National Reality Television Awards

National Reality TV Awards
Current: 12th National Reality TV Awards
Awarded for	The best in Reality TV
Country	United Kingdom
First award	2011
Website	www.nationalrealitytvawards.org

The National Reality TV Awards also known as Reality TV Awards or NRTA is an annual award show produced by the IEG Global and National Media Group . The awards show became the first ever awards ceremony to launch in both the UK and US ^[1] to celebrate the cast and crew from the reality TV industry.

History

NRTA was founded in 2011 as an annual awards ceremony celebrating the achievements of established cast and crew from the reality television industry . ^[2] The NRTA was the first of its kind to re-define the categories that make up Reality Television into specific genres. The National Reality TV Awards UK launched at the O2 Arena in London in 2011 whilst the US version of the awards show National Reality TV Awards USA launched in Los Angeles at the Crescent Hotel, Beverley Hills in 2012. ^[3]

Annual ceremony

The ceremony takes place annually in September. ^[4] The awards are voted for by television fans nationwide.

Sponsorship

2016, NBC Universal sponsored the awards ^[5]

Winners

Best Business Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	The Apprentice	[6]
2012	Dragons' Den	[7]
2013	The Apprentice	[8]
2014	Four Rooms	[9]
2015	Storage Hunters UK	[10]
2017	Salvage Hunters	[11]
2018	Dragons' Den	[12]
2019	The Apprentice	[13]
2021		[14]
2022		[15]
2023		[16]
2024	Dubai Hustle	[17]
2025	The Apprentice	[18]
Best Dating Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2012	Take Me Out	[7]
2013	Girlfri3nds	[8]
2014		[9]
2015	Married at First Sight	[10]
2017	First Dates	[11]
2018	Love Island	[12]
2019	First Dates	[13]
2021	Love Island	[14]
2022	First Dates	[15]
2023	Love Island	[16]
2024	My Mum, Your Dad	[17]
2025	Married at First Sight	[18]
Best Docu-Series
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	The People’s Supermarket	[6]
2013	The Big Reunion	[8]
2014		[9]
2015	Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia	[10]
2017	Katie Price: My Crazy Life	[11]
2018	The Secret Life of the Zoo	[12]
2019	Dynasties	[13]
2021	Me & My 10 Kids	[14]
2022	Jay Blades Home Fix	[14]
2023	90 Day Fiancé UK	[16]
2024	The Jury: Murder Trial	[17]
2025	Louis Theroux: The Settlers	[18]
Best Entertainment Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	The Only Way Is Essex	[6]
2012	The X Factor	[7]
2013	The Only Way Is Essex	[8]
2014	Gogglebox	[9]
2015	Strictly Come Dancing	[10]
2017	Love Island	[11]
2018	The Big Narstie Show	[12]
2019	Love Island	[13]
2021	The Masked Singer	[14]
2022	Britain’s Got Talent	[15]
2023	Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins	[16]
2024	Love Island	[17]
2025		[18]
Best Fashion & Make Up Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	Snog Marry Avoid?	[6]
2012	Supersize vs. Superskinny	[7]
2013	Hollywood Me	[8]
2018	The Posh Frock Shop	[12]
2019	Say Yes to the Dress: UK	[13]
2021	10 Years Younger in 10 Days	[14]
2022	Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star	[15]
2023		[16]
2024		[17]
2025		[18]
Best Food Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2017	Nadiya's British Food Adventure	[11]
2018	Great British Bake Off	[12]
2019	Great British Menu	[13]
2021		[14]
2022	Bake Off: The Professionals	[15]
2023	Dinner Date	[16]
2024	MasterChef	[17]
2025	Great British Menu	[18]
Best Game Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	Deal or No Deal	[6]
2013		[8]
2014		[9]
2015	The Chase	[10]
2017		[11]
2018	Ninja Warrior UK	[12]
2019	Don’t Hate the Playaz	[13]
2021	Beat the Chasers	[14]
2022	The Chase	[15]
2023		[16]
2024		[17]
2025		[18]
Best Health Service TV Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2021	Stacey Dooley: On the Psych Ward	[14]
Best International TV Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	Keeping up with the Kardashians	[6]
2012	The X Factor	[7]
2013	The X Factor	[8]
2014	Shark Tank	[9]
2015	Pawn Stars	[10]
2017	Shark Tank	[11]
2018	Catfish: The TV Show	[12]
2019	Shark Tank	[13]
2021	Too Hot to Handle	[14]
2022		[15]
2023	Love & Hip Hop: South Africa	[16]
2024	Dubai Bling	[17]
2025	Tempting Fortune	[18]

