Teen Choice Awards

Teen Choice Awards
Country	United States
Presented by	Fox
Reward(s)	Special surfboards
First awarded	August 1, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-08-01)
Last awarded	August 11, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-08-11)
Website	http://www.teenchoice.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox
Runtime	88–104 minutes

The Teen Choice Awards were an annual awards show that aired on the Fox television network between 1999 and 2019. The awards honored the year's biggest achievements in music, film, sports, television, fashion, social media, and more, voted by viewers living in the United States, aged 13 and over, through various social media sites; primarily Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and YouTube.^[1]

The awards show has been on an indefinite hiatus since the 2019 edition.

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. The format of the show has remained the same over the years, awarding the achievements of those in the entertainment and athletic industries with non-traditional categories fixed into the ceremony.

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 the fox.com website. In 2008, Fox and the show's producers created Teenchoiceawards.com as the official website for the Teen Choice Awards. In 2009, the number of votes cast was in excess of 83 million. Votes are now cast online through Twitter, FOX.com, and the FOX NOW app. In 2016, more than 37 million votes were cast.^[2]

Since the ceremony's inception, the show has given out genuine custom-made surfboards to individual winners. The surfboard was chosen as the award because it represents the freedom of the summer vacation for teens.^[3] In 2009, Hugh Jackman, upon winning his first one, said that he was no longer the only Australian without a surfboard.^[4]

These were the categories that were presented at the teen choice awards from 1999 to 2019. This list also includes categories that were renamed, split, or grouped.

Teen Choice Awards ceremonies

#	Date	Venue	City	Host(s)	Performers
1st	August 1, 1999	Barker Hangar	Santa Monica, California	None (Britney Spears introduced the show)	Christina Aguilera Blink-182 NSYNC and Gloria Estefan Britney Spears
2nd	August 6, 2000			None (Freddie Prinze, Jr. introduced the show)	98 Degrees BBMAK No Doubt Enrique Iglesias
3rd	August 12, 2001	Universal Amphitheatre (later known as Gibson Amphitheatre)	Universal City, California	None (David Spade introduced the show)	Moulin Huge Aaron Carter and Nick Carter Usher Eve feat. Gwen Stefani Shaggy
4th	August 4, 2002			None (Britney Spears and Verne Troyer introduced the show)	Nelly Jennifer Love Hewitt BBMak Ashanti
5th	August 2, 2003			David Spade	Kelly Clarkson Evanescence The Donnas
6th	August 8, 2004			Paris Hilton Nicole Richie	Blink-182 JoJo Lenny Kravitz Ashlee Simpson
7th	August 14, 2005			Hilary Duff Rob Schneider	Gwen Stefani The Black Eyed Peas The Pussycat Dolls Simple Plan
8th	August 20, 2006			Dane Cook Jessica Simpson	Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland Rihanna Kevin Federline
9th	August 26, 2007			Hilary Duff Nick Cannon	Avril Lavigne Kelly Clarkson Fergie Shop Boyz
10th	August 4, 2008			Miley Cyrus	Miley Cyrus Mariah Carey
11th	August 9, 2009			Jonas Brothers	Jonas Brothers Sean Kingston Miley Cyrus The Black Eyed Peas
12th	August 8, 2010			Katy Perry Cory Monteith Mark Salling Chris Colfer Kevin McHale	Jason Derulo Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars Katy Perry Justin Bieber Diddy – Dirty Money
13th	August 7, 2011			Kaley Cuoco	will.i.am Selena Gomez & the Scene Jason Derulo OneRepublic
14th	July 22, 2012			Demi Lovato Kevin McHale	No Doubt Flo Rida Justin Bieber Carly Rae Jepsen
15th	August 11, 2013			Darren Criss Lucy Hale	One Direction Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly Demi Lovato Paramore
16th	August 10, 2014	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles, California	Tyler Posey Sarah Hyland	Demi Lovato feat. Cher Lloyd Magic! Rixton Becky G Jason Derulo
17th	August 16, 2015	Galen Center		Gina Rodriguez Josh Peck Ludacris	5 Seconds of Summer Little Mix Jussie Smollett and Bryshere Y. Gray Rachel Platten Flo Rida feat. Robin Thicke
18th	July 31, 2016	The Forum	Inglewood, California	John Cena Victoria Justice	Charlie Puth Serayah Flo Rida Ne-Yo Jason Derulo
19th	August 13, 2017	Galen Center	Los Angeles, California	None (Logan Paul introduced the show)	Kyle feat. Lil Yachty Rita Ora Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson French Montana feat. Swae Lee Louis Tomlinson feat. Bebe Rexha
20th	August 12, 2018	The Forum	Inglewood, California	Nick Cannon Lele Pons	Meghan Trainor Lauv Foster the People Bebe Rexha Evvie McKinney Khalid
21st	August 11, 2019	Hermosa Beach, California (temporary outdoor set)		Lucy Hale David Dobrik[5]	OneRepublic Blanco Brown Mabel Jordan McGraw and Sarah Hyland CNCO Zhavia Ward

