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25th Kids' Choice Awards
File:2012 KCA logo.jpg
DateMarch 31, 2012
LocationUSC Galen Center, University Park, Los Angeles
Hosted byWill Smith
Tom Kenny (announcer)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNickelodeon
Runtime90 minutes (8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT)
Viewership6.2 million
Produced byBob Bain
Marjorie Cohn
Paula Kaplan
(executive producers)
Directed byJoe DeMaio
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The Orange Carpet and the Pre-show stage are being constructed at the corner of Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard, in Los Angeles

Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards were held on March 31, 2012 at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles, California in the United States, where the winners received an orange-colored blimp trophy. Big Help Award winner Taylor Swift received a special silver-colored blimp from First Lady Michelle Obama. The complete list of nominees for the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards was released on January 11, 2012, leading up to the release of Men in Black 3 on May 25, 2012. The event was hosted by MIB 3 star Will Smith, who with ten KCA blimps has won the most awards in previous telecasts. A record-breaking 223 million votes for favorites in 20 categories were cast during this year's voting period, up 11% over last year's votes.

The rating was 6.162 million viewers, leading all cable programs for the week ending April 1, 2012.

Presenters, performers, and stunts

Host

Creepy Voice

Presenters

Performers

Pre-show

  • Before the ceremonies and on the "Orange Carpet", Keke Palmer and Max Schneider performed "Me and You Against the World" from their upcoming movie Rags.

Announcer

Special appearances

Categories

All of the nominations were released on February 16, 2012. Winners are highlighted in Bold text.

Television

Favorite TV Show

Favorite TV Actor

Favorite TV Actress

Favorite TV Sidekick

Favorite Reality Show

Favorite Cartoon

Film

Favorite Movie

Favorite Movie Actor

Favorite Movie Actress

Favorite Animated Movie

Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie

Music

Favorite Male Singer

Favorite Female Singer

Favorite Music Group

Favorite Song

Sports

Favorite Male Athlete

Favorite Female Athlete

Other categories

Big Help Award

Favorite Book Series

Favorite Video Game

Favorite Buttkicker

Events within the show

Slime stunts

Slimed celebrities

In a pre-show promo, Smith slimed Victoria Justice, Daniel Radcliffe, and Shaun White; Will Smith engaged in a slime fight with Cameron Diaz. In a special during the show music video, Big Time Rush was slimed during the video in the audience.

During the show:

  • Halle Berry – After being accused of being the "Creepy Voice", she sat down in what Will Smith called the "best seat in the house ... perfect seat". Afterwards she was slimed when a person behind her dumped a bucket of it on her.
  • Chris Colfer – During the presentation of favorite TV actress, the special "Exploding Blimp" was placed in front of Chris Colfer and Heidi Klum; then the blimp went off covering the Glee star in slime; Heidi was lightly slimed.
  • Heidi Klum – During the unveiling of favorite TV actress, Heidi was lightly slimed when Chris Colfer was drenched in a torrent of slime.
  • Taylor Lautner – After winning a push-up contest against Will Smith, his special reward was a hose-down of green slime.
  • Justin Bieber – At center stage, Will Smith asked him who "the secret celebrity who wants to be slimed," and told him "It's you!"; afterwards big jets of slime shot at the two celebrities and covered them in green goo.
  • Will Smith – Even though he was slimed during a promo of the 2012 KCAs; at the end of the show, Will too was slimed while trying to hide behind Bieber.
  • The Miz – At the end of the special slime championship, The Miz lost to The Big Show and was thrown over the edge of the ring and into a pool of slime.
  • The Big Show – After beating The Miz, The Big Show and Jeff Sutphen had a hose-down of green slime; afterwards he slipped on the slime and fell down.
  • Jeff Sutphen – After presenting The Big Show with his special KCA belt, he and The Big Show were hosed down in a torrent of green slime.
  • Santino Marella - Santino was the referee and announcer for the slime championship. After The Big Show had won against The Miz, he jumped into the pool of slime that The Miz had been thrown in.

International distribution

Regional Awards

Favourite Asian Act

Favorite Brazilian Artist

Favorite Latin Artist

UK Categories

Main article: Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards 2012

The UK had seven unique categories this year including Favorite UK Band, Favorite UK TV Show and more.

References

  1. ^ Bibel, Sara (April 3, 2012). "Cable Top 25: 'Kids Choice, 'WWE RAW,' 'How To Rock' Top Cable Viewership For Week Ending April 1, 2012". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  2. Boedeker, Hal (11 January 2012). "Will Smith honored to host 'slimiest' Kids' Choice Awards". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  3. RG-X (2012-03-08). "Katy Perry to Perform Live at Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  4. "One Direction performs in KCA 2012". 3 March 2012.
  5. H., Brittany (March 28, 2012). "Max Schneider and Keke Palmer Performing on the Orange Carpet!". nick.com. Nickelodeon. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  6. Kids' Choice Awards 2012: Slime Wrestling Championship, Nick.com, March 2012
  7. KCA 2012: Celebrity Slime Targets, March 2012
  8. Winners, Nick-Asia.com, April 1, 2012

External links

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Ceremonies
International versions
Sports awards
Award lists
Categories: