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Nickelodeon’s 25th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards winners

By April MacIntyre Apr 2, 2012, 4:26 GMT

02/11/2012 - Katy Perry - West Hollywood, CA, USA © Andrew Evans / PR Photos

Mega-stars including Katy Perry, Tim Tebow, Taylor Lautner, Big Time Rush, Selena Gomez, Kristen Stewart, LMFAO and Justin Bieber reigned as this year’s favorites, winning top honors at Nickelodeon’s 25th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards live telecast, Saturday, March 31, 8-9:30 p.m. (ET/tape delayed for West Coast). 

Hosted by Will Smith, the awards were broadcast from the Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles where kids’ top choices in television, movies, music and sports were revealed through a flying blimp, silver robot and sword swallower. 

Smith made an aerial entrance onto the venue by parachuting down from the official KCA blimp, a 246-foot orange airship situated above the arena.  After rappelling to the stage and deactivating a booby trap set by a mysterious Creepy Voice determined to stop the show, Smith kicked off the silver anniversary celebration with a performance of “Can U Handle This” and balloons filled with confetti and slime.
 
First Lady Michelle Obama made her first-ever appearance at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards, presenting Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Taylor Swift with this year’s The Big Help Award in recognition of her extensive philanthropic endeavors, including her work with tornado and flood survivors in the United States.  The Big Help Award recognizes individuals who take actions to better the world and whose significant impact on their community has inspired kids to do the same.
 
The star-studded event got off to an immediate sticky start with Halle Berry’s surprise sliming in her audience seat.  Looking good in green, Lautner received the ultimate gooey prize for accepting Smith’s challenge to a push-up contest, while presenter Chris Colfer was doused in slime by an exploding blimp at the podium. 

In an epic battle that had the giants of wrestling literally swimming in the goo, The Big Show took down The Miz in the inaugural KCA Slime Wrestling World Championships. 

Hosted by Nick’s Jeff Sutphen with WWE superstar Santino Marella serving as referee, the showdown was set in a special ring that slimed the audience each time one of them hit the ropes or the corner posts.  Much to his disappointment, Cee Lo Green was not so green after being revealed as the Creepy Voice who tried to ruin the show.  Instead, he got “ice cream sundae’d” by Smith who said being slimed was an honor and his behavior was unslimeable.  Bieber, the mystery celebrity who won the live viewer vote during the show, received both a blimp and a slime bath as he and Smith closed the show in signature green style with slime cannons in the grand finale. 
 
The following are Nickelodeon’s 25th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards winners:
 
TELEVISION:
 
Favorite TV Show
Victorious
 
Favorite Reality Show
Wipeout
 
Favorite TV Actor
Jake Short (A.N.T. Farm)
 
Favorite TV Actress
Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place)
 
Funniest TV Sidekick
Jennette McCurdy (iCarly)
 
Favorite Cartoon
SpongeBob SquarePants
 
 
SPORTS:
 
Favorite Male Athlete
Tim Tebow
 
Favorite Female Athlete
Danica Patrick
 
 
FILM
 
Favorite Movie
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
 
Favorite Movie Actor
Adam Sandler (Jack & Jill)
 
Favorite Movie Actress
Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1)
 
Favorite Animated Movie
Puss in Boots
 
Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
Katy Perry (The Smurfs)
 
 
MUSIC
 
Favorite Music Group
Big Time Rush
 
Favorite Male Singer
Justin Bieber
 
Favorite Female Singer
Selena Gomez
 
Favorite Song
“Party Rock Anthem” (by LMFAO)
 
 
OTHER CATEGORIES
 
Favorite Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
 
Favorite Videogame
Just Dance 3
 
Favorite Buttkicker
Taylor Lautner