2024 Emmy winner predictions: Who will and should win in the key reality races

Will RuPaul clean up again? Will voters love "Love Is Blind"? EW predicts the winners in reality TV categories including competition program and host.

This year, Emmy voters delivered a few surprises in the reality categories, like snubbing Queer Eye's Fab Five in the hosting category, giving Survivor host Jeff Probst his first nod in over a decade, and nominating The Traitors for Outstanding Competition Program.

Beyond that... well, it was pretty much business as usual. For now, we'll have to generate our own excitement by identifying the frontrunners in the top reality TV categories. Read on for Entertainment Weekly's predictions for who will (and should) win for competition, host, unstructured and structured reality show.

Outstanding Competition Program

'The Traitors' and 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
'The Traitors'; 'RuPaul's Drag Race'.

Peacock; Paramount+

The Amazing Race, CBS
RuPaul's Drag Race
, MTV
Top Chef
, Bravo
The Traitors
, Peacock
The Voice
, NBC

Who will win: RuPaul's Drag Race
If 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023 are any indication, voters really, really love this Race.

Who should win: The Traitors
If 2022 is any indication, though, there's always a chance for a newcomer to score an upset win — and season 2 of Peacock's over-the-top "murder"-mystery competition was killer fun.

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program

RuPaul and Alan Cumming
'RuPaul's Drag Race' host RuPaul; 'The Traitors' host Alan Cumming.

Paramount+; Peacock

RuPaul CharlesRuPaul's Drag Race
Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O'Leary, and Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank
Alan CummingThe Traitors
Kristen Kish, Top Chef
Jeff Probst, Survivor

Who will win: RuPaul Charles
He's taken the W eight years in a row. Why should 2024 be any different?

Who should win: Alan Cumming
Surely even Mama Ru would agree that the Tony winner brings a delightfully theatrical flair to his role as "castle-dwelling, cape-wearing host" on The Traitors.

Check out more from EW's The Awardist, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis, and our podcast diving into all the highlights from the year's best in TV.

Outstanding Structured Reality Show

'Queer Eye' and 'Love is Blind'
'Queer Eye'; Love is Blind'.

Netflix(2)

Antiques Roadshow, PBS
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Drives, Food Network
Love Is Blind, Netflix
Queer Eye, Netflix
Shark Tank, ABC

Who will win: Queer Eye
It's possible that the reports of behind-the-scenes drama pushed the Fab Five off the Outstanding Host ballot, but the series can probably eke out a seventh win in this category.

Who should win: Love Is Blind
Sure, only one couple got married, but boy, did Love Is Blind season 6 have some award-winning drama: #MeganFoxGate! Not-so-secret engagements! Debates over birth control! Disappearing suitors! It's hard to give this season anything but two thumbs up.

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Show

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny in 'Welcome to Wrexham'
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny on 'Welcome to Wrexham'.

FX

Below Deck Down Under, Bravo
Love on the Spectrum, Netflix
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, MTV
Vanderpump Rules, Bravo
Welcome to Wrexham, FX

Who will/should win: Welcome to Wrexham
This football docuseries starring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Rob McElhenney and Deadpool & Wolverine's Ryan Reynolds seems to fill the Ted Lasso-sized hole in voters' hearts, and there's no reason to think things have changed. Also, Vanderpump's post-Scandoval season was a drag, and voters may be wary of celebrating Below Deck Down Under, in which two cast members were fired for making inappropriate advances on their colleagues while drunk.

The Emmys are voted on each year by the members of the Television Academy. The final round of voting will come to a close on Aug. 26, and the 2024 Emmys will air live on Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on ABC.

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