Winners from The Unscripted Television Awards, presented by Crave, were revealed on the evening of Friday, May 29, 2026 at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto. The show was hosted by Jess Allen, and presenters included Mary Berg, Tyrone Edwards, Ali Hassan, Luke Hutchie and Anne-Marie Mediwake.
The next group of winners will be shared tomorrow evening, following The Scripted Television Awards.
Full Canadian Screen Week 2026 Schedule:
Thursday, May 28, 2026
11:30 AM ET: The Children’s Television Awards
6:00 PM ET: The Cinematic Arts Awards, presented by Telefilm Canada, supported by Cineplex
Friday, May 29, 2026
11:30 AM ET: The Broadcast News & Sports Awards, presented by CTV News, Crave, and TSN
6:00 PM ET: The Unscripted Television Awards, presented by Crave
Saturday, May 30, 2026
6:00 PM ET: The Scripted Television Awards
Sunday, May 31, 2026
8:00 PM ET: The 2026 Canadian Screen Awards
Broadcasting and streaming on CBC, CBC Gem, Crave, CTV, Global, and STACKTV
Winners below:
Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
The Amazing Race Canada – I’m Just Practicing Falling
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Ryan Shaw
Best Achievement in Casting, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Heather Muir
Best Direction, Reality/Competition
Sponsor | Crave
Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Shelagh O’Brien
Best Writing, Factual
Still Standing – Prince Rupert, B.C.
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Graham Chittenden, Aisha Brown
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz, Jake Benaim
Best Writing, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Alison Duke
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together
documentary Channel (CBC)
(Cream Productions)
David W. Brady, Kate Harrison Karman, Paul Johnson, Susan de Cartier, Corey Russell, Francine DiBacco, Dale Heslip
Best History Documentary Program or Series
Sponsor | Blue Ant Studios
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Netflix
(Attraction Images Inc.)
Marie-Christine Pouliot, Richard Speer, Stéphanie Thibault
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
CBC (CBC)
(Lilith Movie Canada Inc.)
Stefanie McCarrol, Tammy Egan, Judy Ruzylo
Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy
This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Fight of the Century
CBC (CBC)
(22M Hour Productions (NS) 32, 22M Hour Productions (ON) 32)
Jocelyn Corkum, Darrell Faria
Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy
This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Oval Office Showdown
CBC (CBC)
(22M Hour Productions (NS) 32, 22M Hour Productions (ON) 32)
Jordan Foisy, Mark Critch, Mike Allison, Jeremy Woodcock, Nigel Grinstead, Aba Amuquandoh, Chris Wilson, Stacey McGunnigle, Ashley Botting, Dan Dillabough, Allana Reoch, Ajahnis Charley, Alan Shane Lewis, Clare Belford, Kyle Hickey, Peter Anthony, Isabella Campbell, Bita Joudaki
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race – Grand Finale
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Lindsay Ragone
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Eugene Weis, CCE
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Exclusion: Beyond the Silence
TELUS Optik TV
(Ballinran Entertainment)
Iris Ng
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Alison Duke
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Netflix
(Attraction Images Inc.)
Sophie Charest, Nancy Audet
Best Sound, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Dane Kelly, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh, Alastair Sims
Best Sound, Documentary or Factual
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Michelle Irving, Jordan Guy, Elma Bello, Derek Brin
Best Original Music, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Orin Isaacs
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Sponsor | e=mc2 productions
Dark Side of the Cage – The Disappearance of Ronda Rousey
Crave
(Vice Studios Canada)
Nikhil Seetharam
Best Picture Editing, Factual
50,000 First Dates: A True Story – Head Over Heels
Amazon Prime Video Canada
(Peacock Alley Entertainment)
Ryan Monteith, Ben O’Neil, Chelsea Bennett
Best Direction, Factual
The Assembly – Howie Mandel
CBC (CBC)
(Small Army Entertainment, Assembly Productions Inc.)
Heather Hawthorn Doyle
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Andrew Kinsella, Tara Smith
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
The Fifth Estate: The Shadow War on Libraries
CBC (CBC)
(CBC)
Allya Davidson, Emmanuel Marchand, Rachel Ward, Grant LaFleche
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
The Birdman of Cooper Island
TVO (TVO)
(Primitive Entertainment Inc.)
Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Stuff the British Stole – Operation Legacy
CBC (CBC)
(Cream Productions)
Stephanie Weimar
Best Documentary Program
The Loneliest Race
documentary Channel (CBC)
(Fathom Film Group)
Hannah Donegan, Ann Shin, Erica Leendertse
Best Host, Web Program or Series
County Blooms: A Flower Powered Adventure
(JPo & Co Entertainment Inc.)
Jen Pogue
Best Live Entertainment Special
Sponsor | Bespoke Audio Visual
The 2025 JUNO Awards
CBC (CBC)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Michael Bublé, Lindsay Cox, Allan Reid, John Brunton, Tracy Galvin, Del Cowie, Leah Gauthier, Anthony Matkovic, Jennifer Paterson, Kristine Pleau, Jordan Rudder, Erica McMaster, Mike Langevin, Luciano Casimiri, Kristeen Von Hagen, Kim Wheeler
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Traci Melchor
Best Comedy Special
People of Comedy
Crave
(Counterfeit Pictures)
Dan Bennett, Shane Corkery, Anton Leo, Kenny Robinson, Zoe Rabnett, Darrell Faria, Catherine McCartney, Ryan Goldhar
Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information
The Social – 2024 National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Special
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media Studios)
Gillian E. Parker
Best Factual Series
Dark Side of the Ring
Crave
(Vice Studios Canada)
Howard Shefman, Guillermo Garcia, Jason Eisener
Best Talk Series
Power & Politics with David Cochrane
CBC News Network (CBC)
(CBC News)
Best Host, Lifestyle
Drag Brunch Saved My Life
Crave
(Sphere Media Toronto Inc.)
Priyanka
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction
County Blooms: A Flower Powered Adventure
(JPo & Co Entertainment Inc.)
Jen Pogue, Avi Federgreen, Michelle Jedrzejewski, Navin Ramaswaran, Chris Cull, Jessica Graore
Best Sketch Comedy Show & Ensemble Performance
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
CBC (CBC)
(22M Hour Productions (NS) 32, 22M Hour Productions (ON) 32)
Mike Allison, Michael Donovan, Meaghan Clark, Carl Gosine, Tracey Jardine, Dana Landry, Mark Critch, Trent McClellan, Aba Amuquandoh, Stacey McGunnigle, Chris Wilson
Best Reality/Competition Program or Series
The Traitors Canada
CTV/Crave (Bell Media)
(Entourage)
Eric Young, Nathalie Brigitte Bustos, Denis Savard, Jacob Tierney, Justin Stockman, Mathieu Ouellet, David Gauthier
Best Lifestyle Program or Series
Drag Brunch Saved My Life
Crave
(Sphere Media Toronto Inc.)
Mark “Priyanka” Suknanan, Daniel Birnbaum, Justin Stockman, Bruno Dubé, Marlo Miazga, Kim Bondi, Corinna Lehr
The rainbow carpet was rolled out last night at TIFF LIGHTBOX as the 36th annual Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival has kicked off, running till May 31, 2026 in-person and virtually. Showcasing 101 films – 72 shorts and 29 features – the Festival is highlighted by opening night gala, Adam Shankman‘s STOP! THAT! TRAIN! featuring a star-studded Cast including iconic RuPaul, Jujubee, Ginger Minj, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rachel, Bloom, Nicole Richie, Chris Parnell, and several more. Pailin Wedel‘s HEALS closes the Festival. Hot off its great reception at Hot Docs, ANTIDIVA: The Carole Pope Confessions also screens as part of the Spotlight on Canada programme, along with Nick Butler‘s (who used to work at TIFF) LUNAR SWAY which Douglas Smith, Noah Parker, Liza Weil, and Heated Rivalry‘s Kaden Connors.
Following the premiere of STOP! THAT! TRAIN! which draw laughs and cheers, the Opening Night part took place on the main floor at TIFF Lightbox, with DJ BIA on the turntables, beverages pouring and charcuterie and sweets for guests. Mubi Canada provided photobooth services, as guests queued for photo ops with Shankman and Jujubee.
We were thrilled to chat with some of the talent and notables in attendance at the Festival last night which included:
More on this year’s lineup and tickets here.
