MEDIA RELEASE - Nickelodeon Australia

KATY PERRY, SELENA GOMEZ, JUSTIN BIEBER, ONE DIRECTION, KRISTEN
STEWART, DWAYNE JOHNSON, LEBRON JAMES, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS,
JOHNNY DEPP, THE HUNGER GAMES,
AND MORE WIN COVETED ORANGE BLIMPS AT
NICKELODEON'S 26 th ANNUAL KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS
KIDS CAST RECORD-BREAKING 387 MILLION VOTES GLOBALLY
KCA Host Josh Duhamel, Sandra Bullock, Josh Hutcherson, Dwight Howard, Pitbull, Amanda Seyfried,
Neil Patrick Harris and Nick Cannon Among Celebs Doused with Slime
PRESS SITE:
Hi-res Orange Carpet and Show images for media use available online:
http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/_/us-kca-press/2013/kca-2013-press.php
(EPK footage of the show available for download online)
LOS ANGELES/SYDNEY – March 24, 2013: Mega-stars including Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Justin
Bieber, One Direction, Kristen Stewart, Dwayne Johnson, LeBron James and Johnny Depp reigned as
this year’s favourites, winning top honours at the Nickelodeon’s 26 th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards in LA
today, to be broadcast ‘Express from the US’ to Australian audiences TONIGHT at 6.00pm on
Nickelodeon, exclusive to Foxtel). Hosted by the biggest kid in Hollywood, Josh Duhamel, the awards
were broadcast in the US live from the Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles, where kids honoured their
favourites from the worlds of film, music, sports and television. This year, a record-breaking 387 million
votes were cast around the world in 22 categories.
With five local categories included this year for Aussie kids to vote on, Nickelodeon Australia’s Luke
and Wyatt helped present the award of Aussies’ Fave Hottie on stage in LA to winner Victoria Justice, to
be seen as part of the Australian broadcast tonight. Victoria beat out Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, and
Selena Gomez for the local blimp trophy. The other four local awards to be shown as winners’ spots
tonight were won by Cody Simpson for Aussies’ Fave Homegrown Act; One Direction for Aussies’ Fave
Music Act; and One Thing by One Direction for Aussies’ Fave Song.
Aussie star-power on the Orange Carpet this year included Cody Simpson, who had freshly landed back
in LA after supporting Justin Bieber on tour in Europe, as well as the boys from Justice Crew.

Leading into the awards, guest correspondent Daniella Monet (Victorious) was joined by Nickelodeon
Australia’s Luke and Wyatt for a very special KCA pre-show, Kids’ Choice Countdown. Fans at home will
be treated to awesome behind-the-scenes coverage of the KCAs in tonight’s local broadcast – from silly
moments with their favourite stars to unexpected surprises. Kids will also get to see exclusive celebrity
interviews and get an up-close-and-personal tour of the fun-filled orange carpet featuring tonnes of
interactive elements, including a trampoline, wacky props, special effects, and more. Then throughout
the show, kids can check out Luke & Wyatt’s behind the scenes all-access interviews with the stars online
at nickelodeon.com.au.
"Nothing was off-limits for first-time Kids' Choice Awards host Josh Duhamel, from ziplining across the
arena to donning leotards 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.
In the spirit of the star-studded slimefest, Duhamel kicked off the celebration by singing a special Kids’
Choice Awards version of Pitbull’s smash hit “Don't Stop the Party,” as he made his way from the
dressing room to the main stage.
Experiencing a series of random celebrity encounters along the way, Duhamel thumb wrestled with
Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, was tackled by Jerry Trainor dressed as a Yeti, wore the same dress as Fergie,
scatted with Steven Tyler and played an elaborate game of rock-paper-scissors with Megan Fox, only to
be transformed into Pitbull himself at the end.
For the first time ever, a special slime camera gave the fans a 360-degree view of all the action on stage.
Also a first for the messfest, Nickelodeon debuted the “Kids’ Choice Mustache Cam,” a take on the
popular “kissing cam,” which featured kids and celebs including Miranda Cosgrove, Debby Ryan and
Bridgit Mendler wearing fake funny mustaches, with Duhamel singling out Judd Apatow for having the
best real mustache. In a display of his athletic prowess, Duhamel challenged Dwight Howard to a “Slime
Dunk” contest with the winner, Howard, getting a face full of the green goo.
With the wave of a magic wand, Sandra Bullock and Neil Patrick Harris attempted to create a slime-free
zone, but their plan backfired and the two were honored with a dual sliming at the presenters podium.
Duhamel teamed up with Nick Cannon for the Tandem Buttkicking Zipline Sumo Spectacular in a slimetastic
finale thanks to blimp recipient Dwayne Johnson, but Josh Hutcherson and Amanda Seyfried took
the prize for the most epic sliming on the show.
In addition to “Don’t Stop the Party,” global superstar Pitbull performed his explosive hit “Feel This
Moment” with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Christina Aguilera and a crew of mini lookalike dancers,
and found himself drenched by a massive slime fountain at the end of the song. International music
sensation Ke$ha rocked the stage amid bubbles, confetti and disco balls, with a medley of “We R Who
We R” and her new single “C’Mon.” Not to be outdone, Duhamel, decked out in a milkshake costume,
got his groove on with the kids in the audience during a special “Kids’ Choice Shake” dance stunt.
Kids paid tribute to their Favourites by casting over 387 million votes in 22 categories. In addition to the
KCA2013.com website, families were able to vote via the Nick mobile website and through a KCA app
for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod. Fans were also able to vote for their favourite stars using Nickelodeon
Australia’s 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 Favourite nominees on Twitter through the use of custom hash tags and SMS
subscribers could vote on a category per day for the three weeks leading up to the event.

