FREEZE BAGS AWARD FOR BEST ON AIR PERSONALITY AT THE KCAs!

… As Kevin Hart, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Downey Jr, Others Win Big At Awards.

Popular compere and Cool FM OAP Freeze has won the award for Favourite Nigerian On-Air Personality at this year’s Nickelodeon’s 27^thAnnual Kids’ Choice Awards in LA last weekend, Saturday 29 March 2014. 

Freeze who was nominated along side top OAPs like Beat FM’s Toolz, Rhythm FM’s Toke Makinwa and Wana Wana of Inspiration FM walked the orange carpet with international superstars from the worlds of film, music, sports, television and more, including Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Downey Jr., One Direction, Sam & Cat, Selena Gomez, Kevin Hart, Patrick Star and Dwight Howard. 

 Hosted by Oscar and Golden Globe nominated actor/producer Mark Wahlberg, the awards took place at the Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles, where kids honoured their favourite TV personalities.  

This year’s KCAs featured a new design – dual stages, a 360-degree mosh pit, a slime fountain delivering winner envelopes and a slime river snaking throughout the venue.  Kicking off the star-studded celebration was internet sensation Todrick Hall with a pop performance medley featuring celeb cameos by Pharrell Williams, Austin Mahone and Cody Simpson, along with aerialists, cheerleaders and a step team.  Celebrated magician David Blaine made his live awards show debut tonight by facing his greatest challenge ever – slime – in an unforgettable moment that literally knocked his head off. 

Wahlberg maintained throughout the show that he would be an unslimeable host, a challenge that was put to the test against worthy opponents like Williams, Kaley Cuoco and Jack Reynor - all of whom got doused themselves in green goo.  Ultimately, not even Optimus Prime could save Wahlberg from the massive drenching delivered by none other than Kevin Hart and the host’s own kids. 

Kids’ TV hitmaker Dan Schneider received a special Lifetime Achievement Award presented to him by the stars of his mega-hit series iCarly (Nathan Kress, Noah Munck), Drake & Josh (Drake Bell, Josh Peck), Victorious (Victoria Justice, Avan Jogia, Daniella Monet, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett), Sam & Cat (Ariana Grande, Cameron Ocasio, Maree Cheatham, Zoran Korach), Kenan & Kel (Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell) and Zoey 101 (Chris Massey).

Top-selling recording artist Aloe Blacc took the stage with a medley of his hit songs, “Wake Me Up” and newest single “The Man,” while Brooklyn-based rock group American Authors closed the night with a multi-colored neon slime-filled performance of their #1 smash, “Best Day of My Life.” 

Winning top honours at this year’s ultimate kid experience were Adam Sandler for Favourite Movie Actor; Jennifer Lawrence for Favourite Movie Actress and Favourite Female Buttkicker; The Hunger Games: Catching Fire for Favourite Movie and Frozen for Favourite Animated Movie.  Robert Downey Jr. won top honours for Favourite Male Buttkicker and Miranda Cosgrove took home the blimp for Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie for her role of Margo in Despicable Me 2.  In the television categories, Favourite TV Show went to Sam & Cat; Favourite Reality Show to Wipeout; Favourite Cartoon to SpongeBob SquarePants; Favourite TV Actor to Ross Lynch and Favourite TV Actress to Ariana Grande.  In music, orange blimps went to Selena Gomez for Favourite Female Singer; Justin Timberlake for Favourite Male Singer and One Direction nabbed Favourite Music Group and “Story of My Life” for Favourite Song.  The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series garnered Favourite Book; Despicable Me: Minion Rush won Favourite App Game; Just Dance 2014 won for Favourite Videogame; Kevin Hart nabbed the blimp for Favourite Funny Star; Patrick Star for Favourite Animated Animal Sidekick; and Dwight Howard took home the prize for Most Enthusiastic Athlete.

Additional celebrity participants at the star-studded telecast featured, including: Chris Rock, Robert Downey Jr., Jim Parsons, Jayma Mays, Kristen Bell, Chris Evans, Nicola Peltz, Shaun White, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Selena Gomez, Queen Latifah, Michael Strahan, Carlos PenaVega, Zendaya, Debby Ryan, Andy Samberg, America Ferrera, Sophia Grace and Rosie from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Will Arnett, Bella Thorne, Jake Short, Lea Michele, LL Cool J, James Maslow, Peta Murgatroyd, John Cena, The Bella Twins, Ross Lynch, Kendall Schmidt, cast members from The Haunted Hathaways, Instant Mom, The Thundermans, and many others.

