| The Real Housewives of Melbourne | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Based on | The Real Housewives |
| Presented by | Alex Perry (s. 1–4) |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 59 (list of episodes) |
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| Production location | Melbourne |
| Camera setup | Multiple |
| Running time | 40–59 minutes |
| Production company | Matchbox Pictures |
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| Network | Arena (2014–2018) Fox Arena (2021) |
| Release | 23 February 2014 – present |
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| The Real Housewives of Sydney | |
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The Real Housewives of Melbourne (abbreviated RHOMelbourne) is an Australian reality television series that premiered 23 February 2014 on Arena. It was developed as one of the international installments of The Real Housewives, an American television franchise. The series chronicles the lives of several women living in Melbourne, Australia.
The series originally focused on Gina Liano, Jackie Gillies, Andrea Moss, Janet Roach, Chyka Keebaugh and Lydia Schiavello; the lineup currently consists of Gillies, Roach, Gamble Breaux, Cherry Dipietrantonio, Kyla Kirkpatrick and Simone Elliott. Of the original housewives, Moss left after the first season, whilst Keebaugh departed after the third and Liano and Schiavello after the fourth. The remaining housewives joined in later seasons: Breaux in the second, Dipietrantonio, Kirkpatrick and Elliott in the fifth. Other housewives include Pettifleur Berenger (seasons 2–3), Susie McLean (season 3), Sally Bloomfield (season 4), Venus Behbahani-Clark (season 4) and Anjali Rao (season 5).
Its success allowed for the development of The Real Housewives franchise by Matchbox Pictures and similar spin-off series based in Sydney and Auckland, New Zealand.