5th Annual E.W. Independent Online Recognitions 2017 - NOMINEES

TELEVISION 

OUTSTANDING FICTIONAL TV SERIES

Riverdale (United States)

Scream Queens (United States)

Shameless (United States)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC FOR A FICTIONAL TV SERIES
Riverdale (United States)
Shameless (United States)
This Is Us (United States)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A FICTIONAL TV SERIES
Freddie Highmore (Norman Bates - Bates Motel)
Jeremy Allen White (Lip Gallagher - Shameless)
Justin Hartley (Kevin Pearson - This Is Us)
Milo Ventimiglia (Jack Pearson - This Is Us)
Sterling K. Brown (Randall Pearson - This Is Us)

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FICTIONAL TV SERIES
Angela Robinson (Veronica Harrington - The Haves And The Have Nots)
Emma Roberts (Chanel Oberlin - Scream Queens)
Emmy Rossum (Fiona Gallagher - Shameless)
Lizzy Caplan (Virginia Johnson  - Masters Of Sex)
Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom - Riverdale)
Melissa Peterman (Bonnie Wheeler - Baby Daddy)

OUTSTANDING OLDER ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A FICTIONAL TV SERIES
Ed O'Neill (Jay Pritchet - Modern Family)
Garrett Morris (Earl Washington - 2 Broke Girls)
Lucille Soong (Grandma Huang - Fresh Off The Boat)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A FICTIONAL TV SERIES
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (Lily Tucker-Pritchett - Modern Family)
Kayleigh Harris (Emma Wheeler - Baby Daddy)
Lonnie Chavis (Randall Pearson - This Is Us)
Sura Harris (Emma Wheeler - Baby Daddy)

OUTSTANDING FAMILY IN A FICTIONAL TV SERIES
Ben, Danny, Bonnie, Emma, Riley (Baby Daddy)
Gloria, Claire, Alex, Haley, Phil, Mitchell, Jay, Cameron, Luke, Manny, Lily (Modern Family)
Jack, Rebecca, Kate, Kevin, Randall (This Is Us)
Jamal, Lucious, Cookie, Hakeem, Andre, Anika (Empire)

OUTSTANDING COUPLE IN A FICTIONAL TV SERIES
Beth & Randall (This Is Us)
Jack & Rebecca (This Is Us)
Kevin & Veronica (Shameless)

OUTSTANDING CAST ENSEMBLE OF A FICTIONAL TV SERIES
2 Broke Girls (United States)
Baby Daddy (Unites States)
Masters Of Sex (United States)
Scream Queens (United States)

OUTSTANDING REALITY TV SERIES

The Crunch (United Kingdom)

The Hostess (South Africa)

What Would You Do? (United States)

OUTSTANDING REALITY TV HOST

James Corden (The Late Late Show)

John Quinones (What Would You Do?)

Trevor Noah (The Daily Show)

OUTSTANDING REALITY TV HOSTESS

Marilyn Denis (The Marilyn Denis Show)

Rachael Ray (Rachael Ray)

Thembisa Mdoda (Our Perfect Wedding)

OUTSTANDING TELEVISED EVENT

The Miss USA Pageant 2017 (United States)

The Academy Of Country Music (ACM) Awards 2017 (United States)

The Daytime Emmy Awards 2017 (United States)

The Grammy Awards 2017 (United States)

OUTSTANDING TELEVISED EVENT HOST

James Corden (The Grammy Awards 2017)

Jimmy Fallon (The Golden Globe Awards 2017)

Ryan Seacrest (The iHeart Radio Music Awards 2017)

OUTSTANDING TELEVISED EVENT HOSTESS

Bebe Rexha (The MTV Europe Music Awards 2016)

Bonang Matheba (The MTV Africa Music Awards 2016)

Sheyl Underwood (The Daytime Emmy Awards 2017)

OUTSTANDING LGBTI-FRIENDLY TV SERIES

Living The Dream With Somizi (South Africa)

Orange Is The New Black (United States)

RuPaul's Drag Race (United States)

BEST TV CHANNEL/NETWORK/STATION/PLATFORM

CBS (United States)

NBC (United States)

Showtime (United States)

OUTSTANDING FICTIONAL TV SOAP-OPERA

High Rollers (South Africa)

Scandal! (South Africa)

The Bold & The Beautiful (United States)

FAVORITE OFF-THE-AIR TV SERIES

Awkward (United States)

Brain Games (United States)

