Backstage at the Streamys: Everything you didn't see during the awards show
BEVERLY HILLS -- At 5:57 p.m. on Tuesday, just three minutes until the Streamy Awards were scheduled to begin, the Beverly Hilton ballroom was louder than ever.
Hundreds of YouTube, Vine, Instagram, Snapchat and Musical.ly stars hopped from table to table, playing catch-up over drinks like they were at one big high school reunion.
But backstage, there was no party. Instead, it was organized chaos.
SEE ALSO:Here's the full list of winners at the Sixth Annual Streamy AwardsOne production coordinator mic'd up host and Vine star King Bach -- aka Andrew Bachelor -- as another production coordinator frantically looked for a water bottle for him.
I'm stationed backstage for the #streamys where Host @KingBach is getting ready to go pic.twitter.com/KhvS6oldd3
— Saba Hamedy (@saba_h) October 5, 2016
"Three minutes y'all," said one producer into his mic.
"God speed man," another said. "We are ready ... almost."
The final hurdle: Herding away the excess people from the area.
"We can't have too many people in the hall because the fire marshall," one producer said, ushering a slew of publicists (and this journalist) to a small, makeshift press room. "Thanks!"
A video played on the screen in the main ballroom as King Bach made his grand entrance, kicking off the sixth awards show.
Host King Bach.Credit: Getty Images for dick clark productionsFrom there, it was smooth sailing. Winners and presenters continued shuffling backstage, in and out of the press room and dressing room accordingly -- with fellow attendees and behind-the-scenes crew congratulating them along the way.
The first to make the rounds were Rhett & Link (Rhett McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal) who took home the Streamy for best comedy show for Good Mythical Morning.
Soon after, Casey Neistat -- who won a Streamy for best first-person show -- came backstage to photobomb and crash their interview with another press outlet. In his speech, he said he felt the first person video genre is more honest and real than reality TV.
"This is a huge honor," he explained to Mashable after crashing Rhett & Link's photo session. "The beauty of it is that reality TV -- the messages, the ideas, the narratives that were communicated -- were always filtered through TV producers. But now, creators that are nominated for this award ... we are telling our own stories. I think there's so much integrity in that then having them sort of be dictated by others whose interests may not align."
Kandee Johnson, who won a Streamy for beauty, was also gushing over how great it felt to get recognized in the digital space.
"I get nominated every year but I feel like Leonardo DiCaprio because I never win," she told Mashable. "This is so crazy! This is like the Oscars of the Internet. We really get no awards, everyone is like 'oh that little YouTube thing you do.' They look at like a joke. It's nice, someone thinks we are valuable."
"I get nominated every year but I feel like Leonardo DiCaprio because I never win."
Like other awards shows, the Streamys don't actually hand out the physical statuette at first.
Most winners came backstage just to pose for pictures with the statute -- but the Streamys team doesn't mail them out until after they get them engraved.
Here's the trophy up close and personal @Streamys #streamys pic.twitter.com/ZoA7Abi1jM
— Saba Hamedy (@saba_h) October 5, 2016
GloZell Green, who won a Streamy for the lifestyle genre, has big plans post-Streamys.
"I've had a baby now [named O'Zell], I've been a mom now for eight weeks and now I have a Streamy Award," she told Mashablebackstage. "I'm trying for kid number two so maybe I'll name my award Streamyzell."
Later, she showed off the statuette in the Instagram photobooth, which stars utilized throughout the night.
Almost ever digital influencer who came backstage was shaking from excitement. Most Mashableinterviewed joked they felt they botched their acceptance speeches because they were so surprised by their wins.
Yousef Erakat , aka FouseyTube, was perhaps the most flustered after winning the biggest award of the night: Entertainer of the Year.
"I don't even know what I said out there," he told Mashable. Actually, can I watch?" he asked, putting on headphones to re-watch the stream on this reporter's laptop.
The YouTuber, known for his prank videos, has had a year of highs and lows -- he went on tour with Roman Atwood and appears in Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween, out later this month. But he's also faced backlash from fans from fans for calling out some pranksters online.
The reason he felt he botched the speech? There was one line about feeling gay that he thought may have been taken the wrong way.
"This year I became one of the most hated YouTubers on the platform that's maybe because I let RiceGum punch me on the face or maybe because I came out and said 99 percent of pranks on YouTube are fake," he said while accepting the award. "For a long time I looked at myself in the mirror and I based myself on what I saw in the comments. I felt worthless, I felt ugly, I felt gay. But I reminded myself the two most important words of my life that I have to use or myself whenever I was fighting my mental illness. Those two words are 'I am.'"
After re-watching it, he told Mashable:"oh it's not as bad as I thought...it just came out wrong!"
"With all the love that I do get comes a lot of adversity and a lot of hate I have to fight through," he added. "That's why it's a special feeling to be on stage."
Tonight's big winners @PhillyD and @fouseyTUBE #streamys pic.twitter.com/hOP5ylVUM2
— Saba Hamedy (@saba_h) October 5, 2016
The awards show, ended with a performance by Biz Markie, who sang his hit "Just a Friend" as attendees danced and threw around blown-up emojis in the air.
After, guests were taken on school buses to a venue in Culver City for the official after party, which had themed drinks, a "selfie wall," beer pong and of course a photobooth.
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