Kids’ Choice Awards 2024: full list of nominees and categories

The summer 2023 blockbuster Barbie dominates the nominations at this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards, which are to be held in Los Angeles this weekend.

Greta Gerwig’s movie is up for a total of eight accolades, including Favorite Movie. Barbie stars Margot Robbie and America Ferrera have been nominated for Favorite Movie Actress, while Robbie’s co-lead, Ryan Gosling, is in the running for Favorite Movie Actor.

Swift nominated for several Kids’ Choice Awards

The singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-nominated individual at the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards, with six nods. Swift, who is an eight-time Kids’ Choice winner, is in contention for gongs including Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Album. Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and Justin Timberlake each have four nominations each.

Swift’s boyfriend, NFL player Travis Kelce, is also among the Kids’ Choice nominees. Kelce is one of six athletes vying for the Favorite Male Sports Star award.

2024 Kids’ Choice Awards: full list of nominees

Television

Favorite Kids TV Show

Danger Force; High School Musical: The Musical: The Series; Percy Jackson and the Olympians; Power Rangers Cosmic Fury; Raven’s Home; The Muppets Mayhem; The Really Loud House; Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan

Favorite Family TV Show

Abbott Elementary; Avatar: The Last Airbender; Goosebumps; iCarly; Loki; Young Sheldon

Favorite Reality TV Show

America’s Funniest Home Videos; America’s Got Talent; American Ninja Warrior; Is It Cake?; Kids Baking Championship; LEGO Masters

Favorite Cartoon

Big City Greens; Monster High; SpongeBob SquarePants; Teen Titans Go!; The Loud House; The Simpsons

Favorite Female TV Star (Kids)

Hunter Deno (Power Rangers Cosmic Fury); Lilly Singh (The Muppets Mayhem); Olivia Rodrigo (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series); Raven-Symoné (Raven’s Home); Sofia Wylie (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series); Tessa Rao (Power Rangers Cosmic Fury)

Favorite Male TV Star (Kids)

Chance Perez (Power Rangers Cosmic Fury); Dylan Gilmer (Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan); Jahzir Bruno (The Really Loud House); Joshua Bassett (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series); Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson and the Olympians); Wolfgang Schaeffer (The Really Loud House)

Favorite Female TV Star (Family)

Janelle James (Abbott Elementary); Laci Mosley (iCarly); Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly); Peyton List (School Spirits); Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary); Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka)

Favorite Male TV Star (Family)

Gordon Cormier (Avatar: The Last Airbender); Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon); Jerry Trainor (iCarly); Justin Long (Goosebumps); Tom Hiddleston (Loki); Zack Morris (Goosebumps)

Film

Favorite Movie

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Barbie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Little Mermaid, The Marvels, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Wonka

Favorite Movie Actor

Adam Sandler (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah); Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3); Jason Momoa (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom); John Cena (Fast X); Paul Rudd (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire); Ryan Gosling (Barbie); Ryan Reynolds (IF); Timothée Chalamet (Wonka)

Favorite Movie Actress

America Ferrera (Barbie); Brie Larson (The Marvels); Halle Bailey (The Little Mermaid); Jennifer Garner (The Family Switch); Margot Robbie (Barbie); Melissa McCarthy (The Little Mermaid); Zendaya (Dune: Part Two); Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3)

Favorite Animated Movie

Elemental, Kung Fu Panda 4, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Garfield Movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Trolls Band Together

Favorite Male Voice From An Animated Movie

Adam Sandler (Leo); Brady Noon (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem); Chris Pratt (The Super Mario Bros. Movie); Jack Black (The Super Mario Bros. Movie); Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda 4); Jackie Chan (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem); Justin Timberlake (Trolls Band Together); Shameik Moore (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Favorite Female Voice From An Animated Movie

Anna Kendrick (Trolls Band Together); Anya Taylor-Joy (The Super Mario Bros. Movie); Ariana DeBose (Wish); Awkwafina (Kung Fu Panda 4); Ayo Edebiri (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem); Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse); Kristen Bell (PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie); McKenna Grace (PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie)

Favorite Villain

Amy Schumer (Trolls Band Together); Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two); Jack Black (The Super Mario Bros. Movie); Keegan-Michael Key (Wonka); Melissa McCarthy (The Little Mermaid); Reneé Rapp (Mean Girls)

Music

Favorite Female Artist

Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift

Favorite Male Artist

Bad Bunny, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, Post Malone, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Usher

Favorite Music Group

Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, Jonas Brothers, Maroon 5, *NSYNC

Favorite Song

Dua Lipa, “Dance the Night”; Luke Combs, “Fast Car”; Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”; Doja Cat, “Paint the Town Red”; Justin Timberlake, “Selfish”; Beyoncé, “Texas Hold ‘Em”; Billie Eilish, “What Was I Made For?”; Ariana Grande, “yes, and?”

