Nickelodeon’s 2013 Kids’ Choice Awards winners
MANILA, Philippines - Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, One Direction, Kristen Stewart, Dwayne Johnson, LeBron James and Johnny Depp reigned as this year’s favorites, winning top honors at the live telecast of Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards. Hosted by the biggest kid in Hollywood, Josh Duhamel, the awards were broadcast from the Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles where kids honored their favorites from the worlds of film, music, sports and TV. This year, a record-breaking 387 million votes were cast around the world in 23 categories.
China has reason to celebrate Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards as its nominee for Favorite Asian Act, Han Geng, captured the category, winning over the region’s hottest music stars including global phenomenon, Psy of Korea, Shila Amzah of Malaysia and the Philippines’ pop star princess, Sarah Geronimo. This was the first time that a nominee from China has been included in the Favorite Asian Act category. “Nothing was off-limits for first-time Kids’ Choice Awards host Josh Duhamel, from zip-lining across the arena to donning a milkshake costume and SpongeBob’s square pants. This year’s host took funny to an entirely new level,†said Russell Hicks, president, Content Development and Production, Nickelodeon.
Kids paid tribute to their favorites by casting over 387 million votes Feb. 14 to March 23 in 23 categories. Votes were cast on the Kids’ Choice Awards page on Nick-Asia.com. Fans were also able to vote for their favorite stars using a Facebook application on the Nickelodeon Facebook page. Users voted from a tab on the page and, for the first time ever, the entire voting experience could be embedded directly into Facebook wall posts. Also new this year, fans were able to vote for their favorite nominees on Twitter through the use of custom hash tags.
Orange blimps were presented to Johnny for Favorite Movie Actor; Kristen for Favorite Movie Actress and Favorite Female Buttkicker; The Hunger Games for Favorite Movie and Wreck-It Ralph for Favorite Animated Movie. Dwayne won top honors for Favorite Male Buttkicker and Adam Sandler took home the blimp for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie for his role of Dracula in Hotel Transylvania. In the television categories, Favorite TV Show went to Victorious; Favorite Reality Show to Wipeout; Favorite Cartoon to SpongeBob SquarePants; Favorite TV Actor to Ross Lynch and Favorite TV Actress to Selena. In music, top honors went to Katy for Favorite Female Singer; Justin for Favorite Male Singer and One Direction nabbed Favorite Music Group and Favorite Song. Most valuable players LeBron and Danica Patrick won for Favorite Male Athlete and Favorite Female Athlete, respectively. The Hunger Games series garnered Favorite Book; Temple Run won Favorite App and Just Dance 4 won for Favorite Videogame.
The star-studded telecast featured additional celebrity participants, including: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, LeBron, Lucy Hale, Kaley Cuoco, Melissa Benoist, Darren Criss, Big Time Rush, Cory Monteith, Jennette McCurdy, Ariana Grande, Sofia Grace and Rosie, Gabby Douglas, Zachary Gordon, Logan Lerman, Jessica Alba, Kevin Hart, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Cruikshank, Scott Baio and the cast of See Dad Run, Rico Rodriguez and many others.
The following are Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards winners
TELEVISION:
Favorite TV Show — Victorious
Favorite Reality Show — Wipeout
Favorite Cartoon — SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite TV Actor — Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally)
Favorite TV Actress — Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place)
FILM:
Favorite Movie — The Hunger Games
Favorite Movie Actor —
Johnny Depp (Dark Shadows)
Favorite Movie Actress —
Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2)
Favorite Animated Movie —
Wreck-It Ralph
Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie — Adam Sandler (Hotel Transylvania)
Favorite Male Buttkicker —
Dwayne Johnson (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island)
Favorite Female Buttkicker —
Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman)
MUSIC:
Favorite Music Group — One Direction
Favorite Male Singer — Justin Bieber
Favorite Female Singer — Katy Perry
Favorite Song — What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction)
SPORTS:
Favorite Male Athlete — LeBron James
Favorite Female Athlete — Danica Patrick
OTHER CATEGORIES:
Favorite Asian Act — Han Geng
Favorite Villain — Simon Cowell (The X Factor)
Favorite Book — The Hunger Games series
Favorite Videogame — Just Dance 4
Favorite App — Temple Run
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