Under Embargo until 18:40 on Sunday, 29th March 2015 ONE DIRECTION, ZOE SUGG, RIXTON, ANT & DEC, AND PRINCE ESSEX ALL WIN AT NICKELODEON'S KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS Host Nick Jonas, 5 Seconds of Summer, Shawn Mendes, Diversity and Ant and Dec All Doused with Slime Kids Cast Record-Breaking 500 Million Votes Globally Encore Broadcast of Star-Studded Awards at 6:30pm on Monday, 30th March on Nickelodeon ** For the EPK and still photos from Nickelodeon’s 28th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards, please visit: www.NickKCApress.com London, 29th March 2015 6:40pm – Global pop phenomenon, One Direction and the group’s legions of fans were recognised at 28th Annual Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. The group took home two blimps, winning Favourite Music Group in the international vote as well as UK Favourite Music Act. Devoted fans of the group, the Directioners, were also recognised as they won UK Favourite Fan Family. Other UK winners at this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards included Rixton (UK Favourite Breakthrough) and Alexis Sánchez (UK Favourite Football Star). Zoella (Zoe Sugg) repeated her victory of last year, winning UK Favourite Vlogger for the second year in a row. In the new categories for the year, The Diamond Mine Cart, took the blimp for UK Favourite Tipster while pet of Joey Essex, Prince Essex, proved himself ‘the cat’s meow,’ by being voted UK Favourite Celebrity Animal. Recognising their outstanding contribution to entertainment, Ant and Dec were awarded the honorary UK TV Legends Award. Fans that missed the premiere broadcast of the Awards this evening will have another chance to catch the slime and star-filled Awards Show when it encores at 6:30pm on Monday, 30th March. The Awards will air through the week on Nickelodeon and, for the very first time, on Channel 5 on Sunday, 5th April. Hosted by recording artist/actor and kids’ pick for Favourite Male Singer Nick Jonas, the awards were broadcast from Los Angeles’ legendary “Fabulous” Forum, where kids celebrated their favourites from the worlds of film, music, television and more. Kids from around the world cast more than 500 million votes, a record-breaking tally. Multi-talented host Jonas opened the show with a stunning performance of his Billboard Top 10 smash, “Chains” and radio hit, “Jealous.” Backed by tween-metal trio Unlocking the Truth, his theatrical set also featured a celeb-filled video montage, 3D elements and aerialists. Hip-hop phenomenon Iggy Azalea was joined by Academy Award- and Grammy-winner Jennifer Hudson onstage in a bold and dynamic rendition of their hit “Trouble.” In the epic Awards finale, Aussie pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer’s powerful performance of “What I Like About You” literally blew out the slime-filled speakers, flooding the stage with thousands of gallons of slime. This year’s Kids’ Choice Awards proved to be as messy as ever: from Diversity being caught in a slime shower in the Awards introduction to Jennifer Lopez presenting Jonas with his award and a surprise sliming. Backstage Chris Pratt and the cast of Nickelodeon show Henry Danger took each other on in a pie fight, while Ant and Dec were coated in the green goo by UK hosts Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely presented them with Nickelodeon’s first ever Kids’ Choice Award UK TV Legends honorary Award. The star-studded telecast featured additional celebrity participants, including: Jamie Foxx, Emma Stone, Liam Hemsworth, Chris Rock, Zendaya, Debby Ryan, Chloe Bennet, Fifth Harmony, Joe Jonas, Nick Cannon, Shawn Mendes, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Kevin James, Mo’ne Davis, Skylar Diggins, Ross Lynch, Quvenzhané Wallis, Meghan Trainor, Jennette McCurdy plus cast members from The Haunted Hathaways, SpongeBob SquarePants, and many others. Kids and families paid tribute to their favourites by casting across seven UK specific and additional international categories online, on The Nick App and via Twitter using the hashtag #KCA. Fans can catch up on all of the gossip from the slime-fest by going to kca.nick.co.uk, the official destination for everything Kids’ Choice Awards, with hilarious videos, photo galleries, games and all of the latest KCA news on this year’s show. The following are Nickelodeon’s 28th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards winners (in bold): UK Categories UK Favourite Music Act Ed Sheeran Jessie J Little Mix One Direction UK Favourite Celebrity Animal Hot Lips (Lady Di, Eastenders) Pippin & Percy (Zoella’s Guinea Pigs) Prince Essex (Joey Essex’s Cat) Pudsey the Dog UK Favourite Football Star Alexis Sánchez Diego Costa Raheem Sterling Wayne Rooney UK Favourite Tipster The Diamond Mine Cart Sean Thorne (Fun Kids Radio) Spencer FC Mr. Stampy Cat UK Favourite Breakthrough Ella Henderson Ella Eyre George Ezra Rixton UK Favourite Fan Family Arianators Directioners Swifties Vampettes UK Favourite Vlogger Zoella Niomi Smart Caspar Lee Alfie Deyes International Categories Favourite Kids TV Show Austin & Ally Dog With a Blog Every Witch Way Henry Danger Jesse Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Favourite TV Actor Benjamin Flores Jr. (The Haunted Hathaways) Charlie McDermott (The Middle) Grant Gustin (The Flash) Jack Griffo (The Thundermans) Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally) Favourite TV Actress Chloe Bennet (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) Debby Ryan (Jessie) Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time) Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting (The Big Bang Theory) Kira Kosarin (The Thundermans) Laura Marano (Austin & Ally) Favourite Cartoon Adventure Time Fairly Odd Parents Phineas &Ferb SpongeBob SquarePants Teens Titans Go! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Favourite Reality Show American Ninja Warrior Cupcake Wars Dance Moms Masterchef Jr. Shark Tank Wipeout Favourite Talent Competition Show American Idol America’s Got Talent Americas Next Top Model Dancing With the Stars So You Think You Can Dance The Voice Favourite Family TV Show Big Bang Theory Gotham Marvel’s Agents of Shield Modern Family Once Upon A Time The Flash FILM: Favourite Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Maleficent The Amazing Spiderman 2 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Transformers: Age of Extinction Favourite Villain Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) Cameron Diaz (Annie) Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1) Jamie Foxx (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy) Meryl Streep (Into the Woods) Favourite Movie Actor Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb) Hugh Jackman (X-Men: Days of Future Past) Jamie Foxx (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) Mark Wahlberg (Transformers: Age of Extinction) Steve Carell (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) Will Arnett (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Lego Movie) Favourite Movie Actress Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) Cameron Diaz (Annie) Elle Fanning (Maleficent) Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) Jennifer Garner (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) Megan Fox (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Favourite Animated Movie Big Hero 6 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Penguins of Madagascar Rio 2 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water Favourite Male Action Star Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) Channing Tatum (Jupiter Ascending) Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) Hugh Jackman (X-Men: Days of Future Past) Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1) Favourite Female Action Star Ellen Page (X-Men: Days of Future Past) Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) Halle Berry (X-Men: Days of Future Past) Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and X-Men: Days of Future Past) Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy) MUSIC: Favourite Music Group Coldplay Fall Out Boy Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 One Direction One Republic Favourite Male Singer Blake Shelton Bruno Mars Justin Timberlake Nick Jonas Pharrell Williams Sam Smith Favourite Female Singer Ariana Grande Beyoncé Katy Perry Nicki Minaj Selena Gomez Taylor Swift Favourite Song Of The Year All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor) Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj) Dark Horse (Katy Perry feat. Juicy J) Fancy (Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX) Problem (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea) Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) Favourite New Artist 5 Seconds of Summer Echosmith Fifth Harmony Iggy Azalea Jessie J Meghan Trainor OTHER CATEGORIES: Most Addicting Game Angry Birds Transformers Candy Crush Disney Infinity 2.0 Mario Kart 8 Minecraft Skylander’s Trap Team Favourite Book Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series Divergent: The Book Series Heroes of Olympus Book Series Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods The Fault in Our Stars The Maze Runner The 2015 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards will be seen in more than 431 million households in 160 countries and territories around the globe. Within hours of airing live in the United States, Canada and Australia, the show will roll out in internationally giving kids around the world the opportunity to tune into their local Nickelodeon channel to enjoy the show. Voting for the 2015 KCAs spanned six continents across 19 localised voting sites, in addition to Twitter hashtag voting (#KCA), giving kids practically everywhere the chance to decide who takes home a coveted blimp. The presenting international sponsors of the 2015 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards are Heelys, Why Walk? and Dreamworks’ comedy movie, HOME. The UK sponsor is Nickelodeon Land at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards is produced by Nickelodeon Productions. Jay Schmalholz, Shelly Sumpter Gillyard, Andrew Llinares and Paula Kaplan are executive producers. Ben Thursby is co- executive producer. Nickelodeon Available in 13 million homes, Nickelodeon is the place where kids rule and features top shows such as Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards, The Haunted Hathaways, The Thundermans, SpongeBob SquarePants and Sam & Cat. Launched in 1993, Nickelodeon brings hit international and locally-produced entertainment content to audiences in the UK and Ireland.