RHONY Legacy cast REVEALED – but which Housewives didn’t make it?

Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy officially heads to small screens, with an all-star cast preparing to reunite in St. Barts.

After attempts to create a revival series fell through, Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy was officially announced at today’s NBCUniversal Upfront presentation — along with the cast full of New York alums, according to People.

Luann de Lesseps, 57, Dorinda Medley, 58, Sonja Morgan, 59, Ramona Singer, 66, Kristen Taekman, 46, and Kelly Bensimon, 55, form the cast of season five, which takes place in St. Barts.

Filming will begin in June, but a premiere date has yet to be revealed.

The series may not land on Peacock until 2024, as season four of RHUGT has yet to debut.

While fans will be happy to hear that some of their favorites will be back on the air, there’s one notable absence: Jill Zarin, who was supposed to appear in the original Legacy series.

Zarin allegedly went to war with Bravo executives during contract negotiations, resulting in the original iteration of RHONY: Legacy dying on the operating table.

More recently, Zarin insisted she played no part in their decision to pull the plug on the Legacy spinoff after it was reported that she contributed heavily to the breakdown of the negotiations.

Legacy didn’t happen because it just wasn’t meant to. That’s the truth,’ she said Page six. ‘It has nothing to do with me. It has to do with the producers and what they decided to do. I do not really know.’

Another name fans might have wanted to see appear in the reunion was Bethenny Frankel, who previously revealed she declined an invitation to join the Legacy spin-off.

The cast enthusiastically shared their Legacy news with fans on social media, sharing photos from their performance with the Upfronts.

‘Look who’s coming in HOT! We’re back,” Luann posted on Instagram.

‘We are back!’ Dorinda rejoiced.

“It’s been officially announced, the original cast of RHONY is back for the Ultimate Girls Trip, New York Legacy Ultimate Girls Trip!” Ramona stumbled onto Instagram. So get ready for your TVs! Very exciting, we presented on the Upfronts and the cast is officially Ramona Singer, Dorinda Medley, Luann de Lesseps, Kelly Bensimon, Sonja Morgan and Kristen Taekman! So, very exciting day, very exciting moment, we’ll be back on your TVs very soon.’

The original plan was to bring back MVPs from The Big Apple Franchise for a full season of traditional Housewives drama entitled RHONY: Legacy, but the strategy shifted to corral the fan favorites for a short period of time.

Back in April, Page six reported that Bravo was redesigning RHONY: Legacy to more closely resemble their thriving Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip franchise.

Sources told the outlet that the network is trying to bring back its RHONY reboot, as the highly anticipated revival series reportedly fell apart during contract negotiations with the Housewives.

In January, Page Six reported that Bravo has lost “interest” in RHONY: Legacy over a dispute over how much the cast should be paid.

The network was reportedly “pausing” contract negotiations as sources close to the cast shared that they believed they were being lowbrow, while production insiders revealed that the cast expected to be overpaid.

Bravo is currently gearing up to launch their RHONY overhaul as the network recasts the series with a new slate of different housewives.

During a segment of What What Happens Live in January, Housewives impresario Andy Cohen teased RHONY fans with his impressions of the new cast.

“They’re super fashionable,” Cohen said. “The things they argue about are just as ridiculous as the early RHONY.

“I think it’s going to be a different show. It’s so hard because everyone is going to compare it to RHONY, which was so perfect. And I hope this is perfect in a completely different way.”