Streamys Bestows ‘Premiere’ Awards To Ninja, JoJo Siwa Ahead Of Tomorrow’s Flagship Ceremony

Ahead of the flagship Streamy Awards, broadcasting live tomorrow evening exclusively on YouTube from The Beverly Hilton hotel, a slew of awards were handed out yesterday evening at the Streamy Premiere Awards, a precursor event of sorts.

At last night’s ceremony, hosted by fraternal twin vlogger sensations Niki and Gabi DeMartino at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California, twenty-three Streamy Award winners were announced, including TikTok and rapper Lil Nas X, gaming phenom Ninja, and children’s creator JoJo Siwa. (The Streamys are co-produced by Tubefilter and Dick Clark Productions.)

The Streamys Premiere Awards also marked the franchise’s global foray with three first-of-their kind international categories, recognizing outstanding creators in three regions: Asia Pacific, EMEA, and Latin America.

Sixteen additional awards will be distributed tomorrow, during the Streamys’ first-ever host-less ceremony, which will instead see a fleet of collaborators serving as masters of ceremony, including Emma Chamberlain, Mr. Kate, Rosanna Pansino, Mark Rober, Brandon Rogers, Patrick Starrr, and Hannah Stocking. Other presenters include Kalen Allen

, Marques Brownlee, Joey Graceffa, Gabbie Hanna, Paris Hilton, Zane Hijazi, Casey Neistat, Nikita Dragun, and Sierra Schultzzie. Transgender pop star Kim Petras will also perform her hit single “Icy.”

You can check out all of the Streamys Premiere Awards winners right here:

OVERALL

• Action or Sci-Fi — Sam and Colby
• Animated — Andrei Terbea
• Documentary — The Secret World of Jeffree Star • Shane Dawson

INTERNATIONAL

• Asia Pacific — Fischer’s-フィッシャーズ- (Japan)
• EMEA — MarkAngelComedy (Nigeria)
• Latin America — Camila Loures (Brazil)

SERIES

• Indie Series — The Feels
• Scripted Series — Blame The Hero • Brandon Rogers
• Unscripted Series — Escape the Night: Season 4 • Joey Graceffa

SUBJECT

• Kids and Family — JoJo Siwa
• News — The Philip DeFranco Show
• Pop Culture — Hot Ones • First We Feast
• Sports — Donut Media

SOCIAL VIDEO

• Live Streamer — Ninja

MUSIC

• Breakthrough Artist — Lil Nas X

PODCAST

• Podcast — Impaulsive

PERFORMANCE

• Acting — Brandon Rogers – Blame The Hero

CRAFT

• Cinematography — Adam Bianchi, Andrew Ilnyckyj, Steven Lim – Worth It • BuzzFeedVideo
• Costume Design — Morgan Christensen – Epic Rap Battles of History
• Directing — Hannah Lehmann – TWO SIDES
• Editing — Steve Grubel – Escape the Night: Season 4
• Visual and Special Effects — Buttered Side Down
• Writing — Kyle Exum – Kyle Exum