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for Outstanding Reailty Competition Program is handed out for reality-style, skill-based competition formats during the primetime telecast since 2003. The award goes to the producers of the program. ''

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'' won consecutively every year since the category's inception until '' Top Chef'' ended its streak in 2010.How Top Chef Beat Amazing Race for the Emmy
/ref> Likewise, '' American Idol'' had been nominated every year since the category's inception, until that streak ended in 2012. In the following list, the first titles listed are winners, these are also in bold and in blue background; those not in bold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

2000s

2010s

2020s

Programs with multiple wins

;10 wins * ''

'' ;4 wins * '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' * '' The Voice''

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals have been combined with Outstanding Special Class Program, where competition programs were previously eligible. ;19 nominations * ''

'' ;16 nominations * '' Top Chef'' ;14 nominations * '' Project Runway'' ;11 nominations * ''

Dancing with the Stars ''Dancing with the Stars'' is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the forma ...

'' * '' The Voice'' ;9 nominations * '' American Idol'' ;6 nominations * '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' * ''

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'' ;5 nominations * '' So You Think You Can Dance'' ;4 nominations * '' American Ninja Warrior'' * ''

Nailed It! ''Nailed It!'' is an American reality television series that premiered on March 9, 2018 on Netflix. The series is a bake-off competition in the style of reality television, where three amateur bakers compete to replicate complicated cakes and conf ...

'' ;2 nominations * ''

The Apprentice ''The Apprentice'' is a Reality competition, reality talent game show franchise originally aired in 2004 in the United States. Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with variou ...

Total awards by network

* CBS – 10 * NBC – 4 * VH1 – 4 * Bravo – 1 * Prime Video – 1