The Teen Choice Awards is an annual awards show that airs on the Fox television network. The awards honor the year's biggest achievements in music, film, sports, television, fashion, social media, and more, voted by viewers living in the

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, aged 13 and over, through various social media sites; primarily

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, Snapchat, and

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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

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. 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. The show was held at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport 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. It airs live to the east coast, taped delayed on the west. With the demolition of the amphitheater in 2013, the show moved to a new location. Then after the remodeled Pauley Pavilion at UCLA in

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was flooded by a broken 30" water pipe on July 29, 2014, the show was moved to the Shrine Auditorium in

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. The 2015 and 2017 Awards were held at The Galen Center (USC), and the 2016 and 2018 Awards were held at the refurbished Forum in

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. The 2019 Awards were held at the outdoor set in Hermosa Beach, California. There were no awards ceremonies in 2020 and 2021 because of the

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. 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. 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. Some celebrities, such as

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, have actually used them to surf;

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famously said, "Brothers don't surf"; and in 2009, Hugh Jackman, upon winning his first one, said that he was no longer the only Australian without a surfboard. Each of the custom-made surfboard awards costs $800 to make.

Ceremonies (by year)

Special awards

;Extraordinary Achievement * 2000:

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and Venus Williams * 2001: Sarah Michelle Gellar * 2002: Reese Witherspoon ;Courage Award * 2004:

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* 2006: Jason McElwain ;Ultimate Choice Award * 2004: Mike Myers * 2007: Justin Timberlake * 2009: Britney Spears * 2011:

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* 2012: '' The Twilight Saga'' * 2013: Ashton Kutcher * 2014: Selena Gomez * 2017:

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;Visionary Award * 2005: Gwen Stefani * 2017: Bruno Mars ;Acuvue Inspire Award * 2011: Demi Lovato * 2012:

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* 2013: Nick Jonas ;Candie's Style Icon * 2013:

* 2014: Zendaya * 2015: Britney Spears ;Decade Award * 2016: Justin Timberlake * 2017: Maroon 5 * 2019: Jonas Brothers ;See Her * 2017: Vanessa Hudgens ;Icon Award * 2019:

''Note'': Special Awards are not given every year.

Most wins

The following artists have won 10 or more awards.

Records

Wins

* Most wins overall –

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– 28 * Most wins by an individual –

– 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'' – 38 * Most consecutive wins in the same category – Nina Dobrev – 6 ( Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress)

Nominations

* Most nominations overall –

, tied with Selena Gomez – 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 – ''

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'' – 67 * Most nominations by a film series – '' The Twilight Saga'' – 59 ('' Twilight'', ''

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'', '' 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 – ''

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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,

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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, fellow Viner 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 when fans became upset when they found out that late pop singer

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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. In 2017, controversy started again on Twitter when fans became upset that The Dolan Twins lost their category of Choice YouTuber to

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after being told that they had won and had gone backstage to get ready to accept their award. Fans on Twitter were also upset that Actress and Dancer

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lost her category, Choice Dancer, to Maddie Ziegler after having the most retweets and being the top trending account under 'Choice Dancer' on Twitter.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Musicawards American film awards American television awards American music awards Awards established in 1999 1999 establishments in the United States Fox television specials