The 2018 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 12, 2018, at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The awards celebrated the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, and the internet, and are voted on by viewers aged 13 and over living in the United States through various social media sites.
The biggest winner of the night was Riverdale, earning nine of its twelve nominations, including Choice Drama Series for the second year running, and only losing to itself in categories where it was nominated twice. The Greatest Showman also won big, earning five of its nine nods including Choice Drama Movie and Choice Movie Drama Actor, won by Zac Efron.
Performers Performers Song Meghan Trainor "No Excuses" "Let You Be Right" Lauv "I Like Me Better"Foster the People"Sit Next to Me"Bebe Rexha"I'm a Mess"Evvie McKinney"How Do You Feel" Khalid "Young Dumb & Broke" "American Teen" "OTW"
Winners and nominees The first wave of nominations were announced on June 13, 2018. The second wave was announced on June 22, 2018. Winners are listed first, in bold.
Movies Choice Action Movie Choice Action Movie ActorAvengers: Infinity War Justice League Maze Runner: The Death Cure Pacific Rim Uprising Tomb RaiderRobert Downey Jr. – Avengers: Infinity War as Tony Stark / Iron Man John Boyega – Pacific Rim Uprising as Jake Pentecost Henry Cavill – Justice League as Clark Kent / Superman Chris Evans – Avengers: Infinity War as Steve Rogers / Captain America Tom Holland – Avengers: Infinity War as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Dylan O'Brien – Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Thomas Choice Action Movie Actress Choice Sci-Fi MovieScarlett Johansson – Avengers: Infinity War as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow Amy Adams – Justice League as Lois Lane Gal Gadot – Justice League as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman Elizabeth Olsen – Avengers: Infinity War as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch Zoe Saldaña – Avengers: Infinity War as Gamora Alicia Vikander – Tomb Raider as Lara CroftBlack Panther Blade Runner 2049 Rampage Ready Player One Thor: Ragnarok Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor Choice Sci-Fi Movie ActressChris Hemsworth – Thor: Ragnarok as Thor Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther as T'Challa / Black Panther Ryan Gosling – Blade Runner 2049 as K Dwayne Johnson – Rampage as Davis Okoye Mark Ruffalo – Thor: Ragnarok as Bruce Banner / Hulk Tye Sheridan – Ready Player One as Wade Watts / ParzivalLetitia Wright – Black Panther as Shuri Olivia Cooke – Ready Player One as Samantha Cook / Art3mis Danai Gurira – Black Panther as Okoye Naomie Harris – Rampage as Dr. Kate Caldwell Lupita Nyong'o – Black Panther as Nakia Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok as Valkyrie Choice Fantasy Movie Choice Fantasy Movie ActorCoco Peter Rabbit Star Wars: The Last Jedi A Wrinkle in TimeAnthony Gonzalez – Coco as Miguel John Boyega – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Finn James Corden – Peter Rabbit as Peter Rabbit Gael García Bernal – Coco as Héctor Mark Hamill – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Luke Skywalker Oscar Isaac – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Poe Dameron Choice Fantasy Movie Actress Choice Drama MovieCarrie Fisher – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as General Leia Organa Mindy Kaling – A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Who Storm Reid – A Wrinkle in Time as Meg Murry Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Rey Oprah Winfrey – A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Which Reese Witherspoon – A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. WhatsitThe Greatest Showman Midnight Sun Murder on the Orient Express A Quiet Place Truth or Dare Wonder Choice Drama Movie Actor Choice Drama Movie ActressZac Efron – The Greatest Showman as Phillip Carlyle Timothée Chalamet – Lady Bird as Kyle Scheible Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman as P. T. Barnum Leslie Odom Jr. – Murder on the Orient Express as Dr. Arbuthnot Patrick Schwarzenegger – Midnight Sun as Charlie Jacob Tremblay – Wonder as August "Auggie" PullmanZendaya – The Greatest Showman as Anne Wheeler