MANILA – Who are the country’s most influential digital stars? A new award from media giant ABS-CBN plans to answer that with a new award that lets popularity speak louder than any panel of experts can.
Called PUSH Awards, it was launched by ABS-CBN’s website PUSH.com as a first-of-its-kind award-giving body that will honor the best among the past year’s biggest celebrity newsmakers and digital stars.
PUSH Awards is composed of four separate awards to recognize the country’s most popular celebrities in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube – possibly making the award as an indispensable barometer to gauge the influence of specific entertainment newsmakers.
Starting on September 14, the public will have to vote for their favorite stars nominated for the Push Awards. The nominees with the highest number of votes in each category will be declared winners and will be honored at the awards night which will happen in November.
A panel of judges will determine who will claim the overall top prizes, namely the PUSH Male Celebrity of the Year, PUSH Female Celebrity of the Year, PUSH Group of Tandem of the Year, PUSH Music Artist of the Year, and PUSH Newcomer of the Year.
The most talked about and well-loved celebrities with the following awards: Awesome Celebrity Baby, Awesome Celebrity Family, Awesome Selfie King, Awesome Selfie Queen, Awesome OOTD King, Awesome OOTD Queen, Awesome Lip Sync Performance, Awesome LOL Performance, Awesome Dance Performance, and Awesome Song Cover Performance.
And since fandom is undeniably the heart of the PUSH Awards, it will also give out a special Ultimate Fan Award in recognition of a fan who will publish the most number of posts on Twitter with special hashtags.
Below is the full list of nominees in the Push Awards:
PUSH Like (Facebook) Awards
*Favorite Female Celebrity
Marian Rivera
Angel Locsin
Toni Gonzaga
Kim Chiu
*Favorite Male Celebrity
Vice Ganda
Manny Pacquiao
Enchong Dee
Piolo Pascual
Daniel Padilla
*Favorite Group or Tandem
KathNiel
LizQuen
JaDine
Team Kramer
LoiShua
*Favorite Music Artist
Sarah Geronimo
Yeng Constantino
Parokya ni Edgar
Gloc 9
Juris
*Favorite Newcomer
Maine Mendoza (Yaya Dub)
Mich Liggayu (JaMich)
Donnalyn Bartolome
Ryan Rems
Darren Espanto
PUSH TWEET (Twitter) Awards
*Most Loved Female Celebrity
Angel Locsin
Anne Curtis
Kathryn Bernardo
Angelica Panganiban
Julia Montes
*Most Loved Male Celebrity
Vice Ganda
Vhong Navarro
Sam Milby
Xian Lim
Sam Concepcion
*Most Loved Group or Tandem
KathNiel
LizQuen
JaDine
AlDub
LoiShua
*Most Loved Music Artist
Lea Salonga
Yeng Constantino
Janella Salvador
Nikki Gil
Gloc 9
*Most Loved Newcomer
Joshua Garcia
Loisa Andallo
Donnalyn Bartolome
Ryan Rems
Darren Espanto
PUSH GRAM (Instagram) Awards
*Most Popular Female Celebrity
Anne Curtis
Kathryn Bernardo
Kim Chiu
Kris Aquino
Toni Gonzaga
*Most Popular Male Celebrity
Manny Pacquiao
Vhong Navarro
Enrique Gil
Billy Crawford
Luis Manzano
*Most Popular Group or Tandem
KathNiel
LizQuen
JaDine
AlDub
LoiShua
*Most Popular Music Artist
Yeng Constantino
Kamikazee
Kean Cipriano
Julie Ann San Jose
Gloc 9
*Most Popular Newcomer
Maine Mendoza (Yaya Dub)
Iñigo Pascual
Donnalyn Bartolome
Ryan Rems
Darren Espanto
PUSH PLAY (YouTube) Awards
*Best Female Celebrity
Liza Soberano
Yeng Constantino
Sarah Geronimo
Anne Curtis
Janella Salvador
*Best Male Celebrity
Kokoi Baldo
Abra
James Reid
Enchong Dee
Daniel Padilla
*Best Group or Tandem
The Voice Kids (SO1)
Maja Salvador and Enrique Gil
Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla
James Reid and Nadine Lustre
JaMich (James Sebastian and Mich Liggayu)
*Best Music Artist
Donnalyn Bartolome
Yeng Constantino
Kokoi Baldo
Jason Dy
Abra ft. Chito Miranda
*Best Newcomer
Ryan Rems
Kokoi Baldo
Morissette
Maine Mendoza (Yaya Dub)
Donnalyn Bartolome
