Ariana Madix wins competition participant at the 2024 People's Choice Awards
Ariana Madix.
Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesAlthough there could only be one winner in each category at the 2024 People's Choice Awards, there were multiple champions competing for Competition Entrant of the Year.
Ariana Madix received the honor at the awards ceremony on Sunday, February 18, which took place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. She was unable to attend due to her role on Broadway as Roxie Hart Chicago.
The category was rounded out with Xochitl Gomez for Dancing with the stars, Charity Lawson for The bachelorette, Theresa Nist for The golden bachelor, Keke Palmer for That's my Jam, I'm Tongi for American Idol And Anetra And Sasha Colby for RuPaul's Drag Race.
In terms of each person's impact on their respective show, Gomez, 17, won season 32 of Dancing with the stars, while Madix, 38, finished in third place. Tongi, 19, and Colby, 39, were the champions of season 21 of American Idol and season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race (with Anetra second). Within Bachelor Nation, Lawson, 28, was the lead on season 20 The Bacheloretteand Nist, 70, became the first winner of The golden bachelor. Despite her loss That's my JamPalmer, 30, wowed audiences with her vocal talents during Season 2.
Fan-favorite stars rock the red carpet at the 2024 People's Choice Awards. Movie stars, filmmakers, TV personalities and influencers gave us a fashion show on Sunday, February 18 at Santa Monica's Barker Hanger. There were flowy dresses, flirty dresses, stylish suits and some outfits that have to be seen to be believed. Besides fashion, […]
Competition Entrant of the Year was added to the nomination list in 2018 and has since spread the love to multiple shows within the genre. Past winners include Maddie Poppe for American Idol in 2018, Hanna Brown for The Bachelorette in 2019, Gigi Goode for RuPaul's Drag Race in 2020, JoJo Siwa for Dancing with the stars in 2021 and Selma Blair for Dancing with the stars in 2022.
This year, more than one of the category's stars has received recognition from the People's Choice Awards on other occasions. For example, Palmer previously earned critical acclaim for The Female Movie Star of 2022 and The Drama Movie Star of 2022 for her role in Nowhile Madix is also up for The Reality TV Star of the Year Vanderpump Rules during Sunday's ceremony.
Meanwhile, Madix and Colby both made We weekly's list of the best reality stars of 2023. The drag queen explained at the time why the victory rose RuPaul's Drag Race was so important in the midst of anti-drag and anti-trans legislation.
“This isn't just for me, this is for all those kids who are really scared right now,” Colby said exclusively. Us in October 2023. “It was up to me to be strong for them and use the platform and privilege that I have to make people feel uncomfortable in the sense of really looking at yourself.”