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Emmys: ‘The Traitors’ Alan Cumming Ends RuPaul’s 8-Year Winning Streak To Win For Reality Competition Host


Peacock's The Traitors took the Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality Competition Program Emmy for Alan Cumming.

In doing so, the Scottish actor, who had been nominated four times for his role on The Good Wife and hosting the Tonys, unseated the dominant winner in the Reality Host category for the past decade, RuPaul, who had taken the statuette the last eight years. He will have another chance at the main Emmy telecast on ABC on Sept. 15 as an executive producer of The Traitors, which is also nominate for Outstanding Reality Competition Program. It also marks one of the highest profile Emmy victories yet for Peacock, joining last year’s Guest Actress In A Comedy Series win for Poker Fac e’s Judith Light.

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