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 EyeNetflix 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 ABC2022(74th) RuPaul RuPaul's Drag Race VH1 Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness Queer EyeNetflix 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 EyeNetflix 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
8 wins RuPaul (consecutive)
4 wins Jeff Probst (consecutive)
3 wins Alan Cumming (consecutive)
2 wins Jane Lynch (consecutive)
Multiple nominations
11 nominations RuPaul
9 nominations Tom Bergeron Heidi Klum
7 nominations Jeff Probst Ryan Seacrest
6 nominations Tim Gunn
5 nominations Barbara Corcoran Mark Cuban Cat Deeley Lori Greiner Robert Herjavec Daymond John Padma Lakshmi Kevin O'Leary
4 nominations Bobby Berk Karamo Brown Nicole Byer Tan France Phil Keoghan Jane Lynch Amy Poehler Antoni Porowski Jonathan Van Ness
3 nominations Anthony Bourdain Tom Colicchio Alan Cumming Kristen Kish Nick Offerman Betty White
2 nominations W. Kamau Bell Ellen DeGeneres
See also Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Reality Show Host Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show
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