8th Streamy Awards

8th Streamy Awards
8th Streamy Awards
Date	October 22, 2018
Location	The Beverly Hilton, ; Beverly Hills, California
Presented by	Streamys Blue Ribbon Panel
Hosted by	The Try Guys
Highlights
Most awards	Shane Dawson (3)
Most nominations	David Dobrik (6)
Audience Choice	The Try Guys (Show of the Year); Shane Dawson (Creator of the Year)
Television/radio coverage
Network	YouTube
Viewership	6.9 million[1]
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions; Tubefilter

The 8th Annual Streamy Awards was the eighth installment of the Streamy Awards honoring the best in American streaming television series and their creators. The ceremony was broadcast live on YouTube on October 22, 2018, from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.[2] They were hosted by The Try Guys.[3]

On October 9, 2018, the 1st annual Streamys Brand Awards were held during the IAB Digital Content NewFronts West at NeueHouse Hollywood and hosted by Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz. The awards honored notable achievements in digital marketing.[4][5] On October 18, 2018, the 2nd annual Purpose Awards @ The Streamys were held, hosted by Jay Shetty. The awards recognized digital creators, brands, and nonprofits who have used their influence for a greater good.[6][7]

Performers

The 8th Annual Streamy Awards featured the following musical performances:[7]

Performers at the 8th Streamy Awards
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Montell Jordan	"This Is How We Do It"

Winners and nominees

Shane Dawson, winner of Audience Choice Award for Creator of the Year and two other awards for his documentary The Truth About Tanacon

Emma Chamberlain, winner of the Breakout Creator award

David Dobrik, winner of the First Person category and Best Ensemble Cast for his vlog

Grace Helbig, winner of Best Podcast

Gabbie Hanna, winner of the Social Video Storyteller award

James Charles, winner of the Beauty category

Philip DeFranco, winner of the News category

Anna Akana, winner of Best Acting in a Drama

Marshmello, winner of Breakthrough Artist

The nominees were announced on September 25, 2018.[8][9] 24 of the awards were announced on October 20 at the Streamy Premiere Awards in Santa Monica, hosted by BlameItOnKway and Montana Tucker.[7] The remaining awards were announced at the main ceremony at the Beverly Hilton on October 22.[7][10][11] Among the awards presented at the ceremony was the first ever Milk-Bone Dog of the Year Honor, which was voted for by fans and presented by Gus Kenworthy.[12][13] Winners of the categories were selected by the Streamys Blue Ribbon Panel except for the Audience Choice and Dog of the Year awards which were put to a public vote.[9][12][13][14]

Winners are listed first, in bold.[11][15][16]

