Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
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This is a list of the winners and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program. The award was instituted in 2017 and recognizes casting for reality-competition, structured and unstructured reality programs.
Winners and nominations
2010s
| Year | Program | Casting | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 (69th) | |||
| Born This Way (Seasons 2-3: Part 1) | Sasha Alpert and Megan Sleeper – casting by | A&E | |
| Project Runway (Season 15) | Sasha Alpert, Alissa Haight Carlton and Jen DeMartino – casting by | Lifetime | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 9) | Goloka Bolte and Ethan Petersen – casting by | VH1 | |
| Survivor (Seasons 33-34) | Lynne Spiegel Spillman – casting by | CBS | |
| The Voice (Seasons 11-12) | Michelle McNulty, Holly Dale and Courtney Burns – casting by | NBC | |
| 2018 (70th) | |||
| Queer Eye (Season 1) | Ally Capriotti Grant – casting by; Beyhan Oguz – director of casting and talent; Gretchen Palek – SVP of casting and talent; Danielle Gervais – VP of casting and talent | Netflix | |
| Born This Way (Season 3: Part 2) | Sasha Alpert – supervising casting producer; Megan Sleeper – casting producer; Caitlyn Audet – senior casting coordinator | A&E | |
| Project Runway (Season 16) | Sasha Alpert – casting producer; Alissa Haight Carlton – supervising casting director; Jen DeMartino and Rebecca Snavely – senior casting directors | Lifetime | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 10) | Goloka Bolte and Ethan Petersen – casting by | VH1 | |
| The Voice (Seasons 13-14) | Michelle McNulty, Holly Dale and Courtney Burns – casting by | NBC | |
| 2019 (71st) | |||
| Queer Eye (Seasons 2-3) | Gretchen Palek – SVP of casting and talent; Danielle Gervais – VP of casting and talent; Quinn Fegan — casting producer; Ally Capriotti Grant and Pamela Vallarelli – location casting | Netflix | |
| Born This Way (Season 4) | Sasha Alpert – supervising casting producer; Megan Sleeper – casting producer; Caitlyn Audet – senior casting coordinator | A&E | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 11) | Goloka Bolte and Ethan Petersen – casting by | VH1 | |
| Shark Tank (Season 10) | Mindy Zemrak – supervising casting producer; Jen Rosen – casting manager | ABC | |
| The Voice (Seasons 15-16) | Michelle McNulty — supervising casting producer, Holly Dale — senior casting producer; Courtney Burns – casting producer | NBC |
2020s
| Year | Program | Casting | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (72nd) | |||
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 12) | Goloka Bolte and Ethan Petersen – casting directors | VH1 | |
| Born This Way (Moving Forward) | Sasha Alpert – supervising casting producer; Megan Sleeper – casting producer; Caitlyn Audet – senior casting coordinator | A&E | |
| Love Is Blind (Season 1) | Donna Driscoll - VP of Casting, Kelly Zack Castillo - Lead Casting Producer and Megan Feldman – Casting Manager | Netflix | |
| Queer Eye (Season 4) | Danielle Gervais, Beyhan Oguz and Pamela Vallarelli – casting by; Ally Capriotti Grant and Hana Sakata – location casting | ||
| The Voice (Seasons 17-18) | Michelle McNulty — supervising casting producer, Holly Dale — senior casting producer; Courtney Burns – casting producer | NBC | |
| 2021 (73rd) | |||
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 13) | Goloka Bolte and Ethan Petersen – casting directors | VH1 | |
| Queer Eye (Season 5) | Danielle Gervais, Natalie Pino and MaryAnne Nicoletti – casting directors; Pamela Vallarelli and Ally Capriotti Grant – location casting directors | Netflix | |
| Shark Tank (Season 12) | Mindy Zemrak, Jen Rosen and Erica Brooks Hochberg - casting directors | ABC | |
| Top Chef (Season 18) | Ron Mare – casting director | Bravo | |
| The Voice (Seasons 19-20) | Michelle McNulty, Holly Dale and Courtney Burns – casting directors | NBC | |
