# 2022 Kids' Choice Awards

The 35th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ceremony was held on April 9, 2022, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California with Miranda Cosgrove and Rob Gronkowski serving as hosts. It aired live on Nickelodeon and in a domestic simulcast with several other Paramount Global cable networks, and was broadcast live or tape delayed across all of Nickelodeon's international networks.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the first Kids' Choice Awards ceremony since the 2019 show to feature a live audience. The ceremony, which was the first since the 2004 show to have two hosts, featured one thousand slimings as well as performances from Kid Cudi and Jack Harlow. Following the ceremony, a "Slime Cut" version of the show hosted by Young Dylan became available to stream on Paramount+ on April 12.
BTS continued their Guinness World Record for 'Most Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards blimps won by a music group', extending to six wins after winning the 'Favorite Music Group' category for the third consecutive year. This also tied them for the most wins within the 'Favorite Music Group' category with The Black Eyed Peas (who won non-consecutively in 2007, 2010, and 2011), One Direction (who also won consecutively 2013–2015), and Fifth Harmony (who also won consecutively 2016–2018).
A new episode of Danger Force led into the ceremony, while a linear premiere of a new episode of iCarly served as the lead-out.

## Appearances

Prior to the ceremony, Owen Holt and Txunamy hosted an Orange Carpet livestream on the Nickelodeon YouTube channel.
The ceremony featured appearances by celebrities including Jayden Bartels, Brie and Nikki Bella, Sabrina Carpenter, Sofia Carson, Milan Carter, Chance the Rapper, Simon Cowell, Isaiah Crews, Terry Crews, Charli and Dixie D'Amelio, Isla Fisher, Jordan Fisher, Kate Godfrey, Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Karl Jacobs, Heidi Klum, Jules LeBlanc, Peyton List, Ralph Macchio, Howie Mandel, Christopher Martinez, Ariana Molkara, MrBeast, Jace Norman, Josh Peck, Charlie Puth, Anton Starkman, Unspeakable, Sofía Vergara, and Xavier Woods. First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, also made an appearance at the ceremony.
Presenters at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards :
| Presenter(s) | Role |
| Chloe & Halle Bailey | Presented 'Favorite Male Creator' |
| Nikki & Brie Bella Karl Jacobs | Presented 'Favorite Reality Show' |
| That Girl Lay Lay Young Dylan | Introduced Jack Harlow |
| Peyton List Ralph Macchio | Presented 'Favorite Female Creator' |
| Dwayne Johnson Kevin Hart | Preview of DC League of Super-Pets |
| Gabrielle Union Charlie Puth | Presented 'Favorite Breakout Artist' |
| Miranda Cosgrove | Introduced Jill Biden |
| Xavier Woods Josh Peck | Presented 'Favorite Male TV Star (Kids)' |
| My Squishy Little Dumplings | Presented 'Favorite Female Sports Star', 'Favorite Male TV Star (Family)', 'Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie', 'Favorite Male Artist', 'Favorite Music Collaboration', 'Favorite Female Artist', 'Favorite Male Sports Star', and 'Favorite Global Music Star' |
| Sofia Carson Jordan Fisher | Presented 'Favorite Social Music Star' |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Preview of Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank |
| Jace Norman Unspeakable | Introduced Kid Cudi |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Presented 'Favorite Family TV Show' |
| Isla Fisher | Presented 'Favorite Movie' |

## Performers

Performers at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards :
| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Jack Harlow | "Nail Tech" "Industry Baby" "First Class" |
| Kid Cudi | "Stars in the Sky" "Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix)" |

## Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced and voting opened on March 9, 2022. Voting ended on April 9, 2022. The winners are listed first, highlighted in boldfaced text.

