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Below is a Nickelodeon Press Release from
PRNewswire:
UK Pop Sensation One Direction Set to Perform Live at Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards Hosted by Will Smith on Saturday, March 31
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 2, 2012 /Nickelodeon Press Release via PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of making their US performance debut while on tour with Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush, One Direction, who are already an international pop sensation, has been confirmed to perform at Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, March 31st at 8:00 p.m. ET. The band will also host Saturday nights on Nick throughout March, giving viewers exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the boys as they tour with Big Time Rush. One Direction will be sharing stories, secrets and music from the road, leading into the world premiere of the Nickelodeon original television movie event, Big Time Movie on Saturday, March 10 at 8:00 p.m.
"One Direction is performing on the Kids' Choice Awards for the first time and it's going to be scream-worthy," said Paula Kaplan, an Executive Producer of the Kids' Choice Awards. "While on tour with Big Time Rush, we have seen their popularity explode, and we are excited to introduce them to our audience during the month of March with exclusive access to the guys leading up to our biggest event of the year."
One Direction will perform their debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" at the Kids' Choice Awards, joining host Will Smith for the star-studded event airing live from University of Southern California's Galen Center in Los Angeles, where kids will honor their favorite celebrities spanning the worlds of film, music, TV and sports. The X Factor group's debut single "What Makes You Beautiful," recently won a BRIT Award for Best British Single, with the music video garnering over 61 million views on VEVO and had more than 132,000 downloads in its first week in the USA. It is also the highest Billboard HOT 100 debut for a UK act in over 14 years since the Verve and they are also the last UK group to chart so high since the Spice Girls.
Most recently, One Direction featuring Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan taped an episode of the Nickelodeon hit comedy series iCarly, entitled "iGot Jungle Worms," which is set to premiere later this year.
One Direction will debut their album Up All Night in the US on March 13, 2012. Up All Night is already a global success entering the charts at #1 in 6 countries including Sweden and Italy and top ten in 12 more and has been certified triple platinum in Ireland, double platinum in the UK and platinum in New Zealand & Australia.
One Direction joined Big Time Rush's "Better With U Tour" on February 24th in Chicago and their US debut kicked-off with the highly successful grassroots BRING1D2US online campaign which saw the band break records with social media platforms Twitition and Twibbon. The campaign engaged thousands of fans across America to complete weekly challenges for a chance to win the Grand Prize of a special 1D event in their city.
Nickelodeon, now in its 32nd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 17 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).
SYCO & THE X FACTOR
Syco Entertainment is a joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music. Syco's television assets include the global franchises The X Factor and Got Talent. THE X FACTOR was created by Syco Television and is produced by Syco Television and FremantleMedia.
Local versions of The X Factor are produced in more than 40 territories and the US version of The X Factor airs in over 162 countries. Artists discovered by The X Factor format have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 110 number ones, 270 top 10, and 501 top 50 releases.
The X Factor launched in 2004 in the UK. Airing on ITV1, The X Factor has been the number one show in the UK for eight years, with the 2010 finale achieving a peak of 21.2 million viewers, and a 65% share. The 2011 finale, held at Wembley Arena in front of a live audience of 12,000, was the most watched TV show of the year, with a bigger audience than the Royal Wedding.
The X Factor in the US launched in fall 2011, on Fox, immediately becoming the number one unscripted show of the season. The show delivered a 12% share of viewing among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, and was watched by an average of 12.6 million viewers, winning the night on almost every occasion. The show delivered a boost to Fox's ratings on Wednesdays and Thursdays of 52% and 40% on the previous year, giving the network the number one slot on those nights for the first time in its history. The X Factor also gave Fox victory in the November "sweep" among adults aged 18 to 49.
Syco Music the record label home for such diverse international recording artists as Labrinth, One Direction, Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle and Il Divo. Syco Music works in partnership with other Sony Music labels to launch the careers of many artists discovered through The X Factor series, including in the UK; JLS, Olly Murs, Diana Vickers, Alexandra Burke, Matt Cardle, Rebecca Ferguson, One Direction and Cher Lloyd.
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Also, from
Broadway World:
UK Pop Stars 'One Direction' to Perform at Nickelodeon's KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS, 3/31
On the heels of making their US performance debut while on tour with Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush, One Direction, who are already an international pop sensation, has been confirmed to perform at Nickelodeon's 25th Annual KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS on Saturday, March 31st at 8:00 p.m. ET. The band will also host Saturday nights on Nick throughout March, giving viewers exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the boys as they tour with Big Time Rush. One Direction will be sharing stories, secrets and music from the road, leading into the world premiere of the Nickelodeon original television movie event, Big Time Movie on Saturday, March 10 at 8:00 p.m.
"One Direction is performing on the Kids' Choice Awards for the first time and it's going to be scream-worthy," said Paula Kaplan, an Executive Producer of the Kids' Choice Awards. "While on tour with Big Time Rush, we have seen their popularity explode, and we are excited to introduce them to our audience during the month of March with exclusive access to the guys leading up to our biggest event of the year."
One Direction will perform their debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" at the Kids' Choice Awards, joining host Will Smith for the star-studded event airing live from University of Southern California's Galen Center in Los Angeles, where kids will honor their favorite celebrities spanning the worlds of film, music, TV and sports. The X Factor group's debut single "What Makes You Beautiful," recently won a BRIT Award for Best British Single, with the music video garnering over 61 million views on VEVO and had more than 132,000 downloads in its first week in the USA. It is also the highest Billboard HOT 100 debut for a UK act in over 14 years since the Verve and they are also the last UK group to chart so high since the Spice Girls.
Most recently, One Direction featuring Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan taped an episode of the Nickelodeon hit comedy series iCarly, entitled "iGot Jungle Worms," which is set to premiere later this year.
One Direction will debut their album Up All Night in the US on March 13, 2012. Up All Night is already a global success entering the charts at #1 in 6 countries including Sweden and Italy and top ten in 12 more and has been certified triple platinum in Ireland, double platinum in the UK and platinum in New Zealand & Australia.
One Direction joined Big Time Rush's "Better With U Tour" on February 24th in Chicago and their US debut kicked-off with the highly successful grassroots BRING1D2US online campaign which saw the band break records with social media platforms Twitition and Twibbon. The campaign engaged thousands of fans across America to complete weekly challenges for a chance to win the Grand Prize of a special 1D event in their city.
Nickelodeon, now in its 32nd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 17 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).
SYCO & THE X FACTOR
Syco Entertainment is a joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music. Syco's television assets include the global franchises The X Factor and Got Talent. THE X FACTOR was created by Syco Television and is produced by Syco Television and FremantleMedia.
Local versions of The X Factor are produced in more than 40 territories and the US version of The X Factor airs in over 162 countries. Artists discovered by The X Factor format have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 110 number ones, 270 top 10, and 501 top 50 releases.
The X Factor launched in 2004 in the UK. Airing on ITV1, The X Factor has been the number one show in the UK for eight years, with the 2010 finale achieving a peak of 21.2 million viewers, and a 65% share. The 2011 finale, held at Wembley Arena in front of a live audience of 12,000, was the most watched TV show of the year, with a bigger audience than the Royal Wedding.
The X Factor in the US launched in fall 2011, on Fox, immediately becoming the number one unscripted show of the season. The show delivered a 12% share of viewing among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, and was watched by an average of 12.6 million viewers, winning the night on almost every occasion. The show delivered a boost to Fox's ratings on Wednesdays and Thursdays of 52% and 40% on the previous year, giving the network the number one slot on those nights for the first time in its history. The X Factor also gave Fox victory in the November "sweep" among adults aged 18 to 49.
Syco Music the record label home for such diverse international recording artists as Labrinth, One Direction, Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle and Il Divo. Syco Music works in partnership with other Sony Music labels to launch the careers of many artists discovered through The X Factor series, including in the UK; JLS, Olly Murs, Diana Vickers, Alexandra Burke, Matt Cardle, Rebecca Ferguson, One Direction and Cher Lloyd.
Also, from
Celebuzz:
One Direction Performing at Kids’ Choice Awards on March 31!
One Direction is officially ready to take over the US!
It was announced on Friday that the boy band’s latest stateside invasion would include a performance at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards on March 31. The annual show, hosted this year by Will Smith, will take place at USC’s Galen Center in LA where the boys will be performing their smash debut single, “What Makes You Beautiful.”
In addition to that, the guys (Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson) will be hosting Nick’s Saturday night programs, where they’ll give an inside look at their touring with Big Time Rush!
And while their debut album Up All Night won’t be released until March 13.
Are you excited to see the perform at the KCAs?
[...]
Also, check out some pics of the guys as they kicked off opening for BTR in Chicago last week [here on the official Celebuzz website, Celebuzz.com]!
Also, from
Sugarscape:
One Direction set to perform at the Kids Choice Awards 2012!
They are definitely going to turn heads when they walk through the door.
Guys, we have some hugely exciting One Direction related news..
Zayn, Louis, Liam, Harry and Niall are going to be performing What Makes You Beautiful at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards at the end of March! Hurrah!
So, according to TV By The Numbers, Paula Kaplan, an Executive Producer for the awards show said:
“One Direction is performing on the Kids’ Choice Awards for the first time and it’s going to be scream-worthy.”
[...]
“While on tour with Big Time Rush, we have seen their popularity explode, and we are excited to introduce the to our audience during the month of March with exclusive access to the guys leading up to our biggest event of the year.”
What Paula means is that, before the Kids Choice Awards, One Direction will be hosting Saturday nights on Nickelodeon throughout March, sharing some exclusive behind the scenes on their tour with Big Time Rush. Stuff like stories, secrets and music from the road.
So basically we’re holding out for Harry and Louis admitting that they have been in a very serious Larry Stylinson relationship for a long time now.
Fingers crossed.
We actually can’t wait to see all this fancy footage, and of course their amazing performance at the Kids Choice Awards.
Do you reckon they’ll get covered in slime?
Even if they did, they’d still look beautiful to us.
Kids Choice Awards 2012: All the nominees!
Also, from
Digital Spy:
One Direction to perform at Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards
The "What Makes You Beautiful" band join Will Smith on the Kids' Choice Awards.
One Direction are to appear on Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards.
The boyband will perform their debut US single 'What Makes You Beautiful' at the awards ceremony, which is being held at the Galen Centre in LA later this month.
One Direction's appearance on the Kids' Choice Awards marks the beginning of a partnership with Nickelodeon, which also sees them host the network's weekend programming throughout March and appear on iCarly.
Will Smith, who holds the all-time winning record at the Kids' Choice Awards, will serve as the host for this year's ceremony.
Miranda Cosgrove, Selena Gomez, Tim Allen and Ty Burrell are among this year's television acting nominees, while American Idol, iCarly and Kung Fu Panda are nominated in the various television categories.
Jim Carrey is nominated against Johnny Depp, Adam Sandler and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe for 'Favourite Movie Actor'. Kristen Stewart is competing in the 'Favourite Movie Actress' category with Amy Adams, Sofia Vergara and Emma Watson.
Lady GaGa, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift are among the music nominees.
Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards airs Saturday, March 31 at 8/7c.
> Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2012: Nominations in full
Watch One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful' music video [here on the official Digital Spy website, DigitalSpy.co.uk]
Also, from
Sugarscape:
Oh, it's One Direction looking fit. Again.
For a change.
One Direction are performing on the Kids' Choice Awards in America later this year, this we know. But as they made the announcement, Nickelodeon released this picture [see first post above] of 1D looking mighty lovely.
Under a weird, shimmery, rainbow? [...]
We're not sure what it's meant to be but whatever it is we love it.
The Kids' Choice Awards will be shown on Nick UK on 1st April 2012 at 5.30pm.
Will you be watching?
Also, from
Cambio:
One Direction to Perform Live at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards
Get psyched, One Direction fans. The UK boy band will be performing at the 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards later this month.
The guys, who have been on tour with Big Time Rush, will hit the stage at the big event on Saturday, March 31, where they will perform their latest single, 'What Makes You Beautiful.' The song is featured on their debut album, 'Up All Night,' which will be available in the U.S. on March 13.
Fans who can't get enough of the British group can also see them on Nickelodeon all month, as they're set to take over the network every Saturday night in March, offering fans behind-the-scenes footage of their tour.
The 2012 Kids' Choice Awards will be hosted by Will Smith, and will air live from the University of Southern California's Galen Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 31 at 8PM.
The event honors the best in film, music, TV and sports. Fans can cast their votes in 20 total categories via Nick.com, Nickelodeon's Facebook page or the Nickelodeon mobile app now. Are you excited for One Direction's performance? [...]
Also, from
Scoop.co.nz:
One Direction to perform live at Kids' Choice Awards
Press Release: Nickelodeon
MEDIA RELEASE
UK POP SENSATION ONE DIRECTION SET TO PERFORM LIVE AT NICKELODEON’S 25TH ANNUAL KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS HOSTED BY WILL SMITH ON SATURDAY, MARCH 31
TELECAST FAST-TRACKED IN NEW ZEALAND, SUNDAY APRIL 1 AT 6.30PM
Santa Monica, Calif/Auckland – March 5, 2012– Hot on the heels of making their US performance debut while on tour with Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush, One Direction, who are already an international pop sensation, has been confirmed to perform at Nickelodeon’s 25th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 31stat 8:00 p.m. ET (fast-tracked for New Zealand audiences on Sunday April 1 at 6.30pm, only on Nickelodeon). The band will also shoot hosting spots for Nick, giving viewers exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the boys as they tour with Big Time Rush. One Direction will be sharing stories, secrets and music from the road, on theme with the Nickelodeon original television movie event, Big Time Movie, premiering later this year on New Zealand screens.
“One Direction is performing on the Kids’ Choice Awards for the first time and it’s going to be scream-worthy,” said Paula Kaplan, an Executive Producer of the Kids’ Choice Awards. “While on tour with Big Time Rush, we have seen their popularity explode, and we are excited to introduce them to our audience with exclusive access to the guys leading up to our biggest event of the year.”
One Direction will perform their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” at the Kids’ Choice Awards, joining host Will Smith for the star-studded event airing live from University of Southern California’s Galen Center in Los Angeles, where kids will honour their favourite celebrities spanning the worlds of film, music, TV and sports. The X Factor group's debut single “What Makes You Beautiful,” recently won a BRIT Award for Best British Single, with the music video garnering over 61 million views on VEVO and more than 132,000 downloads in its first week in the USA. It is also the highest Billboard HOT 100 debut for a UK act in over 14 years since the Verve and they are also the last UK group to chart so high since the Spice Girls.
Most recently, One Direction featuring Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan taped an episode of the Nickelodeon hit comedy series iCarly, entitled “iGot Jungle Worms” which is set to premiere in August this year.
One Direction joined Big Time Rush’s “Better With U Tour” on February 24th in Chicago and their US debut kicked-off with the highly successful grassroots BRING1D2US online campaign which saw the band break records with social media platforms Twitition and Twibbon. The campaign engaged thousands of fans across America to complete weekly challenges for a chance to win the Grand Prize of a special 1D event in their city.
Tickets for One Direction’s first New Zealand shows went on sale last Friday. Demand for tickets was so high that another date was immediately added but all three concerts sold out in just 10 minutes. With 3 million Facebook and 1.77 million Twitter followers, and video views of 56.35million of the 3 times platinum single What Makes You Beautiful video, 20.5 million of their latest gold single One Thing and 20.7 million of Gotta Be You, One Direction's New Zealand tour will surely not arrive quickly enough for die hard “Directioners”.
Amongst glittering American nominees like Katy Perry, LMFAO, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Kristen Stewart, Justin Bieber, Miranda Cosgrove, Sofia Vergara and more -- for the first time ever, Nick Australia will produce a local award category to be broadcast in Australia and New Zealand as part of the U.S. show: Favourite Aussie Superstar. The nominees battling it out for Favourite Aussie Superstar are Hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth, Miranda Kerr and Cody Simpson.
Voting is open online now at http://www.2012kca.com-- so kids, get voting!
Nickelodeon’s 25thAnnual Kids’ Choice Awards is being produced by Nickelodeon Productions in association with Bob Bain Productions. Bob Bain, Marjorie Cohn and Paula Kaplan are Executive Producers.
Media outlets can reference the most up-to-date information on Nickelodeon’s 25th Annual U.S. Kids’ Choice Awards by logging onto www.NickKCApress.com
About Nickelodeon Networks Now in its 31st year globally and 15th year in New Zealand, Nickelodeon is the number one entertainment brand for kids and the company has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. Nickelodeon New Zealand has been named Channel of The Year twice by the ASTRA Awards and won numerous other awards for local productions and digital applications. Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels air 24 hours a day, seven days a week and are seen in over 2.3 million households via AUSTAR, FOXTEL, and OPTUS. The company portfolio extends across television, online, mobile, theme parks, consumer products and music. www.nickelodeon.co.nz
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Also, from
AceShowbiz:
Official: One Direction to Perform at 2012 Kids' Choice Awards
The 'What Makes Beautiful' hitmakers will perform the song that led them to bow at No. 26 on the U.S. single chart.
British boyband One Direction is the first act confirmed to perform at the upcoming Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards. Harry Styles and his bandmates are scheduled to sing their chart-busting single "What Makes Beautiful" at the children-friendly show.
Through the song, the boys made a notable mark on Billboard Hot 100. They entered the chart at No. 28, making the highest debut for any U.K. act since Jimmy Ray landed at No. 26 fourteen years ago. A week later, their peers from The Wanted broke the record by bowing at No. 5.
2012 KCAs will be hosted by Will Smith and air live from USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles on March 31. Katy Perry leads the overall nominations by grabbing three nods. She is vying for Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Song, and Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie.
Also, Tweeted (posted) by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland
on their official Twitter feed (
@NickelodeonUK):
Whos excited about the HUGE announcement that @onedirection will perform at #KCAUK ? I cant wait to see what they do:D http://pic.twitter.com/NCBcI4KR
And:
@harry_styles [One Direction's Harry Styles]: Performing at the KCA's today..rehearsals were fun.Should be good!! Tune in! - 5.28pm Saturday 31st March 2012
@NickelodeonUK: Cant wait to see @onedirection perform 2moro! - 5.32pm Saturday 31st March 2012
