2018 Teen Choice Awards

The 2018 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 12, 2018, at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The awards celebrated the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, and the internet, and are voted on by viewers aged 13 and over living in the United States through various social media sites.^[1]

2018 Teen Choice Awards
Date	August 12, 2018
Location	The Forum, Inglewood, California
Hosted by	Nick Cannon, Lele Pons
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox
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The biggest winner of the night was Riverdale, earning nine of its twelve nominations, including Choice Drama Series for the second year running, and only losing to itself in categories where it was nominated twice. The Greatest Showman also won big, earning five of its nine nods including Choice Drama Movie and Choice Movie Drama Actor, won by Zac Efron.^[2]

Performers

Performers	Song	Ref.
Meghan Trainor	"No Excuses" "Let You Be Right"	[3]
Lauv	"I Like Me Better"
Foster the People	"Sit Next to Me"
Bebe Rexha	"I'm a Mess"
Evvie McKinney	"How Do You Feel"
Khalid	"Young Dumb & Broke" "American Teen" "OTW"

Winners and nominees

The first wave of nominations were announced on June 13, 2018.^[4] The second wave was announced on June 22, 2018.^[5][6] Winners are listed first, in bold.^[7][8]

Movies

Choice Action Movie	Choice Action Movie Actor
Avengers: Infinity War Justice League Maze Runner: The Death Cure Pacific Rim Uprising Tomb Raider	Robert Downey Jr. – Avengers: Infinity War as Tony Stark / Iron Man John Boyega – Pacific Rim Uprising as Jake Pentecost Henry Cavill – Justice League as Clark Kent / Superman Chris Evans – Avengers: Infinity War as Steve Rogers / Captain America Tom Holland – Avengers: Infinity War as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Dylan O'Brien – Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Thomas
Choice Action Movie Actress	Choice Sci-Fi Movie
Scarlett Johansson – Avengers: Infinity War as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow Amy Adams – Justice League as Lois Lane Gal Gadot – Justice League as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman Elizabeth Olsen – Avengers: Infinity War as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch Zoe Saldana – Avengers: Infinity War as Gamora Alicia Vikander – Tomb Raider as Lara Croft	Black Panther Blade Runner 2049 Rampage Ready Player One Thor: Ragnarok
Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor	Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress
Chris Hemsworth – Thor: Ragnarok as Thor Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther as T'Challa / Black Panther Ryan Gosling – Blade Runner 2049 as K Dwayne Johnson – Rampage as Davis Okoye Mark Ruffalo – Thor: Ragnarok as Bruce Banner / Hulk Tye Sheridan – Ready Player One as Wade Watts / Parzival	Letitia Wright – Black Panther as Shuri Olivia Cooke – Ready Player One as Samantha Cook / Art3mis Danai Gurira – Black Panther as Okoye Naomie Harris – Rampage as Dr. Kate Caldwell Lupita Nyong'o – Black Panther as Nakia Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok as Valkyrie
Choice Fantasy Movie	Choice Fantasy Movie Actor
Coco Peter Rabbit Star Wars: The Last Jedi A Wrinkle in Time	Anthony Gonzalez – Coco as Miguel John Boyega – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Finn James Corden – Peter Rabbit as Peter Rabbit Gael García Bernal – Coco as Héctor Mark Hamill – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Luke Skywalker Oscar Isaac – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Poe Dameron
Choice Fantasy Movie Actress	Choice Drama Movie
