Taylor Swift, ‘Barbie’ top winners at Kids’ Choice Awards

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LOS ANGELES – “Barbie” and Taylor Swift emerged from the annual slime-fest of the 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards as the top winners.

The awards, presented Saturday at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, also included a Legend Gold Blimp award for retired tennis superstar Serena Williams for a career spanning sports, fashion, beauty and lifestyle.

“Barbie” won four awards including Favorite Movie and a Favorite Actress honor for its star, Margot Robbie. Two songs from the movie’s soundtrack, “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and “Barbie World” by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua won for Favorite Song and Favorite Music Collaboration, respectively.

Taylor Swift won three awards for Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Global Music Star and Favorite Ticket of the Year for her The Eras Tour.

The show was co-hosted amid the animated world of “SpongeBob Squarepants” — in honor of the show’s 25th anniversary — by SpongeBob and his pal Patrick Star, voiced by Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke.

“SpongeBob” also took home the award for Favorite Cartoon.

The Kids Choice Awards are noted for dousing its stars with green slime, with their approval. Those slimed this year included performers The Kid Laroi and Jelly Roll, singer-songwriter-actress Reneé Rapp and actors Jack Black and Henry Golding.

This year’s ceremony also included rainbow slime, a first for the annual awards show.

Kids Choice honorees are chosen exclusively through online voting.

Here is a complete list of the winners:

FAVORITE KIDS TV SHOW
“Percy Jackson and the Olympians”

FAVORITE FAMILY TV SHOW
“Young Sheldon”

FAVORITE REALITY SHOW
“America’s Got Talent”

FAVORITE CARTOON
“SpongeBob SquarePants”

FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (KIDS)
Olivia Rodrigo (Nini, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)

FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (KIDS)
Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (FAMILY)
Miranda Cosgrove (Carly, iCarly)

FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (FAMILY)
Iain Armitage (Sheldon Cooper, Young Sheldon)

FAVORITE MOVIE
“Barbie”

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR
Timothee Chalamet (Willy Wonka, Wonka)

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS
Margot Robbie (Barbie, Barbie)

FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

FAVORITE MALE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE
Adam Sandler (Leo, Leo)

FAVORITE FEMALE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE
Anna Kendrick (Poppy, Trolls Band Together)

FAVORITE VILLAIN
Jack Black (Bowser, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
Taylor Swift

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Post Malone

FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP
Imagine Dragons

FAVORITE SONG
“What Was I Made For?” – Billie Eilish

FAVORITE MUSIC COLLABORATION
“Barbie World” – Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua

FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST
Reneé Rapp

FAVORITE ALBUM
“GUTS” – Olivia Rodrigo

FAVORITE GLOBAL MUSIC STAR
North America: Taylor Swift

FAVORITE TICKET OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

FAVORITE VIRAL SONG
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter

FAVORITE MALE CREATOR
MrBeast

FAVORITE FEMALE CREATOR
Lexi Rivera

FAVORITE GAMER
Kai Cenat

FAVORITE SOCIAL MUSIC STAR
Bella Poarch

FAVORITE CREATOR FAMILY
Jordan Matter/Salish Matter

FAVORITE FEMALE SPORTS STAR
Simone Biles

FAVORITE MALE SPORTS STAR
Travis Kelce

FAVORITE VIDEO GAME
Roblox

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