The 24th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 2, 2011, at the

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at the

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, US's University Park neighborhood due to renovations disallowing use of traditional venue

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until at least 2013.

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returned as host for the third time since 2006. The 2011 telecast was the first Kids' Choice Awards to take place in the month of April since 2006, as the previous four Kids' Choice telecasts from 2007 to 2010 were held on the last Saturday in March. Nominees were announced on February 10, 2011, for twenty categories. During the show, the Big Green Help Award was presented to

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, an honor given each year. More than 200 million record-breaking votes were cast for this year's 20-category awards. Musical performances during the awards telecast included

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, who performed their single "

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" from their gold certified debut album ''

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'' with a surprise appearance by

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, who was slimed at the end of the song. (This marked the second time a Nickelodeon act performed during the actual Kids' Choice telecast after The Naked Brothers Band in

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and

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also performed during the awards telecast, and each sang a medley of some of their 2 latest hit singles. For the third year in a row, the award show was preceded by a ''Countdown to Kids' Choice!'' pre-show telecast, which aired live from 7 to 8 p.m. ET as wraparound segments during regularly scheduled programming; the pre-show was hosted by '' BrainSurge'' host Jeff Sutphen, ''

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'' cast member Daniella Monet, ''

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'' cast member Noah Munck, and recording artist Aaron Fresh.

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performed their 2010 hit single " Hey, Soul Sister" during the pre-show;

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, who was also a presenter during the awards telecast, performed the single "Beggin' on Your Knees" from the upcoming soundtrack to her Nickelodeon series ''Victorious'' during the pre-show. The song was also featured during a new episode of ''Victorious'', also titled "Beggin' on Your Knees", which aired immediately following the awards at 9:35 p.m. ET/PT. Like the previous year, Nickelodeon's sister channels TeenNick and

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suspended regular programming during the 95-minute duration of the award show, allowing viewers to see the awards. A portion of

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and Jefferson Boulevard fronting Galen Center was blocked off for the "orange carpet", a stage, and the

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for fans to watch the broadcasting of the pre-show. On April 1, Nickelodeon reported the slime was stolen as part of the

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joke. As with previous years, voting took place online via the (no longer active) program's official webpage (www.nick.com/kca11) and mobile site (m.nick.com/kca11) beginning on March 7, along with an

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application made specifically for the awards as introduced in the previous year. In addition, the network's

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page also allowed voting via the Facebook accounts of 'fans' of the channel for the first time.

Presenters and performers, and stunts for KCA 2011

Hosts

* Pre-show hosts: Aaron Fresh, Daniella Monet, Noah Munck, and Jeff Sutphen

Presenters

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Nick Cannon Nicholas Scott Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American comedian, television presenter, actor, and rapper. In television, he began his career as a teenager on Nickelodeon's '' All That'' before going on to host '' The Nick Cannon Show'', '' ...

Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and producer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness World Records and appeared on ''Forbes " 30 ...

Rosario Dawson Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama '' Kids''. Her subsequent film roles include '' He Got Game'' (1998), '' Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Men in B ...

Randy Jackson Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on ''American Idol'' from 2002 to 2013. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing b ...

Joe Jonas Joseph Adam Jonas (born August 15, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the pop rock band the Jonas Brothers, alongside his brothers Kevin Jonas, Kevin and Nick Jonas, Nick. The group released their ...

* Kim and

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* Heidi Klum *

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* Taylor Momsen * Cory Monteith * Keke Palmer * Rico Rodriguez * Jason Segel *

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* Sofia Vergara *

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* The Big Show

Performers

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– "

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" with Jack Black, " The Time (Dirty Bit)", " Just Can't Get Enough" *

– " 21st Century Girl", " Whip My Hair" *

– " Beggin' on Your Knees" (pre-show) *

– " Hey, Soul Sister" (pre-show)

Announcer

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Special appearances

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''. *

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appeared at the end of the show in a giant hot-air balloon. * Po the Panda Bear from ''

'' (voiced by

) appeared in the audience at least three times performing in mini-skits with Britney Spears. *Blu and Jewel from '' Rio'' (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg and

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) appeared backstage at the awards.

Nicktoon appearances

The following characters (except Po) announce certain unseen awards between commercials. *'' Kung Fu Panda 2 and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' – Po *'' The Penguins of Madagascar'' – The Penguins and King Julien, announcing Favorite Butt-kicker *'' T.U.F.F. Puppy'' – Agents Dudley Puppy and Kitty Katswell, announcing Favorite Animated Movie *'' Fairly OddParents'' – Cosmo, Wanda and Poof (in CGI), announcing Favorite Male Singer *'' Planet Sheen'' – Sheen and Nesmith, announcing Favorite Book. *'' Rio'' – Blu and Jewel (not Nicktoons but to promote their movie), announcing Favorite Female Singer *'' Monkey Quest'' – Monkeys, announcing Favorite Cartoon, Favorite TV Actor, and Favorite Video Game *'' Fanboy & Chum Chum'' – Fanboy and Chum Chum, announcing Favorite Male Athlete

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.

Movies

Television

Music

Sports

Miscellaneous

Events within the show

Slime stunts

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Slimed celebrities

In a pre-show promo, Miranda, Jennette,

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, Jerry, and Keke were slimed in slow motion. *

– Jack Black was slimed near the end of the program during a special appearance by Jim Carrey, who himself was slimed while in a hot air balloon-shaped apparatus. *

– This was not a planned sliming, but Brand and Rico Rodriguez had slime flicked at them by audience members who were slimed by Johnny Depp, following his acceptance of his Favorite Movie Actor award. *

– Collateral slime from Heidi Klum. *

– Carrey made a special cameo appearance near the end of the program, and was slimed while in a hot air balloon-shaped apparatus. This is also his 2nd sliming since his big sliming at the 2003 KCA's. *

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– Johnny Depp was not slimed himself, though he slimed several young audience members during his acceptance of his Favorite Movie Actor award. *

– Snoop Dogg was slimed at the end of a performance of the single "Boyfriend" by Big Time Rush, in which the rapper also performed as well. * Kaley Cuoco – During the Arm Fart Hall of Fame to help win the contest. * Josh Duhamel – Duhamel was showered with slime while sitting on a throne, during his acceptance of the viewer-voted celebrity "Arm Fart Hall of Fame" award. *Jewel and Blu (animated, from '' Rio'') – From backstage, someone spilled slime on Jewel. She shakes some slime off and landed on Blu's eyes, making him see a girl's blue high heel, mistaking him for Jewel, who jokingly leads him off to get his eyes checked. * Heidi Klum – Heidi was slimed by an envelope intended to reveal the winner of the Favorite TV Actress award (which went to

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for her role in the Disney Channel series ''

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''). * Rico Rodriguez – This was not a planned sliming, but Rodriguez and Russell Brand had slime flicked at them by audience members who were slimed by Johnny Depp, following his acceptance of his Favorite Movie Actor award. Beforehand, Brand had "scolded" the audience for the mess caused by Depp's sliming. * Jason Segel – Segel was slimed by co-presenter Jane Lynch (in an homage to a scene from the pilot episode of the Fox series ''

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''), in which Lynch dumped a cup filled with slime on Segel's head. *Po (animated, from ''

'' and '' Kung Fu Panda 2'') – Jack Black sends down the slime on his character and Po shouted, "Awesome!" and returned to his ancient cartoon China, as stated by Jack Black.

References

Nominations

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kids' Choice Awards, 2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Kids' Choice Awards Kids' Choice Kids' Choice Awards 2011 in Los Angeles Television shows directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller