The new casting is a good start, but they should have gone even further to film with 3-4 more ladies in addition to the new ones they have now. They should have re-added Sheree and Phaedra (even if Phaedra never filmed with Kandi) plus a couple/few more. They saved MILLIONS by not bringing Nene back, so they had the budget to test new casting.

I would have loved to have seen Mariah Huq film with the Housewives. Another twist would have been Sheree's daughter, Tiara, to see if she's got anything interesting to offer.