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)
Toronto Pride ’25 was another one for the books! This one was particularly memorable as one of our fave acts of the early 2000s, AMERIE headlined Blockorama to close out the Festival on a high note! Known for her hits “1 Thing”, “Why Don’t We Fall in Love”, and “Talkin’ To Me“, the Grammy-nominated Singer-Songwriter and Writer made her first appearance in the City in quite some time. She will be back soon supporting Keyshia Cole on her THE WAY IT IS Tour which lands July 9th at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
Amerie, who happens to be part-Korean, zipped through a catalog of her hits in an abbreviated set, looking and sounding fantastic. We were so fortunate to get a snap with her and holding a small bag of Doritos after doing post-show interviews, she took her time chatting and hugging other fans. Really excited about her making a comeback!
Other highlights of Pride include the DRAG BALL at Nathan Phillips Square Saturday night with some of the stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 gracing the stage, along with Canada’s Drag Race alumni. This always is so worth it, with performers doing a couple sets throughout the night! We were so stoked about seeing S17 winner Onya Nurve, Jewels Sparkles, and Suzie Toot. We watch the show religiously. We were floored by Canadian talents like Makayla Couture and Canada’s Drag Race S5 winner The Virgo Queen. Many of the Queens paid tribute to Chappell Roan and Doechii, which was a hit with the crowd!
Earlier in the week we got to see another Grammy-nominated legend Deborah Cox at LCBO‘s LOVE PAIRS WITH EVERYTHING Bash. Cox got a chance to promote her wine label KAZAISU, named after her three children and gave us an energetic set. This was e v e r y t h i n g. And guess what? She posted our reel on her Social Media below!
Until next year!
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)
It isn’t enough that Canada’s Drag Race Season One champion PRIYANKA take the damn crown, she now is dominating Pop Music! Her debut EP was released in 2021 and saw huge numbers. Third single “Come Through (ft. Lemon)” has 1.6 million views on YouTube and reached Top Five on iTunes right away! The EP has achieved 10 million+ streams already!
She just released the fourth and final single off the EP, “SNATCH (ft. Cheryl Hole)” and to celebrate the occasion for the Video directed by Caroline Torti, she threw a bash at Toronto’s The Rec Room the premiere the Clip! Fitting, considering the Video has a Video Game theme.
Priyanka‘s House of Love Drag Mother Xtacy Love even hosted.
A v. pregant Torti came out to show support, and she actually is due any day now! Also starring in the Video are Canadian Drag Stars Kendall Gender, Gia Metric, Lemon, Synthia Kiss, Tynomi Banks and more.
Previous collaborator and BFF Lemon made a surprise appearance as well, performing their single “Come Through” together.
Hollywood Jade whom you might remember from Canada’s Drag Race, showed some love too. Jade did all the Choreography for “SNATCH“.
And now for the actual Video of “SNATCH (ft. Cheryl Hole)”! OMG. There’s a Super Mario Dance Battle! Are you Team Cheryl Hole or Team Priyanka? Who wins??
Previous Videos from the TASTE TEST EP:
So proud of Priyanka! We remember her from her days as a fellow Blogger on the scene, before her success at YTV and now THIS international recognition!
Some Snaps from the event, sponsored by VIZZY:

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong/Priyanka)
You know how much we love RuPaul’s Drag Race and already during the Pandemic we’ve been treated to two seasons of Canada’s Drag Race on Crave Canada!
The winner of Season Two was unveiled tonight and a special celebration was held at The Danforth Music Hall with the top three queens: Ottawa’s Icesis Couture, Montreal’s Pythia and Vancouver’s Kendall Gender in-attendance for the Finale screening. Guest Judge Hollywood Jade hosted the affair.
Gaining momentum late in the Series, Icesis Couture‘s seasoning after many years on the Drag Pageant circuit really showed as she outperformed her competition to take the Season Two crown.
The Queens of Season Two will be going on tour in January, with a date in Toronto towards the end of the month! Learn more about it here.
We were so thrilled to meet these lovely girls and can’t wait to see where their careers take them next!
