# 7th Streamy Awards

The 7th Annual Streamy Awards was the seventh installment of the Streamy Awards honoring the best in American streaming television series and their creators. The awards were broadcast live from Twitter on September 26, 2017 from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. They were hosted by YouTube star Jon Cozart. Awards for Best Comedy Series and Best Drama Series were introduced for the 2017 Streamys to put a greater emphasis on original series, and the performance awards were not split by gender as they had been in previous years in an effort to make the awards more inclusive. The 2017 Streamys also featured a shift towards independent content creators.
The 1st annual Purpose Awards @ the Streamys were announced on August 16 and presented at a separate event hosted by Burnie Burns and Ashley Jenkins at the Conga Room in L.A. Live on September 25.

## Performers

The 7th Annual Streamy Awards featured the first live performance in over 30 years from American disco group Village People. They ended the show with a medley of their most popular songs.
Performers at the 7th Streamy Awards :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Village People | "Y.M.C.A." "Macho Man" |

## Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced via Twitter on August 22, 2017. 24 of the awards were announced on September 24 at the Streamy Premiere Awards in Santa Monica, hosted by Lloyd Ahlquist. The remaining 17 awards were announced during the main ceremony at The Beverly Hilton on September 26. As part of a deal between Dick Clark Productions and Twitter, the awards were livestreamed on Twitter. 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.
OVERALL :
| Audience Choice Award for Show of the Year | Audience Choice Award for Creator of the Year |
| Sugar Pine 7 Good Mythical Morning Kian & JC The King of Random The Philip DeFranco Show REACT Rooster Teeth The Try Guys UNHhhh The Young Turks | The Dolan Twins Cameron Dallas Casey Neistat David Dobrik Jake Paul Jenna Marbles Lilly Singh Liza Koshy Logan Paul Shane Dawson |
| International | Breakout Creator |
| Juanpa Zurita Fernanfloo Lisa and Lena Sebastian Villalobos Wengie | David Dobrik Binging with Babish Brave Wilderness Jake Paul |
| Comedy | Feature |
| Liza Koshy h3h3Productions Laura Clery Rudy Mancuso Sugar Pine 7 | This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Dirty 30 FML: The Movie Ghostmates The Thinning |
| Action or Sci-Fi | Animated |
| Crypt TV Dimension 404 Rush: Inspired by Battlefield Skinford The Thinning | RWBY Casually Explained Domics itsAlexClark Simon's Cat |
| Documentary | First Person |
| Psycho Family 60 Second Docs Endangered Great Big Story This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous | Lilly Singh Casey Neistat Dolan Twins Jenna Marbles Shane Dawson |
| Immersive | |
| BlackBoxTV (BlackBox TV) 360 Wizard Battle (Corridor) Eleven Little Roosters (Rooster Teeth) The Global Gamer (The Game Theorists) Last Moments of Relationships (FBE) | |
| SOCIAL VIDEO ||
| Live | Storyteller |
| SMOSH Live BlameRyanCarter BruhitsZach Garth Brooks Sofie Dossi | King Bach Amanda Cerny DJ Khaled Lele Pons Logan Paul |
| SERIES ||
| Comedy Series | Drama Series |
| Rhett & Link's Buddy System Magic Funhouse! Mr. Student Body President Drive Share You Suck At Everything | Cold Brown Girls Carmilla (season 3) Single by 30 Caught |
| Indie Series | Non-Fiction Series |
| Brown Girls Doomsday Edgar Allen Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party Everything's OK Graves Spring Street | Ladylike Getting Doug With High Logan Paul Vs… Murder with Friends REACT |
| SUBJECT AWARDS ||
| Beauty | Fashion |
| PatrickStarrr Jaclyn Hill Laura Lee Manny Mua Simply Nailogical | Tess Christine Amanda Steele FENTY PUMA by Rihanna Kelsey Simone Sneaker Shopping |
| Food | Gaming |
| Worth It Binging with Babish Hot Ones Nerdy Nummies Tasty | Smosh Games Achievement Hunter iHasCupquake JuegaGerman Markiplier |
| Kids and Family | Lifestyle |
| Brooklyn & Bailey Annie LeBlanc Guava Juice Roman Atwood Vlogs What’s Inside? | LaurDIY Andrea Russett Baby Ariel MyLifeAsEva Niki and Gabi |
| News and Culture | Science or Education |
| The Young Turks Cheddar Complex News NowThis The Philip DeFranco Show | Veritasium How To Make Everything The King of Random Marques Brownlee Mind Field |
| Sports and Wellness | |
| Blogilates 30 for 30 Shorts Kevin Durant QB1: Beyond the Lights Tanner Fox | |
| PERFORMANCE ||
| Acting in a Comedy | Acting in a Drama |
| Mamrie Hart (Dirty 30) Arden Rose (Mr. Student Body President) Jason Nash (FML: The Movie) Jeremy Shada (Mr. Student Body President) Quinta Brunson (Broke) | DeStorm Power (Caught) Annalise Basso (Cold) Harry Shum Jr. (Single By 30) Logan Paul (The Thinning) Natasha Negovanlis (Carmilla Season 3”) |
| Collaboration | Dance |
| Honest Trailers and Ryan Reynolds (Logan Feat. Deadpool) Casey Neistat and Jesse Wellens (Human Flying Drone) Jon Cozart and Thomas Sanders (RIP Vine: A Song) Kate Albrecht and Joey Zehr (Omg We’re Coming Over!) The Rock, Lilly Singh, Markiplier, Grace Helbig, Roman Atwood, Gigi Gorgeous, Alex Wassabi, LaurDIY, King Bach, Flula, and Brittney Smith (The YouTube Factory) | Alyson Stoner Chachi Gonzales Matt Steffanina Tessa Brooks Tricia Miranda |
| Ensemble | |
| Mr. Student Body President Caught Dirty 30 McJuggerNuggets The Try Guys | |
| MUSIC ||
| Breakthrough Artist | Cover Song |
| Poppy 21 Savage dodie Marian Hill Zara Larsson | Ariana Grande, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" (Judy Garland) Alex Aiono ft. Ar'mon and Trey, "I Spy, T-Shirt, Isn’t She Lovely, & Swang Mashup" (Various Artists) Ashley Tisdale ft. Vanessa Hudgens, "Ex’s & Oh’s" (Elle King) Boyce Avenue ft. Sarah Hyland, "Closer" (The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey) Walk Off The Earth, "Shape Of You" (Ed Sheeran) |
| CRAFT AWARDS ||
| Cinematography | Costume Design |
| Casey Neistat (Casey Neistat) Devin Graham (Devin Supertramp) Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy (The Slow Mo Guys) Jon Keng (Pineapple) Sawyer Hartman (sawyerhartman) | Brandon Rogers, Kimberly Rice, and Jonathan Hinman (Magic Funhouse!) Ann Foley (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot) Autumn Steed (Dimension 404) Jessica Margolis (Lindsey Stirling) Sarah Grace Hart, Sinead Persaud, and Mary Kate Wiles (Edgar Allen Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party) |
| Directing | Editing |
| Jack Ferry and Ryan Hunter (Mr. Student Body President) Jesse Wellens (Jesse) John Fortenberry (Rhett & Link's Buddy System) Steven Suptic (Sugar Pine 7) Wesley Chan and Philip Wang (Single By 30) | The Game Theorists (Edward Newton, Thomas Torbergsen, Alex Sedgewick, Ronnie Edwards, Daniel Seibert, Lee Black, and Ryder Burgin) Bad Lip Reading Casey Neistat Liza Koshy Sugar Pine 7 (Steven Suptic) |
| Visual and Special Effects | Writing |
| Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer (Corridor Digital) Nikolay Zamkovoy (Super Power Beat Down) Dimension 404 (Playfight and RocketJump) Gary Scullion (Sneaky Zebra) Jungle of Sharks and Blood Brothers (Skal) | DeStorm Power (Caught) Casually Explained Josh Gal, Amanda Brooke-Perrin, Jill Gosliky, Aaron Krebs, and EpicLLOYD (Epic Studios) Shaun Diston, Ryan Hunter and Jack Ferry (Mr. Student Body President) Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell, and Andy Signore (Honest Trailers) |
| BRAND AWARDS ||
| Branded Video or Series | Influencer Campaign |
| The Disappearing Girl, Collins Key (AT&T) Back To School – Mommy Wars Spoof, What’s Up Moms? (Fruit Of The Loom) Ping Pong Trick Shots 3, Dude Perfect (Oreos) "Rings" TV Store Prank (Paramount Pictures) The Wolf: The Hunt Continues Starring Christian Slater (HP) | Samsung (Casey Neistat) Amazon Fire Tablets (Peter Heacock, Zach King, Chad Suter) DiGiorno (Redfoo, Devvon Terrell, Diamond White, Madilyn Bailey, Marcus Perez, O-Fresh) Fergie / aaro Entertainment (Various Musical.ly Artists) Power Rangers Movie (Lilly Singh, Dude Perfect) |

### Purpose Awards

The first annual Purpose Awards were presented at a separate event hosted by Burnie Burns and Ashley Jenkins at the Conga Room in L.A. Live on September 25, 2017. Each Purpose Award category has three honorees with one of the honorees also receiving the "Inspiration Award" for that category. Honorees are listed in bold and the Inspiration Award winner is indicated with a ‡.
| Creator Award | Hannah Hart Lilly Singh Lizzie Velásquez ‡ |
| Company or Brand Award | Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty Endowment) Bank of America (Special Olympics) Ford (Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media) ‡ |
| Nonprofit or NGO Award | Global Citizen Make-A-Wish Meals On Wheels ‡ |
| Campaign Award | AT&T "#LaterHaters" ‡ Bill & Melinda Gates "2017 Annual Letter" Walmart "Fight Hunger. Spark Change." |
| Uniter Award | Jérôme Jarre ‡ Karlie Kloss Omaze |
| Legacy Award | The Ad Council ‡ |

## Reception

Mikey Glazer of TheWrap described the show as "rowdy, political and Jake Paul-hating" and described Jon Cozart's opening speech as "searing". Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Cozart described his job as host as "to dig into the Streamys and reveal the hypocrisy of the new media industry. I'm exposing us for what we are, which is a room full of narcissists with good intentions." According to The Hollywood Reporter, two main themes of the night were politics and diversity. Director of Brown Girls Sam Bailey praised the show for focusing on creators saying "It really shows there is work done at home by individual people without a network behind them."