10 Best Reality Shows Like Siesta Key

Reality shows about friendship tend to be the most exciting, compelling, and powerful, as there’s no drama like the conflict that results from people who care about each other and are unsure how to move forward. MTV’s Siesta Key shares all about the lives of young adults who are good friends who fight a lot more than most. They also live in a beachfront town in Florida that allows for a peaceful backdrop, no matter what tension finds them.

With four seasons so far, Siesta Key provides a lot of what fans of the reality genre search for since many of the cast members have also dated each other and that causes some problems. Fans of Siesta Key will want to binge-watch these other reality series about friendship, fashion, and/or growing up.

10 The Real Housewives Of Miami (2011-Present)

Stream on Peacock

There have been many great Real Housewives spinoffs, and fans are always looking forward to each new season of every city. The Real Housewives of Miami has returned to Peacock for season 4.

This show is also great for fans of Siesta Key since both reality series film in Florida. Those who watched the first three seasons will remember cast members Marysol Patton and Alexia Echevarria who have come back. The storylines are just as fun, bold, and dramatic as ever before.

9 Too Hot To Handle (2020-Present)

Stream on Netflix

Too Hot To Handle and Siesta Key are both about beautiful people on a beach, and both shows make for an exciting binge watching experience.

In both seasons of Too Hot To Handle, single people live together in a nice, warm location and are told that they can’t have any physical contact if they want to win some money.

8 Are You The One? (2014-Present)

Stream on Hulu

Are You The One? is a fascinating dating show where people are matched up with each other to see how things will go. The entertainment factor comes from the fact that the cast members attempt to guess who has been matched with one another.

Like Siesta Key focuses on relationships between young adults that turn dramatic in a flash, Are You The One? is full of excitement and chances are that viewers will decide who their favorite pairs are very quickly.

7 The Rachel Zoe Project (2008-2013)

Stream on Fubu

Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe is a famous star with a reality show, and The Rachel Zoe Project is a fun look at Rachel’s life.

Everything from Rachel’s everyday life as a stylist to her work trips and relationship with her husband Roger is part of the series, and over five seasons, viewers see Rachel dealing with her professional and personal changes.  The show aired on Bravo and is perfect for fans of the network’s many other reality series.

6 Southern Charm: Savannah (2017-Present)

Stream on Fubu

If fans of Siesta Key are looking for another coming of age reality show, and Southern Charm: Savannah is a good one to check out.

Both shows are about friend groups who deal with lots of romantic trouble, and over two seasons of Southern Charm: Savannah, viewers can watch the particularly juicy relationship between Catherine and Lyle. At the beginning of season 2, fans learned that Catherine said no when Lyle proposed, and it was hard to look away from the aftermath.

5 The Hills: New Beginnings (2019-Present)

Stream on Paramount+

The Hills: New Beginnings and Siesta Key are both about friend groups who love looking fashionable and have a lot of fun partying together… until they spend most of their time fighting and talking about miscommunications and misunderstandings.

Those who watched The Hills when it was originally on TV will want to want the reboot and see how Spencer and Heidi’s marriage is going, along with how Whitney and Audrina are living these days as they raise their kids.

4 So Cosmo (2017)

Buy on AppleTV

While Juliette had some poor behavior on Siesta Key, she also discovered her passion for fashion later on in the series, and fans wanting to watch a show about the fashion industry will find a lot to love about So Cosmo.

The one-season reality series follows the staff of Cosmopolitan magazine, including the editor-in-chief Joanna Coles. Like many shows that focus on life at a magazine or in the fashion world, it’s full of drama and allows viewers to see the complicated relationships between staff members.

3 Ghosted (2019)

Buy on AppleTV

Ghosted is another MTV reality series perfect for fans of Siesta Key as it looks at the tough parts of modern relationships, including platonic ones.

On Ghosted, hosts Travis Mills and Rachel Lindsay try to help people talk to someone who ghosted them so they can receive closure and move on. Siesta Key is all about the hardships of dating and being part of a close group of friends and Ghosted explores the complex relationships that people have with each other.

2 Winter House (2021-Present)

Winter House is another good bet for someone who loves Siesta Key and is looking for another action-packed reality series to watch.

Winter House features many couples who deal with tension while trying to have fun on a trip to Vermont. Like Siesta Key, no relationship is ever simple or carefree, whether romantic or platonic, and there is a lot of exciting drama to keep people watching each episode.

1 Next In Fashion (2020)

Stream on Netflix

Next In Fashion is a fun fashion competition show to binge watch, especially for fans of Siesta Key who really enjoyed learning more about Juliette’s interest in the industry.

Alexa Chung and Tan France hosted this one-season reality show and watched as contestants showed their fashion skills and tried to win a Net-a-Porter collection and $250,000.

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