(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong/Crave Canada)
Supernatural Horror Series LOCKE & KEY premiered early 2020 on Netflix and it was little surprise to see that fans responded well to this adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez‘s Comic Book series of the same name. The Series centers on a widowed mother Nina (Darby Stanchfield) and her three children Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones) and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) who relocate to her husband’s family home, only to discover mysterious magical keys scattered throughout the home that lead to several revelations. Filmed mostly in and around the Greater Toronto Area, two additional seasons were filmed during the Pandemic. Season Two arrives later this month.
We had the opportunity to chat with Toronto-born star Jessup, who plays the eldest son in the family, Tyler and what we can expect in this upcoming season.
We asked what we can expect of Tyler‘s character arc in season two of LOCKE & KEY.
Jessup: “In season one, Tyler was really weighed-down by this enormous grief and guilt he carried about what happened with his dad. Really a lot of his arc in season one was letting go of that weight. At the beginning of season two you find him in a much lighter and more comfortable place. They think they’ve won against Dodge. He’s settling-in with Jackie (Genevieve Kang) in his life, his relationship with his family is much better, so really things are looking good for Tyler. He very quickly realizes he and Jackie and are on the edge of becoming adults and we know that adults for whatever reason can’t remember magic, so he starts becoming increasingly worried about what it means to forget magic when other memories go with that. His driving focus is holding onto his memories and this life he’s built.”.
Part of what makes the Series so wonderful is the strong family bond we see between the Locke family on-screen. We ask how this is chemistry is built.
Jessup: “I feel like I have to invent an answer because it’s just so easy. We shot season one in 2019 and we had an extended break because of the Pandemic, starting later than we were supposed to. We shot Season Two and Three back-to-back for pretty much a full year together. Essentially, the only people I would see every day were these people. Everyone was so happy to be working again and being outside their homes. And it was this was a very special sort of bonding process. I feel so grateful to Emilia, Jackson, Darby and all our Crew. It really didn’t require a lot of work to imagine they were my family.”.
Netflix in Your Neighbourhood has just launched, the website giving fans a glimpse into some of the Canadian locations seen in their favourite Netflix series. Jessup is well aware of the site we see!
Jessup: “I was at a bar near my house – kinda like a diner – and I was walking a couple weeks ago and saw on the ground this sticker that said ‘LOCKE & KEY shot here’. And I was like ‘Oh wow!’.”.
We ask Jessup about his favourite filming locations in this Series.
Jessup: “We shot allover Toronto, the GTA and Nova Scotia and I still think the place that gave me the most shivers was the exterior of Key House. It was this set they built on the outside of this lot north of Hamilton in Freelton, and they built the entire first two floors of this house and all the property. You see the roads, the garden shed, the welhouse and all the greenery, all that was built for the show. I’ve never seen something of that scale before and it’ feels so lived-in and because we shot for a year, we saw every season. Fall and Winter we were hiding inside the house. Spring and Winter people would start to come out and the Crew was all lounging on the lawn. It really felt like home, so I’m gonna miss that. Driving away from that set was hard.”.
Jessup had the pleasure of appearing as a guest on Season Two of Canada’s Drag Race and we ask about this as a fellow fan.
Jessup: “I’m a super Drag Race fan. My memory is like a black hole. I was so nervous and so full of anticipation that my mind went blank. I arrived and ten hours later I left. I really hope that wasn’t all a disaster, but I guess we’ll see in a few weeks. It was so much fun. There’s a moment towards the end when we’re watching the Lip Sync and my job was done and the judges weren’t talking anymore and I thought I could release a little bit of stress, and I was sitting there on the desk thinking, ‘Wow! I’m watching this in real life!’.”.
See Video from the Chat below:
S2 of LOCKE & KEY arrives on Netflix October 22, 2021.
(Photo/video credit: Netflix)
October is a busy month for new streaming releases, so many we have to do a second volume of What to Watch! In case you missed our Volume I, catch-up here.
