Adande Thorne

Adande Thorne
Personal information
Born Adande Thorne
(1980-07-10) July 10, 1980
Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago
Nationality Trinidadian-American
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation YouTuber, vlogger
Height 5'7"[1]
YouTube information
Pseudonym sWooZie
Channel sWooZie06
Years active 2006–present
Genre Comedy, vlogging, animation
Subscribers 4,381,514+ subscribers
(June 25, 2016)
Total views 520,116,102 views
(May 25, 2016)
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 26 January 2016.

Adande Thorne, known by his YouTube username Swoozie (stylized sWooZie), is a Trinidadian-born YouTube personality.[2][3][4][5][6][7] As a professional gamer he competed in Dead or Alive 4 for the Los Angeles Complexity in the Championship Gaming Series and the reality series WCG Ultimate Gamer.[8] In 2015, he signed with the Creative Artists Agency.[9][10] In January 2016, he was one of three people who interviewed President Barack Obama during a YouTube livestream.[11] In November 2016, he announced that he will play a minor role in The Space Between Us.

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated Award Result
2016 Streamy Awards Animated Won

References

  1. "Adande 'Swoozie' Thorne". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  2. Busdeker, Jon (27 January 2015). "Catch Up with Busdeker: Swoozie, star twitch streamer". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. Ruby, Aaron (17 June 2007). "Ready to fight to the virtual death". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. Watercutter, Angela (27 May 2011). "Slick HTML5 App Muro Animates Super Stick-Figure Videos". Wired. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. Ruby, Aaron (2007-06-17). "Ready to fight to the virtual death". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  6. Sentinel, Orlando. "Catch Up with Busdeker: Swoozie, star YouTube vlogger". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  7. "sWooZie". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  8. Downie, Heather (16 July 2008). "E3: Pro Gaming Hopes to Hit Mainstream". ABC News. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  9. Jarvey, Natalie (6 April 2015). "CAA Signs YouTube Animator Swoozie (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  10. Gutelle, Sam (6 April 2015). "Adande "Swoozie" Thorne Is Latest YouTube Star To Join CAA". Tubefilter. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  11. Newcomb, Alyssa (15 January 2016). "Meet the YouTube Stars Who Will Interview President Obama". ABC News. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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