6th Streamy Awards
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The 6th Annual Streamy Awards was the sixth installment of the Streamy Awards honoring streaming television series. The awards were broadcast live on YouTube on October 4, 2016 from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. They were hosted by actor and Vine star King Bach, the first black host of the show. In contrast with the 5th Streamy Awards which was televised on VH1 as well as being livestreamed, the Streamy Awards partnered with YouTube as their official livestreaming partner due to a desire to "return to its digital roots" for the 6th Streamy Awards. The official red carpet pre-show hosted by Teala Dunn was also livestreamed on YouTube. To represent changes in the industry within the previous few years, three new award categories were introduced: Virtual Reality and 360° Video, Live, and Feature Film. The show generated a high level of social media interest and was well received by media publications, particularly for a tribute to Christina Grimmie who had died earlier that year.
Performers
In honor of Christina Grimmie, who was shot and killed outside of a concert venue earlier in the year, a medley of her songs was played throughout the show. The tribute was introduced by Shane Dawson and featured speeches by Dawson and Kurt Hugo Schneider. The show also contained musical performances by Biz Markie and Spencer Ludwig, and a musical sketch by Jon Cozart satirizing various social media platforms.
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Jon Cozart | "Jon Cozart (Paint) Sings a Song About Favorite Platforms" |
| Spencer Ludwig | "Diggy" |
| Biz Markie | "Just a Friend" |
| Sam Tsui Kurt Hugo Schneider | Medley of covers in memory of Christina Grimmie |
Winners and nominees
The nominees were announced by GloZell Green at a ceremony in Santa Monica, California on August 24, 2016. The finalists for the Audience Choice Award categories were announced on September 21, 2016. Winners in 30 of the categories were announced on October 1, 2016 during the Official Streamys Nominee Reception at the YouTube Space LA. The remaining 14 awards were announced during the main ceremony at The Beverly Hilton on October 4, 2016. Winners of the categories were selected by the Streamys Blue Ribbon Panel except for the Audience Choice awards which were put to a public vote.
Winners are listed first, in bold.
| OVERALL | |
|---|---|
| Audience Choice Award for Show of the Year | Audience Choice Award for Entertainer of the Year |
| The Philip DeFranco Show Camp Unplug Daily Bumps The Game Theorists Good Mythical Morning McJuggerNuggets’ Psycho Series Miranda Sings Rooster Teeth The Try Guys The Young Turks | Yousef Erakat Baby Ariel Cameron Dallas Casey Neistat The Dolan Twins Kian Lawley Lilly Singh Liza Koshy Roman Atwood Sky Does Minecraft |
| International | Breakout Creator |
| HolaSoyGerman Alice In Paris BeingIndian Joe Sugg Simon and Martina | Liza Koshy Baby Ariel Dolan Twins Jacob Sartorius Simply Nailogical |
| Comedy | Drama |
| Rhett & Link, Good Mythical Morning King Bach Logan Paul Miranda Sings Ryan Higa | I Ship It All for One Making Moves McJuggerNuggets’ Psycho Series The Skinny |
| Animated | Feature |
| sWooZie Cyanide & Happiness Emo Dad RWBY TheOdd1sout Very Animated People | A Trip to Unicorn Island Bad Night Buddymoon Lazer Team Sickhouse |
| First Person | Indie |
| Casey Neistat Andrea Russett DOSEofFOUSEY Grace Helbig Tyler Oakley | Brooklyn Sound Couple-ish Disposable Teens Made in Mosjøen Muzzled the Musical |
| Non-Fiction | Virtual Reality and 360 |
| The Try Guys @SummerBreak Do They Know It? MatPat's Game Lab Scare PewDiePie | MatPat's Game Lab Discovery VR Five Nights at Freddy's in Real Life (Devin Super Tramp) National Geographic Reggie Watts Live in Virtual Reality |
| SOCIAL VIDEO | |
| Viner | Snapchat Storyteller |
