NICKELODEON ANNOUNCES 2017 KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS NOMINATIONS
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Voting Begins Today with 9 All-New Categories
as WWE
Superstar John Cena Hosts Show on Monday,
March 13 at 11.30am
Nickelodeon announced the nominees for the 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards, the only event where kids’ votes count and the
biggest stars of the day line up to get slimed. Celebrating kids’ favourites
from across the worlds of film, television, music and pop culture, this year’s
all-star list of nominations include: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Daya, Chris
Evans, Idris Elba, Megan Fox, Lukas Graham, Kevin Hart, Scarlett Johansson,
Dwayne Johnson, Felicity Jones, Leslie Jones, Anna Kendrick, Bruno Mars, Melissa
McCarthy, JoJo Siwa, The Chainsmokers, Justin Timberlake, Twenty One Pilots and
more. Highly regarded as an unpredictable, celebrity-filled mess-fest, Kids’ Choice Awards this year features
nine new categories guaranteed to be unique to this awards season, like
“Favorite Frenemies,” “Most Wanted Pet” and “#Squad.” Hosted by WWE
Superstar John Cena, Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards takes
place at USC’s Galen Center in Los Angeles and airs in the Philippines on Monday, March 13 at 11.30am, with a
same-day encore at 5pm.
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Beginning February 3, 2017, kids can cast their votes across
29 categories on the official website at
kca.nick-asia.com/vote. Users will also be able to vote through Twitter
and Facebook using special KCA hashtags and the hashtag of their favorite
nominee. Fans also can join in on the slime-fest by going to kca.nick-asia.com, the official destination for everything Kids’
Choice Awards, for hilarious
videos, the KCA Creator game, quizzes and pictures, and to get the latest KCA
news on this year’s show, nominees and attendees.
This year, four Pinoy
celebrities – Janella Salvador, Janine Gutierrez, Liza Soberano and Nadine
Lustre – vie for the coveted orange blimp under the “Favorite Pinoy Star”
category.
In television, kids will have the opportunity to vote for first-time nominees Black-ish, Fuller House, Supergirl, Paradise
Run and The Loud House, along
with their choice between America’s Got
Talent, Shark Tank, The Voice,
America’s Funniest Home Videos and American
Ninja Warrior for “Favorite Reality Show.” Nickelodeon’s Jace Norman was
nominated for “Favorite Male TV Star” in Henry
Danger and Breanna Yde is up for “Favorite Female TV Star” in School of Rock. Additionally, in the
“Favorite Cartoon” category, kids will choose between ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks, SpongeBob
SquarePants, Teen Titans Go!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Amazing World
of Gumball and The Loud House.
Stars will vie for the
blimp across ten music categories, with Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake and
Twenty One Pilots topping the list with four nominations each. After ruling the
Billboard and iTunes charts, The Chainsmokers make their Kids’ Choice Awards nominee debut with two nods for “Favorite Music
Group” and “Favorite New Artist.” Adele, Beyoncé, Meghan Trainor and Fifth
Harmony also garnered two nominations each, while internet sensations Carson
Lueders, Jacob Sartorius, Johnny Orlando, JoJo Siwa, Matty B and Tiffany Alvord
battle it out in the new category of “Favorite Viral Music Artist.” For the
first time ever, the KCAs will also feature a new music category for “Favorite
Global Music Star,” which features six artists from around the world battling
it out for the honour of a blimp.
Superheroes, trolls and turtles dominated the movie categories with Captain
America: Civil War, conjuring up top affirmations with eight
nominations. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice followed
closely behind with seven, while Ghostbusters and Rogue
One: A Star Wars Story garnered five each. Stars
receiving first time nods in the film category include Justin Timberlake for
“Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie” in Trolls (bringing his
total nominations to seven), Kristen Wiig for “Favorite Movie Actress” in Ghostbusters,
and Felicity Jones for “Favorite Butt-Kicker” in Rogue One: A Star Wars
Story. Kevin Hart makes a double appearance in the new category “BFF’s
(Best Friends Forever),” nominated for Central Intelligence and Ride
Along 2 - bringing his total 2017 KCA nominations to six.
