Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Leads List As ‘Vanderpump Rules,’ Joanna Gaines & Selena Gomez Score Nods

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The Critics Choice Association (CCA) unveiled the nominees for the fifth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards that honors the best in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming.

Leading the nominations list was RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars earning a combined total of five nods including Best Competition Series.

RuPaul would also score individual nominations for Best Show Host and Star of the Year. “Looking over the list of this year’s nominees, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate the fifth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards than by calling attention to so many of the talented and diverse individuals who continue to make unscripted television an essential genre on broadcast, cable and streaming,” said Critics Choice Association TV Branch Co-President Ed Martin.

Other nominees included Vanderpump Rules, fresh off of the “Scandoval,” and Joanna Gaines for her cooking show Magnolia Table.