Best New Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2023	Project Icon	[16]
2024	The Fortune Hotel	[17]
2025	Reel Rivals	[18]
Best Podcast
Year	Winner	Ref.
2024	Brown Girls Do It Too with Poppy and Rubina	[17]
2025	Shxts N Gigs with James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu	[18]
Best Reality Competition Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	The Apprentice	[6]
2012	Strictly Come Dancing	[7]
2013	The Apprentice	[8]
2014	Britain’s Got Talent	[9]
2015	The Apprentice	[10]
2017	Love Island	[11]
2018	You Vs. Chris & Kem	[12]
2019	Love Island	[13]
2021		[14]
2022	Strictly Come Dancing	[15]
2023	Britain’s Got Talent	[16]
2024	The Apprentice	[17]
2025	The Traitors UK	[18]
Best Reality Non-Competition Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	The Only Way is Essex	[6]
2012	Made in Chelsea	[7]
2013	The Call Centre	[8]
2014	Gogglebox	[9]
2015	Killer Magic	[10]
2017	The Only Way is Essex	[11]
2018	Ibiza Weekender	[12]
2019		[13]
2021	Made in Chelsea	[14]
2022		[15]
2023	The Only Way is Essex	[16]
2024	Made in Chelsea and The Real Housewives of Cheshire	[17]
2025	The Real Housewives of Cheshire	[18]
Best News Programme
Year	Winner	Ref.
2014	The Wright Stuff	[9]
2023	ITV News at Six	[16]
2024	Good Morning Britain	[17]
2025	GB News - Breakfast with Eamonn & Ellie / Stephen	[18]
Best Social Experiment Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	Jamie's Dream School	[6]
2012	Supersize vs. Superskinny	[7]
2013	Magaluf Weekender	[8]
2014	Big Brother	[9]
2015	Love Island	[10]
2017	Just Tattoo of Us	[11]
2018	Love Island	[12]
2021	Geordie Shore	[14]
2022	The Cabins	[15]
2023	Rise and Fall	[16]
2024	Race Across the World	[17]
2025	Virgin Island	[18]
Best Streamed Series
Year	Winner	Ref.
2025	Smash City	[18]
Best Streamer
Year	Winner	Ref.
2025	Kai Cenat	[18]
Best Talk Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	The Wright Stuff	[6]
2012	The Graham Norton Show	[7]
2013	The Wright Stuff	[8]
2014		[9]
2015		[10]
2017	Good Morning Britain	[11]
2018		[12]
2019		[13]
2021		[14]
2022	Loose Women	[15]
2023	The Big Narstie Show	[16]
2024	Loose Women	[17]
2025	This Morning with Vanessa Feltz	[18]
Most Inspiring TV Show
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	The Model Agency	[6]
2012	The Apprentice	[7]
2013	The Big Reunion	[8]
2014	The Big Reunion	[9]
2015	The Apprentice	[10]
2017	First Dates	[11]
2018	Car SOS	[12]
2019	Puppy School	[13]
2021	Stacey Dooley: On the Psych Ward	[14]
2022	Good Morning Britain	[15]
2023	Loose Women	[16]
2024	House of Sims	[17]
2025	Geordie Stories: Nathan and Dad	[18]
Best Performance (on a Reality TV Show)
Year	Winner	Ref.
2012	Military Wives (The Choir: Military Wives)	[7]
2013	5ive (The Big Reunion)	[8]
2014	Jermaine Jackman (The Voice UK)	[9]
2015	Andrea Faustini (Xfactor)	[10]
2017	JB Gill & Chloe Gill (Dance Dance Dance)	[11]
2018	Debbie McGee and Giovanni Pernice (Strictly Come Dancing)	[12]
2019	James Jordan and Alexandra Schauman (Dancing on Ice)	[13]
2021	Jon Courtney (Britain's Got Talent)	[14]
2022	Dane Bates Collective (The Greatest Dancer)	[15]
2023	Nnenna King (Project Icon)	[16]
2024	Bianca White (The Voice UK)	[17]
2025	Stacey Leadbetter (Britain's Got Talent)	[18]

