2024 Kids’ Choice Awards Best Moments: Snubs! Surprises! Slime!
This show introduces little ones to the entertaining of watching award shows. To tweak the title of an old AC/DC album, “For Those About to Watch Awards Shows, We Salute You.”
Reneé Rapp gets slimed whilst accepting the preferred breakout artist award onstage in the course of the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on July 13, 2024 in Santa Monica, California.
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The most surreal issue about the 2024 Kids’ Choice Award is that it went on as scheduled on Saturday (July 13) at 8 p.m. ET, even although the rest of the planet was reacting to the shocking assassination try on former President Trump. There wasn’t even a mention of the incident on the show. Most awards show open with a moment of reflection following distressing news events, which are, sadly, all also popular.
To be fair, an opening about an assassination try would be tonally all incorrect for a show constructed about epic slimings. The little ones who watch and get pleasure from this show almost certainly wouldn’t have understood what the moment meant for a nation exactly where violence and anger are continuous details of life.
It’s also not a surprise that so numerous kids’ favorites appeared on the show, such as The Kid Laroi, who performed a 3-song medley. Many young stars grew up watching this show. It’s a kick for them to seem on it. This show introduces young little ones to the entertaining of watching award shows. It’s a gateway show. To tweak the title of a Billboard 200-topping album by AC/DC, “For Those About to Watch Awards Shows, We Salute You.”
Many of the winners on the show have been completely anticipated. No one particular could have been shocked that Barbie won preferred film or that Taylor Swift won preferred female artist, preferred worldwide music star or preferred ticket of the year for The Eras Tour. And the win for Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” as preferred viral song was hardly a surprise.
That does not imply all awards went as anticipated. Take a appear.
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Surprise: Reneé Rapp
Rapp won preferred breakout artist, beating Coco Jones, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Tate McRae, Teddy Swims, Tyla and Victoria Monét.
Ice Spice has had 4 leading 10 hits on the Hot 100. McRae, Swims and Tyla have also had leading 10 hits. Swims has had a No. 1 hit, “Lose Control.” Rapp has however to land a Hot 100 hit. She is finest identified by the Kids’ Choice audience for starring as Regina George in the 2024 film Mean Girls and also contributing to its soundtrack.
With Rapp’s win this year, 4 of the final 5 winners in this category are LGBTQ. Billie Eilish won in 2019, followed by Lil Nas X in 2020 and Dove Cameron in 2023. (There was no category in 2021. The winner in 2022 was the straight-identifying Olivia Rodrigo.)
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Snubs: Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake
Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, and Justin Timberlake every had 4 nominations, second only to Taylor Swift, who led with six nods. But in contrast to Swift (and Olivia Rodrigo, who also had 4 nods), all have been shut out. It’s most surprising in the case of Cyrus, who is nonetheless pretty young (31) and coming off the largest hit of her profession to date (2023’s “Flowers”).
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Surprise: Olivia Rodrigo
Rodrigo’s GUTS won preferred album, beating Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology and Barbie: The Album, as nicely as Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation and Jelly Roll’s Whitsitt Chapel. I did not see that coming.
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Surprise: Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice With Aqua
Swift won preferred female artist and Post Malone won preferred male artist, so you may explanation that their Hot 100-topping collab “Fortnight” was a shoo-in to win preferred music collaboration. Nope. It lost to “Barbie World,” the soundtrack hit by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua.
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Surprise: Imagine Dragons
The band won preferred music group, beating 4 previous winners in the category: Black Eyed Peas, who won 3 instances Jonas Brothers, who have won twice and *NSYNC and Maroon 5, who have every won when. (The sixth nominee, Coldplay, has however to win.)
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Snub: Ryan Gosling
Barbie’s sturdy displaying didn’t bring Ryan Gosling, that movie’s Ken, across the finish line in the preferred film actor category. The award went to Timothée Chalamet, who played the lead function in Wonka. Chalamet has youth on his side (constantly a plus in this kid-voted show). The actor is 28. Gosling is 43.
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Slimed: The Kid Laroi, Jelly Roll, Reneé Rapp
All agreed to be slimed, a signature element of the show, as did actors Jack Black and Henry Golding. They proved that they are superior sports and little ones at heart.
