One of the most coveted awards in the streaming industry will take place this weekend, and fans can’t wait to see if their favorite content creators win big. The second edition of The Streamer Awards 2023 will emanate from The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 11, at 3 pm PST, or Sunday, March 12, at midnight CET. Here’s how viewers can tune in to the show to catch all the live action and winners.
The show will be streamed on creator and host QTCinderella’s Twitch channel, with the organizers also revealing that the extravaganza will be presented by the purple platform itself. Fans of Valkyrae will also be excitedly looking forward to the annual show — which starts with the red carpet event and moves to the main awards function — as she’ll be co-hosting it.
Joining these two popular names as hosts on the red carpet will be HasanAbi, Ludwig, Sweetanita, and SqueeX. The awards show will also see live performances from the likes of Nicki Taylor, ARIatHOME, Charming_Jo, and yung gravy.
TenZ, tarik, xQc, Kai Cenat up for main awards
Twenty-six awards will be handed out this year, including three new categories (Best Soulslike Streamer, Best Art Streamer, and Hidden Gem Award). Four segments have been cut (Best Super Smash Bros. Streamer, Best ASMR Streamer, Best GTA RP Streamer, and Legacy Award).
Content creators who want to be nominated must have streamed for at least 200 total hours. There will be gongs for steamers, events, organizations, and content teams.
The nominations for Gamer of the Year and Streamer of the Year have received the most hype, with the likes of TenZ, tarik, xQc, Kai Cenat, iiTzTimmy, Aceu, Jerma985, and HasanAbi fighting to win these awards.
Recapping The Streamer Awards 2022
The inaugural edition of The Streamer Awards was hosted by QTCinderella and Maya Higa and saw gongs going out in 27 categories. The results were determined by a 70/30 percentage split between popular vote and judge vote, which will be followed this year as well.
The show’s live stream is QTCinderella’s biggest so far, as it peaked at 381.4K concurrent viewers, which is 350% more than her second most popular stream (September 2021). She got 76.7K new Twitch followers thanks to this event.
The ceremony also saw 276K Average Viewers, with American internet star Ludwig claiming the Streamer of the Year award. It lasted around five hours, registering 1.33 million Hours Watched, and as per its creator, the production of the entire event cost around $200,000.
