Mouse has broken the female sub record twice in one year though I think that was 2023, done charity streams, has brought in guests from all the big companies, and continues to be the most relevant vtuber on twitch
None of that is anything new that she hasn't done before. Why bother having her again, then? Collabing outside your immediate circle is also not really an achievement when you're an indie or in a small corpo and don't have any other options.
Shoto is basically the only male en vtuber currently on a stable trajectory, outgrowing the luxiem leeching he did and doing so as an indie. I don't like his content but I can't say the biggest successful indie male in the en sphere is nothing. Just because there literally isn't anyone else notable.
So he is a popular streamer? So what? That's it?
In terms of what Holo EN does, just Hololive EN girls and surface-level stuff, not even including all the shit Niji and Indies do on Youtube:
Calli: Albums, EPs, record deal, and concerts on BOTH her personas. She is lightyears ahead of other EN Vtubers on both Youtube and Twitch in those regards, too. She should be on here instead of the fad-riding animator or Gura.
Others that aren't qualifying for any awards but are absolutely doing things 99% of the popular Twitch VTubers don't and this is mostly to counter the "they don't do anything" retarded shit some people keep repeating:
Ame: Just a bunch of crap in general. Lots of projects and support for others. While not something that has not been done before, e literally built a 3D studio in her home for her and other girls to use. Released an original song, MV, and minigame, despite not being a strong singer.
Kiara: original songs, MVs, consistent streaming, and planned a whole birthday live for herself because Cover refused to with help from Ame.
Gura: the last half of last year was awful for her, otherwise, she released a fully animated PV for herself and also did a self-produced birthday live.
Bae: She released a 5 songs, despite not being known for singing, did a bunch of voice-acted shorts and other variety of shorts like Baegemite, and a ton of covers. Does her own choreography for her dances.
Less so:
IRyS: Released a whole bunch of original songs and covers.
Fauna: Wrote official Holloween shorts for Holo EN and is hugely popular with ASMR Vtuber crap.
Ina: Sick for a lot of the year and generally too busy with both Holo and roommate crap. If we wanna counte her roommate, a light novel with characters she designed got a fucking anime. Who else has done that?
Kronii, Mumei: Covers? I don't really know much of what they do on the regular tbh.
Like, no shit, they aren't doing crap like the JP side of Hololive, but just because they have a high bar to live up to, doesn't mean they don't do anything.
And yes, award shows are fucking gay.
Edit: Also, I really hope Gura just totally fucking ignores this gay shit, because knowing her, she just might. Bonus points if she wins and ghosts the event.