Orange blimps were presented to Johnny Depp for Favourite Movie Actor; Kristen Stewart for Favourite
Movie Actress and Favourite Female Buttkicker; The Hunger Games for Favourite Movie and Wreck-It
Ralph for Favourite Animated Movie. Dwayne Johnson won top honors for Favourite Male Buttkicker
and Adam Sandler took home the blimp for Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie for his role of
Dracula in Hotel Transylvania. In the television categories, Favourite TV Show went to Victorious;
Favourite Reality Show to Wipeout; Favourite Cartoon to SpongeBob SquarePants; Favourite TV Actor
to Ross Lynch and Favourite TV Actress to Selena Gomez. In music, top honours went to Katy Perry for
Favourite Female Singer; Justin Bieber for Favourite Male Singer and One Direction nabbed Favourite
Music Group and Favourite Song. Most valuable players LeBron James and Danica Patrick won for
Favourite Male Athlete and Favourite Female Athlete, respectively. The Hunger Games series garnered
Favourite Book; Temple Run won Favourite App and Just Dance 4 won for Favourite Videogame.
The star-studded telecast featured additional celebrity participants, including: Steve Carell, Kristen
Wiig, Jaden Smith, Lucy Hale, Kaley Cuoco, Darren Criss, Melissa Benoist, Miranda Cosgrove, Big Time
Rush, Cory Monteith, Jennette McCurdy, Ariana Grande, Sofia Grace and Rosie, Gabby Douglas,
Zachary Gordon, Logan Lerman, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Cruikshank, Scott Baio and the cast of See Dad
Run, Rico Rodriguez and many others.
Nickelodeon upped the digital presence of the 26th Annual Kids' Choice Awards across a variety of
platforms that included cross-platform interactive experiences, before and after the big show, on
Nickelodeon websites, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and mobile and iOS devices. Exclusive Nick
cameras offered multiple viewing angles and were featured alongside celebrity tweets, interactive polls,
real-time updates and photos from the orange carpet and backstage. Fans can relive their favourite
show moments by watching video highlights from the live show, flipping through orange carpet, live
event and performance photos and read through recaps. The app and website feature clips and photos
from past Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards shows, along with promotional spots, dedicated information
pages on Duhamel and nominees, a KCA news blog, trivia, personality quizzes and two new KCA-themed
online games.
The following is the complete list of Nickelodeon’s 26 th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards winners:
AUSSIE FAVES:
Aussies’ Fave Music Act: One Direction
Aussies’ Fave Homegrown Act: Cody Simpson
Aussies’ Fave Nick Star*: Victoria Justice
*To be seen in Australian broadcast as presented on stage by Nick Australia hosts, Luke & Wyatt
Aussies’ Fave Song: One Thing (One Direction)
Aussies’ Fave Hottie: Victoria Justice

TELEVISION:
Favourite TV Show: Victorious
Favourite Reality Show: Wipeout
Favourite Cartoon: SpongeBob SquarePants
Favourite TV Actor: Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally)
Favourite TV Actress: Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place)
FILM:
Favourite Movie: The Hunger Games
Favourite Movie Actor: Johnny Depp (Dark Shadows)
Favourite Movie Actress: Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2)
Favourite Animated Movie: Wreck-It Ralph
Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie: Adam Sandler (Hotel Transylvania)
Favourite Male Buttkicker: Dwayne Johnson (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island)
Favourite Female Buttkicker: Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman)
MUSIC:
Favourite Music Group: One Direction
Favourite Male Singer: Justin Bieber
Favourite Female Singer: Katy Perry
Favourite Song: “What Makes You Beautiful” (One Direction)
SPORTS:
Favourite Male Athlete: LeBron James
Favourite Female Athlete: Danica Patrick

OTHER CATEGORIES:
Favourite Villain: Simon Cowell (The X Factor)
Favourite Book: The Hunger Games series
Favourite Videogame: Just Dance 4
Favourite App: Temple Run
Leading into the awards, guest correspondent Daniella Monet (Victorious) will be joined by
Nickelodeon Australia’s Luke and Wyatt for a very special KCA pre-show, Kids’ Choice Countdown. Fans
at home will be treated to awesome behind-the-scenes coverage of the KCAs – from silly moments with
their favourite stars to unexpected surprises. Kids will also get to see exclusive celebrity interviews and
get an up-close-and-personal tour of the fun-filled orange carpet featuring tonnes of interactive
elements, including a trampoline, wacky props, special effects, and more. Then throughout the show,
kids can check out Luke & Wyatt’s behind the scenes all-access interviews with the stars on-line at
nickelodeon.com.au.
The 2013 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards will be seen in more than 350 million households around the
world and in more than 25 languages. Within hours of airing live in the United States and Canada, the
show will roll out internationally, providing kids around the world the opportunity to tune into their
local Nickelodeon channel to enjoy the show faster than ever. In Australia the 2013 KCAs will feature
five Aussie-specific award categories, as included above. Voting for the 2013 KCAs will span over six
continents across 16 localised voting sites, giving kids practically everywhere the chance to decide who
takes home a coveted blimp.
Last year, Nickelodeon’s 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards, hosted by Will Smith, ranked in the U.S. as basic
cable’s top telecast for the week (March 26, 2012–April 1, 2012) with 6.2 million total viewers. The
show also ranked as the week’s top telecast with kids and tweens on all TV. For the first time Aussie kids
were able to vote in the U.S. KCAs which helped the star-studded telecast score the most votes in the
show’s history—a record 223 million (+11%, over 2011). Votes were cast across Nick.com, Nick’s mobile
site, brand-new iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch apps, an iPad-optimised site, an application on Nick’s Facebook
page and via Twitter and custom hash tags. In another KCA first, last year Cody Simpson joined the starstudded
line up and took to the Kids’ Choice Awards stage in LA to claim the blimp for Favourite Aussie
Superstar, as voted by the kids of Australia and presented by Luke and Wyatt. In Australia, the 2012
Kids’ Choice Awards was the highest rated KCAs ever!
Australian presenting sponsors of Nickelodeon's 26th Annual Kids' Choice Awards are The Croods, Sea
World and Nintendo.
Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards is being produced by Nickelodeon Productions in
association with Bob Bain Productions. Bob Bain, Marjorie Cohn and Paula Kaplan are Executive
Producers.

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PRESS SITE:
Hi-res Orange Carpet and Show images for media use available online:
http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/_/us-kca-press/2013/kca-2013-press.php
(EPK footage of the show available to download)
MEDIA CONTACT:
Media contact in Australia:
Vasinee Jordan, Communications Manager, Nickelodeon Australia
vasinee.jordan@nickaus.com.au Ph: +61 02 9813 6262 | Mob: +61 0408 159 035|Twitter: @NickPR
About Nickelodeon Networks
Now in its 34 th year globally and 18 th year in Australia, Nickelodeon is the number one entertainment brand for kids and the
company has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. Nickelodeon Australia has been named
Channel of The Year twice by the ASTRA Awards and won numerous other awards for local productions and digital
applications. Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels air 24 hours a day, seven days a week and are seen in over 2.3 million
households via FOXTEL and FOXTEL Regional. The company portfolio extends across television, online, mobile, theme parks,
consumer products and music. Outside of the United States, Nickelodeon is part of Viacom International Media Networks, a
division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media
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