While this will
be Cena’s first time hosting the global show, he is beloved worldwide by the
Nickelodeon family, having previously hosted Australia’s Kids’ Choice Awards in 2008, as well as undergoing a sliming at the
first UK Kids’ Choice Awards in 2007.
The
presenting international sponsor of the Kids’
Choice Awards 2017 is Smurfs: The Lost Village.
Stay up-to-date on all Kids’
Choice Awards news by Liking Nickelodeon on Facebook and following
@Nickelodeon on Twitter and Instagram
The nominees and categories
for Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards are (*new
categories):
FAVORITE PINOY STAR:
Janella Salvador #KCAPinoyStar #JanellaSalvador
Janine Gutierrez #KCAPinoyStar #JanineGutierrez
Liza Soberano #KCAPinoyStar
#LizaSoberano
Nadine Lustre #KCAPinoyStar
#NadineLustre
TELEVISION:
Favorite TV Show – Kids’ Show
Game Shakers
Girl Meets World
Henry Danger
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
The Thundermans
Favorite TV Show – Family Show
Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Fuller House
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Supergirl
The Flash
Favorite Reality Show
America’s
Funniest Home Videos
America’s Got Talent
American Ninja Warrior
Paradise Run
Shark Tank
The Voice
Favorite Cartoon
ALVINNN!!! and
The Chipmunks
SpongeBob SquarePants
Teen Titans Go!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Amazing World of Gumball
The Loud House
Favorite Male TV Star
Benjamin Flores
Jr. (Triple G, Game Shakers)
Aidan Gallagher (Nicky, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
Jack Griffo (Max,
The Thundermans)
Jace Norman (Henry, Henry Danger)
Casey Simpson (Ricky, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
Tyrel Jackson
Williams (Leo, Lab Rats)
Favorite Female TV Star
Rowan Blanchard (Riley, Girl Meets World)
Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie, Liv and Maddie)
Lizzy Greene (Dawn, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
Kira Kosarin (Phoebe, The Thundermans)
Breanna Yde (Tomika, School of Rock)
Zendaya (K.C.,
K.C. Undercover)
FILM:
Favorite Movie
Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice
Captain America: Civil War
Ghostbusters
Pete’s Dragon
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Favorite Movie Actor
Ben Affleck (Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Will Arnett (Vernon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows)
Henry Cavill (Superman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Robert Downey
Jr. (Iron Man, Captain America: Civil War)
Chris Evans (Captain America, Captain America: Civil War)
Chris Hemsworth (Kevin, Ghostbusters)
Favorite Movie Actress
Amy Adams (Lois, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Megan Fox
(April, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out
of the Shadows)
Scarlett
Johansson (Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War)
Felicity Jones (Jyn, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
Melissa
McCarthy (Abby, Ghostbusters)
Kristen Wiig (Erin, Ghostbusters)
Favorite Animated Movie
Finding Dory
Moana
Sing
The Secret Life of Pets
Trolls
Zootopia
Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie
Ellen DeGeneres (Dory, Finding Dory)
Kevin Hart (Snowball, The Secret Life of Pets)
Dwayne Johnson (Maui, Moana)
Anna Kendrick (Poppy, Trolls)
Justin
Timberlake (Branch, Trolls)
Reese
Witherspoon (Rosita, Sing)
Favorite Villain
Helena Bonham
Carter (The Red Queen, Alice Through the Looking Glass)
Idris Elba (Krall, Star Trek Beyond)
Will Ferrell (Mugatu, Zoolander 2)
Kevin Hart (Snowball, The Secret Life of Pets) *Note: animated
Charlize Theron (Ravenna, The Huntsman: Winter’s War)
Spencer Wilding (Darth Vader, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
Favorite Butt-Kicker
Ben Affleck (Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Henry Cavill (Superman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Chris Evans (Captain America, Captain America: Civil War)
