2012 Kids’ Choice Awards winners
Will Smith kicked off the 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards by parachuting onto the stage as First Lady Michelle Obama applauded in the audience.
The annual KCAs featured performances by boy band One Direction and singer Katy Perry who sang ‘Part of Me.’
Perry said that she was there because she has ‘never grown up.’
Other attendees included Nicki Minaj, Halle Berry, Josh Hutcherson, Emma Stone and Chris Rock.
Berry was the first star to get hit with the show’s traditional green slime.
The first award of the night for favorite music group went to Big Time Rush.
Adam Sandler won the award for favorite movie actor for ‘Jack and Jill.’
Favorite TV actress went to Selena Gomez of ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ – who also won for favorite female singer.
Favorite TV sidekick went to Jennette McCurdy of “iCarly.”
Favorite TV show was won by ‘Victorious.’
The First Lady presented the annual ‘Big Help Award’ for public service to Taylor Swift for such things as donating money to aid victims of natural disasters and taking on the issue of bullying in the song ‘Mean.’
The First Lady praised Swift because, despite her success, she ‘still keeps her feet on the ground.’
‘I’ve always wanted to meet you’ – Swift said as she accepted the award from The First Lady.
Kids' Choice Awards.
At the 25th annual Kids’ Choice Awards, the slime runneth over.
Host Will Smith opened the 25th annual Kids’ Choice Awards promising a record amount of the show’s trademark green gunk. Though some 20 awards are presented at the KCAs, the real suspense isn’t who will take home a ‘Blimp’ (the show’s Oscar), it’s when and on whom the slime will spill.
It’s like a baptism into kid-dome that can come at any moment – from a hidden bucket, dumped from the rafters or exploded from little orange blimps.
‘No one is safe from the slime!’ screamed Smith. ‘You have to earn the slime! It’s an honor.’
Halle Berry was the first to be covered, but she was far from alone. She was joined by ‘Twilight’ star Taylor Lautner (who won favorite ‘buttkicker’), ‘Glee’ star Chris Colfer and male singer winner Justin Bieber, who was utterly drenched along with Smith at the end of the show.
The KCAs are Nickelodeon’s annual celebration for kids, and it’s often the most-watched children’s program of the year. They draw a considerable roster of stars looking to thank their smallest fans and cater to their youngest demographics.
‘This is, like, the coolest award show ever’ – said ‘Twilight’ star Kristen Stewart, accepting the award for favorite movie actress.
Smith (himself a 10-time Blimp winner) started the show with an elaborate, digitally-animated skydive from Nickelodeon’s trademark blimp. Smith was then hoisted from the rafters to the stage of the Galen Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where thousands of glow-stick waving fans cheered him — including first lady Michelle Obama.
The green slime flowed so much that even U.S. first lady Michelle Obama could not escape it at the Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday where singers Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift came away big winners.
The program is an annual stop for Hollywood stars who are popular among teenage and young viewers watching the Nickelodeon cable TV network, and this 25th anniversary was no exception.
Hosted by ‘Men in Black’ movie star Will Smith, the awards featured performances by Katy Perry and British boy band One Direction, who performed their hit ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ from the album ‘Up All Night.’
But as always, the green slime was the biggest star at the show where Bieber won favorite male singer in fan voting.
On stage, Bieber took the orange blimp trophy from Smith, then the show’s host had a surprise for the 18-year-old pop star. Bieber was also voted by fans as the celebrity they most wanted to see get slimed, and the green goo flowed from the rafters and water cannons aimed at the stage.
There was so much goo splashing around in the finale that it splattered on the face of a surprised first lady.
Obama was on hand at the popular show to give the ‘big help’ blimp trophy to country star Swift.
The honor, bestowed on Obama two years earlier for her work with kids fitness and health, goes to a celebrity who has devoted time and energy to charitable causes. Swift was singled out for her work to stop bullying and for providing aid to tornado victims in the southern United States.
Swift ‘rocketed to the top of the music industry, but still keeps her feet on the ground,’ Obama said about the 22-year-old country singer, calling her “someone who is going to keep making sparks fly for all of us in the years ahead.”
Other winners included made-for-TV band Big Time Rush, named favorite music group.
Selena Gomez (19) was named favorite female singer for her work with pop band The Scene, as well as favorite TV actress in the ‘Wizards of Waverly Place,’ which ended its run on the Disney Channel earlier this year.
‘Twilight’ stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner both grabbed orange blimps. Stewart (21) was named favorite movie actress. Lautner (20) earned the title best ‘butt kicker’ for his role as werewolf Jacob Black in the vampire romance flicks.
Favorite movie actor was Adam Sandler (45) known for goofy comedies such as his recent ‘Jack and Jill.’
Nickelodeon’s ‘Victorious’ was named top TV show.