Tiktok Announces Its First Awards Show In The Us

TikTok announced connected Monday that it’s launching its first-ever TikTok Awards show successful nan U.S. The awards will see “Creator of nan Year,” “Video of nan Year,” “Muse of nan Year,” “Breakthrough Artist of nan Year,” and more.

The announcement comes conscionable weeks aft Instagram introduced its “Ring” awards program. Unlike Instagram, however, TikTok is taking a much accepted attack to its awards, arsenic it’s hosting an existent awards show wherever winners will beryllium revealed unrecorded astatine nan event. The arena will characteristic a reddish carpet, unrecorded performances, and a unrecorded assemblage of hundreds of creators, TikTok says.

The awards show will return spot connected December 18 astatine nan Hollywood Palladium successful Los Angeles and will beryllium livestreamed connected nan TikTok app and connected Tubi. The show will beryllium disposable to watercourse connected request connected Tubi nan pursuing day.

Users will beryllium capable to ballot for their favourite creators connected a caller portal connected TikTok launching connected November 18.

It’s worthy noting that though this is TikTok’s first awards show successful nan U.S., it has held akin events successful different countries, including Germany, Mexico, Korea, and much successful nan past.

The nominees for “Creator of nan Year” are adamw, alixearle. brookemonk_, keith_lee125, and kristy.sarah. The nominees for “Breakthrough Artist of nan Year” are alexwarren, katseyeworld, laufey, ravynlenae, and sombr.

Other awards categories see “Storyteller of nan Year,” TikTok for Good Award,” “MVP of nan Year,” “Okay Slay Award,” “TikTok LIVE Creators of nan Year,” and more.

The afloat database of awards and nominees tin beryllium recovered connected TikTok’s announcement post.

By launching an awards show, TikTok is positioning itself arsenic much than conscionable a societal media app and much of a notable unit successful nan intermezo industry. Given that TikTok serves arsenic a launching pad for several emerging artists and actors, it makes consciousness for nan institution to observe its apical users pinch its ain branded show.

“The trophies presented connected shape will beam a colorful glow upon nan creators defining this caller era of civilization encompassing galore areas, including fashion, beauty, sports, TV and film, and caller forms of entertainment,” TikTok wrote successful nan announcement post.