TREVOR NOAH, PEARL THUSI AND WAYDE VAN NIEKERK UP FOR KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS
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| Comedian and The Daily Show host Trevor Noah. PICTURE: WEB |
Nickelodeon (DStv
channel 305) today announced the nominees for the 2017 Kids’ Choice
Awards, the only live event where kids’ votes count and the biggest stars
of the day line up to get slimed. Celebrating kids’ favourites from across the
worlds of film, television, music and pop culture, this year’s all-star list of
nominations include Yemi Alade, Funke Akindele Bello, Trevor Noah, Lupita
Nyong’o, Pearl Thusi and Wayde van Niekerk - all nominated in the “Favourite
African Star” category.
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| Quantico actress Pearl Thusi. PICTURE: BONA |
Hosted by WWE Superstar John Cena,
Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards takes place on Saturday 11
March at USC’s Galen Center in Los Angeles and premieres simultaneously on Nickelodeon
(DStv channel 305) and NickToons (DStv channel 308) at 15:40 CAT
on Wednesday 15 March.
African stars will be in good company alongside fellow
nominees Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Daya, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Megan
Fox, Lukas Graham, Kevin Hart, Scarlett Johansson, Dwayne Johnson, Felicity
Jones, Leslie Jones, Anna Kendrick, Bruno Mars, Melissa McCarthy, JoJo Siwa,
The Chainsmokers, Justin Timberlake, Twenty One Pilots and more.
Highly regarded as an unpredictable, celebrity-filled
mess-fest, the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards this year features
nine new categories guaranteed to be unique to this awards season, like
“Favourite Frenemies”, “Most Wanted Pet” and “#Squad”.
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| Olympic gold medalist Wayde van Niekerk. PICTURE:SUID KAAP FORUM |
To vote for your “Favourite African
Star” please use the hashtag #KCAAfricanStar and the hashtag for your chosen nominee on Twitter @NickAfrica,
or post the hashtag on Facebook especially on www.Facebook.Com/NickelodeonAfrica tagging your favourite nominee. African nominee hashtags:
Yemi
Alade - #YemiAlade
Funke
Akindele Bello - #FunkeAkindeleBello
Trevor
Noah - #TrevorNoah
Lupita
Nyong’o - #LupitaNyongo
Pearl
Thusi - #PearlThusi
Wade
van Niekerk - #WaydevanNiekerk
Fans also can vote by going to kca2017.nick.com, the official destination for
everything Kids’ Choice Awards, for hilarious
videos, the KCA Creator game, quizzes and pictures, and to get
the latest KCA news on this year’s show, nominees and attendees.
In television, kids will have the
opportunity to vote for first-time
nominees Black-ish, Fuller House, Supergirl, Paradise Run and The
Loud House, along with their choice between America’s Got Talent,
Shark Tank, The Voice, America’s Funniest Home Videos and American
Ninja Warrior for “Favourite Reality Show.” Nickelodeon’s
Jace Norman was nominated for “Favourite Male TV Star” in Henry
Danger and Breanna Yde is up for “Favourite Female TV
Star” in School of Rock. Additionally, in the “Favourite
Cartoon” category, kids will choose between ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks,
SpongeBob SquarePants, Teen Titans Go!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The
Amazing World of Gumball and The Loud House.
Stars will vie for the famous Nickelodeon
“blimp” trophy across ten music categories, with Bruno Mars, Justin
Timberlake and Twenty One Pilots topping the list with
four nominations each. After ruling the Billboard and iTunes charts, The
Chainsmokers make their Kids’ Choice Awards nominee debut
with two nods for “Favourite Music Group” and “Favourite New Artist”. Adele,
Beyoncé, Meghan Trainor and Fifth Harmony also garnered
two nominations each, while internet sensations Carson Lueders, Jacob
Sartorius, Johnny Orlando, JoJo Siwa, Matty B and Tiffany Alvord battle
it out in the new category of “Favourite Viral Music Artist”.
