LOS ANGELES (CNS) — “Top Chef” will earn five nominations at Sunday night’s presentation of the fourth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, honoring unscripted programming from the past year.
The Bravo program is nominated for Best Competition Series, along with ‘Chopped’, ‘Making It’, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’, ‘The Amazing Race’ and ‘The Great British Baking Show’.
“Top Chef” also has a nod to best cooking show, competing with “Cooking with Paris,” “Crime Scene Kitchen,” “Is It Cake?”, “Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines,” and “The Great British Baking Show”.
Padma Lakshmi is also nominated for Best Host for her work on “Top Chef” and “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi.” She will compete with freshman “Jeopardy!” host Mayim Bialik, with RuPaul Charles from “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, Daniel Baker and Joel Martinez from “Desus and Mero”, Trevor Noah from “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and John Oliver for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver “. “
Lakshmi is also up for Female Star of the Year for her work on both programs, while Kelly Clarkson nodded for her work on a trio of programs – ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’, ‘The Voice’ and American Song Contest. Joanna Gaines is nominated for “Fixer Upper: Welcome Home” and “Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines”, while Samantha Bee is nominated for “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” and Sandra Lee for “Dr. Pimple Popper”.
For Male Star of the Year, the nominees are Jeff Goldblum for “The World According to Jeff Goldblum”, Robert Irvine for “Restaurant: Impossible”, Noah for “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”, Phil Rosenthal for “Somebody Feed Phil , ” RuPaul for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and Stanley Tucci for “Stanley Tucci: In Search of Italy”.
“Danger!” is among the nominees for Best Game Show, competing with “Family Game Fight!”, “Holey Moley”, “Supermarket Sweep”, “The Price Is Right” and “Weakest Link”.
The Real TV Awards will be presented at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City. The ceremony will be hosted by comedians/actors Randy and Jason Sklar.
During the ceremony, the late Bob Saget will be honored with an Impact Award. John Stamos – Saget’s friend and “Full House” co-star – will present the award to Kelly Rizzo, Saget’s widow.
The actor was found dead on January 9 in a hotel room in Florida. Officials determined he died from an accidental blow to the head, likely from a backward fall.
Saget hosted the first NPACT Impact Awards – now named Critics Choice Real TV Awards – in 2018.
Here is a full list of nominations:
Best Competition Series
Chopped (Food Web)
Do (NBC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Incredible Race (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Finding Magic Mike (HBO Max)
Legendary (HBO Max)
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video)
Upper Level Leader (Fox)
The Voice (NBC)
Best Unstructured Series
Couples Therapy (Showtime)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (VH1)
The Kardashians (Hulu)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
Back to the Real World: New Orleans (Paramount+)
We Are Here (HBO)
Best Structured Series
Catfish: The TV Show (MTV)
Diners, drive-ins and dives (Food Network)
Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC)
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (National Geographic)
How To With John Wilson (HBO)
Sketchbook (Disney+)
Best Culinary Show
Cooking with Paris (Netflix)
Crime Scene Kitchen (Fox)
Is it cake? (Netflix)
Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines (Magnolia)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Best Game Show
Family game fight! (NBC)
Holey Moley (ABC)
Danger! (unionized)
Supermarket sweep (ABC)
The Price is Right (CBS)
Weakest Link (NBC)
Best Travel/Adventure Show
Alone (Story)
Family dinner (Magnolia)
Someone Feed Phil (Netflix)
The Incredible Race (CBS)
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)
The World’s Most Incredible Vacation Rentals (Netflix)
Best Trade Show
American Greed (CNBC)
Rescue Bar (Paramount+)
Million Dollar Wheels (Discovery+)
Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Undercover Boss (CBS)
Best Animal/Nature Show
Crikey! It’s the Irwins (Discovery)
Creature Fixers: Country Vets (National Geographic)
Eden: Savage Planet (BBC America)
Growing Animal (Disney+)
Penguin Town (Netflix)
The Paw Wizard (BYUtv)
Best Crime/Justice Show
911 Crisis Center (Oxygen)
Cold Justice (Oxygen)
Heist (Netflix)
Rich and Shameless (TNT)
Secrets of Playboy (A&E)
Traffic with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic)
Best Sports Show
30 for 30 (ESPN)
Bad Sport (Netflix)
Well done (Netflix)
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Make the Team (CMT)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Pioneers (Prime Video)
Best Relationship Show
90 Day Fiance (TLC)
La Mascara del Amor (Estrella TV)
Love is Blind (Netflix)
Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)
My Mom, Your Dad (HBO Max)
The Ultimatum: Get Married or Move On (Netflix)
Best Lifestyle: Home/Garden Show
Celebrity IOU (HGTV)
Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (Magnolia)
Houses with History (HGTV)
Married to Real Estate (HGTV)
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (Bravo)
Rock the Block (HGTV)
Best Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show
Glow (Netflix)
Love, Kam (SurvivorNetTV)
Making the Cut (Prime Video)
My Unorthodox Life (Netflix)
Project Runway (Bravo)
The Hype (HBO Max)
Best Limited Series
Abraham Lincoln (History)
Conversations with a Killer: The Recordings of John Wayne Gacy (Netflix)
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (Netflix)
Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo (Netflix)
Theodore Roosevelt (History)
We need to talk about Cosby (Showtime)
Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
Back to the Real World: New Orleans (Paramount+)
The Voice (NBC)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Best Show Host
Mayim Bialik, Jeopardy! (unionized)
Daniel “Desus Nice” Baker and Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Desus & Mero (Showtime)
Padma Lakshmi, Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu); Top Chef (Bravo)
Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
John Oliver, Last Week Sunday Night with John Oliver (HBO)
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Male Star of the Year
Jeff Goldblum, The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)
Robert Irvine, Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)
Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Phil Rosenthal, Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix)
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Stanley Tucci, Stanley Tucci: In Search of Italy (CNN)
Female Star of the Year
Samantha Bee, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show (syndicated); The Voice (NBC); American Song Contest (NBC)
Joanna Gaines, Senior Restorative: Welcome Home (Magnolia); Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines (Magnolia)
Selena Gomez, Selena + Chef (HBO Max)
Padma Lakshmi, Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu); Top Chef (Bravo)
Sandra Lee, Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC)
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Programming by a Network or Streaming Platform
Discovery+
HBO Max
Hulu
netflix
CCM
Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Production
Bunim/Murray Productions
The Intellectual Property Society (IPC)
Kinetic content
Raw TV
sharp entertainment
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