Traci Melchor

[1] Melchor has won two Canadian Screen Awards for her work hosting Canada's Drag Race.

[2][3] Originally from Pickering, Ontario, Melchor studied radio and television broadcasting at Seneca College.

She joined CHUM Limited as an entertainment reporter for Citytv,[5] later becoming a cohost of MuchMusic's RapCity.

[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.

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