#TattAwards announces finalists

MANILA, Philippines - Get your fingers ready, folks! The shortlist of nominees for the Tatt Awards 2014 has been announced, and voting is now open to the public to determine the winners.

Your favorite Tweeters, YouTube stars, Instagrammers, podcasters and bloggers are in the running for glory, and this 2014’s crop of nominees shows just what an exciting year it was on the Interwebs.

There’s even a spankin’ new category this year presented by us at Supreme. The Supreme Trendsetter of the Year Award goes to the person who has used social media to make a supreme impact on the pop culture landscape. Baby Zion, KathNiel (Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla), Vice Ganda, Flyart Productions, Ang Diary ng Panget, Ellen Adarna and Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago are all nominated. This is going to be an exciting competition.

Voting is open at TattAwards.com until Aug. 3. Fifty percent of the Tatt Awards criteria will be coming from the general public’s votes. The additional half of the criteria is based on content quality, social media impact and relevance to the specific category that were already determined by the Tatt Council during the deliberation phase.

Winners of this year’s Tatt Awards will be revealed on Aug. 8. Winners of the major categories of Tatt Awards 2014 will receive a cash prize of P100,000 and special awardees will receive P50,000.

Here are the finalists:

The One — This recognizes the masters of reinvention who not only adapted to new media, but succeeded in it as well. These are people whose creativity, unique voice and understanding of their medium enabled them to reinvent themselves yet remain bastions of their unique POV, subsequently becoming arbiters of online cool and enabling them to stand tall amid the clutter and ever-changing social media tide, allowing them to crossover between mainstream and digital platforms and vice versa.

• Vice Ganda

• Kimpoy Feliciano

• Abra

• Bamboo

• Katha magazine

Trending Twitter Phenom of the Year — The most influential trendsetter on Twitter that moved people either with humor, opinion, or witty one-liners — all in 140 characters. This person is ahead of the pack in terms of Twitter popularity and content.

• Kimpoy Feliciano

• Vice Ganda

• Senyora Santibañez

• Gandang Gabi Vice

• Professional Heckler

YouTube Phenom of the Year — This award is for the most influential video maker (individual or group) who shook the Pinoy YouTube space with creations, ignited thoughts, and entertained people online.

• Jamich

• Psy

• Mikey Bustos

• Lloyd Cadena

• Super Selfie (Gab Valenciano)

Instagram Phenom of the Year — This award is for that person or group that harnessed a community of Instagram followers and likers to appreciate his very own art gallery of images online. Filtered or not, his images have inspired and influenced many to share more of their lives — in pictures, real-time.

• Jelito De Leon

• Patrick Dee

• DearAteCharo

• Gianimated

• Googly Gooeys

Supreme Trendsetter of the Year – The Philippine STAR’s Supreme section covers the best in social media, pop culture and trends. This award goes to the person who has used social media to make a supreme impact on the pop culture landscape.

• Baby Zion

• KathNiel (Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla)

• Vice Ganda

• Flyart Productions

• Ang Diary ng Panget

• Ellen Adarna

• Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Best Social Media Movement Award — This award goes to a social media account owner or group who launched an online movement working to improve the state of a societal cause in the Philippines. This person or group invested time and effort for the betterment of other people’s lives.

• Youth Act Now

• Change.org

• Gawad Kalinga

• BloggerforReliefPH

• MovePH

Best Digital Artist, presented by Spotify — This is for musical bands and indie artists who fought hard to claim their space in the hearts of the Filipino audience who accept that web time is better than airtime. They created, shared, and now they lead people’s hearts through music online.

• Bamboo

• Sarah Geronimo

• Mayday Parade

• Parokya ni Edgar

• Abra

Best Style Blog/MicroBlog Award — This is for that one person that not only reviewed fashion on his blog and/or microblog but also set trends that everyone followed and loved. This covers all Philippine fashion niches like clothes, events, and personalities.

• DG Manila —David Guison

• Liz Uy

• Kim Jones 

• Tricia Gosingtian

• Style Bible

Best Fitness Blog /MicroBlog Award — As long as you talk mostly about sports, health, and fitness in any blog or microblog you have. The channel can be about any sport or all of them! It can even be an instructional blog about the activity or just a commentary about games.

• PinoyFitness.com

• David Guison

• Run Rio

• Fat Kid Inside

• Whatsyourgameplan.tv

Best Podcast Award — Informed, in the know, and always ready to talk about the latest topics relevant to their field, this group/person not only presents us with access to the latest trends and ideas that help shape our online society, but also shares opinions that not only make us think, but also engage us to participate in the conversation.

• The Cave

• Geeky Nights

• Becky Nights

• From The Stands

• The Morning Rush

Best Lifestyle Blog /MicroBlog Award — A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And the first step to get this year’s Lifestyle Blog/Microblog Award is for this blogger to have a good reputation in the sphere of food, travel and photography blogging .

• Madhousemnl

• Lifestylehub.net

• Our Awesome Planet

• When in Manila

• Nomadicexperiences

Best Tech Blog /MicroBlog Award — Informed, in tune and in check with the latest in tech, this person not only presents us with access to the latest in trends, but also takes us backstage in the fast-paced world of e-knowledge.  

• Geeky Nights

• TechRap

• Pinoy Tech Blog

• YugaTech

• Geeky Pinas