Drake, Ice Spice, and More Up for Kids' Choice Awards This Year

Drake and Ice Spice are both among the artists who stand to bag a Kids’ Choice Awards trophy this year.

Tuesday, Nickelodeon announced the full class of 2024 hopefuls, more than 50 of whom are first-time nominees. Naturally, our nation’s leading icons of sustaining friendship and aquatic ingenuity, SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, are set to host the proceedings, which will premiere live from Bikini Bottom on July 13.

The Nick team is promising a "slime-filled" and "immersive" viewing experience, complete with a presumably stacked lineup of musical performances and presenters. As for the SpongeBob focus, that's due to this July marking 25 years since the beloved series first premiered on the network.

This year’s Favorite Male Artist category sees the fresh-out-of-a-historic-beef 6 God nominated alongside Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, Post Malone, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, and Usher. Drake has a slew of past KCA nominations to his name dating back to a Favorite Song of the Year nod in 2016 for his massive Views era cut "Hotline Bling." In February, Drake utilized some decidedly Nickelodeon antics by sliming a fan during a Nashville stop on his It's All a Blur tour.

His "Slime You Out" track with SZA, meanwhile, was notably promoted using a photo of post-sliming Halle Berry at a prior KCA broadcast. According to Berry, the pic did not receive her personal blessing prior to Drake throwing it up on social media.

Spice, meanwhile, is a first-time nominee and is up for a trio of potential wins this July including Favorite Music Collaboration ("Barbie World" with Nicki Minaj and Aqua, plus the "Karma" remix with Taylor Swift) and Favorite Breakout Artist. The latter category sees Spice joined by Coco Jones, Jelly Roll, Reneé Rapp, Tate McRae, Teddy Swims, Tyla, and Victoria Monét.

Below, see the full list of 2024 KCA nominees.

FAVORITE KIDS TV SHOW

• Danger Force
• High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
• Raven’s Home
• The Muppets Mayhem
• The Really Loud House
• Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan

FAVORITE FAMILY TV SHOW

• Abbott Elementary
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Goosebumps
• iCarly
• Loki
• Young Sheldon

FAVORITE REALITY SHOW

• America’s Funniest Home Videos
• America’s Got Talent
• American Ninja Warrior
• Is It Cake?
• Kids Baking Championship
• LEGO Masters

FAVORITE CARTOON

• Big City Greens
• Monster High
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Teen Titans Go!
• The Loud House
• The Simpsons

FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (KIDS)

• Hunter Deno (Amelia Jones, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury)
• Lilly Singh (Nora Singh, The Muppets Mayhem)
• Olivia Rodrigo (Nini, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
• Raven-Symoné (Raven Baxter, Raven’s Home)
• Sofia Wylie (Gina, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
• Tessa Rao (Izzy Garcia, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury)

FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (KIDS)

• Chance Perez (Javi Garcia, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury)
• Dylan Gilmer (Young Dylan, Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan)
• Jahzir Bruno (Clyde McBride, The Really Loud House)
• Joshua Bassett (Ricky, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
• Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
• Wolfgang Schaeffer (Lincoln Loud, The Really Loud House)

FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (FAMILY)

• Janelle James (Ava Coleman, Abbott Elementary)
• Laci Mosley (Harper, iCarly)
• Miranda Cosgrove (Carly, iCarly)
• Peyton List (Maddie Nears, School Spirits)
• Quinta Brunson (Janine Teagues, Abbott Elementary)
• Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka Tano, Ahsoka)

FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (FAMILY)

• Gordon Cormier (Aang, Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Iain Armitage (Sheldon Cooper, Young Sheldon)
• Jerry Trainor (Spencer Shay, iCarly)
• Justin Long (Nathan Bratt, Goosebumps)
• Tom Hiddleston (Loki, Loki)
• Zack Morris (Isaiah Howard, Goosebumps)

 FAVORITE MOVIE

• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
• Barbie
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• The Little Mermaid
• The Marvels
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• Wonka

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR

• Adam Sandler (Danny Friedman, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah)
• Chris Pratt (Peter Quill, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3)
• Jason Momoa (Arthur, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom)
• John Cena (Jakob Toretto, Fast X)
• Paul Rudd (Gary Grooberson, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire)
• Ryan Gosling (Ken, Barbie)
• Ryan Reynolds (Cal, IF)
• Timothée Chalamet (Willy Wonka, Wonka)

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS

• America Ferrera (Gloria, Barbie)
• Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, The Marvels)
• Halle Bailey (Ariel, The Little Mermaid)
• Jennifer Garner (Jess, The Family Switch)
• Margot Robbie (Barbie, Barbie)
• Melissa McCarthy (Ursula, The Little Mermaid)
• Zendaya (Chani, Dune: Part Two)
• Zoe Saldana (Gamora, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3)

FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE

• Elemental
• Kung Fu Panda 4
• PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
• The Garfield Movie
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Trolls Band Together

FAVORITE MALE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE

• Adam Sandler (Leo, Leo)
• Brady Noon (Raphael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
• Chris Pratt (Mario, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
• Jack Black (Bowser, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
• Jack Black (Po, Kung Fu Panda 4)
• Jackie Chan (Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
• Justin Timberlake (Branch, Trolls Band Together)
• Shameik Moore (Miles Morales, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

