YouTube Documentarian Shane Dawson Wins Big At Streamy Awards For ‘TanaCon’ Series

Online video veteran Shane Dawson has had a groundbreaking year on YouTube by launching a new format on his channel consisting of multi–part docuseries. And Dawson’s massively-viewed ventures did not go unnoticed at the eighth annual Streamy Awards, where he ultimately took home three awards — the most of any creator. Dawson won in the ‘Documentary’ category for The Truth About TanaCon as well as the audience-voted ‘Creator Of The Year’ award — which Mongeau accepted on his behalf (see below).

His TanaCon series also took home an award for ‘Editing’ that was not presented during last night’s live YouTube broadcast, but rather at a standalone event dubbed The Streamys Premiere Awards on Oct. 20.

This year’s flagship Streamys show, hosted by comedy quartet The Try Guys — with group member Eugene Yee Lang decked out in full drag — also saw trophy presenter Charo changing into multiple showstopping outfits over the course of the evening. And with the midterm elections just around the corner, onstage presenters like Mamrie Hart, Grace Helbig, Liza Koshy, and DeStorm Power urged viewers to get out and vote.

Other notable winners last night included ‘Breakout Creator’ Emma Chamberlain, David Dobrik in the ‘First Person’ and ‘Ensemble Cast’ categories, Vogue’s 73 Questions in ‘Pop Culture’, ‘Storyteller’ Gabbie Hanna, and The Try Guys — who won the second audience-voted award of the evening for ‘Show Of The Year’. Liza Koshy’s YouTube Premium series Liza On Demand won for both ‘Acting In A Comedy’ and ‘Comedy Series,’ James Charles took home top honors in ‘Beauty’, Marques Brownlee won in ‘Science Or Education’, and Ninja was unsurprisingly crowned the winner in both the ‘Gaming’ and ‘Live Streamer’ categories.

See below for a full rundown of this year’s winners — including the 18 statuettes that were presented at the Streamys Premiere Awards.

OVERALL

Action or Sci-Fi

• ATROPA
• Day 5
• Lifeline
• The Look-See
• ***Two Sentence Horror Stories

Animated

• Andrei Terbea
• Bravest Warriors
• Jaiden Animations
• ***storybooth
• TheOdd1sOut

Breakout Creator

• Bretman Rock
• Dobre Brothers
• Elle Mills
• ***Emma Chamberlain
• Ninja

Comedy

• ***Brandon Rogers
• Hannah Stocking
• Jenna Marbles
• Jack Douglass
• Lilly Singh

Documentary

• 60 Second Docs
• New York Post’s Extraordinary People
• MEL Films
• The Mortified Guide
• ***Shane Dawson’s “The Truth About Tanacon”

First Person

• Alex Wassabi
• Casey Neistat
• ***David Dobrik
• Emma Chamberlain
• Gabbie Hanna

Immersive

• Comic Book Portal – CyreneQ
• ***Find Me – BlackBoxTV
• Life Support – Taryn Southern
• Tiny Tank – SoKrispyMedia, MWMI
• Welcome to Everlock – Escape the Night

International

• Alex French Guy Cooking (France)
• Calle y Poché (Colombia)
• Fozi Mozi (Palestine)
• ***Pautips (Colombia)
• Sebastián Villalobos (Colombia)

SERIES

Comedy Series

• Anime Crimes Division
• Escape the Night
• Grown
• ***Liza on Demand
• Rhett & Link’s Buddy System

Drama Series

• Caught
• Chicken Girls
• ***Giants
• Simi Valley
• Youth & Consequences

Indie Series

• Brujos
• Lovers Divided
• ***the T
• Twenty The Webseries
• Yappie

Non-Fiction Series

• ***Hot Ones
• I Have A Secret
• MK ULTRA
• Red Table Talk
• Roman Atwood’s Day Dreams

SUBJECT

Beauty

• Huda Kattan
• ***James Charles
• Jeffree Star
• PatrickStarrr
• Safiya Nygaard

Dance brought to you by Just Dance® 2019

• 1MILLION Dance Studio
• Dytto
• Kaycee Rice
• Kyle Hanagami
• ***Matt Steffanina

Fashion

• Cheap Thrills with Tabasko Sweet
• IAMKARENO
• Koleen Diaz
• ***Niki and Gabi
• TheNotoriousKIA

Food

• Binging with Babish
• Cooking with Marshmello
• Bon Appétit’s Gourmet Makes
• The Icing Artist
• ***Worth It

Gaming

• FaZe Clan
• Markiplier
• ***Ninja
• PrestonPlayz
• Typical Gamer

Health and Wellness

• Buff Dudes
• Doctor Mike
• How to ADHD
• ***Jay Shetty
• Kati Morton

Kids and Family

• Blippi
• ChuChu TV
• ***Guava Juice
• Ryan ToysReview

Lifestyle

• Brooklyn and Bailey
• Eva Gutowski
• Jess and Gabriel
• ***Merrell Twins
• Mr. Kate