Chris Hemsworth (The Huntsman, The Huntsman: Winter’s War)
Scarlett
Johansson (Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War)
Felicity Jones (Jyn, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique, X-Men: Apocalypse)
Zoe Saldana (Lieutenant Uhura, Star Trek Beyond)
BFF’s (Best Friends Forever)*
Ruby Barnhill
& Mark Rylance (Sophie/BFG, The BFG)
Kevin Hart
& Dwayne Johnson (Bob/Calvin, Central Intelligence)
Kevin Hart
& Ice Cube (Ben/James, Ride Along 2)
Chris Pine
& Zachary Quinto (Captain
Kirk/Spock, Star Trek Beyond)
Neel Sethi
& Bill Murray (Mowgli/ Baloo, Jungle Book)
Ben Stiller &
Owen Wilson (Derek/Hansel, Zoolander 2)
Favorite Frenemies*
Ben Affleck
& Henry Cavill (Batman/Superman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Chris Evans
& Robert Downey Jr. (Captain America/Iron
Man, Captain America: Civil War)
Ginnifer
Goodwin & Jason Bateman (Judy/Nick, Zootopia)
Dwayne Johnson
& Auli’I Cravalho (Moana/Maui, Moana)
Anna Kendrick
& Justin Timberlake (Poppy/Branch, Trolls)
Charlize Theron
& Emily Blunt (Ravenna/Freya, The Huntsman: Winter’s War)
Most Wanted Pet*
Baloo from The Jungle Book (Bill Murray)
Dory from Finding Dory (Ellen DeGeneres)
Po from Kung Fu Panda 3 (Jack Black)
Red from The Angry Birds Movie (Jason Sudeikis)
Rosita from Sing (Reese Witherspoon)
Snowball from The Secret Life of Pets (Kevin Hart)
Squad*
Captain America: Civil War - Chris Evans,
Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman
Finding Dory – Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Kaitlin Olson, Hayden
Rolence, Willem Dafoe, Ed O’Neill, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy
Ghostbusters –
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker,
Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete
Ploszek, Alan Ritchson
X-Men: Apocalypse – James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence,
Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Tye Sheridan, Ben Hardy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Sophie
Turner, Alexandra Shipp, Olivia Munn
MUSIC:
Favorite Music Group
The Chainsmokers
Fifth Harmony
Maroon 5
OneRepublic
Pentatonix
Twenty One
Pilots
Favorite Male Singer
Drake
Justin Bieber
Bruno Mars
Shawn Mendes
Justin
Timberlake
The Weeknd
Favorite Female Singer
Adele
Beyoncé
Ariana Grande
Selena Gomez
Rihanna
Meghan Trainor
Favorite Song
24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
Heathens – Twenty One Pilots
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele
Side to Side – Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj
Work from Home – Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign
Favorite New Artist
Kelsea Ballerini
The
Chainsmokers
Daya
Lukas Graham
Solange
Rae Sremmurd
Hailee Steinfeld
Twenty One
Pilots
Favorite Music Video*
24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
Formation – Beyoncé
Juju On That Beat – Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall
Me Too – Meghan Trainor
Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
Favorite DJ/EDM Artist*
Martin Garrix
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
Skrillex
DJ Snake
Zedd
Favorite Soundtrack*
Hamilton
Me Before You
Moana
Sing
Suicide Squad
Trolls
Favorite Viral Music Artist*
Tiffany Alvord
Matty B
Carson Lueders
Johnny Orlando
Jacob Sartorius
JoJo Siwa
Favorite Global Music Star*
5 Seconds of
Summer (Australia/New Zealand)
BIGBANG (Asia)
Bruno Mars
(North America)
Little Mix (UK)
Shakira (South
America)
Zara Larsson
(Europe)
OTHER CATEGORIES:
Favorite Video
Game
Just Dance 2017
Lego Marvel’s Avengers
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Minecraft: Story Mode
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Pokémon Moon
Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards is produced by
Nickelodeon Productions. Elizabeth Kelly,
Michael Dempsey, Shelly Sumpter Gillyard and Jay Schmalholz are executive
producers.
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