1988 Kids' Choice Awards

In 1988, Nickelodeon held the first official Kids' Choice Awards event. Technically, the first ever Kids' Choice Awards event occurred in 1986 as The Big Ballot.

Contents 1 Hosts 2 Musical performances 3 Winners & nominees 3.1 Favorite Movie Actor 3.2 Favorite Movie Actress 3.3 Favorite Movie 3.4 Favorite Female Vocalist 3.5 Favorite Cartoon 3.6 Favorite Song 4 Highlights 5 References

Hosts

Tony Danza, Debbie Gibson, Brian Robbins and Dan Schneider

Musical performances

• New Kids on the Block ("You Got It (The Right Stuff)" and "Hangin' Tough")^[1]
• The Fat Boys ("Wipe Out")
• Debbie Gibson ("Shake Your Love" and "Out of the Blue")

Winners & nominees

Favorite Movie Actor

• Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley for Beverly Hills Cop II (winner)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger for The Running Man
• Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle for Dirty Dancing

Favorite Movie Actress

• Whoopi Goldberg (winner)
• Shelley Long
• Elisabeth Shue as Chris in Adventures in Babysitting

Favorite Movie

• Beverly Hills Cop II (winner)
• Adventures in Babysitting
• La Bamba

Favorite Female Vocalist

• Madonna (winner)
• Janet Jackson
• Lee Aaron

Favorite Cartoon

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (winner)
• The Smurfs
• DuckTales

Favorite Song

• "La Bamba" by Los Lobos

Highlights

• The inaugural KCAs sliming happened within the first 90 seconds of the show to Les Lye.

• Mackenzie Astin taking the Blindfold Ice Cream Challenge...on his face.

References

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