Wicked, Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Ariana Grande, Kira Kosarin and XO, Kitty were among the top winners at the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.
Grammy Award-winning artist Tyla hosted the slime-filled awards ceremony Saturday night which saw the distribution of 5,000 gallons of the show’s signature green goo.
Carpenter won three awards, including favorite song, favorite female breakout artist and favorite album for Short n’ Sweet. Benson Boone also won favorite male breakout artist, SZA took home favorite female artist and Bruno Mars scored favorite male artist.
In the television categories, The Thundermans: Undercover won favorite kids TV show while XO, Kitty won favorite family TV show. Kosarin landed favorite kids female TV star for her role in Undercover and Xolo Maridueña won favorite family male TV star for Cobra Kai.
When it came to film, Wicked gained the win for favorite movie, while Jack Black won favorite movie actor for A Minecraft Movie and Grande won favorite movie actress for her role as Glinda in the big-screen adaptation of Wicked.
Other winners included the night’s host, Tyla, who nabbed the title of favorite global music star, MrBeast for favorite male creator and Simone Biles for favorite female sports star.
Black was presented with the “King of Comedy” Silver Blimp for his robust career in film, TV, music and more. Rihanna was another honoree of the night as she received the ICON Silver Blimp Award for her legendary beauty, music and activism work.
This year’s show featured skateboarding stunts by Tony Hawk and Katelyn West and musical performances by Machine Gun Kelly and KATSEYE, plus celebrity appearances by Malia Baker, Benny Blanco, Kylie Cantrall, Auli’i Cravalho, Terry Crews, Young Dylan, Brie Garcia, Maia Kealoha, Salish Matter, Kel Mitchell, Daniella Monet, Renee Montgomery, Victoria Monét, Leon Thomas and Alex Warren.
The 2025 KCAs also featured two live-vote categories, which saw YouTuber SeanDoesMagic go on the SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, which the audience voted for. Also, Samantha Lorraine and Jacob Rodriguez, from Dora and the Search for Dorado, went on an adventure around the KCA venue to find Dora’s missing backpack as viewers voted for it to be found on the orange carpet.
See the full list of winners below.
TELEVISION:
FAVORITE KIDS’ TV SHOW
The Thundermans: Undercover
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (KIDS)
Jack Griffo (Max Thunderman, The Thundermans: Undercover)
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (KIDS)
Kira Kosarin (Phoebe Thunderman, The Thundermans: Undercover)
FAVORITE FAMILY TV SHOW
XO, Kitty
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (FAMILY)
Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz, Cobra Kai)
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (FAMILY)
Peyton List (Tory Nichols, Cobra Kai)
FAVORITE REALITY TV SHOW
America’s Got Talent
FAVORITE CARTOON
SpongeBob SquarePants
FILM:
FAVORITE MOVIE
Wicked
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR
Jack Black (Steve, A Minecraft Movie)
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS
Ariana Grande (Glinda, Wicked)
FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE
Inside Out 2
FAVORITE MALE ANIMATED VOICE FROM A MOVIE
Dwayne Johnson (Maui, Moana 2)
FAVORITE FEMALE ANIMATED VOICE FROM A MOVIE
Auli’i Cravalho (Moana, Moana 2)
FAVORITE VILLAIN
Jim Carrey (Dr. Robotnik, Sonic the Hedgehog 3)
FAVORITE BUTT-KICKER
Emma Myers (Natalie, A Minecraft Movie)
MUSIC:
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
SZA
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Bruno Mars
FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP
Stray Kids
FAVORITE SONG
“Taste” – Sabrina Carpenter
FAVORITE MUSIC COLLABORATION
“luther” – Kendrick Lamar and SZA
FAVORITE FEMALE BREAKOUT ARTIST
Sabrina Carpenter
FAVORITE MALE BREAKOUT ARTIST
Benson Boone
FAVORITE ALBUM
Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
FAVORITE GLOBAL MUSIC STAR
Africa: Tyla
FAVORITE SONG FROM A MOVIE
“Defying Gravity” – Cynthia Erivo (ft. Ariana Grande) (Wicked)
FAVORITE VIRAL SONG
“Bluest Flame” – Selena Gomez, benny blanco
OTHER CATEGORIES:
FAVORITE FEMALE SPORTS STAR
Simone Biles
FAVORITE MALE SPORTS STAR
LeBron James
FAVORITE MALE CREATOR
MrBeast
FAVORITE FEMALE CREATOR
Salish Matter
FAVORITE GAMER
IShowSpeed
FAN FAVORITE KIDS’ CREATOR
Ms. Rachel
FAVORITE PODCAST
LOL Podcast
