Teen Choice Awards
| Teen Choice Awards | |
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 2011 Teen Choice Awards |
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| Presented by | Fox |
| Country | United States |
| Reward | Authentic surfboards |
| First awarded | August 1, 1999 |
| Official website | Website |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Fox |
| Runtime | Approx. 90-120 min. including commercials |
The Teen Choice Awards, are an annual awards show that air on the Fox cable channel, that honor the year's biggest biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, voted by teen viewers aged 14 through 17. Winners receive an authentic full size surfboard designed with the graphics of that year's show. The program features a number of celebrities and musical performers that were famous at the time. The ceremony has also created spin-off teen awards on YouTube.[1]
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[edit] History
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As the 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. 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. The show was held at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport for its first two shows in 1999 and 2000. However, since 2001, it has been held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, 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.
[edit] Award categories
[edit] 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: Liplock
- Choice Movie: Fight
- Choice Movie: Villain
- Choice Movie: Animated
- Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
[edit] 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
[edit] Music
- Choice Music: Breakup Song
- 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
- Choice Music: Video Of The Year
[edit] 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
[edit] Non-traditional categories
- Choice Hottie (male)
- Choice Hottie (female)
- Choice Red Carpet Icon (female)
- Choice Red Carpet Icon (male)
- Choice Web Star
- Choice Twit award
- Choice Vampire
[edit] 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.
[edit] Special awards
- Extraordinary Achievement
- 2000: Serena & Venus Williams
- 2001: Sarah Michelle Gellar
- 2002: Reese Witherspoon
- Courage Award
- 2004: Bethany Hamilton
- Visionary Award
- 2005: Gwen Stefani
- Ultimate Choice Award
- 2003: Mike Myers
- 2007: Justin Timberlake
- 2008: Michael Jackson
- 2009: Britney Spears
- 2011: Taylor Swift
- Acuvue Inspire Award
- 2011: Demi Lovato
Note: Special Awards are not given every year.
[edit] Summary
(*) indicates the show was aired live that year.
[edit] 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,[8] 2005,[9] and 2006[10] 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."[8] 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[11] and 2006[12] awards ceremonies the "Worst Family TV Show of the Week" after their initial broadcasts on Fox. The 2009 [1] 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".
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ YouTube Kid's Choice Award: Celebrity Website Looking To Win
- ^ The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (2003) (TV)
- ^ 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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