The 36th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ceremony was held on March 4, 2023, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California with Nate Burleson and Charli D'Amelio serving as hosts. It aired live on Nickelodeon and in a domestic simulcast with several other Paramount Global cable networks, and was broadcast live or tape delayed across all of Nickelodeon's international networks. Prior to the ceremony, a nominations special aired on Nickelodeon on March 2.
The ceremony had performances from Bebe Rexha, Young Dylan, and Lil Baby.
The Nickelodeon network premiere of Sing led into the ceremony, while a linear premiere of an episode of Big Nate served as the lead-out.
Appearances Prior to the ceremony, Pressley Hosbach, DangMattSmith, and Jane McManus hosted an Orange Carpet livestream on the Nickelodeon YouTube channel.
The ceremony featured appearances by celebrities including Awkwafina, Halle Bailey, Bianca Belair, Big E, Dove Cameron, Miranda Cosgrove, Pete Davidson, Dominique Fishback, Montez Ford, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Le, Lil Uzi Vert, Peyton List, Becky Lynch, Melissa McCarthy, MrBeast, Jenna Ortega, Chris Pine, Bella Poarch, Anthony Ramos, Olivia Rodrigo, Michelle Rodriguez, Seth Rogen, Kelly Rowland, Adam Sandler, Lilly Singh, That Girl Lay Lay, Pierson Wodzynski, and Xavier Woods.
+ Presenters at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards Presenter(s) Role Kelly Rowland Presented 'Favorite Male Creator' Chris PineMichelle Rodriguez Preview of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Kira KosarinJack Griffo Presented 'Favorite Male TV Star (Kids)' Keegan-Michael Key Presented 'Favorite Breakout Artist' Lilly SinghMiranda Cosgrove Presented 'Favorite Movie Actor' Peyton List Presented 'King of Comedy'Introduced Adam Sandler AwkwafinaHalle BaileyMelissa McCarthy Presented 'Favorite Social Music Star' That Girl Lay Lay Introduced Lil Baby Anthony RamosDominique FishbackPete Davidson Presented 'Lifetime Achievement'Introduced Optimus Prime Landon Barker Presented 'Favorite Female Creator' Seth RogenBrady NoonMicah AbbeyShamon Brown Jr.Nicolas Cantu Preview of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemPresented 'Favorite Female TV Star (Family)'
Performers + Performers at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards Performer(s) Song(s) Charli D'AmelioMarkell WashingtonMichael LeNate BurlesonLil Uzi Vert Dance medley"Bloody Mary""Pretty Girls Walk""Cuff It""Rude Boy""Just Wanna Rock" Bebe Rexha "I'm Good (Blue)" Young Dylan "I Just Wanna" Lil Baby "California Breeze"
Winners and nominees The nominees were announced and voting opened on January 31, 2023. Voting ended on March 4, 2023. The winners are listed first, highlighted in boldfaced text.
Movies Favorite MovieFavorite Movie Actor Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Avatar: The Way of Water Black Adam Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hocus Pocus 2 Jurassic World Dominion Monster High: The Movie Top Gun: Maverick Dwayne Johnson – Black Adam as Black Adam/Teth-Adam Jim Carrey – Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Dr. Robotnik Chris Hemsworth – Thor: Love and Thunder as Thor Chris Pratt – Jurassic World Dominion as Owen Grady Ryan Reynolds – The Adam Project as Big Adam Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick as Capt. Pete "Maverick" MitchellFavorite Movie ActressFavorite Animated Movie Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes 2 as Enola Holmes Lupita Nyong'o – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Nakia Elizabeth Olsen – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch Sarah Jessica Parker – Hocus Pocus 2 as Sarah Sanderson Natalie Portman – Thor: Love and Thunder as Jane Foster/The Mighty Thor Letitia Wright – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Shuri Minions: The Rise of Gru DC League of Super-Pets Hotel Transylvania: Transformania Lightyear The Bad Guys Turning RedFavorite Voice from an Animated Movie (Male)Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (Female) Dwayne Johnson – DC League of Super-Pets as Krypto Steve Carell – Minions: The Rise of Gru as Gru Chris Evans – Lightyear as Buzz Lightyear Kevin Hart – DC League of Super-Pets as Ace Andy Samberg – Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Dale Andy Samberg – Hotel Transylvania: Transformania as Jonathan Selena Gomez – Hotel Transylvania: Transformania as Mavis Awkwafina – The Bad Guys as Tarantula Salma Hayek – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Kitty Softpaws Taraji P. Henson – Minions: The Rise of Gru as Belle Bottom Sandra Oh – Turning Red as Ming Keke Palmer – Lightyear as Izzy Hawthorne
