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 as guest stars. With these victories, ERB has now earned ten Streamy Award wins in total.
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
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