Carrie Fisher[a] – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as General Leia Organa Mindy Kaling – A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Who Storm Reid – A Wrinkle in Time as Meg Murry Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Rey Oprah Winfrey – A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Which Reese Witherspoon – A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Whatsit	The Greatest Showman Midnight Sun Murder on the Orient Express A Quiet Place Truth or Dare Wonder
Choice Drama Movie Actor	Choice Drama Movie Actress
Zac Efron – The Greatest Showman as Phillip Carlyle Timothée Chalamet – Lady Bird as Kyle Scheible Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman as P. T. Barnum Leslie Odom Jr. – Murder on the Orient Express as Dr. Arbuthnot Patrick Schwarzenegger – Midnight Sun as Charlie Jacob Tremblay – Wonder as August "Auggie" Pullman	Zendaya – The Greatest Showman as Anne Wheeler Lucy Hale – Truth or Dare as Olivia Barron Daisy Ridley – Murder on the Orient Express as Mary Debenham Julia Roberts – Wonder as Isabel Pullman Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson Bella Thorne – Midnight Sun as Katie Price
Choice Comedy Movie	Choice Comedy Movie Actor
Love, Simon Daddy's Home 2 I Feel Pretty Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Overboard Pitch Perfect 3	Dwayne Johnson – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Dr. Smolder Bravestone Jack Black – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Professor Sheldon Oberon Eugenio Derbez – Overboard as Leonardo Montenegro Will Ferrell – Daddy's Home 2 as Brad Whitaker Kevin Hart – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Franklin "Mouse" Finbar Mark Wahlberg – Daddy's Home 2 as Dusty Mayron
Choice Comedy Movie Actress	Choice Movie Villain
Anna Kendrick – Pitch Perfect 3 as Beca Mitchell Anna Faris – Overboard as Kate Sullivan Karen Gillan – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Ruby Roundhouse Amy Schumer – I Feel Pretty as Renee Bennett Hailee Steinfeld – Pitch Perfect 3 as Emily Junk Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect 3 as Patricia "Fat Amy" Hobart	Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther as N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens Cate Blanchett – Thor: Ragnarok as Hela Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos Adam Driver – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Kylo Ren Aidan Gillen – Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Janson Bill Skarsgård – It as It / Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Choice Breakout Movie Star	Choice Summer Movie
Nick Robinson – Love, Simon as Simon Spier Olivia Cooke – Ready Player One as Samantha Cook / Art3mis Sophia Lillis – It as Beverly Marsh Keala Settle – The Greatest Showman as Lettie Lutz Kelly Marie Tran – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Rose Tico Letitia Wright – Black Panther as Shuri	Incredibles 2 Adrift Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Life of the Party Ocean's 8 Solo: A Star Wars Story
Choice Summer Movie Actor	Choice Summer Movie Actress
Chris Pratt – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Owen Grady Sam Claflin – Adrift as Richard Sharp Julian Dennison – Deadpool 2 as Russell Collins / Firefist Alden Ehrenreich – Solo: A Star Wars Story as Han Solo Donald Glover – Solo: A Star Wars Story as Lando Calrissian Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool 2 as Wade Wilson / Deadpool	Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Claire Dearing Zazie Beetz – Deadpool 2 as Domino Sandra Bullock – Ocean's 8 as Debbie Ocean Emilia Clarke – Solo: A Star Wars Story as Qi'ra Melissa McCarthy – Life of the Party as Deanna "Dee Rock" Miles Shailene Woodley – Adrift as Tami Oldham
Choice Movie Ship
Zac Efron & Zendaya – The Greatest Showman Chadwick Boseman & Lupita Nyong'o – Black Panther Sophia Lillis & Jeremy Ray Taylor – It Dylan O'Brien & Kaya Scodelario – Maze Runner: The Death Cure Nick Robinson & Keiynan Lonsdale – Love, Simon Bella Thorne & Patrick Schwarzenegger – Midnight Sun

