FuwaMoco have a celebration stream scheduled ~8 hours from now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oH-X6gEMDs
A simple list of category winners (holo in bold), more easily copied courtesy of a second source:
- Best Music VTuber: Suisei Hoshimachi
- Best Art VTuber: Raora Panthera
- Best FPS VTuber: Dokibird
- Best Roleplay/ASMR VTuber: Ceres Fauna
- Best Just Chatting/Zatsu VTuber: Ceres Fauna
- Best Tech VTuber: Vedal
- Funniest VTuber: Chibidoki
- Most Chaotic VTuber: Gigi Murin
- League of their Own: Ironmouse
- Hidden Gem: Reya
- Rising Star: Arielle
- Miss VTuber: Takanshi Kiara
- Mister VTuber: Porcelain Maid
- Best VTuber Org: Hololive
- Rising VTuber Org: Mythos
- VTuber Parent of the Year: Nanoless
- Most Dedicated Fanbase: Dragoons (Dokibird)
- Best VTuber Event: HoloGTA – Hololive
- Stream Game of the Year: Lethal Company
- Lewdtuber of the Year: Projekt Melody
- Gamer of the Year: Zentreya
- VTuber of the Year: FUWAMOCO
I mean, at this point we had plenty of talents come out and say they still love being in Hololive, I’m leaning towards the issue being a blunder/miscommunication that definitely needs to be addressed but nothing explicitly malicious.
Compared to the disaster that is Nijisanji and VShojo who, while not malicious either, definitely had bigger hiccups in the past, I feel like they’re still much more deserving of the award (though I admit I haven’t been following Phase enough to have a proper opinion and I have never heard of Isegye Idol).
I think the issue is a tale as old as time: contract was coming to a close, management and Fauna disagreed on new terms.
I doubt it’s something like that honestly. When you have your dream job I don’t think you’d get off because of new contract terms (unless they’re really different, in which case we would see a lot of simultaneous graduations).
My headcanon/rrat is that she was getting annoyed with perms/restrictions and/or that the times where she had to go to Japan were becoming far too many. Bureaucracy and frequent travels have been cited by many talents (current and former), and considering Fauna is both a very creative mind and a pet owner who lives in the US, I can see how those things could become sources of piling stress overtime.
It’s just that we, as viewers, have very little idea about how “good” an org actually is, just a vague idea of whether talents are generally happy or not and whether we as viewers are happy or not. I guess if the descriptor were instead “viewer’s favorite org” that would better align with reality but it’s not as catchy :P
That’s for sure, “Best” always comes across as something objective when it’s not, most of those awards (and other awards in general) should say “viewer/jury’s favorite” instead of “best”, but catchiness is important I guess.