2008 Kids' Choice Awards

The 21st Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 29, 2008, at the Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California. The show was the first live-action/animated Kids Choice Awards show. The event was hosted by Jack Black. Voting began March 3 on Nick.com and Nicktropolis. A "Bring on the Nominees" special hosted by Lil' JJ aired also. The Naked Brothers Band and Miley Cyrus were musical performances for the show. A sweepstakes was announced to promote the show. The number of votes cast broke the record previously set in 2007. 86,708,020 kids cast 88,254,272 votes (since kids were allowed to vote multiple times) between March 3–29 in 18 categories, to honor and vote for their favorites. Votes were cast via Nick.com, Nicktropolis, TurboNick, and for the first time via Nick's new mobile website (wap.nick.com). The award show attracted 7.7 million viewers.

The 2008 Kids' Choice Awards is notable for being the only time that SpongeBob SquarePants did not win the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon since the show was first nominated in 2003, with Avatar: The Last Airbender winning instead.

Winners and nominees

Favorite Movie

• Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Are We Done Yet?
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
• Transformers

Favorite Movie Actor

• Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Captain Jack Sparrow
• Ice Cube – Are We Done Yet? as Nicholas "Nick" Persons
• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson – The Game Plan as Joseph "Joe" Kingman
• Eddie Murphy – Norbit as Norbit Albert Rice, Rasputia Latimore and Mr. Hangten Wong

Favorite Movie Actress

• Jessica Alba – Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
• Drew Barrymore – Music and Lyrics as Sophie Fisher
• Kirsten Dunst – Spider-Man 3 as Mary Jane "M.J." Watson
• Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Elizabeth Swann

Favorite Animated Movie

• Ratatouille
• Bee Movie
• Shrek the Third
• The Simpsons Movie

Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie

• Eddie Murphy – Shrek the Third as Donkey
• Cameron Diaz – Shrek the Third as Princess Fiona
• Mike Myers – Shrek the Third as Shrek
• Jerry Seinfeld – Bee Movie as Barry B. Benson

Favorite TV Show

• Drake & Josh
• Hannah Montana
• iCarly
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

Favorite TV Actor

• Drake Bell – Drake & Josh as Drake Parker
• Josh Peck – Drake & Josh as Josh Nichols
• Cole Sprouse – The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Cody Martin
• Dylan Sprouse – The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Zack Martin

Favorite TV Actress

• Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana as Miley Stewart
• Raven-Symoné – That's So Raven as Raven Baxter
• Emma Roberts – Unfabulous as Addie Singer
• Jamie Lynn Spears – Zoey 101 as Zoey Brooks

Favorite Reality Show

• American Idol
• America's Next Top Model
• Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
• Deal or No Deal

Favorite Cartoon

• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Ed, Edd & Eddy
• The Simpsons
• SpongeBob SquarePants

Favorite Music Group

• Jonas Brothers
• Boys Like Girls
• Fall Out Boy
• Linkin Park

Favorite Male Singer

• Chris Brown
• Bow Wow
• Soulja Boy
• Justin Timberlake

Favorite Female Singer

• Miley Cyrus
• Beyoncé
• Fergie
• Alicia Keys

Favorite Song

• Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend"
• Sean Kingston - "Beautiful Girls"
• Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry"
• Akon - "Don't Matter"

Favorite Male Athlete

• Tony Hawk
• Shaquille O'Neal
• Alex Rodriguez
• Tiger Woods

Favorite Female Athlete

• Danica Patrick
• Cheryl Ford
• Serena Williams
• Venus Williams

Favorite Video Game

• Madden NFL '08
• Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party
• Guitar Hero III
• High School Musical: Sing It!

Favorite Book

• Harry Potter series
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• How to Eat Fried Worms