National Reality Television Awards

National Reality TV Awards
Current: 12th National Reality TV Awards
Awarded forThe best in Reality TV
CountryUnited Kingdom
First award2011
Websitewww.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

References

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