Leah Remini: It's All Relative (United States)

Telenovela (United States)

The 20 (United States)

OUTSTANDING WEB SERIES

About Him (United States)

I'm Fine (United States)

Kuntergrau (Germany)

OUTSTANDING WEB CHANNEL

Clevver News (Youtube)

CrashCourse (Youtube)

Seeker (Youtube)

Simply Aviation (Youtube)

OUTSTANDING WEB CHANNEL - DATING

M.A.2.0

Mark Rosenfeld

Mathew Boggs

OUTSTANDING WEB STAR

Casey Neistat (CaseyNeistat - Youtube)

Dorian Popa (Dorian Popa - Youtube)

Lily Singh (||Superwoman|| - Youtube)

OUTSTANDING WEB STAR - COUPLE/DUO

Adanna & David (AdannaDavid - Youtube)

Jamie & Nikki (Jamie & Nikki - Youtube)

Joe & Ida (Joe And Ida - Youtube)

WEBSITES

OUTSTANDING WEBSITE
www.gaystarnews.com (Gay Star News - United Kingdom)

www.oprah.com (Oprah.com - United States)

www.time.com (TIME - United States)


BEST RADIO STATION
www.947.co.za (947 - South Africa)

www.capitalfm.com (Capital - United Kingdom)

www.kiisfm.iheart.com (KIIS FM - United States)

MUSIC

E.W. MUSIC COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
ALL NIGHT by The Vamps & Matoma
GOODBYE by filous ft. Mat Kearney
MAN IN THE MOON by LCAW ft. Dagny


E.W. GLOBAL MUSIC COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
AFRICA by Yemi Alade ft. Sauti Sol
ALL WE KNOW by The Chainsmokers ft. Phoebe Ryan
BAD by Tiwa Savage ft. Wizkid
CELEBRATION by Heavy K ft. Tresor & Sdudla NoMa1000
CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM by Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley
CHANTAJE by Shakira ft. Maluma
COME CLOSER by Wizkid ft. Drake
ENOUGH by Delta Goodrem ft. Gizzle
FAREWELL by Dan Black ft. Kelis
HOW LONG by Davido ft. Tinashe
KISSING STRANGERS by DNCE ft. Nicki Minaj
MTHANDE by Musa ft. Robbie Malinga
TU ESTI NOROCUL by Sandra N ft. Blazon


E.W. STEAM MUSIC COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

DON'T DO IT by Nasty C ft. Telleman
DOWN by Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane
EVERYDAY by Ariana Grande ft. Future
I DON'T WANNA LIVE FOREVER by Zayn & Taylor Swift
I FEEL IT COMING by The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk
IN THE NAME OF LOVE by Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha
NO PROMISES by Cheat Codes ft. Demi Lovato
SCARED TO BE LONELY by Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa
SIDE TO SIDE by Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj
SLUMBER PARTY by Britney Spears ft. Tinashe
THE WAY I ARE (DANCE WITH SOMEBODY) by Bebe Rexha ft. Lil Wayne
YOU by Keyshia Cole ft. Remy Ma & French Montana



E.W. CHRISTIAN SONG OF THE YEAR

IMPOSSIBLE by Sidewalk Prophets
JESUS (YOU ARE ABLE) by Ada
KULIKO JANA by Sauti Sol ft. Redfourth Chorus
MWEYA MUTSVENE ANOUYA by ZimPraise
UNDER THE CANOPY by Frank Edwards


E.W. QUEER SONG OF THE YEAR 
HEAVEN by Troye Sivan ft. Betty Who
MALIBU by Miley Cyrus
STOP DESIRE by Tegan and Sara
VENTE PA CA by Ricky Martin ft. Maluma
WELCOME TO THE SHOW by Adam Lambert ft. Laleh

BEST POP ACT
Alessia Cara
Bebe Rexha
Charlie Puth
Dua Lipa
Little Mix

BEST SYNTHPOP ACT
Bonnie McKee
Maggie Rogers
Troye Sivan


BEST AFRO-POP/BEAT
Davido
Mr Eazi
Vanessa Mdee
Wizkid


BEST WORLD-POP/ROCK ACT
Die Heuwels Fantasties
Irem Derici
Yoga Lin


BEST LATIN-POP/ROCK ACT
Becky G
Maluma
Shakira


BEST K-POP ACT
BlackPink
GFRIEND
Gugudan


BEST INDI-POP ACT
Badshah
Kaur B
Raja Kumari


BEST HIP-HOP/RAP ACT
DJ Khaled
Migos
Nicki Minaj


BEST WORLD-HIPHOP/RAP ACT
Dorian
Phyno
Takura


BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL ACT
Kranium
R. City
Sean Paul