Lucy Hale – Truth or Dare as Olivia Barron Daisy Ridley – Murder on the Orient Express as Mary Debenham Julia Roberts – Wonder as Isabel Pullman Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson Bella Thorne – Midnight Sun as Katie Price Choice Comedy Movie Choice Comedy Movie ActorLove, Simon Daddy's Home 2 I Feel Pretty Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Overboard Pitch Perfect 3Dwayne Johnson – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Dr. Smolder Bravestone Jack Black – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Professor Sheldon Oberon Eugenio Derbez – Overboard as Leonardo Montenegro Will Ferrell – Daddy's Home 2 as Brad Whitaker Kevin Hart – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Franklin "Mouse" Finbar Mark Wahlberg – Daddy's Home 2 as Dusty Mayron Choice Comedy Movie Actress Choice Movie VillainAnna Kendrick – Pitch Perfect 3 as Beca Mitchell Anna Faris – Overboard as Kate Sullivan Karen Gillan – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Ruby Roundhouse Amy Schumer – I Feel Pretty as Renee Bennett Hailee Steinfeld – Pitch Perfect 3 as Emily Junk Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect 3 as Patricia "Fat Amy" HobartMichael B. Jordan – Black Panther as N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens Cate Blanchett – Thor: Ragnarok as Hela Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos Adam Driver – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Kylo Ren Aidan Gillen – Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Janson Bill Skarsgård – It as It / Pennywise the Dancing Clown Choice Breakout Movie Star Choice Summer Movie Nick Robinson – Love, Simon as Simon Spier Olivia Cooke – Ready Player One as Samantha Cook / Art3mis Sophia Lillis – It as Beverly Marsh Keala Settle – The Greatest Showman as Lettie Lutz Kelly Marie Tran – Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Rose Tico Letitia Wright – Black Panther as ShuriIncredibles 2 Adrift Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Life of the Party Ocean's 8 Solo: A Star Wars Story Choice Summer Movie Actor Choice Summer Movie ActressChris Pratt – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Owen Grady Sam Claflin – Adrift as Richard Sharp Julian Dennison – Deadpool 2 as Russell Collins / Firefist Alden Ehrenreich – Solo: A Star Wars Story as Han Solo Donald Glover – Solo: A Star Wars Story as Lando Calrissian Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool 2 as Wade Wilson / DeadpoolBryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Claire Dearing Zazie Beetz – Deadpool 2 as Domino Sandra Bullock – Ocean's 8 as Debbie Ocean Emilia Clarke – Solo: A Star Wars Story as Qi'ra Melissa McCarthy – Life of the Party as Deanna "Dee Rock" Miles Shailene Woodley – Adrift as Tami Oldham Choice Movie ShipZac Efron & Zendaya – The Greatest Showman Chadwick Boseman & Lupita Nyong'o – Black Panther Sophia Lillis & Jeremy Ray Taylor – It Dylan O'Brien & Kaya Scodelario – Maze Runner: The Death Cure Nick Robinson & Keiynan Lonsdale – Love, Simon Bella Thorne & Patrick Schwarzenegger – Midnight Sun
Television Choice Drama TV Show Choice Drama TV ActorRiverdale Empire Famous in Love The Fosters Star This Is UsCole Sprouse – Riverdale as Jughead Jones KJ Apa – Riverdale as Archie Andrews Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us as Randall Pearson Freddie Highmore – The Good Doctor as Dr. Shaun Murphy Jussie Smollett – Empire as Jamal Lyon Jesse Williams – Grey's Anatomy as Jackson Avery Choice Drama TV Actress Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV ShowLili Reinhart – Riverdale as Betty Cooper Ryan Destiny – Star as Alexandra Crane Camila Mendes – Riverdale as Veronica Lodge Chrissy Metz – This Is Us as Kate Pearson Maia Mitchell – The Fosters as Callie Adams-Foster Bella Thorne – Famous in Love as Paige TownsenShadowhunters The 100 iZombie The Originals Stranger Things Supernatural Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV ActressMatthew Daddario – Shadowhunters as Alec Lightwood Gaten Matarazzo – Stranger Things as Dustin Henderson Joseph Morgan – The Originals as Klaus Mikaelson Bob Morley – The 100 as Bellamy Blake Dominic Sherwood – Shadowhunters as Jace Herondale Finn Wolfhard – Stranger Things as Mike