Katy Perry to perform at Nickelodeon awards
Multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Katy Perry is set to break the sound barrier at USC's Galen Center with her first live performance at Nickelodeon's 2012 Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, March 31, at 8 p.m. TELECAST FAST-TRACKED IN NEW ZEALAND,SUNDAY APRIL 1 AT 6.30PM
Perry, topping the number of Kids' Choice Award nominations by an individual this year, will join host Will Smith and a powerhouse roster of celebrity presenters, including Chris Rock (What to Expect When You're Expecting),Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man), Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man), Zac Efron (The Lucky One), Heidi Klum (Project Runway), Victoria Justice (Victorious), Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly),Big Time Rush, Chris Colfer (Glee) and Cee Lo Green (The Voice) as well as recently announced performers, UK pop sensation One Direction. Kids can cast their votes until March 31 in 20 total categories across all of Nickelodeon's digital outlets, including 2012kca.com, Nick Mobile app as well as Nickelodeon'sFacebookpage and Twitterfeed.
"Katy Perry has doubly earned her position as kid favourite -- through her music of course -- but also for reveling in an outrageous sliming on the show two years ago," said Marjorie Cohn, President, Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group and Executive Producer of the show. "She works hard and plays hard and that's what makes her performance on the KCA's one to look forward to."
A global superstar whose two albums have generated a record-breaking string of #1 hit singles and multi-platinum sales during the past four years, Katy Perry has just concluded her sold-out "California Dreams Tour" with124 arena performances internationally. The special edition Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection will be in stores March 27th and features three new songs, including "Part Of Me," which debuted at #1 on iTunes, with over 400,000 downloads in its first week, after an electrifying performance at this year's Grammy Awards. Perry ! is nomin ated for three Kids' Choice Awards this year, including Favourite Female Singer, Favourite Song ("Firework") and Favourite Voice in an Animated Movie for her role on The Smurfs.
The announcement of Perry performing comes hot off the heels of last week's announcement of UK boy band sensation One Direction as the first perfomers revealed for this year's KCAs.
Fans can now vote for their favourite stars on 2012kca.comand via a Facebook application that will live on the Nickelodeon Facebook page. Users will be able to vote from a tab on the page and, for the first time ever, the entire voting experience can be embedded directly into Facebook wall posts. Also new this year, fans will be able to vote for their favourite nominees on Twitter through the use of custom hash tags.
This year, kids not only pick the winners, but they get to help host Will Smith pull off the greatest slime event in KCA history. Through a brand-new iPad, iPhone and iPod app, and the KCA website, kids need to find slime hidden throughout the photo galleries, news, and videos. If kids collect enough slime, Will Smith will pull off the biggest slime event ever in this year's show. Aided by weekly missions, kids will have the chance to earn digital rewards and move up the slime operative ranks.
Leading up to the show, the apps and website will also feature daily KCA news, video updates, photo galleries and videos from past KCAs, behind the scenes video of this year's preparations, and dedicated information pages on the host and nominees.
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 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! 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.