Philo to premiere Page Six's Virtual Reali-Tea Awards free from Oct. 9
Reality television gets its own awards night on streaming next month.
Philo will premiere Page Six's Virtual Reali-Tea Awards exclusively from Oct. 9, The Hollywood Reporter reported. The ceremony will be shown as a taped special, meaning it is filmed in advance and then edited for broadcast. It will be available to watch free on Philo, with no subscription required.
The recording comes first. The show films on Oct. 6 at the Edison Ballroom in New York. That gives a three-day turnaround between the red carpet and the streaming premiere.
So what exactly is the show? The Virtual Reali-Tea Awards is a fan-voted ceremony, meaning viewers themselves choose the winners, celebrating reality television. It comes from New York Post Media Group, the company behind Page Six. The television version is a spin-off of Page Six's pop culture and reality TV podcast of the same name, which talks through the week's reality storylines and personalities.
The faces will be familiar to listeners. The awards show is hosted by Danny Murphy and Evan Real. The pair also serve as executive producers, meaning they oversee creative and business decisions on the production alongside the crew that stages the night.
Access is the key point for viewers. Anyone can stream the awards on Philo without paying and without starting a trial. You do not need to enter card details or join a plan. You simply open the Philo app or website and press play when the show is available.
For Philo, the deal fills a new slot. The Virtual Reali-Tea Awards is Philo's first exclusively licensed original show in the awards category, meaning it is the first awards programme made to appear only on Philo as an original. Exclusive here means just that. At launch, viewers will not find this version of the show on another streamer or channel.
This is year two for the ceremony. The 2026 edition is the second annual staging of the awards, after its debut last year, according to Page Six. A second year matters to the people who make television. It means a returning crew, a returning format, and a chance to build on the first outing.
Voting leans into the genre's favourite talking points. Categories for 2026 include Musician of the Year, Best Reunion Performance and Hot-Tea of the Year, according to Yahoo. Fans decide the winners across the list, so the results reflect who turned out to vote.
What makes this stand out is the fit between podcast and prizes. A discussion about reality stars becomes an awards show voted on by the same audience that follows every reunion and rumour. And with free streaming, that audience does not need to be Philo subscribers to join in.
