Major reality TV event heading to the UK for the very first time - all the details

Virgin Radio

4 Sep 2024, 09:58

Reality TV history is about to be made with the first-of-its-kind event heading to the UK. 

If you’re a fan of bingeing Below Deck or any of the countless Real Housewives franchises, then you’re in luck!

Streaming service Hayu has just announced their debut FanFest event, which will bring eight of the biggest reality TV names from across the pond over to London. 

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Tickets are now on sale for Hayu FanFest, which promises “panels and on-stage interviews with the iconic reality stars, meets-and-greets, and an unforgettable after-party.”

The one-off event will be held at Magazine London, and feature a number of key Hayu talent as well as the king of all US reality TV, Andy Cohen. 

Andy is the Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise. 

Cohen will be joined in London by Lisa Barlow (The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City); Southern Charm duo Craig Conover and Austen Kroll; Ashley Darby (The Real Housewives of Potomac); Sutton Stracke (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills); Jessel Taank (The RealHousewives of New York City) and Captain Sandy Yawn (Below Deck franchise). 

Olga Puzanova, SVP Marketing at Hayu said in a statement: “It’s all happening at Hayu and we’re so excited to be bringing the reality TV royalty to London this October. With reality TV fandom at the heart of everything we do, we can’t wait to offer our UK fans unprecedented access to their favourite stars at Hayu FanFest.”

It’s not the first time a Real Housewives star has travelled across the pond to chat all things reality. In 2022, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards popped by The Chris Evans Breakfast Show to praise the franchise for helping her to grow as a person. 

Kyle insisted at the time: “Obviously reality gets a bad rap. But honestly, in these 12 years of doing the show, I look back and you really do learn a lot about yourself, not just observing what's going on in the world, but also how you react to things and you kind of look and think 'I don't really like the way that that provokes me and I don't like the way I reacted to this,' and you do change. I do feel like after 12 years I've grown a lot and a better person for it.”

Discussing her standout moments from over the years, the former child actress revealed: “My standout favourite moments are the milestone moments with my children that are captured on camera forever. 

“Graduating from college, being sent off to college, learning how to drive a car while hitting trash cans. [My daughter] Portia’s Bat Mitzvah, just like things like that. When we started, Portia was one, turning two, and now she's going to high school in the fall.”

Hayu FanFest will take place at Magazine London on 26th October. Tickets available here.