| Teen Choice Awards | |
|---|---|
| 2011 Teen Choice Awards | |
| Presented by | Nickelodeon |
| 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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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. 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.
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.
Note: Special Awards are not given every year.
| Year | Ceremony date | Air date | Hosts | Performers |
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| 1999 | Sunday, August 1 | Sunday, August 1* | No Host, but Britney Spears gave the first welcomes. | Britney Spears *NSYNC feat. Gloria Estefan Blink-182 Christina Aguilera |
| 2000 | Sunday, August 6 | Sunday, August 6* | 98 Degrees BBMAK No Doubt Enrique Iglesias |
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| 2001 | Sunday, August 12 | Sunday, August 12* | Usher | Shaggy Aaron Carter feat. Nick Carter Nelly Jennifer Love Hewitt BBMAK |
| 2002 | Sunday, August 4 | Monday, August 19 | ||
| 2003 | Saturday, August 2 | Saturday, August 2* | David Spade[2] | Kelly Clarkson Evanescence The Donnas |
| 2004 | Sunday, August 8 | Sunday, August 8* | Paris Hilton Nicole Richie[3] |
Blink-182 Ashlee Simpson JoJo Lenny Kravitz Yellowcard |
| 2005 | Sunday, August 14 | Monday, August 15 | Hilary Duff Rob Schneider[4] |
Gwen Stefani The Black Eyed Peas Pussycat Dolls Simple Plan |
| 2006 | Sunday, August 20 | Sunday, August 20* | Dane Cook Jessica Simpson[5] |
K-Fed Nelly Furtado feat.Timbaland Rihanna |
| 2007 | Sunday, August 26 | Sunday, August 26* | Hilary Duff Nick Cannon[6][7] |
Kelly Clarkson Avril Lavigne Fergie Shop Boyz |
| 2008 | Sunday, August 3 | Monday, August 4 | Miley Cyrus | Miley Cyrus Mariah Carey ACDC M&M Cru |
| 2009 | Sunday, August 9 | Monday, August 10 | Jonas Brothers | Jonas Brothers Sean Kingston Miley Cyrus The Black Eyed Peas |
| 2010 | Sunday, August 8 | Monday, August 9 | Katy Perry Cory Monteith, Mark Salling, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale |
Jason Derulo Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars Katy Perry Justin Bieber Diddy-Dirty Money[8] |
| 2011 | Sunday, August 7 | Sunday, August 7* | Kaley Cuoco | Jason Derülo Will.I.Am Selena Gomez & The Scene OneRepublic |
(*) indicates the show was aired live that year.
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".
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