Joseline's Cabaret is a reality television series that premiered on January 19, 2020, on the Zeus Network. It documents the interactions between Puerto Rican rapper Joseline Hernandez and several young women that compete to dance with Hernandez during her cabaret shows, which often involve verbal and physical altercations. Many cast members are invited back for multiple seasons, while the second season sees the women compete for a $10,000 cash prize.
The series has aired four seasons, which are uniquely subtitled after where they were filmed – Miami (2020), Atlanta (2021), Las Vegas (2022), and New York (2023). A four-episode audition special aired in between the first and second seasons in 2020.
Development
On June 1, 2017, Joseline Hernandez quit Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta after six seasons, amid tensions with creator Mona Scott-Young and the show's producers. On January 8, 2018, it was reported that Hernandez had signed a deal with We TV to star in her own docu-series, produced by Carlos King. The project, then titled Joseline Takes Miami, initially began filming in July 2018. On March 4, 2019, it was reported that production on Joseline Takes Miami had been stalled and that the network was requesting reshoots.
On October 11, 2019, it was announced that Joseline had signed a deal with Zeus Network, a subscription-based influencer-driven streaming service, to star and produce her own projects. On October 22, 2019, Zeus released a teaser of Joseline's Cabaret. On December 18, 2019, Zeus released an official trailer. On January 10, 2020, it was announced that Joseline's Cabaret: Miami, the first incarnation of a planned reality television franchise, would premiere January 19, 2020. Joseline's Cabaret: Miami would be one of three shows featuring Joseline to air simultaneously throughout January and February 2020, she would also appear VH1's Love & Hip Hop: Miami and We TV's Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition.
On February 8, 2020, Joseline announced that season two of Joseline's Cabaret would be filmed in Atlanta. On September 21, 2020, Zeus confirmed that they had renewed the series. The show's second incarnation, Joseline's Cabaret: Atlanta, premiered on April 18, 2021. On December 10, 2020, We TV announced they are acquired the television rights to both Joseline's Cabaret: Miami and The Real Blac Chyna, which aired from April 15, 2021, albeit in censored form.
On March 2, 2021, Joseline confirmed that the third season will be filmed in Las Vegas. On December 20, 2021, Zeus announced that the show's third incarnation, Joseline's Cabaret: Las Vegas, which premiered on January 16, 2022.
Series synopsis
Overview and casting
Miami (season 1) Joseline's Cabaret: Miami chronicles the everyday life of Joseline Hernandez as she struggles to launch a cabaret show in Miami, Florida. The show is set in G5ive Miami, a strip club where Joseline worked a decade ago, and provides an inside look into the every day lives of strippers and sex workers, reminiscent of the 1998 film The Players Club. The dancers featured in the cabaret appear as supporting cast members in confessional interview segments throughout the series. They include Daisy (Seanyce Bishop) from Miami, Joseline's friend and self-professed "bottom bitch", as well as dancers Ms. JaaDreams (Coriana Singleton), Lucky Hu$tla (Nieja Howell), Chazzity Leslie and Sapphire Eden (Tierra Williams) from Cleveland, Ohio. The show also features interludes with original music by Joseline and her fiancé Balistic Beats (Robin Ingouma), who is credited as the show's music producer. Midway through the season, after Joseline and Chazzity get into a brawl, the cabaret's future hangs in balance. After several sit-downs with the cast, Joseline meets with Daisy, Chazzity, Lucky and Sapphire at the club for a final "trial run" of the cabaret. Ultimately, she decides to scrap the project and move it to Atlanta, with only Lucky and Sapphire returning.