There were still hundreds of thousands connected when Adrien Nougaret, also known as Zerator, announced the end of the ninth edition of the Zevent, the live charity marathon on Twitch created by the streamer and his acolyte and Alexandre Dachary, better known as Dach.
The fifty streamers gathered this weekend from September 5 to 7 at the Zénith of Montpellier, managed to collect more than 16 million euros. During the night of Sunday, September 7 to Monday, September 8, the counter was exhibited More specifically 16,178,361 euros. Therefore, the record, of just over ten million euros, was exploited.
A hybrid format
All funds will be distributed to eight associations that work in health and support for patients. The Liga Against Cancer, the French Association of Caregivers, Nightline, HELEBOR, RISHY Doctor, Smile in Life, Flight and Sparadrap, therefore, will share the somme.
Released by a concert on Thursday, September 4 with IAM and Alonzo, the event really started Friday at 6 pm for more than 50 hours, content creators turned to play video games, respond to competitions and get challenges. Antoine Daniel, Figny, Domingo, Star, Environmenthoenix or Joyca were on site. For the first time, the event was open to all streamers determined to make the pool remote. Therefore, more than 300 cameramen have participated in their sofa.
Every year since 2016, with the exception of a break in 2023, dozens of serpentines meet in a happy bazaar in Montpellier to raise funds in favor of the associations. They multiply the challenges, the parts of the crazy games and projects. To encourage Internet users to give, streamers establish “donation objectives”, this famous list of actions that will be carried out once an landing level has been reached.
In almost ten years, the event has managed to make a place of choice on Twitch. As proof, the Zevent brings together between 500,000 and one million viewers. Since its first edition, then called “Avengers Project”, the Marathon has raised more than 41 million euros. The Zevent has had since 2021 the record of the solidarity event that has raised the greatest amount of money on Twitch.
Source: BFM TV
