Vanderpump Rules is currently on its eighth season, and it’s been a wild ride since the series began in 2013. Over the past seven years, the cast members have dated each other, cheated on each other, and much more. While every fan of the show has their favorite moments and cast members, there are overall some seasons that are better than others.
While the show started out rather fascinating, it took it a while to hit its stride, and, like many long-running reality television series, it’s struggling to continue with the same momentum as earlier seasons. This list looks at all of the seasons of Vanderpump Rules and ranks them leading up to the best of them all.
Season Seven
Season seven was the last full season to air as season eight is still coming out. This was probably one of the most boring seasons of all as the contestants are getting older and more settled. One of the biggest flaws of this season is that instead of seeming fairly real with minimal acted scenes or influences from producers, it felt very produced.
It seems like the cast has a lot more say now that they’ve become reality TV stars, and they seem to be controlling more of the narratives of themselves on the screen. Sadly, this means that the dramatic moments fans expected were a little bit lacking this time around.
Season Eight
Season eight is still releasing at this time, so it’s hard to say how good a season it is overall. Since it’s not even halfway finished yet, it’s low on the list mostly because it’s hard to judge.
However, it does seem to already be better than season seven. Season eight switched things up with Bravo bringing in some new faces. It remains to be seen if any of the newbies will really last or bring interesting personalities and storylines to the show. While some new blood is definitely needed, it always takes some time to get to know how they will integrate.
Season Four
Season four was definitely an all right season, but there are just other seasons that stand out a little more. Where season five had the Katie and Tom wedding and season six had Jax cheating on Brittany, it’s a little hard to remember season four. A lot of the relationships were in flux at this point.
One of the worst things about this season was seeing so many of the women, especially Katie, slut-shame Lala. This was clearly a transitional season. While it was dramatic, it just wasn’t quite there. Plus, this is the season there wasn’t much Stassi.
Season Five
Season five wasn’t the worst season of the show, but it wasn’t the best one either. This season definitely gave audiences some iconic moments such as Tequila Katie and the Scheana/Shay divorce. While there was a lot of drama on this season, it suffered because almost everything was just a lead up to Katie and Tom’s wedding.
While these two clearly should not have been getting married at the time, Vanderpump Rules then tried to change the narrative at the very end to make it seem like they were having a romantic wedding that was the marriage of soul mates. But, this season will always be the one that gave fans a scene of Tom and Tom kissing as well as Kristin and Brittany hooking up, so audiences can always be glad for that.
Season One
Season one of Vanderpump Rules holds a decent spot on the list because it was the one that started it all. But, as with almost any first season of any series, it took a little while to build that momentum.
The cast was clearly messy and dramatic right from the get-go, and the fact that all of the main cast members were close friends and dating each other drew everyone in. The main reason the first season isn’t higher on the list is that it was still figuring itself out at this point.
Season Six
While season six might be a later season, it was explosive and fascinating to watch. It definitely gives a couple of the early seasons a run for their money. This season was packed full of iconic moments from Vanderpump Rules such as “it’s not about the pasta,” so it’s better than season seven.
The drama was in large supply this season. This is because it centered so much on Jax cheating on Faith and that one horrible thing leads to so much drama this season. It also featured Stassi dating her awful boyfriend Frank and that’s just to scratch the surface of the drama.
Season Three
The third season of Vanderpump Rules is one of the most iconic as this was when the show had a ton of energy and drama. No one had really learned how to try and censor their issues on television at this point, so the cast was doing one wild thing after another.
Stassi was still at the height of her mean girl status, and this season was filled with a lot of hilarious moments related to Scheana’s wedding. Pretty much every cast member was full of messy drama in season three which is just what the fans were looking for at the end of the day.
Season Two
With all of the iconic and memorable moments from the series, it was season two that had the most iconic of them all. This is the season where Kristen and Jax admitted to sleeping together and everything was pandemonium. This was when the core cast of Jax, Stassi, Katie, Tom, Tom, and Kristen were at their peak.
The friend drama, fights, cheating scandals, and more were off the charts. Some new revelation was revealed every week. While it might have been over the top, it was clear that for the most part, these people were being themselves, and there was something so enthralling about that.
