Traci Melchor
Melchor in 2022
Born
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
OccupationTelevision personality
Years active1988–present
Children2

Traci Melchor is a Canadian television personality. She is known for her role as an entertainment reporter for CTV's series etalk and as a judge of the reality competition series Canada's Drag Race. Melchor is also the former co-host of CTV's The Social.[1] Melchor has won two Canadian Screen Awards for her work hosting Canada's Drag Race.[2][3]

Early life

Originally from Pickering, Ontario, Melchor studied radio and television broadcasting at Seneca College.[citation needed] She has a son, Phoenix and a daughter, Phoebe.[4]

Career

She joined CHUM Limited as an entertainment reporter for Citytv,[5] later becoming a cohost of MuchMusic's RapCity.[citation needed] She moved to Los Angeles becoming an entertainment reporter and host for E![6] and taking acting roles in a number of television series, before taking a new role with MuchMusic's sister station MuchMoreMusic.[citation needed]

In 2008, Melchor joined CTV's eTalk as a reporter, and is currently one of their senior correspondents.[7]

In 2020, Melchor appeared in multiple episodes of Canada's Drag Race, the Canadian edition of RuPaul's Drag Race as ‘Canada’s Squirrel Friend’ and a guest judge for the finale episode.[8] In June 2021, it was announced that Melchor would return for the second season as a main judge alongside Brooke Lynn Hytes, Amanda Brugel, and Brad Goreski, replacing Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Stacey McKenzie.[9] Melchor also returned as a judge for the third season in 2022.[10]

She also regularly contributes to The Marilyn Denis Show, CP24 Breakfast, CTV News, and Toronto's CHUM-FM.[citation needed]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Results Ref.
2021 Canadian Screen Awards Best Host in a Web Program or Series Canada's Drag Race Nominated [11]
2022 Canadian Screen Awards Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
(Shared with Brooke Lynn Hytes, Amanda Brugel, and Brad Goreski) 		Won [2]
2023 Canadian Screen Awards Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
(Shared with Brooke Lynn Hytes and Brad Goreski) 		Won [3]

References

  1. ^ "New talk show 'The Social' offers all-female roundtable and an interactive twist" Archived 2014-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. Victoria Times-Colonist, August 30, 3013.
  2. ^ a b "'Winners. 2022 PRINTABLE LISTS'". April 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "2023 Canadian Screen Awards".
  4. ^ @tracimelchor (July 13, 2023). "My baby's first prom!! ❤️" – via Instagram.
  5. ^ "Go West, young woman". The Globe and Mail, December 29, 1999.
  6. ^ "Cross-country makeovers". The Province, December 29, 2002.
  7. ^ "Speakers: Traci Melchor". Banff World Media Festival, 2020.
  8. ^ "Three fabulous judges, and one squirrel friend, are ready to preside over ‘Canada’s Drag Race’". eTalk, September 26, 2019.
  9. ^ Joey Nolfi, "Canada's Drag Race season 2 adds new head judges amid panel shake-up". Entertainment Weekly, June 29, 2021.
  10. ^ June 15, Joey Nolfi; EDT, 2022 at 12:15 PM. "Meet the 'Canada's Drag Race' season 3 queens". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ earns victory lap with leading five Canadian Screen Awards" Archived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, May 17, 2021.

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