The show was held at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport for its first two shows in 1999 and 2000. From 2001 to 2013, it was held at the Universal Amphitheatre (later known as Gibson Amphitheatre) in Universal City, California. With the demolition of the amphitheater in 2013, the show moved to a new location. Then after the remodeled Pauley Pavilion at UCLA in Westwood, Los Angeles was flooded by a broken 30" water pipe on July 29, 2014, the show was moved to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.^[6] The 2015 and 2017 ceremonies were held at The Galen Center (USC), and the 2016 and 2018 ceremonies were held at the refurbished Forum in Inglewood. The 2019 ceremony was held at an outdoor set in Hermosa Beach, California.

Note: Special Awards are not given every year.

The following artists have won 10 or more awards.

Wins	Artist	Awards
28	One Direction	Choice Music: Breakout Group, Choice Love Song (5), Choice Summer Music Star: Group (2), Choice Music Group (3), Choice Single: Group (3), Choice Summer Tour (3), Choice Social Media King, Choice Twit, Choice Break-Up Song, Choice Fanatic Fans, Choice Male Hottie (2), Choice Music: Song: Group, Choice Music: Male Group, Choice Selfie Taker, Choice Party Song, Choice Fandom
26	Taylor Swift	Choice Breakout Artist, Choice Female Artist (3), Choice Female Album, Choice Breakout Star: Female, Choice Female Country Artist (5), Choice Country Song (4), Choice Country Album, Red Carpet Hot Icon: Female, Ultimate Choice, Choice Break-Up Song (2), Choice Voice, Choice Single: Female Artist, Choice Summer Music Star: Female, Choice Twit, Choice Music Collaboration, Icon Award
23	Justin Bieber	Choice Male Artist (5), Choice Summer Music Star Male (2), Choice Music: Pop Album, Choice Music: Breakout Artist Male, Choice Male Hottie, Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon: Male, Choice TV: Villain, Choice Twit (2), Choice Single: Male Artist (3), Choice Twitter Personality, Choice Break-Up Song, Choice Social Media King, Choice Music: Latin Song, Choice Summer Song, Choice Music: R&B/Hip-Hop Song
19	Miley Cyrus	Choice Female Artist, Choice Hissy Fit (2), Choice TV Actress: Comedy (3), Choice Love Song, Choice Single, Choice Summer Song (2), Choice Movie Actress: Music/Dance, Choice Instagrammer, Choice Female Hottie, Choice Scene Stealer: Female, Choice Style Icon, Candie's Fashion Trendsetter, Choice Fashion: Celebrity Line, Choice Actress: Drama, Ultimate Choice Award
18	Selena Gomez	Choice Break-Up Song, Choice Female Hottie (3), Choice TV Actress: Comedy (2), Choice Summer Music Star: Female (2), Choice Summer TV Star: Female, Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon: Female (2), Choice Celebrity Dancer, Ultimate Choice Award, Choice Female Artist, Choice Instagrammer (3), Choice Summer Song
17	Jonas Brothers	Choice Music: Breakout Group, Choice Red Carpet Icon: Male (3), Choice Male Hottie, Choice Single, Choice Love Song, Choice Summer Song (2), Choice Fanatic Fans, Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2), Choice Breakout Show, Choice Album: Group, Choice Summer Group, Decade Award
15	Ashton Kutcher	Choice Reality Hunk, Choice Reality/Variety TV Star: Male (2), Choice TV Actor, Choice TV Personality (2), Choice TV Male Personality, Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2), Choice Movie Rockstar Moment, Choice Movie Actor: Comedy, Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy (3), Ultimate Choice Award
14	Demi Lovato	Choice Female Artist (2), Choice Summer Music Star: Female (2), Choice Summer Song (2), Choice Single: Female Artist, Choice Music Tour (with David Archuleta), Choice TV Breakout Star: Female, Choice TV Personality: Female, Choice Style Icon, Choice Twit, Acuvue Inspire Award, Choice Country Song
	Zac Efron	Choice Male Actor: Comedy (3), Choice Movie Actor: Drama (2), Choice Movie Actor: Romance, Choice Movie Actor: Music/Dance, Choice Male Hottie, Choice Rockstar Moment, Choice Breakout TV Star, Choice Collaboration, Choice TV Chemistry, Choice Movie Ship, Choice Male Red Carpet Fashion Icon
12	Ariana Grande	Choice Music: Female Artist (2), Choice Song: Female Artist (3), Choice Instagrammer, Choice Pop Song, Choice Selfie Taker, Choice Snapchatter (2), Choice Summer Tour, Choice Changemaker
11	Britney Spears	Choice Female Artist (3), Choice Female Hottie (3), Choice Single (2), Choice OMG! Moment, Ultimate Teen Choice Award (Lifetime Achievement Award), Candie's Choice Style Icon
	Eminem	Choice Music: Male Artist, Choice Music: Rap Artist (3), Choice Movie: Drama Actor, Choice Movie: Breakout Actor, Choice Music: Rap Track (2), Choice Music: Rap Album, Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track, Choice Music: R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
	Kristen Stewart	Choice Movie: Liplock (3), Choice Movie: Romance Actress (2), Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actress (2), Choice Movie: Summer Actress (2), Choice Movie: Drama Actress, Choice Movie: Chemistry
	Paramore	Choice Music: Breakout Group, Choice Music: Rock Group (5), Choice Rock Track (4), Choice Rock Album
	Robert Pattinson	Choice Movie: Liplock (3), Choice Movie: Drama Actor (3), Choice Male Hottie, Choice Movie: Rumble, Choice Movie: Summer Actor, Choice Vampire, Choice Movie: Chemistry
10	Justin Timberlake	Choice Music: Male Artist (2), Choice Hottie Male (3), Choice Movie: Comedy Actor, Choice Music: Payback Track, Choice Music: R&B/Hip-Hop Track, Ultimate Choice Award, Decade Award
	Fifth Harmony	Choice Summer Song (2), Choice Music Group: Female, Choice Female Hottie, Choice Social Media Queen, Choice Song: Movie or TV, Choice Music Group, Choice Song: Group, Choice Summer Group, Choice Fandom

