‘The Traitors’ Tops Nominees Again At Critics Choice Real TV Awards

Peacock’s competition series The Traitors scored six nominees to lead the pack for a third year in a row at the Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which revealed its noms list Thursday.

Winners of the eighth annual awards recognizing excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming will be revealed June 3.

Traitors scored noms this morning for Best Competition Series and Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, categories it has won the past two years running. Alan Cumming earned a spot in two categories, Best Show Host and Male Star of the Year, where he also has won the past two years. In addition, the show’s Lisa Rinna was nominated for Female Star of the Year and Rob Rausch for Male Star of the Year.

ABC’s Dancing With the Stars followed with four nominations, including noms for Robert Irwin for Male Star of the Year and Whitney Leavitt or Female Star of the Year.

Netflix led with the most nominations among networks and streamers with 18, followed by Bravo with 12 and ABC with 10.

Below is the full list of nominees.

Critics Choice Real TV Awards 2026

Competition Series

Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark Channel)

RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)

Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)

Survivor 50 (CBS)

Top Chef (Bravo)

The Traitors (Peacock)

Competition Series: Talent/Variety

America’s Got Talent (NBC)

American Idol (ABC)

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans (Shudder)

Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

KPOPPED (Apple TV)

The Voice (NBC)

Unstructured Series

Below Deck Down Under (Bravo)

Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)

Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)

Neighbors (HBO Max)

The Real Housewives of Rhode Island (Bravo)

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)

Structured Series

Age of Attraction (Netflix)

Couples Therapy (Paramount+ Premium)

Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Food Network)

It’s Florida, Man (HBO Max)

Love Is Blind (Netflix)

Queer Eye (Netflix)

Culinary Show

America’s Culinary Cup (CBS)

Be My Guest with Ina Garten (Food Network)

The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)

Magnolia Table: At the Farm (Magnolia Network)

Top Chef (Bravo

Tucci in Italy (National Geographic)

Game Show

Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)

The Floor (Fox)

Jeopardy! (Syndicated)

Match Game (ABC)

The Wall (NBC)

Wheel of Fortune (Syndicated)

Travel/Adventure Show

The Amazing Race (CBS)

Expedition Unknown (Discovery Channel)

The Reluctant Traveler (Apple TV)

Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross (Roku Channel)

Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix)

Tucci In Italy (National Geographic)

Business Show

Bar Rescue (Paramount Network)

The Fixer (Fox)

On Brand with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Maxxed Out (OWN)

Shark Tank (ABC)

Animal/Nature Show

Born to be Wild (Apple TV)

Kingdom (BBC America)

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age (Apple TV)

Secrets of the Bees (National Geographic)

Underdogs (National Geographic)

The Wild Ones (Apple TV)

Crime/Justice Show

The Curious Case of… (Investigation Discovery)

Equal Justice with Judge Eboni K. Williams (Syndicated)

Naming the Dead (National Geographic)

Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay (Bravo)

Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic)

Trust Me: The False Prophet (Netflix)

Sports Show

30 for 30 (ESPN)

Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Netflix)

Hard Knocks (HBO Max)

Quarterback (Netflix)

Untold (Netflix)

Welcome to Wrexham (FX/Hulu)

Best Sports Show: Talk/Analysis

The Dan Patrick Show (Peacock)

Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson (Prime Video)

Inside the NBA (ESPN/ABC)

Pardon the Interruption (ESPN)

The Pat McAfee Show (ESPN)

The Rich Eisen Show (Disney+/ESPN+)

Relationship Show

Age of Attraction (Netflix)

Couples Therapy (Paramount+ Premium)

Farmer Wants a Wife (Fox)

Love Is Blind (Netflix)

Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)

Neighbors (HBO Max)

Lifestyle Show: Home/Garden

Bargain Block (HGTV)

Castle Impossible (HGTV)

Home Town (HGTV)

The Last Wright: Building the Final Home Design of America’s Greatest Architect (Magnolia Network)

That Thrifting Show with Lara Spencer (Freeform)

Ugliest House in America (HGTV)

Lifestyle Show: Fashion/Beauty

Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind (E!)

Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out (Lifetime)

Project Runway (Freeform)

Queer Eye (Netflix)

RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)

Limited Series

Boy Band Confidential (Investigation Discovery)

Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? (Hulu)

Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV)

Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model (Netflix)

Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix)

Trust Me: The False Prophet (Netflix)

Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series

Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark Channel)

House of Villains (E!)

The Real Housewives of Rhode Island (Bravo)

Summer House (Bravo)

The Traitors (Peacock)

Show Host

Jonathan Bennett – Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark Channel)

Alan Cumming – The Traitors (Peacock)

Kristen Kish – Top Chef (Bravo)

Padma Lakshmi – America’s Culinary Cup (CBS)

Joel McHale – House of Villains (E!)

RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)

Male Star of the Year

Alan Cumming – The Traitors (Peacock)

Chris Hemsworth – Limitless: Live Better Now (National Geographic)

Robert Irwin – Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

Rob Rausch – The Traitors (Peacock)

Ryan Seacrest – American Idol (ABC) and Wheel of Fortune (Syndicated)

Stanley Tucci – Tucci in Italy (National Geographic)

Female Star of the Year

Heather Gay – The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo) and Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay (Bravo)

Whitney Leavitt – Dancing with the Stars (ABC) and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu)

Dr. Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out (Lifetime)

Ciara Miller – Summer House (Bravo)

Tiffany “New York” Pollard – House of Villains (E!)

Lisa Rinna – The Traitors (Peacock)

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