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Matthew Santoro, Lilly Singh win Streamy prizes

By Playback Staff
September 18, 2015
Other Canadian creators who picked up Streamy awards include lifestyle vlogger Gigi Gorgeous and the team behind Epic Meal Time. (Matthew Santoro pictured.)

matthew santoroMatthew Santoro, Lilly Singh aka IISuperwomanII and the team behind Epic Meal Time are among the Canadian personalities who picked up prizes at the fifth annual Streamy awards.

The awards, presented by Broadcast Live, VH1 and Tubefilter, were held Sept. 17 at the Hollywood Palladium and hosted by YouTube veterans Grace Helbig and Tyler Oakley.

Trivia buff Santoro took home the prize in the new category of breakout creator, while Singh won the award for best first person. Harley Morenstein and Sterling Toth’s Epic Meal Time picked up the top prize in the food category, while Canadian beauty vlogger Gigi Loren Lazzarato (Gigi Gorgeous) won in the beauty category.

In the audience choice category, top honors went to comedy and lifestyle vlogger Connor Franta for individual performer, while comedy prank series Fousey Tube won the series category.

The series Epic Rap Battles of History and Video Game High School, created by Freddy Wong’s RocketJump, were the recipients of multiple awards, with Epic Rap Battles taking home prizes for collaboration, costume design and editing, and Video Game High School receiving recognition for directing and best ensemble cast. The long-running Cyanide and Happiness won for best animated series.

For subject awards, the seemingly unstoppable Felix Kjellberg (PewDiePie) took home the award for gaming, and The Young Turks, which has evolved from a single news channel to a full network, was deemed the best news and culture channel or series.

The awards also showcased a number of linear performers who have crossed over into digital. Former Dawson’s Creek actor James Van Der Beek was recognized for his performance in the YouTube series Andi Shenkar’s Bootleg Universe, while former So You Think You Can Dance performer Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval won the Best Dancer award.

– from Stream Daily 

Full list of winners below.

(* Indicates new category)

Audience Choice

Channel or Series

Subject Awards

Performance Awards

Music Awards

  • Breakthrough Artist: Shawn Mendes
  • Cover Song: Foil, “Weird Al” Yankovic (based on Lorde’s “Royals”)
  • Original Song: Here, Alessia Cara

Craft Awards

Social Video Awards

Campaign Awards