Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
Awarded for	Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by	Love on the Spectrum U.S. (2024)
Website	emmys.com

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.^[1]

Winners and nominations

2010s

Year	Program	Casting	Network
2017 (69th) ^[2]
	Born This Way (Seasons 2-3)	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) ^[3]
	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)	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) ^[4]
	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) ^[5]
	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	Netflix
	The Voice (Seasons 17-18)	Michelle McNulty — supervising casting producer, Holly Dale — senior casting producer; Courtney Burns – casting producer	NBC
2021 (73rd) ^[6]
	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) ^[7]
	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) ^[8]
	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	Netflix
	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) ^[9]
	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

Programs with multiple wins

2 wins

Casting directors with multiple awards

2 awards

Goloka Bolte
Danielle Gervais
Ally Capriotti Grant
Gretchen Palek
Ethan Petersen

Programs with multiple nominations

8 nominations

RuPaul's Drag Race

6 nominations

Queer Eye

5 nominations

The Voice

4 nominations

Born This Way

3 nominations

Top Chef

2 nominations

Total awards by network

Netflix - 4
VH1 – 2
A&E / Peacock - 1

Casting directors with multiple nominations

8 nominations

Goloka Bolte
Ethan Petersen

4 nominations

Sasha Alpert
Courtney Burns
Holly Dale
Danielle Gervais
Ally Capriotti Grant
Michelle McNulty
Megan Sleeper

3 nominations

Quinn Fegan
Ron Mare
Pamela Vallarelli

2 nominations

Jazzy Collins
Adam Cook
Donna Driscoll
Samantha Hanks
Jessica Jorgensen
Beyhan Oguz
Gretchen Palek
Michelle Redwine
Jen Rosen
Lynne Spillman
Mindy Zemrak
Beyhan Oguz

References

^ "Two New Categories and Rules Modifications", Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, February 24, 2017. Retrieved on July 14, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "Nominees/Winners" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[1] "Two New Categories and Rules Modifications", Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, February 24, 2017. Retrieved on July 14, 2017.

[2] "Nominees/Winners" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

[3] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2018.

[4] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

[5] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

[6] "Nominees/Winners" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2021.

[7] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

[8] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2023.

[9] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

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v t e Primetime Emmy Award categories
Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited or Anthology Series Television Movie Reality Competition Program Talk Series Scripted Variety Series Animated Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Game Show Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special (Live) Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Game Show Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program Narrator
Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Directing for a Reality Program
Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for a Nonfiction Program
Animation	Individual Achievement in Animation
Casting	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Casting for a Reality Program
Choreography	Choreography for Scripted Programming Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming
Cinematography	Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Cinematography for a Reality Program Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
Commercials	Commercial
Costume Design	Contemporary Costumes Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes Period Costumes Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Hairstyling	Contemporary Hairstyling Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
Lighting	Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Main Title / Motion Design	Main Title Design Motion Design
Makeup	Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Prosthetic Makeup
Music	Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Music Direction Music Supervision Original Main Title Theme Music Original Music and Lyrics
Picture Editing	Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Drama Series Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Picture Editing for Variety Programming
Production Design	Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series Production Design for a Variety Special
Sound Editing	Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Sound Mixing	Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program Sound Mixing for a Reality Program Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Special Effects	Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie / Special and Visual Effects in a Single Episode
Stunts	Stunt Coordination Stunt Performance
Technical Direction	Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special
Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award
Retired	Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Children's Program Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Interactive Program Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) New Series Program of the Year Short Form Animated Program Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Variety Series Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance
Emmy categories Primetime Daytime International Sports Children's and Family