HAMILTON Among MTV's 2016 Fandom Award Nominees; Voting Now Open

MTV today announced the nominees for the 2016 "Fandom Awards," including two new categories "Bandom of the Year" and "Animation Fandom of the Year." The award show honors the fans whose tenacious excitement pushes movies, TV, music, theater and video games from subculture to mainstream worldwide success. Voting begins today at fandomawards.mtv.com and will continue until Wednesday, July 20th, 2016.

On Thursday, July 21 all Comic-Con badge holders are welcomed to join the "MTV Fandom Fest" party at Petco Park, featuring food, drinks, games and giveaways beginning at 6:30 p.m. PT and leading into the 8:00 p.m. PT taping of the "Fandom Awards." The show will air on Sunday, July 24 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

Nominees for "Fandom of the Year," presented by JOLLY RANCHER Candy, will feature 32 nominees going head-to-head across multiple platforms in a special social tournament spanning movies, TV dramas, TV comedies and, for the first time ever, video games. The nominees for "Ship of the Year," will be voted on exclusively on Tumblr. Nominees in both categories will be announced on Friday, July 8. The 2016 nominees include Broadway's Hamilton (Best New Fandom of the Year), which recently received 11 TONY AWARDS including one for Best Musical.

The nominees for the 2016 "MTV Fandom Awards" include:

BEST NEW FANDOM OF THE YEAR
Hamilton
Jessica Jones
Mr. Robot
Scream
Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments
Suicide Squad

FAN FREAK OUT OF THE YEAR
Game of Thrones - Resurrection of Jon Snow
Mr. Robot - MR. ROBOT revealed
The Walking Dead - Glenn's Death Scare
Pretty Little Liars - Spencer and Caleb Hook Up
The 100 - RIP Lexa
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Death of a Legend

BANDOM OF THE YEAR
5 Seconds of Summer
The 1975
All Time Low
Panic! At the Disco
Pierce the Veil
Twenty One Pilots

ANIMATION FANDOM OF THE YEAR
Adventure Time
Gravity Falls
Inside Out
Rick and Morty
Steven Universe
Zootopia

BEST REVIVAL FANDOM OF THE YEAR
Baywatch (Series) / Baywatch (Film)
Gilmore Girls / Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Harry Potter / Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
High School Musical / High School Musical 4: Wild and Knights
Full House / Fuller House
The X-Files

Photo credit: Joan Marcus

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