Nominees Announced For The 5th Annual STREAMY AWARDS

With help from some of the most influential creators and talent in online video, including Bart Baker, Flula, and GloZell Green, Tubefilter, dick clark productions and VH1 today announced the nominees for the 5th Annual Streamy Awards. The Streamy Awards, a multi-platform event honoring the best in YouTube, online video and the creators behind it, will air live on VH1 and its digital platforms from the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 10:00 pm ET/delayed PT.

Snapchat scripted series SnapperHero garnered the most Streamys nominations with six total. Epic Rap Battles of History and Video Game High School followed, tied with four nominations each, while Bootleg Universe and The Hotwives of Orlando each secured three nominations. The full list of Streamy Awards nominees is included below.

“If the strength of this year’s nominees is any indication, we are on track for the biggest Streamys ever,” said Streamy Awards Creator Drew Baldwin. “This past year, video creators have inspired, educated, and entertained us like never before—and I can imagine no better way to celebrate our community’s achievements than with dick clark productions and VH1 for our first-ever television and digital broadcast.”

The nominees for two fan-voted awards – Entertainer of the Year and Show of the Year – will be announced on September 3. Fans can vote for their favorite finalists leading up to and during the live show on September 17.

Winners of the Streamy Awards will be determined by the Streamys Blue Ribbon Panel, a judging body of creators, executives, and other experts in the online video industry.

Continuing to reflect the current state of original programming native to online and social video, the 5th Annual Streamy Awards feature new and updated awards, including:

New subject awards for Lifestyle channels and Documentary or Investigative series.

Breakout Creator and Breakthrough Artist awards recognizing up-and-coming digital creators and music artists who have not previously been nominated.

Introduction of the Social Video category to include Instagram, Snapchat, and Vine.

The 2014 Streamy Awards garnered more than 7 million views on YouTube, 2.8 million Vine loops in 24 hours, and three worldwide trending topics on Twitter, driving more engagement than the top TV shows airing that night. Creators and fans generated more than 1 billion impressions around the show.

NOMINEES FOR THE 5th ANNUAL STREAMY AWARDS

AWARDS FOR CHANNELS, SERIES, OR SHOWS

ANIMATED
Bee and Puppycat
Blank on Blank
Cyanide & Happiness
RWBY
sWooZie

BREAKOUT CREATOR (NEW CATEGORY)
Lauren Elizabeth
Rachel Levin
Jenn McAllister
Arden Rose
Matthew Santoro

COMEDY
Flula
Ryan Higa
Jenna Marbles
Miranda Sings
Rhett & Link

DRAMA
Anamnesis
Bootleg Universe
BlackBoxTV
Carmilla
Frankenstein, MD

FIRST PERSON
BFvsGF
Grace Helbig
Tyler Oakley
PewDiePie
IISuperwomanII

INDIE
Anamnesis
Eat Our Feelings
The Katering Show
The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy
Player Piano

INTERNATIONAL
EnchufeTV
HolaSoyGerman
Jack & Dean
Korean Englishman
Racka Racka

NON-FICTION
Good Mythical Morning
HeyUSA
Improv Everywhere
Kids React
Shaytards

SPIN-OFF
30 for 30 Shorts (30 for 30)
Hack Into Broad City (Broad City)
Saturday Night Line (Saturday Night Live)
Team Coco on Twitch (Conan)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Backstage

SUBJECT AWARDS

ACTION OR SCI-FI
Action Movie Kid
Corridor Digital
SnapperHero
Super Power Beat Down
Video Game High School

BEAUTY
Andrea’s Choice
Gigi Gorgeous
Kandee Johnson
Ingrid Nilsen
Michelle Phan

DOCUMENTARY OR INVESTIGATIVE (NEW CATEGORY)
Atari: Game Over
Queens of Kings
Rituals with Laura Ling
Street Cuts
Thank You And Sorry

FASHION
Maddi Bragg
Brooklyn And Bailey
Lauren Elizabeth
Maiah Ocando
Amanda Steele

FOOD
Epic Meal Time
Nerdy Nummies
SORTEDfood
Tasted
You Deserve A Drink

GAMING
The Game Theorists
Markiplier
PewDiePie
Smosh Games
Stampylonghead

HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Blogilates
BroScienceLife
Furious Pete
Superhero in Training
Tony Horton Fitness

KIDS AND FAMILY
Eh Bee Family
Kid President
Kids React
Shaytards
What’s Up Moms

LIFESTYLE (NEW CATEGORY)
Joey Graceffa
iJustine
Rachel Levin
Alisha Marie
Bethany Mota

NEWS AND CULTURE
BuzzFeed Video
MTV Braless
The Philip DeFranco Show
SourceFed
The Young Turks

PRANKS
Roman Atwood
FouseyTUBE
The Janoskians
Magic Of Rahat
PrankVsPrank

SCIENCE OR EDUCATION
Crash Course
DNews
It’s Okay To Be Smart
SciShow
Vsauce

SPORTS
Brodie Smith
Devin Super Tramp
Dude Perfect
The Ginger Runner
Red Bull

PERFORMANCE AWARDS

ACTOR
Bart Baker, Bart Baker
James Franco, Making A Scene with James Franco
Aasif Mandvi, Halal in the Family
Paul Scheer, Scheer-RL
James Van Der Beek, Bootleg Universe