### Movies

| Favorite Movie | Favorite Movie Actor |
| Spider-Man: No Way Home Cinderella Clifford the Big Red Dog Jungle Cruise Space Jam: A New Legacy Tom & Jerry: The Movie | Tom Holland – Spider-Man: No Way Home as Peter Parker / Spider-Man John Cena – F9: The Fast Saga as Jakob Toretto Vin Diesel – F9: The Fast Saga as Dominic Toretto LeBron James – Space Jam: A New Legacy as himself Dwayne Johnson – Jungle Cruise as Frank Wolff & Red Notice as John Hartley Ryan Reynolds – Free Guy as Guy & Red Notice as Nolan Booth |
| Favorite Movie Actress | Favorite Animated Movie |
| Zendaya – Spider-Man: No Way Home as MJ & Dune as Chani Emily Blunt – Jungle Cruise as Lily Houghton Camila Cabello – Cinderella as Cinderella Scarlett Johansson – Black Widow as Natasha Romanoff Angelina Jolie – Eternals as Thena Emma Stone – Cruella as Estella / Cruella | Encanto Luca Paw Patrol: The Movie Sing 2 The Boss Baby: Family Business The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run |
| Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie ||
| Scarlett Johansson – Sing 2 as Ash Awkwafina – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as Otto & Raya and the Last Dragon as Sisu Tom Kenny – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as SpongeBob Keanu Reeves – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as Sage Charlize Theron – The Addams Family 2 as Morticia Addams Reese Witherspoon – Sing 2 as Rosita ||

### Television

| Favorite Kids TV Show | Favorite Male TV Star (Kids) |
| High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Are You Afraid of the Dark? Danger Force Raven's Home That Girl Lay Lay The Baby-Sitters Club | Joshua Bassett – High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Ricky Raphael Alejandro – Bunk'd as Matteo Silva Cooper Barnes – Danger Force as Ray Manchester / Captain Man Young Dylan – Young Dylan as Young Dylan Bryce Gheisar – The Astronauts as Elliott Combs & Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Luke McCoy Luca Luhan – Danger Force as Bose / Brainstorm |
| Favorite Female TV Star (Kids) | Favorite Family TV Show |
| Olivia Rodrigo – High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Nini Malia Baker – The Baby-Sitters Club as Mary Anne Spier & Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Gabby Lewis Havan Flores – Danger Force as Chapa / Volt Raven-Symoné – Raven's Home as Raven Baxter That Girl Lay Lay – That Girl Lay Lay as Lay Lay Sofia Wylie – High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Gina | iCarly Cobra Kai The Flash Loki WandaVision Young Sheldon |
| Favorite Male TV Star (Family) | Favorite Female TV Star (Family) |
| Tom Hiddleston – Loki as Loki Iain Armitage – Young Sheldon as Sheldon Cooper Nathan Kress – iCarly as Freddie Benson Ralph Macchio – Cobra Kai as Daniel LaRusso Jeremy Renner – Hawkeye as Clint Barton Jerry Trainor – iCarly as Spencer Shay | Miranda Cosgrove – iCarly as Carly Shay Peyton List – Cobra Kai as Tory Nichols Mary Mouser – Cobra Kai as Samantha LaRusso Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch Yara Shahidi – Black-ish/Grown-ish as Zoey Johnson Hailee Steinfeld – Hawkeye as Kate Bishop |
| Favorite Reality Show | Favorite Cartoon |
| America's Got Talent American Idol Kids Baking Championship Lego Masters The Masked Singer Wipeout | SpongeBob SquarePants Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Looney Tunes Cartoons Teen Titans Go! The Loud House The Smurfs |

### Music

| Favorite Music Group | Favorite Male Artist |
| BTS Black Eyed Peas Florida Georgia Line Jonas Brothers Maroon 5 Migos | Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Drake Bruno Mars Shawn Mendes The Weeknd |
| Favorite Female Artist | Favorite Song |
| Ariana Grande Adele Cardi B Billie Eilish Lady Gaga Taylor Swift | "Happier Than Ever" – Billie Eilish "Easy on Me" – Adele "Up" – Cardi B "Bad Habits" – Ed Sheeran "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift "Take My Breath" – The Weeknd |
| Favorite Album | Favorite Breakout Artist |
| Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish 30 – Adele Justice – Justin Bieber Certified Lover Boy – Drake Fearless (Taylor's Version) – Taylor Swift Red (Taylor's Version) – Taylor Swift | Olivia Rodrigo Chlöe Glass Animals Jack Harlow Saweetie Walker Hayes |
| Favorite Music Collaboration | Favorite Social Music Star |
| "Stay" – The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber "Beautiful Mistakes" – Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion "Best Friend" – Saweetie featuring Doja Cat "Leave Before You Love Me" – Marshmello & Jonas Brothers "Rumors" – Lizzo featuring Cardi B "Save Your Tears" – The Weeknd & Ariana Grande | Dixie D'Amelio JoJo Siwa Johnny Orlando Addison Rae That Girl Lay Lay Oliver Tree |
| Favorite Global Music Star ||
| Adele (UK) BTS (Asia) Camilo (Latin America) Olivia Rodrigo (North America) Rosalía (Europe) Tems (Africa) Tones and I (Australia) ||

