The25th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 31, 2012, at 8 p.m. ET inLos Angeles, California, in the United States, where the winners received an orange-colored blimp trophy. Big Help Award winnerTaylor Swift received a special silver-colored blimp from First LadyMichelle Obama. The complete list of nominees for the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards was released on January 11, 2012, leading up to the release ofMen in Black 3 on May 25, 2012.[2] The event was hosted byMIB 3 starWill Smith, who with ten KCA blimps has won the most awards in previous telecasts. A record-breaking 223 million votes for favorites in 20 categories were cast during this year's voting period, up 11% over last year's votes.
The show was viewed by 6.16 million, leading all cable programs for the week ending April 1, 2012.[1]
Before the ceremonies and on the "Orange Carpet",Keke Palmer andMax Schneider performed "Me and You Against the World" from their upcoming movieRags.[6]
Halle Berry – After being accused of being the "Creepy Voice", she sat down in whatWill Smith called the "best seat in the house ... perfect seat". Afterwards she was slimed when a person behind her dumped a bucket of it on her.
Chris Colfer – During the presentation of favorite TV actress, the special "Exploding Blimp" was placed in front of Chris Colfer andHeidi Klum; then the blimp went off covering theGlee star in slime; Heidi was lightly slimed.
Heidi Klum – During the unveiling of favorite TV actress, Heidi was lightly slimed whenChris Colfer was drenched in a torrent of slime.
Taylor Lautner – After winning a push-up contest againstWill Smith, his special reward was a hose-down of green slime.
Justin Bieber – At center stage,Will Smith asked him who "the secret celebrity who wants to be slimed," and told him "It's you!"; afterwards big jets of slime shot at the two celebrities and covered them in green goo.
Will Smith – Even though he was slimed during a promo of the 2012 KCAs; at the end of the show, Will too was slimed while trying to hide behind Bieber.
The Miz – At the end of the special slime championship,The Miz lost toThe Big Show and was thrown over the edge of the ring and into a pool of slime.
The Big Show – After beatingThe Miz, The Big Show andJeff Sutphen had a hose-down of green slime; afterwards he slipped on the slime and fell down.
Jeff Sutphen – After presentingThe Big Show with his special KCA belt, he and The Big Show were hosed down in a torrent of green slime.
Santino Marella - Santino was the referee and announcer for the slime championship. AfterThe Big Show had won againstThe Miz, he jumped into the pool of slime that The Miz had been thrown in.