Television

Choice Drama TV Show	Choice Drama TV Actor
Riverdale Empire Famous in Love The Fosters Star This Is Us	Cole Sprouse – Riverdale as Jughead Jones KJ Apa – Riverdale as Archie Andrews Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us as Randall Pearson Freddie Highmore – The Good Doctor as Dr. Shaun Murphy Jussie Smollett – Empire as Jamal Lyon Jesse Williams – Grey's Anatomy as Jackson Avery
Choice Drama TV Actress	Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show
Lili Reinhart – Riverdale as Betty Cooper Ryan Destiny – Star as Alexandra Crane Camila Mendes – Riverdale as Veronica Lodge Chrissy Metz – This Is Us as Kate Pearson Maia Mitchell – The Fosters as Callie Adams-Foster Bella Thorne – Famous in Love as Paige Townsen	Shadowhunters The 100 iZombie The Originals Stranger Things Supernatural
Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor	Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress
Matthew Daddario – Shadowhunters as Alec Lightwood Gaten Matarazzo – Stranger Things as Dustin Henderson Joseph Morgan – The Originals as Klaus Mikaelson Bob Morley – The 100 as Bellamy Blake Dominic Sherwood – Shadowhunters as Jace Herondale Finn Wolfhard – Stranger Things as Mike Wheeler	Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things as Eleven Rose McIver – iZombie as Olivia "Liv" Moore Katherine McNamara – Shadowhunters as Clarissa "Clary Fray" Fairchild Lana Parrilla – Once Upon a Time as Regina Mills / Evil Queen Eliza Taylor – The 100 as Clarke Griffin Emeraude Toubia – Shadowhunters as Isabelle Lightwood
Choice Action TV Show	Choice Action TV Actor
The Flash Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Arrow Gotham Lethal Weapon Supergirl	Grant Gustin – The Flash as Barry Allen / The Flash Stephen Amell – Arrow as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow David Mazouz – Gotham as Bruce Wayne Lucas Till – MacGyver as Angus MacGyver Damon Wayans – Lethal Weapon as Roger Murtaugh Chris Wood – Supergirl as Mon-El
Choice Action TV Actress	Choice Comedy TV Show
Melissa Benoist – Supergirl as Kara Danvers / Supergirl Chloe Bennet – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Daisy "Skye" Johnson / Quake Caity Lotz – Legends of Tomorrow as Sara Lance / White Canary Danielle Panabaker – The Flash as Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost Candice Patton – The Flash as Iris West Emily Bett Rickards – Arrow as Felicity Smoak	The Big Bang Theory Black-ish Fuller House The Good Place Jane the Virgin Modern Family
Choice Comedy TV Actor	Choice Comedy TV Actress
Jaime Camil – Jane the Virgin as Rogelio de la Vega Anthony Anderson – Black-ish as Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr. Elias Harger – Fuller House as Max Fuller Rico Rodriguez – Modern Family as Manny Delgado Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Detective Jake Peralta Hudson Yang – Fresh Off the Boat as Eddie Huang	Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin as Jane Villanueva Kristen Bell – The Good Place as Eleanor Shellstrop Candace Cameron Bure – Fuller House as D.J. Tanner-Fuller America Ferrera – Superstore as Amy Dubanowski Sarah Hyland – Modern Family as Haley Dunphy Yara Shahidi – Black-ish & Grown-ish as Zoey Johnson
Choice Animated TV Show	Choice Reality TV Show
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Bob's Burgers Family Guy Rick and Morty The Simpsons Steven Universe	Keeping Up with the Kardashians The Four: Battle for Stardom Lip Sync Battle MasterChef Junior Total Divas The Voice
Choice Throwback TV Show	Choice TV Personality
Friends Dawson's Creek The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Gossip Girl One Tree Hill That '70s Show	Chrissy Teigen – Lip Sync Battle Hailey Baldwin – Drop the Mic Kelly Clarkson – The Voice Derek Hough – World of Dance DJ Khaled – The Four: Battle for Stardom Meghan Trainor – The Four: Battle for Stardom
Choice TV Villain	Choice Breakout TV Show
Mark Consuelos – Riverdale as Hiram Lodge Odette Annable – Supergirl as Samantha Arias / Reign Gabrielle Anwar – Once Upon a Time as Rapunzel Tremaine Anna Hopkins – Shadowhunters as Lilith Mind Flayer – Stranger Things Cameron Monaghan – Gotham as Jerome Valeska / Jeremiah Valeska	On My Block 9-1-1 Anne with an E Black Lightning The Resident Siren
Choice Breakout TV Star	Choice Summer TV Show
Vanessa Morgan – Riverdale as Toni Topaz Iain Armitage – Young Sheldon as Sheldon Cooper Lyric Ross – This Is Us as Deja Luka Sabbat – Grown-ish as Luca Hall Oliver Stark – 9-1-1 as Evan "Buck" Buckley Nafessa Williams – Black Lightning as Anissa Pierce / Thunder	So You Think You Can Dance Beat Shazam The Bold Type Cloak & Dagger Cobra Kai Total Bellas
Choice Summer TV Star	Choice TV Ship
Olivia Holt – Cloak & Dagger as Tandy Bowen / Dagger Aisha Dee – The Bold Type as Kat Edison Meghann Fahy – The Bold Type as Sutton Brady Aubrey Joseph – Cloak & Dagger as Tyrone Johnson / Cloak Xolo Maridueña – Cobra Kai as Miguel Diaz Katie Stevens – The Bold Type as Jane Sloan	Cole Sprouse & Lili Reinhart – Riverdale Stephen Amell & Emily Bett Rickards – Arrow KJ Apa & Camila Mendes – Riverdale Millie Bobby Brown & Finn Wolfhard – Stranger Things Matthew Daddario & Harry Shum Jr. – Shadowhunters Grant Gustin & Candice Patton – The Flash

