The Teen Choice Awards were an annual awards show that aired on the
Fox television network between 1999 and 2019. The awards, based on a popularity vote that could be overridden by the producerswho reserved the right to choose the winnerscovered over 250 different categories during its run, stated as honoring the year's biggest achievements in music, film, sports, television, fashion, social media, and more. Votes were submitted by viewers living in the United States, aged 13 and over, through various social media sites.
The awards show has been on an indefinite hiatus since
the 2019 edition.
History
Executive producers, Bob Bain and Michael Burg, came together to create an award show geared toward a teen demographic, somewhat older than that of the
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, but similar to that of
MTV. The format of the show has remained the same over the years, awarding the achievements of those in the entertainment and athletic industries with non-traditional categories fixed into the ceremony.
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 the fox.com website. In 2008,
Fox and the show's producers created Teenchoiceawards.com as the official website for the Teen Choice Awards. In 2009, the number of votes cast was in excess of 83 million. Votes are now cast online through Twitter, FOX.com, and the FOX NOW app. In 2016, more than 37 million votes were cast.
Since the ceremony's inception, the show has given out genuine custom-made surfboards to individual winners. The surfboard was chosen as the award because it represents the freedom of the summer vacation for teens. In 2009,
Hugh Jackman, upon winning his first one, said that he was no longer the only Australian without a surfboard.
Categories
These were the categories that were presented at the teen choice awards from 1999 to 2019. This list also includes categories that were renamed, split, or grouped.
Movies
Television
Music
Sports
Web/Digital
Miscellaneous
Ceremonies
Venues
The show was held at the Barker Hangar at
Santa Monica Airport
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for its first two shows in 1999 and 2000. From 2001 to 2013, it was held at the
Universal Amphitheatre (later known as Gibson Amphitheatre) in
Universal City, California. With the demolition of the amphitheater in 2013, the show moved to a new location. Then after the remodeled
Pauley Pavilion at
UCLA
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in
Westwood, Los Angeles
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, was flooded by a broken water pipe on July 29, 2014, the show was moved to the
Shrine Auditorium
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in
Los Angeles
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. The 2015 and 2017 ceremonies were held at The
Galen Center (USC), and the 2016 and 2018 ceremonies were held at the refurbished
Forum in
Inglewood. The 2019 ceremony was held at an outdoor set in
Hermosa Beach, California.
Special awards
;Extraordinary Achievement
* 2000:
Serena Williams
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and
Venus Williams
* 2001:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
* 2002:
Reese Witherspoon
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;Courage Award
* 2004:
Bethany Hamilton
* 2006:
Jason McElwain
;Ultimate Choice Award
* 2004:
Mike Myers
* 2007:
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and dancer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Prince of Pop", ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' honored him as the b ...
* 2009:
Britney Spears
* 2011:
Taylor Swift
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* 2012: ''
The Twilight Saga''
* 2013:
Ashton Kutcher
* 2014:
Selena Gomez
Selena Marie Gomez ( ; born July 22, 1992) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and businesswoman. Gomez began her career as a child actress, appearing on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004), a ...
* 2017:
Miley Cyrus
;Visionary Award
* 2005:
Gwen Stefani
* 2017:
Bruno Mars
;Acuvue Inspire Award
* 2011:
Demi Lovato
* 2012:
Miranda Cosgrove
* 2013:
Nick Jonas
;Candie's Style Icon
* 2013:
Miley Cyrus
* 2014:
Zendaya
* 2015:
Britney Spears
;Decade Award
* 2016:
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and dancer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Prince of Pop", ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' honored him as the b ...
* 2017:
Maroon 5
* 2019:
Jonas Brothers
;See Her
* 2017:
Vanessa Hudgens
;Icon Award
* 2019:
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic versatility, and Cultural impact of Taylor Swift, cultural impact, Swift is one of the Best selling artists, w ...
''Note'': Special Awards are not given every year.
Most wins
The following artists have won 10 or more awards.
Records
Wins
* Most wins overall –
One Direction – 28
* Most wins by an individual –
Taylor Swift
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– 26
* Oldest winner –
Betty White – 88 years, 203 days (Choice Movie Dance)
* Youngest winner –
Rosie McClelland – 5 years, 319 days (Choice Web Star)
* Most wins by a television series – ''
Pretty Little Liars
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'' – 38
* Most consecutive wins in the same category –
Nina Dobrev – 6 (
Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress)
Nominations
* Most nominations overall –
Taylor Swift
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, tied with
Selena Gomez
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– 61 – (Gomez has 54 individually, 7 with
Selena Gomez & the Scene)
* Most nominations by an individual – Taylor Swift – 61
* Most nominations by a television series – ''
The Vampire Diaries'' – 67
* Most nominations by a film series – ''
The Twilight Saga'' – 59 (''
Twilight'', ''
New Moon'', ''
Eclipse'', ''
Breaking Dawn – Part 1'', ''
Breaking Dawn – Part 2'')
* Most nominations by a film – ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' – 16
* Most consecutive nominations in the same category – Taylor Swift – 8 (
Choice Female Artist)
* Most nominations by an individual without a win –
Mila Kunis – 17
* Most nominations by a television series without a win – ''
Lost'' – 32
Do Something
In 2008, Dosomething.org sponsored the Do Something Award—which recognized young people. Nine nominees—who saw a problem in the world and then tackled it—each won $10,000 for their cause. The winner received $100,000. 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 was not presented in 2009. It was replaced with "Choice Celebrity Activist", which was won by
Hayden Panettiere.
Controversy
On August 11, 2014, after losing his category,
Vine
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star
Cameron Dallas tweeted that the awards ceremony was "rigged", saying that he had been informed six days prior to the actual event that he had won the award, and the runners-up were told to still try to solicit votes from their followers, even though the results had already been decided. He also tweeted "So I found out that the Teen Choice Awards were rigged and used powerful internet people for marketing. I'm sad now. Television is stupid" before deleting the tweets, saying he "should have taken the high road", but he "didn't like the fact that
is fanswere being lied to". Soon after Dallas' initial tweets, Vine star Carter Reynolds stated that the Teen Choice Awards had "used everyone for promotion", using the hashtag "#TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards", which soon began trending by fans who noticed the disclaimer at the end of the show saying that the producers reserved the right to choose the winners.
In earlier years of the show, the voting rules page stated "Teenasaurus Rox reserves the right to choose the winner from the top four vote generators".
In 2016, controversy started on
Twitter
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when fans became upset when they found out that late pop singer
Christina Grimmie won the award for Choice Web Star: Music but was not mentioned during the show. Many fans felt that the award show should have been dedicated to her memory or at least for a moment of recognition.
Notes
References
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