LOS ANGELES — To paraphrase the unofficial U.S. Postal Service motto: Neither rain nor cold nor the chaos of natural disasters can stop members of the adult entertainment community from the completion of their appointed duty every January: to honor the artistic and commercial achievements of their peers.
Defying doomsayers, the 2025 XMAs — the Adult Industry’s Biggest Night® — renewed the yearly ritual at its now-traditional home, the historic Hollywood Palladium in the heart of Tinseltown. Virtually every major industry figure gathered in the landmark Los Angeles venue to witness the celebration of nominees and winners in all the major categories, culminating with much-anticipated accolades for Anna Claire Clouds as Female Performer of the Year, Alex Jones as Male Performer of the Year, Gal Ritchie as Best New Performer, Lilly Bell as Girl/Girl Performer of the Year, Penny Barber as MILF Performer of the Year, Derek Kage as Gay Performer of the Year, Ariel Demure as Trans Performer of the Year and Best Feature Movie “Project X.”
Before the show began, attendees and their dates walked the customary red carpet along Sunset Blvd., with select top nominees invited for on-camera interviews conducted by veteran superstar Tera Patrick. One 2025 innovation was that the red-carpet interviews and the show itself were both broadcast live online as the evening’s events unfolded.
Presented by Fansly, the newly renamed XMAs were hosted by twice-crowned Female Performer of the Year Vanna Bardot and acclaimed Brazzers contract star Ryan Reid. The signature ambience of the evening was gold and glitz, with both presenters coordinating aurific skin-tight outfits translucent enough to reveal their industry-famous bodaciousness.
“I’m really grateful that tonight isn’t anal, because I feel I’m gonna shit myself!” Reid declared, referencing the case of nerves anyone might experience when called upon to host the illustrious XMAs.
“You and me both, girl!” Bardot replied. “Ryan and I are here to make all your dreams come true…”
“…and keep all of your balls from turning sore and blue!” Reid retorted.
After edging the crowd with effortless comedy banter, the hosts welcomed the first presenters: Jewelz Blu and Kazumi. The popular influencers offered a double splash of color, with Blu’s signature hair and Kazumi’s vibrant green gown, before announcing the winner for Best Performer Showcase: Angela White’s self-produced, retro-tinged blockbuster “Fuck Angela.”
Clad in neck-to-floor black, White thanked the crowd.
“This was such an incredible movie and I’m so honored to have so many legendary directors participate in making this film what it was,” she said. “And of course, I have to thank the incredible performers for making some old-school gonzo with me.”
Blu and Kazumi then announced the Best Performer Showcase Sex Scene: the epic gangbang crowning Jules Jordan Video’s “Anna Claire Clouds: Dark Side.” The veritable crowd of top performers involved included Clouds herself, Hollywood Cash, Damon Dice, Chocolate Gold, Vince Karter, Nade Nasty, Slim Poke, Milan Ponjevic, Will Pounder, Jax Slayher and John Strong.
Clouds ascended to the stage in a lingerie-inspired, derrière-baring, curves-hugging translucent black slip skirt.
“This is so freaking cool!” she exulted with her classic fresh nonchalance, admiring the columnated X-topped trophy before thanking Jordan, her agent and her male co-stars.
The next presenters were Nicole Kitt, in a striking chartreuse gown, and Melissa Stratton, in black with her hair in playful micro pigtails. Kitt and Stratton presented the award for Best Featurette to the ambitious Jewelz Blu erotic thriller “Broken Butterfly: The Perfect Shade of Blu,” a Holly Randall production directed by Jeffrey John Hart.
Blu, Hart and Randall took the stage alongside several other members of the cast and production crew.
Director Hart thanked XBIZ and “the amazing cast and crew who worked so hard for this,” and extolled his star, recounting how he had told her, “It’s gonna be the hardest thing that you’ll ever do” and how she delivered in spades.
A visibly moved Blu told the crowd, “I gave everything and more. It was a surreal experience to be a part of this movie, and the movie just happened to mimic some real-life things that were happening to me as well, so I felt I was method acting a lot. I cried on camera for real in the movie, and now I’m also crying for real onstage. I’m so honored to be part of this!”
Randall gave accolades to Hart and his team.
“This was a passion project,” she said. “A lot of people did it for free or for very little money — so thank you, everyone.”
Kitt and Stratton next announced the winners for Best Featurette Sex Scene: Demi Hawks and Seth Gamble for Pure Taboo’s “Do Unto Others.” Gamble, in a dapper brown fedora, accepted the award for both performers.
“Demi is amazing,” Gamble offered, calling for a round of applause for his co-star, and acknowledging producer-directors Michael Vegas and Siouxsie Q. “You guys killed this one!”
The next presenter was the always-luscious Ana Foxxx, in stylish, shiny white shorts and top. “I am wearing panties,” she teased, “so nobody is gonna see my dick tonight.” Foxxx announced Wicked’s “The Hunger” as the Best Couples-Themed Movie. Director Claudia Ross thanked Wicked, star Emma Hix, the other performers and her mentor, Axel Braun, for giving her the script.
Foxxx returned to announce the Best Couples-Themed Movie Sex Scene, which once again went to Seth Gamble — this time with Aiden Ashley, for Wicked’s “American Stud.” The nattily-attired Gamble returned to the stage to thank Ashley and director Dana Vespoli.
Irrepressible Latin dynamo Luna Star and radiant Romi Rain — who, along with pal Laura Desiree, turned heads throughout the evening with their synchronized, glimmering maritime blue outfits — presented next. The pair announced Girlsway’s “Spun” as the Best All-Girl Movie. Director Casey Calvert and much of her cast accepted the award onstage, with Chanel Camryn taking the mic to thank Adult Time, COO Bree Mills, her castmates and Calvert.
“This was actually my first-ever lead role in a feature movie,” Camryn revealed. “I’m so thankful you guys thought of me and made me part of this project!
Recovering from being dumbstruck “by all these amazing women on stage,” Calvert also offered her gratitude for the award.
Moving on to the next category, Star declared, “I don’t know about you guys, but girl-girl sex is the best!” before announcing the winners for Best All-Girl Sex Scene: the truly elite group of ladies involved in the climactic orgy scene in Girlsway’s “Come Out to Play: An All-Girls Warriors Parody.” That all-star cast included Penny Barber, Casey Calvert, Lulu Chu, Ana Foxxx, Leana Lovings, Little Puck, Hailey Rose, Serene Siren, Codi Vore and Jane Wilde, several of whom took to the stage and compelled a reluctant Bree Mills, the mastermind of the project, to address the XMAs crowd.
“I played a homeless cameo, I did not have sex!” Mills protested. “But this was a special scene for the 10th anniversary of Girlsway as a studio, and I brought together an all-star group of amazing talent and it was an incredible day. Pig Machine — Michael Vegas and Siouxsie Q — and the whole crew put in an incredible amount of work. When I yelled “Cut!” like a mom, to get everyone out, they could have kept going for two more hours!”
Kimmy Granger and Emma Rose — striking as always in a black-and-white gothic Lolita gown complemented by psychedelic raver boots — next presented the award for Best Gonzo Movie to Ricky’s Room’s “Superstar Room 3.” Mogul Ricky Johnson accepted the award, yet another accolade buttressing Ricky’s Room’s growing reputation as the little studio that can.
“Shoutout to all the women who were in ‘Superstar Room,’ I cannot do this without them!” Johnson proclaimed. “I love the porn community. If you look around, we’re family. And we can all come together, and we can win together.”
Rose and Granger then announced Chanel Camryn and Kai Jaxon as the winners for Best Gonzo Sex Scene for Tushy Raw’s “Gorgeous Chanel Gets Her Tight Hole Stretched Out.”
Camryn returned to the stage to declare, “I’ve never won before for an anal scene, so here’s to opening my ass!” and to thank Vixen Media Group for casting her.
The next presenters up were head-turning redhead Elly Clutch and the industry’s absolute mistress of outrageous costuming, Little Puck. Puck’s incredible choice for the evening: a Hollywood-quality sexy twist on Pinhead from the cult movie franchise “Hellraiser.” Clutch and Puck announced Chaturbate as Freemium Cam Site of the Year.
Chaturbate top broadcasters Hime Marie, Mary Moody, Lushiana and Vanniall accepted the award, with Marie stating, “Chaturbate is the best webcam platform in the world, hands-down!” before thanking Shirley Lara and the company crew, telling them, “You guys spoil us.”
Added Moody, “I wouldn’t be here without Chaturbate.”
Following intermission, hosts Bardot and Reid returned to joke about how winners should sterilize the phallic trophies before putting them in any orifice.
“Remember, if it ain’t shiny, don’t put it in your heinie!” Reid japed.
The next presenters were Ricky Johnson and mega fan-favorite Violet Myers, who announced the award for Best Vignette Movie. The trophy went to Brazzers’ “HZTV.”
“This series was real!” Brazzers’ Lea Lexis told the audience. “We really renovated a house. It took us a year to finish the series! I want to thank Brazzers for supporting us in all our crazy ventures.”
Myers and Johnson then presented the award for Best Vignette Sex Scene to Jennifer White, Kendra Sunderland and Jason Luv for Deeper’s “Negotiation.” White — in a stunning, leg-baring namesake-color gown — told the crowd this was her first award and expressed gratitude to her agency, Hussie, her fans and her scene partners.
Next onstage were Amirah Adara and Nicolette Shea, who presented the Best Comedy Movie award to MILFY’s high-profile superproduction “American MILF.” Cast members Maitland Ward and Serenity Cox were joined by multi-award-winning director and studio head Kayden Kross, who also thanked Phoenix Marie, Brandi Love and Christy Canyon.
Ward extolled the project, stating that “American MILF” was “an amazing thing to be part of.”
“It was really fun to go back to my comedy roots, and it was so special to all of us,” she said.
“American MILF” also reaped the award for Best Comedy Movie Sex Scene, for a group scene featuring the five titular MILFs and noted studio hunk Jason Luv. Ward and Cox returned to accept the award and thank Vixen.
Jennifer White and Spencer Bradley presented the award for Girl/Girl Performer of the Year to hardworking, multitalented performer Lilly Bell. Stunning in a sparkling, backless gown, Bell thanked her friends and all the people who have helped her along the way.
“I love women!” she reflected upon accepting the accolade. “I’ve been able to experience so many different types of women in this job, and it’s such a blessing to experience those girls.”
White and Bradley also announced Penny Barber as the 2025 MILF Performer of the Year. Barber, in a floor-length metallic silver gown, took the stage to accept.
“I want to thank Erika Icon, my PR agent, who is the reason I’m here,” she told the audience. “My wonderful husband, who has done everything he can to support me. The directors who have hired me. My co-stars, and everyone who’s collabed with me this year. Last year, it was Lauren Phillips. This year it was me. Next year, I want a blonde MILF Performer of the Year so we can have the MILF Powerpuff Girls!”
Euro bombshells Cherry Kiss and Valentina Nappi presented next, announcing Ariel Demure as Trans Performer of the Year. Always the epitome of elegance, the redheaded Demure shared a quotation.
“It means a lot to me and it’s gotten me through a lot over the years,” she explained. “‘You’re never going to be the prettiest in the room, you’re never going to be the most talented in the room, you’re never going to be the smartest in the room — but you’re special.’ This has been a hard year for all of us. We had to work so hard as trans women in this community. I’m so proud of all of us. This award is as much all of ours as it is miner. We deserve this. We deserve to be here. We deserve to be in the front row.”
Kiss and Nappi then announced the 2025 Gay Performer of the Year: superstar Derek Kage, who took home the award for the second consecutive year. Known as both a performer and a community figure, Kage was also this year’s recipient of the Free Speech Coalition’s Advocacy Award.
“Thank you to every director, every producer, every studio, every person who’s taken a chance on me, even down to the production assistants,” Kage said. “Every single one of you has contributed to me being your Gay Performer of the Year. I absolutely love what I do, and I’m sure that everyone in this room can say the exact same thing. And there’s an organization that is helping us make sure to do everything we do: the Free Speech Coalition. They are the reason why we continue to do what we do. I’m going to go to FreeSpeechCoalition.com and I’m going to donate right now. Donate a dollar, donate five dollars — every little bit helps FSC fight to keep us doing what we do. I love everybody in this room, and I cannot wait to keep doing what I love to do!”
Reigning XMA Europa Performers of the Year Christian Clay and Agatha Vega, in an impossibly skin-tight white mini dress, took the stage next to present the Creator Platform of the Year award to Fansly.
“It’s such an honor to be in this space,” Fansly’s Leah Koons said. “To be in the room with all these wonderful creators. Thank you for trusting us. We will always have your back, we will always fight for you, we will always push for discoverability and creator safety. We are so deeply appreciative of every single creator in the room here.”
Vega and Clay next announced VRBangers.com as the Virtual Site of the Year.
“What started as a cool idea grew into something amazing,” said Boris Smirnoff, CTO of VRBangers. Thanking his partner, Daniel Abramovich, he added, “I’m proud to say that this year we celebrated 10 years of innovation. All of this would not have been possible without our incredible team: marketing, design, web development, production, post-production: you guys are the ones who make the magic happen.”
Vega and Clay remained to announce the winners for Best Career-First Performance Sex Scene. The trophy went to Kazumi, Hollywood Cash and Isiah Maxwell for Blacked Raw’s “Beast Mode.”
“I’ve never won a scene award!” Kazumi enthused. “Thank you guys so much for fucking my ass. It was literally my best day ever, and this is now my second-best day ever. I love anal, I love Vixen. Here’s to 2025 and more of both of those things!”
In turn, Maxwell thanked Kazumi for picking him for the scene and for practicing with him.
Adria Rae and Siri Dahl — making a resonant political statement with a full-on Hester Prynne costume showcasing the Scarlet Letter of shame — were up next, to present the award for Streamer Creator of the Year to Cubbi Thompson.
“Thank you to everyone I met in the industry throughout this year,” Thompson told the crowd. “You truly have become the family I needed. I wish I could have my ‘Mean Girls’ moment and break up pieces of this trophy for each of you.”
Dahl and Rae next announced the winner for Clips Creator of the Year: Jewelz Blu.
The blue-haired performer said, “I’ve literally poured my heart, my soul and my pussy into everything I do. I do it for the fans, do it for art, do it for the sex and do it for the love.”
The Premium Social Creator of the Year award went to Violet Myers, who expressed her gratitude.
“I love making content!” she shared. “It’s my dream to be on social media, and shoutout to my YouTube team and everyone who helps me run all my pages.”
As the night reached some of the most anticipated top awards, veteran superstar Tera Patrick took the stage as a presenter.
“Hello, beautiful people!” she said. “I know it’s been a minute, but some of you know who I am, right?” Encouraging the cheering crowd, she added, “I’m not ‘old-school-old school,’ right?”
Patrick announced the Best Feature Movie award, which went to Digital Playground’s “Project X,” directed by Ricky Greenwood.
The bearded auteur invited his cast and crew onstage, offering, “A movie like this is not made by one person, it’s made with a group of people. Thank you, Digital Playground, for trusting me with this movie. It was a very ambitious movie and I had never directed sci-fi before.”
“Project X” cast members Cherie DeVille and Mick Blue also took the award for Best Feature Movie Sex Scene.
“This was such an amazing movie to be a part of,” DeVille enthused. “It was an honor to work with Mick and with Ricky on ‘Project X,’ and we crushed that.”
“It was angry sex with passion!” quipped Blue, before tenderly embracing his scene partner.
Next, Nicole Doshi presented the award for Best Lead Acting to Maitland Ward for “American MILF.” Ward has dominated the acting categories since joining the adult industry following a successful mainstream career.
“Thank you, Kayden and Vixen, for creating this role for me,” she said. “It was like walking back in time to do my role as Rachel McGuire in ‘Boy Meets World’ — but all grown up, sexy, having fun and being the full person I have become. I will always be so proud to stand here, like I did back in 2020 when I won my first XMA award. It is just as good today!”
Doshi then announced Ricky Greenwood as Director of the Year — Body of Work (Narrative). Greenwood once again took time to recognize the labor of his hardworking team in making him look good and award-worthy, and dedicated his award to crew member Rick, who recently passed away.
Lacy Lennon and Jada Stevens welcomed to the stage the winners of all the fan-voted categories: Fav Female Performer Hailey Rose, Fav Male Performer Parker Ambrose, Fav Girl/Girl Performer Leah Gotti, Fav MILF Performer Serenity Cox, Fav Gay Performer Legrand Wolf, Fav Trans Performer Emma Rose, Fav New Performer Dan Dangler, Fav Female Creator Lily Phillips, Fav Male Creator Thor Johnson, Fav MILF Creator Romi Rain, Fav Gay Creator Silas Brooks, Fav Trans Creator Shiri Allwood and Fav New Creator Mary Jane.
Cherie DeVille, fittingly attired in the evening’s main chromatic element of gold, announced unstoppable British import Gal Ritchie as the Best New Performer. Ritchie, spectacular in lime green, thanked agents Mark Spiegler and George for “taking a chance on a girl from a tiny little village in England.”
“Thank you to everyone who’s fucked me!” she concluded. “I love you all.”
DeVille then announced hardworking stud Alex Jones as Male Performer of the Year. The well-liked Jones, showing surprise at the honor, thanked his girlfriend, agents and Brazzers, along with his family and friends.
It was then time for the climax of the evening: the announcement of Female Performer of the Year. The winner of the hotly contested category: Anna Claire Clouds.
“That ass. In that outfit. Holy shit!” enthused DeVille, welcoming Clouds to come up and get her flowers.
Clouds laughed, “The amount of people who said they were going to pull a Kanye West if I didn’t win this award was absolutely insane! So thank you for giving me this award. Otherwise, I would have been really nervous!
“I love this community so much,” the brand-new Female POTY added, wrapping up her speech — and the evening. “I love porn so fucking much. Thank you. I’m really proud.”