OVERALL
Audience Choice Award for Show of the Year	Audience Choice Award for Creator of the Year
The Try Guys Blippi Escape the Night F2 Finding Football Good Mythical Morning The Philip DeFranco Show REACT Rooster Teeth Yappie The Young Turks	Shane Dawson Andrei Terbea Casey Neistat David Dobrik Dolan Twins Emma Chamberlain Gabbie Hanna Liza Koshy Ninja Safiya Nygaard
International	Breakout Creator
Pautips Alex French Guy Cooking Calle y Poché Fozi Mozi Sebastian Villalobos	Emma Chamberlain Bretman Rock Dobre Brothers Elle Mills Ninja
Action or Sci-Fi	Animated
Two Sentence Horror Stories ATROPA Day 5 Lifeline The Look-See	storybooth Andrei Terbea Bravest Warriors Jaiden Animations TheOdd1sOut
Comedy	Documentary
Brandon Rogers Hannah Stocking Jenna Marbles Jack Douglass Lilly Singh	The Truth About Tanacon 60 Second Docs Extraordinary People MEL Films The Mortified Guide
First Person	Immersive
David Dobrik Alex Wassabi Casey Neistat Emma Chamberlain Gabbie Hanna	Find Me – BlackBoxTV Comic Book Portal – CyreneQ Life Support – Taryn Southern Tiny Tank – SoKrispyMedia Welcome to Everlock – Escape the Night
Podcast	Dog of the Year
Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig Couples Therapy with Candice & Casey Ear Biscuits with Rhett & Link H3 Podcast VIEWS with David Dobrik and Jason Nash	Todd the Hero Dog Louboutina the Hugging Dog Pierre Don't Care
SOCIAL VIDEO
Live Streamer	Storyteller
Ninja Critical Role Myth Nickmercs Pokimane	Gabbie Hanna Amanda Cerny Jeffree Star Shay Mitchell Tana Mongeau
SERIES
Comedy Series	Drama Series
Liza on Demand Anime Crimes Division Escape the Night Grown Rhett and Link's Buddy System	Giants Caught Chicken Girls Simi Valley Youth & Consequences
Indie Series	Non-fiction Series
the T Brujos Lovers Divided Twenty The Webseries Yappie	Hot Ones I Have A Secret MK ULTRA Red Table Talk Roman Atwood's Day Dreams
SUBJECT AWARDS
Beauty	Dance
James Charles Huda Kattan Jeffree Star PatrickStarrr Safiya Nygaard	Matt Steffanina 1MILLION Dance Studio Dytto Kaycee Rice Kyle Hanagami
Fashion	Food
Niki and Gabi Cheap Thrills with Tabasko Sweet IAMKARENO Koleen Diaz TheNotoriousKIA	*Worth It* Binging with Babish Cooking with Marshmello Gourmet Makes The Icing Artist
Gaming	Health and Wellness
Ninja FaZe Clan Markiplier PrestonPlayz Typical Gamer	Jay Shetty Buff Dudes Doctor Mike How to ADHD Kati Morton
Kids and Family	Lifestyle
Guava Juice Blippi Collins Key ChuChu TV Ryan ToysReview	Merrell Twins Brooklyn and Bailey Eva Gutowski Jess and Gabriel Mr. Kate
News	Pop Culture
The Philip DeFranco Show AM to DM by BuzzFeed News The Breakdown NowThis News The Young Turks	**Vogue's 73 Questions** Do They Know It? Game Theory Sneaker Shopping Super Carlin Brothers
Science or Education	Sports
Marques Brownlee AsapSCIENCE The King of Random Mark Rober Nas Daily	Cold As Balls Donut Media F2 Finding Football Kevin Durant WWE Mixed Match Challenge
PERFORMANCE
Acting in a Comedy	Acting in a Drama
Liza Koshy – Liza on Demand Arden Rose – Mr. Student Body President Melvin Gregg – God's Son Nate Contreras – Cheap Thrills with Tabasko Sweet SungWon Cho – Anime Crimes Division	Anna Akana – Youth & Consequences Annie LeBlanc – Chicken Girls DeStorm Power – Caught James Bland – Giants Jesse Ridgway – My Virtual Escape
Collaboration	Ensemble Cast
Kandee Johnson and Kim Kardashian – Princess Jasmine Transformation David Dobrik and Jennifer Lopez – FEAR BOX Challenge 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	David's Vlog Caught Escape the Night Ladylike The Try Guys
MUSIC
Breakthrough Artist	Cover Song
Marshmello Big Shaq Greta Van Fleet Jaden Smith Two Feet	Walk off the Earth – "Girls Like You" (Maroon 5) 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)
CRAFT AWARDS
Directing	Writing
Jesse Ridgway – My Virtual Escape David Dobrik – David's Vlog Hazel Hayes – PrankMe Jack Ferry – Mr. Student Body President Wesley "Wuz Good" Armstrong – Couples Night	DeStorm Power – Caught Deja Harrell – Seeds Ezra Ani – Pillow Talk Melvin Gregg – God's Son Ry Doon, Luke Flipp, and Marion Webb – The Lab Ratz
Cinematography	Editing
Joe Sabia – Vogue's 73 Questions Adam Tash – The Super Slow Show Casey Neistat – Casey Neistat Eric Foster, Kyle LaBrache, and Maris Lidaka – Paper Tigers Greg Cotten – ATROPA	Shane Dawson and Andrew Siwicki – The Truth About Tanacon Lee Black, Ronnie Edwards, Alexander Sedgewick, Daniel Seibert, and Thomas Torbergsen – Game Theory Casey Neistat – Casey Neistat Emma Chamberlain – Emma Chamberlain TJ Nordaker and Kevin Williamsen – Honest Trailers
Costume Design	Visual and Special Effects
Olivia Hines – Escape the Night Brandon Rogers – Magic Funhouse! Jennifer Newman – Miss 2059 Samantha Burkhart – Lindsey Stirling Ron Leaman – Automata	Tobias Richter and Ryan Wieber – ATROPA Jody Steel – Body Art with Jody Steel Sam Wickert – SoKrispyMedia Tony E. Valenzuela – Find Me Zach King – Zach King

