The ESLAND Awards (Spanish: ''Premios ESLAND'') are an annual awards ceremony given to content creation from

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, by Spanish YouTuber and streamer David Cánovas Martínez "TheGrefg". The winners of each award are chosen by public vote and from among the top content creators in the Spanish-speaking community. The first edition took place on January 17, 2022, at the

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, and was streamed live on the streamer's Twitch channel. With more than 1 million sixty thousand viewers, it became the third most watched stream on the platform. "ESLAND" is an acronym that refers to "España", "Latinoamérica" and "Andorra" (

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History

On December 4, 2021, TheGrefg announced the arrival of the Esland Awards through its

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account. There he detailed that it would take place on January 17 of the following year, from 18:00 to 23:00 (CET). The winner of each award would be chosen by a public vote, through the website, and the private votes of "150 of the most important content creators in the Spanish-speaking community". The event was presented by TheGrefg himself, who called it "the most important project of his life". On the other hand, some media considered it "the

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of Twitch" or "of the streamer world". TheGrefg stated that in a second edition, the Esland would be held in

to "have worldwide coverage". It was held on 29 January 2023 at the Auditorio Nacional in

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Controversy

On January 19, 2022, a clip went viral from streamer Folagor, who showed his disagreement with the nominees in the "roleplayer of the year" category, calling them "fucking bullshit". The controversy trended on

with another clip, where he said that streamer Biyin, who was nominated as a "revelation streamer," became famous "for being

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's girlfriend," so he didn't understand the reason for her nomination. After other streamers spoke out on the issue, in a broadcast, Folagor apologized for his expressions, explained that Biyin's clip was "taken out of context" and, still maintaining his opinion, stressed that "it should have been other people who should have been nominated". In October 2022, due to the announcement of the second edition which would take place on

, a controversy came up, in which Spaniard streamers

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, among other streamers said that "they weren't going to Mexico because it would be too far". These comments weren't well received by their mexican followers, which led to a decrease on these streamers' followers counters. On the second edition, a nomination to the user "Follacamiones24" (which could be translated as ''Trucksmasher24'') on the dance of the year category went viral due to its irrelevance on

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platform, as he was an X social media user. Different influencers showed their opinion, being the most influential the opinion stated by the streamer

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, who said that the X user previously mentioned was not going to be supported by the community. These words carried with theirselves different reviews about its user's fair participation on these awards edition.

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References

{{Reflist Spanish awards

History

Categories

2022 Esland Awards

Streamer of the year

Best content series

Revelation streamer

Best event of the year

Best track record

Best talk show of the year

Best song of the year

Jägger of the year

Best IRL streamer

Best caster of the year

Best sports reporter

Best esports player of the year

Best roleplayer of the year

Best dance of the year

Meltdown of the year

Fail of the year

Clip of the year

2023 Esland Awards

Controversy

Notes

References