Life is but a stream(y) for Kirstie Maldonado…
The half-Mexican American/part-Spanish artist and her fellow Pentatonix group mates have been recognized as winners in one of the 33 Streamy Awards categories announced during a pre-live stream, ahead of Sunday night’s big Beverly Hilton event where the remaining 14 winners will be announced.
Maldonado and her a cappella group, who earned three nominations for this year’s Streamy Awards, won in the Cover Song category for their popular “Daft Punk Mashup,” which has garnered more than 87 million views on YouTube.
The winners of NBC‘s singing competition The Sing-Off in 2011 beat out former American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia, Andy Lange, Chester See and Josh Golden’s rendition of Katy Perry’s Roar, among other nominees.
Pentatonix lost to Lindsey Stirling in the Best Musical Artist category, but the group is still in the running in the Original Song category for their single “Love Again.”
On Friday night, the Streamys, which honor the best in online video, will honor Pitbull with one of its first-ever ICON Awards. On Sunday night, the rest of the competitive Streamys will be announced, and streamed live online at http://www.streamys.org.
Pre-live stream winners of the 4th Annual Streamy Awards include:
Channel, Show or Series – Overall
- Best Companion (Channel, Show or Series) – Vandaveon and Mike (Key & Peele)
- Best Non-Fiction or Reality (Channel, Show or Series) – Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Channel, Show or Series – Subject
- Best Dance (Channel, Show or Series) – Jabbawockeez
- Best Food and Cuisine (Channel, Show or Series) – Epic Meal Time
- Best Health and Wellness (Channel, Show or Series) – Blogilates
- Best Pranks (Channel, Show or Series) – Jack Vale
- Best Science and Education (Channel, Show or Series) – Vsauce
- Best Sports (Channel, Show or Series) – Red Bull
Special
- Best Animated (Channel, Show or Series) – RWBY
- Best Indie (Channel, Show or Series) – Little Horribles
- Best International (Channel, Show or Series) – Noob (France)
Performance
- Best Actress in a Comedy – Mamrie Hart, You Deserve A Drink
- Best Actress in a Drama – Ashley Clements, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
- Best Actor in a Comedy – David Milchard, Convos with My 2-Year-Old
- Best Actor in a Drama – Joey Graceffa, Storytellers
- Best Collaboration – Zach Galifianakis and President Barack Obama, Between Two Ferns
Music
- Best Cover Song – Pentatonix, Daft Punk Mashup (Daft Punk)
- Best Music Video – Goku vs Superman, Epic Rap Battles of History
- Best Musical Artist, Lindsey Stirling
Craft
- Best Choreography – Mortal Kombat: Legacy II, Garrett Warren and Larnell Stovall
- Best Cinematography – Devinsupertramp, Devin Graham
- Best Costume Design – Epic Rap Battles of History, Sulai Lopez
- Best Directing – Video Game High School, Matt Arnold and Freddie Wong
- Best Editing – Kids React, Dan Seibert, Justin Reager, Benny Fine, Rafi Fine, and Jordan Towles
- Best Original Score – RWBY, Jeff Williams
- Best Visual and Special Effects – Action Movie Kid, Daniel Hashimoto
- Best Writing – Epic Rap Battles of History, Nice Peter, EpicLLOYD, Zach Sherwin, Dante Cimadamore, and Mike Betette
Vine
- Best Vine Comedian – DeStorm Power
- Best Vine Creativity – Zach King
Campaign or Event
- Best Brand Campaign – Need For Speed: Ken Block’s Gymkhana Six (Need For Speed)
- Best Live Event – #Tubeathon 2013
- Best Public Service – YouTube Stars Talk Health Care at the White House
Television
- Best Television Show – Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon