| 5th Streamy Awards | |
| Date: | September 17, 2015 |
| Location: | Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, California |
| Previous: | 4th |
| Next: | 6th |
| Main: | Streamy Awards |
| Producer: | Dick Clark Productions Tubefilter |
| Presenter: | Streamys Blue Ribbon Panel |
| Runtime: | 1 hour, 30 minutes[1] |
| Most Nominations: | SnapperHero (6) |
| Most Wins: | Epic Rap Battles of History (3) |
| Host: | Grace Helbig and Tyler Oakley |
| Award1 Type: | Audience Choice |
The 5th Annual Streamy Awards was the 5th installment of the Streamy Awards honoring streaming television series. The awards were held on September 17, 2015, at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by the YouTube stars Grace Helbig and Tyler Oakley. Broadcast live on VH1 and simultaneously livestreamed online, the 5th Streamy Awards were the first to be televised.[2] [3] [4] Several new award categories were added for the 5th Streamys, including new Social Video awards for content on Instagram, Snapchat, and Vine, new subject categories such as Lifestyle and Documentary or Investigative, and Breakout Creator and Breakthrough Artist which were created to celebrate up-and-coming creators.[5] The show had a positive reception in media publications and on social media.
The 5th Annual Streamy Awards featured the musical performances of the following artists:[6] [7] [8]
| A Great Big World | "Hold Each Other" | |
| Alessia Cara | "Here" | |
| Future | "March Madness" | |
| OMI | "Cheerleader" | |
| Sir Mix-A-Lot | "Baby Got Back" | |
| Hailee Steinfeld | "Love Myself" |
The nominees were announced on August 12, 2015[9] [10] and the finalists for the Audience Choice Award categories were announced on September 3.[11] [12] 35 of the categories were announced on September 14 during the Official Streamys Nominee Reception at the YouTube Space LA.[13] The remaining nine "marquee categories" were announced during the main ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium on September 17. 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.[14] [15]
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| Audience Choice Award for Show of the Year | Audience Choice Award for Entertainer of the Year | ||
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| International | Breakout Creator | ||
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| Comedy | Drama | ||
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| Animated | First Person | ||
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| Indie | Non-Fiction | ||
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| Spin-Off | |||
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| SOCIAL VIDEO | |||
| Viner | Snapchat Storyteller | ||
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| Short Form Comedy | Short Form Creativity | ||
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| SUBJECT AWARDS | |||
| Action and Sci-Fi | Beauty | ||
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| Documentary or Investigative | Fashion | ||
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| Food | Gaming | ||
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| Health and Wellness | Kids and Family | ||
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| News and Culture | Pranks | ||
| Science and Education | Sports | ||
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| PERFORMANCE | |||
| Actor | Actress | ||
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| Collaboration | Dance | ||
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| Ensemble Cast | |||
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| MUSIC | |||
| Breakthrough Artist | |||
| Cover Song | Original Song | ||
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| CRAFT AWARDS | |||
| Cinematography | Costume Design | ||
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| Directing | Editing | ||
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| Visual and Special Effects | Writing | ||
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| CAMPAIGNS | |||
| Brand Campaign | Social Good Campaign | ||
| , Tim & Eric (Totino's Pizza Rolls)
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| Web Series | |
| 6 | SnapperHero |
| 5 | Video Game High School |
| 4 | Epic Rap Battles of History |
| 3 | Adi Shankar's Bootleg Universe |
| The Hotwives of Orlando | |
| Miranda Sings | |
| React | |
| 2 | Action Movie Kid |
| Anamnesis | |
| Carmilla | |
| Corridor Digital | |
| Devin Super Tramp | |
| EnchufeTV | |
| FouseyTUBE | |
| The Game Theorists | |
| Good Mythical Morning | |
| Improv Everywhere | |
| The Philip DeFranco Show | |
| PrankvsPrank | |
| Rooster Teeth | |
| Shaytards | |
| SourceFed | |
| Vsauce | |
| You Deserve a Drink |
| Web series | |
| 3 | Epic Rap Battles of History |
| 2 | Corridor Digital |
| Video Game High School |
Rae Votta of The Daily Dot praised the video segments that introduced each award category for the unique spin that was added to each video by the various online content creators which produced them. Votta also felt that the imposition of a strict runtime due to the event being televised made the show flow better when compared to previous years. The musical performances were well received, particularly Future's performance of "March Madness" which was praised by writers for Spin, Vulture, MTV News, and Vice.[16] [17] [18] Hailee Steinfeld also received praise for her performance by Teen Vogue.[19] Votta called the performances "flashy and impressive" but felt that they were disconnected from YouTube and online content creation. Writing for MTV News, Deepa Lakshmin praised Lilly Singh's acceptance speech in which she said "Lastly I want to say huge, huge shout-out to Google and YouTube for not being scared to put a brown girl on a billboard." Lakshmin called the speech "badass" and felt that it was especially meaningful for Indian fans of Singh's.[20]
Reception of the event on social media was positive according to analysis done by the social TV platform Canvs, using data from Nielsen Twitter TV ratings, which found that an estimated 41.5% of reaction tweets to the event contained the emotion of "love" and 16.2% the reaction "congrats". According to Nielsen, the show was the leading social non-sports program on television the day it aired.[21]