Los Angeles: Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes and Adam Sandler were among the big winners at the 2019 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, where “Avengers: Infinity War” was named favourite film. The event was held on Saturday at the Galen Center here.
DJ Khaled hosted the kids-voted show, which dumped buckets of slime on unsuspecting celebrities, and handed out honours for music, movies, TV and video games. Producer-rapper Khaled, who won Favorite Collaboration for “No Brainer” with Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo, arrived at the ceremony after taking a yacht and a helicopter, with help from Kylie Jenner and the Jonas Brothers.
Grande won the Favourite Female Artist apart from winning Favourite Song for “Thank u, next”. Mendes bagged the Favorite Male Artist, and Maroon 5 won the Favourite Music Group.
The Favourite Movie Actor title went to Noah Centineo of “Peter Kavinsky” and “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” fame, while the Favourite Movie Actress went to Joey King of “The Kissing Booth”.
Robert Downey Jr. took home the Favorite Superhero tag for “Avengers: Infinity War”, and the Favourite Cartoon was won by SpongeBob SquarePants.
In the Favourite Animated Movie category, “Incredibles 2” won the honour. For the Favourite Funny TV Show, “Fuller House” was the chosen one, while “Riverdale” won Favourite TV Drama, and “America’s Got Talent” won the Favourite Reality Show.
Ellen DeGeneres was named Favourite TV Host, and the Favourite TV Judges award was reserved for Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel for “America’s Got Talent”.
