"Vampire Diaries" stars Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev are currently making online buzz for winning "Favorite On-Screen Chemistry" and for their acceptance speech at the 2014 People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, January 8, in Los Angeles. Ian, 35, who also won the "Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor" award, expressed on Twitter his gratitude to the supportive fans who voted.

Ian Somerhalder catapulted to stardom, thanks to Damon Salvatore, and his hard work for portraying the bad boy vampire character onscreen earned him the well-deserved recognition. "This is incredible. This is for the fans, I can't thank you guys enough," stated the actor as he accepted the TV Actor award, according to the Hollywood Life report.

On Twitter, Mr Somerhalder offered as well his 2014 People's Choice Awards victory to the equally hard-working TVD crew. "Love you all... This is for you- and out TVD crew;) http://instagram.com/p/i712CBKJ9g/," posted Ian on his Twitter account @iansomerhalder with the link to the Instagram photo of himself excitedly holding up the trophy.

Ian Somerhalder could not stop saying "Thank you" to his millions of followers on Twitter for their continuous love and support. One of Ian's Twitter posts read "THANK YOU PEOPLE!!!!!! I LOVE AND THANK YOU!!!! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!" while the other one says "Thank you so MUCH you all for voting for #PeoplesChoiceAwards truly.."

As for Ian's "Favorite On-Screen Chemistry" win with ex and co-star Nina Dobrev, E!Online reports how the "Vampire Diaries" stars accepted the award with some viewers describing the acceptance speech sweet and hilarious while the others commented that it was an awkward one.

Ian and Nina's acceptance speech covered the love story of Damon and Elena on the show together with their real-life romantic relationship. The two recounted how Elena initially hated Damon, then fell in-love, dated and broke-up. "Well, it's a good thing we have chemistry!" stated Ms Dobrev during the acceptance speech before co-star Ian planted a big kiss on her cheek.

On January 23, Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev returns as vampire characters Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert for the second half of "The Vampire Diaries" Season 5 with the TV series' 100th episode titled "500 Years of Solitude." The episode will air at 8 p.m. on the CW network.

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