| Thomas Sanders Brandon Calvillo chloe lmao King Bach Lele Pons | Shaun McBride (shonduras) Cameron Dallas (camerondallas) DJ Khaled (djkhaled305) Julieanna Goddard (yesjulz) Pretty Little Liars (pll) |
| Live | |
| Merrell Twins Brandon Rowland Collins Key Loren Beech Roman Atwood | |
| SUBJECT AWARDS | |
| Action and Sci-Fi | Beauty |
| Day 5 Electra Woman and Dyna Girl The Fourth Door Miss 2059 The Parallax Theory | Kandee Johnson Cute Girls Hairstyles Desi Perkins Gigi Gorgeous grav3yardgirl |
| Documentary or Investigative | Fashion |
| The Banker Suicides Daughters of Paradise On Killing Seeker Stories Zoomin.TV | Amanda Steele Arden Rose Aspyn Ovard Maddi Bragg Niki and Gabi |
| Food | Gaming |
| Tiny Kitchen Feast Of Fiction How To Cake It Laura in the Kitchen Put it in My Mouth | The Game Theorists Critical Role Markiplier Sky Does Minecraft Smosh Games |
| Health and Wellness | Kids and Family |
| Yoga With Adriene Buff Dudes Furious Pete Kati Morton Niomi Smart | Kid President Daily Bumps DCTC Toy Channel EvanTubeHD What's Up Moms |
| Lifestyle | News and Culture |
| GloZell Green Connor Franta Eva Gutowski Meg DeAngelis Rachel Levin | The Philip DeFranco Show Clevver Great Big Story Tawk The Young Turks |
| Pranks | Science and Education |
| Roman Atwood Coby Persin fouseyTUBE Prank Academy Scamalot | Laci Green Colin Furze Crash Course explore.org Veritasium |
| Sports | |
| 30 for 30 Shorts Adventures in Golf Coach Snoop Dude Perfect Red Bull | |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Actor | Actress |
| Chris Kendall, Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures Dean Dobbs, Jack & Dean of All Trades Jesse Ridgway, McJuggerNuggets’ Psycho Series Kian Lawley, The Chosen Preston Jones, Sing It! | Jenn McAllister, Foursome Anna Akana, Miss 2059 Grace Helbig, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl Hannah Hart, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl Lauren Giraldo, Camp Unplug |
| Collaboration | Dance |
| Various Creators, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Mean Tweets – Creator Edition) Casey Neistat and Jesse Wellens, PrankvsPrank (Aladdin Magic Carpet Prank) Nice Peter, EpicLLOYD, Meghan Tonjes, Mike Betette, and Zach Sherwin, Epic Rap Battles of History (Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible) Roman Atwood and Yousef Erakat, fouseyTUBE (Caught Naked In Shower Prank!!) Various Creators, Paint (YouTube Culture: A Song) | Dominic "D-trix" Sandoval Artist Request - The New Music Video BluPrint Making Moves Matt Steffanina |
| Ensemble Cast | |
| Escape the Night Bad Internet Camp Unplug Foursome Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures | |
| MUSIC | |
| Breakthrough Artist | |
| Todrick Hall Hailey Knox Lil Dicky Shawn Wasabi Troye Sivan | |
| Cover Song | Original Song |
| Lindsey Stirling, "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) Alex Aiono, "One Dance" (Drake) and "Hasta el Amanecer" (Nicky Jam) Boyce Avenue, "Photograph" (Ed Sheeran) Kurt Hugo Schneider, "Send My Love" (Adele) Pentatonix, "No" (Meghan Trainor) | "$ave Dat Money", Lil Dicky, featuring Fetty Wap and Rich Homie Quan "Boombox", Laura Marano "Gold", Kiiara "i hate u, i love u", gnash, featuring Olivia O'Brien "Way Down We Go", Kaleo |
| CRAFT AWARDS | |
| Cinematography | Costume Design |
| The Slow Mo Guys, Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy Boxed, Pablo Espada Devin Supertramp, Devin Graham Lost in Greece, Brandon Li MysteryGuitarMan, Joe Penna | Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, Gypsy Taylor Epic Rap Battles of History, Sulai Lopez Escape the Night, Olivia Hines Miss 2059, Jennifer Newman The Sorry Girls, Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright |
| Directing | Editing |
| Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, PJ Liguori AVbyte, Antonius and Vijay Nazareth The Fourth Door, Tony Valenzuela Jack & Dean of All Trades, Jack Howard and Matt Holt The Parallax Theory, Sawyer Hartman | Casey Neistat, Casey Neistat Double Digits: The Story of a Neighborhood Movie Star, Justin Johnson Epic Rap Battles of History, Nice Peter, Andrew Sherman, Ryan Moulton, Josh Best and Javi Sánchez Blanco Kids React, Daniel Seibert, Jordan Towles, Alyssa Salter, Cara Bomar, Luke Braun, Benny Fine and Rafi Fine RocketJump: The Show, Erin Willets, Nathan Koepp and Dominick Rolandelli |
| Visual and Special Effects | Writing |
| Corridor Digital, Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, and Jake Watson Action Movie Kid, Daniel Hashimoto RocketJump, Eli Cuevas and Clinton Jones SoKrispyMedia, Sam Wickert Super Power Beat Down, Nikolay Zamkovoy | Honest Trailers, Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell, and Andy Signore Epic Rap Battles of History, EpicLLOYD, Nice Peter, Zach Sherwin, Dante Cimadamore and Mike Betette Good Mythical Morning, Drew Champion, Edward Coleman, Lizzie Bassett, Kevin Kostelnik, Daniela Hamilton, and Chase Hilt Pound House, Brent Weinbach and Doug Lussenhop |
| CAMPAIGNS | |
| Brand Campaign | Social Good Campaign |
| Writing with Grace, Grace Helbig (AT&T) Calvin Klein Jeans Spring 2016, Cameron Dallas (Calvin Klein) Make My Monday, Shaun “Shonduras” McBride (AT&T) Now Add A Dancer, Dominic “D-trix” Sandoval (Mountain Dew) Royal Crush, AwesomenessTV (Royal Caribbean) | Lilly Singh's #GirlLove Challenge Matt Damon Pranks People with Surprise Bourne Spy Mission (Omaze for Water.org) #OwnYourVoice: Standing Up for Gender Equality (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign) Prank it FWD #ProudToBe: Coming Together to Celebrate Identity |
Web series with multiple nominations and awards
Reception
Writing for Teen Vogue, Brianna Wiest called the show "filled with amazing guests, emotional tributes, and some seriously well-deserved winners." Wiest also positively viewed the tribute to Christina Grimmie writing "It seems everyone is holding true to their word of making sure she isn't forgotten, and she deserves nothing less" and highlighting Shane Dawson's speech during the ceremony. Madeline Roth of MTV News also praised the tribute saying "Grimmie's Streamy Awards salute comes after both the Emmys and the Teen Choice Awards faced backlash from fans for not honoring the late singer. Finally, she's gotten the tribute she deserves." According to Liz Shannon Miller of IndieWire, "The show featured a number of breakout performance moments, including an emotional tribute to the late Christina Grimmie, an exuberant musical number by Spencer Ludwig and Streamys 2015 winner James Van Der Beek showing off his dance moves". Mikey Glazer of TheWrap described Jon Cozart's musical sketch satirizing social networks as a "comedy highlight of the night".
Casey Neistat, winner of the First Person award, said of the event "The beauty of it is that reality TV – the messages, the ideas, the narratives that were communicated – were always filtered through TV producers. But now, creators that are nominated for this award ... we are telling our own stories. I think there's so much integrity in that then having them sort of be dictated by others whose interests may not align." Kandee Johnson, who won in the Beauty category, also praised the event, saying "This is like the Oscars of the Internet. We really get no awards, everyone is like 'oh that little YouTube thing you do.' They look at like a joke. It's nice, someone thinks we are valuable." YouTuber Hazel Hayes criticized the lack of female nominees in a tweet saying "A few people pointed out that there are no women nominated for best director at the Streamys. Same with best writer. Little bit sad to see."
The show had a 51% increase in its livestreamed viewership compared to the previous year and a high level of social media engagement.