Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
Awarded forOutstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award2008
Currently held byAlan Cumming,
The Traitors (2026)
Websiteemmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program is an award that was first presented in 2008. All five of the category's inaugural nominees co-hosted the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast. Game show hosts were previously eligible in this category until a separate category for Outstanding Host for a Game Show was created in 2023.

Winners and nominations

2000s

Year Host Program Network
2008
(60th)
Jeff Probst Survivor CBS
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Heidi Klum Project Runway Bravo
Howie Mandel Deal or No Deal NBC
Ryan Seacrest American Idol Fox
2009
(61st)
Jeff Probst Survivor CBS
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi Top Chef Bravo
Phil Keoghan The Amazing Race CBS
Heidi Klum Project Runway Bravo
Ryan Seacrest American Idol Fox

2010s

Year Host Program Network
2010
(62nd)
Jeff Probst Survivor CBS
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Phil Keoghan The Amazing Race CBS
Heidi Klum Project Runway Lifetime
Ryan Seacrest American Idol Fox
2011
(63rd)
Jeff Probst Survivor CBS
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance Fox
Phil Keoghan The Amazing Race CBS
Ryan Seacrest American Idol Fox
2012
(64th)
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance Fox
Phil Keoghan The Amazing Race CBS
Ryan Seacrest American Idol Fox
Betty White Betty White's Off Their Rockers NBC
2013
(65th)
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum Project Runway Lifetime
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Anthony Bourdain The Taste
Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance Fox
Ryan Seacrest American Idol
Betty White Betty White's Off Their Rockers NBC
2014
(66th)
Jane Lynch Hollywood Game Night NBC
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Anthony Bourdain The Taste
Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance Fox
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum Project Runway Lifetime
Betty White Betty White's Off Their Rockers
2015
(67th)
Jane Lynch Hollywood Game Night NBC
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Anthony Bourdain The Taste
Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance Fox
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum Project Runway Lifetime
2016
(68th)
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race Logo
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars ABC
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum Project Runway Lifetime
Steve Harvey Little Big Shots NBC
Jane Lynch Hollywood Game Night
Ryan Seacrest American Idol Fox
2017
(69th)
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
Alec Baldwin Match Game ABC
W. Kamau Bell United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell CNN
Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party VH1
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum Project Runway Lifetime
Gordon Ramsay MasterChef Junior Fox
2018
(70th)
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
W. Kamau Bell United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell CNN
Ellen DeGeneres Ellen's Game of Games NBC
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum Project Runway Lifetime
Jane Lynch Hollywood Game Night NBC
2019
(71st)
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
James Corden The World's Best CBS
Ellen DeGeneres Ellen's Game of Games NBC
Marie Kondo Tidying Up with Marie Kondo Netflix
Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler Making It NBC

2020s

Year Host Program Network
2020
(72nd)
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness Queer Eye Netflix
Nicole Byer Nailed It!
Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi Top Chef Bravo
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O'Leary Shark Tank ABC
Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler Making It NBC
2021
(73rd)
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness Queer Eye Netflix
Nicole Byer Nailed It!
Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons Top Chef Bravo
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O'Leary Shark Tank ABC
2022
(74th)
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness Queer Eye Netflix
Nicole Byer Nailed It!
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O'Leary Shark Tank ABC
Padma Lakshmi Top Chef Bravo
Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler Making It NBC
2023
(75th)
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race MTV
Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Bobby Berk and Jonathan Van Ness Queer Eye Netflix
Nicole Byer Nailed It!
Padma Lakshmi Top Chef Bravo
Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph Baking It Peacock
2024
(76th)
Alan Cumming The Traitors Peacock
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Lori Greiner, Daymond John and Kevin O'Leary Shark Tank ABC
Kristen Kish Top Chef Bravo
Jeff Probst Survivor CBS
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race MTV
2025
(77th)
Alan Cumming The Traitors Peacock
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Daniel Lubetzky and Kevin O'Leary Shark Tank ABC
Kristen Kish Top Chef Bravo
Jeff Probst Survivor CBS
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race MTV
2026
(78th)
Alan Cumming The Traitors Peacock
Kristen Kish Top Chef Bravo
Ariana Madix Love Island USA Peacock
Jeff Probst Survivor CBS
RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race MTV

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

See also

References

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