The 2023 Canadian Screen Award winners in the Lifestyle & Reality categories were handed out Wednesday evening in Toronto, hosted by Mary Berg.
Canada’s Drag Race was the night’s big winner, claiming six awards, including three for Canada’s Drag Race – Girls Trip: The Rusical and Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor winning Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition.
Mary Makes It Easy took home three awards, including Best Lifestyle Program or Series, while The Amazing Race Canada claimed two prizes including Best Reality/Competition Program or Series.
Find the full list of winners here:
Best Morning Show
CBC News
Jennifer Sheepy, Kati Mason, Heather Hiscox
Best Variety or Entertainment Special
Impact & Influence: A Truth & Reconciliation Day Special
CTV (Bell Media)
Kate Frank, Michaella Montana, Tyrone Edwards, Jennifer Morrison, Manny Groneveldt
Best Entertainment News Program or Series
Etalk
CTV (Bell Media)
Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information
Mary Makes It Easy – BBQ’s and A’s
CTV Life Channel (Bell Media)
(Proper Television)
Jan McCharles
Best Direction, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race – Girls Trip: The Rusical
Crave
(Blue Ant Media Inc, Saloon Media)
Shelagh O’Brien
Best Sound, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Canada’s Drag Race – Girls Trip: The Rusical
Crave
(Blue Ant Media Inc, Saloon Media)
John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Rob Taylor, Alastair Sims, Eric Leigh
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
A Cut Above – Episode 101
Discovery Channel (Bell Media)
(marblemedia)
Rachael Johnstone, Annelise Noronha, Brian Pickett, Jason Turriff, Earl Torno
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race – Sidewalk to Catwalk
Crave
(Blue Ant Media Inc, Saloon Media)
Andrew Kinsella
Best Achievement in Casting, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race
Crave
(Blue Ant Media Inc, Saloon Media)
Heather Muir
Changemaker Award
Tracy Moore
Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
Mary Makes It Easy – BBQ’s and A’s
CTV Life Channel (Bell Media)
(Proper Television)
Kevin C. W. Wong
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race – Girls Trip: The Rusical
Crave
(Blue Ant Media Inc, Saloon Media)
Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz, Kevin Hazlehurst
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition
The Amazing Race Canada – Where is Gurmail
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions)
Michael Tersigni, Samantha Shields
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race
Crave
(Blue Ant Media Inc, Saloon Media)
Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Traci Melchor
Best Reality/Competition Program or Series
The Amazing Race Canada
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions)
John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski, Bertram van Munster, Elise Doganieri, Sarah James, Vanessa Rennard, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen, Jesse Storey, Michael Tersigni, Jeff Thrasher, Mike Yerxa, Anthony Matkovic, Marc Poirier
Best Host, Lifestyle
Property Brothers: Forever Home
HGTV (Corus Entertainment)
(Scott Brothers Entertainment)
Drew Scott, Jonathan Silver Scott
Best Lifestyle Program or Series
Mary Makes It Easy
CTV Life Channel (Bell Media)
(Proper Television)
Allison Grace, Cathie James, Lesia Capone, David Donohue, Mary Berg, Michelle Li
Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News
The Junos Pre-Show with Tom Power
CBC
Tom Power
Best Talk Program or Series
1 Queen 5 Queers
Crave
(Bell Media)
Steve Jarman, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Manny Groneveldt, Aisha Fairclough
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