| 2022 (74th) | |||
| Love on the Spectrum U.S. (Season 1) | Laura Ritchie, Kat Elmore and Jeffrey Marx - casting directors | Netflix | |
| Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Season 1) | Lynne Spillman, Blair Kim and Jazzy Collins – casting directors | Prime Video | |
| Queer Eye (Season 6) | Danielle Gervais, Jessica Jorgensen and Natalie Pino – casting directors; Pamela Vallarelli and Quinn Fegan – location casting directors | Netflix | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 14) | Goloka Bolte and Ethan Petersen – casting directors | VH1 | |
| Top Chef (Season 19) | Samantha Hanks and Ron Mare – casting directors | Bravo | |
| 2023 (75th) | |||
| The Traitors (Season 1) | Erin Tomasello, Jazzy Collins, Moira Paris and Holly Osifat – casting directors | Peacock | |
| Love Is Blind (Seasons 3-4) | Donna Driscoll, Stephanie Lewis and Claire Loeb – casting directors | Netflix | |
| Queer Eye (Season 7) | Quinn Fegan, Jessica Jorgensen, Keya Mason and Lauren Levine – casting directors | ||
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 15) | Goloka Bolte, Ethan Petersen, Adam Cook and Michelle Redwine – casting directors | MTV | |
| Top Chef (Season 20) | Ron Mare, Sena Rich and Erinlee Skilton – casting directors | Bravo | |
| 2024 (76th) | |||
| Love on the Spectrum U.S. (Season 2) | Cian O'Clery, Sean Bowman, Marina Nieto Ritger and Emma Choate – casting directors | Netflix | |
| The Amazing Race (Seasons 35-36) | Jesse Tannenbaum, Alex Stern, Pollyanna Jacobs and Pedro Gomez – casting directors | CBS | |
| The Golden Bachelor (Season 1) | Jacqui Pitman, John Kennamann and Lindsay Liles – casting directors | ABC | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 16) | Goloka Bolte, Ethan Petersen, Adam Cook and Michelle Redwine – casting directors | MTV | |
| Squid Game: The Challenge (Season 1) | Rachael Stubbins, Emma Shearer, Robyn Kass and Erika Dobrin – casting directors | Netflix | |
| 2025 (77th) | |||
| Love on the Spectrum (Season 3) | Cian O'Clery, Sean Bowman and Emma Choate – casting directors | Netflix | |
| The Amazing Race (Season 37) | Jesse Tannenbaum, Alex Stiner, Kayla Kellerbauer, Pollyanna Jacobs and Pedro Gomez – casting directors | CBS | |
| Queer Eye (Season 9) | Danielle Gervais, Jessica Jorgensen, Natalie Pino and Brian Puentes – casting directors | Netflix | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 17) | Goloka Bolte, Adam Cook and Michelle Redwine – casting directors | MTV | |
| Survivor (Seasons 47-48) | Jesse Tannenbaum, Caitlin Moore, Penni Lane Clifton, Daniel Gradias, Lisa Visagie and Christian Estrada – casting directors | CBS |
Programs with multiple wins
| 3 wins Love on the Spectrum (2 consecutive) | 2 wins Queer Eye RuPaul's Drag Race |
Casting directors with multiple awards
| 2 awards Goloka Bolte (2 consecutive) Sean Bowman (2 consecutive) Emma Choate (2 consecutive) Danielle Gervais (2 consecutive) Ally Capriotti Grant (2 consecutive) Cian O'Clery (2 consecutive) Gretchen Palek (2 consecutive) Ethan Petersen (2 consecutive) |
Programs with multiple nominations
| 9 nominations RuPaul's Drag Race 7 nominations Queer Eye 5 nominations The Voice | 4 nominations Born This Way 3 nominations Love on the Spectrum Top Chef | 2 nominations The Amazing Race Love Is Blind Project Runway Shark Tank Survivor |
Total awards by network
Casting directors with multiple nominations
| 9 nominations Goloka Bolte 8 nominations Ethan Petersen 5 nominations Danielle Gervais 4 nominations Sasha Alpert Courtney Burns Holly Dale Ally Capriotti Grant Michelle McNulty Megan Sleeper Pamela Vallarelli | 3 nominations Caitlyn Audet Adam Cook Quinn Fegan Jessica Jorgensen Ron Mare Natalie Pino Michelle Redwine Jesse Tannenbaum | 2 nominations Sean Bowman Emma Choate Jazzy Collins Adam Cook Donna Driscoll Jessica Jorgensen Samantha Hanks Jessica Jorgensen Beyhan Oguz Cian O'Clery Gretchen Palek Michelle Redwine Jen Rosen Lynne Spillman Mindy Zemrak Beyhan Oguz |