The Red Bull Gameball Royale 2024, an interactive dodgeball tournament, was held at the Castello Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany, on April 6. It involved 40 content creators, including Papaplatte, HoneyPuu, Amar, and Rewinside, competing against each other for a chance to win the trophy.
The above streamers led four teams of eight players each, with participants including friends and colleagues, in a dodgeball mode with battle royale elements. With some of Germany's most followed influencers battling in a unique competition, fans arrived in droves to check out the action live online and at the venue.
Some of the country's most famous Twitch and YouTube creators formed new teams and duked it out with new items under new rules, ensuring a highly competitive atmosphere. The second edition of the Red Bull Gameball Royale 2024 saw Team Rewinside emerge as the champion, beating defending champions Team Amar 3:1 in a rematch of the previous iteration's final.
The winning team also consisted of Aditotoro, Julia Beautx, Inscope21, Marc Eggers, LetsHugo, Adrian Mattern, and Mooo. Moreover, Julia Beautx — a lifestyle YouTuber, actress, and singer — was chosen as the MVP by the team captains and referees, ensuring she took home the 'Golden Nugget' as the prize.
This dodgeball tournament hit 84K Peak Viewers, 367.5K Hours Watched, and 73.5K Average Viewers over five hours of airtime. It was broadcast on the official channels of Red Bull TV and Twitch, with co-streaming also made possible on the four captains' handles on the purple platform.
While the numbers didn't hit the sky, the dodgeball event still became the second-most popular live stream on the official Twitch channel. The leader is the first edition, which had the advantage of a new concept and competition in a sport that is pretty popular in Germany thanks to the 2004 movie of the same name starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn.
Papaplatte was a major reason for a large number of viewers checking out the action live, with his handle far outdoing any other, including the official channels across platforms. This also made the event one of the more popular Sports category live broadcasts this year, placing it sixth behind the mostly football-related tournaments like the AFC Asian Cup and Queen League.
Moreover, Gameball Royale ended as the second-most popular and watched Sports-genre competition for Red Bull, with the first edition being the only one above. The brand name, combined with the star power of the participants has ensured another successful iteration of this popular hybrid sports event in Germany.
It also proved the increasing audience-pulling power of content creators when it comes to such events where sports and recreation are combined. It is a growing window into the future of not only live streaming but also esports and entertainment broadcasting, so readers can look forward to more such exercises becoming commonplace in the future and drawing millions of viewers.
