2012 Kids' Choice Awards

The 25th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was 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.^[2] 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.

2012 Kids' Choice Awards
Date	March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31)
Location	USC Galen Center, University Park, Los Angeles
Hosted by	Will Smith
Television/radio coverage
Network	Nickelodeon
Runtime	90 minutes (8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT)
Viewership	6.16 million[1]
Produced by	Paul Flattery
Directed by	Joe DeMaio
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The Orange Carpet and pre-show stage under construction at the corner of Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard, in Los Angeles

The show was viewed by 6.16 million, leading all cable programs for the week ending April 1, 2012.^[1]

Presenters, performers, and stunts

The show commenced with host Will Smith jumping with a parachute from a branded blimp.^[3]

Host Will Smith Zach Sang, Jeff Sutphen and Daniella Monet - Pre-show Hosts Creepy Voice CeeLo Green

Presenters

Halle Berry Chris Colfer Miranda Cosgrove Robert Downey Jr. Zac Efron Andrew Garfield Jada Pinkett Smith Josh Hutcherson Jaden Smith Keke Palmer Nolan Gould Ariel Winter

Heidi Klum Ludacris Jennette McCurdy Cody Simpson Sarah Hyland Nicki Minaj Michelle Obama Chris Rock Emma Stone Willow Smith Lucas Cruikshank Reinaldo Zavarce

Performers

• Katy Perry^[4] - "Part of Me"
• One Direction^[5] - "What Makes You Beautiful"

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.^[6]

Announcer

• Tom Kenny

Special appearances

• Justin Bieber
• CeeLo Green

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on February 16, 2012.^[7] The winners are listed below, in bold.^[8]

Movies

Favorite Movie	Favorite Movie Actor
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 The Muppets The Smurfs	Adam Sandler as Jack Sadelstein/Jill Sadelstein for Jack and Jill Jim Carrey as Thomas "Tom" Popper Jr. for Mr. Popper's Penguins Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Favorite Movie Actress	Favorite Animated Movie
Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Amy Adams as Mary for The Muppets Sofia Vergara as Odile for The Smurfs Emma Watson as Hermione Granger for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Puss in Boots Cars 2 Kung Fu Panda 2 Rio
Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie
Katy Perry as Smurfette for The Smurfs Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots for Puss in Boots Jack Black as Po for Kung Fu Panda 2 Johnny Depp as Rango for Rango

Television

Favorite TV Show	Favorite TV Actor
Victorious Good Luck Charlie iCarly Wizards of Waverly Place	Jake Short as Fletcher Quimby for A.N.T. Farm Tim Allen as Mike Baxter for Last Man Standing Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy for Modern Family Alex Heartman as Jayden for Power Rangers Samurai
Favorite TV Actress	Favorite TV Sidekick
Selena Gomez as Alex Russo for Wizards of Waverly Place Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay for iCarly Victoria Justice as Tori Vega for Victorious Bridgit Mendler as Teddy Duncan for Good Luck Charlie	Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett for iCarly Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson for iCarly Jennifer Stone as Harper Finkle for Wizards of Waverly Place Jerry Trainor as Spencer Shay for iCarly
Favorite Reality Show	Favorite Cartoon
Wipeout American Idol America's Funniest Home Videos America's Got Talent	SpongeBob SquarePants Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Phineas and Ferb Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Music

Favorite Music Group	Favorite Male Singer
Big Time Rush The Black Eyed Peas Lady Antebellum LMFAO	Justin Bieber Toby Keith Bruno Mars Usher
Favorite Female Singer	Favorite Song
Selena Gomez Lady Gaga Katy Perry Taylor Swift	"Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga "Firework" by Katy Perry "Sparks Fly" by Taylor Swift

Sports

Favorite Male Athlete	Favorite Female Athlete
Tim Tebow Derek Jeter Michael Phelps Shaun White	Danica Patrick Kelly Clark Serena Williams Venus Williams

Miscellaneous

Favorite Book	Favorite Video Game
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Harry Potter series Hunger Games series Twilight series	Just Dance 3 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga Mario Kart 7 Super Mario Galaxy
Favorite Buttkicker
Taylor Lautner Jessica Alba Tom Cruise Kelly Kelly

Big Help Award

• Taylor Swift

International

Regional Awards

Favourite Asian Act

• Agnes Monica (Indonesia)
• Charice (The Philippines) (Winner)^[9]
• Wonder Girls (South Korea)
• Yuna (Malaysia)

Favorite Brazilian Artist

• Julie e os Fantasmas
• Manu Gavassi
• NX Zero
• Restart (Winner)

Favorite Latin Artist

• Alfonso Herrera
• Danna Paola
• Dulce María
• Isabella Castillo (Winner)

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.

Events within the show

Slime stunts

• Slime Wrestling Championship – The Big Show defeated The Miz^[10]

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.^[11]

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.