Television Favorite Kids TV Show Favorite Male TV Star (Kids) The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder Are You Afraid of the Dark? High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Ms. Marvel Raven's Home That Girl Lay Lay The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers The Really Loud House Joshua Bassett – High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Ricky Young Dylan – Tyler Perry's Young Dylan as Young Dylan Israel Johnson – Bunk'd as Noah Lambert Brady Noon – The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers as Evan Morrow Wolfgang Schaeffer – The Really Loud House as Lincoln Loud Tyler Wladis – The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder as Roy Favorite Female TV Star (Kids) Favorite Family TV Show Olivia Rodrigo – High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Nini Imogen Cohen – The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder as Zina Audrey Grace Marshall – The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder as Vivian Turner Raven-Symoné – Raven's Home as Raven Baxter That Girl Lay Lay – That Girl Lay Lay as Lay Lay Sofia Wylie – High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Gina Wednesday Cobra Kai iCarly Obi-Wan Kenobi She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Stranger Things Young Rock Young Sheldon Favorite Male TV Star (Family) Favorite Female TV Star (Family) Finn Wolfhard – Stranger Things as Mike Wheeler Ralph Macchio – Cobra Kai as Daniel LaRusso Gaten Matarazzo – Stranger Things as Dustin Henderson Ewan McGregor – Obi-Wan Kenobi as Obi-Wan Kenobi Caleb McLaughlin – Stranger Things as Lucas Sinclair Jerry Trainor – iCarly as Spencer Shay Jenna Ortega – Wednesday as Wednesday Addams Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things as Eleven Miranda Cosgrove – iCarly as Carly Shay Hilary Duff – How I Met Your Father as Sophie Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish as Bow Johnson Sadie Sink – Stranger Things as Max Mayfield Favorite Reality Show Favorite Animated Show MasterChef Junior America's Funniest Home Videos America's Got Talent American Ninja Warrior Floor Is Lava The Masked Singer SpongeBob SquarePants Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Rugrats Teen Titans Go! The Loud House The Smurfs
Music Favorite Music GroupFavorite Male Artist BTS 5 Seconds of Summer Black Eyed Peas Blackpink Imagine Dragons OneRepublic Panic! at the Disco Paramore Harry Styles Justin Bieber Bad Bunny Drake Kendrick Lamar Post Malone Ed Sheeran The WeekndFavorite Female ArtistFavorite Song Taylor Swift Adele Cardi B Beyoncé Billie Eilish Lady Gaga Lizzo Rihanna "As It Was" – Harry Styles "Break My Soul" – Beyoncé "First Class" – Jack Harlow "About Damn Time" – Lizzo "I Ain't Worried" – OneRepublic "Lift Me Up" – Rihanna "Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift "Bejeweled" – Taylor SwiftFavorite AlbumFavorite Breakout Artist Midnights (3am Edition) – Taylor Swift Renaissance – Beyoncé God Did – DJ Khaled Special – Lizzo Harry's House – Harry Styles Dawn FM – The Weeknd Dove Cameron Devon Cole GAYLE Joji Lauren Spencer Smith Nicky YoureFavorite Music CollaborationFavorite Social Music Star "Sweetest Pie" – Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa "Bam Bam" – Camila Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran "Don't You Worry" – Black Eyed Peas, David Guetta, Shakira "I Like You (A Happier Song)" – Post Malone featuring Doja Cat "Numb" – Marshmello featuring Khalid "Stay with Me" – Calvin Harris featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey, Pharrell Bella Poarch Dixie D'Amelio Stephen Sanchez JoJo Siwa That Girl Lay Lay Oliver TreeFavorite Global Music Star Harry Styles (UK) Bad Bunny (Latin America) Blackpink (Asia) Rosalía (Europe) Taylor Swift (North America) Tones and I (Australia) Wizkid (Africa)