Favorite Music Collaboration

Lil Durk and J. Cole, “All My Life”; David Guetta, Anne Marie and Coi Leray, “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”; Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua, “Barbie World”; Pharrell Williams featuring Miley Cyrus, “Doctor (Work it Out)”; Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone, “Fortnight”; Taylor Swift and Ice Spice, “Karma (Remix)”; DJ Khaled featuring Lil Baby, Future and Lil Uzi Vert, “Supposed to Be Loved”; Jessie Murph and Jelly Roll, “Wild Ones”

Favorite Breakout Artist

Coco Jones, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Reneé Rapp, Tate McRae, Teddy Swims, Tyla, Victoria Monét

Favorite Album

Barbie: The Album; Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter; Miley Cyrus, Endless Summer Vacation; Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS; Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology; Jelly Roll, Whitsitt Chapel

Favorite Global Music Star

Africa: Tyla; Asia: BLACKPINK; Australia/NZ: Troye Sivan; Europe: Zara Larsson; Latin America: Karol G; North America: Taylor Swift; UK: Dua Lipa

Favorite Social Music Star

Addison Rae, Bella Poarch, David Kushner, Djo, Madison Beer, Paul Russell

Favorite Ticket of the Year

Bad Bunny: Most Wanted; Beyoncé: Renaissance Tour; BlackPink: BornPink Tour; Olivia Rodrigo: Guts Tour; Sabrina Carpenter: Emails That I Can’t Send Tour; Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Favorite Viral Song

Benson Boone, “Beautiful Things”; David Kushner, “Daylight”; Sabrina Carpenter, “Espresso”; Tate McRae, “Greedy”; Paul Russell, “Lil Boo Thang”, Tyla, “Water”

Miscellaneous

Favorite Male Creator

Dhar Mann, Mark Rober, Markiplier, MrBeast, Ryan’s World, Spencer X

Favorite Female Creator

Charli D’Amelio, Dixie D’Amelio, Emma Chamberlain, Hannah Stocking, Kids Diana Show, Lexi Rivera

Favorite Video Game

Just Dance 2024, Madden NFL 24, Minecraft, Roblox, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Favorite Gamer

Aphmau, Kai Cenat, Ninja, Preston, TheBoyDilly, Unspeakable

Favorite Creator Family

FGTeeV, Jordan Matter/Salish Matter, Ninja Kidz, Royalty Family, The Beverly Halls, The Herberts

Favorite Female Sports Star

Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Alex Morgan, Sha’Carri Richardson, Venus Williams

Favorite Male Sports Star

Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Travis Kelce, Lionel Messi, Patrick Mahomes, Cristiano Ronaldo

Who is hosting the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards?

Held for the 37th time this year, the Kids’ Choice Awards are organised by the children’s-TV broadcaster Nickelodeon. Award winners are decided by a public vote. The 2024 ceremony is to be hosted by the cartoon characters SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) and Patrick Star (Bill Fagerbakke) - the first time the event has had virtual presenters.

The pair are central characters on Nickelodeon’s long-running animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, which is this month celebrating the 25th anniversary of its small-screen debut.

2024 Kids’ Choice Awards: time, date, how to watch

Held at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, the Kids’ Choice Awards are to take place at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Saturday July 13, 2024. TV viewers in the United States will be able to watch the gala on Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., TVLand, CMT and MTV2. Your streaming options include fuboTV, which offers new users a free trial.

Enjoy the Kids' Choice Awards on fubo.

How can I vote on the Kids’ Choice Awards?

You can vote for your preferred nominees on the Nickelodeon website. You aren’t limited to a single vote in each category. “Vote once, vote twice, vote a hundred gazillion times,” the awards organisers say. “It’s the only awards show where kids can help us choose the winners, so your votes are SUPER important to us!” Voting is open until the day of the ceremony.

Who has the most Kids’ Choice Awards?

Selena Gomez is the most successful individual in the history of the Kids’ Choice Awards, having picked up 12 career gongs. The singer and actor has been nominated for one award this year, Favorite Female Artist. The actor Adam Sandler has 11 Kids’ Choice Awards on his resumé - and is in contention for two more this weekend. Sandler has earned nominations for Favorite Movie Actor and Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie.

The Kids’ Choice Awards’ most decorated production is SpongeBob SquarePants, which has amassed 20 accolades - a tally it could be about to add to. As you’ll see in the list of nominees above, the series is a contender for the Favorite Cartoon award.