Brand Awards

The first annual Streamys Brand Awards were presented at a separate event hosted by Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz at NeueHouse Hollywood on October 9, 2018, during the IAB Digital Content NewFronts West.[4][5] Winners are listed first, in bold.[16]

BRAND AWARDS
Branded Content: Series	Branded Content: Video
Kevin Hart: Lyft Legend – Lyft Entertainment, Hartbeat Productions, Free Period Productions, Pygmy Wolf Productions in association with Lionsgate Guilty Party – AT&T Hello Lab, Fullscreen Snoop Dogg's Hot Box Office – Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Viacom Velocity	Upside Down Cooking Challenge: Giant Burrito – Glad, Portal A. Google The Dodo x Samsung Galaxy S9 Slow-Mo – Samsung, Group Nine Media Sponsoring "Olympians" – Planet Fitness, Hill Holliday, Trilia Media
Honorable Mentions: Club Mickey Mouse – HP, Disney Digital Network Couchland – Amazon Fire TV, Mekanism + Epic Signal NowThis x Samsung Gear 360 – Samsung, Group Nine Media Science and Star Wars – IBM, Disney, Lucasfilm We Got You: Philly – Visit Philadelphia	Honorable Mentions: Dance Cleaning Challenge – Pine Sol, Studio Superba Ellen Scares the Kit Kats Out of Her Audience – Kit Kat, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Universal McCann Worldwide Inc, The Hershey Company Simone Giertz x Westworld – HBO, Portal A, Google "Stick Around" – GIPHY We Travel To Kenya To Learn About The First Woman In History – 23andMe, BuzzFeed
Emerging Platform	Influencer Campaign
*Sissy That Bot, RuPaul's Drag Race* – VH1, Facebook Messenger, The Bot Platform, Viacom** Alaska Airlines GIPHY Brand Channel – Alaska Airlines, GIPHY, Mekanism + Epic Signal Hey Google, Play... – Disney Digital Network, Google Home	New Year, New Me \| Rudy Mancuso & Stephen Curry – Brita, Portal A, Google NYE with Planet Fitness and Doug the Pug – Planet Fitness, Hill Holliday, Trilia Media Seize the Awkward – Ad Council, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, The JED Foundation
Honorable Mentions: Dockers Presents: The Interview Live! – Dockers, Facebook Live, Mekanism + Epic Signal, Levi Strauss & Co. #FreeMurdoc, Gorillaz – Warner Bros Records, Amazon Alexa, Parlophone Records, Eleven Manangement, Imperson IGN Far Cry 5: Choose Your Own Adventure – Ubisoft Far Cry 5, Snapchat, Instagram, IGN Branded Entertainment Team Screens Up – Nickelodeon	Honorable Mentions: EA Play Creators Cup – EA, Branded Entertainment Network DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night with Jennifer Lopez #JLoNOW – DIRECTV NOW, Fullscreen, AT&T Hello Lab The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land with Lele Pons, Anwar Jibawi, & Rudy Mancuso – The Walking Dead, Mediakix, Shots Studios

Purpose Awards

Tyler Oakley, winner of the Legacy Award at the Streamy Purpose Awards

The second annual Purpose Awards were presented at a separate event hosted by Jay Shetty on October 18, 2018. The awards were followed by a Creator Summit which featured panels in which creators discussed mental health and suicide prevention.[6][7] Purpose Award honorees are listed in bold.[16]

