The Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together is set to premiere on Friday, May 08 at 3:10 p.m. (WAT) on NickToons (DSTV Channel 308). The show will be hosted by Victoria Justice (Victorious) and will be jam-packed with stars, surprises and slime. Kids around the world cast millions of votes for their Favourite celebrities, movies, games and more, this year’s virtually produced show will reveal the winners through some of the most creative orange-blimp acceptances in KCA history.

Celebrities scheduled to appear on Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together include: Dwayne Johnson, Ariana Grande, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Camila Cabello, Millie Bobby Brown, Ellen DeGeneres, BTS, Shawn Mendes, Lil Nas X, Dove Cameron, Tom Holland, David Dobrik, Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, SSSniperWolf, and more.

African singer, Sho Madjozi who won this year’s Favourite African Star award was nominated alongside Nigerian superstar Teni, Shekhinah, and Patricia Kihoro. Prev Reddy, on the other hand, was nominated in the Favourite African Social Media Star category with DJ Cuppy, Anne Kansiime and Chané Grobler.

Monde Twala, ViacomCBS Networks Africa Senior Vice President and General Manager commented: “This incredible win comes at a crucial time for us as the continent observes and celebrates Africa Month. Nickelodeon puts kids first in everything that it does and the kids have spoken and voted for their favourite stars. We would like to congratulate our African winners Sho Madjodzi and Prev Reddy for flying the African Flag high at this global event. Millions of viewers can expect lots of fun, surprises and laughter from the 2020 Kids’ Choice Awards”.

Commenting on her win, the ecstatic Sho Madjozi said “Our job is to work, move forward and never reverse, Nickelodeon thank you for this amazing award and to everyone that voted. I am so excited”, she added, “World we have one message for you, Africa is coming and we are coming for you.”

Prev Reddy had this to say, “Yes we did it, thank you so much to the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards for nominating me in this category most importantly thank you to the kids that voted and to my fans who’ve become like my family and for making one of my biggest dreams come true, I am sending all the love and positivity during this difficult time.”

During this year’s show, NBA superstar and global icon LeBron James received the 2020 Generation Change Award, honouring his commitment to creating real and lasting change through education. The LeBron James Family Foundation’s ground-breaking I PROMISE School serves his hometown’s most at-risk students and their entire families with the support, programming and wide-ranging resources they need to succeed in the classroom and at home, creating a new model for urban, public education.

Below is the full list of winners:

FAVOURITE AFRICAN STAR

Sho Madjozi

FAVOURITE AFRICAN SOCIAL MEDIA STAR

Prev Reddy

TELEVISION:

• FAVOURITE KIDS TV SHOW
  Henry Danger
• FAVOURITE FAMILY TV SHOW
  Stranger Things
• FAVOURITE REALITY SHOW
  America’s Got Talent
• FAVOURITE TV HOST
  Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen’s Game of Games)
• FAVOURITE ANIMATED SERIES
  SpongeBob SquarePants
• FAVOURITE FEMALE TV STAR
  Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven, Stranger Things)
• FAVOURITE MALE TV STAR
  Jace Norman (Henry Hart / Kid Danger,Henry Danger)

FILM:

• FAVOURITE MOVIE
  Avengers: Endgame
• FAVOURITE MOVIE ACTRESS
  Dove Cameron (Mal, Descendants 3)
  FAVOURITE MOVIE ACTOR
  Dwayne Johnson (Hobbs, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw; Dr. Smolder Bravestone, Jumanji: The Next Level)
• FAVOURITE SUPERHERO
  Tom Holland (Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Far From Home; Spider-Man, Avengers: Endgame)
• FAVOURITE ANIMATED MOVIE
  Frozen 2
• FAVOURITE FEMALE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE
  Beyoncé (Nala, The Lion King)
• FAVOURITE MALE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE
  Josh Gad (Olaf, Frozen 2)

MUSIC:

• FAVOURITE FEMALE ARTIST
  Ariana Grande
• FAVOURITE MALE ARTIST
  Shawn Mendes
• FAVOURITE MUSIC GROUP
  BTS
• FAVOURITE SONG
  “bad guy”- Billie Eilish
• FAVOURITE MUSIC COLLABORATION
  “Señorita”- Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
• FAVOURITE BREAKOUT NEW ARTIST
  Lil Nas X
• FAVOURITE GLOBAL MUSIC STAR
  Taylor Swift (North America)

OTHER CATEGORIES:

• FAVOURITE MALE SOCIAL STAR
  David Dobrik
• FAVOURITE FEMALE SOCIAL STAR
  Annie LeBlanc
• FAVOURITE GAMER
  SSSniperWolf
• FAVOURITE VIDEO GAME
  Minecraft
• FAVOURITE SOCIAL MUSIC STAR
  JoJo Siwa
• FAVOURITE FEMALE SPORTS STAR
  Alex Morgan
• FAVOURITE MALE SPORTS STAR
  LeBron James

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