GayVN Awards 2023 – who has been nominated?

In the world of gay porn, the GayVN Awards are a pretty big deal.

The adult entertainment industry is incredibly competitive. The evolving landscape of content distribution means that in order to be successful, performers have to work hard on their branding, their marketing, and their audience engagement.

Being nominated – and hopefully winning – awards such as GayVN, help build and sustain the momentum of your career. Success at awards ceremonies such as GayVN helps to keep you on everyone’s radar, ultimately leading to more income from subscriptions and bookings.

The GayVN Awards are presented in early January of each year. The 2023 awards will be presented in Las Vegas on 5 January.

There’s 15 industry-voted categories to be awarded – recognising excellent in performing, directing, and production in the world of gay porn.

There’s also a number of fan-voted categories – voting for these is expected to open in the coming weeks.

Let’s take a look at who is in the running for the 2023 GayVN awards.

Best Actor

• Brock Banks, Love Happens, CockyBoys
• Silas Brooks, Tech Support, HelixStudios.com
• Beau Butler, Dirty 30 Bareback Birthday, Raging Stallion
• Cole Connor, Ride or Die: Raw Deal/Hard Time, Raging Stallion
• Dillon Diaz, Briar Basin Ranch, Disruptive Films
• Felix Fox, Norse Fuckers, Men.com
• Leo Grand, Game On, CockyBoys
• Dann Grey, Historias de Barcelona, TLAgay
• Asher Haynes, Un-Romantic Getaway, Helix
• Bastian Karim, Historias de Barcelona, TLAgay
• Draven Navarro, Next Stop Vegas, Disruptive Films
• Seth Peterson, Unraveled; HelixStudios.com
• Diego Sans, Get. Away., NakedSword
• Derek Shaw, Just Friends, HelixStudios.com
• Dean Young, Body & Sol, Falcon

Our tip? This is a tough one, but our money would be on Dillon Diaz, Cole Connor, or Diego Sans. They’ve got experience in bringing dramatic roles to life and fully commit to their characters.

Best Actor – Featurette

• Josh Brady, “Red Hot,” HelixStudios.com
• Colby Chambers, “Interview Hotshots,” ColbyKnox.com
• Dante Colle, “Buying Time,” DisruptiveFims.com
• Andre Donovan, “Back in Town,” DisruptiveFilms.com
• Trevor Harris, “Paramour” NextDoorStudios.com
• Adrian Hart, “Give the Dog a Bone” (Men’s Briefs), Falcon
• Jordan Jameson, “The Watchful Neighbor,” NoirMale.com
• Leo Louis, “Under the Neon Sky,” CockyBoys.com
• Jayden Marcos, “Paramour,” NextDoorStudios.com
• Pierce Paris, “My Military Parents” (Daddy Dilemma 2), IconMale.com
• Seth Peterson, “Just Called to Say I’m Sorry,” HelixStudios.com
• Adam Ramzi, The Stepfather 6, Icon Male
• Dalton Riley, “Reconnecting,” DisruptiveFims.com
• Manuel Skye, “Boy Lust 3,” MenAtPlay.com
• Joel Someone, “Shared Hobbies,” PureTaboo.com

Our tip? It could be Dante Colle or Adam Ramzi, but it’s hard to go past Joel Someone – he’s the thinking man’s porn-star.

Best Supporting Actor

• Max Adonis, Love Happens, CockyBoys
• Austin Avery, Love Happens, CockyBoys
• Beau Butler, Get. Away., NakedSword Originals
• Dillon Diaz, Ride or Die: Raw Deal/Hard Time, Raging Stallion
• Andre Donovan, Body & Sol, Falcon
• Kane Fox, Game On, CockyBoys
• Aiden Garcia, Just Friends, HelixStudios.com
• Garrett Kinsley, Just Friends, HelixStudios.com
• Max Konnor, Ride or Die: Raw Deal/Hard Time, Raging Stallion
• Joshua Parks, Next Stop Vegas, Disruptive Films
• Dakota Payne, Briar Basin Ranch, Disruptive Films
• Sir Peter, Historias de Barcelona, TLAgay
• Derek Shaw, Un-Romantic Getaway, Helix
• Kai Taylor, Unraveled, HelixStudios.com
• Dean Young, Norse Fuckers, Men.com

Our tip? It’s probably a toss-up between Dillon Diaz and Max Adonis. But Max Konnor could also be in the mix.

