‘The View’ to have Emmy fun

The ladies of “The View” are embracing their inner Susan Luccis.

After eight Daytime Emmy nominations for best talk show hosts and eight losses, they’re so confident of another defeat that the 8-year-old show is staging a “Watch the Ladies Lose” contest in which three viewers will be flown to Hollywood to watch the April 28 ceremony.

They’re not yet halfway to Lucci territory -- the “All My Children” actress lost 18 times before winning best actress in a soap opera in 1999.

“There’s always this taboo about discussing who will win and who will lose,” said Bill Geddie, the show’s executive producer. “We know we’re losing. Why not just own up to it?”

Talk shows with multiple hosts traditionally don’t win, he said. Ellen DeGeneres won last year, and she’s the only single host nominated this year.

The nominees -- Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones Reynolds, Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck -- will poke fun at themselves next month by highlighting the “top 5 reasons the ladies won’t win.” Daytime Emmys co-host Tom Bergeron will also give “The View” a backstage look at things the winners see, but the “View” hosts probably won’t.