The following are Nickelodeon’s 27^th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards winners:

AFRICAN AWARDS

Favourite Nigerian On-Air Personality

Freeze (Cool FM)

Favourite South African Radio Personality

Anele Mdoda (94.7 Highveld Stereo)

TELEVISION:

Favourite TV Show

Sam & Cat

Favourite Reality Show

Wipeout

Favourite Cartoon

SpongeBob SquarePants

Favourite TV Actor

Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally)

Favourite TV Actress

Ariana Grande (Sam & Cat)

FILM:

Favourite Movie

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Favourite Movie Actor

Adam Sandler (Grown Ups 2)

Favourite Movie Actress

Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

Favourite Animated Movie

Frozen

Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie

Miranda Cosgrove (Despicable Me 2)

Favourite Male Buttkicker

Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3)

Favourite Female Buttkicker

Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

MUSIC:

Favourite Music Group

One Direction

Favourite Male Singer

Justin Timberlake

Favourite Female Singer

Selena Gomez

Favourite Song

“Story of My Life” (One Direction)

OTHER CATEGORIES:

Favourite Book

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Favourite Videogame

Just Dance 2014

Favourite App Game

Despicable Me: Minion Rush

Favourite Funny Star

Kevin Hart

Favourite Animated Animal Sidekick

Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Most Enthusiastic Athlete

Dwight Howard

Nickelodeon’s 27^th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards premieres across Africa on Nickelodeon (DStv Channel 305) on Wednesday, 2 April 2014 at 5PM.

The 2014 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards will be seen in more than 375 million households around the world and in more than 25 languages. Within hours of airing live in the United States and Canada, the show will roll out internationally, providing kids around the world the opportunity to tune into their local Nickelodeon channel to enjoy the show faster than ever. In many international markets, the 2014 KCAs featured country-specific award categories and nominees, such Favourite Nigerian On-Air Personality, and Favourite South African Radio DJ. Voting for the 2014 KCAs spanned six continents across 17 localized voting sites, giving kids practically everywhere the chance to decide who took home a coveted blimp. 

BREAKING NEWS: TOOLZ, TOKE MAKINWA, FREEZE, WANA WANA NOMINATED FOR NICKELODEON 2014 KIDS CHOICE AWARDS!

When it comes to the year’s best in entertainment, there’s no need to ask an academy; just ask the kids, and they’ll let you know. Today, kids made their voices heard as the nominees for the 27th Annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards were announced.

For the first time ever, the KCAs will feature two African categories including a “Nigerian On Air Personality” category and the nominees are Beat FM’s Toolz, Rhythm FM’s Toke Makinwa, Freeze of Cool FM and Wana Wana from Inspiration FM.

Also for South Africa, the “Favourite South African Radio DJ” nominees include Anele Mdoda from Highveld Stereo, 5FM’s DJ Fresh and Gareth Cliff, and Unathi Msengana from Metro FM. 

This year’s awards which will be hosted by Hollywood superstar, Mark Wahlberg will also feature other top celebrities nominees like Jennifer Lawrence, Sandra Bullock, Pharrell Williams, Neil Patrick Harris, Hugh Jackman, Dwayne Johnson, Mila Kunis, Steve Carell, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, One Direction, Miley Cyrus, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake, Pitbull, Bruno Mars, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Jennette McCurdy, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and many more.

Fans can start voting for their favourite South African, Nigerian nominee and other categories by visiting the official Nickelodeon webisite,www.nickelodeonafrica.com or onwww.facebook.com/nickelodeonafrica, or send a tweet to @nickafrica with the hashtag #KCA, followed by the voting hashtag of the relevant personality: #VoteToke,#VoteFreeze, #VoteWanaWana,#VoteToolz, #VoteUnathi,#VoteAnele, #VoteGareth or#Vote

Fresh, eg: #KCA #VoteToke. 

Nickelodeon 2014 Kids Choice Awards will air on Nickelodeon (DStv Channel 305) on Sunday, 2 April 2014 at 3PM.

“The Hunger Games” franchise, which received four nominations for Favourite Movie, Favourite Book, and Jennifer Lawrence for Favourite Movie Actress and Favourite Female Buttkicker.  Iron Man 3 is right behind with three nominations for Favourite Movie and Robert Downey, Jr. for Favourite Movie Actor and Favourite Male Buttkicker. The Smurfs 2 also nabbed three nominations for Favourite Movie, Favourite Movie Actor (Neil Patrick Harris) and Favourite Movie Actress (Jayma Mays).