Movies and television

Choice Scene Stealer	Choice Liplock
Vanessa Morgan – Riverdale as Toni Topaz Charlie Heaton – Stranger Things as Jonathan Byers Tom Hiddleston – Thor: Ragnarok as Loki Nick Jonas – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Jefferson "Seaplane" McDonough Katie McGrath – Supergirl as Lena Luthor Taika Waititi – Thor: Ragnarok as Korg	Cole Sprouse & Lili Reinhart – Riverdale Chadwick Boseman & Lupita Nyong'o – Black Panther Millie Bobby Brown & Finn Wolfhard – Stranger Things Zac Efron & Zendaya – The Greatest Showman Chris Pratt & Zoe Saldana – Avengers: Infinity War Gina Rodriguez & Justin Baldoni – Jane the Virgin
Choice Hissy Fit	Choice Fight
Madelaine Petsch – Riverdale Jack Black – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Adam Driver – Star Wars: The Last Jedi Kevin Hart – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Joe Keery – Stranger Things Mark Ruffalo – Avengers: Infinity War	Chadwick Boseman vs. Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther Jeremy Renner vs. Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jake Johnson & Hannibal Buress – Tag Carolina vs. Tex – Red vs. Blue Ryan Reynolds vs. Josh Brolin – Deadpool 2 Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver vs. Elite Praetorian Guard – Star Wars: The Last Jedi Colin Firth and Taron Egerton vs. Pedro Pascal – Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Music

Choice Male Artist	Choice Female Artist
Louis Tomlinson Drake Niall Horan Bruno Mars Shawn Mendes Ed Sheeran	Camila Cabello Taylor Swift Cardi B Ariana Grande Dua Lipa Demi Lovato
Choice Music Group	Choice Country Artist
5 Seconds of Summer Fifth Harmony Florida Georgia Line Maroon 5 Migos Why Don't We	Carrie Underwood Kelsea Ballerini Kane Brown Maren Morris Thomas Rhett Blake Shelton
Choice Electronic/Dance Artist	Choice Latin Artist
The Chainsmokers Steve Aoki Martin Garrix Calvin Harris Marshmello Zedd	CNCO J Balvin Daddy Yankee Luis Fonsi Becky G Maluma
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist	Choice Rock Artist
Cardi B Childish Gambino Drake Khalid Nicki Minaj Post Malone	Imagine Dragons Panic! at the Disco Paramore Portugal. The Man Twenty One Pilots X Ambassadors
Choice Breakout Artist	Choice Next Big Thing
Khalid Bazzi Lauv Logic Marshmello SZA	Jackson Wang Blackpink MattyBRaps NCT Jacob Sartorius Stray Kids
Choice International Artist	Choice Song: Male Artist
BTS Blackpink CNCO Exo Got7 Super Junior	"Perfect" – Ed Sheeran "Attention" – Charlie Puth "God's Plan" – Drake "LOVE." – Kendrick Lamar feat. Zacari "Say Something" – Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton "This Is America" – Childish Gambino
Choice Song: Female Artist	Choice Song: Group
"Havana" – Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug "Bad at Love" – Halsey "Look What You Made Me Do" – Taylor Swift "New Rules" – Dua Lipa "No Tears Left to Cry" – Ariana Grande "Sorry Not Sorry" – Demi Lovato	"Youngblood" – 5 Seconds of Summer "Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" – Panic! at the Disco "Trust Fund Baby" – Why Don't We "Wait" – Maroon 5 "Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons
Choice Collaboration	Choice Pop Song
"Rewrite the Stars" – Zac Efron & Zendaya "End Game" – Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future "Finesse (Remix)" – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris, & Grey "Pray for Me" – The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar	"In My Blood" – Shawn Mendes "Delicate" – Taylor Swift "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Backstreet Boys "No Excuses" – Meghan Trainor "No Tears Left to Cry" – Ariana Grande "This Is Me" – Keala Settle
Choice Country Song	Choice Electronic/Dance Song
"Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line "Cry Pretty" – Carrie Underwood "Heaven" – Kane Brown "Life Changes" – Thomas Rhett "Mercy" – Brett Young "Most People Are Good" – Luke Bryan	"All Night" – Steve Aoki & Lauren Jauregui "Friends" – Marshmello & Anne-Marie "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris, & Grey "One Kiss" – Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa "Perfect" – Topic & Ally Brooke "Solo" – Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato
Choice Latin Song	Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
"Familiar" – Liam Payne & J Balvin "Boom Boom" – RedOne, Daddy Yankee, French Montana & Dinah Jane "Dinero" – Jennifer Lopez feat. DJ Khaled & Cardi B "Hey DJ" – CNCO "Mi Gente" – J Balvin & Willy William "Échame la Culpa" – Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato	"Love Lies" – Khalid & Normani "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar & SZA "Finesse (Remix)" – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B "God's Plan" – Drake "Let You Down" – NF "This Is America" – Childish Gambino
Choice Rock/Alternative Song	Choice Summer Song
"Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons "Alone" – Halsey "Hard Times" – Paramore "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco "No Roots" – Alice Merton "Sit Next to Me" – Foster the People	"Back to You" – Selena Gomez "Familiar" – Liam Payne & J Balvin "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B "Nice for What" – Drake "One Kiss" – Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa "Youngblood" – 5 Seconds of Summer
Choice Summer Female Artist	Choice Summer Male Artist
Camila Cabello Cardi B Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Halsey Meghan Trainor	Shawn Mendes Kane Brown Niall Horan Liam Payne Charlie Puth Zayn
Choice Summer Group	Choice Choice Summer Tour
5 Seconds of Summer The Chainsmokers Dan + Shay Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 Panic! at the Disco	Harry Styles – Harry Styles: Live on Tour Niall Horan – Flicker World Tour Jay Z & Beyoncé – On the Run II Tour Charlie Puth – Voicenotes Tour Taylor Swift – Reputation Stadium Tour Top Dawg Entertainment – The Championship Tour