### Sports

| Favorite Male Sports Star | Favorite Female Sports Star |
| Tom Brady Stephen Curry LeBron James Patrick Mahomes II Cristiano Ronaldo Shaun White | Chloe Kim Sasha Banks Simone Biles Naomi Osaka Candace Parker Serena Williams |

### Miscellaneous

| Favorite Male Creator | Favorite Female Creator |
| MrBeast Austin Creed Ninja Ryan's World Spencer X Unspeakable | Charli D'Amelio Addison Rae Emma Chamberlain Kids Diana Show Lexi Rivera Miranda Sings |
| Favorite Video Game ||
| Minecraft Brookhaven Just Dance 2022 Mario Party Superstars ||

## International

The following are nominations for awards to be given by Nickelodeon's international networks.
| Favorite Star (Africa) | Favorite Kidfluencer (Africa) |
| Makhadzi Focalistic Major League DJz Pitso Mosimane Tems | Sbahle Mzizi Adaeze Onuigbo Masaka Kids Africana Sassy Taylor Morrison Uncle Vinny Witney Ramabulana |
| Aussie/Kiwi Legend of the Year | Favorite Star (Belgium) |
| Savannah Clarke - Now United Sam Kerr Calvin & Kaison Georgie Stone Josh Giddey | CAMILLE Axel Witsel Lost Frequencies Stromae |
| Favorite Family (Netherlands & Belgium) | Favorite Star (Netherlands) |
| The Plas family The Asporaat family The Flex family The Janzen family The Planckaert family | Max Verstappen Emma Heesters Freek Vonk Nesim el Ahmadi Tabitha |
| Brazilian Influencer | Brazilian Artist |
| Juliette Luccas Abreu Pequena Lo Virginia Enaldinho Boca Rosa | Anitta Manu Gavassi Vitor Kley Dilsinho Zé Felipe Agnes Nunes |
| Favorite Singer (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) | Favorite Song (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) |
| Lena LEA Luna Mark Forster Nico Santos Zoe Wees | "Girls Like Us" – Zoe Wees "blau" – Luna "Faded Love" – Leony "Stark" – Sarah Connor |
| Favorite Social Media Star (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) | Favorite Crew (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) |
| Younes Zarou julesboringlife Karim Jamal Nic Kaufmann Tina Neumann Twenty4Tim | Elevator Boys (Elevator Mansion) Gewitter im Kopf Rocket Beans Spotlight Cast |
| Favorite Footballer (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) | Favorite Star (Hungary) |
| Lea Schüller Christopher Nkunku Florian Wirtz Jude Bellingham Laura Freigang Nicole Billa | Dorci Pap Fanni Illés Kristóf Milák Zóra Palkovics |
| Favorite Social Star (Italy) | Favorite Singer (Italy) |
| Alessia Lanza Ambra Cotti Captain Blazer Giulia Sara Salemi Michelle Cavallaro | AKA 7even Alfa Deddy Elodie Sangiovanni |
| Favorite Comic Star (Italy) | Favorite Influencer (Latin America) |
| Mattia Stanga Khaby Lame Kiro Ebra LolloBarollo Rametta | Fede Vigevani y la Vecibanda Jashlem Jimena Jiménez Yolo Aventuras Los Polinesios Skabeche |
| Favorite Artist (Latin America) | Favorite Star (Arabia) |
| Camilo Sebastián Yatra Piso 21 Danna Paola Rauw Alejandro María Becerra | Anasala Family AboFlah Issam Alnajjar Noor Stars |
| Favorite Star (Poland) | Favorite Influencer (Poland) |
| Sanah Daria Zawiałow Dawid Kwiatkowski Natalia Szroeder Roxie Węgiel | Kinga Sawczuk Cookie Mint Maria Jeleniewska Mela Modela Twins Style |
| Favorite Internet Star (Portugal) | Favorite Star (Romania) |
| Inês Teixeira Constanza Ariza Teresa Bonvalot Tiago Leitão | Cătălin Ionuț Antonio Pican Iuliana Beregoi Louis Florea |
| Favorite Artist (Spain) | Favorite Influencer (Spain) |
| Alexity David Rees Melani Samantha | Indy Lu Silvia Sánchez Marru |