| Genre: | Reality competition |
| Presenter: | Joel McHale |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| Runtime: | 43–64 minutes |
| Camera: | Multiple |
| Company: | Irwin Entertainment |
| Network: | E! |
House of Villains is an American reality competition series that premiered on E! on October 12, 2023. The series, hosted by Joel McHale, features 10 of reality television's most memorable and notorious villains competing for a $200,000 cash prize and the title of America's Ultimate Supervillain. Each week, contestants compete in a metaphorical Battle Royale challenge and are eliminated one by one until the winner is crowned. The series features stars from several popular reality shows including 90 Day Fiancé, The Real World, Love Is Blind, Survivor, Love & Hip Hop, The Real Housewives, Big Brother, The Apprentice, The Bachelor, Flavor of Love, Vanderpump Rules, Bad Girls Club and RuPaul's Drag Race. In January 2024, the series was renewed for a second season, which is scheduled to premiere on October 9, 2024.
House of Villains features 10 of reality television's most infamous villains living together and competing to be the last villain standing to win a cash prize of $200,000 and the title of America's Ultimate Supervillain. Each week, contestants compete in a Battle Royale challenge to test the players physically, mentally, and emotionally. The winner of the Battle Royale challenge is named Supervillain of the Week and wins immunity for the week, a luxury reward for themselves and two other villains, and the power to nominate three of their fellow players for banishment by putting them on the Hit List. The three nominees then compete in the Redemption Challenge, with the winner saving themselves from the Hit List. At the Banishment Ceremony, the house votes to banish one of the two remaining Hit List nominees. The villains build alliances, scheme, manipulate, and backstab as they are eliminated one by one until only one remains and is crowned America's Ultimate Supervillain.
| Cast member | Finish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Girls Club 2 | Winner | |||
| nowrap | nowrap | Runner-up | ||
| 90 Day Fiance 4 | 3rd place | |||
| 4th place | ||||
| nowrap | Love Is Blind 2 | 5th place | ||
| nowrap | The Apprentice 1 | 6th place | ||
| 7th place | ||||
| The Bachelor 21 | 8th place | |||
| Flavor of Love 1 | 9th place | |||
| Vanderpump Rules | nowrap | 10th place |
Carole Baskin, Abby Lee Miller, Spencer Pratt, Ben Robinson, and Danielle Staub made guest appearances during the first season.[1]
| Cast member | Finish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Bergmann | nowrap | nowrap | ||
| Teresa Giudice | The Real Housewives of New Jersey | |||
| Jessie Godderz | Big Brother 10 | |||
| Richard Hatch | ||||
| Victoria Larson | The Bachelor 25 | |||
| Larissa Lima | 90 Day Fiance 6 | |||
| Kandy Muse | RuPaul's Drag Race 13 | |||
| Camilla Poindexter | Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas | |||
| Flavor of Love 1 | ||||
| Safaree Samuels | nowrap |
Janice Dickinson and Tori Spelling, along with former contestants Bobby Lytes and Jax Taylor, will make guest appearances during the second season.
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| Episode | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2/3 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 7/8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Supervillain of the Week | Omarosa | Bananas | Omarosa | Bobby | Bananas | Bananas | colspan=2 | ||
| Hit List Nominees | Corinne Jax Shake | Anfisa Bobby Tiffany | Corinne Shake Tanisha | Bananas Bobby Shake | Fairplay Omarosa | Anfisa Fairplay Shake | colspan=2 | ||
| Redemption Winner | Shake | Bobby | Shake | Bananas | Anfisa | colspan=2 | |||
| Tanisha | Jax | Tiffany | Hit List | Bobby | Omarosa | No Vote | Winner (Episode 10) | ||
| Bananas | Jax | Supervillain | Corinne | Bobby | Supervillain | Supervillain | Runner-up (Episode 10) | ||
| Anfisa | Jax | Hit List | Corinne | Shake | Fairplay | No Vote | Third place | Tanisha | |
| Fairplay | Jax | Tiffany | Corinne | Bobby | Hit List | Banished | Bananas | ||
| Shake | Jax | Anfisa | Corinne | Hit List | Omarosa | Banished (Episode 10) | Bananas | ||
| Omarosa | Supervillain | Tiffany | Supervillain | Shake | Hit List | Banished (Episode 9) | Tanisha | ||
| Bobby | Jax | Anfisa | Corinne | Banished (Episode 8) | |||||
| Corinne | Hit List | Tiffany | Hit List | Banished (Episode 6) | Bananas | ||||
| Tiffany | Jax | Hit List | Banished (Episode 4) | Tanisha | |||||
| Jax | Hit List | Banished (Episode 3) | Tanisha | ||||||
| Banished | Jax 7 of 7 votes to Banish | Tiffany 4 of 6 votes to Banish | Corinne 5 of 5 votes to Banish | Bobby 3 of 5 votes to Banish | Omarosa 2 of 3 votes to Banish | Fairplay Lost the Redemption Challenge | Anfisa to Win | Bananas to Win | |
| Shake Lost the Redemption Challenge | Tanisha 4 of 7 votes to Win | ||||||||
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Filming for the series began in early February 2023 at The Valley Villa in Los Angeles.[2] [3] House of Villains was officially announced by NBCUniversal, E!'s parent company, on May 9, 2023. Joel McHale was revealed to be the host of the series on the same day.[4] [5] The series is produced by Irwin Entertainment with John Irwin, Dave Kuba, Eli Frankel, and Matt Odgers serving as executive producers.[6] In August 2023, E! revealed the first season's cast and announced the series would premiere on October 12, 2023. The series premiere aired simultaneously on E!'s sister channels Bravo, Syfy, and USA Network.[7] On September 7, 2023, an official trailer was released.[8]
On January 18, 2024, E! renewed the series for a second season and announced that production for the second season would begin in February 2024.[9] On March 27, 2024, the cast of the second season was officially revealed.[10] In August 2024, an official trailer for the second season was released and it was announced that the second season would have a two-night premiere on October 9 and October 10, 2024.[11] Like the first season, the second season premiere will air simultaneously on E!'s sister channels Bravo, Syfy, and USA Network.
The series premiere of House of Villains was watched by 1.2 million viewers across all platforms over the course of one week, with 500,000 of those viewers being in the adults 18–49 key demographic, making it E!'s most successful series launch since The Bradshaw Bunch in 2020.[12] Overall, episodes in the first season averaged 861,000 total viewers and 384,000 viewers in the 18–49 key demographic after 35 days of multiplatform viewing.[11]