WheelerMillie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things as Eleven Rose McIver – iZombie as Olivia "Liv" Moore Katherine McNamara – Shadowhunters as Clarissa "Clary Fray" Fairchild Lana Parrilla – Once Upon a Time as Regina Mills / Evil Queen Eliza Taylor – The 100 as Clarke Griffin Emeraude Toubia – Shadowhunters as Isabelle Lightwood Choice Action TV Show Choice Action TV ActorThe Flash Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Arrow Gotham Lethal Weapon SupergirlGrant Gustin – The Flash as Barry Allen / The Flash Stephen Amell – Arrow as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow David Mazouz – Gotham as Bruce Wayne Lucas Till – MacGyver as Angus MacGyver Damon Wayans – Lethal Weapon as Roger Murtaugh Chris Wood – Supergirl as Mon-El Choice Action TV Actress Choice Comedy TV ShowMelissa Benoist – Supergirl as Kara Danvers / Supergirl Chloe Bennet – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Daisy "Skye" Johnson / Quake Caity Lotz – Legends of Tomorrow as Sara Lance / White Canary Danielle Panabaker – The Flash as Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost Candice Patton – The Flash as Iris West Emily Bett Rickards – Arrow as Felicity SmoakThe Big Bang Theory Black-ish Fuller House The Good Place Jane the Virgin Modern Family Choice Comedy TV Actor Choice Comedy TV ActressJaime Camil – Jane the Virgin as Rogelio de la Vega Anthony Anderson – Black-ish as Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr. Elias Harger – Fuller House as Max Fuller Rico Rodriguez – Modern Family as Manny Delgado Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Detective Jake Peralta Hudson Yang – Fresh Off the Boat as Eddie HuangGina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin as Jane Villanueva Kristen Bell – The Good Place as Eleanor Shellstrop Candace Cameron Bure – Fuller House as D.J. Tanner-Fuller America Ferrera – Superstore as Amy Dubanowski Sarah Hyland – Modern Family as Haley Dunphy Yara Shahidi – Black-ish & Grown-ish as Zoey Johnson Choice Animated TV Show Choice Reality TV ShowMiraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Bob's Burgers Family Guy Rick and Morty The Simpsons Steven UniverseKeeping Up with the Kardashians The Four: Battle for Stardom Lip Sync Battle MasterChef Junior Total Divas The Voice Choice Throwback TV Show Choice TV PersonalityFriends Dawson's Creek The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Gossip Girl One Tree Hill That '70s ShowChrissy Teigen – Lip Sync Battle Hailey Baldwin – Drop the Mic Kelly Clarkson – The Voice Derek Hough – World of Dance DJ Khaled – The Four: Battle for Stardom Meghan Trainor – The Four: Battle for Stardom Choice TV Villain Choice Breakout TV ShowMark Consuelos – Riverdale as Hiram Lodge Odette Annable – Supergirl as Samantha Arias / Reign Gabrielle Anwar – Once Upon a Time as Rapunzel Tremaine Anna Hopkins – Shadowhunters as Lilith Mind Flayer – Stranger Things Cameron Monaghan – Gotham as Jerome Valeska / Jeremiah ValeskaOn My Block 9-1-1 Anne with an E Black Lightning The Resident Siren Choice Breakout TV Star Choice Summer TV ShowVanessa Morgan – Riverdale as Toni Topaz Iain Armitage – Young Sheldon as Sheldon Cooper Lyric Ross – This Is Us as Deja Luka Sabbat – Grown-ish as Luca Hall Oliver Stark – 9-1-1 as Evan "Buck" Buckley Nafessa Williams – Black Lightning as Anissa Pierce / ThunderSo You Think You Can Dance Beat Shazam The Bold Type Cloak & Dagger Cobra Kai Total Bellas Choice Summer TV Star Choice TV ShipOlivia Holt – Cloak & Dagger as Tandy Bowen / Dagger Aisha Dee – The Bold Type as Kat Edison Meghann Fahy – The Bold Type as Sutton Brady Aubrey Joseph – Cloak & Dagger as Tyrone Johnson / Cloak Xolo Maridueña – Cobra Kai as Miguel Diaz Katie Stevens – The Bold Type as Jane SloanCole Sprouse & Lili Reinhart – Riverdale Stephen Amell & Emily Bett Rickards – Arrow KJ Apa & Camila Mendes – Riverdale Millie Bobby Brown & Finn Wolfhard – Stranger Things Matthew Daddario & Harry Shum Jr. – Shadowhunters Grant Gustin & Candice Patton – The Flash
Movies and television Choice Scene Stealer Choice LiplockVanessa Morgan – Riverdale as Toni Topaz Charlie Heaton – Stranger Things as Jonathan Byers Tom Hiddleston – Thor: Ragnarok as Loki Nick Jonas – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Jefferson "Seaplane" McDonough