Best All-Sex Movie

• Bad Daddies, Icon Male
• BelAmi X Sean Cody, BelAmi/Sean Cody
• Fraternity Fantasies: Members Only, Next Door Studios
• Fuck Fest, VisionXFlix/Fuck Champ Robinson
• Hit Me Up, CockyBoys
• Magna Cum Load, Men.com
• Meat Market 1 & 2, RawFuckClub/Dark Alley Media
• Men’s Briefs, Falcon
• Palm Springs Getaway, SeanCody.com
• Postcards From Brazil, PeterFever.com
• Scrum: Go Big or Go Home, Hot House
• Sensual Desires, Noir Male
• Therapy Dick 2, Pantheon Productions
• Tight Fit, Kristen Bjorn
• Wet 2: Heatwave, HelixStudios.com

Our Tip? Scrum from Hot House ticked a lot of boxes for us, but Raw Fuck Club always delivers when it comes to putting sex on screen.

Best Bi Sex Scene

• The Affairs of Lidia, Lust Cinema; Vanna Bardot, Skye Blue, Drew Dixon, Sean Ford & Markus Kage
• “Bi Pool Orgy,” BiPhoria.com; Aliya Brynn, Hatler Gurius, Rose Lynn, Draven Navarro, Aften Opal, Chad Rexx & Joel Someone
• Bisexual Vol. 2, Evil Angel; Casey Calvert, Dillon Diaz & Jake Waters
• “CineCum,” WhyNotBi.com; Dante Colle, Malik Delgaty & Haley Reed
• “Double-Barreled Brojobs,” WhyNotBi.com; Kenzo Alvarez, Laura Fox & Trent King
• “Dylan Has His Pick,” CorbinFisher.com; Chris, Dylan & Kara (Jackie Ohh)
• “Fat Virgin Booty,” BiGuysFuck.com; Brock Bradley, Caleb Mills (Danny Parker) & Ivy Steele
• “Hold the Tip,” XConfessions.com/Lust Productions; Master Aaron, Glitz Berlin & Puck Ellington
• Husbands Teach Wives How to Take Dick, Devil’s Film; Michael DelRay, Pristine Edge & Pierce Paris
• “Leon Foreman Takes a Weapons Grade Cock from Andy McBride,” BiGuysFuck.com; Leon Foreman (Leon King), Yulissa Fox & Andy McBride
• “Part-time Sitter, Full-time Cocksucker,” WhyNoyBi.com; Theo Brady, Aften Opal & Reese Rideout
• “Rocky & Adriano’s Bi Fuck” (aka “Rocky & Kara Play Adriano”),
• CorbinFisher.com/BiCollegeFucks.com; Adriano, Kara (Jackie Ohh) & Rocky
• “Shared Hobbies,” PureTaboo.com; Eliza Eves, Colby Jansen & Joel Someone
• Take a Ride on the Bi Train, Devil’s Film; Rodrigo Amor, Aria Banks & Draven Navarro
• We Swing Both Ways 5, Devil’s Film; Johnny B, Liv Revamped & Alpha Wolfe

Our Tip? To be honest, we haven’t seen all of these, but Lust Cinema has set the bar very high with The Affairs of Lidia.

Best Director – Feature

• Max Carter, The Lake House: Arizona, Helix
• Steve Cruz, Body & Sol, Falcon
• Tony Dimarco, Ride or Die: Raw Deal/Hard Time, Raging Stallion
• Jessica Jasmin, Siouxsie Q & Michael Vegas, Briar Basin Ranch, Disruptive Films
• Jake Jaxson & RJ Sebastian, Love Happens, CockyBoys
• Marc MacNamara, Get.Away., NakedSword
• mr. Pam, Next Stop Vegas, Disruptive Films
• Pierce Paris & Ben Rush, Bred and Breakfast: The Come Inn, NakedSword
• Alex Roman, Unraveled, HelixStudios.com
• Alter Sin, Norse Fuckers, Men.com

Our tip? There’s a lot of quality work here, but Tony Dimarco delivered the goods with Ride or Die for Raging Stallion.

Best Director – Non-Feature

• Boomer Banks, Steve Cruz, Leo Forte, Devin Franco & Max Konnor, Men’s Briefs, Falcon
• Carlos Caballero, Tight Fit, Kristen Bjorn
• Gio Caruso, Making a Mess!, Pride Studios
• Brian Davilla & Anthony Duran, Therapy Dick 2, Pantheon Productions
• Trenton Ducati, Inseam, Hot House
• David Eck (F4G D4VID), Meat Market 1 & 2, RawFuckClub/Dark Alley Media
• Iza Elle & Raph North, Skyy Riders, Falcon
• Ricky Greenwood, Bad Daddies, Icon Male
• Jake Jaxson & RJ Sebastian, Hit Me Up, CockyBoys
• Nick Moretti, Court Martial: Silver Steele’s 25 Soldier Gang Bang, Dragon Media
• Conrad Parker & Walden Woods, Fraternity Fantasies: Members Only, Next Door Studios
• Mike Quasar, Sensual Desires, Noir Male
• Champ Robinson & E. Rex Sean, Fuck Fest, VisionXFlix/Fuck Champ Robinson
• Alex Roman, Wet 2: Heatwave, HelixStudios.com
• Alter Sin, BelAmi X Sean Cody, BelAmi/Sean Cody

Our tip? There’s no bad options here, but filming a gang-bang and really doing it justice is no easy feat. On that basis, we’d probably give it to Nick Moretti for the gang-fuck of Silver Steele.

Best Duo Sex Scene

• “Austin Breeds Leo,” GuysinSweatpants.com; Leo Grand & Austin Wilde
• BelAmi X Sean Cody, BelAmi/Sean Cody; Jim Durden & Manny (Diego Daniels)
• “Black Cat,” CutlersDen.com; Cutler X & Isaac X Body & Sol, Falcon; Sir Peter & Dean Young
• “Cirque Du SoGay,” Men.com; Dante Colle & Dale
• Falcon LIVE: 4 the Fans, Falcon; Cade Maddox & Luke Truong
• “Fuck or Fail,” DisruptiveFilms.com; Brandon Anderson & Justin Matthews
• “Full Service Flip-Fuck with Taylor & Calvin,” ColbyKnox.com; Calvin Banks & Taylor Reign
• Raw Dickdown, CockyBoys; Daniel Evans & Evan Knoxx
• “Rhyheim Shabazz Fucks Elijah Zayne,” Timtales.com; Rhyheim Shabazz & Elijah Zayne
• Sensual Desires (“Vacation Rental”), Noir Male; Dillion Diaz & Jake Waters
• “Service Station: Blinker Fluid,” NextDoorStudios.com; Jayden Marcos & Alex Tanner
• Surrender, CockyBoys.com; Kane Fox & Cody Seiya
• “Subordinate and Secret Lover,” MenAtPlay.com; Gustavo Cruz & Manuel Skye
• Unraveled, HelixStudios.com; Seth Peterson & Kai Taylor

Our tip? There’s something about watching a real-life couple that takes a duo scene to the next level. It could be Dillon Diaz and Jake Waters, but there’s also Rhyheim Shabazz and Elijah Zayne to consider.

Best Feature

• Body & Sol, Falcon
• Briar Basin Ranch, Disruptive Films
• Game On, CockyBoys
• Get.Away., NakedSword
• Historias de Barcelona, TLAgay
• Love Happens, CockyBoys
• Norse Fuckers, Men.com
• Ride or Die: Raw Deal/Hard Time, Raging Stallion
• Unraveled, HelixStudios.com
• Un-Romantic Getaway, Helix

Our tip? It’s a toss-up between Briar Basin Ranch and Ride or Die.

Best Featurette

• “Boy Lust 3,” MenAtPlay.com (Manuel Skye & Edward Terrant)
• “Buying Time,” DisruptiveFilms.com (Dante Colle & Dakota Payne)
• “Devil May Cum,” Men.com (Felix Fox, Adrian Hart & Jack Hunter)
• “The Gift” (Men’s Briefs), Falcon (Shane Cook, Tristan Hunter & Max Konnor)
• “Give the Dog a Bone” (Men’s Briefs), Falcon (Adrian Hart & Reign; Max Konnor non-sex)
• “His Stepfather’s Footsteps,” DisruptiveFilms.com (Calvin Banks, Chris Damned & Dale Savage)
• “Interview Hotshots,” ColbyKnox.com (Colby Chambers, Caleb Kent/Caleb Davis & Mickey Knox)
• “My Military Parents” (Daddy Dilemma 2), IconMale.com (Jesse Bolton & Pierce Paris)
• “Naughty Anniversary,” HelixStudios.com (Silas Brooks & Garrett Kinsley)
• “Only Sinners Self-Stimulate,” MissionaryBoys.com/SayUncle.com (Jax Thirio & Luke Truong)
• “Paramour,” NextDoorStudios.com (Trevor Harris & Jayden Marcos; Brandon Anderson non-sex)
• “The Real Sin City,” Disruptive Films (Trevor Harris & Pierce Paris)
• “Red Hot,” HelixStudios.com (Noah Bentley & Josh Brady)
• “Under the Neon Sky,” CockyBoys.com (Sean Ford & Leo Louis)
• “The Watchful Neighbor,” NoirMale.com (Jordan Jameson & Zario Travezz)

Our tip? Jordan Jameson and Zario Travezz are exactly who we want to watch in action, and The Watchful Neighbor is top-tier.

Best Fetish Scene

• Bad Daddies (“Locker Room Talk”), Icon Male; Michael Boston, Dante Colle & Killian Knox
• BelAmi Bukkake, BelAmiOnline.com; Pip Caulfield, Elio Chalamet, Christiano Cruzo, Hans Lagerfeld, Jarrod Lanvin, Ashton Montana & Mario Texeira
• “The Electrician,” Masqulin.com/TheBroNetwork; Trent King & Skyy Knox
• “The Experiment,” AxelAbysse.com; Axel Abysse & Syusaku
• “Flex,” CutlersDen.com; Lawrence Morningstar & Eli Shaw
• “Fraternity Fantasies: Blindfolds & Bukakke,” NextDoorStudios.com; Julian Brady, Elliot Finn, Evan Knoxx, Jayden Marcos & Justin Matthews
• “Fun Pack 10: Morning Wood,” FunSizeBoys.com; Tom Bentley, Joshua Oaks & LeGrand Wolf
• Hit Me Up, CockyBoys; Greyson Myles & Austin Wolf
• Inseam, Hot House; Chris Damned & Devin Franco
• Pinned, Fetish Force; Beau Butler, Adrian Hart & Reign
• “Roman’s Sex Slave,” CorbinFisher.com; Roman & Zander (Pax Perry)
• “Rough Oral,” Himeros.tv; Jack Bailey & Nico Nova
• “Sex Cult,” WuBoyz.com; Ho Vinh Khoa, Rhonee Rojas & Tyler Wu
• “Tied Up for Torment,” KinkMen.com; Zak Bishop & Killian Knox
• “Yes, Sir Peter, Sir!”, MenAtPlay.com; Sir Peter & Alan Vicenzo

Our tip? Obviously, ‘fetish’ can have a fairly broad definition and some of these scenes might feel a little fetish-lite. KinkMen have long been setting the standard for commercial-level fetish content, but it’s hard to look away from the work of Axel Abysse.

Best Group Sex Scene

• “10 Year Anniversary Gangbang,” Men.com; Kenzo Alvarez, Gabriel Clark, Tony D’Angelo, Darenger, Clark Delgaty, Malik Delgaty, Felix Fox, Markus Kage, Trent King, Skyy Knox & Paul Wagner
• “America the Beautiful,” NextDoorStudios.com; Joseph Castlian, Damien Cruz, Danny Parker & Ty Santana
• BelAmi X Sean Cody; Asher, Bart Cuban, Deacon, Jim Durden, Tom Houston, Justin, Manny, Ashton Montana, Ethan O’Pry & Yannis Paluan
• Briar Basin Ranch, DisruptiveFilms.com; Brandon Anderson, Dillon Diaz, Killian Knox, Blain O’Connor, Dakota Payne & Roman Todd
• Court Martial: Silver Steele’s 25 Soldier Gang Bang, Dragon Media; Zain Alexander, Darwin Col, Archer Croft, Damien Crosse, Justyn Cruz, Ray Dalton, Scott Demarco, Jay Donahue, Felipe Duran, Sean Duran, Reuben Foxxx, Milan Gamiani, Kyle Hart, Blake Houston, Jake Lawrence, Rob Montana, Topher Paul, Adrian Rose, Jason Ryder, Seth Santoro, Jay Seabrook, Brayden St. James, Silver Steele, Alex Tikas & Aaron Trainer
• Fuck Fest, VisionXFlix.com/Fuck Champ Robinson; Brian Bonds, Dillon Diaz, Champ Robinson & Jake Waters
• “Holy Orders,” Himeros.tv; Ray Dexter, Drew Dixon, Nico Nova & Tomik 9.5
• “Joel, Peter, Jack & Justin,” BelAmiOnline.com; Peter Annaud, Joel Birkin, Jack Harrer & Justin Saradon
• Los Angeles Police Dads 2, Dragon Media; Michael Boston, Dillon Diaz, Lucca Mazzi, Jake Nicola, Vince Parker, Luke Truong & Jake Waters
• “Massage Exchange Orgy (Part 1 & 2),” PeterFever.com; Danny Ice, Levy Foxx, Alfonso Osnaya, Nic Sahara, Travis Yukarin & Zario Travezz
• Meat Market 2 (“Market Daze Orgy Part 1 & 2”), RawFuckClub/Dark Alley Media; Boomer Banks, Owen Hawk, Jayden Jaxx, Cain Marko, Tyler Roberts, Tarzan Top & Jack Vidra
• Scrum: Go Big or Go Home, Hot House; Cole Connor, Luca del Rey, Devin Franco, Tristan Hunter, JJ Knight, Roman Todd, Tarzan Top & Drew Valentino
• “Tag Team 7: Watching the Game,” TwinkTop.com/CarnalPlus; Tom Bentley, Cole Blue, Eric Charming, Matthew Figata & Jax Thirio
• “Tim’s Fuckfest,” Timtales.com; Mario Galeno, Oskar Ivan, Tim Kruger & Valentino Sistor
• Wet 2: Heatwave, HelixStudios.com; Noah Bentley, Josh Brady, Silas Brooks, Garrett Kinsley, Seth Peterson & Chase Williams

