2020 YouTube Streamy Awards Celebrate Ten Memorable Years

amp160The show kicked off with Trixie and Katya sorting through the many garbage bags that filled the stage Each bag was labelled with an atrocity of this abysmal year collectively comprising the quottrashquot of 2020 They threw away bags marked quotLockdownquot quotJoe Exoticquot quotKardashian Birthday Partiesquot quotKarensquot and quotTP Shortagequot before climbing aboard a decked out tour bus they christened the Glamtram that chauffeured them around Los Angeles throughout the show stopping at the homes of several winners to deliver their awardsamp160quotTonight we39re taking the Streamys on the road since nothing says superspreader event like a ballroom full of young creators yelling about their accomplishments for an hour and a halfquot Katya explained Fear not Proper COVID protocols were practiced by allamp160amp160The top award winner of the night went to the stuntfocused content creator MrBeast who has over 47 million YouTube subscribers He was honored with four wins including Creator of the Year CalebCity Emma Chamberlain James Charles and Mark Rober tied for second top award winner with two eachamp160The show had a plethora of stand out moments including creator led quotspotlight segmentsquot that illuminated important social and cultural issues which have globally impacted us this year Activist Amber Whittington39s Amber39s Closetamp160 spotlight on Racial Justice was truly moving and encouraged everyone to quotturn emotion into thoughtful actionquotamp160Another stand out creatorled spotlight was by quotpurpose coachquot Jay Shetty Jay touched on the tough subject of the tripled anxiety and depression rate in America this year and explained where to look for help It also featured various creators who shared their stories and struggles with mental health Jay ended his spotlight by declaring quotOur vulnerability is our greatest strength and we are all stronger togetherquotamp160The introduction of the Streamys Creator Honor was a heartfelt addition to the show It allowed past Streamy winners to honor their favorite 2020 creator who had personally inspired and impacted them this yearamp160Kenyan creator Elsa Majimbo was honored by Lilly Singh with an award which Lilly titled Best New Comedy Creator of 2020 Lillyamp8217s sincere praise and Elsaamp8217s humble acceptance speech didnamp8217t leave a dry eye onlineamp160Vlogging comedian Juanpa Zurita honored his friend YouTube sensation Brent Rivera with a Creator Honor Award Juanpa delivered the news in an explosive way complete with slime confetti and a butler delivering the award on a silver platteramp160In between award presentations the show included a very funny segment titled Streamy 10 Flashback that reviewed the top moments of the last 10 years And there were exhilarating performances by singersongwriter Lewis Capaldi his recordbreaking ballad quotBefore You Goquotamp160has over 129 million views on YouTube Grammynominated singer Doja Cat her No 1 hit quotSay Soquotamp160has over 240 million views on YouTube and Tones and I her single quotDance Monkeyquotamp160has over 1 billion views on YouTube and is the most streamed song by a single artist on Spotify in 2020amp160Throughout the awards Trixie and Kayta comically lamented that their show was nominated and lost every year reminding viewers that it was always an honor quotjust to be nominated againquot Little did they know that 2020 would mark the very first year that they would win a Streamy Brittany Broski surprised them on the Glamtram with the 2020 Streamy Award for Best Unscripted Seriesamp160The show went out with a bang as the top award of the night Creator of the Yearamp160amp160was presented by Mark Rober via a visually spectacular drone delivery to reveal the winner We watched the drone fly across America from Markamp8217s home in California to that of the winner MrBeast all the way east in North Carolinaamp160For a full list of the nominees and winners visit streamysorg The full show is available on the Streamy Awardsamp160YouTube channel along with athome nominee interviews and exclusive content from the showamp160Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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