In television, Sam & Cat stars Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande, Bridgit Medler (Good Luck Charlie) and Debby Ryan (Jessie) will compete for Favourite TV Actress, with their respective shows Sam & Cat, Good Luck Charlie, Jessie, along with The Big Bang Theory rounding out the Favourite TV Show nominees. First-time nominees Benjamin Flores, Jr. (The Haunted Hathaways) and Jack Griffo (The Thundermans) will face off against last year’s KCA winner for Favourite TV Actor, Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally), and 2012 winner, Jake Short (A.N.T. Farm) for the coveted blimp.

Stacking up three nominations this year, Katy Perry will take on Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift for Favourite Female singer, while musical sensation One Direction will face-off against Maroon 5, One Republic and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for Favourite Music Group. Katy Perry and One Direction will also return as nominees in the same categories in which they took home blimps last year.  Former Kids’ Choice Awards host, Justin Timberlake, who is no stranger to slime, will battle contenders Bruno Mars, Pitbull and Pharrell Williams for Favourite Male Singer.

The 2014 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards will be seen in more than 375 million households around the world and in more than 25 languages. Within hours of airing live in the United States and Canada, the show will roll out internationally, providing kids around the world the opportunity to tune into their local Nickelodeon channel to enjoy the show faster than ever.

The nominees for Nickelodeon’s 27th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards are:

Favourite South African Radio DJ

Anele Mdoda - Highveld stereo

DJ Fresh – 5FM

Gareth Cliff - 5FM

Unathi Msengana - Metro FM

Favourite Nigerian On Air Personality

Toke Makinwa - Rhythm FM

Freeze - Cool FM

Wana Wana - Inspiration FM

Toolz - The Beat FM

Favourite TV Show

The Big Bang Theory

Good Luck Charlie

Jessie

Sam & Cat

Favourite Reality Show

America’s Got Talent

American Idol

The Voice

Wipeout

Favourite Cartoon

Adventure Time

Phineas and Ferb

SpongeBob SquarePants

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Favourite TV Actor

Benjamin Flores, Jr (The Haunted Hathaways)

Jack Griffo (The Thundermans)

Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally)

Jake Short (A.N.T. Farm)

Favourite TV Actress

Ariana Grande (Sam & Cat)

Jennette McCurdy (Sam & Cat)

Bridgit Mendler (Good Luck Charlie)

Debby Ryan (Jessie)

Favourite Movie

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Iron Man 3

Oz the Great and Powerful

The Smurfs 2

Favourite Movie Actor

Johnny Depp (The Lone Ranger)

Robert Downey, Jr (Iron Man 3)

Neil Patrick Harris (The Smurfs 2)

Adam Sandler (Grown Ups 2)

Favourite Movie Actress

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Mila Kunis (Oz: The Great and Powerful)

Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

Jayma Mays (The Smurfs 2)

Favourite Animated Movie

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Despicable Me 2

Frozen

Monsters University

Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie

Steve Carell (Despicable Me 2)

Miranda Cosgrove (Despicable Me 2)

Billy Crystal (Monsters University)

Katy Perry (The Smurfs 2)

Favourite Male Buttkicker

Johnny Depp (The Lone Ranger)

Robert Downey, Jr (Iron Man 3)

Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine)

Dwayne Johnson (Fast & Furious 6)

Favourite Female Buttkicker

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

Jena Malone (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

Favourite Music Group

Maroon 5

One Direction

One Republic

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Favourite Male Singer

Bruno Mars

Pitbull

Justin Timberlake

Pharrell Williams

Favourite Female Singer

Lady Gaga

Selena Gomez

Katy Perry

Taylor Swift

Favourite Song

“I Knew You Were Trouble” (Taylor Swift)

“Roar” (Katy Perry)

“Story of My Life” (One Direction)

“Wrecking Ball” (Miley Cyrus)

Favourite Book

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Harry Potter series

The Hobbit

The Hunger Games series

Favourite Videogame

Angry Birds Star Wars

Disney Infinity

Just Dance 2014

Minecraft

Favourite App Game

Angry Birds Star Wars II

Candy Crush Saga

Despicable Me: Minion Rush

Temple Run

Favourite Funny Star

Kaley Cuoco

Kevin Hart

Andy Samberg

Sofia Vergara

Favourite Animated Animal Sidekick

Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb)

Sparky (Fairly Odd Parents)

Waddles (Gravity Falls)

Most Enthusiastic Athlete

Dwight Howard

Cam Newton

David Ortiz

Richard Sherman

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