The1st Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known asThe Big Ballot,^[1] was presented over four episodes ofNickelodeon's movie review programRated K: For Kids by Kids which aired in 1987. Unlike its successor, theNickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, the show was less of a televised live event, and more of a pre-produced program. The trophy that winners received for The Big Ballot was a goldenteleidoscope. The in-studio hosts for the show were Matt Nespole, Rebecca Schwager, and Mark Shanahan.

The show was conceived as a way to "honor kids' opinions about movies and television", furthering Nickelodeon's campaign at the time of being a network that was"for kids, by kids".^[2] Ballots for the show's awards were cast via mail, and then the winners would tape a thank you video that was shown during the program. These videos were introduced, and broken up by "link" segments, featuring the Rated K cast. WhileThe Big Ballot was seen as a success, producersAlan Goodman,Albie Hecht, andFred Seibert were brought in to rebrand and re-launch the award show the following year, modeling future KCA's afterMTV's Video Music Awards, which was under the same banner network umbrella now that Nickelodeon had been purchased by Viacom.^[3][4]

Below is a complete list of nominees and partial list of winners. Winners are listed first, inbold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.

The winners were announced on March 28, 1987.^[4]

The winners were announced on April 4, 1987.^[4]

The winners were announced on April 11, 1987.^[4]

The winners were announced on April 18, 1987.^[4]

• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
• 1987 television awards
• March 1987 in the United States
• April 1987 in the United States
• 1987 awards in the United States

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