Superheroes, trolls and
turtles dominate
the movie categories with Captain America: Civil War conjuring
up top affirmations with eight nominations. Batman vs. Superman: Dawn
of Justice followed closely behind with seven, while Ghostbusters and Rogue
One: A Star Wars Story garnered five each. Stars
receiving first time nods in the film category include Justin Timberlake
for “Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie” in Trolls (bringing
his total nominations to seven), Kristen Wiig for “Favourite
Movie Actress” in Ghostbusters, and Felicity Jones
for “Favourite Butt-Kicker” in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Kevin
Hart makes a double appearance in the new category “BFFs (Best Friends
Forever)”, nominated for Central Intelligence and Ride
Along 2 - bringing his total 2017 KCA
nominations to six.
The nominees and categories for the Nickelodeon
2017 Kids’ Choice Awards are (*new categories):
Favourite African Star*
Yemi Alade
Funke Akindele Bello
Wayde van Niekerk
Trevor Noah
Lupita Nyong’o
Pearl Thusi
Favourite TV Show – Kids’ Show
Game Shakers
Girl Meets World
Henry Danger
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
The Thundermans
Favourite TV Show – Family Show
The Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Fuller House
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Supergirl
The Flash
Favourite Reality Show
America’s Funniest Home Videos
America’s Got Talent
American Ninja Warrior
Paradise Run
Shark Tank
The Voice
Favourite Cartoon
ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks
SpongeBob SquarePants
Teen Titans Go!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Amazing World of Gumball
The Loud House
Favourite Male TV Star
Benjamin Flores Jr. (Triple G, Game
Shakers)
Aidan Gallagher (Nicky, Nicky, Ricky,
Dicky & Dawn)
Jack Griffo (Max, The Thundermans)
Jace Norman (Henry, Henry Danger)
Casey Simpson (Ricky, Nicky, Ricky,
Dicky & Dawn)
Tyrel Jackson Williams (Leo, Lab Rats)
Favourite Female TV Star
Rowan Blanchard (Riley, Girl Meets
World)
Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie, Liv and
Maddie)
Lizzy Greene (Dawn, Nicky, Ricky,
Dicky & Dawn)
Kira Kosarin (Phoebe, The Thundermans)
Breanna Yde (Tomika, School of Rock)
Zendaya (K.C., K.C. Undercover)
Favourite Movie
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Captain America: Civil War
Ghostbusters
Pete’s Dragon
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Favourite Movie Actor
Ben Affleck (Batman, Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Will Arnett (Vernon, Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows)
Henry Cavill (Superman, Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Captain
America: Civil War)
Chris Evans (Captain America, Captain
America: Civil War)
Chris Hemsworth (Kevin, Ghostbusters)
Favourite Movie Actress
Amy Adams (Lois, Batman v Superman:
Dawn of Justice)
Megan Fox (April, Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles: Out of the Shadows)
Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow,
Captain America: Civil War)
Felicity Jones (Jyn, Rogue One: A Star
Wars Story)
Melissa McCarthy (Abby, Ghostbusters)
Kristen Wiig (Erin, Ghostbusters)
Favourite Animated Movie
Finding Dory
Moana
Sing
The Secret Life of Pets
Trolls
Zootopia
Favourite Voice From An Animated Movie
Ellen DeGeneres (Dory, Finding Dory)
Kevin Hart (Snowball, The Secret Life
of Pets)
Dwayne Johnson (Maui, Moana)
Anna Kendrick (Poppy, Trolls)
Justin Timberlake (Branch, Trolls)
Reese Witherspoon (Rosita, Sing)
Favourite Villain
Helena Bonham Carter (The Red Queen,
Alice Through the Looking Glass)
Idris Elba (Krall, Star Trek Beyond)
Will Ferrell (Mugatu, Zoolander 2)
Kevin Hart (Snowball, The Secret Life
of Pets) *Note: animated
Charlize Theron (Ravenna, The
Huntsman: Winter’s War)
Spencer Wilding (Darth Vader, Rogue
