Gossip Queen: Real Housewives of Melbourne have Nadia Bartel in their sights
Producers behind the Real Housewives of Melbourne are seeking to amp up the glamour element and inject some new faces into the much-loved series. Could this former WAG be the next reality star?
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Could Nadia Bartel rebound from her personal heartbreak into the glossy realm of theReal Housewives of Melbourne ?
Bartel, who recently split with her husband, former Geelong star Jimmy Bartel, is firmly in the sights of producers who are looking to amp up the glamour element and inject some new faces in to the much-loved reality series.
Bartel is already known to the team behind the show as it is understood she was sounded out for a previous season of Housewives.
Other names sparking interest include actor Jane Badler and Mandy Andrianakos.
The door is wide open for a new glamour gang of girl bosses to strut into the spotlight as part of a major overhaul of the Real Housewives of Melbourne cast.
It is understood none of the current crop of Housewives, Gamble Breaux, Lydia Schiavello, Janet Roach, Jackie Gillies, Gina Liano, Sally Bloomfield and Venus Behbahani, are guaranteed to be asked to return to the show with as many as three facing the chop.
The only guaranteed is that there will be changes, according to show insiders.
Confirmation that the show was returning was such a closely guarded secret that none of the current cast were told prior to the official announcement last Tuesday.
Casting is quietly taking place in Melbourne and the show is expected to start filming in Melbourne early next year. It is expected to be on air mid-year.