Elz, who keeps her full name under wraps but has revealed her first name is Eleanor, turned her online success into a career as a host.
She’s a familiar face to fans of the Sidemen Charity Match, which she has presented several times, as well as a regular voice on Kiss Xtra and Kerrang Radio.
Despite that experience, she admits feeling “nervous” when she first learned she’d landed the Bafta awards host gig.
“It’s very nerve-wracking and a lot of pressure,” she says, adding that she was “blown away” to be considered for the job.
But, she tells Newsbeat, it’s a platform for her to continue the goal she set out to achieve when she first started uploading videos – boosting female representation and challenging stereotypes in the gaming space.
“I was told when I was little: ‘Oh, why are you gaming?’,” she says.