Game Theorists, ‘Oscar’s Hotel’ Lead Winners At Streamys Nominee Reception

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.

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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