Originally posted on May 29, 2025 @ 12:09 pm
Critics Choice Real TV Awards 2025 Winners
LOS ANGELES – The Critics Choice Association (CCA) today revealed the winners for the seventh annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.
“The Traitors” led the winners, taking home three awards. “The Traitors” captured wins for Best Competition Series and Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, while Alan Cumming won for Best Show Host.
“Love on the Spectrum” and “Dancing with the Stars” followed closely behind, earning two awards each. “Love on the Spectrum” won both categories for which it was nominated, Best Unstructured Series along with Best Relationship Show. “Dancing with the Stars” was recognized for Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety, and Stephen Nedoroscik was awarded Male Star of the Year.
Netflix was the most awarded network of the evening, topping four categories.
The Critics Choice Real TV Awards were launched in 2019 as a large-scale awards platform to give the robust (and still growing) unscripted genre critical attention and support. The awards celebrate programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.
A blue-ribbon nominating committee made up of Critics Choice Association members with expertise in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming determines the nominees. Winners are chosen by a vote of the CCA membership, with the exception of the Male and Female Star of the Year categories, which are fan-voted.
About the Critics Choice Association (CCA)
The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing nearly 600 media critics and entertainment journalists. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the intersection between film, television, and streaming content. For more information, visit:
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WINNERS FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE REAL TV AWARDS
BEST COMPETITION SERIES
Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark Media)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
The Summit (CBS)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
**The Traitors (Peacock)
BEST COMPETITION SERIES: TALENT/VARIETY
America’s Got Talent (NBC)
American Idol (ABC)
**Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Roller Jam (Magnolia Network, Max)
Second Chance Stage (Magnolia Network, Max)
The Voice (NBC)
BEST UNSTRUCTURED SERIES
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)
Below Deck Down Under (Bravo)
**Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)
Naked and Afraid (Discovery Channel)
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu)
BEST STRUCTURED SERIES
Couples Therapy (Paramount+)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out (Lifetime)
Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse (Magnolia Network)
**No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski (National Geographic) (TIE)
**Queer Eye (Netflix) (TIE)
BEST CULINARY SHOW
Be My Guest with Ina Garten (Food Network)
The Food That Built America (History)
**The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking (Food Network)
Is It Cake? Holiday (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
BEST GAME SHOW
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
The Floor (Fox)
Guy’s Grocery Games (Food Network)
**Jeopardy! (Syndicated)
Press Your Luck (ABC)
Weakest Link (NBC)
BEST TRAVEL/ADVENTURE SHOW
**Conan O’Brien Must Go (HBO | Max)
Expedition Unknown (Discovery Channel)
Getting Lost with Erin French (Magnolia Network)
The Great Food Truck Race (Food Network)
Long Way Home (Apple TV+)
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski (National Geographic)
BEST BUSINESS SHOW
Bar Rescue (Paramount Network)
First-Time Buyer’s Club (OWN)
King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch (Netflix)
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox)
**Shark Tank (ABC)
Start Up (PBS)
BEST ANIMAL/NATURE SHOW
**The Americas (NBC)
Mammals (BBC America)
Nature (PBS)
OceanXplorers (National Geographic)
Planet Earth: Asia (BBC America)
The Secret Lives of Animals (Apple TV+)
BEST CRIME/JUSTICE SHOW
**The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter (ID)
The First 48 (A&E)
How I Escaped My Cult (Freeform)
Ozark Law (A&E)
Philly Homicide (Oxygen True Crime)
Scam Goddess (Freeform)
BEST SPORTS SHOW
30 for 30 (ESPN)
Hard Knocks (HBO | Max)
In the Arena: Serena Williams (ESPN+)
Pardon the Interruption (ESPN)
Untold (Netflix)
**Welcome to Wrexham (FX)
BEST RELATIONSHIP SHOW
Farmer Wants a Wife (Fox)
The Golden Bachelorette (ABC)
The Later Daters (Netflix)
Love Is Blind (Netflix)
**Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)
Small Town Setup (Hallmark Media)
BEST LIFESTYLE SHOW: HOME/GARDEN
Bargain Block (HGTV)
**Don’t Hate Your House with the Property Brothers (HGTV) (TIE)
The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC)
Maine Cabin Masters: Building Italy (Magnolia Network)
Renovation Aloha (HGTV)
**Rock the Block (HGTV) (TIE)
BEST LIFESTYLE SHOW: FASHION/BEAUTY
Dress My Tour (Hulu)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
**RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+)
Say Yes to the Dress (TLC)
Wear Whatever the F You Want (Prime Video)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown (National Geographic)
Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color (National Geographic)
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (Netflix)
Simone Biles Rising (Netflix)
**Tucci in Italy (National Geographic)
The Wonderland Massacre & The Secret History of Hollywood (MGM+)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN AN UNSCRIPTED SERIES
Bobby’s Triple Threat (Food Network)
Claim to Fame (ABC)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)
Top Chef (Bravo)
**The Traitors (Peacock)
BEST SHOW HOST
Jonathan Bennett – Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark Media)
Terry Crews – America’s Got Talent (NBC)
**Alan Cumming – The Traitors (Peacock)
Colin Jost – Pop Culture Jeopardy! (Prime Video)
Kristen Kish – Top Chef (Bravo)
Jeff Probst – Survivor (CBS)
MALE STAR OF THE YEAR
Jonathan Bennett – Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark Media)
Alan Cumming – The Traitors (Peacock)
Dylan Efron – The Traitors (Peacock)
**Stephen Nedoroscik – Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Antoni Porowski – No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski (National Geographic), Queer Eye (Netflix)
Stanley Tucci – Tucci in Italy (National Geographic)
FEMALE STAR OF THE YEAR
Joanna Gaines – Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse, Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines, Mini Reni (Magnolia Network)
Ina Garten – Be My Guest with Ina Garten (Food Network)
Julianne Hough – Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
**Dr. Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out (Lifetime)
Lisa Vanderpump – Vanderpump Villa (Hulu)
Gabby Windey – The Traitors (Peacock)
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