ONE DIRECTION, ZOE SUGG, RIXTON, ANT & DEC, AND PRINCE ESSEX ALL WIN AT NICKELODEON’S KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS
Host Nick Jonas, 5 Seconds of Summer, Shawn Mendes, Diversity and Ant and Dec - All Doused with Slime
Kids Cast Record-Breaking 500 Million Votes Globally
Encore Broadcast of Star-Studded Awards at 6:30pm on Monday, 30th March on Nickelodeon
London, 29th March 2015 6:40pm – Global pop phenomenon, One Direction and the group’s legions of fans were recognised at 28th Annual Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. The group took home two blimps, winning Favourite Music Group in the international vote as well as UK Favourite Music Act. Devoted fans of the group, the Directioners, were also recognised as they won UK Favourite Fan Family.
Other UK winners at this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards included Rixton (UK Favourite Breakthrough) and Alexis Sánchez (UK Favourite Football Star). Zoella (Zoe Sugg) repeated her victory of last year, winning UK Favourite Vlogger for the second year in a row. In the new categories for the year, The Diamond Mine Cart, took the blimp for UK Favourite Tipster while pet of Joey Essex, Prince Essex, proved himself ‘the cat’s meow,’ by being voted UK Favourite Celebrity Animal.
Recognising their outstanding contribution to entertainment, Ant and Dec were awarded the honorary UK TV Legends
Award. Fans that missed the premiere broadcast of the Awards this
evening will have another chance to catch the slime and star-filled
Awards Show when it encores at 6:30pm on Monday, 30th March. The Awards will air through the week on Nickelodeon and, for the very first time, on Channel 5 on Sunday, 5th April.
Hosted by recording artist/actor and kids’ pick for Favourite Male Singer Nick Jonas,
the awards were broadcast from Los Angeles’ legendary “Fabulous” Forum,
where kids celebrated their favourites from the worlds of film, music,
television and more. Kids from around the world cast more than 500
million votes, a record-breaking tally.
Multi-talented host Jonas opened the show with a stunning performance of
his Billboard Top 10 smash, “Chains” and radio hit, “Jealous.” Backed
by tween-metal trio Unlocking the Truth, his theatrical set also featured a celeb-filled video montage, 3D elements and aerialists. Hip-hop phenomenon Iggy Azalea was joined by Academy Award- and Grammy-winner Jennifer Hudson onstage in a bold and dynamic rendition of their hit “Trouble.” In the epic Awards finale, Aussie pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer’s
powerful performance of “What I Like About You” literally blew out the
slime-filled speakers, flooding the stage with thousands of gallons of
slime.
This year’s Kids’ Choice Awards proved to be as messy as ever: from Diversity being caught in a slime shower in the Awards introduction to Jennifer Lopez presenting Jonas with his award and a surprise sliming. Backstage Chris Pratt and the cast of Nickelodeon show Henry Danger took each other on in a pie fight, while Ant and Dec were coated in the green goo by UK hosts Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely presented them with Nickelodeon’s first ever Kids’ Choice Award UK TV Legends honorary Award.
The star-studded telecast featured additional celebrity participants,
including: Jamie Foxx, Emma Stone, Liam Hemsworth, Chris Rock, Zendaya,
Debby Ryan, Chloe Bennet, Fifth Harmony, Joe Jonas, Nick Cannon, Shawn
Mendes, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Kevin James, Mo’ne Davis, Skylar Diggins,
Ross Lynch, Quvenzhané Wallis, Meghan Trainor, Jennette McCurdy plus
cast members from The Haunted Hathaways, SpongeBob SquarePants, and many others.
Kids and families paid tribute to their favourites by casting across
seven UK specific and additional international categories online, on The
Nick App and via Twitter using the hashtag #KCA. Fans can catch up on
all of the gossip from the slime-fest by going to kca.nick.co.uk,
the official destination for everything Kids’ Choice Awards, with
hilarious videos, photo galleries, games and all of the latest KCA news
on this year’s show.