FAVORITE FEMALE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE

• Anna Kendrick (Poppy, Trolls Band Together)
• Anya Taylor-Joy (Peach, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
• Ariana DeBose (Asha, Wish)
• Awkwafina (Zhen, Kung Fu Panda 4)
• Ayo Edebiri (April, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
• Hailee Steinfeld (Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
• Kristen Bell (Janet, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie)
• McKenna Grace (Skye, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie)

FAVORITE VILLAIN

• Amy Schumer (Velvet, Trolls Band Together)
• Austin Butler (Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, Dune: Part Two)
• Jack Black (Bowser, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
• Keegan-Michael Key (Chief of Police, Wonka)*
• Melissa McCarthy (Ursula, The Little Mermaid)
• Reneé Rapp (Regina George, Mean Girls)

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST

• Ariana Grande
• Beyoncé
• Billie Eilish
• Cardi B
• Miley Cyrus
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Selena Gomez
• Taylor Swift

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST

• Bad Bunny
• Drake
• Ed Sheeran
• Justin Timberlake
• Post Malone
• The Weeknd
• Travis Scott
• Usher

FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP

• Black Eyed Peas
• Coldplay
• Imagine Dragons
• Jonas Brothers
• Maroon 5
• *NSYNC

 FAVORITE SONG

• “Dance the Night”- Dua Lipa
• “Fast Car”- Luke Combs
• “Flowers”- Miley Cyrus
• “Paint The Town Red”- Doja Cat
• “Selfish”- Justin Timberlake
• “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM”- Beyoncé
• “What Was I Made For?”- Billie Eilish
• “yes, and?”- Ariana Grande

FAVORITE MUSIC COLLABORATION

• “All My Life”- Lil Durk* and J. Cole
• “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”- David Guetta, Anne Marie* and Coi Leray
• “Barbie World”- Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice* with Aqua
• “Doctor (Work it Out)”- Pharrell Williams featuring Miley Cyrus
• “Fortnight”- Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
• “Karma (Remix)”- Taylor Swift and Ice Spice
• “SUPPOSED TO BE LOVED”- DJ Khaled featuring Lil Baby, Future and Lil Uzi Vert
• “Wild Ones”- Jessie Murph* and Jelly Roll

FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST

• Coco Jones
• Ice Spice
• Jelly Roll
• Reneé Rapp
• Tate McRae
• Teddy Swims
• Tyla
• Victoria Monét

FAVORITE ALBUM

• “Barbie: The Album”
• “Cowboy Carter”- Beyoncé
• “Endless Summer Vacation”- Miley Cyrus
• “GUTS”- Olivia Rodrigo
• “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY”- Taylor Swift
• “Whitsitt Chapel”- Jelly Roll

FAVORITE GLOBAL MUSIC STAR

• Africa: Tyla
• Asia: BLACKPINK
• Australia/NZ: Troye Sivan 
• Europe: Zara Larsson
• Latin America: Karol G
• North America: Taylor Swift
• UK: Dua Lipa

FAVORITE TICKET OF THE YEAR

• Bad Bunny: Most Wanted
• Beyoncé: Renaissance Tour
• BlackPink: BornPink Tour
• Olivia Rodrigo: Guts Tour
• Sabrina Carpenter: Emails That I Can’t Send Tour
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

FAVORITE VIRAL SONG

• “Beautiful Things”- Benson Boone
• “Daylight”- David Kushner
• “Espresso”- Sabrina Carpenter
• “Greedy”- Tate McRae
• “Lil Boo Thang”- Paul Russell
•  “Water" - Tyla

FAVORITE MALE CREATOR

• Dhar Mann
• Mark Rober
• Markiplier
• MrBeast
• Ryan’s World
• Spencer X

FAVORITE FEMALE CREATOR

• Charli D’Amelio
• Dixie D’Amelio
• Emma Chamberlain
• Hannah Stocking
• Kids Diana Show
• Lexi Rivera

FAVORITE GAMER

• Aphmau
• Kai Cenat
• Ninja
• Preston
• TheBoyDilly
• Unspeakable

FAVORITE SOCIAL MUSIC STAR

• Addison Rae
• Bella Poarch
• David Kushner
• Djo
• Madison Beer
• Paul Russell

FAVORITE CREATOR FAMILY

• FGTeeV
• Jordan Matter/Salish Matter
• Ninja Kidz
• Royalty Family
• The Beverly Halls
• The Herberts

FAVORITE FEMALE SPORTS STAR

• Alex Morgan
• Caitlin Clark
• Coco Gauff
• Sha’Carri Richardson
• Simone Biles
• Venus Williams

FAVORITE MALE SPORTS STAR

• Cristiano Ronaldo
• LeBron James
• Lionel Messi
• Patrick Mahomes
• Stephen Curry
• Travis Kelce

FAVORITE VIDEO GAME

• Just Dance 2024
• Madden NFL 24
• Minecraft
• Roblox
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom