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Born | Phillip Watson 1 March 1988 | |||||||||
Origin | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | |||||||||
Nationality | British | |||||||||
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Spouse | Kristin Rosales (m. 2020) | |||||||||
Website | ph1lzamerch | |||||||||
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Also known as | Ph1LzA Philza Minecraft [1] | |||||||||
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Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||
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Followers | 4.3 million | |||||||||
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Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
Genre | Minecraft | |||||||||
Subscribers | 3.03 millions [2] | |||||||||
Total views | 274.89 millions [2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 13 May 2024 |
Phillip Watson (born 1 March 1988), known online as Philza or Ph1LzA, is an English Twitch streamer and YouTuber. He is known for his Minecraft hardcore series, where he plays the game on its most difficult setting, with permadeath (one life per game) and no respawns. Watson also formerly held the world record for the longest-running Minecraft hardcore world. As of May 2024, he had 4.3 million followers on Twitch. [3]
Phillip Watson [4] [5] was born on 1 March 1988. [4] [6] He is from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [4]
He worked in a retail job for more than a decade while making content on Twitch and YouTube before quitting his job to become a full-time content creator. [7]
Watson created his YouTube account in 2006, and started his channel by uploading Halo 2 and Skate 2 content. [8] He created his Twitch (then Justin.tv) account "Philza" in 2009. [9]
In 2014, Watson started his Minecraft hardcore series, playing the game in its most difficult setting with increased mobs difficulty, permadeath (one life per game), and no respawns. [10] The series garnered significant attention in April 2019 when Watson's then-world-record five-year hardcore run [4] [10] [11] ended due to a surprise attack by a fully enchanted golden-armoured baby zombie, a spider, and a skeleton. [4] [12] [13] [14] Watson has described this event as a turning point in his career, propelling him from an average viewership of 5–15 per stream to roughly 180 viewers on Twitch. The success of the series ultimately led him to leave his retail job and pursue content creation full-time. [15] [7]
On 26 July 2019, Watson was featured in the official Minecraft series Meet a Minecrafter. [7]
In October 2021, Watson appeared in the infamous Twitch leaks, which disclosed the top Twitch streamers' revenue from August 2019 to October 2021. Watson placed 47th on the list, with a reported payout of $1,364,215.61 for this time period. [16]
In 2023, Watson, along with fellow Twitch streamers and YouTubers TommyInnit, Wilbur Soot, Slimecicle, and Ranboo, started a new comedy group YouTube channel called The Sorry Boys. The channel mainly posted sketch comedy group vlog content. [17]
In September 2021, Watson participated in a charity livestream fundraising event organized by fellow streamer and YouTuber Technoblade. The event featured a Minecraft game where Watson served as one of the "hunters" tasked with pursuing Technoblade. They managed to raise more than $324,000 for the Sarcoma Foundation of America. [18] [19]
Watson met his wife, Kristin Rosales, an American, on Twitch and began dating. They were married on 12 March 2020, at the Old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana, California. [20]
Year(s) | Title | Role | Episodes | Ref. |
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2019 | Meet a Minecrafter | Himself | 1 | [7] [21] [22] |
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