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 U.S. (2024)
Website	emmys.com

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
	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

Programs with multiple wins

2 wins

• Love on the Spectrum U.S.
• Queer Eye
• RuPaul's Drag Race

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 Love Is Blind Love on the Spectrum U.S. Project Runway Shark Tank

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 Caitlyn Audet 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