GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program

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The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program is one of the annual GLAAD Media Awards which is offered to the best LGBT-related television series.

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Winners and nominations

2000s

YearProgramNetwork
2004
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Bravo
The Amazing Race 4 CBS
America's Next Top Model UPN
Boy Meets Boy Bravo
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet MTV
2005
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Bravo
The Real World: Philadelphia MTV
American Candidate Showtime
Big Brother 5 CBS
Survivor: Vanuatu
2006
30 Days ("Straight/Gay") FX
The Amazing Race 7 CBS
America's Next Top Model 5 UPN
Queer Eye Bravo
Wife Swap ("Boone Luffey/Gillespie") ABC
2007
Project Runway Bravo
The Amazing Race 10 CBS
Big Brother: All-Stars
Queer Eye Bravo
Work Out
2008
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Bravo
Project Runway Bravo
Trading Spouses ("Chase/Lane") FOX
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? Sci-Fi Channel
Work Out Bravo
2009
I Want to Work for Diddy VH1
Transamerican Love Story LOGO TV

2010s

YearProgramNetwork
2010
RuPaul’s Drag Race LOGO TV
The Amazing Race 15 CBS
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Bravo
Making His Band MTV
The Real World: Brooklyn
2011
Project Runway Lifetime
The Fabulous Beekman Boys Planet Green
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys Sundance Channel
Top Chef: Just Desserts Bravo
TRANSform Me VH1
2012
Dancing With the Stars ABC
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys Sundance Channel
The Glee Project Oxygen
The Real L Word Showtime
The Voice NBC
2013
The Amazing Race CBS
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo ("It Is What It Is") TLC
Pregnant in Heels ("Welcome to Hollywood!") Bravo
Small Town Security AMC
The Real L Word Showtime
2014
Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce Fuse
Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual We TV
Dream School SundanceTV
Project Runway Lifetime
Small Town Security AMC
2015
R&B Divas: Atlanta TV One
B.O.R.N. to Style FYI
Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce Fuse
Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project VH1
Survivor: San Juan del Sur CBS
2016
I Am Cait E!
I Am Jazz TLC
New Girls on the Block Discovery Life
The Prancing Elites Project Oxygen
Transcendent Fuse
2018
Strut Oxygen
Gaycation with Elliot Page [A] Viceland
I Am Cait E!
I Am Jazz TLC
The Prancing Elites Project Oxygen
2018
Survivor: Game Changes CBS
Gaycation with Elliot Page [A] Viceland
I Am Jazz TLC
The Voice NBC
2019
Queer Eye Netflix
American Idol ABC
I Am Jazz TLC
Love & Hip Hop VH1
RuPaul's Drag Race

2020s

Reality Program

YearProgramNetwork
2020
Are You the One?: Come One Come All MTV
Bachelor in Paradise ABC
I Am Jazz TLC
Queer Eye Netflix
RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
2021
We're Here HBO
Deaf U Netflix
Legendary HBO Max
Queer Eye Netflix
RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
We're Here HBO
12 Dates of Christmas HBO Max
Dancing with the Stars ABC
Family Karma Bravo
I Am Jazz TLC
Legendary HBO Max
MTV's Following: Bretman Rock MTV
Queer Eye Netflix
The Voice NBC

Reality Competition Program

YearProgramNetwork
2023
Dancing with the Stars DIsney+
Legendary HBO Max
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls Prime Video
RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
So You Think You Can Dance FOX
The Big Brunch HBO Max
The Voice NBC
Top Chef Bravo
Upcycle Nation Fuse
Worst Cooks in America Food Network
2024
RuPaul's Drag Race MTV
Drag Me To Dinner Hulu
Love Trip: Paris Freeform
My Kind of Country AppleTV+
Next in Fashion Netflix
Project Runway Bravo
Survivor CBS
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Shudder
The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion MTV
The Voice NBC

Programs with multiple awards

Programs with multiple nominations

Notes

A ^ : Elliot Page was nominated before his gender transition in 2020. [1]

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References

  1. Donnelly, Matt (December 1, 2020). "Oscar-Nominated 'Umbrella Academy' Star Elliot Page Announces He Is Transgender". Variety. Retrieved December 1, 2020.