2008 Kids' Choice Awards

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season_name = 2008 Kids' Choice Awards
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caption = The 2008 KCA Logo
show_name = Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
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network = Nickelodeon
first_aired = March 29, 2008
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prev_season = 2007 Kids' Choice Awards
next_season = 2009 Kids' Choice Awards

The 21st annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards were held at the Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California on March 29 2008. The event was hosted by Jack Black. Voting began March 3 on Nick.com and Nicktropolis. The Naked Brothers Band and Miley Cyrus were musical performances for the show. A sweepstakes was announced to promote the show. [ [http://www.nick.com/ads/dixie/chooseaview/index.jhtml Choose a View sweepstakes] ] The number of votes cast broke the record previously set in 2007. 86,708,020 kids cast 88,254,272 votes (since kids were allowed to vote multiple times) between March 3-29 in 18 categories, to honor and vote for their favorites. Votes were cast via [http://www.nick.com Nick.com] , [http://www.nicktropolis.com Nicktropolis] , [http://www.turbonick.com TurboNick] , and for the first time via Nick's new mobile website (wap.nick.com). [ [http://www.nickkcapress.com/2008KCA/ 2008 KCA Winners Release] ] The award show attracted approximately 7.5 million viewers.

Presenters and Performers, and Stunts for KCA 2008

Presenters (in order of appearance)

*Jack Black hosted the awards
*Miranda Cosgrove made numerous cameos
*Tom Kenny was newly titles himself, "The Voice in a Box", as announcer for the awards
*Josh Peck and Janet Jackson presented the award for favorite movie actress
*Emile Hirsch and America Ferrara presented favorite music group
*Laila Ali introduced Akon, Usher and Heidi Klum who performed sliming stunts
*James Marsden and Hayden Panettiere presented favorite female singer
*Shia LaBeouf and Harrison Ford presented favorite voice in an animated movie
*Ryan Sheckler and Abigail Breslin introduced The Naked Brothers Band
*Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson presented favorite reality television show
*Jennifer Love Hewitt and Devon Werkheiser presented favorite male singer
*Ashton Kutcher presented the wannabe award
*Howie Mandel introduced a YMCA burping contest
*Willow Smith, Jaden Smith, and Will Smith introduced Miley Cyrus
*Rihanna and Brendan Fraser presented favorite television show
*Steve Carell and Amy Poehler presented favorite motion picture

Performers (in order of appearance)

*The Naked Brothers Band performed "I Don't Want to Go to School"
*Miley Cyrus performed "G.N.O. (Girl's Night Out)"

lime Stunts (in order of appearance)

*1/3 - Akon performed the Slime-o-Lition Derby driving the Jack Black Bobblehead.
*2/3 - Usher performed using a high pressure slime cannon shooter blasting the costume sumo wrestler five feet. (Note: The level was tilted so the sumo wrestler can go to 5ft.)
*3/3 - Heidi Klum performed the human dartboard using a butt spike belt.

Unpresented Awards

*Favorite Cartoon
*Favorite Video Game
*Favorite Television Actress (Tom Kenny announced that Miley also wins this award on her way to accept her award for Favorite Female Singer)
*Favorite Song
*Favorite Book
*Favorite Male Athlete
*Favorite Female Athlete
*Favorite Animated Movie
*Favorite Television Actor (Tom Kenny announced that Drake Bell also wins this award when he and his former castmates of Drake & Josh were on their way to accept their award for Favorite TV Show)
*Favorite Movie Actor

Nominees

There are a total 18 categories, with 4 nominees each for the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards. All the categories are added to the KCA Voting Page.

Movies

Favorite Live-Action Movie

* "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (winner)
* "Transformers"
* "Are We Done Yet?"
* ""

Favorite Movie Actor

* Ice Cube ("Are We Done Yet?")
* Johnny Depp (') (winner)"'
* Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ("The Game Plan")
* Eddie Murphy ("Norbit")

Favorite Animated Movie

* "Bee Movie"
* "Ratatouille" (winner)
* "Shrek the Third"
* "The Simpsons Movie"

Favorite Movie Actress

* Jessica Alba (') (winner)"'
* Drew Barrymore ("Music and Lyrics")
* Kirsten Dunst ("Spider-Man 3")
* Keira Knightley ("")

Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie

* Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona, "Shrek the Third")
* Mike Myers (Shrek, "Shrek the Third")
* Eddie Murphy (Donkey, "Shrek the Third") (winner)
* Jerry Seinfeld, (Barry Bee Benson, "Bee Movie")

