The 34th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ceremony was held on March 13, 2021, at the Barker Hangar in

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with

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serving as host. It aired live on

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and in a domestic simulcast with several other

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cable networks, and was broadcast live or tape delayed across all of Nickelodeon's international networks. The ceremony was held with most presenters, winners, and performers in-person, with some appearing virtually due to the ongoing

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. The show also featured an interactive fan wall to allow for an audience, and utilized XR technology throughout its broadcast.

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performed "

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" with

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, as well as " Anyone" and "

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", the former originally being planned for the previous years' ceremony. The show set a

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for 'Most People Gunged/Slimed Simultaneously Online' with 195 participants. In addition,

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became only the second person since

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to win both 'Favorite Movie Actress' and ' Favorite TV Actress' within the same ceremony. On March 18, it was announced that

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set another world record after winning three awards in the ceremony, achieving them the Guinness World Record for 'Most Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards blimps won by a music group', with five overall (one each in

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and

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). A new episode of ''

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'' led into the ceremony, while a new episode of ''

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'' served as the lead-out.

Appearances

The ceremony featured appearances by celebrities including

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Jayden Bartels Jayden Bartels (born November 1, 2004) is an American social media personality, YouTuber, singer and actress. She has over 852,000 subscribers on YouTube and known for her roles on Disney Channel's '' Coop & Cami Ask the World'' and Nickelodeon's ...

Joshua Bassett Joshua Taylor Bassett (born December 22, 2000) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He is known for his starring role as Ricky Bowen in '' High School Musical: The Musical: The Series''. Early life Bassett was born and raised in Oc ...

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Dove Cameron Dove Olivia Cameron (born Chloe Celeste Hosterman; January 15, 1996) is an American singer and actress. She became famous for her double role of the eponymous characters in the Disney Channel comedy series ''Liv and Maddie'', for which she won ...

Terry Crews Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, television host, and former American footballer. He played Julius Rock in the UPN/ CW sitcom ''Everybody Hates Chris'', which aired from 2005 to 2009, and portrayed Terry Jeffords in ...

Charli D'Amelio Charli Grace D'Amelio ( ; born May 1, 2004) is an American social media personality. She was a competitive dancer for over 10 years before starting her social media career in 2019, when she started posting dance videos on the video-sharing pl ...

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, Young Dylan,

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, Gabrielle Nevaeh Green,

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, That Girl Lay Lay,

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JoJo Siwa Joelle Joanie "JoJo" Siwa (; born May 19, 2003) is an American dancer, singer, actress and YouTuber. She is known for appearing for two seasons on ''Dance Moms'' along with her mother, Jessalynn Siwa, and for her singles "Boomerang" and "Kid in ...

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, and

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. Also during the show were ''

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'' cast members

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, and

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all reuniting together, and Thompson's onscreen daughters of ''

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'', Dani and Dannah Lane.

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, also made an appearance during the ceremony.

Performers

Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced and voting opened on February 2, 2021. Voting ended on March 13, 2021. The winners are listed first, highlighted in boldfaced text.

Movies

Television

Music

Sports

Miscellaneous

Special Recognition

Generation Change

International

The following are nominations for awards to be given by Nickelodeon's international networks.

Notes

References

External links

* (archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kids' Choice Awards, 2021 Kids' Choice

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