Just when we thought the second season of YOU couldn’t have topped the first, it actually did. Penn Badgley‘s Joe had met his match finally in Love (Victoria Pedretti) and this new season explores the challenges our favourite murderers face as they navigate parenthood. They move into a new affluent neighbourhood together, but really find it a struggle to blend in with some of the artifice and judgment. Love quickly becomes threatened by a woman in the neighbourhood whom Joe seems to connect to, and things once again spiral out of control with deadly consequences. What makes this season different is that it really does the work to explore the headspaces of our fascinating flawed hero and heroine, and the consequences of their actions, past and current. They go through counselling together but can’t ever really go all-in as they both are hiding some horrific things. Temptation gets the better of each of them as we’re introduced to some new characters like Theo (Dylan Arnold) who unashamedly pursues Quinn and Marienne (Tati Gabrielle), a Librarian whom Joe befriends, plus Sherry (Shalita Grant) a popular local influencer whom Quinn befriends. This season more than the others is sexually-charged, as we explore how this is tied-in to the toxicity of Joe and Love‘s relationship and bad habits. While it takes a bit longer to get there in season three, it still does possess all the thrills, shocks and jaw drops we’ve come to enjoy of the Series. YOU Season Three is streaming now on Netflix.
Brittany Murphy‘s star rose quickly at the turn of the millennium, starring a several successes like 8 Mile, Clueless, Sin City, Just Married and Girl, Interrupted. Murphy brought an energy to her performances that made your eyes gravitate always to her. The world was devastated by her premature passing in 2009 and the circumstances surrounding her death always have been suspicious. For one, how could she be living in a home with her husband Simon Monjack and mother, X, gravely ill and nobody send her to the hospital? Director Cynthia Hill re-examines the controversy with documented footage and interviews with fans who have their own theories, a remorseful Perez Hilton, Amber Ryland formerly of RadarOnline who was entrusted with a visit inside Murphy‘s home after her death, and we even meet Monjack’s parents. Despite examining the subject matter again, it still truly remains a mystery what went beyond the walls of Murphy‘s home where she was secluded and under Monjack‘s control and some surprising revelations about him are brought to light which leave no doubt that a series of events resulting from Murphy’s connection to him led her passing. WHAT HAPPENED, BRITTANY MURPHY? streams now on Crave in Canada.
This Series filmed in and around Toronto was one of Netflix‘s bigger success stories of 2020, with second and third seasons already having wrapped. The Supernatural Horror centering on a woman and her three children dealing with the grief of having lost their husband/father is packed with thrills and scares as they continue to unlock the mystery surrounding keys planted throughout their home. While there’s a bit of gore, underneath it all is a family Drama about the children coming of age and protecting their mother from what they know, and also all of them together moving on in their lives. Great performances from Nina (Darby Stanchfield) who plays the mother, and the trio of siblings played by Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones (whom we adored in CODA) and young rising star Jackson Robert Scott. Toronto’s own Hallea Jones also is great as the deliciously evil Eden Hawkins, throwing obstacles every which way she turns. LOCKE & KEY Season Two arrives October 22, 2021 on Netflix.
Traci Melchor, Amanda Brugel and Brad Goreski join Brooke Lynn Hytes on the judging panel for Season Two of CANADA’S DRAG RACE. The new season promises clinking of glasses, scratching of claws and tears! We cannot wait wait to see who of the 12 queens will snatch the crown,with guests including Fefe Dobson, Caitlin Cronenberg, Connor Jessup, Rachel Zoe and more! For the first time ever we see a queen from Calgary in the running and look out for Montreal’s Suki Doll and her amazing aesthetic! New episodes arrives Thursdays 9 PM ET on Crave Canada.
This goddamn family. Why can’t they just sort things out? Actually on second thought, we hope The Roys never stop feuding! This third season of the acclaimed (seven-time Emmy-winning) HBO Series already is rolling in accolades, picking right up where we left off. Kendall (Jeremy Strong) still is at odds with his family as it tries to figure out who will be head of Waystar RoyCo as patriarch Roy (Brian Cox) begrudgingly steps down. Trying to clean-up his reputation, we see Kendall hire PR and a lawyer, who happens to be a close friend to sister Shiv (Sarah Snook). Meanwhile, Sarah also is out to prove she can run the company despite few believing in her. Roman (Kieran Culkin) still remains the dark horse of the family, liked more than his sister buy still perceived as unready. The first episode already is packed with drama and we can’t wait to see what twists and turns this season takes. SUCCESSION airs Sunday nights on HBO Canada/Crave at 9 PM ET.
Catch-up on Reviews of the newest theatrical releases here including NO TIME TO DIE, MASS, THE LAST DUEL, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE, LAMB and more!
(Photo/video credit: Crave/HBO Max/WOW/Netflix)
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