Our tip? Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to group sex scenes, but it certainly makes the logistics of it all more complicated – so it’s impressive to be able to effectively bring that energy to the screen. On that basis, we’d lean towards the Silver Steele gang-bang, or the Meat Market orgy from Raw Fuck Club.

Best Newcomer

• Brogan
• Nico Coopa
• Dale (Jkab Ethan Dale)
• Devy
• Grant Ducati
• Daniel Evans
• Dane Jaxson
• Evan Knoxx
• Andrew Miller
• Reign
• Jordan Starr
• Kai Taylor
• Drew Valentino
• Alpha Wolfe
• Tyler Wu

Our tip? Jordan Starr and Drew Valentino both picked up Best Newcomer at the recent Fleshbot awards, so that gives them form coming into this one. Nico Coopa could be the dark horse.

Best Three-way Sex Scene

• “26 Inches of Dick,” GuysinSweatpants.com; Lane Colten, Adrian Duvall & Mitch Matthews
• “Breaking in Jason Luna,” RawFuckClub.com; Sean Duran, Owen Hawk & Jason Luna
• “Double Stuffed (Part 3),” Men.com; Johnny Donovan (Deacon), Felix Fox & Chris White
• “Dylan’s Fuck ’N Spin,” CorbinFisher.com; Barron, Dylan & Roman
• “Esctacy,” CutlersDen.com; Roxas Caelum, Julian Torres & Cutler X
• “Fucking a Third,” NextDoorStudios.com; Lane Colten, Michael Roman & Isaac X
• “Greedy Fuck,” VisionXFlix.com/Fuck Champ Robinson; Magic Mike, Champ Robinson & Joel Someone
• Hit Me Up, CockyBoys; Daniel Evans, Evan Knoxx & Caleb Manning
• “How to Build a Perfect Threesome,” HelixStudios.com; Reese Jackson, Garrett Kinsley & Kai Taylor
• “L’amour à trois,” Timtales.com; Valentin Amour, Tommy Dreams & Diego Mattos
• “Puerto Vallarta Getaway (Part 1),” SeanCody.com: Devy, Kyle Fletcher and Liam Hunt
• Sexual Healing 5, Noir Male; Tommy Bluezz, Adrian Hart & DeAngelo Jackson
• “A Special Visit,” FamilyDick.com/SayUncle.com; Brody Kayman, Myles Landon & Shae Reynolds
• A Stepbrother’s Obsession 3, Icon Male; Des Irez, Zeno Rey & Drew Sebastian
• You Asked For It, NakedSword Originals; Beau Butler, Reign & Roman Todd

Our tip? The dicking down of Valentin Amour for Timtales was solid, but our money is on Greedy Fuck featuring Champ Robinson, Magic Mike, and Joel Someone – that’s three of our favourite men right there.

Performer of the Year

• Brandon Anderson
• Beau Butler
• Dante Colle
• Chris Damned
• Dillon Diaz
• Andre Donovan
• Felix Fox
• Adrian Hart
• Tristan Hunter
• Max Konnor
• Jayden Marcos
• Sir Peter
• Seth Peterson
• Roman Todd
• Cutler X

Our tip? Roman Todd was named Performer of the Year at the recent Fleshbot awards. Is it Roman’s year? Challengers could include Dillon Diaz, Beau Butler, and Dante Colle.

Did your favourite get a nomination? Hit us up in the comments and tell us which performers are getting your votes.

Written by Gareth Johnson