2012 Kids’ Choice Awards: The Complete List of Nominees and What to Expect

It’s the only awards show that features categories like “Favorite Video Game” and “Favorite Buttkicker.”Nickelodeon’s annual Kids’ Choice Awards is set to air this weekend — and the kid-friendly awards show is also celebrating its 25th anniversary.

This year’s festivities will be hosted by “Men in Black 3” star Will Smith, who’s a 10-time KCA winner, himself.

A lot has changed since the KCAs first launched in the late 1980s. (Back then the ceremony was called “The Big Ballot” and voting was tabulated via paper ballots that viewers mailed in!)

These days, the KCAs are high tech. In addition to the usual online voting on Nick.com, viewers can vote via an app on the Nickelodeon Facebook page or on Twitter through the use of special hash tags. There is also an iPhone app that enables kids to help Will Smith pull off “the greatest slime event in history.

In addition to the bevy of awards that will be given out, pop star Katy Perry is slated to sing her song “Part of Me” and boy band One Direction will also perform.

And according to MTV, Michelle Obama will present Taylor Swift with the Big Help Award. The award is recognition of the singer’s philanthropic efforts for U.S. tornado and flood victims.

And don’t forget the slime! The show is famous for its dousing of green slime on unsuspecting celebs. (Pink got special treatment a few years back when she got hit with pink-colored slime!) Check out a history of the show’s top slimes here.

Here are the nominees for the 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards:

Favorite TV Show

Good Luck Charlie

iCarly

Victorious

Wizards of Waverly Place

Favorite Reality Show

American Idol

America’s Funniest Home Videos

America’s Got Talent

Wipeout

Favorite TV Actor

Tim Allen

Ty Burrell

Alex Heartman

Jake Short

Favorite TV Actress

Miranda Cosgrove

Selena Gomez

Victoria Justice

Bridgit Mendler

Funniest TV Sidekick

Nathan Kress

Jennette McCurdy

Jennifer Stone

Jerry Trainor

Favorite Cartoon

Kung Fu Panda

Phineas & Ferb

Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated

SpongeBob SquarePants

Favorite Male Athlete

Derek Jeter

Michael Phelps

Tim Tebow

Shaun White

Favorite Female Athlete

Kelly Clark

Danica Patrick

Serena Williams

Venus Williams

Favorite Movie

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

The Muppets

The Smurfs

Favorite Movie Actor

Jim Carrey (Mr. Popper’s Penguins)

Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides)

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2)

Adam Sandler (Jack & Jill)

Favorite Movie Actress

Amy Adams (The Muppets)

Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1)

Sofia Vergara (The Smurfs)

Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2)

Favorite Animated Movie

Cars 2

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rio

Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie

Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots)

Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda 2)

Johnny Depp (Rango)

Katy Perry (The Smurfs)

Favorite Music Group

Big Time Rush

Black Eyed Peas

Lady Antebellum

LMFAO

Favorite Male Singer

Justin Bieber

Toby Keith

Bruno Mars

Usher

Favorite Female Singer

Lady Gaga

Selena Gomez

Katy Perry

Taylor Swift

Favorite Song

Born this Way (by Lady Gaga)

Firework (by Katy Perry)

Party Rock Anthem (by LMFAO)

Sparks Fly (by Taylor Swift)

Favorite Book

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

“Harry Potter series”

“Hunger Games series”

“Twilight series”

Favorite Videogame

Just Dance 3

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Mario Kart 7

Super Mario Galaxy

Favorite Buttkicker

Jessica Alba

Tom Cruise

Kelly Kelly

Taylor Lautner

The 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards airs live on Saturday, March 31 at 8:00 p.m. ET on Nickelodeon.

Source:
http://www.nick.com/kids-choice-awards/