Vanderpump Rules is going to have a whole new look when it returns with a brand new twelfth season.

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Bravo has announced it's ordered another season of Vanderpump Rules and that the show is getting a facelift.

Vanderpump Rules' upcoming twelfth season will feature Lisa Vanderpump and a brand-new group of "close-knit SUR-vers who are as complicatedly involved with one another as their iconic predecessors," according to the network.

Lisa will continue oversee the West Hollywood mainstay SUR -- and now TomTom -- as she welcomes the next batch of servers, hosts and bartenders, who come with their own "drama, situationships and frenemies."

"The last 12 years of filming have been an extraordinary run full of laughter, tears and everything in between," Lisa said in a statement.

"I can't thank enough those who have shared their lives. How I love you all. In the restaurant business, one shift always gives way to another. Cheers to the next generation of Vanderpump Rules." 

Season 12 of Vanderpump Rules is set to begin production in 2025, and its premiere date and official cast will be announced at a later date.

In addition, Vanderpump Rules will air special highlighting memorable moments from the past 11 seasons -- including a decade of heartbreaks, friendship fallouts, and scandals.  

"What a thrill it is to build on the legacy of this series by doing it all over again," the show's executive producer Alex Baskin said in a statement.

"With profound appreciation for the original group and their iconic run, we can't wait for the audience to see a dynamic new group of co-workers and friends make their way through life together."

Vanderpump Rules is being produced by 32 Flavors and Evolution Media with Lisa, Alex, Barry Poznick, Jenn Levy, Joe Kingsley, and Ken Todd serving as executive producers.

Vanderpump Rules premiered its eleventh season in January, but the show veered off from its normal summer filming schedule and postponed Season 12.

During a May appearance on Fox's New Day Cleveland, longtime cast member Tom Sandoval suggested that the cast was a little burnt out after "Scandoval," which was the scandal in which Tom had cheated on his former girlfriend of nine years, Ariana Madix.

Tom had an affair for about six months with Raquel Leviss, who had also starred on Vanderpump Rules and used to be Ariana's best friend.

After Raquel filmed Vanderpump Rules' Season 10 reunion, she entered a treatment facility to check her mental health in April 2023 amid backlash over the affair.

When explaining why cameras wouldn't be rolling in Summer 2024, Tom explained, "I think one of the things is that, coming out of this scandal, it was like we picked up filming right when everything first happened."

"And then we kind of had a very short break and then went right into filming this season that you're watching now, Season 11," he added.

Tom said Bravo had decided to give Vanderpump Rules "some time to breath" before filming Season 12.

"They just want to... take a break, maybe -- I mean, I'm really excited about it," Tom shared.

"Because it's like every year we film my birthday. We film [Scheana Shay]'s birthday at times or whatever. To kind of have a different time of the year, it might bring a fresh sort of feeling to our show."

Prior to Tom's revelations, multiple outlets had reported that Bravo would be shaking up its shooting schedule and taking a hiatus following Season 11.

But Vanderpump Rules, up to that point, had filmed during the summer for an entire decade. Production typically started in May and ran through June or July each year.

Andy Cohen discussed Vanderpump Rules' reported production change during the May 1 episode of his Andy Cohen Live show on SiriusXM.

"We used to do this all the time with the Housewives. We would say, 'You know what? Let's put cameras down for, you know, four or five months and come back to them.' And they will have lived, you know, life," Andy explained, according to Us Weekly.

Andy added how Vanderpump Rules fans probably "forget" about how the show extended production once Tom's affair with Raquel behind Ariana's back made headlines in March 2023 and rocked the entire cast.

"People forget that we picked up cameras a few, three months after [Ariana] found out about [Tom]'s affair, so that's why she's still in the violently angry stage and you can understand that," Andy said, adding how it was "great" to tape the aftermath of the scandal but now the drama has come and gone.

"Sometimes you do want people to live their lives and see how things develop and you know, so, I think it's a very good idea."

Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent reportedly said during an Amazon Live session on April 23 that she was having a "hard" time with all the backlash and negativity and so she thought it would be "best" to stay away from it all.

Lala Kent, who was pregnant at the time, admitted she had been avoiding "anything to do with Bravo or this season" to help her relax and "enjoy" her pregnancy. (She later gave birth in September).

"I love Bravo and I love NBCU, and I love Vanderpump Rules and I love all of you guys. But this is a really important time in my life, and I will be damned if anybody tarnishes or gives me memories of it not being a beautiful time in my life," Lala said.

And Raquel did not appear on Vanderpump Rules' eleventh season.

When asked if she had a future on the Bravo reality series in August 2023, Raquel said "hell no" during an episode of Bethenny Frankel's "ReWives" podcast.

"I refuse to not respect myself on that level where I would endure that emotional abuse any longer," Raquel vented. "And I can't do that to myself."

Raquel said "of course" Vanderpump Rules producers wanted her back, but she apparently had a "no contact policy with every single cast member."

Raquel also shared how salary negotiations with Bravo were not in her favor. She alleged that Bravo was not willing to pay her "equally" to Tom and Ariana.

"I was considering going back if I was going to be paid equally, because I feel like when you pay your employees, it really shows how much you value them," Raquel said at the time.

Lisa Vanderpump previously told TMZ that she believes Raquel was paid $361,000 for Season 10, but Us reported that people who starred on the show for a longer period of time earned more.
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