Teen Choice Awards

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Teen Choice Awards
Presented by Fox
Country United States
Reward Authentic surfboards
First awarded August 1, 1999
Official website Website
Television coverage
Network Fox
Runtime Approx. 90-120 min. including commercials

The Teen Choice Awards, are an annual awards show that air on the Fox Network, that honor the year's biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, voted by teen viewers aged 14 through 17. Winners receive an authentic full size surfboard designed with the graphics of that year's show.

History

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As the executive producers, Bob Bain and Michael Burg came together to create an award show geared toward a teen demographic, somewhat older than that of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, but similar to that of MTV. Greg Sills has been the supervising producer and Paul Flattery has been the producer for all of the shows since its inception in 1999.

The format of the show has remained the same, awarding the achievements of those in the entertainment and athletic industries with non-traditional categories fixed into the ceremony. The show was held at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport for its first two shows in 1999 and 2000. However, since 2001, it has been held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA. Some years it airs live, but usually it airs on a one day delay.Global promotion provided by Kroszover Entertainment

Ballots were once used in teen-oriented magazines, where readers were to purchase and tear out their ballot. Votes could also be cast online through Fox.com. In 2008, Fox and the show's producers created Teenchoiceawards.com as the official website for the Teen Choice Awards. That year, over 32 million votes were cast.[citation needed] In 2009, the number of votes cast was in excess of 83 million. That same year "teenchoicegirl" appeared on Twitter. She is actually a teenage girl working on the show as an intern and keeps fans informed of news and gossip. In just a few weeks she had over 28,000 followers.

Since the ceremony's inception, the show has given out genuine custom-made surfboards to individual winners (they cost over $800 each to manufacture). They create a new original design every year. The surfboard was chosen as the award because it represents the freedom of the summer vacation for teens, whether they surf or not. Some celebrities have used them to surf (Jennifer Love Hewitt); Marlon Wayans famously said "Brothers don't surf" and in 2009, Hugh Jackman, upon winning his first one, said he was no longer the only Australian without a surfboard.

With 35 nominations and 12 Teen Choice Awards won, Miley Cyrus is to date, the most nominated and the most awarded individual artist in the Teen Choice Awards history.

Award categories

Movies

TV

Music

Summer's categories

Non-traditional categories

Do Something

In 2008, Dosomething.org sponsored The Do Something Award—which recognized amazing young people. Nine nominees—who saw a problem in the world and then tackled it—each won $10,000 for their cause. One lucky winner received the $100,000 grand prize. The Do Something Award (formerly the BR!CK Awards) is a program of Do Something, a New York-based non-profit that reaches about 11.5 million young people annually. The award is not being presented in 2009. It was replaced with "Choice Celebrity Activist" which was won by Hayden Panettiere.

Special awards

Extraordinary Achievement
Courage Award
Visionary Award
Ultimate Choice Award
Acuvue Inspire Award

Note: Special Awards are not given every year.

Summary

Year Date Venue City Hosts Performers
1999 August 1, 1999 Barker Hangar Santa Monica
  • None
2000 August 6, 2000
  • None
2001 August 12, 2001 Gibson Amphitheatre Los Angeles
  • None
2002 August 4, 2002
  • None
2003 August 2, 2003
2004 August 8, 2004
2005 August 14, 2005
2006 August 20, 2006
2007 August 26, 2007
2008 August 3, 2008
2009 August 9, 2009
2010 August 8, 2010
2011 August 7, 2011
2012 July 22, 2012

Controversy

Parents Television Council has been a prominent critic of the Teen Choice Awards, claiming that they glorify celebrities who promote immoral messages to teenagers. PTC founder L. Brent Bozell criticized the 2000,[1] 2005,[2] and 2006[3] awards ceremonies for awarding R rated films and other entertainers allegedly not appropriate for teenagers, claiming it showed "how successfully Hollywood has marketed adult fare to the young."[1] Bozell also attacked Nelly Furtado's and Timbaland's performance of their hit song "Promiscuous" in the 2006 awards ceremony for "promoting a message to teens about sex by performing their song," which contains lyrics about sex, and then telling the audience to perform safe sex with condoms. The PTC also named the 2005[4] and 2006[5] awards ceremonies the "Worst Family TV Show of the Week" after their initial broadcasts on Fox.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b L. Brent Bozell. Teens' Bad Choices: Who's to Blame? Parents Television Council. August 30, 2000. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
  2. ^ L. Brent Bozell. "Terrifying 'Teen Choice' Champions". Parents Television Council. August 18, 2005. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
  3. ^ L. Brent Bozell. Growing the Teens Too Fast. Parents Television Council. August 31, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
  4. ^ Teen Choice Awards on Fox - Worst Family TV Shows of the Week. Parents Television Council. August 22, 2005. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
  5. ^ Worst Family TV Show of the Week - Teen Choice Awards on Fox. Parents Television Council August 24, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2007

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