Creator Award	Mike Rowe Molly Burke Shalom Blac
Company or Brand Award	The Dodo GoFundMe Walgreens, Red Nose Day
Nonprofit or NGO Award	Peacemaker Corps Association – Peace in the Streets Special Books by Special Kids Thirst Project
Campaign Award	Extra Life, Team Rooster Teeth – Children's Miracle Network Hospitals MTV – Parkland Response YouTube – Creators for Change
Uniter Award	One Million Acts of Good – Ellen DeGeneres – Cheerios
Legacy Award	Tyler Oakley

Reception

Kathryn Lindsay of Refinery29 praised the diversity of nominees for the awards.[17] PinkNews, Pride.com, and Gay Star News highlighted YouTuber Anna Akana's acceptance speech in which she came out as a queer woman.[18][19][20] The event had an increased livestream viewership of 73% compared with the previous year.[1]

References

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[Variety-1] "Streamy Awards 2019 Return to YouTube for Exclusive Live-Stream". Variety. August 19, 2019. Retrieved Aug 29, 2021.

[Nominees-2] Ramos, Dino-Ray (September 25, 2018). "Streamy Awards Unveils Nominations; YouTube Named Distribution Partner". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[3] Ramos, Dino-Ray (October 4, 2018). "Streamy Awards Set The Try Guys As Hosts, Announce Presenters". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

[BrandAwards-4] Weiss, Geoff (October 5, 2018). "Alisha Marie And Remi Cruz To Host First-Ever 'Streamys Brand Awards'". Tubefilter. Retrieved October 22, 2018.

[:2-5] Spangler, Todd (July 16, 2018). "IAB's NewFronts L.A. Edition to Feature Streamy Brand Awards for Advertising". Variety. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved August 23, 2021.

[PurposeAwards-6] Weiss, Geoff (October 15, 2018). "Jay Shetty To Host 2nd Annual 'Streamys Purpose Awards', Followed By Creator Summit On Mental Health". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 2018-10-16. Retrieved October 22, 2018.

[:0-7] Haring, Bruce (October 20, 2018). "Streamy Awards Honor 24 Winners In Prelims To 8th Annual Event". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[8] Spangler, Todd (September 25, 2018). "2018 Streamy Awards Nominations Unveiled, YouTube Signs as Sponsor". Variety. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[:7-9] Ramos, Dino-Ray (September 25, 2018). "Streamy Awards Unveils Nominations; YouTube Named Distribution Partner". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[10] Pedersen, Erik (October 22, 2018). "Streamy Awards: Kevin Hart's 'Cold As Balls' Among Winners – Complete List". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[:1-11] Geier, Thom (October 23, 2018). "2018 Streamy Awards: Complete Winners List". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[:5-12] Bender, Kelli (October 19, 2018). "Gus Kenworthy to Give Out First Streamy Award for Dogs: They 'Do So Much for Us Every Day'". PEOPLE. Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

[:6-13] Goronja, Ariel (October 22, 2018). "Milk-Bone Dog of the Year: Meet The Finalists for Streamy Award". Heavy. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

[14] Schaffstall, Katherine (October 22, 2018). "Streamy Awards: Watch the Live Stream". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

[15] Schaffstall, Katherine (October 22, 2018). "Streamy Awards 2018: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[:4-16] "8th Annual Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

[17] Lindsay, Kathryn (October 22, 2018). "The Oscars Of YouTubers Might Be More Interesting Than The Actual Oscars". Refinery29. Archived from the original on 2019-10-10. Retrieved August 23, 2021.

[18] Jackman, Josh (October 26, 2018). "YouTube star Anna Akana gets drunk, wins award and comes out". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2018-11-07. Retrieved August 23, 2021.

[19] Ermac, Raffy (October 25, 2018). "Anna Akana Came Out at the Streamys—And It Was Epic!". Pride.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved August 23, 2021.

[20] Power, Shannon (October 24, 2018). "YouTuber Anna Akana comes out as queer onstage at the Streamy Awards". Gay Star News. Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved August 23, 2021.