New TikTok Award announced for The One Show 2026

The One Club for Creativity has expanded its ongoing partnership with TikTok with the launch of the new Best Use of TikTok award as part The One Show 2026.  

The new award recognises the importance of short-form video and rise of creator content. It will celebrate a brand’s exceptional use of TikTok, embracing the network’s native behaviors, creative tools, and storytelling styles to build cultural relevance and measurable impact.  

As a special award sponsored by TikTok, there is no fee to enter. The deadline for entries is February 20.

Judged by The One Show 2026 Social Media and Creator Content jury, it is open to entrants ranging from global brands to small business owners and creators. 

To be eligible, work must have launched between January 1, 2025 and February 20, 2026.

TikTok core pillars

Winning entries will meaningfully lean into one or more of TikTok’s core pillars: 

• Community – Showing up authentically to engage, activate, or celebrate a TikTok community and turning participation into momentum. 
• Discovery – Turning exploration and insights into ideas that resonate with people.
• Sound – Leveraging or creating original audio or trending sounds to drive discovery and creative expression. 
• Co-creation – Using duet, stitch, challenges, or other collaborative tools to spark user-generated content and invite participation. 
• Entertainment – Delivering joyful, surprising, or culturally relevant storytelling that feels native to TikTok’s creative ecosystem. 
• Impact – Creativity backed by performance, generating ideas that drive tangible business growth.

Best Use of TikTok entrants will be asked to provide a written description of the campaign background, creative idea, insights and strategy, execution, and results. Case studies are encouraged. 

Entries should demonstrate cultural and/or commercial impact through engagement metrics, earned media pickup, video views or completion rates, brand lift, or sales outcomes.

Three years of collaboration

“We’re excited to deepen our relationship with The One Club for Creativity by introducing the Best Use of TikTok Award at The One Show,” says Krystle Watler, who is head of integrated marcomms, NA, TikTok For Business.  

“Building on three years of collaboration through the One Creator Lab, this next chapter will celebrate standout campaigns from brands and agencies pushing creative boundaries and driving tangible business impact on TikTok.”

Finalists will be announced in early May 2026, with the Best Use of TikTok winner revealed on stage at The One Show 2026 awards ceremony on May 15 during Creative Week 2026 in New York.

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