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The nominations for Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards 2017 — set to air March 11 with WWE Superstar John Cena as host — are being announced!

WWE Superstar John Cena revealing the nominees for two of the best movies categories at the upcoming Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in a fantastic video for TheWrap!:

“Hey, what’s up everyone, this is WWE Superstar John Cena giving TheWrap an exclusive for the 2017 Nickelodeon’s ‘Kids’ Choice Awards,” Cena says from his shout-out video on set.

Among the hottest nominees are “Captain America: Civil War,” “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

The nominees for favorite movie actor include Ben Affleck, Will Arnett, Henry Cavill, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth.

Voting opens in 28 categories on Nick.com on Thursday, as well as the Nick app. New categories added this year include BBFs (Best Friends Forever), Favorite Frenemies, Most Wanted Pet and #Squad.

From the looks of the BFF category, Kevin Hart is the ultimate friend — he isn’t nominated just once, but twice. Nominees include Ruby Barnhill & Mark Rylance, Kevin Hart & Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart & Ice Cube, Chris Pine & Zachary Quinto, Neel Sethi & Bill Murray, and Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson.

Voters may also mark their ballots on Twitter and Facebook using special KCA hashtags and the hashtag of their favorite nominee.

The Kids’ Choice Awards 2017 will be broadcast live from the University of Southern California’s Galen Center on March 11, starting at 8 p.m. ET on Nickelodeon USA.

FAVORITE MOVIE
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
“Captain America: Civil War”
“Ghostbusters”
“Pete’s Dragon”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows”

FAVORITE BUTT-KICKER
Ben Affleck (Batman, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”)
Chris Evans (Captain America, “Captain America: Civil War”)
Chris Hemsworth (The Huntsman, “The Huntsman: Winter’s War”)
Felicity Jones (Jyn, “Rouge One: A Star Wars Story”)
Henry Cavill (Superman, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”)
Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique, “X-Men: Apocalypse”)
Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow, “Captain America: Civil War”)
Zoe Saldana (Lieutenant Uhura, “Star Trek Beyond”)

BBFs (Best Friends Forever)
Ruby Barnhill & Mark Rylance
Kevin Hart & Dwayne Johnson
Kevin Hart & Ice Cube
Chris Pine & Zachary Quinto
Neel Sethi & Bill Murray
Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson

Favorite Movie Actor
Ben Affleck
Will Arnett
Henry Cavill
Robert Downey Jr.
Chris Evans
Chris Hemsworth.

Favorite Global Music Star
5 Seconds of Summer (Australia/New Zealand)
BIGBANG (Asia)
Bruno Mars (North America)
Little Mix (U.K.)
Shakira (South America)
Zara Larsson (Europe)

Favorite Song
"24K Magic" — Bruno Mars
"Can't Stop the Feeling!" — Justin Timberlake
"Heathens" — Twenty One Pilots
"Send My Love (To Your New Lover) — Adele
"Side to Side" — Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj
"Work From Home" — Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign

Favorite Male Singer
Drake
Justin Bieber
Bruno Mars
Shawn Mendes
Justin Timberlake
The Weeknd

Favorite Female Singer
Adele
Beyoncé
Ariana Grande
Selena Gomez
Rihanna
Meghan Trainor

Favorite TV Show – Kids’ Show
Game Shakers
Girl Meets World
Henry Danger
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
The Thundermans

Favorite TV Show – Family Show
Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Fuller House
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Supergirl
The Flash

Favorite Male TV Star
Benjamin Flores Jr. (Triple G, Game Shakers)
Aidan Gallagher (Nicky, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
Jack Griffo (Max, The Thundermans)
Jace Norman (Henry, Henry Danger)
Casey Simpson (Ricky, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
Tyrel Jackson Williams (Leo, Lab Rats)

Favorite Music Video
24K Magic
Can’t Stop The Feeling!
Formation
Juju On That Beat
Me Too
Stressed Out

Favorite Cartoon
ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks
SpongeBob SquarePants
Teen Titans Go!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Amazing World of Gumball
The Loud House

Favorite Animated Movie
Finding Dory
Moana
Sing
The Secret Life of Pets
Trolls
Zootopia

Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie
Ellen DeGeneres (Dory, Finding Dory)
Kevin Hart (Snowball, The Secret Life of Pets)
Dwayne Johnson (Maui, Moana)
Anna Kendrick (Poppy, Trolls)
Justin Timberlake (Branch, Trolls)
Reese Witherspoon (Rosita, Sing)

