Reality TV was at its best in 2024, and our Just one request in the new year: more Mormons, please.
Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives September joined, debuting with a bang Dancing with the Stars And The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Representing Utah on the small screen. Viewers were quickly captivated by MomTok influencers Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, including Taylor Frankie PaulThose who previously sparked interest His soft hanging scandal Long before the camera was introduced on the Hulu series.
"We're not all swingers," Costar Whitney Levitt Exclusively stated our weekly in September, joking that he "just took influence" from Taylor's scandal despite not being directly involved.
Fellow MomTok personalities Messi took Swinger doubled down on the denial but noted that there is more to Mormon culture than meets the eye. "You can be Mormon and wear a crop top and leggings," she said. "You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to be the stereotypical Mormon that people think we're all supposed to be."
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has quickly taken the Internet by storm — and several cast members of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City have thoughts. "I think anywhere there's a major religion or group of people, because of that dominant belief, there's going to be a culture, right?" Whitney (...)
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Certainly showed a different side of women in Salt Lake City — but it's not the only reality show to put the LDS lifestyle front and center. Scroll down to see how Mormons stole the TV spotlight in 2024:
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
RHOSLC Brought her A-game from the start, but things changed at the end of Season 4 End of the bomb Aired in January and featured what may have been the Housewives dinner to end all dinners in history. Heather Gay The women designed her own Bermuda Triangle as they wrapped up their tropical vacation with a dramatic twist. “Receipts, evidence, timelines, screenshots. Everything was brought up front to the table Monica Garcia One of the masterminds behind the social media account Reality Von Teese.
The drama continued in a three-episode reunion special - which included one I mean girls-Inspirational Burn Book — and keep our On the edge of our seats before the show returns for season 5 in September. Monica isn't back with her fellow housewives, but a few new faces have joined the ranks: Bronwyn Newport And Brittany Bateman.
The stakes are higher than ever throughout Season 5 — even husbands are getting into their wives' battles. heather gave our Some exclusive insights How the season ended, with December teasing that the final was "better than Bermuda". Sign our up
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
Hulu introduced our on MomTok in September, and our lives have never been the same. This show has it all — TikTok dancing, soft rockingA devout Mormon threatens to divorce his wife if she goes to a Chippendales performance. One Mormon considers taking a sponsorship deal for an impact vibrator, another admits to trying ketamine therapy. And yes, "Utah Carl" is essentially a character unto himself.
The series was quickly renewed for a second season and attracted the attention of other famous Mormons. "If you're wondering what the blue coat is (from the opening credits) in the Mormon Church, it literally has nothing to do with it," Lindsay ArnoldA DWTS The pro, from Utah, joked in a September TikTok video sharing his reaction to the reality show.
After more than 30 seasons of Dancing With the Stars, one question still needs to be answered: Why are so many ballroom dancers Mormon? When the reality competition premiered in 2005, viewers across the US were introduced to the beauty of traditional ballroom and Latin dance styles, from the Viennese waltz to the Argentine tango. (…)
sister wife the star Janelle Brownwho was also born into a Mormon family, to say our In October that he did a "deep dive" into the lore of the Hulu series. "The Mormons I know are very conservative," she explained our. “They are very salt of the earth, very traditional. These women are not traditional."
Dancing with the Stars
Mormons have always been a prominent presence on the ABC ballroom dance competition, but the Utah connection was even stronger in Season 33, which began in September. Two months later, there are still eight dancers representing Utah at both the pro and troupe levels. "Utah Gang in the Ballroom❤️🔥," troupe member Stephanie Sosa Caption a tiktok video with his brother in November Ezra Sosa and more DWTS Professionals, incl Jenna Johnson, Riley Arnold And Brandon Armstrong.
our There are many whys that have been excavated before DWTS For professionals with a Mormon background, and Armstrong, the answer is simple. "There's nothing else to do," he joked during an October podcast interview. "What else do you do? You're talking about our biggest cities, like Salt Lake, there's nothing. … You play sports, go to school, date very young — these guys get married at 19, 20 — and then you dance."
Sold at SLC
D Sunset sale-esque reality show is new to Bravo's rotation, premiering in December, but it's already packing a punch. The first episode featured a cameo from Alone RHOSLC the star Lisa Barlow (complete with a joke about swingers) and fights between coworkers over who does or doesn't respect Mormons enough. As the real estate world turns sour in Salt Lake City, the excitement is tempered by footage of agents reading scriptures with their children and the network's classic tongue-in-cheek edit. in some ways, Sold at SLC Could even qualify as educational programming — who knew Mormon clients wouldn't show potential buyers their homes on Sundays?
how Sold at SLC Stacking up against other Mormon-inspired heavy hitters remains to be seen, but there's certainly enough drama to keep up. our Tuning in
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