''Siesta Key'' is an American

reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

series that premiered on

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from July 31, 2017 to January 19, 2023. The show is inspired by the mid-2000s reality television series '' Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County''. The fifth season, subtitled ''Miami Moves'', premiered on October 27, 2022.

Synopsis

Following an exclusive group of friends as they come of age in

Siesta Key, Florida Siesta Key is a barrier island off the southwest coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located between Roberts Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. A portion of it lies within the city boundary of Sarasota, but the majority of the key is a census-designated ...

, confronting issues of love, betrayal, class and adulthood.

Production

On October 2, 2017, MTV ordered eight additional episodes, bringing the first season to a total of 18 episodes. The episodes premiered on January 15, 2018. On December 17, 2018, it was announced that the show would be returning for a second season, which premiered with two episodes on January 22, 2019. On May 13, 2019, MTV announced that the show had been renewed for a third season, which premiered on January 7, 2020. On November 18, 2020, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on May 12, 2021. The first four seasons were filmed in

Sarasota, Florida Sarasota () is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida, the southern end of the Tampa Bay area, and north of Fort Myers, Florida, Fort Myers and Punta Gorda, Florida, Punta Gord ...

. The fifth season, filmed in

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

and subtitled ''Miami Moves'', premiered on MTV on October 27, 2022.

Cast

Timeline of cast members

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2017–18)

Season 2 (2019)

Season 3 (2020)

Season 4 (2021–22)

Season 5: ''Miami Moves'' (2022–23)

Controversy and criticism

The series was controversial prior to airing, due to star Alex Kompothecras being a friend of four Florida men who engaged in a viral act of animal cruelty by dragging a live shark behind a boat. Kompothecras was caught on camera shooting a shark, and also had uploaded racist posts to Instagram. The premiere party was cancelled after death threats were made against the cast. On June 16, 2020, MTV announced that they parted ways with Alex Kompothecras and that the second half of season 3 would be re-edited to reflect that.

References

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