The ESLAND Awards (Spanish: Premios ESLAND) are an annual awards ceremony given to content creation from Spain, Latin America, and Andorra, by Spanish YouTuber and streamer David Cánovas Martínez "TheGrefg".[1][2][3] The winners of each award are chosen by public vote and from among the top content creators in the Spanish-speaking community.[4][5][6]

ESLAND Awards
Current: 2024 ESLAND Awards
Awarded forthe creation of content from Spain, Latin America and Andorra
Presented byTheGrefg
First awardedJanuary 17, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-17)
Websitepremiosesland.com

The first edition took place on January 17, 2022, at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, 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.[7][8]

"ESLAND" is an acronym that refers to "España", "Latinoamérica" and "Andorra" (Spain, Latin America and Andorra).[9]

History

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On December 4, 2021, TheGrefg announced the arrival of the Esland Awards through its Twitter 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".[10][11]

The event was presented by TheGrefg himself, who called it "the most important project of his life".[12] On the other hand, some media considered it "the Goya of Twitch" or "of the streamer world".[13][14]

TheGrefg stated that in a second edition, the Esland would be held in Latin America to "have worldwide coverage".[15] It was held on 29 January 2023 at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City.[16][17]

Categories

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Streamer of the year

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Winner Nominees
  Ibai[21]

Best content series

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Winner Nominees
Tortillaland (  AuronPlay)

Revelation streamer

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Winner Nominees
  ElXokas[22]

Best event of the year

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Winner Nominees
La Velada (  Ibai)

Best track record

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Winner Nominees
  Fernanfloo[23]
  •   Knekro
  •   Outconsumer
  •   Alexelcapo

Best talk show of the year

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Winner Nominees
The Wild Project (  Jordi Wild)

Best song of the year

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Winner Nominees
"El cuarteto de Ibai" (  Ibai,   Lucas Requena,   OrtoPilot)
  • "Tofu Delivery" (  Orslok,   Rojuu)
  • "Para los haters" (  Fernanfloo,   Bambiel)
  • "Por el aire" (  Robleis)

Jägger of the year

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  Jägger boxeador
  •   Andiamo
  •   Professor Jägger
  •   Jägger princesa

Best IRL streamer

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Winner Nominees
  Kidi
  •   Elmillor
  •   Titus_Clan
  •   Momo

Best caster of the year

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Winner Nominees
  Kaquka
  •   Champi
  •   Relic
  •   Noa

Best sports reporter

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Winner Nominees
  Cristinini[24]
  •   Yuste
  •   Toad Amarillo
  •   Sookie

Best esports player of the year

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Winner Nominees
  Mixwell
  •   Th3Antonio
  •   Elyoya
  •   Josedeodo

Best roleplayer of the year

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Winner Nominees
  AgenteMaxo

Best dance of the year

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Winner Nominees
  Papi Gavi

Meltdown of the year

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Winner Nominees
  Agustin51
  •   DjMariio
  •   Nissaxter
  •   ElXokas

Fail of the year

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Winner Nominees
  Ibai (Premios 40)
  •   Ampeter (caída en el Juego entre casas)
  •   ElXokas (Salgo y olvido las llaves)
  •   Pereira (puñetazo de Tole a Pereira)

Clip of the year

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Vamo' a jugar (  Sergio Agüero)
  • ª (  Míster Jägger)
  • Esto no es un juego (  ElXokas)
  • Lo reconozco, soy Ampeter (  Ibai)

Controversy

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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 Twitter with another clip, where he said that streamer Biyin, who was nominated as a "revelation streamer," became famous "for being AuronPlay'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".[25][26][27][28][29]

In October 2022, due to the announcement of the second edition which would take place on Mexico City, a controversy came up, in which Spaniard streamers Rubius and AuronPlay, 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 Twitch platform, as he was an X social media user. Different influencers showed their opinion, being the most influential the opinion stated by the streamer TheGrefg, 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.

References

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  2. ^ Zabaleta, Ayelén (4 December 2021). "TheGrefg presentó los Premios Esland para reconocer a los creadores de contenidos hispanos". infobae (in European Spanish).
  3. ^ Piarulli, Ángelo (2 February 2021). "Esland, los premios más importantes de 'streamers' hispanohablantes". Mirada 21 (in Spanish).
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  13. ^ Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (18 January 2022). "Los Premios Esland, algo así como los Goya de Twitch, son todo un triunfo y han venido para quedarse". Esquire (in European Spanish).
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  15. ^ "Los ESLAND celebran su primera edición ante 5 millones de viewers". El Plural (in Spanish). 18 January 2022.
  16. ^ Baylos, Ramón (26 October 2022). "Los Premios ESLAND 2 llegarán en enero de 2023 y TheGrefg revela en qué ciudad se celebrarán". Area Jugones (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  17. ^ Ayora, Víctor (19 December 2022). "Los Premios ESLAND anuncian la fecha de la gala y presentan a los nominados oficiales". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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  19. ^ Malo, Eduardo (18 January 2022). "Premios ESLAND: todos los ganadores y un resumen completo de la gala". MuyComputer (in Spanish).
  20. ^ "Estos son todos los ganadores de los Premios Esland - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com. 18 January 2022.
  21. ^ Redondo, Iñaki (21 November 2021). "Ibai Llanos gana el premio al Mejor Streamer del Año en The Esports Awards". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  22. ^ "El gallego ElXokas, 'streamer' revelación del año en los premios Esland". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Fernanfloo gana el premio a Mejor trayectoria de los premios Esland". El Mundo (in Spanish). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  24. ^ Zapeando (18 January 2022). "Ibai Llanos y Cristinini, premiados en los ESLAND: así fue el emocionante momento". La Sexta (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Las palabras de Folagor respecto a los Premios ESLAND terminan en polémica". Dexerto (in Spanish). 19 January 2022.
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  27. ^ Romero, Leticia (20 January 2022). "Biyín: ¿pesa más 'ser la novia de' que ser streamer?". RTVE (in Spanish).
  28. ^ "Surge la polémica tras los ESLAND con Folagor y sus declaraciones". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). 19 January 2022.
  29. ^ "ESLAND ya tiene su primera polémica: Spursito recibe críticas por su nominación a Mejor Roleplayer". MARCA (in Spanish). 6 December 2021.