Winners Announced For The 2025 TikTok Awards

The TikTok Awards took place at the newly renamed TikTok Entertainment Centre (previously named ICC Sydney) last night (26 November) after receiving a record-breaking number of votes across 14 categories.

Ilai Matangi received the coveted Creator of the Year award. Gold Coast-based family man, proud Tongan, and last year's Comedy Creator of the Year, Matangi faced tough competition against Latisha Clark, Tammy Hembrow, Jiny Maeng, and Ben Stubbs.

Multi-talented DJ and television personality Lance Savali was crowned Music Artist of the Year, beating R&B artist Larissa Lambert, buzzy pop artist Keli Holiday, and country singer Max Jackson.

While Holiday didn’t take home the Music Artist of the Year award, he warmed up the audience with a performance of his hit single, Dancing2, where partner Abbie Chatfield joined him on the bongos, Anthony Field (Blue Wiggle) on bagpipes, and the Tree of Wisdom dancing wildly on stage.

This year’s TikTok Awards received a record-breaking 6.4 million votes, which is three million more than last year. You can find the full list of award winners, including Entertainment Creator of the Year, New Zealand Creator of the Year, Food Creator of the Year, and more, below.

Sophie Monk hosted this year’s award show and was joined by an impressive roster of special guest presenters, plus additional performers.

If you missed out on watching the awards last night, you can relive the action via the TikTok Australia account, on demand on Stan, or on 9Go! on Thursday, 4 December.

“What an incredible, sold-out celebration at the TikTok Entertainment Centre, broadcast live on Stan, and officially the biggest TikTok Awards in the world,” said Simon Bates, Head of Content for TikTok Australia and New Zealand.

Bates added, “This year’s winners have more than 38 million followers on TikTok combined, and it’s a privilege to showcase our local creators to Australia and the world.”

2025 TIKTOK AWARD WINNERS

• Creator of the Year, presented by NESCAFÉ: Ilai Matangi, @havea_676, 2.7M followers

• Video of the Year, presented by Tinder: Leah Halton’s iconic inverted behind-the-scenes video, 150M views

• TikTok Business of the Year, presented by HP: All For Mimi, Sopha Dopha, @allformimi, 150.5k followers

• Music Artist of the Year, presented by Uber Eats: Lance Savali, @lancesavali, 1.5M followers

• Sport & Fitness Creator of the Year, presented by EHP Labs: Hannah Pearson, @hannahhpearson, 2.2M followers

• Beauty and Fashion Creator of the Year, presented by Rimmel: Ellen Malone, @askellenbeauty, 757.5K followers

• Food Creator of the Year: Andy Hearnden, @andy_cooks, 6M followers

• Entertainment Creator of the Year: Theo Shakes, @theoshakes, 2.1M followers

• Learn on TikTok award: Heidi Barlow, @womenshealthwithheidi, 1.2M followers

• TikTok for Good Award: Josh Neille, @josh_neille, 865.6K followers

• Comedy Creator of the Year: Liam Dowling and Ben Christopher, @nansfavourites, 898.3K followers

• LIVE Creator of the Year: Ūla, @ulaulaula, 1.6M followers

• High Quality Content Creator: Anthony Randello-Jahn, @thedonutdaddy, 1.3M followers

• New Zealand Creator of the Year: Louis Davis, @louisdavis_, 2.1M followers

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