'Amazing Race' beats 'Idol,' wins 6th Emmy - Los Angeles Times
Award shows are routinely derided as nothing more than popularity contests. That cannot be said about the Emmy winner for outstanding reality competition, which -- yet again -- went to CBS' "The Amazing Race."
The race-around-the-globe reality series, while certainly respectable in the ratings, is no match for much of its reality show competitors, most notably, Fox's " American Idol" -- television's most popular show (not to mention ABC's " Dancing With the Stars").
And yet, since the creation of the Emmy category, all six awards have gone to "The Amazing Race."