News

• AM to DM by BuzzFeed News
• The Breakdown
• NowThis News
• ***The Philip DeFranco Show
• The Young Turks

Pop Culture

• Do They Know It?
• Game Theory
• Sneaker Shopping
• Super Carlin Brothers
• ***Vogue’s 73 Questions

Science or Education

• AsapSCIENCE
• The King of Random
• Mark Rober
• ***Marques Brownlee
• Nas Daily

Sports

• ***Cold As Balls
• Donut Media
• F2 Finding Football
• Kevin Durant
• WWE Mixed Match Challenge

SOCIAL VIDEO

Live Streamer

• Critical Role
• Myth
• NICKMERCS
• ***Ninja
• Pokimane

Storyteller

• Amanda Cerny
• ***Gabbie Hanna
• Jeffree Star
• Shay Mitchell
• Tana Mongeau

MUSIC

Breakthrough Artist

• Big Shaq
• Greta Van Fleet
• Jaden Smith
• ***Marshmello
• Two Feet

Cover Song

• Greta Van Fleet – “Rolling In The Deep” (Adele)
• James Bay – “Delicate” (Taylor Swift)
• Leroy Sanchez – “Havana” (Camila Cabello)
• Morgan Saint – “Thru Your Phone” (Cardi B)
• ***Walk off the Earth – “Girls Like You” (Maroon 5)

PODCAST

Podcast

• Couples Therapy with Candice & Casey
• Ear Biscuits with Rhett & Link
• H3 Podcast
• ***Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig
• VIEWS with David Dobrik and Jason Nash

PERFORMANCE

Acting in a Comedy

• Arden Rose – Mr. Student Body President
• ***Liza Koshy – Liza on Demand
• Melvin Gregg – God’s Son
• Nate Contreras – Cheap Thrills with Tabasko Sweet
• SungWon Cho – Anime Crimes Division

Acting in a Drama

• ***Anna Akana – Youth & Consequences
• Annie LeBlanc – Chicken Girls
• DeStorm Power – Caught
• James Bland – Giants
• Jesse Ridgway – My Virtual Escape

Collaboration

• David Dobrik and Jennifer Lopez – FEAR BOX Challenge
• ***Kandee Johnson and Kim Kardashian – Princess Jasmine Transformation
• Lilly Singh and Will Smith – How To Speak Internet 101
• Miranda Sings and Sofie Dossi – Becoming A Contortionist!
• Shane Dawson and Molly Burke – Switching Lives With A Blind Person

Ensemble Cast

• Caught
• ***David’s Vlog
• Escape the Night
• Ladylike
• The Try Guys

CRAFT

Cinematography

• Adam Tash – The Super Slow Show
• Casey Neistat – Casey Neistat
• Eric Foster, Kyle LaBrache, and Maris Lidaka – Paper Tigers
• Greg Cotten – ATROPA
• ***Joe Sabia – Vogue’s 73 Questions

Costume Design

• Brandon Rogers – Magic Funhouse
• Jennifer Newman – Miss 2059
• Samantha Burkhart – Lindsey Stirling
• ***Olivia Hines – Escape the Night
• Ron Leaman – Automata

Directing

• David Dobrik – David’s Vlog
• Hazel Hayes – PrankMe
• Jack Ferry – Mr. Student Body President
• ***Jesse Ridgway – My Virtual Escape
• Wesley “Wuz Good” Armstrong – Couples Night

Editing

• Lee Black, Ronnie Edwards, Alexander Sedgewick, Daniel Seibert, and Thomas Torbergsen – Game Theory
• Casey Neistat – Casey Neistat
• Emma Chamberlain – Emma Chamberlain
• ***Shane Dawson and Andrew Siwicki – Shane Dawson’s “The Truth About Tanacon”
• TJ Nordaker and Kevin Williamsen – Honest Trailers

Visual and Special Effects

• Jody Steel – Body Art with Jody Steel
• Sam Wickert – SoKrispyMedia
• ***Tobias Richter and Ryan Wieber – ATROPA
• Tony E. Valenzuela – Find Me
• Zach King – Zach King

Writing

• Deja Harrell – Seeds
• ***DeStorm Power – Caught
• Ezra Ani – Pillow Talk
• Melvin Gregg – God’s Son
• Ry Doon, Luke Flipp, and Marion Webb – The Lab Ratz

AUDIENCE CHOICE

Audience Choice: Creator of the Year

• Andrei Terbea
• Casey Neistat
• David Dobrik
• Dolan Twins
• Emma Chamberlain
• Gabbie Hanna
• Liza Koshy
• Ninja
• ***Shane Dawson
• Safiya Nygaard

Audience Choice: Show of the Year

• Blippi
• Escape the Night
• F2 Finding Football
• Good Mythical Morning
• The Philip DeFranco Show
• REACT
• Rooster Teeth
• ***The Try Guys
• Yappie
• The Young Turks

Milk-Bone® Dog of the Year Honor

• Louboutina the Hugging Dog
• Pierre Don’t Care
• ***Todd the Hero Dog