Siesta Key is an American reality television series that premiered on MTV from July 31, 2017 to January 19, 2023.

The show is inspired by the mid-2000s reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.

[3] Following an exclusive group of friends as they come of age in Siesta Key, Florida, confronting issues of love, betrayal, class and adulthood.

[3] The series was controversial prior to airing, due to star Alex Kompothecras being a friend of four Florida men who engaged in a viral act of animal cruelty by dragging a live shark behind a boat.

[97] On June 16, 2020, MTV announced that they parted ways with Alex Kompothecras and that the second half of season 3 would be re-edited to reflect that.