Favorite Female TV Star
Rowan Blanchard (Riley, Girl Meets World)
Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie, Liv and Maddie)
Lizzy Greene (Dawn, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
Kira Kosarin (Phoebe, The Thundermans)
Breanna Yde (Tomika, School of Rock)
Zendaya (K.C., K.C. Undercover)

Favorite Reality Show
America’s Funniest Home Videos
America’s Got Talent
American Ninja Warrior
Paradise Run
Shark Tank
The Voice

Favorite Movie Actress
Amy Adams (Lois, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Megan Fox (April, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows)
Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War)
Felicity Jones (Jyn, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
Melissa McCarthy (Abby, Ghostbusters)
Kristen Wiig (Erin, Ghostbusters)

Favorite Villain
Helena Bonham Carter (The Red Queen, Alice Through the Looking Glass)
Idris Elba (Krall, Star Trek Beyond)
Will Ferrell (Mugatu, Zoolander 2)
Kevin Hart (Snowball, The Secret Life of Pets) *Note: animated
Charlize Theron (Ravenna, The Huntsman: Winter’s War)
Spencer Wilding (Darth Vader, Rouge One: A Star Wars Story)

Favorite Frenemies
Ben Affleck & Henry Cavill (Batman/Superman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Chris Evans & Robert Downey Jr. (Captain America/Iron Man, Captain America: Civil War)
Ginnifer Goodwin & Jason Bateman (Judy/Nick, Zootopia)
Dwayne Johnson & Auli’I Cravalho (Moana/Maui,Moana)
Anna Kendrick & Justin Timberlake(Poppy/Branch, Trolls)
Charlize Theron & Emily Blunt (Ravenna/Freya, The Huntsman: Winter’s War)

Most Wanted Pet
Baloo from The Jungle Book (Bill Murray)
Dory from Finding Dory (Ellen DeGeneres)
Po from Kung Fu Panda 3 (Jack Black)
Red from The Angry Birds Movie (Jason Sudeikis)
Rosita from Sing (Reese Witherspoon)
Snowball from The Secret Life of Pets (Kevin Hart)

#Squad
Captain America: Civil War – Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan,Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman

Finding Dory – Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Kaitlin Olson, Hayden Rolence, Willem Dafoe, Ed O’Neill, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy

Ghostbusters – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson

X-Men: Apocalypse – James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Tye Sheridan, Ben Hardy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Sophie Turner, Alexandra Shipp, Olivia Munn

Favorite Music Group
The Chainsmokers
Fifth Harmony
Maroon 5
OneRepublic
Pentatonix
Twenty One Pilots

Favorite New Artist
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Daya
Lukas Graham
Solange
Rae Sremmurd
Hailee Steinfeld
Twenty One Pilots

Favorite DJ/EDM Artist
Martin Garrix
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
Skrillex
DJ Snake
Zedd

Favorite Soundtrack
Hamilton
Me Before You
Moana
Sing
Suicide Squad
Trolls

Favorite Viral Music Artist
Tiffany Alvord
Matty B
Carson Lueders
Johnny Orlando
Jacob Sartorius
JoJo Siwa

OTHER CATEGORIES:

Favorite Video Game

Just Dance 2017
Lego Marvel’s Avengers
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Minecraft: Story Mode
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Pokémon Moon

Huge thanks to @PinkiePie97 and @Kca_Fan_Zone for their support!

This is the first time Little Mix has been nominated. "We'll be representing Britain, which is amazing," Jade Thirlwall says in a video, below. "We're so excited, aren't we? We just got here, to America. We're going to be touring with Ariana Grande, so make sure you go and watch that."

"And make sure you guys vote for us!" Leigh-Anne Pinnock adds. "We can do this!"



Nickelodeon’s 2017 “Kids’ Choice Awards” airs live on Saturday, March 11 from 8-9:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

Beginning today, kids can cast their votes across 28 categories with a brand-new voting experience on Nickelodeon’s digital platforms including Nick.com and the Nick app on iPad, iPhone, Kindle, and Android devices. Users will also be able to vote through Twitter and Facebook using special KCA hashtags and the hashtag of their favorite nominee. Fans also can join in on the slime-fest by going to Nick.com/kca17, the official destination for everything “Kids’ Choice Awards,” for hilarious videos, the KCA Creator game, quizzes and pictures, and to get the latest KCA news on this year’s show, nominees and attendees.

It’s the only live event where kids’ votes count and the biggest stars of the day line up to get slimed, while celebrating favorites from across the worlds of film, television, music, pop culture, sports and animation.

Sources: People, E! Online, Just Jared Jr, Variety

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