| Traci Melchor | |
| Birth Place: | Pickering, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Television personality |
| Years Active: | 1988–present |
| Children: | 2 |
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.
Originally from Pickering, Ontario, Melchor studied radio and television broadcasting at Seneca College. She has a son, Phoenix and a daughter, Phoebe.[2]
She joined CHUM Limited as an entertainment reporter for Citytv,[3] later becoming a cohost of MuchMusic's RapCity. She moved to Los Angeles becoming an entertainment reporter and host for E![4] and taking acting roles in a number of television series, before taking a new role with MuchMusic's sister station MuchMoreMusic.
In 2008, Melchor joined CTV's eTalk as a reporter, and is currently one of their senior correspondents.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7] Melchor also returned as a main judge for the third season in 2022 and fourth season in 2023.[8]
She also regularly contributes to The Marilyn Denis Show, CP24 Breakfast, CTV News, and Toronto's CHUM-FM.
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| Year | Award | Category | Work | Results | Ref. |
| 2021 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Host in a Web Program or Series | Canada's Drag Race | [9] | |
| 2022 | Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition (Shared with Brooke Lynn Hytes, Amanda Brugel, and Brad Goreski) | [10] | |||
| 2023 | Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition (Shared with Brooke Lynn Hytes and Brad Goreski) | [11] | |||
| 2024 | [12] | ||||
| Best Host, talk show or entertainment news (Shared with Tyrone Edwards, Elaine Lui, Chloe Wilde, Sonia Mangat, Liz Trinnear and Priyanka) | eTalk | ||||
| Best Host, live entertainment special (Shared with Tyrone Edwards and Elaine Lui) | eTalk Live at the Oscars |