MTV Fandom Awards Announces "Ship of the Year" and "Fandom of the Year" Nominees

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AVENGERS, MAD MAX, PITCH PERFECT 2, “BROAD CITY,” “EMPIRE” AND “ARROW” AMONG 32 NOMINEES IN EPIC SHOWDOWN FOR MTV’S
“FANDOM OF THE YEAR” AWARD

SOCIAL VOTING FOR “SHIP OF THE YEAR” LAUNCHES JUNE 25 EXCLUSIVELY ON TUMBLR WITH “TEEN WOLF,” “THE 100”AND
“THE VAMPIRE DIARIES” AMONG THE NOMINEES

Hosts Tyler Posey and Bella Thorne To Be Joined By Special “MTV Fandom” Correspondents “Girl Code’s” Carly Aquilino And Social Media Star Lohanthony

“MTV Fandom Awards Special” to Premiere Sunday, July 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on MTV

New York, NY (June 23, 2015) – MTV today announced the nominees for the 2015 “Fandom of the Year” award, which features 32 honorees spread across four sub genres – Movies, TV Dramas, TV Comedies and Reality – with winners being decided by bracket-style voting. The network also announced nominees for “Ship of the Year,” celebrating the unspoken relationships that fandoms are dying to see. The awards will be handed out at the second annual “MTV Fandom Awards,” which will take place along with the “MTV Fandom Fest” on Thursday, July 9 at Petco Park during Comic-Con San Diego. MTV will premiere the 60-minute “MTV Fandom Awards Special” on Sunday, July 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, celebrating the honorees and showcasing some of the best moments from the show.

“Fandom of the Year” nominees include fans of the biggest blockbuster franchises in entertainment like Avengers: Age of Ultron and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, as well as television series, including “Empire,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Teen Wolf,” “Broad City,” ”Arrow,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” The full list of all 32 nominees for the “Fandom of the Year” award presented by Kit Kat bars is included below and fans can vote for all of their favorites at FandomAwards.MTV.com. Social voting for the “Ship of the Year” award, presented by Coca-Cola, will launch on Thursday, June 25 with voting exclusively on Tumblr, the home for fandoms. The nominees in the category are “Clexa” from “The 100” (Clarke and Lexa), “Olicity” from “Arrow” (Felicity and Oliver), “Karmy” from “Faking It” (Karma and Amy), “Emison” from “Pretty Little Liars” (Emily and Alison), “Sciles” from “Teen Wolf” (Scott and Stiles), and “Bamon” from “The Vampire Diaries” (Bonnie and Damon). Starting June 25, MTV will launch a unique post for each of the “Ship of the Year” nominees on the MTV Tumblr page, with the winner determined by the post with the largest vote count. Voting for this award will run through July 8.

“The Vampire Diaries” leads the pack of previously announced nominees with three nominations in the “Fandom of the Year,” “Ship of the Year” and “Feels Freak Out of the Year” categories. Previously announced nominees, Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars, “Faking It,” “Arrow,” Empire and “Teen Wolf” round out the standings with two nominations each.

“The ‘Fandom of the Year’ award celebrates some of the loudest fandoms in pop culture,” said Ryan Kroft, Senior Vice President of Programming Specials and Events for MTV. “We love having the bracket back in action for the second year in a row.”

"Shipping on Tumblr is serious business, so I'm thrilled we're able to celebrate all of the community's passions by opening it up to a democratic process with MTV Fandom Awards, said Amandalyn Ferri, Tumblr's Culture & Trends expert. "Personally, I ship #Karmy (“Faking It”), but we'll see which couple's hypothetical love prevails when voting on Tumblr ends and San Diego Comic-Con begins."

Beginning on Wednesday, July 8, MTV will launch “Fandom Week,” a take-over by fans and celebrity fans, alike, across every MTV platform with segments on-air, on digital and across MTV’s social platforms. Stars like Selena Gomez, Jason Derulo, MGK, Kit Harrington and many more will share their favorite movies, shows and characters, while “MTV Fandom” correspondents Carly Aquilino (MTV’s “Girl Code”) and social media star Lohanthony, will be on the ground bringing viewers the best of Comic-Con International: San Diego and all of the fun from “MTV Fandom Fest.” “Fandom Week” will culminate on Sunday, July 12 with the “MTV Fandom Awards Special” airing at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The Nominees for “Fandom of the Year” presented by Kit Kat bars are:

Movies
The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Furious 7
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Insurgent
Mad Max: Fury Road
Magic Mike: XXL
Pitch Perfect 2

TV Dramas
“Supernatural”
“Teen Wolf”
“Game of Thrones”
“The Vampire Diaries”
“Empire”
“Once Upon a Time”
“Arrow”
“Pretty Little Liars”

TV Comedies
“Broad City”
“Parks & Recreation”
“New Girl”
“Faking It”
“The Mindy Project”
“Orange is the New Black”
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
“Girl Code”

Reality
“Catfish”
“Dance Moms”
“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”
“Love & Hip Hop”
“Survivor”
“Teen Mom OG”
“Total Divas”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”

The Nominees for “Ship of the Year” presented by Coca-Cola with voting exclusively on Tumblr
“The 100” - “Clexa” (Clarke and Lexa)
“Arrow” - “Olicity” (Felicity and Oliver)
“Faking It” - “Karmy” (Karma and Amy)
“Pretty Little Liars” - “Emison” (Emily and Alison)
“Teen Wolf” - “Sciles” (Stiles and Scott)
“The Vampire Diaries” - “Bamon” (Bonnie and Damon)

The “MTV Fandom Awards” and “MTV Fandom Fest”
The “MTV Fandom Awards” honor the fans whose tenacious excitement pushes movies, TV, books and comics from subculture to mainstream worldwide success. To further honor the dedicated fans of Comic-Con, the “MTV Fandom Fest” is a free party at Petco Park open to all Comic-Con badge holders with food, drinks, games and giveaways. The “MTV Fandom Fest” will lead into the “MTV Fandom Awards” on Thursday, July 12.

Official sponsors of the "MTV Fandom Awards" and “MTV Fandom Fest" include Coca-Cola, Kit Kat, LG G4, Pizza Hut, and The U.S. Air Force.

Ryan Kroft and Eric Conte are the Executive Producers of the “MTV Fandom Awards” and Andria Parides serves as Supervising Producer. Wendy Plaut is the Executive in Charge of Celebrity Talent. Gina Esposito is the Executive in Charge of Music Talent. Joe Buoye is the Executive in Charge of Production.

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