What better way to kick off the summer than with a new season of Below Deck? The Bravo flagship show is once again aboard the Motoryacht St. David with Captain Kerry Titheradge at the helm and Chief Stew Fraser Olender by his side. The crew will be sailing to the islands of Anguilla, St. Barths, and St. Maarten where guests will enjoy plenty of beautiful scenery, amazing excursions, and delicious local delicacies. While all that sounds rather pleasant, fans of the series can rest assured that there will be plenty of drama to come.
Titheradge and Olender aren’t not the only familiar faces returning in Season 12. Scottish deckhand Kyle Stillie—who won over fans and romanced stew Barbie Pascual last season—is back for more. New crew members include Chef Lawrence Snowden, Bosun Caio Poltronieri, deckhands Jess Theron and Damo Yorg, and stews Barbara Kulaif, Rainbeau de Roos and Solène Favreau (who also appeared on Love Island France). This batch of good looking yachties will undoubtedly get up to no good. Just watch the trailer and see!
The trailer kicks off with Titheradge calling the maritime police. “We have an emergency on the boat,” reports Titheradge calmly into his radio. “I cannot believe this shit,” says an unidentified female charter guest over a montage showing the shocked crew. She goes on: “They’re cancelling the charter. Fuck you, Captain!” Sternly, Titheradge confronts the group of female guests. “There’s one authority on this boat, and it’s me. I’m not fucking around.”
And that’s not even the most dramatic moment in the trailer! Titheradge has his hands full with typical hijinks (the deck team leaving the guests’ luggage on the dock; a guest sending food back to an irate chef, etc), but the wildness quickly goes into unchartered territory. A half-naked Poltronieri gyrates in a speedo and reveals in his confessional that he definitely has “Peter Pan syndrome.” He proclaims: “I don’t ever wanna grow up.” Funny enough, most of his fellow yachties share the same sentiment.
“You’re not supposed to drink on charter,” an incredulous de Roos admonishes Favreau as the editors flashback to Favreau chugging an unfinished cocktail in her uniform. Favreau’s free spirit is a perfect match for a group that charters the St. David for 5 days. What makes these guests’ pockets so deep? They’re all porn stars! As they cavort in various locations on the St. David (running down stairs, sitting in a hot tub), a montage of their blurred out privates plays. An exhausted Kulaif later exclaims at dinner: “I’ve never seen so much ****.”
But the yachties aren’t just watching the action; they’re getting some too. In their joint confessional, Poltronieri and Stillie break down the “beautifully incestuous crew” and their hookups. “So, there’s Jess and Solène,” begins Poltronieri. “There’s Jess and Barbara,” chimes in Stillie. “You and Solène,” adds Poltronieri. “Solène and Fraser, you and Rainbeau,” says Stillie. “Oh, we’ve left out me and Fraser,” cries Poltronieri. “Me and you,” exclaim Poltronieri and Stillie in unison.
Perhaps even more shocking is the next sequence in which we see Stillie canoodling with a buxom charter guest in the ocean. “Stillie’s either in there making our tip or losing our tip,” observes Poltronieri from a distance. The camera then cuts to Titheradge and Stillie on the bridge. “The crew think you’ve banged a charter guest,” says Titheradge bluntly. The next scene is Stillie’s confessional. “Was it a joke?” asks a producer. “Was it a joke?” asks Stillie impishly as the camera cuts back to Stillie and what looks like the charter guest on a moonlit beach kissing.
So what’s the real story? Viewers will have to tune in Below Deck Season 12, starting Monday, June 2, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, to find out!