AACTA Award for Best Reality Television Series

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Best Reality Television Series
AACTA Award
CountryAustralia
Presented by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded2013
Currently held by MasterChef Australia (2021)
Website http://www.aacta.org

The AACTA Award for Best Reality Television Series is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." [1] The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. [2] The award was first introduced in 2012, for the 2nd AACTA Awards in 2013, due to the growth of reality television productions in Australia. Reality television productions could previously be submitted in the Best Light Entertainment Series category. [3]

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To be eligible, the production being submitted must: be significantly non-scripted; "involve participants being placed in an environment or format in which the premise, circumstances or situations they encounter are manipulated for the purposes of creating the program"; be no less than four episodes of at least half an hour in length; not be a news, current affairs, light entertainment or documentary series; and not be a production that requires a producer to set up a situation "that is then observed with minimal further intervention by the producers". [4] The winner of the award is the producer of the program.

Masterchef Australia has received six wins from ten nominations, more than any other program. Programs from the Network 10 have received the most nominations with 18. Network 10 have received the most overall wins, with eight.

Winners and nominees

  Winner
YearProgramNetworkRecipient
2012
(2nd)
The Amazing Race Australia Seven Network David Gardner and Matthew Kowald
Masterchef Australia (series 4) Network Ten Tim Toni
My Kitchen Rules (series 3) Seven Network Matt Apps, Greg Swanborough and Evan Wilkes
The Voice Nine Network Julie Ward
2013
(3rd)
MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Network Ten Margaret Bashfield, David McDonald, Mark Barlin, and Tim Toni
Australia's Got Talent (series 7) Nine Network Greg Beness and Steve Kelly
My Kitchen Rules (series 4) Seven Network Rikkie Proost, Matt Apps, Evan Wilkes and Greg Swanborough
The X Factor (series 4) Seven Network Jonathon Summerhayes
2014
(4th)
The Voice Nine Network Julie Ward
MasterChef Australia (series 6) Network Ten Margaret Bashfield, Dave Forrester, David McDonald, and Keely Sonntag
The Voice Kids Nine Network Julie Ward
The X Factor Seven Network Jonathon Summerhayes
2015
(5th)
MasterChef Australia (series 7) Network Ten Margaret Bashfield, Marty Benson, Tim Toni and Rob Wallace
My Kitchen Rules (series 6) Seven Network Rikkie Proost, Evan Wilkes and Matt Apps
The Real Housewives of Melbourne (season 2) Arena Kylie Washington, Lisa Potasz and Virginia Hodgson
The Voice Nine Network Richard Rietveld
The X Factor Seven Network Digby Mitchell
2016
(6th)
MasterChef Australia (series 8) Network Ten Marty Benson, Tim Toni and Rob Wallace
My Kitchen Rules (series 7) Seven Network Matt Apps, Joe Herdman and Rikkie Proost
First Dates Seven Network Geraldine Orrock, Bikkie Proost and Brad Gustafson
The Recruit Fox8 Luke Tuncliffe and Lara Hopkins
2017
(7th)
MasterChef Australia (series 9) Network Ten Marty Benson, Adam Fergusson and Tim Toni
Australian Survivor (season 4) Network Ten Peter Newman, Amelia Fisk, Tim Toni, Mark Barlin
Little Big Shots Seven Network Shaun Murphy, Sophia Mogford, Nick Davies
My Kitchen Rules (series 8) Seven Network Joe Herdman, Matt Apps
2018
(8th)
Australian Survivor (Champions vs. Contenders) Network Ten Amelia Fisk, Georgina Hinds and Adam Fergusson
Masterchef Australia (series 10) Network Ten Marty Benson, Tim Toni, Adam Fergusson
My Kitchen Rules (series 9) Seven Network Matt Apps, Joe Herdman
The Real Housewives of Melbourne (season 4) Arena Kylie Washington, Lisa Potasz, Natalie Brosnan, Pip Rubira
The Single Wives Seven Network Paul Franklin, Chris Culvenor
2019
(9th)
Australian Survivor (Champions vs. Contenders II) Network 10 Amelia Fisk and Adam Fergusson
The Block (season 15) Nine Network Julian Cress, David Barbour
Married at First Sight Nine Network Tara McWilliams, Emma Lamb, Kate Feely
Masterchef Australia (series 11) Network 10 Marty Benson, Adam Fergusson
My Kitchen Rules (series 10) Seven Network Joe Herdman, David Dutton, Nicole Anthony, Therese Hegarty, Angus Ross
2020
(10th)
Masterchef Australia (Back To Win) Network 10 Marty Benson and Adam Fergusson
The Amazing Race Australia (season 4) Network 10 Paul Franklin, Chris Culvenor, Sophia Mogford, Stephen Tate
Australian Survivor ( All Stars ) Network 10 Amelia Fisk, Keely Sonntag, Adam Fergusson
The Block (season 16) Nine Network David Barbour, Julian Cress
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! (season 6) Network 10 Ben Ulm, Clare Bath, Alex Mavroidakis, Riima Daher
The Real Dirty Dancing Seven Network Paul Franklin, Chris Culvenor, Sophia Mogford, Sonya Wilkes
2021
(11th)
Masterchef Australia (series 13) Network 10 Marty Benson, Adam Fergusson, Eoin Maher
The Amazing Race Australia (season 5) Network 10 Sophia Mogford, Rikkie Proost, Evan Wilkes, Cathie Scott
Australian Survivor ( Brains V Brawn ) Network 10 Keely Sonntag, Di Yang, Amelia Fisk, Adam Fergusson
The Block ( Fans v Faves ) Nine Network David Barbour, Julian Cress
Luxe Listings Sydney Amazon Prime Video Paul Franklin, Chris Culvenor, Rikkie Proost
The Real Housewives of Melbourne (season 5) Fox Arena Pip Rubira, Neil Singh & Natalie Brosnan

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