One: A Star Wars Story)
Favourite Butt-Kicker
Ben Affleck (Batman, Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Henry Cavill (Superman, Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Chris Evans (Captain America, Captain
America: Civil War)
Chris Hemsworth (The Huntsman, The Huntsman:
Winter’s War)
Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow,
Captain America: Civil War)
Felicity Jones (Jyn, Rogue One: A Star
Wars Story)
Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique, X-Men:
Apocalypse)
Zoe Saldana (Lieutenant Uhura, Star Trek
Beyond)
BFFs (Best Friends Forever)*
Ruby Barnhill & Mark Rylance (Sophie/BFG,
The BFG)
Kevin Hart & Dwayne Johnson (Bob/Calvin,
Central Intelligence)
Kevin Hart & Ice Cube (Ben/James,
Ride Along 2)
Chris Pine & Zachary Quinto (Captain
Kirk/Spock, Star Trek Beyond)
Neel Sethi & Bill Murray (Mowgli/
Baloo, Jungle Book)
Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson (Derek/Hansel,
Zoolander 2)
Favourite Frenemies*
Ben Affleck & Henry Cavill (Batman/Superman,
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Chris Evans & Robert Downey Jr. (Captain
America/Iron Man, Captain America: Civil War)
Ginnifer Goodwin & Jason Bateman (Judy/Nick,
Zootopia)
Dwayne Johnson & Auli’i Cravalho (Moana/Maui,
Moana)
Anna Kendrick & Justin Timberlake (Poppy/Branch,
Trolls)
Charlize Theron & Emily Blunt (Ravenna/Freya,
The Huntsman: Winter’s War)
Most Wanted Pet*
Baloo from The Jungle Book (Bill Murray)
Dory from Finding Dory (Ellen DeGeneres)
Po from Kung Fu Panda 3 (Jack Black)
Red from The Angry Birds Movie (Jason
Sudeikis)
Rosita from Sing (Reese Witherspoon)
Snowball from The Secret Life of Pets
(Kevin Hart)
#Squad*
Captain America: Civil War - Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony
Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan
Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen
X-Men: Apocalypse – James
McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Tye
Sheridan, Ben Hardy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Sophie Turner, Alexandra Shipp, Olivia
Munn
Favourite Music Group
The Chainsmokers
Fifth Harmony
Maroon 5
OneRepublic
Pentatonix
Twenty One Pilots
Favourite Male Singer
Drake
Justin Bieber
Bruno Mars
Shawn Mendes
Justin Timberlake
The Weeknd
Favourite Female Singer
Adele
Beyoncé
Ariana Grande
Selena Gomez
Rihanna
Meghan Trainor
Favourite Song
24K Magic – Bruno
Mars
Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
Heathens – Twenty
One Pilots
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele
Side to Side – Ariana
Grande ft. Nicki Minaj
Work from Home – Fifth
Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign
Favourite New Artist
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Daya
Lukas Graham
Solange
Rae Sremmurd
Hailee Steinfeld
Twenty One Pilots
Favourite Music Video*
24K Magic – Bruno
Mars
Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
Formation – Beyoncé
Juju On That Beat – Zay
Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall
Me Too – Meghan
Trainor
Stressed Out – Twenty
One Pilots
Favourite DJ/EDM Artist*
Martin Garrix
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
Skrillex
DJ Snake
Zedd
Hamilton
Me Before You
Moana
Sing
Suicide Squad
Trolls
Favourite Viral Music Artist*
Tiffany Alvord
Matty B
Carson Lueders
Johnny Orlando
Jacob Sartorius
JoJo Siwa
Favourite
Global Music Star*
5 Seconds of Summer (Australia/New Zealand)
BIGBANG (Asia)
Bruno Mars (North America)
Little Mix (UK)
Shakira (South America)
Zara Larsson (Europe)
Favourite
Video Game
Just Dance 2017
Lego Marvel’s Avengers
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Minecraft: Story Mode
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Pokémon Moon - release by Meropa Communications
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