Digital

Choice Female Web Star	Choice Male Web Star
Liza Koshy Eva Gutowski Merrell Twins Bethany Mota Lele Pons Lilly Singh	The Dolan Twins Cameron Dallas Joey Graceffa Ryan Higa Collins Key Tyler Oakley
Choice Comedy Web Star	Choice Music Web Star
Liza Koshy The Dolan Twins Collins Key Miranda Sings Lele Pons Lilly Singh	Erika Costell Anitta Chloe x Halle Jack & Jack Johnny Orlando Noah Schnacky
Choice Fashion/Beauty Web Star	Choice Twit
James Charles Dulce Candy Kandee Johnson Shay Mitchell NikkieTutorials Zoella	Anna Kendrick Mark Hamill Mindy Kaling Kumail Nanjiani Ryan Reynolds Chrissy Teigen
Choice Instagrammer	Choice Snapchatter
Selena Gomez Lucy Hale Dwayne Johnson John Mayer Will Smith Justin Timberlake	Ariana Grande Ethan Dolan Grayson Dolan Kendall Jenner Demi Lovato Meghan Trainor
Choice YouTuber	Choice Muser
Liza Koshy DanTDM The Dolan Twins Merrell Twins Lele Pons Lilly Singh	Mackenzie Ziegler Baby Ariel Loren Gray Holly H Sofia Santino Valentina Schulz

Fashion

Choice Style Icon	Choice Female Hottie
Harry Styles Chadwick Boseman Blake Lively Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Migos Zendaya	Lauren Jauregui Hailey Baldwin Selena Gomez Olivia Holt Kendall Jenner Yara Shahidi
Choice Male Hottie
Cole Sprouse Chadwick Boseman Zac Efron Grant Gustin Chris Hemsworth Shawn Mendes

Sports

Choice Male Athlete	Choice Female Athlete
LeBron James Stephen Curry Red Gerard Adam Rippon J. J. Watt Shaun White	Serena Williams Chloe Kim Mirai Nagasu Mikaela Shiffrin U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team Lindsey Vonn

Miscellaneous

Choice Comedian	Choice Dancer
The Dolan Twins James Corden Ellen DeGeneres Jimmy Fallon Kevin Hart Lilly Singh	Maddie Ziegler Cheryl Burke Jenna Dewan Derek Hough Les Twins tWitch
Choice Video Game	Choice Model
Fortnite Fire Emblem Heroes The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Overwatch PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Super Mario Odyssey	Gigi Hadid Adwoa Aboah Romeo Beckham Kaia Gerber Bella Hadid Jaden Smith
Choice Fandom
BTS – BTS Army Blackpink – Blinks CNCO – CNCOwners One Direction – Directioners Fifth Harmony – Harmonizers Taylor Swift – Swifties

1. Fisher's nomination and win were posthumous.