On October 4th, the Streamy Awards will honor excellence in the online video community. Three days before the show, however, the majority of its categories were settled. At a Streamys nominee reception at YouTube Space LA, 30 winners took home awards, with The Game Theorists and Oscar’s Hotel For Fantastical Creatures both earning multiple trophies.
The proceedings of the evening were hosted by Chelsea Briggs and Hunter March, who announced the winning channels, creators, musicians, crew members, and content producers. The evening’s acceptance speeches included plenty of thanks for fans, viewers, and subscribers. “You guys are my boss,” said Adande “Swoozie” Thorne, who emerged victorious in the Animated Series category. “I don’t care if I’m eating or at church — come up to me and we’ll take a picture.” Other speeches were a bit more to-the-point. “Screw you, Emmys!” exclaimed a jubilant Andy Signore, who won Best Writing for his work on Honest Trailers. “We won a Streamy!”
The remaining 14 Streamy Awards will be handed out during on October 4th, when the festivities will be hosted by Vine star King Bach. The show, which begins that day at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT, will be streamed live on YouTube. Leading up to the start of the program, ballots will remain open on the Streamys website for the two fan-voted categories, Entertainer of the Year and Show of the Year.
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Here is the full list of winners from the nominee reception:
AWARDS FOR CHANNELS, SERIES OR SHOWS
ANIMATED – sWooZie
DRAMA – I Ship It
INDIE – Brooklyn Sound
INTERNATIONAL – HolaSoyGerman
NON-FICTION – The Try Guys
VIRTUAL REALITY AND 360° VIDEO (NEW CATEGORY) – MatPat’s Game Lab
SUBJECT AWARDS
ACTION OR SCI-FI – Day 5
DOCUMENTARY OR INVESTIGATIVE – The Banker Suicides
FOOD – Tiny Kitchen
GAMING – The Game Theorists
HEALTH AND WELLNESS – Yoga With Adriene
KIDS AND FAMILY – Kid President
NEWS AND CULTURE – The Philip DeFranco Show
PRANKS – Roman Atwood
SCIENCE OR EDUCATION – Laci Green
SPORTS – 30 for 30 Shorts
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
COLLABORATION – Various Creators, Jimmy Kimmel Live (Mean Tweets – Creator Edition)
DANCE – Dominic “D-trix” Sandoval
ENSEMBLE CAST – Escape the Night
MUSIC AWARDS
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – Todrick Hall
COVER SONG – Lindsey Stirling, Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
ORIGINAL SONG – $ave Dat Money, Lil Dicky, featuring Fetty Wap and Rich Homie Quan
CRAFT AWARDS
CINEMATOGRAPHY – The Slow Mo Guys, Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy
COSTUME DESIGN – Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, Gypsy Taylor
DIRECTING – Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, PJ Ligouri
EDITING – Casey Neistat, Casey Neistat
VISUAL AND SPECIAL EFFECTS – Corridor Digital, Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer
WRITING – Honest Trailers, Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell and Andy Signore
CAMPAIGN AWARDS
BRAND CAMPAIGN – Writing With Grace, Grace Helbig (AT&T)
SOCIAL GOOD CAMPAIGN – Lilly Singh’s #GirlLove Challenge
Full disclosure: The Streamy Awards are co-produced by Joshua Cohen and Drew Baldwin, the co-founders of Tubefilter.
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