Nickelodeon's 25th Annual
DateMarch 31, 2012
Hosted byWill Smith
Tom Kenny (announcer)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNickelodeon
Runtime90 minutes (8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT)
Viewership6.2 million[1]
Produced by
  • Paul Flattery (producer)
  • Production company:
    Agave Corp.
  • Executive producer:
    Bob Bain
    Marjorie Cohn
    Paula Kaplan
Directed byBeth McCarthy-Miller
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The Orange Carpet and the Pre-show stage are being constructed at the corner of Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard, in Los Angeles

Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards were 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 Ed received a special silver-colored NES from Shigeru Miyamoto. 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.

The rating was 6.162 million viewers, leading all cable programs for the week ending April 1, 2012.[1]


Pre-show edit


Categories edit

All of the nominations were released on February 16, 2012. Winners are highlighted in Bold text.

Television edit

Film edit

Music edit

Sports edit

Other categories edit

Events within the show edit

Slime stunts edit

Slimed celebrities edit

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.[5]

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.

International distribution edit

Regional Awards edit

Favourite Asian Act edit

Favorite Brazilian Artist edit

Favorite Latin Artist edit

UK Catergores edit

The UK had seven unique categories this year including Favorite UK Band, Favorite UK TV Show and more.

International airings edit

Country / Region Channel Date Time Accompanied by
  United States Nickelodeon March 31, 2012 8:00PM ET/PT
(tape delayed for PT in the US)
Brand New Episode of How To Rock
  Canada Nickelodeon Canada Nothing
YTV April 6, 2012 7:00PM ET/PT Nothing
  United Kingdom
  Ireland
Nickelodeon UK and Ireland April 1, 2012 5:30PM Brand New Victorious ("Jade Get's Crushed")
  Australia
  New Zealand
Nickelodeon Australia 6:30PM Nothing
  Austria Nickelodeon Austria Nothing
  Germany Nickelodeon Germany Nothing
  Netherlands Nickelodeon Netherlands Nothing
  Belgium (Flanders) Nickelodeon Flanders Nothing
  Sweden Nickelodeon Sweden April 2, 2012 5:30PM Nothing
  Singapore Nickelodeon Asia 6:30PM Nothing
  Denmark Nickelodeon Denmark Nothing
  Poland Nickelodeon Poland April 3, 2012 6:00PM Nothing
  Brazil Nickelodeon Brazil 8:00PM Brand New iCarly ("iMeet The First Lady")
  Mexico Nickelodeon Latin America
  Colombia
  Venezuela
  Chile
  Russia Nickelodeon Russia Nothing
  Italy Nickelodeon Italy 8:30PM Nothing
  France Nickelodeon France Nothing
  Spain Nickelodeon Spain April 6, 2012 8:50PM Nothing
  Greece Nickelodeon Greece April 7, 2012 3:15PM Nothing
  South Korea Nickelodeon South Korea April 13, 2012 8:00PM Nothing
  Philippines Nickelodeon Asia April 14, 2012 10:00AM Nothing
  Indonesia April 15, 2012 1:00PM Nothing

As the United Kingdom and Ireland are in the timezone GMT +0, and Germany is in the timezone GTM +1, the Kids' Choice Awards were shown at the same time in both countries, as it was shown at 5:30pm on Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) and 6:30pm on Nickelodeon (Germany).

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bibel, Sara (April 3, 2012). "Cable Top 25: 'Kids Choice, 'WWE RAW,' 'How To Rock' Top Cable Viewership For Week Ending April 1, 2012". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  2. ^ Boedeker, Hal (11 January 2012). "Will Smith honored to host 'slimiest' Kids' Choice Awards". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  3. ^ H., Brittany (March 28, 2012). "Max Schneider and Keke Palmer Performing on the Orange Carpet!". nick.com. Nickelodeon. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  4. ^ Kids' Choice Awards 2012: Slime Wrestling Championship, Nick.com, March 2012
  5. ^ KCA 2012: Celebrity Slime Targets, March 2012
  6. ^ Winners, Nick-Asia.com, April 1, 2012

External links edit

Kids' Choice Awards Category:Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards