BravoCon 2025: The Biggest Moments From Day 1

Lines wrapped around Las Vegas’ Caesars Forum as thousands waited for the doors of BravoCon 2025 to open on Friday. The crowd was dripping in fan-made jackets, T-shirts and bags with their favorite cast one-liners and photos, Bravo-leb endorsed merch and more than a dozen nods to Bronwyn Newport’s viral red fur heart jacket. The excitement only grew as the day progressed, with news dropping across the Bravo-verse and on the three stages, featuring an all-day lineup of content that spilled over into the evening.

Here are the biggest moments from Day 1:

The “Below Deck Captains & Crew Oughta Know” panel brought together those at the helm of various Below Deck franchises to unpack their tensions on land and sea. It also showed a special sneak peek of the Below Deck Down Under premiere, featuring The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City crossover charter. Bravo is doubling down on its Below Deck empire, with season 13 taking place in Thailand (airing next year) and Below Deck Mediterranean with Capt. Sandy Yawn and Chief Stew Aesha Scott setting sail for season 11. Below Deck Down Under premieres on Feb. 2; one of the most celebrated returns of BravoCon, Chef Ben Robinson delighted every crowd he encountered, except crewmate Daisy Kelliher, who said that he “challenged me in every way possible.”

Andy Cohen and Jeff Lewis revealed during their morning panel that Lewis will return to Bravo with Still Flipping Out, seven years after Flipping Out went off air. The new show will follow Lewis as he navigates his Radio Andy show Jeff Lewis Live, his design work and his volatile personality.

The Valley will be spun off into The Valley: Persian Style with  Bravo alums Reza Farahan, Golnesa Gharachedaghi and Mercedeh Javid, as the friends move from Beverly Hills to “the valley.” It was also revealed that Lala Kent and Tom Schwartz will join the third season of The Valley proper, which returns without Jax Taylor.

The cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills gathered for a sneak peek of season 15, which featured fashion maven Racel Zoe visiting the home of Kathy Hilton for a styling session and Kyle Richards and her four daughters planning a ​​”romantic midnight garden”-themed wedding for Alexia Umansky. Dorit Kemsley also unpacked about her decision to file for divorce from PK. After the screening, Zoe received a thunderous applause from the audience to mark her return to Bravo and Kathy Hilton drove everyone into hysterics by telling the audience to close their eyes while she did her “Labubu voice.” Hilton caused a near-riot at the Bravo Bazaar during her appearance at the Anna Zuckerman x Kathy Hilton bag charm boutique.

Some of the day’s loudest screams came from the Bravo Bazaar, showcasing more than 30 talent-led partnerships. Lexus revealed its Glam LX, a modified LX SUV outfitted with a full mobile makeup salon. This was the first time a car has ever come to the event with Bravoleb interactions, courtesy of Meredith Marks, Tamra Judge and Heather Dubrow. State Farm’s setup, though, drew the biggest crowd as Craig Conover from Southern Charm visited their sewing shop for limited-edition embroidered Charleston-inspired swag. 

During the evening’s Bravo awards show, where all 160-plus talent were in attendance at PH Live Theater, Andy Cohen presented original Real Housewives of Orange County castmember Vicki Gunvalson with an orange and asked her to return to the show for season 20. She accepted. 

After more than a decade, the castmembers and families of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa Giudice, Melissa and Joe Gorga, publicly reconciled. Giudice teased the reconciliation during the “Yep, We Are Besties Panel.” Later, the group, along with Giudice’s husband, Luis Ruelas, posted photos from their Bravos meetup on social media, and Cohen popped up in the audience of Giudice’s panel to ask her if she really meant to push him out of the way back in the season two reunion show.