Highlights from the 3rd Annual Streamy Awards

The Streamy Awards went live, online and upscale on Sunday for its third annual celebration of web series.

Chris Hardwick hosted the live broadcast from Los Angeles, just under a couple of hours from hosting another live broadcast (Talking Dead for millions of AMC viewers on the TV). Burning Love took home multiple Streamys, and Grace Helbig from My Damn Channel’s “Daily Grace” also emerged as a huge winner, with the added title of “Audience Choice Streamys Personality of the Year.”

Here are some videos from the stage. Winners!

Chris Hardwick’s introductory monologue

Grace Helbig after winning best first-person series

And after her win for Streamy Personality of the Year

Ken Marino, best actor in a comedy series

Burning Love’s ensemble acceptance

Hannah Hart’s acceptance speech for best female performance in a comedy

Streamy Awards winners in 2013 from the comedy world included Hannah Hart for her “My Drunk Kitchen” series, the Epic Rap Battles of History guys, as well as the Fine Brothers for their “Kids React” series.

Comedy Series – “Burning Love”
Non-Fiction or Reality Series – “Kids React”
First-Person Series – “DailyGrace”
Animated Series – “Tom Hanks’ Electric City”
Live Series – “What’s Trending with Shira Lazar”
Music Series – “Epic Rap Battles of History”
Interactive Program – “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries”
News and Culture Series – “The Philip DeFranco Show”
Ensemble Cast – “Burning Love”
Male Performance: Comedy – Ken Marino, “Burning Love”
Female Performance: Comedy – Hannah Hart, “My Drunk Kitchen”
Host – KassemG, “California On”
Online Musician – Peter Shukoff aka Nice Peter
Guest Appearance – Ken Jeong, “Burning Love”
Original Song – Peter Shukoff, aka Nice Peter, and Lloyd Ahlquist, aka EpicLLOYD: “Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates”
Writing: Comedy – Bernie Su, “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries”
Audience Choice Streamys Personality of the Year – Grace Helbig

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