Editing Nick Carter (section)

===Reality TV career===
In 2006, Carter and his siblings starred in their reality television show, ''[[House of Carters]]'', which has been on the air since May 2006 and premiered on October 2, 2006, on [[E!]]. The series features all five Carter siblings reuniting to live in the same house in Los Angeles to try to reconnect as a family and get their lives together, as well as in-depth moments of their ups and downs. Their father, Robert Carter, and stepmother, Ginger R. Elrod, also appeared on the show. The series lasted one season, and eight episodes were aired.<ref name="showbuzz">{{cite news|date=July 12, 2006|title=ShowBuzz|work=Nick And Aaron Carter Get Real|url=http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/12/tv_realty_tv/main1798485.shtml|url-status=dead|access-date=July 13, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715163726/http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/12/tv_realty_tv/main1798485.shtml|archive-date=July 15, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2014, Carter returned to reality TV, and he and his wife (then fiancée at the time), Lauren Kitt, starred in their VH1 reality show, ''[[I Heart Nick Carter]]'', which centered around the planning of their April 2014 wedding and premiered on September 10, 2014, on VH1.<ref>{{cite web|title=i heart nick carter News and Photos|url=http://perezhilton.com/tag/i_heart_nick_carter/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023233639/http://perezhilton.com/tag/i_heart_nick_carter/|archive-date=October 23, 2015|access-date=January 17, 2016|publisher=Perez Hilton}}</ref> The show only had eight episodes. It documented Carter's life as he prepared to get married. This included Carter trying to set the wedding date between the Backstreet Boys' touring and footage of Carter working. Recording a new album with New Kids on the Block member Jordan Knight, various events such as a book signing, charity event, touring with Backstreet Boys in Europe (other group members also appeared on the show), his bachelor party, and much more. The wedding aired in a one-hour season finale.<ref>{{cite web |title=VH1 Announces New Shows Featuring K.Michelle, Nick Carter, And Hot 97, Just To Name A Few |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/emram4/vh1-greenlights-spring-summer-2014-series |website=www.vh1.com |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=en-us}}</ref> Carter announced on Twitter that VH1 did not renew the show for a second season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Eliza |title=Nick Carter's Ups and Downs Through the Years: A Timeline |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/nick-carters-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-a-timeline/ |website=Us Weekly |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=23 May 2024}}</ref>

On August 26, 2015, it was revealed that Carter would be taking part in the [[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 21)|21st season]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' which began on September 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/nick-carter-joins-dancing-with-the-stars-season-21-cast-im-excited-2015268|title=Nick Carter Joins Dancing With the Stars Season 21 Cast: "I'm Excited!"|last=Meilan|first=Ingrid|work=US Magazine|date=August 26, 2015|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> He was paired with professional dancer [[Sharna Burgess]]. Carter and Burgess made the finals of the show and came in second place, behind [[Bindi Irwin]] and [[Derek Hough]]. He performed "I Will Wait" off his ''All American'' album live at the finale.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Carter Joins Us [AUDIO] |url=https://www.kiddnation.com/nick-carter-joins-us/ |website=KiddNation |access-date=8 November 2024 |date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://x.com/nickcarter/status/941324901495066624 |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|- style="text-align: center; ;"
! rowspan="2"|Week #
! rowspan="2"|Dance/Song
! colspan="3"|Judges' score
! rowspan="2"|Result
|- style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"
| style="width:10%; "|'''[[Carrie Ann Inaba|Inaba]]'''
| style="width:10%; "|'''[[Julianne Hough|Hough]]'''
| style="width:10%; "|'''[[Bruno Tonioli|Tonioli]]'''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|Cha-cha-cha]]/"[[I Don't Like It, I Love It]]"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Jive (dance)|Jive]]/"[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]"<br/>[[Foxtrot]]/"[[Coming Home (Diddy – Dirty Money song)|Coming Home]]"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7<br/>8
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7<br/>8
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7<br/>8
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
||3
||[[Viennese Waltz]] / "Did I Make the Most of Loving You?"
||9
||9<sup>1</sup>/9
||9
||Safe
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|4
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Jazz (dance)|Jazz]]/"[[Everybody (Backstreet's Back)]]"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5<sup>2</sup>
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Pasodoble|Paso Doble]]/"[[Don't Look Down (Martin Garrix song)|Don't Look Down]]"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9/8<sup>3</sup>
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"| [[Samba (ballroom dance)|Samba]]/"[[You Should Be Dancing]]"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10/10<sup>4</sup>
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
||7
|| [[Argentine Tango]]/"[[Bring Me to Life]]"<br/>Team Freestyle/"[[This Is Halloween]]"
||8<br/>10
||8<br/>10
||8<br/>10
||Safe
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Contemporary dance|Contemporary]]/"[[Can't Help Falling in Love]]"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe(Immunity)
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Quickstep]]/"A Cool Cat in Town"<br/>Team-Up Dance ([[Rhumba|Rumba]])/"[[Hey Jude]]"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9<br/>9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9<br/>9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10<br/>9
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10<br/><small>Semi-finals</small>
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Ballroom tango|Tango]]/"Scars"<br/>[[Samba (ballroom dance)|Samba]] Dance-off/"[[Lean On]]"<br/>Trio [[Salsa (dance)|Salsa]]/"No Doubt About It"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8<br/>No<br/>10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8<br/>Extra<br/>10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8<br/>Points<br/>10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Last to be called Safe
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|11<br/><small>Finals</small>
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Jive (dance)|Jive]]/"[[Runaway Baby]]"<br/>[[Freestyle dance|Freestyle]]/"[[Larger than Life (song)|Larger than Life]]"<br/>[[Salsa (dance)|Salsa]] & [[Ballroom tango|Tango]]Fusion/"[[Turn Up the Music (Chris Brown song)|Turn Up the Music]]"
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10<br/>10<br/>10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10<br/>10<br/>10
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10<br/>10<br/>10
!style="background:silver;"|'''Runner-up'''
|-
| colspan="7" style="background:#faf6f6; text-align:left;"|<sup>1</sup> Score given by guest judge [[Alfonso Ribeiro]].<br/><sup>2</sup> For this week only, as part of "Partner Switch-Up" week, Carter did not dance with Burgess and instead danced with [[Witney Carson]]. Burgess danced with [[Andy Grammer]].<br/><sup>3</sup> Score given by guest judge [[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]].<br/><sup>4</sup> Score given by guest judge [[Olivia Newton-John]].
|}
In June 2017, Carter appeared alongside [[Emma Bunton]] and [[Timbaland]] as a judge on a new singing competition show called [[Boy Band (TV series)|''Boy Band'']].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-20|title=Meet the Boy Band Contestants: Get a First Look at ABC's Newest Reality Competition|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/861979/meet-the-boy-band-contestants-get-a-first-look-at-abc-s-newest-reality-competition|access-date=2021-11-30|website=E! Online}}</ref>

In 2020, Carter competed as the "Crocodile" on the [[The Masked Singer (American season 4)|fourth season]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'', finishing in third place.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Huff|first=Lauren|title=Crocodile says 'The Masked Singer' inspired him to record new solo music|url=https://ew.com/tv/the-masked-singer-crocodile-nick-carter-interview/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=EW.com|language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|- style="text-align: center; ;"
! rowspan="2"|Week #
! rowspan="2"|Song
! colspan="4"|Judges' guesses
! rowspan="2"|Result
|- style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"
| style="width:10%; "|'''[[Robin Thicke]]'''
| style="width:10%; "|'''[[Jenny McCarthy]]'''
| style="width:10%; "|'''[[Ken Jeong]]'''
| style="width:10%; "|'''[[Nicole Scherzinger]]'''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[It's My Life (Bon Jovi song)|It's My Life]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|4
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"| [[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Bleeding Love]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe (Immunity)
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|<small>10Semi-finals</small>
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Take On Me]]/[[I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Win
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|11<br/><small>Holiday Singalong</small>
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Silent Night]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No elimination
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|12<br/><small>Finals</small>
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Open Arms (Journey song)|Open Arms]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|  style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|!style="background:silver;"|'''3rd Place'''
|-
|}

While the group was touring in Canada, Carter appeared on Chanteurs Masques, the Canadian version of the Masked Singer, this time as a Sphynx cat for one episode. He also performed a stellar rendition of Heart's “Alone” and ended the show with a performance of “I Want It That Way.” Nick's appearance on the show broke viewership records, drawing in over 2 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Carter Revealed On Canada's "Chanteurs Masques" |url=https://nickcarter.com/news/nick-carter-revealed-on-canadas-chanteurs-masques/ |website=Nick Carter |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Picard |first1=Guillaume |title=«Chanteurs masqués»: l'émission la plus regardée de la saison avec Nick Carter comme invité spécial |url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/11/14/chanteurs-masques-lemission-la-plus-regardee-de-la-saison-avec-nick-carter-comme-invite-special |access-date=8 November 2024 |date=15 November 2022}}</ref>