People: Meet the 12 Celebrities Competing for Up to $250K on Hulu’s New Series The Mob

The new reality competition series, hosted by Parker Posey, premiered Oct. 26 on Hulu

October 26, 2026

The Mob is full of some big personalities.

Hosted by Parker Posey, Hulu’s new reality competition series features a group of celebrities living out their mob-movie fantasies in an Italian villa as they compete in a cutthroat battle to win up to $250,000 in cash prizes. The cast is made up of reality TV veterans, musicians, actors and other familiar faces, including Perfect Match’s Harry Jowsey, Dancing with the Stars judge Bruno Tonioli and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives alum Demi Engemann.

“To have such a varied cast from everything from Dancing With the Stars to The Sopranos via Mormon Wives is very exciting and again a testament to how this genre has a fan base in every corner,” Adam Wood and Mat Steiner of Primal Media, who conceived the show’s format, told PEOPLE ahead of the release.

The duo added, “The icing on the cake was getting Parker Posey to host, who brings glamour, quirky humor and gravitas.”

Below, here’s everything to know about the 12 celebrities who make up the cast of The Mob.

Demi Engemann

Engemann trades her Utah roots for an Italian villa on The Mob.

She has experience with reality TV after appearing on several seasons of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, but she still had “hesitations and reservations” about joining The Mob, as she explained during a September 2026 interview on The Joe Vulpis Podcast.

“This wasn’t a game show that had been done before, so there weren’t a ton of answers,” she said. “So that was a little bit daunting for me, but it ended up being the most amazing, beautiful experience. … I’m just so grateful that I had the opportunity, honestly, and that they thought of me. … I was so honored.”

Maria Georgas

Maria Georgas appeared on season 28 of The Bachelor, vying for Joey Graziadei’s final rose before being eliminated after the hometown dates.

During a July 2026 appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Georgas revealed that she was then offered the role of The Bachelorette, but ultimately passed on it because she wasn’t “in the right headspace.”

“It was mine until I said it wasn’t,” she told host Alex Cooper. “It became very overwhelming to the point where I had to decline.”

Harry Jowsey

Harry Jowsey is no stranger to reality TV, having appeared on multiple dating competition series, including his own, Let’s Marry Harry, on Netflix.

When asked by E! News how he did on The Mob at the 2026 Video Music Awards, Jowsey joked, “Hopefully a lot better than the last time,” referring to the ending of Let’s Marry Harry, which saw him and his winner Amber Mozo split shortly after they got married.

Chelsea Lazkani

Chelsea Lazkani is best known for her time on Selling Sunset, which she joined during its fifth season in 2022.

Outside of the reality TV world, Lazkani often shares cooking videos and recipes on her Instagram.

Bella Palk

The Mob marks Bella Palk’s second reality show this year, as she was a contestant on Hulu’s debut season of Love Overboard, which premiered in March 2026.

Love Overboard took place on a yacht off the coast of Malta, and the international travel was a first for Palk.

“I’m out of the country, and I’ve never been out of the country before. This is so weird and odd. And I’m also on a yacht, and I’ve never been on a yacht before,” she told The Kansas City Star in April 2026. “Also my [costars] are from bigger cities. I was feeling a culture shock from the [Los Angeles] girls, the Miami girls.”

She went on to call it a “unique experience,” one that eventually led her to The Mob.

Shane Parton

Shane Parton was a contestant on Taylor Frankie Paul’s unaired season of The Bachelorette.

At the time that the casting news was announced, the Georgia native was working as a private wealth planner.

Ahead of The Mob’s premiere, Parton wrote on Instagram that he was “so excited and grateful to have been given the opportunity to be part of this!!”

Aida Turturro

Aida Turturro has a (fictional) history with the mafia, having played Tony Soprano’s (James Gandolfini) sister, Janice, on The Sopranos.

She received two Emmy nominations — in 2001 and 2007 — for her role on the HBO crime drama. In more recent years, the actress has appeared in multiple episodes of The Blacklist and Law & Order: SVU.

Bruno Tonioli

Tonioli is trading mirrorballs for mobsters. The longtime Dancing with the Stars judge has been a fixture on the competition series since its 2005 premiere.

The Mob’s premiere comes as Tonioli continues to judge season 35 of the ABC dance show.

Willam Belli

Willam Belli appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race, though was disqualified from season 4.

Outside of reality TV, Belli is an Emmy-nominated actor who has appeared in Blubberella (2011) and A Star Is Born (2018), as well as the TV series Eastsiders.

Belli also hosts the Race Chaser podcast with Alaska, a fellow RuPaul’s Drag Race star.

Joe Gorga

Joe Gorga is married to Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga and is the brother of Teresa Giudice. He is also a writer and comedian, starring in his own 2022 special, The Amusing World of Joe Gorga.

In a September 2026 interview with Nick Gallo, Gorga spoke about joining the cast of The Mob, saying, “It’s an Italian show, it was right up my alley.”

“It was great,” he said of his time on the show.

Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar didn’t have to travel far to participate in The Mob.

“We shot it basically around the corner from my house,” she said during an October 2026 appearance on Good Morning America.

Mazar has been acting for decades and is widely known for her role as Maggie on the TV series Younger. She and her husband, chef Gabriele Corcos, also co-hosted the Cooking Channel series Extra Virgin.

Romeo Miller

Romeo Miller — formerly known as Lil’ Romeo — is a musician, rapper and actor.

The “My Baby” singer joined Mazar on Good Morning America in October 2026 to talk about The Mob, saying that it was “a great opportunity to go out, have some fun.”

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