Best Youtuber: DOUG ARMSTRONG vs EDWARD PRATT
DOUG ARMSTRONG
Douglas John Armstrong (born 22 May 1990) is a British online personality, YouTube content creator, and presenter who has reached over 400,000 followers across all his social media channels. Since late 2017, he mainly produces music videos, but is also known for creating content across other verticals including lifestyle, travel and entertainment. He resides in London, United Kingdom. He was invited to Malawi, Africa to support the Sightsavers charity in 2015, where he presented a live stream of a man receiving a simple yet life-changing operation to remove his cataracts and restore his eyesight. In February 2015 he created a chocolate maze made entirely out of chocolate fingers with the help of a food artist and built to the model of the size in the film The Maze Runner to celebrate the film's DVD and Blu-ray release and help promote the film. Also known for his fun yet insightful interviews with celebrities, musicians & film stars, Armstrong has interviewed Bella Thorne for her role in the film The Duff, Liam Payne before his performance at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards in 2017, Hugh Jackman for the release of The Greatest Showman and most recently Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford for the release of the film Love, Simon. When not writing his own comedy/LGBT songs, Armstrong often collaborates with other successful musicians, including The Vamps; New Hope Club; Keala Settle, the original singer of “This Is Me”; and Rachel Tucker, the original lead in the West End production of Come from Away.
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EDWARD PRATT
Edward Pratt, also known as Ed Pratt, is a British unicyclist and YouTuber best known for circumnavigating the globe on a unicycle. In March 2015 a then 19-year old Pratt set off from his hometown Curry Rivel, near Taunton, Somerset. He pedalled across the world for 3 years and 135 days, cycling approximately 21,000 miles or 33,800 kilometers. He filmed his trip and posted videos about it on his YouTube channel Ed Pratt. He ended his trip at the headquarters of School in a Bag, a local charity providing backpacks containing educational tools and materials for poor and vulnerable children around the world, for which he raised over £300,000 over the course of his trip. For this achievement he was rewarded with a Points of Light award by Theresa May.