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The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, (also known as the KCAs or Kids' Choice) is an annual American television awards ceremony show that is produced by Nickelodeon. Usually held on a Saturday night in late March or early April, the show honors the year's biggest in television, movie, music, and sports as voted by viewers worldwide of Nickelodeon networks. Winners receive a hollow orange blimp figurine, a logo outline for much of the network's 1984–2009 era, which also functions as a kaleidoscope.

The show features numerous celebrity guests and musical acts. Since 2002, slime stunts have been incorporated into the show. The KCAs also host live entertainment. It has also been known to overwhelmingly cover people with the network's trademark green slime. The series SpongeBob SquarePants has won the most KCA awards, with eighteen overall through the series' run. Individually, Selena Gomez has won the most trophies with eleven, followed by Will Smith (10) and Adam Sandler (10). Whoopi Goldberg is the only person to have won a Kids' Choice Award, along with the mainstream "EGOT" combination of an Emmy (daytime/primetime), Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Rosie O'Donnell has hosted the show eight times, followed by Jack Black who hosted three times, and Whitney Houston and John Cena who both hosted twice.

Ceremonies[]

Year Date Venue(s) Host(s)
1987 March 28 – April 18 Rated K: For Kids by Kids studio, New York City, New York Matt Nespole, Rebecca Schwager and Mark Shanahan
1988 April 18 Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, California Tony Danza, Debbie Gibson, Brian Robbins and Dan Schneider
1989 June 25 Nicole Eggert and Wil Wheaton
1990 April 23 Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron and David Faustino
1991 April 22 Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California Corin Nemec
1992 November 14 Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, California Holly Robinson, Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling
1994 May 7 Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California Joey Lawrence, Candace Cameron and Marc Weiner
Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, Florida
1995 May 20 Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California Whitney Houston
1996 May 11 Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, California Whitney Houston and Rosie O'Donnell
1997 April 19 Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California Rosie O'Donnell and Terry Bradshaw
1998 April 4 Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California Rosie O'Donnell
1999 May 1
2000 April 15 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California Rosie O'Donnell, LL Cool J, David Arquette, Mandy Moore and Frankie Muniz
2001 April 21 Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California Rosie O'Donnell
2002 April 20
2003 April 12
2004 April 3 Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz
2005 April 2 Ben Stiller
2006 April 1 Jack Black
2007 March 31 Justin Timberlake
2008 March 29 Jack Black
2009 March 28 Dwayne Johnson
2010 March 27 Kevin James
2011 April 2 Galen Center, Los Angeles, California Jack Black
2012 March 31 Will Smith
2013 March 23 Josh Duhamel
2014 March 29 Mark Wahlberg
2015 March 28 The Forum, Inglewood, California Nick Jonas
2016 March 12 Blake Shelton
2017 March 11 Galen Center, Los Angeles, California John Cena
2018 March 24 The Forum, Inglewood, California
2019 March 23 Galen Center, Los Angeles, California DJ Khaled
2020 May 2 Virtual ceremony Victoria Justice
2021 March 13 Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California Kenan Thompson
2022 April 9 Miranda Cosgrove and Rob Gronkowski
2023 March 4 Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California Nate Burleson and Charli D'Amelio
2024 July 13 Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California TBA

Awards[]

Movies[]

Award category Years active Inaugural winner Current winner (2023)
Favorite Movie 1988-present Beverly Hill Cops 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Favorite Movie Actor 1988-present Eddie Murphy - Beverly Hills Cop 2 as Detective Alex Foley Dwayne Johnson - Black Adam as Black Adam/Teth-Adam
Favorite Movie Actress 1988-present Whoopi Goldberg - Fatal Beauty as Detective Rita Rizzoli Millie Bobby Brown - Enola Holmes 2 as Enola Holmes
Favorite Animated Movie 2006-present Madagascar Minions: The Rise of Gru
Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie 2000-present Rosie O'Donnell - Tarzan as Terk Dwayne Johnson - DC League of Super-Pets as Krypto (male)
Selena Gomez - Hotel Transylvania: Transformania as Mavis (female)

Television[]

Award category Years active Inaugural winner Current winner (2023)
Favorite TV Show 1988-present ALF The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder (kids)
Wednesday (family)
Favorite Male TV Star 1988-present Michael J. Fox - Family Ties as Alex P. Keaton Joshua Bassett - High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Ricky (kids)
Finn Wolfhard - Stranger Things as Mike Wheeler (family)
Favorite Female TV Star 1988-present Alyssa Milano - Who's the Boss as Samantha Micelli Olivia Rodrigo - High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Nini (kids)
Jenna Ortega - Wednesday as Wednesday Addams (family)
Favorite Animated Show 1995-present Doug SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite Reality Show 2009-present American Idol MasterChef Junior

Music[]

Award category Years active Inaugural winner Current winner (2023)
Favorite Music Group 1994-present Aerosmith BTS
Favorite Male Artist 1988-present Bon Jovi Harry Styles
Favorite Female Artist 1988-present Madonna Taylor Swift
Favorite Song 1988-present "La Bamba" by Los Lobos "As It Was" by Harry Styles
Favorite Album 2022-present Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish Midnights (3am Edition) by Taylor Swift
Favorite Breakout Artist 2022-present Olivia Rodrigo Dove Cameron
Favorite Music Collaboration 2016-present "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth "Sweetest Pie" by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Dua Lipa
Favorite Social Music Star 2019-present JoJo Siwa Bella Poarch
Favorite Global Music Star 2017-present Little Mix (United Kingdom) Harry Styles (United Kingdom)

Sports[]

Award category Years active Inaugural winner Current winner (2023)
Favorite Male Sports Star 1988-present Hulk Hogan LeBron James
Favorite Female Sports Star 1988-present Debi Thomas Serena Williams

International versions[]

Country Name Network
Argentina Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon
Australia Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon
Brazil Meus Prêmios Nick Nickelodeon
Colombia Nickelodeon Colombia Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon, Señal Colombia
Germany Nickelodeon Germany Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon
Indonesia Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards Global TV, Nickelodeon
Mexico Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon, Canal 5
Netherlands
Belgium (Dutch)
Nickelodeon Netherlands Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon
Philippines Nickelodeon Philippines Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon
United Arab Emirates Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Abu Dhabi Nickelodeon
United Kingdom Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon

Networks[]

Network(s) Year(s)
Nickelodeon 1987-2023
Nicktoons, TeenNick 2015-2016, 2018-2023
Nick Jr. 2019-2023
TV Land 2015-2016, 2023
Nick Radio 2016-2019
CMT 2016, 2023
MTV2 2023
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