Best Production Company
Year	Winner	Ref.
2012	RDF Television	[7]
2013	Endemol	[8]
2014	Wall to Wall Media	[9]
2015	Objective Productions	[10]
2017	Hat Trick Productions	[11]
2018	Elephant House Studios	[12]
2019		[13]
2021	Viacom International Studios UK	[14]
2022		[15]
2023	CPL Productions	[16]
2024		[17]
2025		[18]
Best Reality TV Judge
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	Karren Brady (The Apprentice)	[6]
2012		[7]
2013	Peter Jones (Dragon’s Den)	[8]
2014		[8]
2015	Karren Brady (The Apprentice)	[10]
2017	Peter Jones (Dragon’s Den)	[11]
2018	David Walliams (Britain’s Got Talent)	[12]
2019	Val Garland (Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star)	[13]
2021	Touker Suleyman (Dragons' Den)	[14]
2022	Val Garland (Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star)	[15]
2023	Touker Suleyman (Dragons' Den)	[16]
2024	Lord Alan Sugar (The Apprentice)	[17]
2025	Amanda Holden (Britain's Got Talent)	[18]
Best TV Chef
Year	Winner	Ref.
2017	Jamie Oliver	[11]
2018	Gordon Ramsay	[12]
2019		[13]
Best TV Personality - Female
Year	Winner	Ref.
2012	Millie Mackintosh (Made in Chelsea)	[7]
2013	Luisa Zissman (The Apprentice)	[8]
2014	Ashleigh Coyle (Big Brother)	[9]
2015	Karren Brady (The Apprentice)	[10]
2017	Ampika Pickston (The Real Housewives of Cheshire)	[11]
2018	Dani Dyer (Love Island)	[12]
2019	Molly Mae Hague (Love Island)	[13]
2021	Gemma Collins (Gemma Collins: Diva)	[14]
2022	Harpreet Kaur (The Apprentice)	[15]
2023	Nella Rose (Catfish UK)	[16]
2024	Dianne Buswell (Strictly Come Dancing)	[17]
Best TV Personality - Male
Year	Winner	Ref.
2012	Gareth Malone (Military Wives)	[7]
2013	Rylan Clarke (The X Factor )	[8]
2014	Rylan Clarke (Celebrity Big Brother)	[9]
2015	Matthew Wright (The Wright Stuff)	[10]
2017	Stephen Bear (Just Tattoo of Us)	[11]
2018	David Potts (Ibiza Weekender)	[12]
2019	Jordan Davies (Ibiza Weekender)	[13]
2021	Thomas Skinner (The Apprentice	[14]
2022	Abz Love (Celebs Go Dating)	[15]
2023	Oobah Butler (Catfish UK)	[16]
2024	Lochan Nowacki (Love Island)	[17]
Best TV Presenter
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	Mark Dolan (Balls of Steel)	[6]
2012	Rick Edwards (Tool Academy)	[7]
2013		[8]
2014		[9]
2015	Rylan Clark (Big Brother’s Bit On The Side)	[10]
2017	Susanna Reid (Good Morning Britain)	[11]
2018		[12]
2019		[13]
2021	Cherry Healey (10 Years Younger in 10 Days)	[14]
2022	David Dickinson (Dickinson's Real Deal)	[15]
2023	Anne Hegerty (Britain's Brightest Family)	[16]
2024	Maya Jama (Love Island)	[17]
2025	Ant & Dec	[18]
Celebrity Personality of the Year
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	Peter Jones	[6]
2012	Russell Howard (ITV2)	[7]
2013	Denise Welch (Celebrity Big Brother)	[8]
2014	Ashley Roberts (Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway)	[9]
2015	Alesha Dixon (Britain’s Got Talent)	[10]
2017	Susanna Reid (Good Morning Britain)	[11]
2018		[12]
2019		[13]
2021		[14]
2022		[15]
2023	Tim Campbell (The Apprentice)	[16]
2024	Gemma Atkinson (Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens)	[17]
2025	Angellica Bell (Celebrity Big Brother)	[18]
Outstanding Contribution Award
Year	Winner	Ref.
2012	Team GB	[7]
	Keith Chegwin
2018	Simon Cowell	[12]
2022	David Dickinson	[15]
2025	Linda Robson	[18]
Reality Personality of the Year
Year	Winner	Ref.
2011	Amy Childs (The Only Way is Essex)	[6]
2012	Spencer Matthews (Made in Chelsea)	[7]
2015	Charlotte Crosby (Geordie Shore)	[10]
2017		[11]
2018	Bobby Norris (The Only Way Is Essex)	[12]
2019	CiCi Coleman	[13]
2021	Luke Mabbott (Love Island)	[14]
2022	Katherine Louise Burn (The Apprentice)	[15]
2023	Paris Smith (Made in Chelsea)	[15]
2024	Kris Fade (Dubai Bling)	[17]
2025	Ampika Pickston (The Real Housewives of Cheshire)	[18]

See also

• List of American television awards

References

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2. "National Reality TV Awards – Chelsea Monthly".
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Official Websites

• Official website