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The Esports Awards, the most prestigious night in the esports calendar, is pleased to reveal the finalists for this year’s pro and on air categories which are dedicated to celebrating top class talent from across the esports industry.
Named during the 5th Spotlight Show of the year hosted by Gabriella ‘LeTigress’ Devia-Allen, Chris ‘Montecristo’ Mykles & Thom F. Badinger, this year’s nominees include the likes of 100 Thieves, Clayster, Sjokz, Team Liquid and MortaL. This year's Esports Awards will be officially taking place virtually on Saturday 21st November as part of the Esports Assemble in partnership with Esports Insider.
The full list of 2020 Esports Awards Pro and On Air finalists are:
| Coach | Organization | Esport |
| Wilton "zews" Prado | Evil Geniuses | CS:GO |
| Raymond "Rambo" Lussier | Dallas Empire | Call of Duty |
| Tobias "tow b" Herberhold | BIG Clan | CS:GO |
| Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann | G2 Esports | League of Legends |
| Dae-hee "Crusty" Park | San Francisco Shock | Overwatch |
| Lee "Zefa" Jae-min | DAMWON Gaming | League of Legends |
| Lee "Heen" Seung Gon | Team Secret | Dota 2 |
| Robert "Chrome" Gomez | Spacestation Gaming | Rocket League |
| Justin "Lycan" Woods | Spacestation Gaming | Rainbow Six Siege |
| Luo "BSYY" Sheng | Top Esports | League of Legends |
| Player | Organization | Esport |
| James "Clayster" Eubanks | New York Subliners | Call of Duty |
| Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro | Dallas Empire | Call of Duty |
| Donovan "Tekkz" Hunt | Fnatic | FIFA |
| Ian "Crimsix" Porter | Dallas Empire | Call of Duty |
| Caden "Sypical" Pellegrin | Spacestation Gaming | Rocket League |
| Jacob "JKnaps" Knapman | G2 Esports | Rocket League |
| Victor "Fairy Peak!" Locquet | Renault Vitality | Rocket League |
| Mossad "Msdossary" Aldossary | Tundra Esports | FIFA |
| Player | Organization | Esport |
| Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro | Dallas Empire | Call of Duty |
| Jason "firstkiller" Corral | Rogue | Rocket League |
| Henrique "Zezinho" Lempke | SL Benfica Esports | FIFA |
| Indervir "iLLeY" Dhaliwal | Dallas Empire | Call of Duty |
| Joris "Joreuz" Robben | Dignitas | Rocket League |
| Joseph "Owakening" Conley | Florida Mutineers | Call of Duty |
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Luxxy
Nobru
Surgical GoblinMortal
Zuxxy
Iferg
G2 Esports
NRG
Team Liquid
Envy
Spacestation
Cloud 9
100 Thieves
TSM
| Player | Organization | Esport |
| Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut | Team Vitality | CS:GO |
| Zhuo "knight" Ding | Top Esports | League of Legends |
| Rasmus "Caps" Winther | G2 Esports | League of Legends |
| Lasse Aukusti "MATUMBAMAN" Urpalainen | Team Secret | Dota 2 |
| David Tonizza | Ferrari Esports | F1 |
| Benjy "Benjyfishy" David Fish | NRG Esports EU | Fortnite |
| Nathanial "Rampy" Duvall | Spacestation Gaming | Rainbow Six Siege |
| Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf | Sentinels | Fortnite |
| Kwon "Striker" Nam-joo | San Francisco Shock | Overwatch |
| Jay "sinatraa" Won | Sentinels | VALORANT |
| Michał "Nisha" Jankowski | Team Secret | Dota 2 |
| Troy "Canadian" Jaroslawski | Spacestation Gaming | Rainbow Six Siege |
| Player | Organization | Esport |
| Jay "sinatraa" Won | Sentinels | VALORANT |
| Matthew "Wardell" Yu | TSM | VALORANT |
| Edward "Tactical" Ra | Team Liquid | League of Legends |
| Ryu "Keria" Min-seok | DRX | League of Legends |
| Ming-Yi "Spica" Lu | TSM | League of Legends |
| Alec "Fultz" Fultz | Spacestation Gaming | Rainbow Six Siege |
Dallas Empire (CDL)
Top Esports (LPL)
Vitality (CS:GO)
G2 Esports (LEC)
Spacestation Gaming (Rocket League)
Spacestation Gaming (R6)
Team Secret (Dota2)
Damwon (LCK)
Sf Shock (Overwatch)
Shanghai Dragons (Overwatch)
Spunj
Ls
Froskurinn
Fogged
Nameless
Wolf
Jacob “Pimp” Winneche
Reinforce
Velly
Merk
Froskurinn
Vedius
Ls
Moses
Launders
Chance
Kixstar
Fogged
Henryg
Uber
Maven
Captain Flowers
Quickshot
Drakos
Ibai
Anders
Semmler
Odpixel
Ana Xisde
Chris Puckett
Sjokz
Machine
Frankie Ward
Sheever
Lottie Van-Praag
Soe Gschwind
Dash
Goldenboy
The Esports Awards has also welcomed Co-CEO of ESL Gaming Craig ‘Torbull’ Levine and esports veteran journalist Richard Lewis as the newest inductees for the Lifetime Achievement Award. Richard Lewis has cemented himself as one of the most renowned esports journalists in the world with two Esports Awards Journalist of The Year awards under his belt. Craig ‘Torbull’ Levine is a true industry veteran with over 20+ years in the gaming and esports industry.
Starting out as a CS:GO player in the first days of competitive gaming, Levine went onto co-found the industry leading anti-cheat platform ESEA and now co-leads the helm at the world's biggest esport company, ESL Gaming. Craig ‘Torbull’ Levine and Richard Lewis join street fighting legend Daigo Umehara and esports pioneer Johnathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel as members of the award.
“I am so excited to announce that we are officially going digital. In such uncertain times it's an honor to be able to create something that celebrates and recognises those who are going above and beyond in the esports industry. We have so many exciting plans for the ceremony and we couldn't have made it happen without the support of our partners and community.” said Michael Ashford, Managing Director, Esports Awards.
The Esports Awards is also pleased to announce a multitude of partnerships for the year’s ceremony.
Matrix Keyboards and RESPAWN Products are introduced as new partners for the event and eBeatz return after a successful partnership in 2019.
The Esports Awards is part of the Esports Assemble, four days of the finest events and insights from industry figures from the 18th to 21st November. The collection of events which include ESI Digital Winter, Esports Awards Expo, and the Esports Awards will play host to unparalleled esports content, networking, and celebration.
The Esports Awards Expo will bring a weekend of best in class events programming featuring summits, speakers and networking with the biggest brands in the world. The events will take place on a purpose built platform with VOD’s available around the clock allowing global connectivity. Attendees will get access to industry leading brand showcases, extensive talks on the main stage, networking lounge and weekend watchalongs of the Esports Awards broadcasts.
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