The 11th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 4, 1998, at Pauley Pavilion at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Pop band Hanson won the most awards of the night, with wins for Favorite Group & Favorite Song. The ceremony is also notable for leading into "Dog Gone", the first episode of Nickelodeon's then newest Nicktoon, CatDog. This is the first show to take place at the Pauley Pavilion in California.
| 1998 Kids' Choice Awards | |
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| Date | April 4, 1998 |
| Location | Pauley Pavilion |
| Hosted by | Rosie O'Donnell |
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| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Viewership | 5.27 million[1] |
| Produced by | Marilyn Seabury |
| Directed by | Glenn Weiss |
The theme was "Kid Power" as several kids (who were also the winners of the Kids' Choice Sweepstakes) presented the awards with the celebrities and the winners were announced in strange Rube Goldberg machines)
Summer Sanders also presented some awards with Kevin Kopelow, Erin Dean, Jeffrey "J" Dumas and Lori Beth Denberg on the set of Figure it Out
At the end of the show, it was revealed that the kids voted for "Favorite Dresser" as the new category, and the inaugural winner of the blimp for Fave Dresser was none other than Puff Daddy. As Rosie congratulated Puffy on the win, she paused to ask him a trivia question: "What do you think those orange blimps are made of?" The dumbfounded Puffy replied with "Uhhh... I don't know..." thus triggering the green slime to come splattering down on him. Puffy, clearly amused, said "Y'all think that's funny?" before bolting into the audience with his whole self covered in slime.
It's also worth noting that Titanic was the only film to win the Oscar for Best Picture and the Kids Choice Award for Favorite Movie.
Performers
edit- Aerosmith performed "Pink"
- Cleopatra performed "Cleopatra's Theme (Comin' at Ya)"
- Puff Daddy performed a medley of "Mo Money Mo Problems" and "All About the Benjamins"
- Hanson performed "Weird"
Presenters
edit- Jonathan Taylor Thomas presented Favorite Movie Actress
- Drew Barrymore presented Favorite Movie Actor
- Madonna presented Favorite Movie
- Scott Wolfe, Lacey Chabert and Robbie the Robot presented Favorite Cartoon
- Shawn and Marlon Wayans presented Favorite TV Actress
- Madonna and Rosie introduced Cleopatra
- Heather Locklear presented Favorite TV Actor
- Rider Strong and Larisa Oleynik presented Favorite TV Show
- Alicia Silverstone (and the Backstreet Boys via pre-recorded message) presented Favorite Animal Star
- Katie Holmes and Brandon Hammond presented Favorite Male Athlete
- Melissa Joan Hart and Alex D Linz presented Favorite Female Athlete
- Kristen Johnson and Cammi Granato presented Favorite Sports Team
- Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell presented Favorite Singer
- Amanda Bynes and Tom Arnold presented Favorite Music Group
- Aerosmith presented Favorite Song
- Tahj Mowry and Babyface presented The Hall of Fame Award
Other appearances were from Billy Zane, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Angelica Pickles, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Zegers, Penny Marshall, Kristi Yamaguchi, Michael Jordan, Leon Frierson and Christy Knowings
Winners and nominees
editWinners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.
Movies
edit| Favorite Movie | Favorite Movie Actor |
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| Favorite Movie Actress | |
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Television
edit| Favorite TV Show | Favorite TV Actor |
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| Favorite TV Actress | Favorite Cartoon |
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Music
edit| Favorite Singer | Favorite Music Group |
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| Favorite Song | |
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Sports
edit| Favorite Male Athlete | Favorite Female Athlete |
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| Favorite Sports Team | |
Miscellaneous
edit| Favorite Video Game | Favorite Animal Star |
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| Favorite Book | |
