Our Fave Moments From The YouTube Stand Up To Cancer Livestream That Caused An Online Frenzy

Sam Thompson on a space hopper, anyone?

Monday, September 11, 2017 - 13:17

On Thursday, THE biggest YouTube stars united to Stand Up To Cancer in a livestream that took the internet by storm. We’re talking Zoella, Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, Marc Zapanta, Oli White… and many more!

#StandUpWithYT trended on Twitter during the four hours of fun-filled YouTube craziness, as more than 50 creators took part in weird and wacky challenges as part of the fundraising campaign. All the money raised went to fund game-changing cancer research.

What happened?

The boys are bringing the bants tonight for #StandUpwithYT https://t.co/Dgvjk2gmmP pic.twitter.com/HZ48aH9sxm
— YouTube Space London (@YouTubeSpaceLon) September 7, 2017

A lot. But here were some of our fave moments…

1. Zoella encouraged everyone to make a difference

Zoella Has A Message For You | Stand Up To Cancer

2. Joe Sugg learnt about cancer with the help of a contortionist, and got into a suitcase…

Joe Sugg Met Contortionist Pixie Le Knot: What Happened? | Stand Up To Cancer

3. Topless Baker decorated a cake while receiving electric shocks

Adele Roberts with Topless Baker, cake and electric shocks | Stand Up To Cancer

4. Sam Thompson got competitive on a space hopper

It's a #StandUpwithYT Space Race with Sam Thompson | Stand Up To Cancer

5. And both Oli White and Doug Armstrong opened up about their own personal reasons for supporting Stand Up To Cancer

Oli White talks about what happened when his mum was diagnosed with cancer

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Also among the YouTube royalty demonstrating their support were Scola Dondo, Em Ford, Stephanie Lange, Josh Pieters and Jack Maynard.

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It was a super fun, high energy day, and we LOVED that all our fave YouTubers spent it encouraging their millions of followers to donate and join the rebellion against cancer.

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To watch the live stream again, go to youtube.com/standuptocancerUK. Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4. To find out more visit Standuptocancer.org.uk or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Stars such as Naomi Campbell, Noel Gallagher, Nicole Scherzinger, Pharrell Williams, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Andy Murray, Bradley Cooper, Taylor Swift, Jack O’Connell, Sophie Turner and Will Poulter are just some of the talent who have supported Stand Up To Cancer.

Our Fave Celebs Fighting To Save The Planet

Ian Somerhalder: The Vampire Diaries hunk formed the Ian Somerhalder Foundation to help protect and restore the planet, and he believes the environment and all its creatures are interconnected.

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Shailene Woodley: “It’s more than just recycling or picking up a piece of trash, or turning off the water when you’re brushing your teeth. It’s about treating everything with compassion and love, including humanity.”

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Adam Levine: “We’ve got to kick our carbon habit, and that means changing our culture. It’s always been young people who lead the way when it comes to new trends and styles and if you start making changes in your own life, the world will follow."

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Jennifer Aniston: “When I learn about something new that I can do in my everyday life that... can help the environment, I do it. Eventually, it just becomes second nature. If we all… do, we just might be able to affect the world for the better."

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Leonardo DiCaprio: “The environment and the fight for the world’s poor are inherently linked. The planet can no longer wait, the underprivileged can no longer be ignored.”

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Selena Gomez: [About her trip with UNICEF as an ambassador] “You don't actually realise just how important simple clean water is, whether it's something you cook with, something you bathe in, you shower in."

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Matt Damon: “Clean water is only as far away as the nearest tap, and there are taps everywhere… But the reality is, the water in our toilets is cleaner than the water that most people are drinking.”

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Gisele Bundchen: “I have loved the environment since I was a small child… we are wasting the very resources that make life on this planet possible.”

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