The People's Choice Awards (officially the E! People's Choice Awards since E! took it over in April 2017) is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. The show has been held annually since 1975,with the winners originally determined using Gallup Polls until the switch to online voting in 2005.The awards were created by Bob Stivers, who produced the first show in 1975.The first awards recognized The Sting as Favorite Picture of 1974, Barbra Streisand as the year's Favorite Film Actress, and John Wayne as its Favorite Film Actor.Ratings for the annual event peaked in 1977, when the third People's Choice Awards attracted 35.3 million viewers who witnessed Farrah Fawcett win the award for Favorite Female TV Star, Star Wars win as the Favorite Picture, and Streisand and Wayne win again in the Film Actress and Actor categories. So far, Ellen DeGeneres is the most awarded person, with a total of 20 awards.