Sports Favorite Male Sports StarFavorite Female Sports Star LeBron James Tom Brady Stephen Curry Patrick Mahomes Lionel Messi Shaun White Serena Williams Simone Biles Chloe Kim Naomi Osaka Candace Parker Venus Williams
Miscellaneous Favorite Male CreatorFavorite Female Creator MrBeast Austin Creed Ninja Ryan's World SeanDoesMagic Unspeakable Charli D'Amelio Dixie D'Amelio Gracie's Corner Kids Diana Show Miranda Sings Addison RaeFavorite Social Media FamilyFavorite Celebrity Pet Ninja Kidz TV FGTeeV Ohana Adventure Family The Bucket List Family The Royalty Family The Williams Family Olivia Benson Swift Piggy Lou Bieber Noon Coleman Dodger Evans Toulouse Grande Gino Chopra JonasFavorite Video GameFavorite Book Minecraft Adopt Me! Brookhaven Just Dance 2023 Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Harry Potter book series Captain Underpants book series Cat Kid Comic Club book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series Five Nights at Freddy's book series The Bad Guys book series
Special Recognitions Lifetime Achievement Optimus Prime
King of Comedy Adam Sandler
International The following are nominations for awards to be given by Nickelodeon's international networks. Favorite Kidfluencer (Africa)Favorite Star (Africa) Lethukuthula Bhengu Alakhe Mdoda Rethabile Mokgatla Olianna and Olivia Siba Bogopa DJ Arch JNR Trevor Noah Msaki Scorpion Kings Banyana BanyanaFavorite Creator (Asia)Aussie/Kiwi Legend of the Year Aqil Zulkiflee Gen Halilintar Hikakin Niana Guerrero Savannah Clarke Lydia Ko Nick News Budjerah Georgie Stone Robert IrwinFavorite Star (Belgium)Favorite Family (Netherlands) Romelu Lukaku Steffi Mercie Pommelien Thijs Metejoor The Bellinga family The Kluivert family The Rutjes family The Zeeuw-Spronk familyFavorite Star (Netherlands)Brazilian Artist Stefania Snelle (Lars Bos) Broederliefde Meisje Djamilla Any Gabrielly Jão Gustavo Mioto Lagum Dilsinho MelimBrazilian InfluencerFavorite Influencer (Estonia) Allan Jeon Juju Franco Luluca Diego Cruz Vanessa Lopes Spider Slack Liina Ariadne Pedanik Laura Rannaväli Marie Liset Tauts Bärbel MorosFavorite Singer (Germany, Austria & Switzerland)Favorite Social Media Star (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) Lena Leony Mark Forster Nico Santos Tim Bendzko Zoe Wees Julia Beautx ItsLukasWhite (Lukas Leonhardt) Julesboringlife (Jule Nagel) Karim Jamal Klaudia Giez Twenty4tim (Tim Kampmann)Favorite Social Media Newcomer (Germany, Austria & Switzerland)Favorite Earworm (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) Jessie Bluegrey Alles Ava Helge Mark itsofficialmarco (Marco Strecker) Maria Ziffy Nadine Breaty "Remedy" – Leony "Eigentlich" – LEA "Hausaufgaben" – Deine Freunde "Life Is a Beach" – LenaFavorite Crew (Germany, Austria & Switzerland)Favorite Star (Hungary) Elevator Boys Germany women's national football team The School of the Magical Animals cast Provinz Spotlight cast WhisperTon (Antal Strenner) Dominik Szoboszlai ValMar Forstner CsengeFavorite Social Star (Italy)Social Star of the Year (Italy) Aurora Baruto Gabriele Vagnato Emily Pallini Martina Strazzer Patrizio Morellato Sespo Luca Campolunghi Pamela Paolini Samara Tramontana Florin Vitan Pietro Morello Nicky PassarellaFavorite Singer (Italy)Favorite Influencer (Kazakhstan) Alex Ariete Pinguini Tattici Nucleari Tananai Mara Sattei Alfa Amina Malgazhdar Alina Kim Zhasmin Saideldinova Batyr WhiteFavorite Influencer (Latin America)Favorite Artist (Latin America) SKabeche (Bryan & Eddy SKabeche) Soy Carlitos Robegrill (Roberto Morales) Sol Carlos Brianda Deyanara Ignacia Antonia Kenia Os Sebastián Yatra Manuel Turizo Camilo Danna Paola AnittaFavorite Influencer (Latvia)Favorite Opinion Maker (Lithuania) Lauris Zalāns Adriana Miglāne Sondore Elīna Pakalne Kristaps Graufelds Ignas Lelys