ACTRESS
Anna Akana, SnapperHero
Colleen Ballinger, Miranda Sings
Natasha Negovanlis, Carmilla
Ellary Porterfield, Video Game High School
Casey Wilson, The Hotwives of Orlando

COLLABORATION
Jimmy Kimmel and Viewers, YouTube Challenge
JusReign and Timothy DeLaGhetto, JusReign
Nice Peter, EpicLLOYD, Grace Helbig, and Hannah Hart, Epic Rap Battles of History
Pentatonix and Lindsey Stirling, Pentatonix
Various Creators, YouTube Rewind 2015

DANCE
Amymarie Gaertner
Israel “Izzy” Harris and Ashleigh Mitchell
Dominic Sandoval
Marquese Scott
Alyson Stoner

ENSEMBLE CAST
The Annoying Orange
The Hotwives of Orlando
Six Guys One Car
SnapperHero
Video Game High School

MUSIC AWARDS

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (NEW CATEGORY)
Tori Kelly
Austin Mahone
MAX
Shawn Mendes
Rachel Platten

COVER SONG
Fifth Harmony, Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson)
Pentatonix, Evolution of Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson)
Sam Tsui and Casey Breves, Thinking Out Loud / I’m Not The Only One (Ed Sheeran / Sam Smith)
Tyler Ward featuring Charlie Puth, See You Again (Wiz Khalifa)
“Weird Al” Yankovic, Foil (Lorde)

ORIGINAL SONG
Gibberish, MAX
Here, Alessia Cara
No Matter Where You Are, Us the Duo
Nobody Love, Tori Kelly
Take Flight, Lindsey Stirling

CRAFT AWARDS

CINEMATOGRAPHY
2Cellos, Ivan Slipčević
Devin Super Tramp, Devin Graham
Gymkhana, Jordan Valenti
Michelle Phan, RiceBunny Productions
Thirsty For…, Jay Holzer and Gab Taraboulsy

COSTUME DESIGN
Bart Baker, Amanda Hosler
The Britishes, Alisha Silverstein
Epic Rap Battles of History, Sulai Lopez
The League of S.T.E.A.M., The League of S.T.E.A.M.
The Most Popular Girls in School, Jamie Brown, Mark Cope and Carlo Moss

DIRECTING
Bootleg Universe, Joseph Kahn
Kurt Hugo Schneider, Kurt Hugo Schneider
Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd
SnapperHero, Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, and Jake Watson
Video Game High School, Matt Arnold and Freddie Wong

EDITING
The Fourth Door, Tony Valenzuela
The Game Theorists, Ronnie Edwards, Forrest Lee Black, and Ryder Burgin
Epic Rap Battles of History, Andrew Sherman, Ryan Moulton, Daniel Turcan and Peter Shukoff
Mystery Guitar Man, Joe Penna
Vsauce, Michael Stevens and Guy Larsen

VISUAL AND SPECIAL EFFECTS
Action Movie Kid, Daniel Hashimoto
Andrew M Films, Andrew McMurry
Corridor Digital, Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, and Jake Watson
SnapperHero, Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, and Jake Watson
Zach King, Zach King

WRITING
Bad Lip Reading, Bad Lip Reading
Epic Rap Battles of History, Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist and Zach Sherwin
Honest Trailers, Spencer Gilbert, Dan Murrell, Erica Russell and Andy Signore
The Hotwives of Orlando, Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider
You Deserve A Drink, Mamrie Hart

SOCIAL VIDEO AWARDS

SHORT FORM COMEDY (NEW CATEGORY)
Brandon Calvillo
Brittany Furlan
Liane V
Rudy Mancuso
Logan Paul

SHORT FORM CREATIVITY (NEW CATEGORY)
Meagan Cignoli
Cyrene-Q
Zach King
Shaun McBride
SnapperHero

SNAPCHAT STORYTELLER (NEW CATEGORY)
Chris Carmichael (chriscarm)
Jérôme Jarre (jeromejarre)
Shaun McBride (shonduras)
Shay Mitchell (officialshaym)
Ryan Seacrest (ryanseacrest)

VINER
Cameron Dalllas
Brittany Furlan
King Bach
Lele Pons
DeStorm Power

CAMPAIGN AWARDS

BRAND CAMPAIGN
Crazy Plastic Ball Prank #WithDad, Roman Atwood (Nissan)
Kitten Therapy, SoulPancake (Purina Tidy Cats)
Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae), DanceOn (Silentó)
Totino Boy!, Tim and Eric (Totino’s Pizza Rolls)
Signature Pizzas, Jack and Jack, Rooster Teeth and Andrea Russett (Pizza Hut)

SOCIAL GOOD CAMPAIGN
Arnold Pranks Fans as the Terminator…for Charity, After-School All Stars
Prank it FWD
#ProudToLove, Marriage Equality and LGBT Pride Month
Win a Coffee Date In LA with Connor Franta, Thirst Project
Tyler Oakley’s Birthday Campaign, The Trevor Project

For more information, visit www.streamys.org. Join the conversation on Twitter with @streamys using #Streamys. Follow Streamy Awards on Facebook.

The 5th Annual Streamy Awards are Executive Produced by dick clark productions’ Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, Assaf Blecher and Ariel Elazar, as well as Streamy Awards founders Drew Baldwin and Joshua Cohen.  Lee Rolontz and Lara Fried will executive produce for VH1.