The following are Nickelodeon’s 28th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards winners (in bold):
UK Categories
UK Favourite Music Act
Ed Sheeran
Jessie J
Little Mix
One Direction
UK Favourite Celebrity Animal
Hot Lips (Lady Di, Eastenders)
Pippin & Percy (Zoella’s Guinea Pigs)
Prince Essex (Joey Essex’s Cat)
Pudsey the Dog
UK Favourite Football Star
Alexis Sánchez
Diego Costa
Raheem Sterling
Wayne Rooney
UK Favourite Tipster
The Diamond Mine Cart
Sean Thorne (Fun Kids Radio)
Spencer FC
Mr. Stampy Cat
UK Favourite Breakthrough
Ella Henderson
Ella Eyre
George Ezra
Rixton
UK Favourite Fan Family
Arianators
Directioners
Swifties
Vampettes
UK Favourite Vlogger
Zoella
Niomi Smart
Caspar Lee
Alfie Deyes
International Categories
Favourite Kids TV Show
Austin & Ally
Dog With a Blog
Every Witch Way
Henry Danger
Jesse
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
Favourite TV Actor
Benjamin Flores Jr. (The Haunted Hathaways)
Charlie McDermott (The Middle)
Grant Gustin (The Flash)
Jack Griffo (The Thundermans)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally)
Favourite TV Actress
Chloe Bennet (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Debby Ryan (Jessie)
Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time)
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting (The Big Bang Theory)
Kira Kosarin (The Thundermans)
Laura Marano (Austin & Ally)
Favourite Cartoon
Adventure Time
Fairly Odd Parents
Phineas &Ferb
SpongeBob SquarePants
Teens Titans Go!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Favourite Reality Show
American Ninja Warrior
Cupcake Wars
Dance Moms
Masterchef Jr.
Shark Tank
Wipeout
Favourite Talent Competition Show
American Idol
America’s Got Talent
Americas Next Top Model
Dancing With the Stars
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice
Favourite Family TV Show
Big Bang Theory
Gotham
Marvel’s Agents of Shield
Modern Family
Once Upon A Time
The Flash
FILM:
Favourite Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Maleficent
The Amazing Spiderman 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Favourite Villain
Angelina Jolie (Maleficent)
Cameron Diaz (Annie)
Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1)
Jamie Foxx (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
Favourite Movie Actor
Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb)
Hugh Jackman (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Jamie Foxx (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Mark Wahlberg (Transformers: Age of Extinction)
Steve Carell (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day)
Will Arnett (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Lego Movie)
Favourite Movie Actress
Angelina Jolie (Maleficent)
Cameron Diaz (Annie)
Elle Fanning (Maleficent)
Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Jennifer Garner (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day)
Megan Fox (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Favourite Animated Movie
Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Penguins of Madagascar
Rio 2
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water
Favourite Male Action Star
Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Channing Tatum (Jupiter Ascending)
Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Hugh Jackman (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1)
Favourite Female Action Star
Ellen Page (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)
Halle Berry (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy)
MUSIC:
Favourite Music Group
Coldplay
Fall Out Boy
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
One Direction
One Republic
Favourite Male Singer
Blake Shelton
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Nick Jonas
Pharrell Williams
Sam Smith
Favourite Female Singer
Ariana Grande
Beyoncé
Katy Perry
Nicki Minaj
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift
Favourite Song Of The Year
All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor)
Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)
Dark Horse (Katy Perry feat. Juicy J)
Fancy (Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX)
Problem (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
Shake It Off (Taylor Swift)
Favourite New Artist
5 Seconds of Summer
Echosmith
Fifth Harmony
Iggy Azalea
Jessie J
Meghan Trainor
OTHER CATEGORIES:
Most Addicting Game
Angry Birds Transformers
Candy Crush
Disney Infinity 2.0
Mario Kart 8
Minecraft
Skylander’s Trap Team
Favourite Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
Divergent: The Book Series
Heroes of Olympus Book Series
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
The Fault in Our Stars
The Maze Runner
The 2015 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards will be seen in more than 431
million households in 160 countries and territories around the globe.
Within hours of airing live in the United States, Canada and Australia,
the show will roll out in internationally giving kids around the world
the opportunity to tune into their local Nickelodeon channel to enjoy
the show. Voting for the 2015 KCAs spanned six continents across 19
localised voting sites, in addition to Twitter hashtag voting (#KCA),
giving kids practically everywhere the chance to decide who takes home a
coveted blimp.
The presenting international sponsors of the 2015 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards are Heelys, Why Walk? and Dreamworks’ comedy movie, HOME. The UK sponsor is Nickelodeon Land at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards is produced by Nickelodeon
Productions. Jay Schmalholz, Shelly Sumpter Gillyard, Andrew Llinares
and Paula Kaplan are executive producers. Ben Thursby is co-executive
producer.
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