Teen Choice Awards
| Teen Choice Awards | |
|---|---|
| Description | Outstanding Achievement in entertainment targeting teens. |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Fox |
| First awarded | 1999 |
| Website | teenchoiceawards.com |
The Teen Choice Awards is a teen awards show presented annually by Fox. The first awards were held in 1999. The program honors the year's biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, as voted on by teens aged 13–19. The program features a number of celebrities and musical performers. The winners are awarded with authentic full size surfboards designed with the grafix of that year's show which change every year. The ceremony has created spin-off teen awards on YouTube.[1]
The 2010 ceremony was held on Sunday, August 8 in Los Angeles, California and aired Monday, August 9. That year's show was hosted by Katy Perry and the cast of the hit Fox show Glee, Kevin McHale, Cory Monteith, Mark Salling and Chris Colfer.
History
Bob Bain and Michael Burg came together, as Executive Producers, to create an award show for a young demographic, somewhat older than that of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards but similar to that of MTV. Greg Sills has been the Supervising Producer and Paul Flattery has been the producer for all of the shows since its inception in 1999.
The format of the show has remained the same, awarding the achievements of those in the entertainment and athletic industries with non-traditional categories fixed into the ceremony. It has been held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA since 2001. For its first two years—1999 and 2000—it was held at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport, CA. Some years it airs live, but usually it airs on a one day delay.
Ballots were once used in teen-oriented magazines, where readers were to purchase and tear out their ballot. Votes could also be cast online through Fox.com. In 2008, Fox and the show's producers created Teenchoiceawards.com as the official website for the Teen Choice Awards. That year, over 32 million votes were cast.[citation needed] In 2009, the number of votes cast was in excess of 83 million. That same year "teenchoicegirl" appeared on Twitter. She is actually a teenage girl working on the show as an intern and keeps fans informed of news and gossip. In just a few weeks she had over 28,000 followers.
Since the ceremony's inception, the show has given out genuine custom-made surfboards to individual winners (they cost over $800 each to manufacture). They create a new original design every year. The surfboard was chosen as the award because it represents the freedom of the summer vacation for teens, whether they surf or not. Some celebrities have used them to surf (Jennifer Love Hewitt); Marlon Wayans famously said "Brothers don't surf" and in 2009, Hugh Jackman, upon winning his first one, said he was no longer the only Australian without a surfboard.
Ashton Kutcher has won the most for a male individual—16. Justin Timberlake has the most overall with 21 (nine solo, 12 with *NSYNC).
Award categories
Movies
- Choice Movie: Action
- Choice Movie: Action Actor
- Choice Movie: Action Actress
- Choice Movie: Drama
- Choice Movie: Drama Actor
- Choice Movie: Drama Actress
- Choice Movie: Romantic Comedy
- Choice Movie: Romantic Comedy Actor
- Choice Movie: Romantic Comedy Actress
- Choice Movie: Thriller
- Choice Movie: Thriller Actor
- Choice Movie: Thriller Actress
- Choice Movie: Comedy
- Choice Movie: Comedy Actor
- Choice Movie: Comedy Actress
- Choice Movie: Fantasy
- Choice Movie: Fantasy Actor
- Choice Movie: Fantasy Actress
- Choice Movie: Sci-Fi
- Choice Movie: Sci-Fi Actor
- Choice Movie: Sci-Fi Actress
- Choice Movie: Breakout Male
- Choice Movie: Breakout Female
- Choice Movie: Kiss
- Choice Movie: Fight
- Choice Movie: Villain
- Choice Movie: Animated
- Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
TV
- Choice TV: Drama Series
- Choice TV: Action/Adventure Series
- Choice TV: Comedy Series
- Choice TV: Reality
- Choice TV: Reality Competition
- Choice TV: Late Night
- Choice TV: Breakout Series
- Choice TV: Drama Actor
- Choice TV: Drama Actress
- Choice TV: Action/Adventure Actor
- Choice TV: Action/Adventure Actress
- Choice TV: Comedy Actor
- Choice TV: Comedy Actress
- Choice TV: Actor Breakout
- Choice TV: Actress Breakout
- Choice TV: Parental Unit
- Choice TV: Sidekick
- Choice TV: Villain
- Choice TV: Fab-u-lous
- Choice TV: Animated Show
- Choice TV: Personality
- Choice TV: Reality/Variety Star
- Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer
- Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer
Music
- Choice Music: YouTube Collaboration
- Choice Music: Single
- Choice Music: Collaboration
- Choice Music: Female Artist
- Choice Music: Male Artist
- Choice Music: Love Song
- Choice Music: Hook Up Song
- Choice Music: Pop Track
- Choice Music: Rap Artist
- Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track
- Choice Music: R&B Artist
- Choice Music: R&B Track
- Choice Music: Rock Band
- Choice Music: Rock Track
- Choice Music: Country Group
- Choice Music: Country Artist Female
- Choice Music: Country Artist Male
- Choice Music: Breakout Artist Female
- Choice Music: Breakout Artist Male
- Choice Music: Tour
- Choice Music: Soundtrack
- Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Album
- Choice Music: Pop Album
- Choice Music: R&B Album
- Choice Music: Country Album
- Choice Music: Teen Pop
Summer's categories
- Choice Summer: Movie - Action Adventure
- Choice Summer: Movie - Comedy
- Choice Summer: Movie - Drama
- Choice Summer: Movie - Romance
- Choice Summer: Movie Actor
- Choice Summer: Movie Actress
- Choice Summer: TV Show
- Choice Summer: TV Actor
- Choice Summer: TV Actress
- Choice Summer: Hissy Fit
- Choice Summer: Song
Non-traditional categories
- 2010 - Choice Movie
- Choice Hottie (male)
- Choice Hottie (female)
- Choice Red Carpet Icon (female)
- Choice Red Carpet Icon (male)
- Choice Web Star
- Choice Twit award
- Choice Fab-u-lous!
- Choice Fanatic Fans
- Choice Smile
Do Something
In 2008, Dosomething.org sponsored The Do Something Award—which recognized amazing young people. Nine nominees—who saw a problem in the world and then tackled it—each won $10,000 for their cause. One lucky winner received the $100,000 grand prize. The Do Something Award (formerly the BR!CK Awards) is a program of Do Something, a New York-based non-profit that reaches about 11.5 million young people annually. The award is not being presented in 2009. It was replaced with "Choice Celebrity Activist" which was won by Hayden Panettiere.
Special awards
- Extraordinary Achievement
- 2000: Serena & Venus Williams
- 2001: Sarah Michelle Gellar
- 2002: Reese Witherspoon
- Visionary Award
- 2005: Gwen Stefani
- Ultimate Choice Award
- 2003: Mike Myers
- 2007: Justin Timberlake
- 2009: Britney Spears
Note: Special Awards are not given every year.
Summary
Controversy
Parents Television Council has been a prominent critic of the Teen Choice Awards, claiming that they glorify celebrities who promote immoral messages to teenagers. PTC founder L. Brent Bozell criticized the 2000,[9] 2005,[10] and 2006[11] awards ceremonies for awarding R rated films and other entertainers allegedly not appropriate for teenagers, claiming it showed "how successfully Hollywood has marketed adult fare to the young."[9] Bozell also attacked Nelly Furtado's and Timbaland's performance of their hit song "Promiscuous" in the 2006 awards ceremony for "promoting a message to teens about sex by performing their song," which contains lyrics about sex, and then telling the audience to perform safe sex with condoms. The PTC also named the 2005[12] and 2006[13] awards ceremonies the "Worst Family TV Show of the Week" after their initial broadcasts on Fox. The 2009 [2] awards ceremony was surrounded by controversy with Miley Cyrus pole dancing on an ice-cream truck prop used in her performance of "Party in the USA".
See also
References
- ^ YouTube Kid's Choice Award: Celebrity Website Looking To Win
- ^ The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (2003) (TV)
- ^ [1]
- ^ The Teen Choice Awards 2005 (2005) (TV)
- ^ The Teen Choice Awards 2006 (2006) (TV)
- ^ http://www.etonline.com/tv/news/49245/index.html
- ^ The Teen Choice Awards 2007 (2007) (TV)
- ^ http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/tc-news.php
- ^ a b L. Brent Bozell. Teens' Bad Choices: Who's to Blame? Parents Television Council. August 30, 2000. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
- ^ L. Brent Bozell. "Terrifying 'Teen Choice' Champions". Parents Television Council. August 18, 2005. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
- ^ L. Brent Bozell. Growing the Teens Too Fast. Parents Television Council. August 31, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
- ^ Teen Choice Awards on Fox - Worst Family TV Shows of the Week. Parents Television Council. August 22, 2005. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
- ^ Worst Family TV Show of the Week - Teen Choice Awards on Fox. Parents Television Council August 24, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2007
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