Ibai Llanos

Ibai Llanos Garatea (Spanish: [iˈβaj ˈʎanos ɡaɾaˈtea], born 26 March 1995), better known mononymously as Ibai, is a Spanish internet celebrity, streamer, and esports caster. He was a content creator for G2 Esports from 2020 to 2021.[2] He is co-owner of the esports team KOI.[3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llanos and the second or maternal family name is Garatea.
Ibai Llanos
Ibai in 2020
Personal information
Born
Ibai Llanos Garatea

(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Occupations
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2014–present
Genres
Followers14 million
Associated acts
TheGrefg
YouTube information
Channel
Genres
Subscribers10.4 million[1]
Total views2.7 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers2019
1,000,000 subscribers2020
10,000,000 subscribers2023
Last updated: 3 May 2023

On the livestreaming platform Twitch, Ibai operates the fourth most-followed channel in the world according to analytics company Social Blade.[4] On YouTube, he has more than 10 million subscribers on his main channel and a total of 2 billion video views.[5] In 2021, Forbes Spain named him the most influential social media influencer in Spain.[6] Ahead of the 2022 League of Legends World Championship group stage, it was announced that Ibai's esports team KOI would merge with Rogue, which would see all of Rogue's existing teams rebrand to KOI.[7]

Biography

Ibai was born in the Deusto district of Bilbao, Spain on 26 March 1995. Due to the 2008 financial crisis and economic instability at home, he hid out on videogames.[8]

In 2014, at the age of nineteen, he started his career in League of Legends professional competition. In August during Season 7 of Liga de Videojuegos Profesional, LVP, Honor Division he narrated his first League of Legends match between wSystem and PainGaming.[9][10]

In 2016, he moved from Bilbao to Barcelona to be able to work as an announcer.

After broadcasting for the LVP, specifically for the Orange Super League, in February 2019 he started to present a late night show for the Ubeat network called "Hoy no se sale", currently presented by Bruno Feliu and Cristina López, also known as Kapo 013 and Cristinini respectively.

In February 2020, a year after starting this journey, he announced that he was leaving his work at the LVP to become an exclusive content creator for the G2 Esports team, with Ander Cortés, Reven & Ernesto BarbeQ Folch. As of now, he dedicates his entire time to creating content for Twitch.

In his time as an streamer he has carried out several mass events such as "La Liga Santander Challenge" or charity collaborations with La Liga Santander and Banco Santander that took place during the lockdown suffered in Spain in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In January 2021, he announced his departure from G2 and formed his own streaming brand alongside the previously mentioned creators with the addition of Cristinini, Knekro, Werlyb and Illojuan.[11][12] He founded the esports team Finetwork KOI alongside Gerard Piqué, with the headquarters in Barcelona.[13] It competes with League of Legends, Valorant and Teamfight Tactics,[14] and the team has JuanSGuarnizo, Ander Cortés, Knekro, Mayichi,[15] and Axozer[16] as his players.

On 5 February 2021, he started a new series on his channel called "Charlando tranquilamente" ("Calmly Chatting") dedicated to talking (between 30 minutes to 1 hour and a half) with public figures. In his first program, he spoke with footballer Gerard Piqué. Future shows featured footballers such as Andrés Iniesta, Ronaldinho, Paulo Dybala, Sergio Agüero and Sergio Ramos, and musical artists like Ed Sheeran, Bad Bunny, Nicky Jam, J Balvin, Rauw Alejandro, Jhayco, Duki, Aitana, Nicki Nicole.[17]

On 21 August 2021, he shared a tweet showing a clip of two young people playing a balloon game; in which both, agile and fast, kept the balloon from falling to the ground until there was a winner. Ibai said he wanted to buy the rights to this game and organize a whole World Cup of that activity.[18] On 26 September 2021, together with the Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, they made official a world balloon tournament called Balloon World Cup, which took place on 14 October of that same year.[19]

On 25 June 2022, Ibai, with more than 3.3 million viewers during the Velada del Año 2, surpassed the record of 2.4 million viewers TheGrefg obtained back on 11 January 2021, with his Fortnite outfit reveal.[20]

Personal life

Ibai currently lives in Barcelona, in 2021 he separated from G2 and rented a streaming house in which he lives with his 8 friends and various streamers.[21][22][23]

On 7 August 2021, in the midst of the uproar over the fate of Messi's career, the footballer made a farewell dinner in Barcelona and invited Ibai, who attended it together with Coscu and Sergio Agüero. Other celebrities who attended the dinner include Gerard Piqué, Shakira, Jordi Alba and many more.[24][25]

Filmography

Television
Year Program Channel Role
2019-2020[26] Hoy no se sale[27] Ubeat Co-Host
2021 Lo de Évole LaSexta Guest

Esports
Year Videogame Event Role
2014–2016 League of Legends LVP División de Honor Announcer
2015–2020 League of Legends EU LCS Announcer
2015–2020 League of Legends Worlds Announcer
2016–2017 League of Legends LVP Clasificatorio Challenger Series Announcer
2016 League of Legends All-Star Barcelona Announcer and presenter
2017–2020 League of Legends Superliga Orange Announcer
2018 Fortnite YouTube Battle Royale[28] Announcer
2018–2019 League of Legends Ibainéfico[29][30] Organizer and Announcer
2019 FIFA 20 VOLTA Football[31] Voice actor
2020 FIFA 20 La Liga Santander Challenge[32] Organizer and Announcer
2020 FIFA 21 VOLTA Football Voice actor

Traditional sports
Date Event Channel/Program-Context
18 March 2018 Liga Santander: Barça vs Athletic de Bilbao Onda Vasca[33]
8 April 2018 Liga Santander: Real Madrid vs Atlético de Madrid El Chiringuito[34]
25 November 2018 ACB: Barça Lassa vs Real Madrid Liga Endesa[35][36]
6 July 2019 El partidazo de Youtubers: DjMariio vs TheGrefg YouTube[37]
3 October 2019 Adidas: La batalla definitiva YouTube[38]
26 May 2021 La velada del año Twitch[39]
29 August 2021 Ligue 1: Reims vs PSG Twitch[40]
19 September 2021 Ligue 1: Olympique de Lyon vs PSG Twitch[41]
24 October 2021 Liga Santander: Fútbol Club Barcelona vs Real Madrid Movistar LaLiga[42]
25 June 2022 La velada del año II Twitch[43]
2023– Kings League Twitch[44]
1 July 2023 La velada del año III Twitch

Documentaries
Date Name Channel/Program
13 December 2018 El lado más profundo de Ibai y Ander Movistar+[45]
27 February 2020 Mi historia YouTube / Domino's Originals[46]

Films
Date Name Director
24 November 2020 Unboxing Ibai[47] Jaume Balagueró

Other
Date Event Channel/Program-Context
14 October 2021 2021 Balloon World Cup Twitch – Organized and hosted alongside Piqué inspired by the keep-up with a balloon game.[48][49]
27 October 2022 2022 Balloon World Cup
11 December 2022 El Último en Pie Twitch

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2015 Trasgo de Oro Best caster Won [50]
2016 Won
2017 Won
2018 Won
2020 Eliot Awards Esports Nominated
Esports Awards Streamer of the Year Won [51]
2021 Won [52]
The Game Awards Content Creator of the Year Nominated [53]
ESLAND Awards Clip of the Year Nominated [54][55]
Fail of the Year Won [56]
Dance of the Year Nominated
Song of the Year Won
Event of the Year Won
Best Content Series Nominated
Streamer of the Year Won
2022 The Streamer Awards League of Their Own Nominated [57]
Esports Awards Streamer of the Year Won [58]
Premios Idolo Best Esports Nominated [59]
Best Streamer Won
Digital Creator of the Year Nominated
2023 ESLAND Awards Streamer of the Year Won [60]
Event of the Year Won
Fail of the Year Nominated
Anger of the Year Nominated
Talk Show of the Year Nominated
Premios Crack International Personality Won
Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Streamer Favorite Nominated
2023 MTV MIAW Awards MIAW Icon Nominated
Global Creator Nominated
13th Streamy Awards Streamer of the Year - International Won

See also

References
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