‘Epic Rap Battles,’ Corridor Digital Lead The Way As 35 Streamy Award Winners Announced

On September 17th, the Streamy Awards will return for its fifth rendition (and its first foray on TV, thanks to broadcaster VH1). Three days before the show, however, the majority of the its categories were decided. At an event at YouTube Space LA, the winners in 35 Streamy Award categories were revealed. The frequently-lauded Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) lead the way with four triumphs.

One category at a time, HollywireTV’s Chelsea Briggs and Tubefilter’s own Drew Baldwin (who filled in for GloZell Green) presented trophies to the channels, series, and content creators that most excelled in the past year. ERB, which has long excelled in both technical and creative categories, won awards for its editing, its costume design, and its Romeo and Juliet/Bonnie and Clyde episode, which featured Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart

Another big winner was filmmaking channel Corridor Digital, which won in the Action/Sci-Fi and Special Effects categories. Niko Pueringer, the channel’s co-founder, also accepted an award for SnapperHero, a Snapchat series directed by the Corridor Digital team.

A full slate of clips from the event is available on VH1’s YouTube channel:

The remaining nine awards on the Streamys docket will be doled out on September 17th, during a televised ceremony produced by VH1, Dick Clark Productions, and Tubefilter. To see who takes home the rest of the trophies, tune into VH1 beginning at 10 PM EST.

Here is a full list of the winners announced during Monday’s pre-show event:

AWARDS FOR CHANNELS, SERIES, OR SHOWS

ANIMATED – Cyanide & Happiness

BREAKOUT CREATOR (NEW CATEGORY) – Matthew Santoro

DRAMA – BlackBoxTV

INDIE – Eat Our Feelings

INTERNATIONAL – Racka Racka

NON-FICTION – Good Mythical Morning

SPIN-OFF – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Backstage

 

SUBJECT AWARDS

ACTION OR SCI-FI – Corridor Digital

DOCUMENTARY OR INVESTIGATIVE (NEW CATEGORY) – Atari: Game Over

FASHION – Lauren Elizabeth

FOOD – Epic Meal Time

GAMING – PewDiePie

HEALTH AND WELLNESS – Blogilates

NEWS AND CULTURE – The Young Turks

SCIENCE OR EDUCATION – Vsauce

SPORTS – Dude Perfect

 

PERFORMANCE AWARDS

ACTOR – James Van Der Beek, Adi Shankar’s Bootleg Universe

ACTRESS – Colleen Ballinger, Miranda Sings

COLLABORATION – Nice Peter, EpicLLOYD, Grace Helbig, and Hannah Hart, Epic Rap Battles of History

DANCE – Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval

ENSEMBLE CAST – Video Game High School

 

MUSIC AWARDS

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (NEW CATEGORY) – Shawn Mendes

COVER SONG – Foil (Lorde), “Weird Al” Yankovic

ORIGINAL SONG – Here, Alessia Cara

 

CRAFT AWARDS

CINEMATOGRAPHY – Devin Super Tramp, Devin Graham

COSTUME DESIGN – Epic Rap Battles of History, Sulai Lopez

DIRECTING – Video Game High School, Matt Arnold and Freddie Wong

EDITING – Epic Rap Battles of History, Andrew Sherman, Ryan Moulton, Daniel Turcan and Peter Shukoff

VISUAL AND SPECIAL EFFECTS – Corridor Digital, Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, and Jake Watson

WRITING – You Deserve A Drink, Mamrie Hart

 

SOCIAL VIDEO AWARDS

SHORT FORM COMEDY (NEW CATEGORY) – Logan Paul

SHORT FORM CREATIVITY (NEW CATEGORY) – SnapperHero

SNAPCHAT STORYTELLER (NEW CATEGORY) – Shaun McBride (shonduras)

 

CAMPAIGN AWARDS

BRAND CAMPAIGN – Crazy Plastic Ball Prank #WithDad, Roman Atwood (Nissan)

SOCIAL GOOD CAMPAIGN – #ProudToLove, Marriage Equality and LGBT Pride Month