson attends her movie premiere at a local shopping center and invites several of the ladies along. Davidson later hosts a mediation between the two Richards sisters. During a dinner in Amsterdam, Davidson finds herself in an argument with Kim and is accused of being a beast. The argument escalates when Rinna gets involved.
Rinna meets her new agent who she describes a hustler, and the pairs discuss recent possibilities of work. Rinna attends a birthday dinner, hosted by Vanderpump at her restaurant PUMP. Rinna takes a trip to her hometown of Medford with her daughters to visit her parents as well as seeing her childhood home for the last time. Rinna who returns to Beverly Hills, guest co-hosts Access Hollywood Live. Rinna films a new movie alongside her husband and renown magician, Penn Jillette. On the way to Davidson's poker night, Rinna rides with Kim but is deeply concerned and scared by her erratic behavior. After the drama of poker night, Rinna hosts a jewelry party and her and some of the other ladies call Glanville out on her recent actions. Rinna engages in a conversation with Glanville at Kyle's mixer and insist that Kim's behavior was due to substance abuse. Rinna attends a lunch with Glanville and tells her that she has so much influence over Kim that she should be influencing her in a positive way and not encouraging her to behave poorly. En route to Amsterdam, while stopping in Canada for a gala, Rinna is confronted by Richards on her talking to Glanville about her sobriety. During a dinner in Amsterdam, Kim argues with Davidson which provoke Rinna to get involved. Rinna and Kim get into an explosive argument full of accusation, with one triggering Rinna to smash a glass on the table and reaching to choke Kim.