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Below Deck is a reality television series that premiered on the Bravo Network on July 1, 2013. The show chronicles the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a Superyacht during charter season.
The series has a number of spin-offs, including “Below Deck Mediterranean”, “Below Deck Sailing Yacht”, “Below Deck Down Under”, and “Below Deck Adventure”.
For the first season, producers booked a five-week Caribbean charter in Sint Maarten on the 50-meter (164-foot) yacht 'Cuor di Leone'. The yacht was renamed 'Honor' for the series, and is captained by Lee Rosbach. The original crew used for t
Below Deck is a reality television series that premiered on the Bravo Network on July 1, 2013. The show chronicles the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a Superyacht during charter season.
The series has a number of spin-offs, including “Below Deck Mediterranean”, “Below Deck Sailing Yacht”, “Below Deck Down Under”, and “Below Deck Adventure”.
For the first season, producers booked a five-week Caribbean charter in Sint Maarten on the 50-meter (164-foot) yacht 'Cuor di Leone'. The yacht was renamed 'Honor' for the series, and is captained by Lee Rosbach. The original crew used for the vessel were given the time off, to be replaced by the cast of the series for the duration of filming. Rosbach and his first officer and engineer stayed on board the vessel to ensure everything went as planned. Chief stewardess Adrienne Gang, chef Ben Robinson and stewardess Kat Held had worked on yachts prior to the series. The series was shot over a six-week period in September and October 2011.
On August 27, 2013, Bravo announced that the series' first season averaged 1.4 million total viewers per episode, which led the network to renew Below Deck for a second season. The second season premiered on August 12, 2014, and featured four returning cast members from the previous season: Captain Lee Rosbach, Ben Robinson, Kat Held and Eddie Lucas. New cast additions included Kate Chastain, siblings Kelley and Amy Johnson, Jennice Ontiveros, Andrew Sturby, and Logan Reese. The second season had the crew working on 'Ohana', a 153-foot yacht, during the charter season in the British Virgin Islands. The season concluded on November 4, 2014.
Bravo renewed Below Deck for a third season after the second season finale, which was the highest rated episode of the season. In March 2015, Bravo announced a Below Deck spin-off show entitled Below Deck Mediterranean, which would feature a crew heading to “the world's oldest cruising grounds, the Mediterranean Sea, for its next Superyacht charter season.”
The third season premiered on August 25, 2015. The season followed crew members living and working in the Bahamas on a 161-foot yacht called Eros. A sneak peek of the season was released on July 21, with a half-hour preview special which aired on August 10, 2015. The season featured Lee Rosbach, Kate Chastain, Amy Johnson and Eddie Lucas who all returned from the previous season, along with another five new crew members.
In April 2016, the network renewed Below Deck for a fourth season, which was filmed in the US Virgin Islands.
On February 21, 2017, Bravo announced that production filming for season 5 had begun. On July 17, 2017, it was announced that the fifth season would premiere on September 5, 2017, with Lee Rosbach, Kate Chastain, and Nico Scholly returning. The series was filmed in Sint Maarten.
The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2018, and was filmed in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Lee Rosbach and Kate Chastain returned. In season 6, episode 11, Ashton Pienaar had a close brush with death when he got a tow-line wrapped around his leg and was dragged into the water between the yacht My Seanna, which was underway, and the vessel's tender. The show's cameraman Brent Freeburg was able to save Ashton by freeing the tow-line. If he had not completely freed the line, the tension between the vessel and the tender would have pulled it tight around Ashton's leg and severed his foot; he could have bled to death in seconds. Rosbach instituted strict procedures to keep this from happening again.
In March 2019, Bravo announced a new spin-off, Below Deck Sailing Yacht. The show follows a crew sailing aboard the sailing yacht, Parsifal III, as they cater to charter guests in Greece. On December 18, 2019, it was announced that the spin-off series would premiere on February 3, 2020.
On August 26, 2019, it was announced that the seventh season would premiere on October 7, 2019. Lee Rosbach, Kate Chastain, and Ashton Pienaar returned as crew members. The series was filmed in Phuket, Thailand.
On September 21, 2020, it was announced that the eighth season would premiere on November 2, 2020. Lee Rosbach and Eddie Lucas returned. The series was filmed in Antigua. The season was curtailed after the final two charters were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May 2021, Peacock ordered a new spin-off, Below Deck Down Under. The series followed the upstairs and downstairs of a super-yacht in Australia. The series premiered on March 17, 2022.
On August 19, 2021, Bravo announced that a ninth season would premiere on October 25, 2021. The season again featured the yacht My Seanna, and was filmed in St. Kitts.
On May 12, 2022, Bravo announced the renewal of Below Deck and Below Deck Mediterranean, and also announced that a new spin-off, titled Below Deck Adventure, would premiere in late 2022.
On November 3, 2023, it was announced that the eleventh season would premiere on February 5, 2024.
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Tags: Caribbean (1), Reality Television (1), Sint Maarten (1), Below Deck (1), Bravo (American TV Network) (1), Superyacht (1), 50-meter (164-foot) Yacht 'Cuor Di Leone' (1), Captain Lee Rosbach (1), Premiered 2013 (1), Bravo Canada (1), Fraser Olender (1)
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