Music

Favorite Song

Was not presented during the show.
* "Beautiful Girls" (Sean Kingston)
*"Big Girls Don't Cry" (Fergie)
* "Don't Matter" (Akon)
* "Girlfriend" (Avril Lavigne) (winner)

Favorite Music Group

* Boys Like Girls
* Fall Out Boy
* Jonas Brothers (winner)
* Linkin Park

Favorite Female Singer

* Beyoncé
* Fergie
* Alicia Keys
* Miley Cyrus (winner)

Favorite Male Singer

* Bow Wow
* Soulja Boy
* Chris Brown (winner)
* Justin Timberlake

Television

Favorite TV Show

* Drake & Josh (winner)
* "Hannah Montana"
* "iCarly"
* "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"

Favorite Reality Show

* "America's Next Top Model"
* "American Idol (winner)
* "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"
* "Deal or No Deal

Favorite TV Actress

* Miley Cyrus (Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana, "Hannah Montana") (winner)
* Raven-Symoné (Raven Baxter, "That's so Raven")
* Emma Roberts (Addie Singer, "Unfabulous")
* Jamie Lynn Spears (Zoey Brooks, "Zoey 101")

Favorite TV Actor

* Drake Bell (Drake Parker, "Drake & Josh") (winner)
* Josh Peck (Josh Nichols, "Drake & Josh")
* Cole Sprouse (Cody Martin, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody")
* Dylan Sprouse (Zack Martin, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody")

Favorite Cartoon

Not presented during the show
* (winner)
*"Ed, Edd n Eddy"
*"The Simpsons"
*"SpongeBob SquarePants" (Note: First loss since 2003)

Sports

Favorite Male Athlete

Was not presented during the show.
* Tony Hawk (winner)
* Shaquille O'Neal
* Alex Rodriguez
* Tiger Woods

Favorite Female Athlete

Was not presented during the show.
* Cheryl Ford
* Danica Patrick (winner)
* Serena Williams
* Venus Williams

Other Categories

Favorite Video Game

Was not presented during the show.
* "Dance Dance Revolution"
* "Guitar Hero III"
* Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (winner)
* "Sonic Rush Adventure"

Favorite Book

Was not presented during the show.
* "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight"
* "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"
* Harry Potter series (winner)
* "How to Eat Fried Worms"

Wannabe Award

* Cameron Diaz

Controversies

Host Jack Black made a possibly inappropriate joke about a hot dog shaped car early in the awards:

The awards were also accused of promoting upcoming Summer, 2008 movies, since many of the presenters were starring in them. One of the most notable references to this was when Harrison Ford had to grab a golden ball from a faux lost template, an obvious reference to "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" as well as premiering the brand new TV spot for the movie during the show. Steve Carell also presented and had a new TV spot for "Get Smart".

The Rocktopus

The Rocktopus is an eight legged octopus of rock n' roll who haunts Jack Black in his dreams. Later during the awards show, they settle their differences in time for the Rocktopus to activate the slimer machine.

iCarly: Live From Hollywood

The iCarly cast was live outside the Pauley Pavilion in Hollywood, where the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards is held at. The cast aired from 9/8c - 11/10c. Carly, Sam, Freddie, and Spencer were at the Kids' Choice Awards because Spencer was hired to make a Kids' Choice Awards Blimp out of Wieners. Although Spencer was working on his sculpture, he happened to peek around the show, like the Gift bags for the Celebrities, going into Jack Black's Dressing Room, and stealing some mini wienies from the Snack table. In the end, his sculpture was destroyed when the Snack lady attacked him.

Musical Guests

Countdown to Kids' Choice:
*Lil' Mama - Shawty Get Loose

The Show:
* The Naked Brothers Band, "I Don't Want To Go to School"
* Miley Cyrus, "G.N.O. (Girl's Night Out)"

Goofs

*During the presentation of the award for "Favorite Movie", the clips from each nomination were not shown

Notes

*Miley Cyrus and Drake Bell were the only nominees to be awarded more than one Blimp.
*Otis and Pip (from Back at the Barnyard) made short appearances during the show with fellow Nickelodeon stars Miranda Cosgrove and Lil' JJ.
* SpongeBob SquarePants lost the nomination for Favorite Cartoon to after its 5 year run for winning it.

References

External links

* [http://www.nickkcapress.com/2008KCA/index.php Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards Press Kit (Nominees)]
* [http://www.nick.com/shows/specials/kca/ Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards Main Website]