• Most wins overall – One Direction – 28
• Most wins by an individual – Taylor Swift – 26
• Oldest winner – Betty White – 88 years, 203 days (Choice Movie Dance)
• Youngest winner – Rosie McClelland – 5 years, 319 days (Choice Web Star)
• Most wins by a television series – Pretty Little Liars – 38
• Most consecutive wins in the same category – Nina Dobrev – 6 (Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress)

• Most nominations overall – Taylor Swift, tied with Selena Gomez – 61 – (Gomez has 54 individually, 7 with Selena Gomez & the Scene)
• Most nominations by an individual – Taylor Swift – 61
• Most nominations by a television series – The Vampire Diaries – 67
• Most nominations by a film series – The Twilight Saga – 59 (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Breaking Dawn – Part 2)
• Most nominations by a film – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – 16^[a]
• Most consecutive nominations in the same category – Taylor Swift – 8 (Choice Female Artist)
• Most nominations by an individual without a win – Mila Kunis – 17
• Most nominations by a television series without a win – Lost – 32

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In 2008, Dosomething.org sponsored the Do Something Award—which recognized young people. Nine nominees—who saw a problem in the world and then tackled it—each won $10,000 for their cause. The winner received $100,000. The Do Something Award (formerly the BR!CK Awards) is a program of Do Something, a New York-based non-profit that reaches^{[clarification needed]} about 11.5 million young people annually. The award was not presented in 2009. It was replaced with "Choice Celebrity Activist", which was won by Hayden Panettiere.

On August 11, 2014, after losing his category, Vine star Cameron Dallas tweeted that the awards ceremony was "rigged", saying that he had been informed six days prior to the actual event that he had won the award, and the runners-up were told to still try to solicit votes from their followers, even though the results had already been decided. He also tweeted "So I found out that the Teen Choice Awards were rigged and used powerful internet people for marketing. I'm sad now. Television is stupid" before deleting the tweets, saying he "should have taken the high road", but he "didn't like the fact that [his fans] were being lied to".^[14] Soon after Dallas' initial tweets, Vine star Carter Reynolds stated that the Teen Choice Awards had "used everyone for promotion", using the hashtag "#TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards", which soon began trending by fans who noticed the disclaimer at the end of the show saying that the producers reserved the right to choose the winners.^[15]

In earlier years of the show, the voting rules page stated "Teenasaurus Rox reserves the right to choose the winner from the top four vote generators".^[16][17]

In 2016, controversy started on Twitter when fans became upset when they found out that late pop singer Christina Grimmie won the award for Choice Web Star: Music but was not mentioned during the show. Many fans felt that the award show should have been dedicated to her memory or at least for a moment of recognition.^[18]

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