Key Takeaways TikTok is hosting a live awards show on December 18 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
Fans have from November 18 to December 2 to vote for their favorite creators.
Even though this is TikTok’s first U.S. awards show, it has held similar events in other countries.
TikTok’s 170 million American users will be able to tune in to the social media app’s first-ever awards event in the U.S., the company announced in a press release on Monday.
The show will occur on Thursday, December 18 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and feature a red carpet, live performances and a live audience of creators.
TikTok says that users will be able to vote for their favorite creators in a new portal on the app, called the awards hub, launching November 18. Voting opens for nominees of 14 categories, including “Creator of the Year” and “Breakthrough Artist of the Year.” The voting portal closes on December 2, giving fans a few weeks to make their choices. Winners will be revealed live at the event.
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“Creator of the Year” nominees are adamw, alixearle, brookemonk_, keith_lee125 and kristy.sarah, while “Breakthrough Artist of the Year” candidates are alexwarren, katseyeworld, laufey, ravynlenae and sombr.
“Video of the Year” nominees are bretmanrock, chrisandfinck, ronclark__, taylortiminskas and turkuazkitchen, while “Rising Star of the Year” belongs to calebsaysthings, drewkey5000, findjeremiah, soyeddynieblas and thatgirlsydjo.
The awards show will be livestreamed on the TikTok app and on Tubi starting at 6 p.m. PST on December 18 and will be available to stream on Tubi on December 19.
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