2012 Kids' Choice Awards

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 25th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 31, 2012, at 8 p.m. ET in

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]

Presenters

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

Television

Music

Sports

Miscellaneous

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

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 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.
• The Big Show
  with his special KCA belt, he and The Big Show were hosed down in a torrent of green slime.
• The Big Show had won against The Miz
  , he jumped into the pool of slime that The Miz had been thrown in.

External links

• 2012 Kids' Choice Awards at
  IMDb
• Official website (archived)