Below Deck Mediterranean returns for its 10th season in Spain

Below Deck Mediterranean returns for its milestone tenth season Monday, September 29, at 8 p.m. Eastern on Bravo, reuniting Captain Sandy Yawn with several familiar crewmembers as filming shifts to the coast of Spain. The season premiere, titled "Raising the Barcelona," opens with the crew scrambling to prepare their 150-foot yacht for charter after two deckhands are sidelined by illness.

The series follows a rotating nine-member crew as they accommodate demanding guests and maintain the vessel during charter season. This season brings back chief stew Aesha Scott and now-bosun Nathan Gallagher, alongside returning deckhand Max Salvador. New and continuing cast members include chef Josh Bingham, stews Kizzi Kitchener and Victoria San Juan, and deckhands Christian Trimino and Tessa Budd.

In the premiere, the crew confronts the operational strain of being short-staffed, a situation that forces leaders to redistribute duties and accelerate preparations before guests arrive. The episode also spotlights personal stories among the crew, including a revelation from Victoria San Juan that her boyfriend died by drowning less than a year before she joined the show. Victoria said the man...