BEST HOUSE ACT
DJ Kent
Polina
Sigma


BEST DANCE ACT
Calvin Harris
Galantis
Geo Da Silva


BEST WORLD-DANCE/HOUSE ACT
Black Motion
Heavy K
Nsoki


BEST ELECTRONIC ACT 
DJ Snake
Martin Garrix
Zedd


BEST RNB ACT
Bryson Tiller
June's Diary
Keke Palmer


BEST WORLD-RNB/SOUL ACT 
Praiz
Tekno
Victoria Kimani


BEST COUNTRY ACT 
Artists Of Then, Now & Forever
Little Big Town
The Shires


BEST ROCK ACT
Bon Jovi
One Ok Rock
Panic! At The Disco


BEST SOUL ACT 
Bilal
John Legend
Jorja Smith


BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ACT
Emeli Sande
Passenger
Pentatonix


BEST EDM ACT 
Borgeous
Hardwell
Quintino


BEST URBAN GROOVES ACT
ExQ
Sanii Makhalima
Trevor Dongo


BEST ZIM DANCEHALL ACT
Freeman
Guspy Warrior
Tocky Vibes


BEST WORLD/TRADITIONAL/FOLK ACT
Akothee
Jah Prayzah
Simi


BEST CHRISTIAN ACT
Chris Quilala
Hillsong United
Joyous Celebration
We Will Worship
ZimPraise



BEST CHRISTMAS SONG

FOR YOU by Chidinma
IF EVERYDAY WAS CHRISTMAS by Cruz Beckham
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND by Matt Terry


BEST SONG CATEGORIES WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE



BEST LGBTI ACT
Mary Lambert
Toya Delazy
Troye Sivan


E.W XTRA COVER ACT OF THE YEAR - MALE
Alex Aiono
KHS
Leroy Sanchez
Travis Garland


E.W. XTRA COVER ACT OF THE YEAR - FEMALE
Alexa Goddard
Macy Kate
Madilyn Bailey
Samantha Harvey


E.W. XTRA COVER ACT OF THE YEAR - GROUP
Boyce Avenue
Citizen Four
New Hope Club


E.W. XTRA COVER ACT OF THE YEAR - DUO
Jrod Twins
Kris Aaron
Zoe Grace

E.W. XTRA MOST COVERED SONG OF THE YEAR
COLD WATER by Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MO
DESPACITO by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber
SAY YOU WON'T LET GO by James Arthur
SHAPE OF YOU by Ed Sheeran
SIDE TO SIDE by Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj

CELEBRITIES

TOP MALE CELEB
Anderson Cooper
Brad Pitt
Chris Brown
Justin Bieber
Justin Timberlake


TOP FEMALE CELEB
Camila Cabello
Chrissy Teigen
Kim Kardashian
Kylie Jenner
Laverne Cox
Nicki Minaj


TOP CELEB COUPLE
Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani
John Legend & Chrissy Teigen
Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively


TOP LGBTI CELEB
Anderson Cooper
Cara Delevigne
Halsey
Laverne Cox
Troye Sivan


TOP LGBTI CELEB ON TV
Anderson Cooper (Anderson Cooper 360)
Ellen DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show)
Laverne Cox (Orange Is The New Black)

TRAVEL 

OUTSTANDING PASSENGER AIRLINE - POOL A
Etihad Airways (UAE)
Malaysia Airlines (Malaysia)
United Airlines (United States)


OUTSTANDING PASSENGER AIRLINE - POOL B
Kenya Airways (Kenya)
Philippine Airlines (Philippines)
RwandAir (Rwanda)


OUTSTANDING PASSENGER AIRLINE - POOL C
Fastjet (Africa)
Ryanair (United Kingdom)
WOW Air (Iceland)



OUTSTANDING TOURIST DESTINATION
London, England (United Kingdom)
Los Angeles, California (United States)
New York City, New York (United States)


E.W. COUNTRY OF CHOICE
China
Switzerland
USA

AUDIENCE

E.W. FOLLOWER OF THE YEAR
Chris P. Bacon (Twitter)
Mohammed Yakubu (Facebook)
Yaaz (Twitter)

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