Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program

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]

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 (2025)
Website	emmys.com

Winners and nominations

2010s

Year	Program	Casting	Network
2017 (69th) [2]
	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) [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: 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) [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
	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
	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
2025 (77th) [10]
	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 wins Queer Eye RuPaul's Drag Race

Casting directors with multiple awards

2 awardse Goloka Bolte Sean Bowman Emma Choate Danielle Gervais Ally Capriotti Grant Cian O'Clery, Gretchen Palek Ethan Petersen

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

• Netflix - 5
• VH1 – 2
• A&E / Peacock - 1

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